PowerColor HD 6790 Review
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Green House Unveils PicoDrive F3 USB 3.0 Flash Drive
Tokyo-based manufacturer Green House today unveiled three flash drives, all featuring USB 3.0 support. The new flash drives, dubbed the F3, are part of the Green House PicoDrive series. All drives offer data transfer rates of up to 120MB/s (read) and 80MB/s (write). The flash drives measure 73.2x19.75x9mm (WxDxH) and weigh in at 13.5g. The PicoDrive F3 drives feature a capped design and will be available in three variants retailing for US$71 (16GB), US$140 (32GB) and US$235 (64GB).
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Dell Alienware M14x Laptop Pictured
Dell's latest Alienware creation, the M14x laptop has been pictured, thanks to Chinese site zol.com.cn. The sleek M14x is targeted at the gamers, bearing the Alienware brand name. Packed inside the M14x obtained by zol.com.cn are a Core i7-2820QM quad-core CPU, NVIDIA's GeForce GT 555M including a whopping 3GB of DRR5 memory, backed by 4GB of RAM. Storage is sorted by a 7200RPM hard drive up to 750GB or a SSD up to 256GB. A 14" screen with a resolution of 1366x768 or 1920x1080 and a back-lit keyboard complete the machine. Other features include Klipsch speakers, a slot optical drive and all the mainstays: Gigabit ethernet, WiFi, HDMI, VGA and mini DisplayPort connectivity. An 8-cell battery will power this behemoth. It is worth noting that the M14x will be customisable, and most of the specs listed here can be changed. I'd expect Dell to reveal more official information on the M14x in the coming weeks.
Thanks to zol.com.cn for the pictures of the M14x. (Link in Chinese)
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Texas Instruments to Acquire National Semiconductor
There seems to be acquisitions of all types these days in the current economy, and today is no different. Texas Instruments has just announced it intends to acquire National Semiconductor for $25 a share, a value much higher than the $14 and change reported by the New York Stock Exchange earlier in the day. National seems to be quite happy with the deal, with its CEO Dan Macleod saying how the two companies complement each other well. TI will add National's strong analog business to its own fairly strong analog business, though TI should benefit from National's greater power management capabilities. TI is going to do everything possible to ensure that National's customers experience "a seamless, hassle-free merger," and no products will need to be requalified through TI since the National fabrication plants will remain open. I've dealt with both TI and National for op-amps and various other parts, so hopefully the merger keeps the quality of parts just as high as before.
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Google Places Bid For Nortel Patent Library
Google has initiated a bid of $900 million for the patent library of Nortel. The library hasn't been sold outright, and other companies can still bid on it. This situation appears as a win for both sides. Google gains access to roughly 6,000 patents encompassing a broad range of technology. Nortel gets a lot of money as it goes through bankruptcy proceedings. Google has announced that this move is in order to "create a disincentive for others to sue." Microsoft thought it was worth noting that it will retain access to all of Nortel's patents free of charge due to a previous agreement.
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BitFenix Announces Case Modding Contest
BitFenix has announced a new contest for all the case modders out there, with the top prize being a Colossus Window chassis. In order to enter, there are three steps to follow:
1. Go to the BitFenix Facebook Page and click "Like"If you aren't particularly skilled at modding, be sure to check out the entries on the contest page and vote for your favorite entry.
2. Find the Modding Contest tab and fill in the contest form
3. Go to the BitFenix Case Modding Contest page and submit photos of your best case mod
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US Court of Appeals Dismisses Verizon and MetroPCS Lawsuit Against FCC Net Neutrality
A while back, the FCC passed net neutrality rules which was met with equal parts joy and anger. Verizon publicly decried them as being too broad shortly after the rules were made known, and then a bit later filed a federal lawsuit against those rules. MetroPCS shared the same sentiments and thus joined in on the lawsuit, but now the US Court of Appeals has dismissed that lawsuit. The reason behind it is that the lawsuit is "incurably" premature because the net neutrality rules have yet to published in the Federal Register. That means that until those rules have been published, no lawsuits can be brought forth and thus the Court of Appeals threw the case out. That doesn't discourage Verizon since it will just bide its time until it can actually bring up a lawsuit, and I am sure MetroPCS will join in yet again.
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Ubisoft Announces Anno 2070
Ubisoft's Anno RTS franchise has always dealt with a historical setting, typically when the European nations were sending out explorers. The most recent game, Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery, allowed players to build an empire and trade with various nations, including the Orient. Well today Ubisoft has announced the newest game in the Anno franchise, but this one deviates from the historical setting. The new game will be called Anno 2070 and is set in our not too distant future, which Ubisoft claims allows the developers more of a freedom with design. The past games were bound to the technology available in the past, but with the game being set 60 years in the future, there is much more freedom available in how to do things and design the world. Ubisoft does say that the game will "feel both familiar and fresh to fans of the series," and with the futuristic setting, I hope that comes true and possibly brings in some new fans.
Anno 2070 will be out this winter for PC.
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Sony Acknowledges Outages
The infamous group Anonymous is taking responsibility for the recent outage of the PlayStation Network and the Sony website that occurred mainly over in Europe today, though the company has a different side of the story. The downed services spread over to North America after evolving from Europe, and since then many users have had trouble trying to connect to either the main website or the network through their PlayStation 3. Sony is claiming that the outage is actually due to sporadic maintenance however, and is not making a legal remark against the claims that Anonymous is actually responsible. No matter what the actual issue is, a fix is hopefully coming soon since the PlayStation king already is aware of the issue and the regions it is currently affecting.
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