Saturday, December 10, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Tom's Hardware) 10/12/2011





Deals Dec 8: 35% Off Most Logitech Accessories
Deals Dec 8: 35% Off Most Logitech AccessoriesGet great deals on tech.

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Samsung Receives 3D Scanner Patent
Samsung Receives 3D Scanner PatentSamsung has patented the concept of using a movable mirror to direct light beams in a scanner to retrieve spatial data and scan an object in three dimensions.

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Deals Dec 7: 60" LG 1080p 600Hz Plasma HDTV $800
The deals rolling in for the holiday season.

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Apple Provides Beautiful Renderings for 'Spaceship' Campus
Apple Provides Beautiful Renderings for 'Spaceship' Campus Forget fluorescent lighting, flat-pack desk and ceiling tiles, Apple's got other plans when it comes to its new Cupertino offices.

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Asus May Ship Swiveling Display Ultrabook in 2012
Asus May Ship Swiveling Display Ultrabook in 2012Asus plans to reveal a touch-based swivel display ultrabook during Computex next year, allowing the new form factor to convert into a tablet-like experience.

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Razer Taking Pre-Orders for Blade Gaming Laptop Within Days
Razer Taking Pre-Orders for Blade Gaming Laptop Within DaysGamers waiting patiently for the Razer Blade laptop should be able to pre-order the device in the next couple of days.

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Unreal Engine's Mastermind Headed into AIAS Hall of Fame
Unreal Engine's Mastermind Headed into AIAS Hall of FameTim Sweeney's work on Unreal Engine has landed him a sport in the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. You go boy!

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AMD's Radeon 7000M and Nvidia's GeForce 600M Mobile GPUs
AMD's Radeon 7000M and Nvidia's GeForce 600M Mobile GPUs"A Rose by Any Other Name is Still a Rose"... and still with thorns.

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Spacetime Finally Bridges iOS, Android and PC [Updated]
Spacetime Finally Bridges iOS, Android and PC [Updated]Spacetime has officially bridged iOS, Android, Linux, Windows 7 and Mac with the launch of the Star Legends MMORPG in Google's Chrome Web Store.

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Firefox Won't be Able to Update Silently Until Version 12
Firefox Won't be Able to Update Silently Until Version 12Mozilla just announced that the silent update feature for Firefox will not make into version 10. Mozilla has delayed the integration of this feature until version 12.

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Nvidia Launches Two Tweak Guides for Skyrim
Nvidia Launches Two Tweak Guides for SkyrimNvidia has released two Skyrim tweak guides to get the game running optimally on your GeForce-based system.

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Microsoft Removes Legacy Baggage From Internet Explorer 10
Microsoft Removes Legacy Baggage From Internet Explorer 10Microsoft has come a long way in supporting standardized web technologies in favor of proprietary technologies in its web browser.

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Microsoft Launches Its Own Live Tech Support Website
Microsoft Launches Its Own Live Tech Support WebsiteMicrosoft has quietly launched an online tech support service.

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AMD May Introduce Ultrabook Alternative Next Month
AMD May Introduce Ultrabook Alternative Next MonthThere's a good chance we'll see an ultrathin form factor notebook supplied by AMD next month during CES 2012.

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The $99 HP TouchPad Firesale is Back This Weekend!
The $99 HP TouchPad Firesale is Back This Weekend!Shoppers, start your browsers...

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Touch Capabilities For Win 8 Coming to Ultrabooks in 2012
Touch Capabilities For Win 8 Coming to Ultrabooks in 2012Notebook insiders are reporting that touch-screen samples are already heading out to ultrabook manufacturers, indicating that units shipped next year will support touch-based features in Windows 8.

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Intel's Mobile Ivy Bridge CPU Line-up Revealed in New Leak
Intel's Mobile Ivy Bridge CPU Line-up Revealed in New LeakIntel's Ivy Bridge mobile platform broken down by M-Series and U-Series Processors.

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3D III-V Transistors Could Enable Lighter Notebooks
3D III-V Transistors Could Enable Lighter NotebooksJust weeks before we are supposed to see the first commercial processors with 3D transistor structures, researchers from Purdue and Harvard announced that they succeeded in the development of a transistor that uses nanowires with indium-gallium-arsenide

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Microsoft May Resurrect "Beaming" For Win8, WP8, XB720
Microsoft May Resurrect Zune's "squirting" may be resurfacing as "beaming" in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.

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New Windows 8 Store Allows Install of Apps on 5 Devices
New Windows 8 Store Allows Install of Apps on 5 DevicesWindows Store will launch alongside the public beta of Windows 8 and offer free apps that can be installed on five devices total.

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RIM Forced to Drop BBX Name, Goes With "10" Instead
A temporary restraining order was issued against Research in Motion that prevents the company from using the name "BBX" for its new OS platform.

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Microsoft Confirms Windows 8 Public Beta for February
Microsoft Confirms Windows 8 Public Beta for FebruaryThe public beta of Windows 8 will launch in February, just one month behind the speculated January launch date.

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The Official Tom's Hardware Guide Android Apps are Here!
The Official Tom's Hardware Guide Android Apps are Here!You can access Tom's from your Android device and take it with you wherever you go!

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Google Still Supporting Mozilla Even With Chrome's Lead
Google Still Supporting Mozilla Even With Chrome's LeadFollowing news that Chrome has surpassed Firefox in market share in November, there have been rumors that Google may not extend a contract with Mozilla, which provides the lion's share of Mozilla's revenue.

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South Park Creators Approached Obsidian Directly for Game
South Park Creators Approached Obsidian Directly for GameObsidian's CEO talks about meeting Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and kick-starting development of an RPG that will stay true to the show's roots, vulgar language and all.

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VIDEO: Skyrim PC Hacked to Work With Microsoft Kinect
VIDEO: Skyrim PC Hacked to Work With Microsoft KinectA YouTube member reveals a hack that allows him to use Kinect to control his character in Bethesda's just-released Skyrim.

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Corsair to Release New 4GB and 8GB Vengeance SODIMMs
Corsair to Release New 4GB and 8GB Vengeance SODIMMsCorsair is set to release its Vengeance high-performance memory for notebooks and laptops.

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Kingston's HyperX Sets DDR3 World Speed Record
Kingston's HyperX Sets DDR3 World Speed RecordKingston claims the world record for DDR3 clock frequency with its HyperX T1 model.

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Win an Intel Core i7-3930K + X79 + SSD System Kit
Win an Intel Core i7-3930K + X79 + SSD System KitHere's your chance to win one of our favorite processors.

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First Cedar Trail Nettops Use Nvidia, AMD Instead of Intel IGP
First Cedar Trail Nettops Use Nvidia, AMD Instead of Intel IGPThe first Cedar Trail PCs are making their way to customers.

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Intel Patents Redundant Cores In a Many-Core Processor
Intel Patents Redundant Cores In a Many-Core ProcessorIntel has just been granted a patent that claims the rights to the concept of using initially inactive processing cores to replace failing cores.

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Intel Currently Testing 14 nm Tri-Gate Transistors
Intel Currently Testing 14 nm Tri-Gate TransistorsIn an interview with Nordic Hardware, Pat Bliemer, the Managing Director of Intel Northern Europe, discusses where Intel will go after the release of the 22 nanometer process.

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Nvidia's Tegra Platform May Be Heading to the Moon
Nvidia's Tegra Platform May Be Heading to the MoonNvidia's Tegra platform is being used to design two rovers that will travel across the moon next year.

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Semiconductor Sales to Exceed $300B for the First Time
Semiconductor Sales to Exceed $300B for the First TimeIt's been a yawner of a year, but we will hit a milestone mark.

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