Sunday, May 1, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 01/05/2011





National Raisin Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough


BusinessWeek: Microsoft looks cheap—as usual
ITworld: Despite Q3 earnings growth, Microsoft shares fall
The Globe and Mail: RIM shares take beating on lowered guidance
AppleInsider: Fears of iPad cannibalization drive PC estimates downward
PCWorld reports MSI intros GX780 gaming laptop
with flashy keyboard designed just...

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Deal of the week: Cheap RAM, games, and storage
We've got a trio of sub-$100 deals for you this week. The first one is part of Newegg's month-end blowout sale: an 8GB kit of Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 memory with fancy heatspreaders for only $74.99 shipped. This kit normally retails for $99.99, but you can reduce the price...

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AMD shoots down ARM partnership rumor
So much for all that hoopla about AMD maybe, possibly planning to partner up with ARM. As PC World reports, AMD has gone on record to disavow any speculation about it cheating on x86 with another instruction-set architecture. Here's the juicy part from the article:
AMD is not...

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The unbearable lightness of whiteness
Hey, kids, didya hear the news? Only ten months behind schedule, Apple shipped the iPhone 4 Caucasian Edition into the waiting arms of Anglophiles everywhere. The Man can finally rejoice. And Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney can regroup for touching remix of "Ebony & Ivory." Or Feist can cover it....

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XFX Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition giveaway: We have a winner
The time has come to announce the winner of our latest giveaway. XFX's Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition is the prize this time around, and we've drawn one lucky winner from over 2,100 entries. Congratulations, Victor Chan, you're teh win! An email from our biz guy,...

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OCZ adds VeloDrive to PCIe SSD lineup
Solid-state drives seem destined to shed their Serial ATA interfaces. The tide is already beginning to turn in enterprise, where PCI Express provides considerably more bandwidth than SATA or SAS links. To cater to that market, OCZ has announced a new member of its growing PCIe SSD...

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Cedarview Atom details start trickling out
The arrival of AMD's Brazos platform has made Intel's Atom processors substantially less enticing, at least in netbooks and small-form-factor desktops. However, Intel is cooking up some new Atom chips based on its 32-nm fab process, and the guys at AnandTech have managed to snag a good few details...

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Microsoft posts record results; Windows sales dip
Apple and Intel aren't the only tech companies posting eye-popping financial results every quarter. Microsoft is part of the club, too, and it has once again failed to disappoint, posting "record" numbers for its latest fiscal quarter ending on March 31. Microsoft boasts about a 13% growth in revenue...

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Arbor Day Shortbread
7 Up


Amazon: Some data lost in cloud outage is not recoverable - TechFlash
Sony: Some PSN data encrypted, hardware moving to new location - Ars Technica
Canalys: Worldwide PC market up 7% as pads fuel growth
TC Magazine reports Lenovo IdeaPad S205 Brazos-powered netbook now up...

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Give my Dustbuster a dial, please
During my early days as a PC enthusiast, we didn't really care about noise. The howl of a stack of high-speed fans was the mark of a powerful system, like the throaty exhaust of a badass custom chopper. Perhaps because we really didn't have a choice, we embraced...

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Release roundup: Pre-built PCs, SSDs, and extreme mobos
This week in our roundup of miscellaneous product launches and announcements, we've got news from Asus, iBuypower, OCZ, and Origin PC.

Back in full black… The Rampage III Black Edition. Say hello to the latest X58 offering in Asus' Republic of Gamers series. This bad boy...

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