Samsung working away on Chrome OS netbook :: Posted by THRASHER2
After Acer, Samsung has become the second company to confirm the development of a netbook powered by Google's Chrome OS. The upcoming machine is set to have a 10.1-inch screen, and pack 2GB of RAM, plus a 64GB solid state drive, but its processor is still unknown, could be a Snapdragon, could be an Atom.
The Chrome OS netbook would also have WiFi and 3G connectivity and provide a battery life of 12 hours. Expect more info in the coming months when the competition should also make some announcements.
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I-O Data readies new 20-inch LCD monitor :: Posted by THRASHER2
I-O Data has this week revealed a new addition to its monitor line-up, the 20-inch LCD-AD201XG which features a native resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels and consumes just 0.4W in standby and 21W during typical use. The fresh, black-coated display also has a 5ms response time, a 1000:1 contrast ratio (10,000:1 DCR), a maximum brightness of 250 cd/m2, dual 1W speakers, and D-Sub, DVI connectivity.
The LCD-AD201XG is backed by a three-year warranty and will debut in Japan at the end of this month.
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Acer reported building MacBook Air-thin laptop :: Posted by THRASHER2
Acer, the second-largest PC manufacturer on this planet, is hard at work on a lot of things these days, like an app store, Chrome OS netbooks and e-book readers, yet that isn't stopping it from also developing a new laptop that would rival Apple's MacBook Air in terms of thinness.
According to a report, at least one of Acer's upcoming laptops will be just 1.9 cm thick, same as Apple's star cake-cutting model. Not much info about Acer's product is known except that it will be based on Intel's Calpella platform and utilize an ULV (ultra-low voltage) processor. Intel is expected to release three 32nm CULV CPUs in this first half of 2010, the 1.06 GHz Core i5 520UM and i7 620UM, and the 1.2 GHz i7 640UM, so one of them could be the one Acer uses for its ultra-thin laptop.
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Dell to acquire KACE, enhance its system management offering :: Posted by THRASHER2
The world's third-largest system seller, Dell, has inked a deal to buy, for an undisclosed sum, Mountain View-based KACE Networks, maker of the KBOX family of systems-management and deployment appliances. The acquisition is expected to help Dell better cater to the needs of midsized businesses and public (government, education and healthcare) institutions through the extension of its systems management line-up.
"We talk directly to thousands of these customers and they tell us they need systems-management tools geared for their environment," said Steve Felice, President, Dell Consumer and Small and Medium Business. "The KBOX family of appliances is highly capable, quick to deploy, simple to use and provides a rapid return on investment, exactly the sort of best-value solutions we're delivering to customers."
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Digital Storm introduces the Black|OPS gaming system :: Posted by THRASHER2
Looking to buy something for the gamer in you this Valentine's Day? You're in luck then as Digital Storm has added a new gaming rig to its line-up, the Black|OPS. Pre-loaded with Windows 7, the Black|OPS systems make use of Core i5/i7 or Phenom II X4 CPUs, Nvidia or AMD graphics cards, pack at least 4GB of RAM, and include Digital Storm's Sub-Zero Liquid Cooling System which will take the heat off the processor, video cards, and the motherboard chipset.
The fresh gaming PCs can be overclocked out-of-the-box thanks to the TwisterBoost option, and also be equipped with the Noise Suppression Package which combines noise dampening material, fan speed tuning and chassis airflow adjustments so as to lower the overall PC sound output.
"With Black|OPS, our engineers designed, integrated and optimized our gaming PCs from the ground up; the result is nothing less than astounding," commented Rajeev Kuruppu, Digital Storm's Director of Product Development. "Unlike other gaming PC integrators, who simply cram the latest hardware into chassis, Digital Storm's engineers select the highest quality components and ensure that every piece works in perfect unison with each other. We truly believe that our Black|OPS systems will redefine the standards that gamers hold their systems to."
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Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic coming up :: Posted by THRASHER2
If you like some Vapor-X with your Cypress then you may be interested in Sapphire's latest creation, the Radeon HD 5850 Toxic graphics card. Set to debut next week, this new model features a dual-slot Vapor Chamber cooling solution that's 10 dBA quieter and 15C cooler than reference fansinks, has 1440 Stream Processors, a 256-bit memory interface, and, of course, includes DirectX 11 and CrossFireX support.
The Radeon HD 5850 Toxic boasts a GPU clocked at 765 MHz (725 MHz stock) and 1GB of GDDR5 memory set to 4500 MHz (4000 MHz), is backed by a two-year warranty and is available for pre-order @ آ£270 / $423 / 309 Euro. The price should go down once the card is released.
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LaCie rolls out rugged eSATA portable hard drive :: Posted by THRASHER2
LaCie's storage offer has just been extended to include the Rugged eSATA, a portable, abuse-resistant hard drive that boasts a Power eSATA interface. The new drive measures 90 x 145 x 25 mm and weights 239 grams, has a scratch-resistant aluminum shell, internal anti-shock absorbers, a shock-resistant rubber bumper, a 500GB 7200 RPM HDD, and both USB 2.0 and eSATA connectors. According to LaCie, its drive delivers transfer speeds of up to 36 MB/s via USB and 90 MB/s via eSATA.
"We are thrilled to integrate power eSATA technology into our best-selling Rugged mobile hard drive," said Anne-Sophie Marchand, Consumer Product Manager. "This solution brings dazzling transfer speeds to customers on the go, while still ensuring compatibility with standard eSATA and USB 2.0 connectors."
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Super Talent unveils new USB 3.0 flash drive :: Posted by THRASHER2
Super Talent has revealed its plans to introduce a second USB 3.0 flash drive, one that comes in lower capacities and should be cheaper than the USB 3.0 RAIDDrive. Named USB 3.0 Express Drive, the new portable storage device comes in 16GB and 32GB flavors, it measures 62 x 37 x7.5 mm, and has USB 2.0/1.1 compatibility but will reach transfer speeds of up to 125 MB/s only when USB 3.0 is used.
"This product underscores Super Talent's continued leadership in the USB 3.0 storage market", said Super Talent COO, C.H. Lee. "We've listened to our customers and responded with a USB 3.0 product that not only meets the market needs but hits the balance point between price and performance."
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Albatron builds GeForce 210 with PCI-Express x1 interface :: Posted by THRASHER2
Taiwanese company Albatron has today revealed its newest graphics solution for small form factor PCs, a GeForce 210 card with a PCI-Express x1 interface. Powered by the 40nm GT218 GPU, the low profile card has 16 Processing Cores, DirectX 10.1 support, a 64-bit memory interface, a passive cooler and GPU, shader and memory (512MB DDR2) clocks of 589, 1402 and 500 MHz, respectively.
In terms of connectivity, the G210-512 PCIe x1 provides D-Sub, DVI and HDMI. Albatron has not announced the card's price tag.
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Sunbeamtech reveals the VentMax tower chassis :: Posted by THRASHER2
Sunbeamtech has today sent out word about a new tower PC case which goes by the name of VentMax and is supposed to be 'designed for high performance cooling'. Pictured below, this all-black chassis, measures 415 (H) s 180 (W) x 415 (L) mm, weights 5.53 kg, has three exposed 5.25-inch bays, two audio and four USB 2.0 ports in front (and on top), and five fans.
The VentMax's default cooling system includes one 120mm fan in front, one on the side, two on top and a 80mm spinner at the rear. Expect to see this case in stores in the coming weeks.
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HP Compaq AirLife 100 smartbook pictured and detailed :: Posted by THRASHER2
Just days before the Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona, HP Spain has sent out a press release announcing the Compaq AirLife 100, the Snapdragon-based smartbook first seen at CES 2010. HP's netbook-y device features a 92% sized keyboard, a 10.1-inch touchscreen, 16GB of built-in flash storage, an SD card slot, WiFi and 3G connectivity, and a battery providing up to 12 hours of operation per charge.
The Compaq AirLife 100 is set to be offered in Europe and Latin America by Telefonica subsidized, in mobile broadband plans. More info about the AirLife-including bundles should come next wee at MWC 2010.
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Lancool K62 Red Dragon Edition PC case goes on sale :: Posted by THRASHER2
Lian Li's Lancool DragonLord K62 mid tower chassis, which was introduced this past summer, is now available in a special, Red Dragon Edition that comes with a red interior and red LED-equipped fans. The red-flavored case measures 214 x 496 x 498 mm, weights 9.55 kg, and has five external 5.25-inch bays, a tool-less design, anti-vibration rubber grommets for the HDDs, and top-placed USB and audio ports.
The K62's cooling is handled by a front 140mm fan (1000 RPM) in front, two top-mounted 140mm fans and a 120mm rear spinner going at 1500 RPM. The 'regular' Lancool DragonLord K62 Red Dragon Edition costs 100 Euro, while the version featuring a side window goes for 110 Euro.
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AMD serves up the ATI Stream SDK v2.01 :: Posted by THRASHER2
AMD has yesterday made available an updated version of its ATI Stream Software Development Kit (SDK), the dev platform that enables the creation of applications supporting the ATI Stream technology. The 2.01 SDK update brings support for the Radeon HD 5670 and HD 5570 cards,and also includes the following:
- Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3.
- Support for debugging OpenCL with GDB on x86 CPUs under Linux.
- Preview: Support for OpenCL / Microsoft DirectXآ® 9 interoperability.
- Additional OpenCL samples (BoxFilter, FFT, GaussianNoise (under cpp_cl), URNG).
- Stream KernelAnalyzer with OpenCL support.
- Various OpenCL compiler and runtime fixes and enhancements.
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Arctic Cooling Announces Arctic GCM 80-in-1 Game Console :: Posted by THRASHER2
Sport, puzzle, racing, action, strategy games you can find them all in the ARCTIC GCM! Featuring 80 games, this handheld game console brings you joy and excitement.
Also with 2.5" TFT display and 3D gaming processor, the ARCTIC GCM takes you to an on-to-go adventure anytime, anywhere.
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Acer to launch new ultrathin notebook :: Posted by THRASHER2
19mm waistline, Calpella inside
According to CENS Taiwan Economic News, Acer plans to launch a new ultrathin notebook series sometime this year.
Acer is the second largest notebook vendor and it already holds a sizable chunk of the CULV notebook market with its Timeline series. However, although the Timelines are very well priced and feature impressive battery life, they feature a boxy design and at 2.54cm they are a bit on the chunky side.
The new series will apparently be 19mm thick, which would make it thinner than most CULVs, expect a few models, such as Dell's Vostro V13 or some MSI X-Slim models. The new Acer series will be based on Intel's Calpella ULV processors and it should offer superior performance compared to current Timelines, which are powered by 45nm CULV parts.
Mind you, such sleek and well spec'd machines probably won't come cheap, but then again 32nm processors in a 19mm package just sound right. Most vendors will launch updated thin-and-light designs once Intel's new processors become available, but Acer seems to be the first vendor preparing an entirely new model designed for the new architecture from the ground up. Well, truth be told, the others are probably making them as well, but they're not talking about them just yet.
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Sandy Bridge supports up to 4 displays :: Posted by THRASHER2
Two internal and two via USB
It looks like Sandy Bridge CPUs and the platform powered by the Cougar Point chipset have a few surprises in store for us. Not only can Intel support dual displays, but it now claims that with the help of Cougar Point chipset, it can support up to four displays.
It plans to support two via integrated graphics that are part of the CPU, whereas the additional two would be possible via USB and would be powered by Cougar Point, Intel 6 series chipset. Unfortunately, at this point we donآ’t have any more details.
This is not the only surprise as the new IGP from Intel comes with an integrated DisplayPort support all the way to 2560x1600. Letآ’s not forget the HDMI 1.3 support with premium audio, which gives Intel's integrated graphics a much better flavor.
آ• Sandy Bridge Graphics Support
آ• Integrated Displayport with up to 2560x1600 resolution
آ• Multi-monitor display with up to 4 displays: 2 Int, 2 USB2
آ• HDMI1.3 support with premium audio
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Atom Pine Trail M HD chip supports Flash Player 10.1 :: Posted by THRASHER2
Comes from Broadcom
Since Intel was incapable of making an HD decoder chip that could play HD in 1080p for its Atom platform, it reached out to one of its competitors, Broadcom and used their HD chip.
Intel's latest Atom platform codenamed Pinetrail M can play HD 1080p with the help of Broadcom's BCM70015 HD video decoder chip and it will be up to Intelآ’s partners to implement and buy this chip.
We are not aware of the chip pricing but we are quite sure that this will cost less than Nvidiaآ’s Ion 2. Still, Ion 2 will let you play some games on your netbook while Broadcom can only make sure you HD 1080p works without stuttering.
It looks like little green Nvidia has pushed Intel to do something it didnآ’t originally plan, as Intel's Atom graphics won't be able to play HD 1080p at least until the next generation in late 2011. End users can be happy as they will get HD 1080p support on netbooks, if anyone still wants to buy one, considering that for just over آ€300 you can get a nice thin and light Lenovo, Acer or similar 13-inch notebook. Pinetrail M Atom will usually cost more than that and it's evident that it will offer less, a lot less.
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Sapphire working on Toxic HD 5850 :: Posted by THRASHER2
Custom designed HD 5850
In addition to the bunch of entry-level DirectX 11 capable cards that were launched a few weeks ago, Sapphire is also working on a custom HD 5850 that will be a part of Sapphire's Toxic series.
The new one features a custom blue PCB with duals slot Vapor Chamber cooler and is overclocked to 765MHz for the GPU and 4500MHz for the 1GB of GDDR5 memory. This is a quite an impressive overclock, considering that the reference card works at 725MHz for the GPU and 4000MHz for memory.
The card still features 1440 stream processors, a 256-bit memory interface, DirectX 11, CrossfireX and Eyefinity support. The Vapor Chamber cooler should be 10dBA quieter and up to 15 degrees cooler than the reference cooler, but that is something that we have to wait and see.
The card has showed up at Overclockers.co.uk site and ETA is 15th of February. The preorder price stands at آ£269.99 inc VAT which is around آ€310/$420.
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Asus shows its custom HD 5870 :: Posted by THRASHER2
Matrix series with 2GB of memory
According to some pictures taken by a Chinese website, Asus is apparently preparing a new Republic of Gamers Matrix series card based on the ATI Radeon HD 5870 GPU. In addition to the fancy name, Asus has also tweaked the PCB with better voltage regulators, factory overclock, higher overclocking potential and double amount of memory.
The card should work at 900MHz for the core and 1225MHz for memory (4900MHz effective). It should have a stronger VRM circuit which could lead to even higher clocks once this one reaches the hands of overclockers. It has two 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors, and feature DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs.
Asus also tweaked the cooler which looks similar to the previously released Geforce GTX 285 Matrix. The back plate also features a "safe mode" button that reverts the card to failsafe clocks and voltage once things go wrong. The card will most probably feature Asus' VoltageTweak voltage control software support.
Unfortunately, the price or the availability date hasn't been announced but we guess that Asus is keeping this one under wraps for CeBIT, as it could easily be the crown jewel in Asus' Cebit VGA lineup.
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