IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 23/03/2011

Thursday, March 24, 2011

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 23/03/2011

Asus Eee PC 1015B and 1215B Fusion netbooks found on pre-order
Revealed back at CES 2011 in January, Asus' Eee PC 1015B (10.1-inch) and Eee PC 1215B (12.1-inch) netbooks, which are based on AMD's Brazos platform, have now become available for pre-order, the estimated arrival date for both being April 1st.

Acer introduces two B-series VA-LED monitors
Acer has this week announced two new additions to its monitor offer - the 24-inch B243HLCOymdr and 27-inch B273HLOymidh, both of which are aimed for office use and feature LED backlighting (for a lower power draw) and VA (Vertical Alignment) panels (providing 178/178 viewing angles).

HTC EVO View 4G tablet announced, it's a Flyer with WiMAX
Another 4G device revealed by Sprint and HTC at CTIA 2011 is the EVO View 4G, a 7-inch tablet with pretty much the same specs as the Flyer but with added WiMAX connectivity. The EVO View 4G runs Android (2.4 probably), comes with the Sense UI and is scheduled for a summer release.

Chrome 11.0.696.16 goes beta, brings HTML5 speech input and more
Google has once again updated the Beta Channel of its Chrome browser, this time offering users a 11.x build which includes quite a few treats, the main one being support for the HTML5 speech input API that can be used to build/run web apps with voice to text capabilities.

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HTC EVO 3D announced, coming to Sprint this summer
Sprint and HTC have finally put the rumors to rest and announced the EVO 3D, an Android 2.3 smartphone which features 4G connectivity and packs a 4.3-inch glasses-free 3D touchscreen with a qHD (960 x 540 pixels) resolution.

Sharkoon rolls out quad-slot HDD/SSD docking station
Catching up to StarTech, Sharkoon has now released a docking station which supports up to four hard drives, solid state drives and hybrid hard drives. Named SATA QuickPort Quattro, the dock can 'house' both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drives, all with a SATA interface.

Amazon's Android Appstore goes live, but only in the US
Ignoring Apple's warnings (the Cupertino company sued Amazon over the use of 'app store'), Amazon has opened the doors of its own application store which targets Android users. Unfortunately, for now only US customers can enjoy the new shop, with the rest of the world being put on 'wait for it'.

Asus GeForce GTX 590 gets unboxed, is almost ready for battle
One more day to go until the release of the GeForce GTX 590 and, as always we have leaks aplenty, and by that we mean we already know a lot about Nvidia's dual-GPU card. For people who want more though, an unnamed individual has grabbed an Asus GTX 590 and made an unboxing photo shoot.

LG coming up with its own wireless charging solution for mobile phones
Claiming to 'revolutionize wireless charging as we know it', LG Electronics has unveiled a device, called the Wireless Charging Pad (WCP-700), which allows mobile phones to get pumped up on power without actually being connected, with a cable, to the charger.

Toshiba's Portege R835 Sandy Bridge laptop is up for pre-order
US buyers searching for a tough mobile machine may be interested to know that Toshiba has put up for pre-order its 13.3-inch Portege R835 which makes use of a crafted magnesium casing and a honeycomb rib structure so as to deliver extra durability and enhanced shock-absorbing capabilities.

Corsair offering Window side panel kit for its 600T PC case
Enabling enthusiasts to get a better view of their system, Corsair has now begun selling a windowed side panel which is compatible with the Graphite Series 600T mid-tower case. The window is made out of impact-resistant acrylic plastic and can be swapped for a mesh insert with support for four fans.

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Samsung announces 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab, 10.1-inch model gets slimmer
As teased and promised, today at CTIA Wireless 2011 Samsung Electronics has revealed its third Galaxy Tab, a 8.9-inch tablet which is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor (an Nvidia Tegra 2) and runs Android 3.0 (with the TouchWiz UX skin on top).

Firefox 4 launched, already reaches 2 million downloads
Mozilla today finally released the 4.0 version of its well-known open source browser Firefox and the reception seems to be quite good as the download counter activated upon launch has already surpassed the 2 million mark.

Point of View and TGT introduce three overclocked GeForce GTX 550 Ti cards
Point of View and the TGT tuning team got together once again to experiment on 'innocent' graphics cards and this time the end result of their work consists in three factory-overclocked GeForce GTX 550 Ti models.

EVGA celebrates Crysis 2 release with special GeForce GTX 560 Ti bundle
Crytek's highly-anticipated, console-friendly first-person shooter Crysis 2 has today made its US debut and EVGA is taking advantage by offering PC gamers a package containing an overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti, a copy of Crysis 2, plus a foldout poster and a t-shirt.

Kingston releases two more Class 10 microSDHC memory cards
Kingston Digital has now added to more memory cards to its product portfolio, 4GB and 8GB microSDHCs which feature a Class 10 rating, are FAT32 formatted, and deliver a minimum transfer speeds of 10 MB/s.

NZXT debuts the H2 'silent' mid-tower case
US company NZXT today announced its newest PC chassis, a mid-tower called H2 which features a layer of premium noise dampening foam so as to make for a significantly quieter gaming system. The case has a steel structure and comes in black and white versions.

Toshiba reveals new, STOR.E series USB 3.0 external hard drives
Toshiba's external storage offer will soon be expanded through the release of two new STOR.E drives that feature an USB 3.0 interface, the 2.5-inch STOR.E STEEL S and 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch STOR.E ALU 2S.

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