The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 21 Mar 2011
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In today's news roundup:
- Digitimes discusses the impact limited wafer availability will have on the DRAM market;
- Foxconn's A9DA-S motherboard gets reviewed;
- Motorola's Android-powered tablet, the Xoom, gets reviewed;
- Gizmodo reviews the iPad 2;
- Microsoft's Kinect motion controller gets hacked to run on the PlayStation 3, and
- The latest installment of the Dissidia series, Dissidia 012 Duodecim: Final Fantasy , gets compared against its predecessor
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Crysis 2 Launched: Quick Performance Preview
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The most anticipated game of the year has finally arrived! We do a quick performance runthrough and use the built-in timedemo facilities.
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Samsung launches new compact digital cameras
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Today, Samsung Asia held a media event to announce their new digital cameras - ST700 dual LCD; WB210 and PL210 with high zoom and wide angle technology; SH100 with Wi-Fi connectivity; and the stylish
ST6500.
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Futuremark Unveils PCMark 7, Windows 7 Only Benchmark
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Futuremark announced PCMark® 7 today, a new benchmark offering complete PC performance analysis for Windows 7. PCMark 7 includes 7 separate test suites combining more than 20 individual workloads covering storage, computation, image and video manipulation, web browsing and gaming. The Storage suite is ideal for testing SSDs and external hard drives in addition to the system drive. Pricing is unannounced yet and is to be available soon according to Futuremark.
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KiWi PC aims to sell Linux-loaded PCs to senior citizens
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What is the most user-friendly operating system in use today: Windows 7 or Mac OS X? Well, it seems that KiWi PC's answer to that question will be a resounding 'none'. Apparently, the American OEM which claims to specialize in selling senior citizen-friendly PCs believes that Ubuntu is the OS users should be looking for if one intends to get aged people started on the digital life the younger generation takes for granted today. To that end, it has even rolled out its own KiWi PC for sale that is aimed squarely at senior citizens.
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LG's passive 3D television sets to be available for sale in Korea soon
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Do you remember the news about LG announcing its new line of passive 3D television sets way back during CES this year? Well, the good news is that the aforementioned television sets are no longer just display units; LG has just announced that the company plans to release the devices for sale in its domestic Korean market soon.
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HTC clone surfaces in China, looks nothing like the original
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Clones of popular consumer electronic devices are usually available at a dime a dozen, especially when China has got anything to do about it. That being said, one common feature about cloned devices is that they often bear an uncanny semblance to the original product in terms of design, right? Well, it seems that this is not always the case, considering how this little device right here has little to no similarity to the actual device its design is allegedly based off on.
Read on to find out more.
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New Apple iPhone ads look to mock indirectly at users who do not own one
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Apple has a new iPhone ad which shows that if you do not have an iPhone, you cannot do a lot of things. Somewhat indirectly mocking users who do not own the phone and missing out on the wonders of what the iPhone can bring. Read on.
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NTT establishes free wireless LAN networks in areas damaged by the Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake
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Even as Japan struggles to recover from the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that has claimed the lives of thousands of Japanese, digital information still needs to be disseminated around the wrecked places in order to facilitate everyday life. To that end, the NTT Group has announced their latest contribution to the country's disaster relief efforts: free wireless LAN networks in various areas for all to access.
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Rumour: iPad 3 to debut in September this year?
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Sure, Apple's iPad 2 has just been released to widespread fanfare across the world, but it seems that the Cupertino giant is not about to stand still, especially with the competition in the tablet space is starting to heat up. Once again, leave it to the rumour mill to churn out a never-ending stream of juicy tidbits regarding Apple's upcoming products, and the latest bit of info from China seems to suggest than an iPad 3 might just make its appearance on the market by September this year.
Read on to find out more.
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Android Gingerbread update coming to LG Optimus One
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Korean manufacturer LG has announced that the Android Gingerbread update will be coming to the Optimus One, and it could arrive around May. Definitely good news for Optimus One owners over here who had bought the phone since October last year.
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Sony rumoured to launch Chrome notebook and hybrid PC
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Details of what is said to be future VAIO notebooks from Sony have turned up online and if they turn out to be true, we have a couple of rather unusual and intriguing products to look forward to from Sony later this year. Apparently Sony is not only working on a Chrome notebook powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 SoC, but also some kind of hybrid notebook/desktop solution which is said to feature support for Intel’s Thunderbolt interface.
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Intel First 25nm SSD On March 28th, Pricing Unveiled
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Apparently, things are going so well over at Intel that they are going to launch their 25nm MLC based 320 Series (Postville Refresh), ahead of schedule, on the 28th of March. Intel 320 series SSD is set to replace the current X25-V and X25-M series at the same price point targeting mainstream consumer, SMB, data center and embedded markets. VR-Zone first revealed about the
Intel 320 series earlier this month and now we are going to bring you the finalized specs and estimated retail pricing.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 listed in E-tail
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Canadian e-tailer EXPC has jumped the gun and listed NVIDIA's upcoming flagship, GeForce GTX 590. The card in question is a GTX 590 and comes with a straight "Buy Now" button and complete specifications and price. As expected, the GTX 590 combines two of massive GF110 GPUs on one package. All units are enabled and the GTX 590 is essentially GTX 580 SLI with severe downclocks. The final clock is 612 MHz for the core, 3420 MHz for the 3GB GDDR5. The card features 3x DVI outputs, 1xHDMI and even 1xMiniDP - finally bringing NVIDIA's 3D Surround to a single graphics card.
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Cubitek Announces Magic Cube Modular Chassis
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Taipei-based Cubitek Co. Ltd has expanded its line-up of PC chassis aimed at enthusiasts with the addition of the modular Magic Cube series. Available in two models (Magic Cube B210 and Magic Cube B211), the aluminum chassis sports a anodized black coating, and boast a modular design i.e. made up of three "boxes" - one for mainboard, expansion cards, & PSU, one for 5.25" optical drives, and a third one for 3.5" SSDs/ HDDs.
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ASUS launches P6X58-E WS workstation motherboard
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Designed for professional users, the new ASUS P6X58-E WS workstation motherboard is based on the tested-and-proven Intel X58 Express chipset. Notable features include dual Intel Gigabit LAN, an NVIDIA NF200 bridge chip, USB 3.0 and ASUS-exclusive Xtreme Phase 16+2 power delivery and EPU energy saving optimizations. The new board ships with the ASUS '24X24' pledge - 24-hour non-stop operation and 24-month guaranteed market availability.
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ASUS prepares new M5A motherboards, BIOS updates for AMD AM3+ CPU support
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ASUS has announced the release of the industry's first AM3+ CPU enabled motherboard solution based on the existing AMD 8-Series chipsets. Current owners of an AM3-based board can make their AMD 8-Series motherboards compatible with the latest AM3+ CPUs with a simple BIOS update from the official ASUS website.
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Why UPS systems are rated in VAs and PSUs in Watts; Explaining Watts, VAr and VA
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When shopping for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), almost everyone would have noticed that they are either rated in VA's only or in both VA's and Watt's. This is not so with the vast majority of household equipment, including the very power supply unit (PSU) of the computer itself which comes rated in Watts only. As a result, this usually leads to confusion as most people either lack the technical knowledge to understand the difference between VA and Watt units or, even worse, do not even realize that there is a difference.
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