Thursday, October 8, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 08/10/2009



Dell's Android smart phone may reach U.S. shores
After months of speculation, Dell finally introduced a Google Android-powered smart phone this summer. Rather than the United States, however, Dell picked China as the launch market—not quite what many expected. CrunchGear now reports that the Dell Mini 3i may launch in the U.S. after all. The device will...
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Report: Foxconn to make tablets for Apple
Even Taiwan isn't immune to the swirl of rumors surrounding Apple's upcoming tablet device. DigiTimes now quotes anonymous "market sources" as saying Apple has picked Foxconn to manufacture the device, and 300,000-400,000 Mac tablets will ship after the launch in the first quarter. DigiTimes echoes the 10.6" display size many...
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Juniper-based Radeons hit European listings
Ah, those crafty European online retailers, always listing new graphics cards and processors before they actually launch. This time, two unannounced AMD graphics cards—the Radeon HD 5750 and Radeon HD 5770—have made their way onto the Geizhals.eu price search engine. Both listings point to the same two e-tailers, which...
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Intel's Core i7 comes to notebooks
Nehalem has finally arrived for notebooks in the form of Clarksdale Core i7 mobile processors that are virtually identical to their Lynnfield desktop counterparts. Keep reading to see how the new Core i7-920XM performs inside a cutting-edge portable gaming rig.
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Microsoft shows off multi-touch mice
After having invaded our phones and notebook touchpads, multi-touch technology may soon make its way into our mice, too. During a tour of Microsoft's labs, the folks at CrunchGear got live demonstrations of several multi-touch mouse prototypes from Microsoft's Applied Sciences team. The prototypes include a "cap" mouse whose entire...
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Memory market may be recovering at last
The memory industry has been through a pretty rough patch these past two years. Prices started going into a downward spiral in 2007, and last year's financial crisis only made matters worse. Some memory makers didn't make it. However, DigiTimes now says A-Data CEO Simon Chen has...
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New 950W Corsair PSU has 80 Plus Bronze certification
Not everybody feels like cramming their PC with as many graphics cards and hard drives as possible, but those who do had better start with a good power supply. Corsair looks to be targeting such balls-out configurations its new TX950W PSU, which has a 950W power rating, 80...
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Super Talent, Toshiba unveil 'co-branded' SSDs
Solid-state drives are still multiplying, it seems. Super Talent and Toshiba have now teamed up to bring us a series of four SSDs with high rated performance, data-protection features, and relatively reasonable prices (by SSD standards, at least). These...
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Zotac intros tiny, Ion-powered nettop barebone
Is it just us, or is Nvidia's Ion growing in popularity? Just four days ago, we told you about Asus' latest EeeBox nettop, which pairs a dual-core Atom processor with Ion integrated graphics. Now, Zotac has announced another nettop that's based on a fairly similar formula. The new Zotac MAG...
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