Thursday, February 12, 2009

IT News HeadLines (HARDSPELL) 12/02/2009


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Nvidias Ion platform gets Vista certification
Netbooks and nettops typically run Windows XP or Linux, but you may soon see some of them toting Windows Vista Home Premium. Nvidia has announced that its Ion platform for Intel Atom processors has ea
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AMD takes on DDR3 with AM3 platform
AMD has taken the next step with its Phenom II venture by announcing its first DDR3 platform. AMD has let loose several new processors, with both three and four cores using DDR3 memory instead of the
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Nvidia SLI now available for Intel DX58SO
This morning, Nvidia announced that its SLI technology has been licensed by Intel for its DX58SO "Smackover" motherboard. As a result, the board will now be able to support both CrossFire a
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Nvidia plans faster G92b
Nvidia is considering to launch a faster version of Geforce 9800GTX+ and weve heard that Geforce GTS 250 is one of the possible brands for the card.If all goes well this 55nm based G92b chip might act
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Intel super fast SSD to get to 64GB
Intel plans to launch its super fast SSD X25E and this time it plans to launch a 64GB version. The launch date is February 22nd and the drive will cost an arm and a leg, if not even all extremities. I
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Nvidia still friends with VIA
Those that thought Nvidia had abandoned VIA were wrong, or at least so it seems, as when asked earlier today, Drew Henry commented that future ION products should support the VIA Nano CPU. This is goo
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Asus to launch mATX RoG motherboards
Bit-tech reports that Asus is set to refresh their RoG (Republic of Gamer) offer with the new "Gene" series. These are however, the first RoG motherboards to use the mATX form factor.The fir
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Asus first with Geforce GT 120M notebook
Asus has announced what appears to be the "worlds first" notebook with Geforce GT 120M graphics card. The new N81Vg notebook comes with a 14-inch LED backlit LCD screen and is equipped with
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AMD fails to get support for spin-off deal
Chipmaker AMD was unable to push through its spin off plan, as it didnt get enough support from its stockholders.The deal was voted on during a stockholder meeting yesterday, and although 97 percent o
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Intel to invest $7 billion in three US plants
Intel has announced a $7 billion investment plan to modernize three US production facilities over the next two years.Plants in Arizona, Oregon and New Mexico will be upgraded to build 32-nm chips, and
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Nvidia posts grim Q4 results
Nvidia has announced its quarterly results for Q4, and as expected after Nvidias recent warning, revenues were down significantly.Quarter-on-quarter, revenue was down 47 percent for GPUs, 51 percent f
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Intel Licenses SLI for X58 Smackover Motherboards
Intel has licensed NVIDIAs SLI technology for its own branded motherboards built with the X58 chipset, formerly codenamed Tylersburg.AMD/ATIs Crossfire technology has been available on X58 motherboard
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