Thailand floods lead to 3.8 million fewer PCs in Q1 of 2012
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There will be 3.8 million fewer PC shipments in the first quarter of 2012 due to the disastrous flooding in Thailand over the last few months, according to a report by market analysis firm IHS iSuppli.
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More AMD Tahiti / HD 7900 Pictures
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Not long after the first pictures of
AMD's Tahiti leaked, we have a detailed shot of Tahiti's PCB, which reveals more details. The 12 memory chips are clearly visible, confirming the 384-bit memory bus. It also offers a first glimpse at the Tahiti die.
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Hackers threaten world's oil supply
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Hackers are threatening the world's oil supply in an increasing wave of cyber attacks, according to top oil company executives, spelling potential devastation for the economy and the environment.
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French court denies Samsung request to ban Apple's iPhone 4S
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A French court has refused Samsung's request to ban Apple's iPhone 4S in the country, the latest twist in an ongoing legal dispute between the two companies.
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Report: AMD Radeon HD 7800 (Pitcairn) in February 2012
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AMD is planning to introduce their next-gen performance part, replacing the HD 6800 / Barts series, in February 2012. The rumoured date is the week of February 20th, the week after Chinese New Year. Codenamed Pitcairn, there will be two SKUs at launch - Pitcairn Pro and Pitcairn XT, expected to be branded Radeon HD 7850 and Radeon HD 7870 respectively.
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Report: AMD Vishera (next-gen FX) in Q3 2012
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AMD is planning to release their next-gen FX CPUs in Q3 2012. Codenamed Vishera, these CPUs will feature Piledriver cores, and today's FX-Series Zambezi CPUs with Bulldozer cores. The report from Fudzilla also mentions that Vishera will be compatible with the AM3+ platform and 900 series chipsets.
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Samsung to launch monster tablet in 2012?
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Korean manufacturer Samsung may be unveilng a new tablet with improved specification next year at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Along with a recent announcement of the Exynos 5250 processor and its whooping 2560 by 1600 screen resolution, the pieces for a new beast of a tablet seems to be in place.
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Garena launches League of Legends Dominion in Singapore and Malaysia
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Game publisher Garena has launched Dominion, a new game mode for the popular multiplayer game, League of Legends, in Singapore and Malaysia. The refreshing game mode will be released together with limited-edition boxed sets containing various character boosts and other goodies.
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MIPS Architecture Crashes ARM, X86 Party: 28nm chips to operate at 1.5GHz, Run Android 4.0 ICS
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The debate between "PC Everywhere" and "Post PC" is currently raging in the boardrooms and between consumers and there are mostly two bases everybody discusses: X86 or ARM architecture. Well, not anymore…
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AMD Southern Islands (Tahiti / HD 7900) Pictured
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A mysterious picture has been posted by a member of Beyond3D forums, capturing two next-gen AMD graphics cards in Crossfire. These new graphics cards are certainly enthusiast (and power hungry) products of the upcoming Southern Islands family, most likely to be Tahiti XT - expected to be branded Radeon HD 7970.
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Microsoft's Bill Gates in talks with China for safer nuclear reactors
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Bill Gates, former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, is in talks with China on how to build a safer and more efficient nuclear reactor.
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Facebook fixes private photo bug
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Facebook has fixed an embarassing bug that allowed private photos, including those of founder Mark Zuckerberg, to be accessed by anyone using the website.
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Google to invest $300 million in Hong Kong data centre
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Google is to invest $300 million in a data centre in Hong Kong, as the company launches plans to expand to a number of Asian countries.
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Nokia puts Vertu up for sale
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Smartphone manufacturer Nokia is currently seeking buyers for their luxury phone division, Vertu, after more than a decade since its creation. Amidst the Finnish company’s restructuring efforts, it seems that Nokia is planning to dedicate its resources toward the smartphone and devices for budget users.
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Compact Flash Association unveils new XQD format
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A new Compact Flash format, dubbed “XQD”, is in the pipework and will be available for licensing soon. The XQD claims to improve almost every aspect of media recording, primarily with faster write speeds, larger capacity, and flawless high definition video recording.
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AMD refreshes Notebook Llano A-Series range
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AMD has quietly rolled out incremental upgrades to the A-Series APU line-up for notebooks. This refresh will be the last for Llano before Trinity ships in H1 2012. In general, most of the new models increment CPU clock speed by 100 MHz for both base and turbo, while the GPU part remains unchanged.
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Microsoft Windows 8 public beta scheduled for February 2012 release
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Microsoft has announced the release of Windows 8 public beta in February next year. The software giant has recently revealed this during a developer’s conference, and adds that their app portal, dubbed the “Windows Store”, will also launch together with the beta, and offers free Metro-styled apps.
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ASUS Rampage IV Gene Looking Good
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Last month, ASUS went all guns blazing with its socket LGA2011 "Sandy Bridge-E" motherboard lineup, with all three of its major brands: ROG Rampage, TUF Sabertooth, and its mainline P9X79 series. The ROG Rampage series included just one model, the top-end Rampage IV Extreme, with Rampage IV Formula and a then 'possible' Rampage IV Gene slated for later. We now know the Gene is not just possible, but a reality. It was detailed in a channel partner presentation by ASUS.
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Facebook announces new Android app
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If you're one of the millions of users that are running into all sorts of problems with Facebook's Android app we've got some good news, Facebook has announced a new app for Android that should be available by the time you're reading this, or not long thereafter. The app is a total re-design in many ways, although it's hard to see what Facebook has done from the scarce selection of screenshots provided.
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Convertible Ultrabooks are in the pipeline
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Intel and partners are said to be showing off some 50 Ultrabooks at CES early next year and some of those are likely to feature a convertible form fact that allows for them to be used both as notebooks and tablets. This is by no means a new development in the notebook world, but it wasn't a form factor that was expected for Ultrabooks.
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Corsair AX650 PSU review
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Corsair might have started off as a RAM manufacturer but today they diversified into several other market areas. One of those areas is the power supply market, with the company today offering tens of products divided into five different product series. Today we are having a look at a product from their best series, the AX650, a 650W 80Plus Gold certified power supply of fully modular design. The AX650 is the least powerful unit of the series, with Corsair pointing out that it was designed for enthusiasts requiring a medium wattage power supply but will settle for nothing less than top performance. Let us see if the AX650 can deliver what Corsair promises.
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New SiSoft Sandra 2012 SP1 brings Optimizations for AMD Bulldozer, Intel SNB-E and Ivy Bridge
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Prior to taking a Holiday break, we received word from Adrian Silasi about the first Service Pack for SiSoft Sandra 2012. Needless to say, the SP1 brings a lot of improvements to the popular benchmark / system utility.
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Samsung launches concept demo for flexible translucent 3D display
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Samsung has launched a concept demo for a flexible, translucent AMOLED display that can run 3D, potentially becoming the next big thing since the iPad.
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Chinese court rejects Apple iPad trademark claims
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A Chinese court has rejected a lawsuit filed by Apple, which alleges that Proview Technology is infringing its iPad trademark, spelling potentially disastrous news for the iPad in the country.
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Huawei unveils Honor and Vision in Singapore
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Huawei has introduced their new Android smartphones in Singapore - Huawei Honor and Huawei Vision. Both phones are running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and are available this month.
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US court bans Research in Motion (BlackBerry) from using BBX trademark
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A US court has banned BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) from using the name BBX for the latest version of its mobile operating system after BASIS International filed a trademark lawsuit against it.
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Event Overview: Next Generation Computing Experience Forum 2011 by VR Media and A*STAR
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Last Tuesday, VR-Media and A*STAR A*CRC held their inaugural event, the first in a series focused on various aspects of high end computing. Here we bring the summary and key highlights.
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Creative's new sound cards and headphones - a stage for grand comeback?
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After its roughest times in years, Creative seems to be coming back to what created it, pun intended - the most advanced sound cards around. The already powerful X-Fi chippery is now supplanted by their Sound Core3D multicore audio processor under the new Sound Blaster Recon3D line, and yes there are matching headphones - all mostly focused on gamers and movie watchers tis time
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Intel stuffs 'Centerton' Atom in servers - Repelling the ARM threat
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While ARM started in desktops many years ago, it's mainstay is now in mobile devices. However, it is aiming at higher ground, including wrestling away a part of server market from the X86 vendors. What is Intel doing to keep them at bay, and what impact will it have?
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Lenovo launches IdeaPad Tablet A1 in Singapore
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Computer maker Lenovo has just released their new IdeaPad Tablet A1 in Singapore with a very attractive price tag. With a integrated offline GPS Navigation system, this new tablet may well be a big bang for bucks.
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BlackBerry DevCon Asia 2011
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The BlackBerry Dev Con Asia 2011 was supposed to be held in Bangkok, Thailand this year, but due to the serious impact of rain and floods, the conference has thus been relocated to Singapore. This morning. Research in Motion had made some announcements at Dev Con Asia 2011 which include the next generation BlackBerry 10 platform.
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AMD Radeon HD 7000M / NVIDIA GeForce 600M mainstream GPUs announced
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AMD and NVIDIA have both introduced their first next-gen products - mainstream GPUs for the Radeon HD 7000M and GeForce 600M. However, they are next-gen only in branding - they continue to be 40nm GPUs based on HD 6000M and GeForce 500M, with the true next-gen reserved for higher end products.
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Senseg reveals textured touch screen prototype
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Soon, our favourite smart phones may not just be good at displaying sharp photos; they may even feel like the object represented in the photos too. Touch screen technology company Senseg has just unveiled its prototype “Feel Screen”, a hint that we may soon experience the display with our finger tips as well.
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Canon launches new Powershot S100
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After a long wait, the new Canon Powershot S100 is officially launched in Singapore. With a slew of upgraded features from its predecessor, the Powershot S100 will represent yet another step closer to professional photography in a pocket-sized form.
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Meizu officially joins the fray with the MX smartphone
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Chinese electronic manufacturer Meizu has officially announced the release of their MX smartphone. Prior to this, the Meizu MX had its share of rumours and leaked photos unveiled on the Internet. It is now confirmed that the smartphone will feature a 1.4GHz processor and penta-band network support.
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Report: AMD Radeon HD 7000 Prices
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DonanimHaber has leaked preliminary pricing information for AMD's upcoming Southern Islands / Radeon HD 7000 series. The pricing covers Radeon HD 7650 at $119 to the dual-GPU 7990 flagship at over $700. In general, pricing for the entire HD 7000 range will be above the equivalent HD 6000 parts they are succeeding.
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