Gainward makes Phantom GTX 580 with 3GB
Following the recent release of its Geforce GTX 570 Phantom card, Gainward decided to add yet another GPU to the Phantom series, the GTX 580. Just like the previous card, this one also features a rather unique custom cooler with three 80mm fans, six heatpipes and a large aluminum heatsink with a copper base. The custom cooler also makes this card a bit large, so bear in minde that it does take more than two slots.
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GeForce GTX 560 pictures leaked
With the rumored release of NVIDIA's revamped mid-range challenger, GeForce GTX 560, less than a week away, the flood gates have opened for details on the new card. To be honest, there's not a lot to see here and it's hard to tell difference between this card and a stock GTX 460, even with the shroud off. Of course, that's neither surprising because the original GF104-based boards ran cool and quiet and were more than capable of handling the high-overclocks that the GPU was capable of.
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Christmas season wasn't good for European retailers
In news that should come as a surprise to no-one, the Christmas season wasn't so good for European PC retailers. According to IDC, PC shipments across the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region managed to grow by 2.4 per cent, although this was weaker than predicted 4.3 per cent expansion in the fourth quarter. However, Western Europe continued to struggle as sales dropped by 7.7 per cent year-on-year. The combination of weak consumer demand, the tail end of the recession and the rabid customer interest in tablets are said to have fueled the drop. This was especially apparent in the consumer - as opposed to business - sector, where PC sales dipped by 10.5 per cent.
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 goes final
Microsoft has finished up the first Service Pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, which comes with all fixes and updates released to this day and brings two new features for Server 2008 - Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX. While the RTM (release to manufacturing) build of SP1 is in Microsoft's possession, Windows users can't officially have it just yet, and may have to wait until around February 18 to get it via Windows Update. However, you can find the leaked packages on the Internet easily ( wave1 differs from wave0 in number of available languages).
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Seagate loses shipments in December, maintains revenue
Seagate's performance in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 (ended December 31st, 2010) was quite rocky, as drive shipments were down sequentially, reaching 48.9 million units, while revenue remained flat at $2.7 billion and profits grew just a bit ($150 million). For the six months ended December 31, 2010, the company reported a revenue of $5.4 billion, a net income of $299 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.61.
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Opera browser gets inside Bravia HDTVs and players
Opera, the web browser traditionally associated with mobile devices, and Sony have teamed up on a scheme to put the former's software onto the later's Bravia HDTVs and Blu-ray players. The network-connected hardware would support some fledling Internet standards as a result, such as HTML5, HbbTV and OIPF. At the same time, it would offer users an option other than the Google TV platform that's being embedded into some Sony hardware.
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Teenager's game dethrones Angry Birds on iPhone
After spending months atop the App Store top downloads list, Rovio's blockbuster hit Angry Birds has been dethroned by a physics game created by a 14-year-old Robert Nay. Bubble Ball is described in the iOS App Store (and now the Android Market) as a fun new physics game . In under a month, the game has seen over 2 million downloads in the iOS store and 100,000 in the Android Market, good enough to topple Angry Birds from its top spot in games.
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