Kingston rolls out the DataTraveler 108 compact flash drives :: Posted by THRASHER2
HyperX harbinger Kingston Technology, through its Flash memory affiliate, Kingston Digital, has now released a new DataTraveler series flash drive, the no-nonsense and quite tiny (37.33 x 19.97 x 10 mm) DataTraveler 108.
Kingston's fresh flashy drive has a USB 2.0 interface, a built-in key loop, it comes in three capacities - 4GB (blue), 8GB (red) and 16GB (grey), and is backed by a five-year warranty.
The 4GB, 8GB and 16GB DataTraveler 108 drives are selling in Europe for €6.42, €10.06 and €20.27, respectively.
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Arctic develops two Freezer 13 CPU coolers for 24/7 :: Posted by THRASHER2
Catering to the needs of users who like to 'forget' their PCs turned on day in and day out, Arctic has made available two CPU coolers which are specifically designed to work 24/7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week).
Known as Freezer 13 CO and Freezer 13 Pro CO (CO stands for Continuous Operation), Arctic's new coolers make use of fans boasting long life dual ball bearings, and come with fiber reinforced retention modules that ensure 'long-lasting support for the CPU cooler's weight throughout its lifetime'.
Priced at $43.71 / €32.95, the Freezer 13 CO measures 123 (L) x 96 (W) x 130 (H) mm, weights 706 grams, and features 45 aluminum fins, four copper heatpipes, and a 92mm fan working at 600 to 2000 RPM (rotations per minute).
The Freezer 13 Pro CO costs $58.32 / €43.96, it measures 134 (L) x 96 (W) x 159 (H) mm, and has four copper heatpipes, 47 aluminum fins, one 120mm fan (attacked to the fin array) operating at 300 to 1350 RPM and a 50mm fan (placed above the base) that spins at 700 to 2700 RPM.
Both the Freezer 13 CO and Freezer 13 Pro CO coolers support Intel LGA775/1155/1156/1366 and AMD Socket 754/939/940/F/AM2/AM2+/AM3, and are backed by a 6-year warranty.
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Razer introduces Transformers 3-branded gaming gear :: Posted by THRASHER2
To celebrate the release of Michael Bay's latest summer blockbuster, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, San Diego-based gaming hardware maker Razer has rolled out a few Transformers-themed goodies - four DeathAdder mice, a Vespula mouse surface and four laptop cases.
The customized DeathAdder rodents cost $69.99 each and feature a right-handed design, a 3500dpi Razer Precision 3.5G infrared sensor, a 1ms response time, five programmable Hyperesponse buttons, Ultraslick feet, a seven-foot braided cable, and a gold-plated USB connector. The models available are the Optimus Prime (red), Bumblebee (yellow), Megatron (grey) and Shockwave (purple).
The Transformers 3 Vespula mousepad measures 300 (L)x 240 (W)x 4 (H) mm, comes with a gel-filled wrist rest and provides two surfaces, the Autobots SPEED surface which allows for smoother, faster-paced swiping, and the Decepticons CONTROL surface enabling ultra-precise movements. This one costs $44.99.
The Transformers 3 Laptop Sleeve Cases have the same color schemes as the four DeathAdder mice detailed above, they bear a price tag of $49.99, feature a hard yet flexible plastic shell, a padded inner lining, and support for up to 15-inch machines.
Razer's Transformers 3-flavored gear can all be found on this page .
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Gigabyte announces its first wave of AMD A75 (FM1) boards :: Posted by THRASHER2
Gigabyte Technology has officially joined the Llano crowd by revealed its very own line of motherboards that support AMD's 32nm APUs (accelerated processing units). Gigabyte's offer consists of seven boards - three ATX, three micro ATX and one mini-ITX, all powered by the AMD A75 chipset.
Beside being able to work with FM1 chips (aka the A-Series APUs), the models listed below feature an Ultra Durable (1, 2 or 3) design, two/four DDR3-1866+ memory slots, at least one (up to three on the GA-A75-UD4H) PCI-Express x16 slot allowing for Dual Graphics setups (and even CrossFireX configurations), USB 3.0 connectivity (up to 8 ports), SATA 6.0 Gbps ports, and 7.1 channel audio.
Gigabyte's A75 series motherboards also have Gigabit Ethernet, DualBIOS (with 3TB+ hard drive support), the USB Power Boost technology (provides more watts via the USB connectors) and, depending on model, eSATA and FireWire ports.
After a little search we found four of these seven boards to be available for purchase in Europe - the GA-A75-UD4H (costs €109.89 ), GA-A75-D3H ( €92.31 ), GA-A75M-UD2H ( €98.84 ) and GA-A75M-D2H ( €83.52 ).
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ViewSonic releses three new, budget-minded LED-backlit :: Posted by THRASHER2
ViewSonic has now introduced a few more entry-level (read pocket-friendly) widescreen monitors which feature LED backlighting, the 19-inch VA1948m-LED, the 21.5-inch VA2248-LED and the 23.6-inch VA2448-LED.
ViewSonic's new displays come with a glossy black frame and have a 5ms response time, a dynamic contrast ratio of 10,000,000:1, and both D-Sub and DVI inputs.
The VA1948m LED, with its native resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels, has a recommended price tag of €119, while the Full HD (1920 x 1080) VA2248-LED and VA2448-LED cost €145 and €179, respectively. All monitors are backed by a three-year warranty.
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Microsoft launches Office 365 in 40 countries :: Posted by THRASHER2
Following a lengthy beta period, Microsoft's business-oriented and cloud-based communications and collaboration package, Office 365, has went live in 40 countries around the globe, promising to boost productivity while lowering IT costs.
"Great collaboration is critical to business growth, and because it’s so important, we believe the best collaboration technology should be available to everyone," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. "With a few clicks, Office 365 levels the playing field, giving small and midsize businesses powerful collaboration tools that have given big businesses an edge for years."
Office 365 brings together things like the Office Web Apps (web-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote), Lync Online (cloud communications service), SharePoint Online (for sharing documents), Exchange Online (email, calendar, contacts and such), and Office Professional Plus (productivity tools).
Office 365 is available via several plans and starts at just $6/per user per month for small businesses, and at $10/per user per month for midsize businesses and enterprises.
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Lamptron unveils the FC9 fan controller :: Posted by THRASHER2
Lamp Electronics (Laptron) is currently preparing the release of a sexy new fan controller which is able to handle up to five fans and deliver up to 50W per channel to ensure there's always enough spin power.
Known as the FC9, Lamptron's device measures 148.5 x 42.5 x 75 mm, comes in two color versions - black or silver, has a multi-color (white, blue, green, cyan, red, purple, yellow) lighting system and requires a 600W+ power supply for proper operation. Its price tag was not announced.
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FurMark 1.9.1 & 1.8.5 available, ready to heat things up :: Posted by THRASHER2
Inflammatory graphics card stress testing utility FurMark today received not one but two updates, one for the older but still popular 1.8.x branch, and one for the new, 1.9.x series.
Available here , these new FurMark releases include the following changes:
version 1.9.1
- Maintenance release.
- Update: added support of recent AMD Radeon and Nvidia GeForce graphics cards.
- Update: GPU-Z 0.5.1 and GPU Shark 0.5.1
- Change: added a workaround for a bug in AMD Catalyst GLSL compiler (GL2 for() loop –old bug now present in a beta version of Cat 11.2 and / or Cat 11.3).
version 1.8.5
- Maintenance release.
- Improved score submission.
- Updated the number of window resolutions available.
- Change: updated with the latest version of ZoomGPU (support of recent Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards).
- Bugfix: spikes in temperature graphs are now filtered. See here for more information: FurMark and Spikes in Temperature Monitoring Graphs.
- Change: minimizing window is no longer possible in windowed benchmark mode.
- Removed the FurMark 1.7.0 mode.
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Patriot (finally) launches its SandForce-based Wildfire SSDs :: Posted by THRASHER2
Patriot’s promise of sweet, SandForce SF-2200-enabled store is becoming a reality as the company today released its previously-announced Wildfire solid state drives. These units make use of a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface and deliver read and write speeds of up to 555 MB/s and 520 MB/s, respectively.
"The Patriot Wildfire is the fastest SSD drive we have ever released," says William Lai, Patriot Memory's Product Manager. "Although we are a bit late to market, we wanted to ensure that the technology was rock-solid. We are confident with the latest firmware, Patriot's reputation for quality and performance stand second-to-none."
The Wildfire SSDs have a 2.5-inch form factor, include TRIM support, are capable of a 4k random write performance of up to 85,000 IOPS and are bundled with a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch bracket. For starters Patriot is rolling out 120GB and 240GB drives, with a 480GB model set to ship later on.
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ASRock goes big, releases PCI-Express 3.0-supporting Z68 :: Posted by THRASHER2
ASRock has one-upped MSI and pretty much all its rivals by releasing the very first motherboard that supports the PCI-Express 3.0 standard. The board in question is named Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 and it supports Intel Sandy Bridge (LGA1155) processors (Ivy Bridge CPU support is also planned).
The big thing about PCIe 3.0 is that it can provide a bandwidth of 1GB/s per lane, whereas PCI 2.x can only top 500 MB/s. Now, since the PCI-Express 3.0 standard isn’t supported by the Z68 chipset, ASRock had to add a PLX PEX8608 bridge chip and make some tweaks to deliver such an implementation. For official PCIe 3.0 support we’ll have to wait for motherboards based around Intel’s X79 (LGA2011) and 7 Series (LGA1155) chipsets.
Back to the Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 though, this board has two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots and one PCIe 2.0 x16 slot that work together to allow for Quad-SLI or 3-way CrossFireX setups (LucidLogix’s Virtu technology is also supported). Other goodies include 18-phase digital PWM, four DDR3-2133 memory slots, ten SATA 3.0 Gbps ports (we’re guessing the six red ones are SATA 6.0 Gbps while the rest are 3.0 Gbps), and support for the Intel Smart Response technology.
ASRock’s motherboard also features four USB 3.0 ports, dual Gigabit Ethernet, an eSATA connector, 7.1 channel audio, a debug LED, a Fatal1ty USB Mouse Port (allows polling rate adjustment from 125 Hz to 1000 Hz), and D-Sub, and dual HDMI (1.4) outputs.
Unfortunately, despite ASRock’s bragging about the Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 going ‘on sale now’, we haven’t found it in stores.
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Amazon outs Sandy Bridge-powered HP ENVY 14 :: Posted by THRASHER2
Released last autumn, HP's ENVY 14 Beats Edition laptop is finally stepping its game up and adopting Intel's Sandy Bridge-flavored Huron River platform. This upgrade hasn't been made official by HP but it's pretty much confirmed by Amazon who's actually selling the 'new' mobile PC.
The up-to-date ENVY 14 Beats Edition packs a 14.5-inch (1366 x 768) LED backlit display, makes use of the HP CoolSense technology, and features a black aluminum finish with soft-touch surfaces, a backlit keyboard, and of course a Beats Audio-enhanced sound system.
Spec wise, HP's machine boasts a 2.3 GHz Core i5-2410M processor, 6GB of RAM, a 750GB (7200 RPM) hard drive, a Radeon HD 6630 1GB graphics card (a switchable graphics function is included), a DVD writer, a webcam, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, and a battery enabling up to 6.25 hours of operation.
The 2011 edition ENVY 14 Beats Edition also has WiDi (Wireless Display) capabilities, and runs Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Those interested can get it via this page for $1,050 .
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Sony unveils the Sandy Bridge-powered VAIO Z laptop :: Posted by THRASHER2
Sony Europe today revealed the latest addition to the VAIO notebook family, the new VAIO Z 13.1-inch ultra-thin which can brag with a 16.65mm profile, a carbon fiber body, Sandy Bridge power, and the presence of the Quick Boot function which lowers startup time by up to 50%.
The new VAIO weights in 1.18kg, is pre-loaded with Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1, and packs a 13.1-inch (1600 x 900 or 1920 x 1080) screen, a 2.7 GHz Core i7-2620M processor, 8GB of RAM, up to 256GB of SSD storage, Intel HD 3000 graphics, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, a fingerprint reader, USB 3.0 and HDMI ports, and a battery enabling up to 7 hours of operation (optionally you'll be able to get a sheet battery that boosts battery life to 14 hours).
Beside the VAIO Z, which is scheduled for a late July release in Europe bearing a starting price tag of just over £1,400, Sony also introduced a companion Power Media Dock which boasts a Radeon HD 6650M 1GB graphics card, a DVD or Blu-ray drive, Gigabit Ethernet, more USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, plus D-Sub and HDMI outputs.
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EVGA also releases the Frostbite Thermal Grease :: Posted by THRASHER2
Continuing its expansion into the cooling market, EVGA has developed and introduced its very own thermal paste/grease which is called Frostbite and is claimed to be highly conductive and very easy to apply.
Frostbite has over 30% silver content, features a thermal conductivity of 6.5W/mK (Watts per meter degrees Kelvin) and comes packaged in a 2 gram syringe, priced at $9.99 .
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Nvidia shows off GTX 580M in SLI :: Posted by THRASHER2
Really not something you need for Excel
Nvidia has leaked a video showing one of its latest mobile GPUs in some Crysis 2 SLI action.
Although the company has not revealed the details, we are apparently looking at a dual GTX 580M setup on a beastly Clevo 17-incher. The GTX 580M packs 384 cores and it is clocked at 620MHz/1240MHz. The memory clock stands at 1500MHz, it uses a 256-bit bus and bandwidth is rated at 96GB/s. Basically, we are looking at the fastest mobile gaming GPU around.
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500,000 Android activations reported daily :: Posted by THRASHER2
Growing at 4.4 percent a week
Google’s Andy Rubin announced Tuesday that the number of Android activations has hit 500,000 a day.
In a tweet Rubin said that the number is growing by 4.4 percent week on week, which is rather impressive. Google’s Android OS has been on the market for less than three years, but it has boomed over the past 18 or so months.
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AMD spends $180,000 on lobbying in four months :: Posted by THRASHER2
Large drinks cabinet
AMD spent more than $180,000 over the last four months to butter up Congress, the Department of Defense and the executive office of the President. Most of the cash was spent trying to encourage the government to increase its technology spending levels, and improve competitiveness and research in the semiconductor industry.
According to a lobbying disclosure form filed with Congress, the company spent more than $180,000. It does not mention how the money was spent. More than $180,000 would buy you a lot of gin and it is not clear if it was money well spent.
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AMD's Llano A8-3850 to cost US $135 :: Posted by THRASHER2
A6-3650 at US $115
We managed to get our hands on what appears to be an official price for the upcoming quad-core desktop Llano part that should hit retail/e-tail just a day before the Independance Day, or simply, Sunday 3rd of July.
The 2.9GHz A8-3850 has a US $135 price tag that is pretty much on par with what we saw in early listings. In case you missed it, the A8-3850 APU has a 100W TDP, 4MB of L2 cache and features Radeon HD 6550D graphics. The lower clocked A6-3650 quad-core APU should hit retail/e-tail on the same day with a price tag set at US $115. It has the same 100W TDP, 2.6GHz clock and features Radeon HD 6530D graphics.
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Google+ takes on Facebook at its own game :: Posted by THRASHER2
Hopefully more innovative than name suggests
Google’s new social networking service is currently undergoing “field tests” by a limited number of users and the first impressions are largely positive.
Dubbed Google+, the service is still a bit rough around the edges but it appears to show promise. Sadly, you can experience it firsthand only through invites, so most users will have to wait for the official launch.
The user interface is intuitive and it can import all your information in various Google services with ease. This is good, as it shouldn’t take much time to set up your account and import Picasa photos. Setting up a personal profile is also pretty straightforward, nothing to brag about.
Unlike Facebook, Google+ organizes your contacts into circles and for a start it imports all of your Gmail info. The circles concept is rather interesting, as it is designed to closely mimic real life relationships. For example, it allows you to organize your friends into various groups or circles, i.e. family, work, drinking buddies etc.
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Kepler 28nm taped out :: Posted by THRASHER2
Works well
The successor to Nvidia’s Fermi architecture, a certain GPU that goes by the name Kepler has already been taped out.
We have multiple sources to confirm that the new 28nm chip is alive and that it looks quite well. Nvidia didn't have any major obstacles with the first tape out, but naturally there is still a lot of work to seal the leakage, and make the chip generally better. This is nothing unusual for a new chip, and getting from 40nm to 28nm is definitely not a walk in a park.
Kepler naturally gets a lot of changes to Nvidia's GPU and you can imagine that with the same maximal TDP, you can squeeze significantly more transistor and get much more power.
The optimistic projection is to see Kepler in retail in Q4 2011 but some sources suggest that this won't actually happen this year, as TSMC needs a bit more time to make the 28nm more mature.
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Sapphire introduces Edge-HD2 mini PC :: Posted by THRASHER2
530 grams of goodness
Sapphire has refreshed its Edge-HD mini PC with a somewhat faster variant, dubbed Edge-HD2.
The new model retains the sleek appearance of its predecessor, but it packs a bit more oomph under the bonnet. It is based on Intel’s Atom D525 dual-core, clocked at 1.8GHz and it packs Nvidia ION2 graphics with 512MB of memory.
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Mac to get Duke Nukem Forever :: Posted by THRASHER2
Aspyr to release it in August
In what can only be described as a bit of an unexpected surprise, Mac owners will have the chance to play Duke Nukem Forever when it arrives this August. While talk of a Mac port of the PC version of game was talked about and even hinted at, it is only now that we can confirm that Mac users will be able to play it on their platform.
The Mac conversion of Duke Nukem Forever is being handled by Mac gaming software specialist Aspyr Media. Aspyr, over the years, has converted and ported a number of bestselling PC titles to the Mac platform, and apparently Duke Nukem Forever will be no different. No word yet on when exactly in August it will arrive; but trust us when we say that 2K is looking at every way possible to wring every dollar possible out of Duke Nukem Forever and what better than a Mac version to drive additional revenue.
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Only quad-core desktop Llano APUs for now :: Posted by THRASHER2
The rest to follow later
According to our sources, AMD will only launch quad-core A-Series APUs for now, while the dual-core A4 and E2 should follow later.
So, it appears that AMD will only launch A6- and A8-series Llano parts for now, while the rest of the lineup, mainly the A4-series and the lone E2 part should launch sometime later, probably in August. We are not sure if all A8- and A6-series APUs will show up in retail as of next week, as some of our other sources are only talking about A6- and A8-xx50 parts.
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Llano motherboards available as of today :: Posted by THRASHER2
APUs on 30th of June
According to our info, Llano desktop motherboard based on the A75 chipset should start to appear in retail/e-tail as of today, while the official date for the launch of APUs is 30th of June.
Some manufacturers like Asus, MSI, ASRock and Gigabyte have already announced, previewed or leaked its own motherboards and the rest should follow pretty soon while the press embargo for the APUs should be lifted on 30th of June. This means that we will have to wait just a bit more to see some "official" performance numbers 'till Thursday. There are quite a few motherboards listed already and most of them should end up to be priced at below €100. You can check out more details here.
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MSI's A75MA-G55 detailed :: Posted by THRASHER2
mATX motherboard for desktop Llano
We managed to get some details regarding MSI's micro-ATX A75MA-G55 motherboard based on the AMD Hudson D3 chipset.
The upcoming MSI A75MA-G55 micro-ATX motherboard will feature MSI's Military Class II components, USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps support, Click BIOS and will of course support AMD's socket FM1 A8, A6, A4 and E2 APUs. The Military Class II components include Hi-c CAPs, SFC that can take up to 30 percent higher current capacity and Solid CAPs.
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Asus' F1A75-M Pro shows up :: Posted by THRASHER2
Cheaper AMD A75 motherboard
In addition to previously detailed F1A75-V series motherboards, we managed ot get some more info regarding the rest of the F1A75 lineup from Asus including the F1A75-M Pro motherboard.
The new F1A75-M Pro has pretty much the same features as the F1A75-V motherboards that we wrote about earlier except for the fact that we are looking at an mATX form factor. It has a 4+2-phase design with DIGI+ VRM (6+2-phase design on the F1A75-V) and lacks the DisplayPort output that can only be found on the F1A75-V series.
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Eight core Bulldozer overclocked to 4.63GHz :: Posted by THRASHER2
1.5V for Super Pi
An engineering sample of AMD’s FX-8130P managed to hit a quite mouthwatering 4.63GHz.
The CPU should be AMD’s fastest Bulldozer offering and its eight cores run at 3.8GHz, or up to 4.2GHz with AMD’s Turbo Core 2.0. It has 8MB of L2 cache, 8MB of L3 cache, supports DDR3 1866MHz and is said to have a 125W TDP.
Pushing it to stable 4.63GHz and completing Super Pi required around 1.5V. You can read more here.
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iPhone 5 production to start in August :: Posted by THRASHER2
No rush it seems
According to Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty, Apple will start production of the upcoming iPhone 5 handset sometime in August.
Production should ramp up quickly and the launch is expected in late Q3, quite a bit later than usual. Morgan Stanley expects Apple to ship about 72 million iPhones this year, including several million iPhone 5 units. Speculation about the new phone is rampant and it is hard to say much about the specs and design at this point.
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Haswell is bad news for Nvidia :: Posted by THRASHER2
Intel is going for it
Intel's Haswell appears to be targeting Nvidia when it hits the shops in 2013.
A technical document posted tipped on an Intel software blog dumps hints about what its "Haswell" chip will be doing. We already know that the mobile version of the Haswell will be Intel's first system-on-a-chip designed for the laptop market.
Under Intel's cunning plan, by 2013, if the world has not been eaten by a mutant star goat, the laptop market will likely consist of "Ultrabooks." These are ultraslim, ultralight laptops, as well as hybrid designs such as the Asus UX21 and Apple's MacBook Air. Haswell-based Ultrabooks will be about $599 and will not require graphics silicon from companies like Nvidia.
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CPU-Z gets an update to version 1.58 :: Posted by THRASHER2
Brings AMD Llano and Zambezi support
CPU-Z has been updated to the 1.58 version bringing support for upcoming AMD A-Series APUs as well as the yet to be released AMD FX-Series CPUs.
The new, 1.58, version of the CPU-Z can now correctly read AMD's FX-Series CPUs as well as the AMD Llano A-Series CPUs but also gets "preliminary" support for Intel's Sandy Brdige-EP processors.
The new CPU-Z can be downloaded here.
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Crysis 2 Ultra Upgrade Assets :: Posted by THRASHER2
The Crysis 2 Ultra Upgrade is available on PC now! The Ultra Upgrade can be accessed via an auto installation once you go online with Crysis 2 on PC.
The Ultra Upgrade will enhance your experience on PC by delivering higher quality visuals and features including tessellation, water rendering improvements, high quality HDR motion blur, and many other special effects and higher quality texture formats.
Below for download are the following assets:
• Crysis 2 DX 11 Trailer
o NOTE: This trailer/video may only be displayed if it is behind an age-gate that: (1) is age-neutral (i.e., requires the user to input their date of birth or select it from a drop-down bar; (2) employs reasonable technical measures to keep underage users from re-entering their age after initially being denied access; and (3) does not display any ESRB rating information on the video player or the age-gate itself. Failure to implement these requirements may jeopardize your ability to obtain material of this nature from us in the future.
• Comparison screenshots
• Crysis 2 Ultra Upgrade media alert announcement
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