The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 19 April 2011
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In today's news roundup:
- Intel and AMD are reportecly making plans to go head-on against ARM in the lucrative smartphone and tablet market;
- Reviews of AMD's recently launched graphics cards, the Radeon HD 6570 and HD 6670, are starting to surface online;
- Apple is reportedly rejecting Apps with Pay-per-install campaigns;
- Alienware has announced two new gaming laptops, the M14x and M18x, along with an updated M11x that now features more powerful, up-to-date hardware;
- Final Fantasy IV's creator Takashi Tokita gives his take on the ever-popular Final Fantasy franchise, and
- The latest Mortal Kombat installation has finally been launched in North America.
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G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3-2300 CL9 8GB Kit Announced
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G.Skill today announces the world’s fastest 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3 memory, rated at 2300MHz CL9 with only 1.65V voltage. This ultimate memory kit will join G.Skill award winning Ripjaws-X family and will be available soon via G.Skill global authorized distribution partner.
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Pentax unveils rainbow-coloured K-r DSLR with mouthful of a name
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When it comes to churning out special, limitted editions of its DSLRs, probably no other camera manufacturer is capable of doing what Pentax has been churning out on a semi-regular basis. And it seems that the trend is not about to stop any time soon, for better or for worse; the Japanese DSLR maker has just announced yet another limitted edition run of its K-r DSLRs which come fully decked out in...you guessed it, a bright, rainbow-coloured body. Kind of makes you wonder when the fun will ever end for Pentax, no?
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Epson launches new nettop PC in Japan
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Most people may not be aware of it, but Epson is more than just a well-known vendor of inkjet printers. In fact, the Japanese company also has its own line of notebooks and PCs that are available for sale only in the Japanese domestic market, and its desktop PC offering has just received a new addition to the family today. How does an ultra-compact NP15 nettop PC sound like for you?
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MSI teams up with LucidLogix for some Z68 Virtu love
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MSI has announced that it's going to supply LucidLogix Virtu software with its Z68 motherboards which will enable automatic on-demand switching between the Intel IGP and a discrete graphics card. For now, LucidLogix's Virtu software is the only way to go if you want to do graphics switching on a desktop system, but we're hearing that this isn't going to be the case for too long.
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Asus' P8Z68-V Pro shows up early on Chinese site
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Detailed pictures of one of Asus' upcoming Z68 chipset based motherboards have made an appearance on a Chinese website and it gives us a pretty detailed look into what Asus has coming. The model is the P8Z68-V Pro which should be towards the upper end of Asus' Z68 boards, at least judging by its features.
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It is official: Samsung has sold its hard drive business unit to Seagate
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Let's face it; everybody knew that Samsung would not have a problem finding a buyer for its hard disk business. And most people would also have guessed that given Samsung's small but respectable market share in the HDD business, it would not take too long before a buyer shows up at Samsung's office with a bag full of cash and and offer to purchase that aforementioned business unit. Which is precisely what just happened today; Seagate is now in the midst of combining its own HDD business with that of Samsung's as we bring you this report.
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SingTel announces ESC and exclusive distributor for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
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This afternoon, SingTel announced their new cloud-based video gaming service called ESC, and also it will be the exclusive distributor for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (formerly known as the PlayStation Phone).
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AMD launches the Radeon HD 6670, 6570, 6450
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Today AMD unveiled is more affordable Radeon HD 6000-series graphics card with the most expensive model retailing for about US$100. We’ve got a few pictures of some of the partner boards for your viewing pleasure, alongside the specs of the new card after the break.
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Microsoft announces public beta of Office 365 for businesses
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Maybe it is because Microsoft's Office productivity suite is still the number one office suite of choice for most users around the world that people are always trying to nitpick on it for not being able to match up to their lofty expectations of what a 'proper' office productivity suite is supposed to be. However, even the harshest critic may have to take a back seat with Microsoft's latest Office-related offering for businesses, for Microsoft has just announced in a media event held at The Fullerton Hotel that the public beta for the business-centric cloud-productivity service, Office 365 is now live. So what new features can businesses look forward to with Office 365? Read on to find out more.
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Glass-free 3D on the Apple iPad 2? Yes, it is possible
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The Apple iPad 2 does not come with 3D display technology, but from the folks at Engineering Human-Computer Interaction Research, it is possible to achieve glass-free 3D effect on the tablet device. Read on for the details.
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Chacha launches new iPhone app with new UI and location-based features
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Real-time question and answer service provider Chacha has launched their new iPhone app that sports a refreshed look and offers location-based features. Besides asking questions, user can also see "live" questions being asked in his or her vicinity.
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The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 18 April 2011
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In today's news roundup:
- Intel has seemingly thrown in the towel with its Itanium architecture and has started moving out its engineers from the Itanium team to its Xeon departments;
- ASRock's Fatal1ty P67 Professional motherboard gets reviewed;
- Kyocera’s dual-touchscreen Echo smartphone is now officially available through Sprint in the U.S;
- Samsung is reportedly planning to bridge the performance gap between a traditional desktop PC and a smartphone by aiming to launch a new smartphone fitted with a 2GHz processor core by 2012;
- Ridge Racer 3D for Nintendo's latest portable video game console, the Nintendo 3DS, gets reviewed, and
- The rumour mill is claiming that Nintendo's upcoming sucessor to its Wii video game console might feature "a tablet with buttons" for its controllers
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Samsung said to be selling its hard drive business
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It wasn't long ago that Western Digital snapped up Hitachi's hard drive business to become the largest hard drive manufacturer in the world, but it seems like Seagate might have an opportunity to retake some of its lost market share, as Samsung is looking to sell its hard drive business. So far it appears to only be rumours, but if true, we'd be left with only two manufacturers of desktop hard drives which simply can't be a good thing.
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EVERCOOL Unveils World's First Router Cooler
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Taipei based Evercool has announced Dr. Cool, the world's first cooler for routers and various IP sharing devices. Measuring 151 x 145 x 80mm and weighing 263g , the crab-like device is powered by USB/ a DC power transformer and features a 80mm fan that operates at speeds up to 2,500 RPM at 21 dBA. Prices and availability has not been announced yet so stay tuned for more updates.
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ASUS Announces World's First Two-Way HDMI Streaming Kit
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ASUS has launched WAVI, the world’s first wireless HDMI kit to feature innovative two-way wireless USB control designed to stream PC content to the big screen TV. WAVI (Wireless Audio Video Interaction) is offered as a pair of devices that bridges the gap between the home office and living room. Watch movies, play the latest PC games, enjoy social networking or even do online shopping, all on the big screen TV from the comfort of a couch.
Read on to view the full press release, along with the WAVI's hardware specifications.
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