Friday, September 30, 2011

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 30/09/2011

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Canon Singapore launches 23 imaging products for consumer and enterprise markets
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Canon
Canon Singapore had a massive product launch for the second half of 2011 today, with 23 imaging products ranging from printers to projectors and digital cameras. And no, the company did not reveal any Canon mirrorless camera, despite Nikon unveiling theirs last week.


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ASRock Teases with X79 Extreme7 Picture
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ASRock X79 Extreme7 teaser
ASRock is now a full-fledged motherboard manufacturer with boards targeting every market segment, from $50 office PC boards, to all-out enthusiast boards. Its upcoming socket LGA2011 lineup has one such board, one that woos budget-unconcious buyers, the X79 Extreme7.


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"Sony Tablet" S arriving in Singapore in October 2011
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Sony
This afternoon, Sony Electronics Asia Pacific announced the launch of their latest "Sony Tablet" S in Singapore. The "Sony Tablet" S sports a 9.4-inch touchscreen, is equipped with Nvidia Tegra 2 mobile processor and runs Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb platform.


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AMD revises down Q3 forecasts - yield issues blamed
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Previously, AMD had expected a strong Q3 2011, driven by strong demand for Llano, with revenue growth of 10% over Q2. However, AMD has now revised Q3 revenue growth to only 4%-6%. The main reason cited was manufacturing issues at GlobalFoundries.


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Intel planning three new Thunderbolt controllers, one set to lower device cost
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At IDF earlier this month Intel revealed its upcoming Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt controllers, but it turns out the company is about to launch a third Thunderbolt controller and it should arrive ahead of Cactus Ridge. The yet unannounced chip is known as Port Ridge or L2210 and it's a low-cost device only controller which should hopefully make it more appealing for peripheral manufacturers to create Thunderbolt devices.


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Kindle Fire Tablet unveiled : Amazon tries to take the tablet market by storm.
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Amazon unveiled today in New York their new Kindle Fire 7-inch display tablet which runs a customized version of Android and has a dual core processor. The new tablet is available for pre-order for an amazingly low price of 199$ USD and will start shipping on the 15th of November. Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, stated  "We're making millions of these", clearly expressing the company's aim to dominate in the low-end (value) segment of the market. Amazon also released...


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NVIDIA sampling Kepler - GK107
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NVIDIA has engineering samples out for its first chip based on the next-gen Kepler architecture. The chip is the same as revealed by SemiAccurate last week - GK107. As suggested by the nomenclature, this isn't the flagship GK100 we are all waiting for. Instead, NVIDIA is executing a bottom-to-top release, first releasing a smaller chip, GK107, which will find its way into notebooks.


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Sapphire launches its second AMD A75 motherboard
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It's easy to forget that Sapphire makes motherboards, as the company isn't exactly making a lot of noise about its motherboard products. The company has sneaked out yet another new model and this time we're looking at its second AMD A75 motherboard, the Pure Platinum A75P. This is a lower-end version to the Pure Platinum A75, although it does seem to have a couple of advantages over its higher-end sibling.


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Lenovo Thinkpad X1 notebook review: Thin and flat is where it is at
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Ultrathin notebooks are the dreams of every style-conscious consumer, and for good reason. Boasting extremely portable packages and designs that would make just about anybody swoon over, it would seem that there is nothing which the ultraportable notebook cannot achieve (safe for top-notch performance levels). And leave it to Lenovo to take ultraportable mobile business computing to the next level with the introduction of the ThinkPad X1 notebook, which we have put to the test in this review to see how it holds up for business users.


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Logitech announces new lineup of wireless headsets in Singapore
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Logitech
Logitech has unveiled their new wireless headsets - H800, H600, and wireless headset for Apple iPad users in Singapore. The new range of wireless headsets are designed to offer comfort, flexibility and enhanced experience. With batteries that can last up to six hours, the headsets feature laser-tuned equalizers and tiny nano receivers for users are enabled to enjoy their music in comfort and ease.


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Intel, Samsung and Linux groups collaborate to develop Tizen platform for phones
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Intel samsung
It looks like Samsung may have another trick up its sleeves. It was just last week that the Korean manufacturer said that it plans to open source their Bada platform to rely less on Android operating system. And it looks like the company is collaborating with Intel and Linux groups to develop a new Linux software for the phones.


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Philips launches BDP9600, BDP5200 and BDP3200 Blu-ray players
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Philips
If you are looking to purchase a new Blu-ray player, check out Philips latest offerings - BDP9600, BDP5200 and BDP3200. Available in retail stores now, all three players claim to offer full high definition entertainment experience you need in your living room.


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Windows Phone 7.5 officially launched in Singapore; Samsung Omnia W to retail in Q4
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Windows Phone Mango
Good news to users who are using Windows Phone 7. This morning, Microsoft Singapore has officially announced the launch of their long-awaited Windows Phone 7.5 (formerly codenamed "Mango"). The update for existing Windows Phone 7 will begin today and available to most customers by end of October. HTC and Samsung were also at the event to unveil their new phones based on Windows Phone 7.5 - HTC Radar and Samsung Omnia W.


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Acer launches the Aspire S3 in Taiwan
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Acer isn't resting on its laurels and the company might very well be the first of Intel's Ultrabook partners to get a product into the market with the Aspire S3 which officially launched in Taiwan today. It looks like Acer decided to keep things simple with only two SKU's, at least in the Taiwanese market. VR-Zone was of course on location at the launch event to get an early hands-on with the new Ultrabook from Acer.


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Intel launches new Z68 motherboards, more to come
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When it comes to its own brand motherboards Intel have been very quiet since the Sandy Bridge launch and the company has quietly slipped out two new Z68 models with another two coming in about a months' time. The two currently available models are the DZ68BC and the DZ68ZV, with the two upcoming models being the DZ68PL and the DZ68AF. In an interesting turn of events, it looks like Intel is also getting ready to add support for its Smart Response SSD caching technology to some of its P67 models.


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