The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 31 Mar 2011
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In today's news roundup:
- How video games killed desktop PC computing;
- Preview of SuperFlower SF-700P14XE Modular PSU;
- Samsung keylogger accusations prove false ;
- Microsoft exec ignores sales figures, says tablets a fad;
- Mega Man Universe cancelled, and
- Hideo Kojima gets promoted to Konami Vice President.
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COMPUTEX : Tablet PCs and e-Book Readers Makers Unshaken by Japan Earthquake
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A recent survey conducted by The Taipei Computer Association (TCA) shows that the recent Japan earthquake did affected the exhibitors' confidence slightly. A survey conducted on international buyers shows similar result. Overall, the COMPUTEX Exhibitors Index (CEI) is still good standing. There is one sector remains unshaken, which is the PC system and photo-electronics where most of the exhibitors of that segment are the manufacturers of Tablet PCs and e-Book readers. However, manufacturers in the components and storage sectors are pretty much shaken as the earthquake casted doubts over the buying power of the Japanese market.
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Samsung investigating on spyware installed on its laptops
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Usually, your PC may get infected with spyware when you visit dangerous websites, install unknown applications or open questionable attachments in your email inbox. Well, of course, another way would be the manufacturer preloads the spyware in the PC. Apparently, on a guest posting on NetworkWorld, keylogging software was found on a newly bought Samsung laptop.
Update: Samsung Korea issued a statement saying that
that the company preinstalls keylogger on R525 and R540 laptop computers are false.
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Fujitsu announces new Sandy Bridge notebooks for Spring 2011
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For technology enthusiasts who demand nothing but the latest in hardware for their PCs, having a system that boasts Intel's current Sandy Bridge platform is no longer a luxury, but a minimum requirement. And Fujitsu has seen to it that the local market will not be left high and dry without their dose of 'sand' in the first half of 2011: the Japanese OEM has just unveiled its latest Spring collection of notebooks for the year in an event held at the Hosted By The Patio cafe located in Alexandra Road today, and you can bet that all of them come bundled with the latest Sand(-y Bridge) courtesy of Intel.
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NVIDIA To Unlock SLI For AMD 990 Series Chipsets
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For so long, AMD enthusiasts have to resort to unofficial patches to make SLI work on their boards but not anymore. NVIDIA has finally agreed to make their SLI technology available for AMD 9-series chipsets boards supporting the Zambezi processors based on Bulldozer architecture.
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Second wave of motherboard price hikes expected
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More bad news we're afraid, motherboards are expected to get another price hike, this time around due to the earthquake in Japan that managed to damage many of the factories where crucial motherboard components are being made. In the wake of the earthquake and nuclear disaster, Japan is now suffering from rolling brownouts that are causing production delays for the companies that make the components which in turn has led to an increase in components prices.
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HTC launches Desire S Android smartphone in Singapore
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Today, HTC has announced the launch of the Desire S Android smartphone in Singapore. The successor to the HTC Desire is made from a single block of aluminum and features dual front and rear cameras.
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Rumour: NVIDIA preparing GeForce GTX 560
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Reports from Germany point towards a GeForce GTX 560 (minus 'Ti') being in development. The GTX 560 will replace the GTX 460, as a competition to the Radeon HD 6800 series. The GTX 560 is expected have one SM disabled - much like the GTX 460 - for a total of 336 SP, 56 TMU, with 32 ROP and a 256-bit memory bus like the GTX 560 Ti. The GTX 560 will clocked much higher than the GTX 460, in the range of 800 MHz.
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Samsung announces new line of transparent LCD panels
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Will it not be nice to be able to enjoy your digital content on an LCD panel that is so clear, it actually allows a user to see right through it? Apparently, Samsung seems to think so. Barely a couple of weeks after the Korean electronics giant showed off a notebook with an transparent AMOLED screen, Samsung is back to tease consumers with news about its new transparent LCD panel product line. So when will we start seeing monitors fitted with these drool-worthy panels?
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Microsoft launches Express Mouse and Comfort Mouse
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Microsoft has announced the new Express mouse (which comes in five trendy colors) and Comfort mouse 3000 and 6000 in Singapore. The mice will be available in April next month.
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Google wants you to +1 your favourite search results
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Want to tell a friend about a certain search result which you like but don't have the time to fire off an email detailing the exact URL of the aforementioned resource? No problem: Google has got just the solution for such situations, and it involves an experimental feature known simply as... +1. Yes, you read that right. Are you ready to start +1-ing your favourite links?
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LG and WFP announce initiative to fight against hunger around the world
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You may be wondering how technology can help end hunger in this world. LG and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are announcing a initiative to fight against hunger around the world. Read on for the details.
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Acer launches Iconia Touchbook in Australia
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Will you spend good money to purchase a keyboard-less notebook? Well, Acer apparently thinks that there exists people out there who are willing to do so, if only just to show the world that they are way ahead of the times where computer technology is concerned. And if tapping away on a touchscreen is definitely something that only the trendy do, Acer's recently launched Iconia Touchbook will probably be the ideal solution for those who just cannot get enough satisfaction from taping on their single-display tablet's touchscreen.
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NVIDIA GeForce R270 Drivers Available For Download
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NVIDIA today has finally released the first set of drivers from R270 branch which is version 270.51. It boasts numerous, notable performance gains in standard gaming modes, SLI gaming modes, and 3D Vision gaming modes. Games such as Dragon Age II is notably faster in GTX 580 SLI config while others have a few percent of performance improvements. 3D Vision and 3D Crosshair performance has been improved as well. Lastly, Forceware 270.51 comes bundled with a huge range of new 3D Vision profiles, enabling 3D Vision support in games such as Homefront, Richard Burns Rally and Test Drive Unlimited 2, and in titles yet to be released, such as Duke Nukem Forever, Portal 2, and Section 8: Prejudice.
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