Friday, March 4, 2011

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 03/03/2011




Follow DOS through every major Windows upgrade
Some people have quite a lot of time on their hands. YouTube user TheRasteri has posted an interesting video that starts with the installation of MS-DOS 5.0 on a virtual machine. That install is then upgraded to Windows 1.01 and every subsequent version until Windows Vista. ...
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GeForce GTX 550 Ti performance numbers leaked
We may be starting to have a complete picture of Nvidia's upcoming GeForce GTX 550 Ti graphics card. Earlier today, VR-Zone posted some performance numbers obtained from an anonymous reader. The numbers suggest this card might fall short of being a compelling GeForce GTX 460 successor. VR-Zone's numbers cover two...
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Epic shows next-gen Unreal Engine 3 effects at GDC
The Game Developers Conference is still rolling in San Francisco, and Epic Games has taken the opportunity to show off some of the latest updates to Unreal Engine 3. Joystiq has the scoop, not to mention an image gallery with links to humongous full-sized screenshots. And they all...
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National Anthem Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough AMD: Exposing the Phantom x86 Bottleneck VR-Zone: Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti benchmarks leak? Ars Technica: RIM PlayBook a bit rough with less than 2 months to launch Engadget: hp TouchPad shoots down planes, shows off next-gen Snapdragon's GPU (video) Ars Technica on the
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Poll: Are you going to buy an iPad 2?
The iPad 2 is upon us and, well, I'm a little underwhelmed. While the dual-core CPU and faster graphics hardware sound enticing, the lack of a swanky Retina-style display is a disappointment. So is the absence of a memory card reader and the fact that HDMI output...
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Thinner, faster iPad 2 to arrive on March 11 at $499
Feign surprise if you like; today's iPad 2 announcement was spoiled quite a while ago. Still, now that it's official, we know the faster, thinner, and lighter tablet will be available on March 11 at the same $499 introductory price as the original iPad. Ready your credit cards. At the...
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Capture the best screenshot, win an MSI GTX 560 Ti
We've given away plenty of swanky new graphics cards over the past few months here at TR. Now, we have a couple more—and we're going to make you work for them. MSI has graciously donated two of its N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II graphics cards for us to give away...
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Trailer shows two minutes of Battlefield 3 gameplay
We were happy to see the first Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer last week, but the extremely short duration of the actual gameplay clips and the repeated smash cuts made it hard to get a feel for the actual game. EA DICE has remedied that with a second trailer, which...
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