Thursday, March 17, 2011

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 16/03/2011




Llano CPU specifications begin to emerge
Details about AMD's upcoming Llano accelerated processing units are still trickling out. This time, the guys at X-bit labs have gotten hold of a list of chips with some key specifications. The list covers offerings due out in the third quarter, when Llano will debut, and others scheduled for...
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Poll: How much storage is enough for a system drive?
In the PC storage world, 2011 looks primed to be the year of the SSD. Drives continue to get cheaper, the latest models look poised to actually take advantage of 6Gbps Serial ATA connectivity, and a whole bunch of 'em are due to trickle out over the coming months....
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HP could ship 100 million WebOS devices a year
We already knew HP intends to slap WebOS on PCs and printers. Now, a strategy announcement by CEO Leo Apotheker has shed light on just how much momentum HP hopes to see the operating system gather. The money shot comes after several paragraphs of buzzword-laden strategy outlines, with sentences like...
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Batman: Arkham City trailer shows gameplay footage
Batman: Arkham Asylum was a big hit in 2009, drawing excellent reviews that led the PC version to an impressive meta-score of 91 on Metacritic (and an average user rating of 9.0). The eagerly awaited sequel, Batman: Arkham City, has now been revealed in a...
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Freedom of Information Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough Ars Technica: Obama "IP czar" wants felony charges for illegal web streaming and Congress told that Internet data caps will discourage piracy X-bit labs: AMD may announce new CEO "relatively soon" and initial desktop AMD "Llano" lineup will include five APUs - documents AnandTech: Intel...
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Japan disaster could cause price hikes this coming quarter
The magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit the Japanese archipelago last Friday caused incalculable devastation, with which the Japanese government is still grappling—thousands dead, entire coastal towns turned to rubble and mud, and a badly damaged nuclear plant leaking radiation. Amid the disaster, bean counters in the industry are beginning...
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Taking the bait on jailbreaking
So, I finally decided that leaving well enough alone was not enough of a barrier to possibly bricking my iPhone, so I jailbroke that motherأ¢آ€آ”just as I obliquely threatened to at the end of this post. And while Frank may have regrets, yes, had a few, I only regret...
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Microsoft focuses Zune efforts on software
Microsoft recently told news agencies it has "nothing to announce about another Zune device," giving rise to the belief it won't produce another handheld media player. Instead, Microsoft will focus on developing the Zune software ecosystem across its other platforms, including Windows Phone 7 and the Xbox 360. Existing...
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Nvidia 3D Vision kit falls to $149, gets longer battery life
Planning to get into the whole stereoscopic 3D gaming thing? If so, good news: Nvidia has released a new version of its 3D Vision wireless glasses kit with a lower price tag and longer battery life. Nvidia's Andrew Fear made the announcement this morning on the blog section of...
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