MSI releases the A55M-P35 FM1 board
MSI announced its first motherboard powered by the AMD A55 chipset, the A55M-P35. This model has a micro ATX form factor, supports socket FM1 accelerated processing units and includes the OC Genie II one-click overclocking function.
MSI's board also has two DDR3-1600 memory slots, six SATA 6.0 Gbps ports, one PCI-Express x16 slot (AMD's Dual Graphics technology is supported), Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 channel audio, ClickBIOS, D-Sub and DVI outputs, plus the Winki 3 instant-on OS. The A55M-P35 has yet to be priced.
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Zotac ZBox nano going on sale in Japan
If all goes smooth, fresh and clean then at the start of next week Zotac will kick off (in Japan) sales of its newest ZBox mini PC, the ZBox nano. This model is based around AMD's Brazos platform and is powered by the E-350 APU with two 1.6 GHz Bobcat cores and Radeon HD 6310 DirectX 11 graphics.
The ZBox nano measures 127 x 127 x 45mm, and includes Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, a multi-in-1 card reader, two USB 3.0 ports, and both HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. It will be available in barebone form (no RAM or storage solution) for about $360, and as a complete system with a 320GB HDD and 2GB of RAM for $460.
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Pirate Bay founders launch legal service BayFiles
The founders of the (in)famous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay have announced the launch of their own legal cyberlocker service named BayFiles. The service, like rivals, allows users to upload files and share them online. BayFiles is also registered as a DMCA agent, meaning they will take down all files that are flagged as unauthorized due to copyright infringement and bans multiple-time offenders.
In the future, the company hopes to expand BayFiles into a feature-rich cloud service similar to Dropbox. Just like new services from Amazon, Google and Apple, the platform will allow you to upload your music and stream it from a phone (or from anywhere) as long as you have Internet access. The service is free to sign up, and free members can upload files up to 500MB. Premium members (at $7 a month or $63 a year) can upload 5GB files with unlimited storage.
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HP prepares another batch of TouchPads and new update
In an unlikely move, HP will build more TouchPads, in an effort to meet unfulfilled demand . Analyst Shawn Wu says the move is just HP fulfilling its contract with Taiwanese manufacturer Compal, which it had cancelled half way through when it shut down the tablet project. HP is assumed to have ordered 550,000 tablets through Compal, and the TouchPads will be on shelves starting in two weeks and will run through October 31st. Each retailer has been given the rights to price any inventory at whatever they choose with the base at $99.
Also, HP will release at least one future update for the TouchPads, that will enhance the platform and add functionality and a growing applications catalog .
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ASRock brings XMP 1.3 support to Z68 board
ASRock announced that their Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 motherboard now offers the latest XMP 1.3 support. It enables an easy and robust solution for extreme users to take advantage of the future memory standard. XMP 1.3 memory standard will be announced with the next-gen X79 chipset in the fourth quarter of this year, but ASRock is the first motherboard maker to apply XMP 1.3 support to the current Z68 motherboard, letting user to be the first to try this new technology.
Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) is a performance-packed expansion of the standard DDR3 memory spec. XMP is a performance profile setting which let the users to set their speeds without having to enter them all into the BIOS manually. The XMP 1.3 standard offers DRAM timing settings more precisely and is able to explore the maximum speed of DDR3 memory modules. Special highlight is that only XMP 1.3-supported motherboard can fully unleash XMP 1.3 memory power! If users are using XMP 1.2 platform motherboard but paired with XMP 1.3 memory modules, then the PC can be only running with lower speed or even fail to boot. To access the most optimized memory settings and get timing configure more precisely, all you have to do is to simply select the predefined XMP 1.3 profile in the BIOS.
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Samsung announces three bada 2.0 phones
Samsung unveiled the first three smartphones running its proprietary bada 2.0 platform, the Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y. All three models will be on display at IFA 2011 in Berlin, September 2-7. As previously announced, bada 2.0 comes packed with such features including multi-tasking, Wi-Fi Direct support, voice recognition, Near Field Communication (NFC), a new user interface with more customization options, and push notifications.
Back to the hardware side, we have the Wave 3 with its 9.9mm-thick anodized aluminum body, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps support, 4-inch 800x480 Super AMOLED touchscreen, 1.4 GHz processor, rear-facing 5-megapixel camera, front VGA camera, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi Direct capabilities are included), Bluetooth 3.0, and a 1,500 mAh battery. The Wave M measures 113.8 x 63.3 x 12.2 mm, weights 121 grams, and features a metallic casing, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, optional NFC, a 3.65-inch 480x320 touchscreen, an 832 MHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera, a VGA webcam, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi (with Wi-Fi Direct), Bluetooth 3.0, and a 1,350 mAh battery.
As for the Wave Y, it measures 110 x 58.2 x 12.3 mm and weight 102.4 grams, and packs HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, a 3.2-inch 480x320 touchscreen, a 2-megapixel camera, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi (again, Wi-Fi Direct is available), Bluetooth 3.0, and a 1,200 mAh battery. Samsung's bada 2.0 smartphones also come with the ChatON mobile communication service which links all your friends and contacts instantly and enables easy conversations and sharing with phones and PCs. These new Waves are expected to become available this fall.
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Windows 8 to include ISO mounting out of the box
Microsoft seems to be doing a lot of work to lower the user's need for third-party software with Windows 8. To achieve that, the Redmond-based company is adding extra functionality to its operating system, like the ability to mount ISO and VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) directly from Windows Explorer.
Current Windows versions require the user to install various software (like Daemon Tools or Virtual CloneDrive) to be able to properly manage ISO and VHD files but Windows 8 will make everything a simple, streamlined experienced. Once you have an ISO file you want to open, just select it and click the Mount button in the Actions contextual tab. Automatically, Windows will create a virtual drive and open the ISO in there, giving you access to all the files contained. When you're finished, just click the Eject button and the virtual drive will disappear. Similarly to ISOs, VHD files can be mounted in one click, except they will appear and handle like any other drive/partition. The Eject button will unmount the VHD, all the changes made being saved in the file. Of course, people can still choose to use third-party software for more advanced tasks, but it's nice to have this out-of-the-box.
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Corsair releases Force Series GT solid-state drives
Corsair has announced the addition of two new models to its Force Series GT family of SATA 6.0 Gbps solid state drives, 180GB and 240GB units which are capable of sequential read and write speeds of up to 555 MB/s and 525 MB/s, respectively.
Both GT SSDs have a 2.5-inch form factor, the mentioned SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a SandForce SF-2280 controller, MLC synchronous flash memory, TRIM support, a MTBF of 2 million hours, and delivers up to 85K Random Write IOPS. The 180GB and 240GB Force Series GT drives are backed by a three-year warranty, they come bundled with a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch adapter and cost $380 and $490, respectively.
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Samsung looking to buy webOS
In April 2010, HP purchase Palm along with webOS and all of the company's patents for $1.2 billion, stopping the struggling phone maker from an imminent bankruptcy. Two weeks ago, HP admitted failure and announced they would not be building any more devices with webOS, while at the same time liquidating their current inventory, which included Palm Pre phones and TouchPad tablets. At the same time, Google purchased Motorola Mobility in a shock $12.5 billion move, which has scared current smartphone manufacturers like Samsung, LG and HTC who are afraid the acquired company could be given favorable advantage with the Android operating system.
The rumor is now that Samsung may be looking to buy webOS, while scaling down its Android offerings and keeping its current Bada offerings steady. Samsung has sold 3.5 million Bada devices this year, so far. The move certainly makes sense given the uncertainty in the Android world and HP's (likely) hopes to unwind the OS to the highest bidder.
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