Wednesday, July 7, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AnandTech) 07/07/2010


AnandTech
AnandTech 13-year Anniversary Giveaways Continue: OCZ Vertex SSD
Happy 4th to our US readers. And a very special 4th to the winner of our last contest: mmmmmdonuts21. Respond to my email with your shipping info and we'll get your prize out right away.
Given the subject matter of the review I'm writing today, our next giveaway is fitting. OCZ grew its loyal userbase with memory but in the past couple of years has become known for its SSDs. Thus it shouldn't be surprising to anyone that OCZ sent over a 60GB Vertex SSD for today's giveaway.
The Vertex is based on Indilinx's Barefoot controller. You can get an idea for how the Barefoot performs using our SSD Bench database.
Read on for full entry details.

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Dell Adamo 13: CULV Goes Upscale

When it debuted at CES 2009, the 0.65” Dell Adamo 13 gave the notebook world a Windows equivalent to the MacBook Air. With the ultrathin body, the brushed aluminum unibody, and Apple-like attention to detail, the Adamo was truly stunning to behold. The drawback was pricing, which started at $1999 for lackluster specifications. Fast forward to today and you can pick up an Adamo for $999, making it far more palatable. At half the original price and with some of the sleekest aesthetics we've seen, the Adamo is definitely worth a closer look. But even at just under a grand, the Adamo comes in at a higher price than most of it's CULV competitors. Do the standard solid state disk and high feature, high style design make up for the price difference? Read on to find out.

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Paperless Ticketing for Concerts and Events on the Rise
Paperless tickets will thwart resellers
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Piracy Could Affect Funding of Schools
File-sharing could mean less dollars for colleges and universities.
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Renault Previews DeZir Electric Concept Car
Car has 100 mile driving range and crazy yin/yang gull wing doors
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Apple is Now Producing 2.3M+ iPads Monthly
Despite iPhone issues, life is good for Apple, thanks to the best-selling iPad
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Verizon Settles ETF Suit for $21M, Avoids Judgment Day
Early termination fees say "I'll be back".
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California Looks to Shun State Rock Over Asbestos Content
The Golden State offers firm warning to minerals -- don't you dare have asbestos
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HTC Rakes in Record $268M USD for Q2
HTC reports unaudited profits
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Use of Flight Simulators Save Military Millions
The use of flight simulators has expanded as military budgets shrink
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Researchers Discover New High Pressure, Energy-Storing Material
Most powerful material that isn't nuclear energy
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Prince: "The Internet is Completely Over"
Prince still isn't in love with the "New Power Generation"
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EU's Secret Plan to Imprison Filesharers, Ban Free Speech About Piracy Leaks
Britain has announced its opposition to the plan
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7/5/2010 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Monday
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