Asus' Transformer tablets share an Ice Cream Sandwich
Ice Cream Sandwich? Really? In the annals of product code names, that's either one of the best or one of the worst. I refer, of course, to Android 4.0, the latest major update to Google's smartphone and tablet operating system.
The OS source code was released on the web in November of last year, but it's not the sort of thing one can just download and install—hax0ring excepted, of course. That code first has to pass through verification testing ...
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Microsoft plugs 'critical' Remote Desktop holes
Today is patch Tuesday, and if you have Remote Desktop enabled in Windows, you might want to let Automatic Updates do its thing and reboot at your earliest convenience. That's because Microsoft has patched a couple of "critical" vulnerabilities affecting RDP-enabled systems.
In the company's words, one of the vulnerabilities "could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends a sequence of specially crafted RDP packets to an affected system." Only systems that have remote ...
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Intel gearing up for Internet-based TV service
The revolution may be televised, but it's still unclear which content providers will have the live feed. Right now, incumbent cable providers are probably the best bet. They're increasingly facing competition from Internet-based solutions, though, and Intel could soon join those ranks. According to the Wall Street Journal, Intel is working on an IP TV service that could hit the US by the end of the year.
Intel already makes the hardware inside the set-top boxes offered by some cable providers, and it looks like the chip giant intends to do the same for its own service. Media companies have also been asked for "rate ...
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Dual-socket Sandy Bridge-EP workstation board hits Newegg
EVGA isn't the only one with an enthusiast-friendly, dual-socket workstation board designed for Intel's new Sandy Bridge-EP Xeons. Asus has officially lifted the lid on the Z9PE-D8 WS, which offers two LGA2011 sockets, eight DIMM slots, and seven PCI Express x16 slots. Unlike the EVGA board, the Asus model is already selling at Newegg, albeit for a pricey $599. You didn't expect a dually Xeon board to be cheap, did you?
The Z9PE-D8 WS is based on Intel's C602 platform hub, an updated version of the X79 chipset released last year. We expected the C602 to offer a broader array of storage connectivity options, and it seems to have more SATA ports. However, Intel's official ARK entry for the chip says only two of the 10 Serial ATA ports support 6Gbps speeds, a fact echoed by Asus' mobo specifications. Perhaps that's ...
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Fresh GeForce drivers released for WinXP through Win8
Nvidia has brewed a fresh batch of drivers for owners of GeForce graphics cards, and just about anybody can help themselves. Folks running Windows XP through 7 can grab the 296.10 release, while Windows 8 users are being served a different 296.17 driver. Both releases are available through the GeForce.com driver portal.
The 296.10 driver will probably be the most sought after. It introduces support for the GeForce GTX 560 SE, an apparent newcomer Nvidia seems to have kept quiet about thus far (and which currently lacks a ...
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Chrome, too, is coming to Metro
Yesterday, we told you all about the upcoming version of Firefox for Windows 8's Metro environment. Well, we told you as much as Mozilla's Brian Bondy revealed, which isn't a whole lot—the browser is barely a week into development.
Mashable now brings word that Google, too, has a Metro-ified version of its ...
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More rumors surface about 7.85'' iPad
Ready for the iPad rumor of the day? No, this one isn't about the iPad 3—er, "the new iPad." Rather, DigiTimes has gotten fresh news from its supply-chain sources about Apple's rumored 7.85" tablet.
This time, the Taiwanese site claims the fun-sized iPad will frame a non-Retina IPS or FFS display with a "slim bezel." That sounds quite similar to what Amazon did with the Kindle Fire, which has a 1024x600 ...
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