ASUS' 12x external Blu-ray writer debuts
Revealed just before CeBIT 2011, ASUS' BW-12D1S-U Blu-ray writer has now received a proper introduction and should become available very soon. This drive promises write speeds of up to 12x for Blu-ray discs and, thanks to its Optical Tuning Strategy (OTS) technology, which enables smooth playback.
Read More ...
OCZ now shipping Vertex 3 SSDs
Six weeks have passed since their announcement and now OCZ's Vertex 3 consumer-grade solid state drives have started shipping, promising to deliver double the performance of the Vertex 2 models by using SandForce's new SF-2200 controller and a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface. Drives have a 2.5-inch form factor, feature multi-level cell NAND Flash memory, TRIM support, a MTBF of 2 million hours, a three-year warranty, and are capable of a 4k random write performance of up to 60,000 IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second).
Read More ...
HIS makes Radeon HD 6950 with IceQ X cooling
HIS announced no less than six cards based on AMD's Cayman GPU - interestingly enough, all these cards are Radeon HD 6950s, 1GB and 2GB versions, all equipped with an IceQ X cooler and more or less overclocked. The cards feature an IceQ X cooler, a dual-slot solution which brings together four heatpipes and a central 92mm fan to ensure lower temps and a quieter operation than is possible with the reference fansink. Beside custom cooling, the cards have a blue PCB, 1408 Stream Processors, a 256-bit memory interface and GDDR5 chips, CrossFireX support, HD3D capabilities and multi-monitor support enabled by dual-DVI, dual-DisplayPort and HDMI outputs.
Read More ...
Nokia says Symbian is closed-source now
Nokia confirmed that its decision to take down online distributions of Symbian was actually the effective end to Symbian as an open-source platform. Although it republished the code this month, it has since said it the code was only under a closed-source license and couldn't be legally used for any purpose without a commercial deal. The code was only online to help Japanese phone makers still using Symbian and to help existing platform partners. The open-source version of Symbian still exists on an unofficial code dump page, but it includes only the code from before when the Symbian Foundation took down the open-source version.
Read More ...
Creative Ziio 7: A Creative Tablet - Literally
Many companies, otherwise traditional manufacturers of PC components, presented new, atypical product series last year, in an attempt to widen their impact onto the market segments that they’d previously been unheard of. Creative was one of the first to kickstart this trend, so after various speakers and headphones, their decision to jump aboard the Android bandwagon doesn’t come across as too much of a surprise. ZiiO 7 looks like a light, high-quality tablet at first glance already. With its solid and elegant design, it has all the firmness and the compactness of an excellent casing, with a stunning finish that is the dream of many manufacturers. The front of the device is dominated by the resistive display with an expected diagonal of 7”, the front VGA camera and a couple of sensor buttons below the display.
Read More ...
No comments:
Post a Comment