Friday, April 22, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 22/04/2011





Eee Pad Transformer to arrive Stateside on Tuesday
Almost four weeks after beginning shipments of its Eee Pad Transformer, Asus has announced that the Android 3.0-powered tablet will be hitting North American store shelves on April 26—that's next Tuesday. Asus formally announced the North American launch on its website, but all of the dirty details, including...

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It's official: Android 3.0 is coming to x86 slates
When Intel announced its new Oak Trail platform for tablets last week, the company mentioned support for both Windows and a "variety of operating systems." Now, we know those other OSes will include Android 3.0—Intel CEO Paul Otellini said so himself during his company's earnings conference call, according...

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Kindergarten Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough


Intel CEO: x86 to soon be dripping with Honeycomb goodness - Ars Technica
DailyTech reports tablets to continue assault on PC market
TR alum Joel Hruska on questions of compatibility: AMD, AM3, and Bulldozer
Gigabyte Z68-UD3P-B3 motherboard sneak peek - via Expreview
Ars Technica: How...

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Apple posts record quarterly revenue, profit
I kind of wish Intel and Apple would cut it out... my fingers are getting tired of typing "billion" and "record quarter" over and over. They've done it again, though. Hot on Intel's heels, Apple has just announced both record revenue and record profit for its second fiscal quarter,...

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ARM: Smartphones, tablets may become our main computers
Even ARM's fastest processor cores are no match for Sandy Bridge, but could their successors one day power smartphones that supplant our primary desktop and laptop computers? The folks at ARM certainly appear to see things that way. ARM executive James Bruce brought up the subject when speaking to...

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Poll: Rawest tech deal?
Sometimes, life gives you a raw deal. Other times, the tech industry is the one handing out crappy cards. Crysis 2's $60 asking price is more than a little questionable given the game's reliance on DirectX 9. Portal 2 is a little more reasonably priced, although some...

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New touchscreen tech promises pressure sensitivity
In the coming years, touchscreens are likely to become even more popular. Capacitive models that respond to multitouch input have increasingly replaced resistive touchscreens that used to be the standard for convertible tablets. Now, MIT's Technology Review has news that a company called Peratech is offering pressure-sensitive...

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12.5-inch ThinkPad Edge, X220, X220T are available
Lenovo has unleashed a trifecta of ThinkPad laptops with unusual 12.5" display panels: the ThinkPad Edge E220s, the ThinkPad X220, and the convertible ThinkPad X220 Tablet. All three feature 1366x768 display resolutions and Sandy Bridge processors, and prices start at only $749 for the E220s and $849...

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