Sunday, May 20, 2012

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 20/05/2012

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Logitec prepares super small LAN-W300N/RS 802.11n router
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Logitec Japan has let leak images and details on its latest compact Wi-Fi router, the LAN-W300N/RS which is ready for an imminent launch.


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Apple's iCloud hit with class-action lawsuit by disgrunted ex-MobileMe subscribers
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A lawsuit is being filed against Apple, accusing the company of misleading consumers in the advertisement of its iCloud service.


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Microsoft claims more Windows Phone than iPhone users in China
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According to a Microsoft official, Windows Phone handsets are overtaking the iPhone in the People's Republic of China.


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Prolimatech Samuel 17 CPU Cooler Review
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CPU coolers come in all shapes and sizes. For the obvious reasons, here in VR-Zone we usually review cooler capable of delivering very high thermal performance and/or excellent acoustics. Today however we will have a look at the Samuel 17, a product from Prolimatech designed with a different purpose in mind; to be capable of delivering the highest possible overall performance while being only 45mm tall. How does Prolimatech’s David compare against the numerous Goliaths currently available? We will find out in this review.


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CM Storm announces the Sonuz headset
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Cooler Master's gaming brand – CM Storm – keeps on expanding its range of products and its latest addition is the Sonuz gaming headset which is a simpler, more affordable option than the Sirus. For starters, the Sonuz is a stereo headset rather than a surround sound model like the Sirus, although it does have a few selling points of its own.


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PlayStation Network to get game pre-loading feature
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Sony is rolling out a new feature for the PlayStation Network that will allow users who pre-purchase a game to download it before release.


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HP to axe 30,000 jobs
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) is to axe up to 30,000 jobs in efforts to make the company more competitive in the face of the rising might of the smartphone and tablet markets.


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ZTE admits major security hole in US smartphone
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ZTE has admitted that its Score smartphone has a security vulnerability that could allow hackers to hijack the device.


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Sony Xperia P, U and sola land in Singapore
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Sony Mobile Communications has announced that the Xperia P, U and sola are officially available in Singapore. The Android smartphones retail today, and claim to offer convenient sharing of content with easy connectivity across multiple screens.


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VIA announces 1080p capable, fanless Pico-ITX based AMOS-3002 PC
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The ultra compact fanless PC market has just seen the addition of a new entry from VIA sporting the company's tiny EPIA-P900 Pico-ITX board.


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Apple invents process of manufacturing a unified, seamless device housing
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A post on Patently Apple enumerates the manufacturing process of a new seamless, unitary design for electronics housings. Apple may use this future process to create devices that appear as a single, undivided piece.


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Apple censors and un-censors the word 'jailbreak'
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In Apple's digital store, the word 'jailbreak' was being replaced with a censored 'j*******k'. After much ridicule on Twitter and the blogosphere, Apple quickly removed the censorship.


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From GTC 2012: AMD R7970 Preferred over NVIDIA Kepler in Real GPGPU Deployments?
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During the Emerging Companies Summit at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, we spoke with several startups and experienced companies, seeing an interesting emerging pattern.


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Acer gears up business oriented TravelMate P243 notebook with Ivy Bridge
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Acer has just unveiled a new business focused 14-inch laptop in the UK under its TravelMate lineup, suited up with a third-gen Ivy Bridge processor.


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Intel's first Thunderbolt equipped motherboard nearly here
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We have to say that Intel's first Thunderbolt equipped motherboard is something of an anti-climax, as the DZ77RE-75K is nigh on identical to the DZ77GA-70K, although we spotted at least one change beyond the Thunderbolt port. On top of that, it's also quite an expensive motherboard, more so than MSI's Z77A-GD80.


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Asus launches the O!Play Media Pro set-top box
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If you live in a country with DVB-T terrestrial digital TV, then Asus' new O!Play Media  Pro set-top box might be of interest to you, as beyond being a DVB-T tuner with EPG support, it's also a media player that supports just about every format you can throw at it. On top of that, it will also stream video from a wide range of online services.


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Akitio launches the Cloud Hybrid NAS/DAS
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In as much as NAS devices are handy when it comes to backing up data, streaming audio and video over a home network and many other things, one of the downsides is that the performance when it comes to actually putting the data on them isn't always there. Akitio has come up with a home storage solution that attempts to solve this issue by being a combination NAS/DAS with USB 3.0 connectivity.


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Samsung shrinks its LPDDR2 products to 2Xnm, doubles the capacity
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DDR4 will potentially arrive in the server space come next year, yet most mobile devices are still using DDR or DDR2 memory, with only a handful shipping with DDR3 memory. Samsung has announced that it has managed to improve things in several ways by shrinking its LPDDR2 memory to 2Xnm.


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Iran threatens to sue Google over Persian Gulf map omission
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Iran has threatened to sue Google over its omission of the disputed name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps.


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Real Cost of 20nm Chips: Only for the Big Boys, 100 Milion to Break Even
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During the NVIDIA GTC 2012 conference, we spoke with several sources from the world of semiconductor manufacturing and the figures given were not… encouraging.


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Blizzard delays Diablo III real-money auction house
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Blizzard has delayed the launch of the real-money auction house in Diablo III and has apologised for its lack of preparations which led to error messages and many gamers being unable to play.


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Apple in iPhone talks with China Mobile
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Apple is in talks with China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone network, to offer the iPhone to millions of Chinese consumers.


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PopCap launches Bejeweled HD for iPad
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PopCap Games has launched a high-definition version of its classic gem-busting game Bejeweled for Apple's iPad, complete with support for the retina display on the new model.


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SOUL by Ludacris SL100GW headphone, now available in Singapore
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SOUL by Ludacris SL100GW
SOUL by Ludacris has announced the gold and white SL100GW headphone in Singapore. The lightweight and durable headphone sports a vibrant and vivid colour and features superb bass, clear mids and highs with high-precision audio.


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NVIDIA preparing GTX-680M for presentation at Computex
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Unconfirmed details have come about pertaining to a supposed GTX-680M mobile graphics solution from NVIDIA launching at next month's Computex 2012 event in Taipei.


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Promo video for LG's Optimus 4X HD quad-core smartphone surfaces
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LG's first quad-core powered smartphone, the Optimus 4X HD is almost upon us with its arrival set for sometime next month into several European countries including the UK, Germany, Sweden, Italy and Poland. Pricing, global availability and exact launch dates between countries is yet to be made clear however.


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PayPal offers mobile-optimized websites and checkout for business in Singapore
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This morning, PayPal announced two mobile commerce solutions for businesses in Singapore - mobile-optimized shopping websites and checkout - that would help increase mobile sales.


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Naughty Dog release new trailer for first non-Uncharted PS3 title, "The Last of Us"
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Those talented game developers over at Naughty Dog who graced us with the Uncharted series for Sony's PlayStation 3 console have just outed a new cutscene trailer for one of their upcoming games scheduled for release on 12/31/2012.


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