Thursday, October 6, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechConnect Magazine) 06/10/2011

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Bose' Series 2 Bluetooth headset goes on sale
The Bose Bluetooth headset Series 2 is here and it's aiming for the top promising an 'unrivaled ' experience thanks to the use of various proprietary technologies and innovations which ensure a clear conversations and a great fit.





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Genius ships the HS-200 Gold headset in North America
Genius has now announced the US and Canada release of its HS-200 Gold in-ear headset which features a silver-colored casing, a frequency response of 20 Hz to 20 KHz, a 1.2 meter long cable with an in-line microphone/control box, and a 3.5mm gold-plated connector.





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Dell rolls out the Sandy Bridge-powered Inspiron One 2320 all-in-one PC
While waiting for HP's final call on its PC unit, Dell has decided to throw a new Inspiron system into the arena and hope for the best. The new desktop warrior is known as Inspiron One 2320 and is a 23-inch all-in-one based on an Intel platform.





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Freecom debuts the DataBar capless flash drive line
This week Freecom has launched in Europe its new DataBar, a compact (5.5 x 2.0 x 0.95 cm) and light (7g) flash drive with a USB 2.0 interface that was made in collaboration with the industrial designers Niels in Vorm and EigenID.





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PowerColor reveals the Devil 13 HD6970 custom graphics card
TUL Corp. has today taken the veil off its newest PowerColor-branded graphics card, the highly-tweaked, custom-cooled and dual BIOS-equipped Devil 13 HD6970 which is obviously based on the Radeon HD 6970.





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Samsung builds up Nexus Prime hype with teaser video
Disappointed with the updates bought by the iPhone 4S? No worries cause Samsung is promising that 'Something BIG is coming' and to make sure everyone knows, it put up a video on YouTube that offers a glimpse at said big thing, the first smartphone powered by Android Ice Cream Sandwich.





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I-O Data expands HDCA-U external drive family with 3TB model
I-O Data is currently preparing a new addition to its HDCA-U external hard drive family, a 3TB model (coming in both back and white) providing even more storage space for your multimedia collection or backup needs (or both).





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I-O Data coming up with TV tuner-quipped 18.5-inch monitor
At the end of this month Japanese company I-O Data will roll out a new LCD monitor, a model called LCD-DTV194XBR which features an 18.5-inch panel, LED backlighting and a built-in digital TV tuner enabling a nice balance between TV watching and PC work (or play).





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Fujitsu preps two new LifeBook ultra-thin laptops
Fujitsu Japan has this week unveiled a whole bunch of new PCs, including two slim 13.3-inch mobile offerings which make use of Intel's Huron River platform and include a built-in optical drive, the LifeBook SH54/E and SH76/E.





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Titan officially intros the TTC-SC07TZ(RB) PCI/VGA cooler
Taiwan-based Titan Technology has this week launched the TTC-SC07TZ(RB), a cooling solution which takes up one PCI slot and is supposed to help lower the temperatures of even the most fiery graphics cards.





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Samsung's Series 7 11.6-inch slate available for pre-order
Just over a month has passed since its unveiling and the Series 7 slate from Samsung Electronics has been put up for pre-order in all three previously-announced versions - 64GB with Windows 7 Home Premium, 64GB with Windows 7 Professional, and 128GB with Windows 7 Pro.





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AMD's Opteron 4200 processors get detailed
Coming up this quarter, likely after the Opteron 6200 chips (codename Interlagos), are some more AMD server processors based on the Bulldozer architecture, the 'Valencia' models which target dual-socket systems. These are known as the Opteron 4200 series and have up to 8 cores.





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Chrome 15.0.874.81 beta up for grabs
Chrome fans who are not scared of a little action can now downloaded the 15.0.874.81 beta build of Google's browser which comes for Windows, Mac OS and Linux, and brings an updated V8 engine (3.5.10.15) and other goodies.





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AC Ryan Veolo gets some Android up in your TV
AC Ryan has decided to play the Google TV card so it developed the Veolo, a sleek and sexy device which is powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) and allows you to stream video, browse the web, use apps, play games, and have an enhanced social experience while in front of a HDTV.





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Techconnect Review Round-up 4/10/11
Today's review round-up...





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Apple updates the iPod touch and iPod nano lines
While the iPhone 4S was the star of today's press event in Cupertino, it wasn't the only product announced by Apple. No, we've not new iPods too, more specifically new iPod nano and iPod touch models.





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Apple iPhone 4S unveiled, packs A5 chip, 8MP camera
As expected Apple today finally announced this year's iPhone model, the iPhone 4S which features a design very similar to its predecessor but includes quite a few updates 'under the hood'. Oh, and of course it runs the new iOS 5.





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Apple iOS 5 to arrive on October 12, iCloud tags along
After bragging with its 18 billion app downloads, 250 million sold iOS devices and $3 billion paid to app developers, Apple got to the good stuff and announced that the WWDC-unveiled iOS 5, its next-gen mobile operating system, will be rolled on next week, on October 12.





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Mac user base reaches 58 million, Mac OS X Lion tops 6 million downloads
Kicking off the iPhone press event with a few updates on current products, Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that the Mac user base has reached 58 million worldwide and is on track to reach 60 million by the end of this year.





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Cooler Master debuts the Silent Pro Hybrid series power supplies
Cooler Master today revealed the Silent Pro Hybrid, a new line of high-end power supplies which feature a fully modular design, an 80Plus Gold certification (efficiency goes over 90%) and allow users to control their built-in fan.





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