Hardware Roundup: AMD Radeon HD 6990 Edition
AMD teased us with preliminary information and photos of its Radeon HD 6990 dual GPU video card back at the end of last month and now we finally get to see full reviews with performance numbers. In a nutshell, the HD 6990 consists of two HD 6970s on a single PCB, each having the same technical specs of an HD 6970 except for the core and memory clock speeds which have been lowered slightly. The board comes with 4 GB GDDR5 and is going to set you back around $700US.
AMD Radeon HD 6990 Antilles Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews
AMD Radeon HD 6990 @ Neoseeker
AMD's Radeon HD 6990 graphics card @ Tech Report
AMD HD6990 @Bjorn3D
AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB Dual GPU Cayman Graphics Card @ PC Perspective
Sapphire Radeon HD 6990 4GB Technical Run Down @ TweakTown
AMD Radeon HD 6990 "Antilles" Video Card @ [H]ardOCP
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OCZ Showcases Ibis XL 4TB SSD
San Jose-based SSD manufacturer OCZ has showcased its behemoth 4TB SSD, named the Ibis XL at CeBIT 2011. 4TB capacity aside, the 5.25" Ibis XL uses OCZ's HSDL link interface, offering incredible data transfer speeds of up to 1800MB/s (read) and 1700MB/s (write), along with 200K IOPS (4K random write). The Ibis XL series is also available in capacities up to 8TB, and if that isn't enough, four individual drives can be combined into one 32TB RAID array. Does the Ibis XL sound like your kind of thing? Well, with 4TB (or more) of flash memory costing a fortune, you'd better start saving now to purchase one anytime soon!
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Transcend Unveils Portable SSD with USB 3.0 Support
Conventional portable hard drives are a relatively cheap way to move large quantities of data, but lack the speed of their flash memory counterparts. Transcend Information is going one step further, unveiling a portable SSD with USB 3.0 support. The new portable SSD, dubbed the SSD18C3 features NAND flash memory coupled with a unique device driver, which once enabled offers data transfer speeds of up to 260MB/s via the USB 3.0 interface. As with all SSDs, the new drive has no moving parts allowing it to withstand shocks and vibrations, while running silently. The SSD is cased in a protective silicone outer-shell further enhancing it's durability. A One Touch auto-backup button is included for quick and simple data protection using the preloaded Backup Manager Utility. The SSD18C3 Portable Solid State Drive is available now, priced at $224 and $448 for the 64GB and 128GB models respectively.
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Skype Implements Ads
In just the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, Skype has recently announced that it will be serving up ads to one target group and one group only, Windows users. The ads will only be featured on the home screen of the program for now, and for some reason, Mac systems or any other countries for that matter are not being targeted by Skype with the ad system, but the company is saying that the user experience is still something that is of utmost importance. For most programs, ads do seem to ruin the experience, so it will be different to see how Skype decides to implement the new changes over the course of this year. Another interesting thing that the video calling company has stated is that the new ads in the program will also anonymously track users, though if they want to, they can opt out of the tracking initiative.
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Google Maps Navigation for Android Gets Update
The Google Maps Navigation app for Android has helped me find countless locations in the past when I was without my GPS. A new feature that has been added to the app makes it even more useful and convenient for smartphone users like me. The new feature is designed to help navigate users around traffic jams automatically. Using real-time traffic conditions, the app provides the potential to save you time in your travels by pointing you in the direction of the route that is currently the fastest.
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Kingston Announces New Look HyperX Genesis Memory
Kingston has announced a new look for its HyperX Genesis enthusiast memory. The new look comes in the form of an updated heat spreader, with a look similar to the Genesis Special Edition Grey modules, which were made for the P67 Sandy Bridge platform. Consumers will be able to expect the same quality from Kingston, as only the heat spreader is getting an update. Full information on the HyperX line of memory can be found on the Kingston website.
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Angry Birds Coming to Facebook
Angry Birds has been a smash success in the mobile world for some time, and now creator Rovio is bringing the popular game to Facebook. Rovio is keeping silent on the details on what will differentiate the browser game from the mobile one, but promises it to have completely new aspects with a more prominent role of the pigs. There is even some mention of the success of Angry Birds, with the game costing about €100,000 (~$140,000) to make. Rovio reports that there have been 20 million paid iPhone and iPad downloads, another 20 million free ad-supported Android downloads, and when you factor in the licensing deals, the total revenue so far is about £50 million ($80 million). Rovio also reports that roughly three trillion pigs have been popped in-game, which is about 3,000 times more than the number of actual pigs in the world. All in all, Angry Birds has been quite the success for Rovio.
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Nokia Sells Qt Commercial Licensing Business to Digia
When Nokia announced that it was dropping Symbian in favor of Windows Phone 7, some wondered what would happen to the Qt framework that was at the heart of Symbian. Well, wonder no more as Nokia has announced that it is selling the Qt commercial licensing and services business to Digia. Digia will acquire the Qt framework and roughly 3,500 desktop and embedded customers who are actively using it. However, Nokia will still invest in developing Qt just it is letting Digia expand the commercial licensing and services business. Digia will set up subsidiaries in the US and Norway to further expand the potential of Qt, so if you want in on the commercial aspect, contact Digia. Digia has been working with Qt since the year 2000, so it is a natural fit for Nokia to let it handle the expansion. The transaction will be completed by the end of March. Time will tell how well it works, but it is just further proof that Nokia is commited to Microsoft's mobile OS.
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