The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 28 Mar 2011
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In today's news roundup:
- Intel's latest line of SSDs, known as the 320 series, get reviewed;
- Crucial's m4 SSD, which has been touted to be one of the most highly anticipated SSD launches for 2011, get a little preview;
- Dell releases new notebooks in the US with a Spanish keyboard;
- Gateway has announced a new line of entry-level notebooks based off AMD's Fusion (Brazos) platform;
- The Sony vs Hotz drama gets a new twist in the form of Hotz's defense counsel claiming that much of Sony's evidence against him are factually inaccurate, and
- Valve's Steam service might eventually be extended to the mobile platform, especially for iOS and Android.
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NVIDIA Releases 267.91 WHQL Drivers for GeForce GTX 590
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NVIDIA has released a new driver today specifically for GeForce GTX 590 but not much information has been revealed. However, we suspect that it might somehow relate to the recent incidents of their flagship cards going up in smoke. NVIDIA has urged their partners to dump their few days old driver CD loaded with version 267.84 with this updated 267.92 WHQL.
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3rd Gen Intel SSD 320 Series Launched
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Intel announced today third-generation SSD the Intel Solid-State Drive 320 Series. Based on 25-nm NAND flash memory, the Intel SSD 320 replaces and builds on its high-performing Intel X25-M SATA SSD. The Intel SSD 320 Series comes in 40GB, 80GB, 120GB, 160GB, 300GB and 600GB versions. Intel SSD 320 produces up to 39,500 IOPS random reads and 23,000 IOPS random writes, 220 MB/s sequential writes and 270 MB/s sequential reads. Intel SSD 320 prices, based on 1,000-unit quantities, are as follows: 40GB at $89; 80GB at $159; 120GB at $209; 160GB at $289; 300GB at $529 and 600GB at $1,069.
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Kingston Advises SSDNow V100 Users To Upgrade Firmware
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Kingston has learned that a small percentage of their SSDNow V100 sold in the past has experienced a technical issue on the firmware. Kingston strongly recommends that a firmware update be applied to all SSDNow V100 drives to prevent possible data loss. The firmware update can be downloaded from
www.kingston.com/support/ssdnow/v100_firmware.asp
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Lenovo finally launches the ThinkPad Edge E420s, E220s coming soon
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As far as notebooks go, Lenovo’s ThinkPad range is considered the most reliable and hard wearing out there, but far from the best looking notebooks. The ThinkPad Edge tried to change this perception but didn’t really go far enough. Now Lenovo has announced its latest addition to the ThinkPad Edge series, the E420s and the soon to launch E220s and the company has taken things to the next level in business casual notebooks.
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Rumour: AMD Radeon HD 6790 releasing March 31st
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The release of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 550 Ti prompted several rumours regarding AMD's response. DonanimHaber is now reporting that AMD is all prepared to release a direct competitor - Radeon HD 6790 - later this week, on March 31st.
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Crysis 2 PC Review
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Crysis. The game that made mainstream rigs come to a cripple back in 2007. Its lush graphics and physics that boast "realism" remains as a visual and performance benchmark for today's games and hardware. We find out if Crysis 2 is worth the bang for the buck for the hardcore gamer in you.
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Apple posts job openings for iOS mapping application developers
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Well, it seems like the whole 'Apple vs Google' saga is about to enter the next stage, especially after both companies have been reported to be attempting to foil each other's business acquisitions through various methods. And with Apple posting of job openings for iOS map application developers, could this be a sign that the Cupertino company is attempting to break away from its reliance on Google's various online services, especially Google Maps?
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Lenovo announces new ThinkCentre desktop PCs for businesses
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Most people will probably get on fine with their office work on a simple desktop PC that comes equipped with a dual-core processor and decent amounts of RAM. However, for those who work in environments which demands that only the latest, greatest and fastest PCs be used at all times, Lenovo might just have the answer for your office computing needs. How would support for SATA3, USB 3.0 and multiple displays sound like for an office PC?
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LG Optimus Pad Android tablet to retail in Japan end March
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It looks like the highly anticipated LG Optimus Pad will be on the shelves in Japan this Thursday, 31 March. The 8.9-inch Android tablet is one of the latest tablet devices this year that is powered by Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) mobile operating system.
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USB 3.0 controllers: a victim of the Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake
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Remember how we posted news about various hardware reportedly in short supply as a result of factories either shutting down or operating at less than optimal productivity? Well, the latest information we have seems to suggest that DRAMs are not the only products facing shortages: USB 3.0 controllers have also been affected as well.
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Google releases security update for Chrome, modifies existing logo
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Do you use Google Chrome as your default web browser on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux? If so, this might be a good time to ensure that the browser's auto-update feature is working properly, for Google has released a patch which it claims is aimed at fixing a few serious security vulnerabilities in its browser. And apparently, it has decided to give its existing logo a little makeover in the process.
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Dual-booting x86 tablet shows up in China
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Have you ever found yourself wishing that your tablet comes with more than one operating system installed so that you can switch between either OS to suit various needs? Well, it turns out that the Chinese are already one step ahead in the game: a new x86 tablet that comes pre-loaded with both Windows 7 and an x86 port of Android has started making its rounds around Shenzhen.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread update
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In November last year, Sony Ericsson Xperia have released the Android 2.1 update for its X10, X10 mini and X10 mini pro Android smartphones. Today, the company has announced that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update will be available for the X10.
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PSU Review - FSP Aurum Gold 700
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FSP (also known as Fortron-Source) is one of the world’s largest PSU manufacturers. They have been around since 1993 but it was not until 2003 that FSP started their own retail brand, offering their products directly to consumers. Today we are going to have a look at one of the latest and greatest FSP power supplies, the Aurum Gold 700. As its name suggests, this product offers a maximum power output of 700W and has an 80Plus Gold certification.
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10 recommended apps for your Nokia phone
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Nokia may be going the Windows Phone 7 way, but it will be a long before we see the device retailing in stores. Meanwhile, the Finnish phone maker is not going to phase out its Symbian offerings, seeing there are more than 200 million Symbian-based devices on the market to date. If you are still holding on to a Symbian smartphone, why not maximize it fully with some of these apps featured here? Note that not all the featured apps are free. All apps are tested on the Nokia N8 touchscreen smartphone.
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ASUS ROG Rampage III Black Edition - The Best X58 Motherboard?
vr-zone.com - Gamers and Overclockers, you’re in luck as ASUS’s new offering, the Republic of Gamers Rampage III Black edition is here to stay.
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GeForce GTX 590 Goes Up In Smoke
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Sweclockers has discovered that when using the supposingly press driver for GeForce GTX 590, the card overheats and burns during a 3DMark11 run at a slightly overclocked and overvolted condition. This certainly got NVIDIA scrambling to come up with a new driver revision just a day before launch. More juicy info included.
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