Wednesday, March 12, 2014

IT News Head Lines (techPowerUp) 13/03/2014

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Silicon Power Launches 128 GB USB Flash Drives
Silicon Power, the world's leading provider of memory storage solutions, today announces the launch of high capacity USB 2.0 & USB 3.0 USB flash drives with 128 GB. Featuring incredibly high capacities, SP 128 GB USB flash drives will rewrite your storage experiences with more convenience and higher efficiency. Instead of having numerous ordinary USB flash drives with little capacities, SP 128 GB USB flash drives allow a totally worries-free mobile life that only one flash drive is needed to store all your important documents, photos and videos.


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Buffalo Announces New USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drives
Buffalo today unveiled its newest external storage solution, the Mini Station HD-PLFU3 Series. Coming in black and white, these portable drives feature USB 3.0 connectivity, they measure 115 x 76 mm, and offer 500 GB (11.5 mm height), 1 TB (14 mm) and 2 TB (19.5 mm) worth of space.



The HD-PLFU3 Series HDDs are backed by a one-year warranty and will become available (in Japan at first) around late April priced at 9,870 yen (~ 96 USD), 13,965 yen (~ 136 USD) and 20,895 yen (~ 203 USD) for the 500 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB units, respectively.


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(PR) Apacer Launches Two SATA 3.0 Slim Solid State Drives
With the trend in terminal products toward mobility, the built-in storage devices have turned to compact design in specification and size, and stronger durability are required for the products. Aiming at industrial computers driven by the trend, Apacer launches two ultra slim SSDs: JEDEC MO-297-compliant SFD 18S6 and MO-300-compliant mSATA A1.



The small size equipped with SATA 3.0 high-speed transmission interface, along with the products' features of low power consumption, durability and high performance, will become the necessary storage solution for the rise of the new mobility devices. It can be specially applied to medical tablet PCs, bedside healthcare, mobile on-board unit and data communication system devices.


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(PR) Rapoo E9070 Wireless Ultra-Slim Keyboard Now Available
Rapoo's iF Product Design award winning E9070 Wireless Ultra-Slim Keyboard, available now, is the ideal peripheral for an extraordinary comfortable and smooth typing experience while at home or in the office. The sleek keyboard features the thinnest stainless steel body in its class of products in the world, with the thinnest part measuring only 5.6 mm.



The durable E9070 boasts scissor key structure for an enjoyable typing experience. The integrated Fn control keys also allow users to control shortcut operations for audio playback, volume adjustment, browsing the internet and more, saving users valuable time.


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Gigabyte To Release A Second, Higher Clocked GeForce GTX 750 Ti Card
Gigabyte Technology has already launched a custom-cooled and factory-overclocked GeForce GTX 750 Ti when the card was made official by NVIDIA, some three weeks ago, but now the Taiwanese company is preparing another model, one with even higher frequencies.



Codenamed GV-N75TWFOC-2GI, Gigabyte's second GeForce GTX 750 Ti has pretty much the same features as the first release (GV-N75TOC-2GI) like the Ultra Durable 2 components, the WindForce 2X dual-fan cooler, and the 2 GB of GDDR5 memory set to 5400 MHz, but it comes with a base GPU clock of 1215 MHz (vs 1033 MHz/1020 MHz of the GV-N75TOC-2GI/stock cards) and a Boost clock of 1294 MHz (vs 1111 MHz/ 1085 MHz). The upcoming card also has dual DVI and dual HDMI 1.4 outputs. No word yet on pricing or a release date.


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(PR) LaCie Introduces the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2-Supporting External Drive
LaCie, the premium brand from Seagate Technology, announced today the availability of the fastest portable storage solution ever - the new LaCie Little Big Disk, featuring Thunderbolt 2. It delivers speeds up to 1,375 MB/s and fits in a laptop bag. With these advances, professionals finally have a truly portable solution for editing 4K video in the field.



Storage for the 4K Era

To achieve the full potential of Thunderbolt 2 speeds, LaCie engineered the Little Big Disk with some of the best - performing solid state drives on the market - a pair of 500 GB PCIe Gen 2 SSDs. It's possible to push the boundaries of the technology even further by daisy chaining two LaCie Little Big Disks to achieve speeds faster than the maximum Thunderbolt 2 transfer rate. By connecting them in parallel to Apple's powerful new Mac Pro, they can deliver speeds up to 2,600 MB/s.


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(PR) SteelSeries Releases Diablo III: Reaper of Souls QcK Mousepad
SteelSeries, the leading global innovator of gaming peripherals, In conjunction with Blizzard Entertainment's release of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, SteelSeries has announced a new Diablo themed QcK Mousepad featuring original artwork of the Angel of Death, the Nephalem's main adversary in the epic new expansion pack. The new SteelSeries QcK Reaper of Souls Edition is available now via the SteelSeries Web Shop for $14.99/ €14.99.



Alongside the new QcK, the award-winning Diablo III Mouse makes its return. Armed with 7 ergonomically placed buttons with a 10 million-click lifespan and demon-red illumination, the Diablo III Mouse brings players their most precise weapon for gameplay.


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(PR) EK Working On New Water Blocks for ASUS, MSI Cards
EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is working on a plethora of new Full Cover water blocks, namely for the following graphics cards:
  • ASUS GTX780TI-DC2 DirectCU II (EK-FC780 GTX Ti DCII) - 104,95€
  • ASUS ROG Matrix GTX 780 Ti (EK-FC780 GTX Ti Matrix) - Price TBA
  • ASUS ROG Matrix R9 290X (EK-FC R9-290X Matrix) - Price TBA
  • MSI R9 290X Lightning (EK-FC R9-290X Lightning) - Price TBA


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(PR) Amped Wireless Now Shipping High Power Compact AC Wi-Fi Range Extender
Amped Wireless, the leading manufacturer of high power, long-range wireless solutions for the home and office, today announced the availability of its REC15A High Power Compact 802.11ac Wi-Fi Range Extender. The discreet, wall-plug unit extends the signal of any standard 802.11a/b/g/n or ac Wi-Fi router by repeating, amplifying, and redistributing the signal in a new extended location, such as a far bedroom, backyard, or upstairs office.



The Amped Wireless difference starts with High Power technology. Standard Wi-Fi devices have an output power of a mere 50 milliwatts (mW). While the REC15A packs up to 500 milliwatts (mW) of Wi-Fi output power into a compact, elegant design - to eliminate dead spots and attain more range. With four total amplifiers and a high gain, dual band antenna, the REC15A provides up to 5,000 sq. ft. of extended coverage. In addition, the REC15A features ultra-fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology and simultaneously repeats both 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz Wi-Fi signals.


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(PR) Mad Catz Announces New Range of Xbox One Licensed Headsets
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. announced today a new range of licensed audio headsets for Xbox One under the TRITTON gaming audio brand, expected to start shipping summer 2014. "We're excited to announce our upcoming range of headsets for the Xbox One platform," said Darren Richardson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. "Over 45% of our sales are derived from gaming headsets, and we believe the addition of Xbox One headsets will make a significant contribution to our return to growth and profitability in fiscal 2015."


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MSI Announces Radeon R9 280 Gaming
MSI finally launched its first Radeon R9 280 graphics card, flashing its Gaming Series branding. Based on an otherwise identical board design to that of the R9 280X Gaming, the card features MSI's Twin Frozr IV cooling solution. It offers factory-overclocked speeds of 933 MHz core, 1000 MHz boost, and 5.00 GHz memory. Based on the 28 nm "Tahiti" silicon, the Radeon R9 280 offers 1,792 stream processors, 112 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 3 GB of memory. The card draws power from a combination of 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power connectors, display outputs include two mini-DisplayPort connectors, two dual-link DVI, and an HDMI connector. Expect this one to go for around $280.


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Gigabyte Announces B85N-Phoenix Mini-ITX Motherboard
Gigabyte announced the B85N-Phoenix, a socket LGA1150 motherboard based on the Intel B85 chipset, and in the mini-ITX form-factor. The board is unusually rich in connectivity, despite its precious little PCB real-estate. It features an equally unusual black+orange color scheme that's more commonly found with the company's OC-series motherboards. It draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 4-pin CPU power connectors, and conditions it using a 4+2 phase VRM. The CPU socket is wired to a pair of DDR3 DIMM slots, supporting up to 32 GB of dual-channel memory; and a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot. It's neighbored to the north by an mPCIe 2.0 slot, wired to the B85 PCH.



Storage connectivity on the B85N-Phoenix includes three SATA 6 Gb/s, and a single SATA 3 Gb/s. The board features a total of four USB 3.0 ports, two on the rear panel, two by header. Display outputs include dual-link DVI and HDMI. The board comes prepped for wireless communications, but doesn't include a card. There are holes for two antennae, and an mPCIe slot. The board offers 8-channel HD audio with optical TOSLINK output. Gigabit Ethernet, PS/2, and a number of USB 2.0/1.1 ports make for the rest of it. Gigabyte didn't announce pricing.


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(PR) Cooler Master Rolls Out Silencio 652S Case
Cooler Master, a leading creator, innovator and manufacturer of desktop components and more, today announced a revision of the stylish mid-tower Silencio 652, the Silencio 652S. Representing the best solution for sound absorption with system builds of all levels, the Silencio Series delivers ultimate performance with minimal noise. Sound silencing foam padding seeks to severely reduce system noises produced by hard drives, numerous cooling fans, and other devices. Combine this with a solid-steel frame, vibration inhibiting rubber feet, 3x 120mm Silencio FP 120 and the Silencio 652S operates with minimal noise.



The difference between the Silencio 652 and the Silencio 652S is the implementation of new fan technology. Included are 3 120mm Silencio FP 120 fans. The front 180mm has been replaced by 2 Silencio FP 120 fans. The rear 120mm standard fan has also been replaced by a Silencio FP 120 fan.


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(PR) ZiiLabs Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Samsung And Apple
ZiiLabs Inc., Ltd. ("ZiiLabs") today announced that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit ("the lawsuit") in the United States against Samsung and Apple. The lawsuit alleges that certain products of Samsung (including various Galaxy phones and tablets, and laptops) and Apple (including various ranges of the iPhone and iPad, iMac and MacBook Pro) infringe a number of ZiiLabs patents.



ZiiLabs owns over 100 US patents in the graphics, processor and 3D spaces. Ten of these patents have been asserted in the lawsuit, in which ZiiLabs is claiming past and future damages for patent infringement, and injunctions against Samsung and Apple.


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