IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 23/04/2011

G.Skill RipjawsX 1600MHz CL7 4GB DDR3 Kit Review
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Having just a fast processor isn't really enough these days; a high-speed memory kit can provide quite a bit of performance boost to your bandwidth-hungry Intel 'Sandy Bridge' platform gaming rig. VR-Zone.com finds out how much an improvement there can be with the F3-12800CL7D-4GBXM kit from G.Skill. Overclocking included.

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Awind McTiVia Review
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Ever wanted to watch this interesting video online or show off your game scores you have on your desktop on the flatscreen in your living room? Well, you can drag your system out from your room and connect it to your flatscreen display in the living room. Or just get McTiVia. Today, we lay our hands on a unit and test out to see if it deserves its recently awarded "Best of Show Macworld 2011" by both Macworld and Notebooks.com.

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Verbatim Introduces Slim External SSD
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Verbatim, manufacturer of various storage media and flash memory products, has unveiled three new ultra-portable and slim external SSDs, expanding its Store 'n' Go product portfolio.

Silicon Power Releases Blaze Series USB 3.0 Flash Drives
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Silicon Power, leading manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, card readers, DRAM modules, SSDs, and portable HDDs, has unveiled the Blaze B10, the world's first chameleon USB flash drive. Measuring 72.4 x 17.4 x 10.0mm and weighing a mere 9.5g, the ultra-light drive boasts a USB 3.0 interface, a unique color changing coating (varies with operating temperature), and delivers data transfer speeds up to 70Mb/s (read). Available in capacities of 32Gb, 16Gb and 8Gb, the "Turkey Blue" Blaze B10 comes bundled with a SP Widget Software and is covered by a lifetime warranty.

Aerocool Preps X-Warrior Chassis for Release
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Aerocool Advanced Technologies has expanded its line-up of gamercentric PC chassis with the addition of the X-Warrior.

Verbatim Announces USB 3.0 Store 'n' Go Flash Drives
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Verbatim has expanded its series of flash devices with the announcement of the USB 3.0 Store 'n' Go flash drives. Available in 16Gb, 32Gb, and 64Gb storage capacities, they feature a USB 3.0 interface, capless (push and pull) design, and deliever data transfer rates up to 120Mb/s (read) and 70Mb/s (write) on USB 3.0 PCs. The Store 'n' Go is expected to hit store shelves come end April.

The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 21 April 2011
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In today's news roundup:

ASRockls Fatal1ty P67 Professional Motherboard gets reviewed;
Western Digital's latest external hard disk, the 1TB-totting WD My Passport Essential SE, gets reviewed;
Verizon claims that Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 will be a 'world phone', which should be good news for frequent travellers who have to deal with handsets that are either SIM-locked or lack the neccessary hardware needed to function on a certain frequency band;
Ubisoft's latest guitar-based game, Rocksmith, gets an early preview, and
The popular Japanese 2D fighting game Ougon Musoukyoku has been confirmed to receieve an Xbox 360 port, complete with new characters

Razer Hydra Motion Sensing Controllers for Portal 2
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Razer announces the Razer Hydra, the world’s first gaming-grade motion sensing controllers powered by Sixense. Razer worked closely with Valve and Sixense to create exclusive Portal 2 content to showcase the power of the Razer Hydra in enhancing game immersion. On top of Portal 2, the Razer Hydra is optimized with over 125 popular PC games out of the box, including titles like Left 4 Dead 2 and World of Goo. Price: US$139.99 / EU€139.99. Availability: Pre-orders start May 2011. Ships in June 2011.

SanDisk and Toshiba announces 19nm 64Gbit NAND Flash memory
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Ah, the joys of healthy competition in the market. Last week 20nm NAND Flash was cutting edge and now it's so, well, uhm, last week. Both SanDisk and Toshiba have separately announced that they'll be offering retail 19nm NAND Flash memory later this year. Reading the press releases it appears to be the same tech, but we can't be certain of it, but both companies announced two bits per cell NAND Flash with three bits per cell coming at a later stage.

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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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Saturday, April 23, 2011

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 23/04/2011

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