IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechConnect Magazine) 28/04/2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechConnect Magazine) 28/04/2011

Acer's Z5763 3D-ready all-in-one PC to reach Europe next month
If you're into the Aspire Z5761 released earlier this month but think it's missing something then you may want to check out the upcoming Aspire Z5763 which features similar specification while also including a 3D panel (23-inch, Full HD), a built-in IR emitter, plus a pair of active shutter glasses.

White iPhone 4 to launch tomorrow
After a 10-month delay the white iPhone 4 is finally ready for its time in the spotlight and will begin selling in the US as of tomorrow through Apple's online store, the company's retail stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

Apple tackles location tracking concerns, claims its innocence
Known since last year, the iPhone's 'habit' of storing location data in a somewhat hidden file (which can be sourced and thus exposed) has exploded online recently, and even sparked a class-action lawsuit in the US. Today Apple decided to come clean about it and proclaim... its innocence.

Intel's LGA1155-supporting 7 Series chipsets outed, have USB 3.0, PCIe 3.0
The first half of 2012 (most likely Q1), will see Intel release its first 22nm processors (codename Ivy Bridge) which will be compatible (BIOS update is required) with current 6 Series LGA1155 motherboards but will also work with the upcoming 7 Series line-up (X79 excluded).

Foxconn intros the NT-A3500 Fusion-powered nettop barebone
Foxconn has today announced the upcoming European arrival of its newest nettop barebone, the successor to the Atom-powered NT-330i which is known as NT-A3500 and is based on AMD's first Fusion platform (Brazos).

Buffalo coming up with new, shock-resistant portable HDDs
In about a month's time Buffalo Inc. is set to let loose a two fresh MiniStation portable hard drives, 500GB and 1TB units which feature a hybrid shock-absorbing system made up of a series of springs placed around the sides of the built-in drive, and eight internal cushions.

Gigabyte's Touch BIOS tool gets a video demo, comes with Z68 boards
Beside some more or less useful applications, the software bundle of Gigabyte's Z68 motherboards includes a little Windows tool called Touch BIOS which aims to make BIOS setting modifications easy as pie, or better yet, so simple a monkey could do them (use monkey at your own risk though).

Nokia offloading Symbian, 3,000 developers to Accenture
Nokia made it clear that Symbian will not be part of its long-term future so it's no wonder that today, the Finnish company announced that it will be transferring all Symbian activities, along with about 3,000 developers, to Accenture.

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MSI unveils the GX780 17.3-inch gaming notebook
MSI is preparing a major treat for hardcore gamers as it plans to introduce a new G series laptop that mixes up Sandy Bridge power, DirectX 11 discrete graphics, a sexy design, top-notch Dynaudio sound and a keyboard made in collaboration with SteelSeries.

Mitsubishi releasing 23-inch 3D monitor with IPS panel
Mitsubishi Electric has today announced a new Diamondcrysta series monitor, a 23-inch model dubbed RDT233WX-3D which features an IPS (in-plane switching) panel enabling 178/178 viewing angles, LED backlighting, and 3D capabilities.

Sony teases sliding tablet, calls it 'Freestyle Hybrid PC'
Yesterday at the press event focused on the S1 and S2 Android tablets, Sony also previewed two upcoming VAIO-branded mobile devices, an 'Ultimate Mobile PC' (ultra-thin laptop) and a tablet (Freestyle Hybrid PC) with a sliding keyboard (think Asus Eee Pad Slider).

Lenovo starts selling the Essential B470 14-inch SMB laptop
Coming to aid small and medium-sized business customers that are on a tighter budget, Lenovo has made available the 'affordable and productive' Essential B470 laptop which features a 14-inch (1366 x 768) display and is powered by Intel's Huron River mobile platform.

HP offering businesses a taste of Fusion with the 3105m laptop
To show AMD's Brazos platform more love, HP is adding to its business PC offering an 11.6-inch laptop which is powered by an APU (accelerated processing unit), namely the E-350 which packs two x86 Bobcat cores @ 1.6 GHz and Radeon HD 6310 (DirectX 11) graphics.

Gigabyte reveals the GS-AH6G3N business notebook
Gigabyte Technology is now readying the release of a new laptop based on Intel's Huron River platform, a 14-inch business-oriented machine named GS-AH6G3N which weights about 2kg and measures 338 (W) x 235 (D) x 26.9 (H) mm.

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Sprint to launch the Nexus S 4G on May 8 priced at $200 with a contract
Sprint has today announced that the WiMAX-enabled version of Samsung's Nexus S smartphone will become available in the US through its website, stores and from Best Buy as of May 8, priced at $199.99 with a two-year service agreement.

Maingear prepares for summer with the EPIC liquid coolers
Sensing that its customers will have to face a cruel, hot summer, Maingear has teamed up with CoolIT to introduce the closed-loop, maintenance free EPIC (Enhanced Performance InterCooler) coolers as options for its custom desktops.

Dell overlooks the leaks, announces Precision M4600 and M6600
After slipping out one of their support documents, PC maker Dell has today put an end to all other potential leaks and announced the specifications, prices and availability of the Precision M4600 and M6600 mobile workstations.

OCZ unveils Vertex 3 SSDs capable of 75,000 IOPS
OCZ Technology Group has today revealed the latest addition to its storage offer, a tweaked version of its Vertex 3 solid state drives (named Max IOPS edition) which deliver a 4KB random write performance with up to 75,000 IOPS - compared to 60,000 IOPS of the 'regular' Vertex 3.

Crucial releases its m4 (C400) solid state drives
Following its parent company (Micron), Crucial has now rolled out its own C400-based solid state drives which are known as the m4 series. The m4 SSDs have a 2.5-inch form factor, are equipped with 25nm MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips and feature a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface.

LG making its own mobile chips, licenses ARM Cortex, Mali IP
LG Electronics is taking its consumer electronics strategy to the next level as it has announced the signing of a licensing deal with ARM which provides it with access to the latter's Cortex processor and Mali GPU families.

Custom-cooled XFX Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition on sale in Europe
While keeping a low profile, XFX let loose upon European retail/e-tail a factory-overclocked and custom-cooled Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards. Known as the Black Edition, XFX's creation can be bought for €169.

One in three phones sold in 2011 to have a touchscreen, says Displaybank
Research firm Displaybank is predicting that the 2011 touch panel market will show a 76% on-year growth and reach $10.42 billion thanks to increased demand for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

Kingmax debuts first waterproof 64GB SDXC memory card
Taiwan-based Kingmax Digital has worked, toiled and managed to develop the very first 64GB SDXC (Secure Digital eXtended Capacity) memory card that is both waterproof and dustproof, and can offer read and write speeds of up to 65 MB/s and 40 MB/s, respectively.

Sony announces its S1 and S2 (dual-screen) Android tablets
Sony may be late to the tablet game but it still wants to play and for that to happen it will start by releasing not one but two such devices, both powered by Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Sony's first tablets are known as S1 and S2 (these are codenamed) and are set for a fall debut.

LG introduces the D41P and D42P 'Flicker-free' 3D monitors
LG Electronics has today released in South Korea the first two 3D monitors to utilize its Film Patterned Retarder (FPR) 3D technology (also used on the CINEMA 3D TVs). Thanks to FPR 3D, the displays promise to offer brighter, clearer images and 'Flicker-Free' 3D viewing.

Dell's Precision M6600 and M4600 mobile workstations get detailed
Courtesy of a slip made by Dell's support site we now know some more about the February-announced, but still not available, Precision M6600 (17.3-inch) and M4600 (15.6-inch) mobile workstations.

Lenovo 7-inch Android 3.0 tablet in the works too
According to a newly-exposed roadmap, beside the 10.1-inch ThinkPad Tablet, Lenovo is preparing the release of a 7-inch device running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Branded as 'Think Slate', the 2H 2011 tablet is supposed to target enterprise users but it should entice regular consumers too.

HTC Doubleshot smartphone exposed, packs QWERTY keyboard
Some reasonably-solid information about a new HTC Android smartphone - the Doubleshot, has been dug out of the interweb, and it details an Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) device that comes with a QWERTY keyboard (hello!) and is powered by a 1.2 GHz processor.

Yahoo! snatches IntoNow to find out your TV schedule
Sunnyvale-based digital media company Yahoo! has moved quickly and acquired the young startup known as IntoNow which has developed a platform that enables consumers to 'check in' their favorite TV programs and share their favorites shows.

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Origin adds overclocked CPU options to its EON17-S laptop
Apparently the 2.5 GHz (3.5 GHz Turbo) Core i7-2920XM quad-core processor isn't fast enough for the EON17-S, at least that's what we're left to believe from Origin's decision to add two overclocked CPU options to its 17.3-inch (Full HD) laptop.

Kingston intros the HyperX Plug and Play memory for Sandy Bridge systems
Expanding its memory line, Kingston has today released the HyperX Plug and Play (PnP) series which includes DDR3-1600 and DDR3-1866 dual-channel kits certified to work with Sandy Bridge-based desktops and mobile PCs.

Lenovo's unannounced ThinkPad X1 ultra-thin laptop gets listed
Thanks to some gun-jumping stores in Europe we now know that Lenovo is on the verge of releasing the ThinkPad X1, a 13.3-inch ultra-thin laptop which is just 21.5mm thick, weights as low as 1.36kg, and is powered by Intel's Huron River mobile platform.

Leaked roadmap details Dell's 10-inch Android and Windows tablets
Dell has previously confirmed that it was working on 10-inch tablets but (obviously) didn't reveal any solid details about them. Thankfully the interweb has delivered once again, providing us with roadmap that describes Dell's upcoming Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and Windows tablets.

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