Sunday, September 13, 2009

IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 12/09/2009


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ATI Eyefinity - Left 4 Dead on a 175-inch Screen

AMD have featured their latest branding of VISION some time ago and now, they have in store Eyefinity. A demonstration was done to showcase the prowess of AMD's Multi display technology.

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$135,000 Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue Blu-Ray player

$135,000 (USD) for a Blu-ray player? Only the filthy rich need apply!

News via [DVICE]


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Most teens admit to seeing internet pornography "accidentally"

An interesting news article from Australia's Herald Sun. A recent survey, conducted by the Edith Cowan University and commissioned by the Australian Federal Government, found that most 16 to 17 year old boys and girls had viewed online pornography. However, the teens had claimed they had stumbled upon the pornographic sites accidentally.

"MOST 16 to 17-year-old boys admit to viewing online pornography - but they claim it's an accident."

News via [NEWS.COM.AU]


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Apple released codes for Grand Central Dispatch

Grand Central Dispatch GCD

Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) is a feature within Apple's latest Mac OS, Snow leopard, which allows software developers to write applications to take advantage of multicore processors. And Apple has decided to make the codes for GCD open source.


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ATI Radeon HD 5870 PCB pictures
CzechGamer.com has leaked two naked pictures of the upcoming HD 5870. The picture quality isn't very good, but it is our first look at the Cypress die. Let the images speak for themselves.

It is interesting to note that this edition features 2x6 pin PCI-e power connectors, whereas a previous picture suggests 1x6 and 1x8 pin connectors. The possible reason is that the HD 5870 SIX version (rumoured to be the one with 6 display outputs and 2GB memory) was previously pictured - which may require the 8-pin PCI-e connector.



Reference: CzechGamer.com


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Juniper XT is Radeon HD 5770 and Juniper LE is HD 5750

While all eyes are on the Radeon HD 5800 "Cypress" series, there is another series quietly brewing beneath AMD which NVIDIA should be really afraid of. It is targeted at the mainstream market which is no doubt the most important segment for both camps. Juniper XT and LE will be officially named Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5750 respectively when launched.


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