Friday, October 7, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechConnect Magazine) 07/10/2011

TechConnect Magazine



IdeaPad A1 tablet up for order on Lenovo's web shop
Just over a month has passed since its official unveiling and the IdeaPad A1 entry-level tablet has found its way on the virtual shelves of Lenovo's online shop (shop.lenovo.com) where it's available for as low as $199.





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Final Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Nexus Prime) specs allegedly outed
Discussions about the very first Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0?) smartphone, Samsung's Galaxy Nexus (aka Nexus Prime), can be fired up again as a new report claims to have the device's final specifications. Of course things aren't official and they probably won't be until October 11.





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Santa Claus is coming to... an USB port near you
We're not hearing them but apparently PQI (Power Quotient International) has jingle bells on its mind because today, October 6th, it unveiled a Travel Disk series flash drive that is shaped as Santa Claus, complete with a detachable sled that acts as a cap.





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Zotac's VIA Nano X2-equipped ZBox VD01 mini PC gets official
Previously spotted in Taiwan and Japan, the ZBox nano VD01 barebone and nano VD01 Plus mini PC have now been officially released by Zotac and yes, they are packing a VIA Nano X2 processor, namely the 1.2 GHz Nano X2 U4025.





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New Western Digital WD TV Live media player released, packs Spotify support
Well-known hard drive maker Western Digital has today introduced its 'all-new' WD TV Live media player which can bombard your HDTV with movies, TV shows, music, as well as sweet, sweet music courtesy of the increasingly-popular service known as Spotify.





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Corsair ships the Carbide Series 500R mid-tower case
And it's a hat-trick for Corsair who sent out a third press release today to confirm that it's May-announced Carbide Series 500R mid-tower PC chassis has started to hit shops, at least those in the US, bearing a price tag of $139.





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Corsair also debuts the Hydro H40 and H70 CORE liquid CPU coolers
Beside the SSD trio mentioned a bit earlier, Corsair today also launched a couple of new Hydro Series self-contained liquid CPU coolers. The products in question are known as the Hydro H40 and Hydro H70 CORE and they both support the latest Intel and AMD processors.





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Corsair delivers more Force Series GT and Force Series 3 SSDs
Corsair has now expanded its line of SATA 6.0 Gbps solid state drives through the introduction of a 480GB Force Series GT unit and of 180GB and 480GB Force Series 3 models. All three SSDs have a 2.5-inch form factor and are powered by SandForce's SF-2280 controller.





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Buffalo to roll out a new line of USB 3.0 portable drives
Buffalo Inc. is now readying the release (in Japan for starters) of a new MiniStation family of portable drives, the HD-PNTU3 Series which includes 500GB, 1TB and 1.5TB HDDs boasting a USB 3.0 interface.





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EVGA Precision 2.0.4





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Thermaltake unveils the V3 BlacX Edition mid-tower PC case
Thermaltake has now announced the addition of a new PC chassis to its product portfolio, that of the V3 BlacX Edition mid-tower which is obviously based on the V3 Black Edition model introduced in 2009 but adds a top-mounted HDD docking station supporting 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA drives.





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T-Mobile myTouch and myTouch Q Android smartphones made official
T-Mobile has today announced the incoming availability of the LG-designed myTouch and myTouch Q, two Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) devices which are supposed to 'offer an easy transition for first-time smartphone owners'.





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Core i5-661, i3-530, a few LGA 775 chips to be discontinued
Continuing to let go of the old to make room for the new, Intel has decided to add to its discontinuance list a few more processors, the LGA1156-packaged Core i5-661, i3-530, and the Pentium E5700, Celeron E3500 and E3400 (boxed only for the latter) LGA775 models.





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Nokia 'Sun' Windows Phone gets detailed early
We've only got three more weeks to go until Nokia World but apparently that's too long for France-based (smooth?) operator Orange who jumped the gun and slipped out some details on an unannounced Nokia smartphone running Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango).





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Leaked marketing material shows headset made by Nokia and Monster
As revealed by a very recent leak, Finnish company Nokia, possibly 'inspired' by HTC's acquisition of Beats, has teamed up with Monster Cable Products (Monster for short) to develop, well at least one 'fierce' audio accessory, a flashy blue headset.





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Google Docs for Android gets updated, made more tablet-friendly
Despite the fact that tablets make for a very small percentage of the Android user base, Google has went ahead and rolled out an updated Docs app that brings changes specifically targeting Honeycomb tablets.





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OCZ snaps up PLX's UK-based chip design team
In an effort to boost its SSD controller skills, the OCZ Technology Group has reached an agreement to acquire PLX Technology's UK Design Team, a group of 40 people based in Abingdon, known for working on 'innovative and reliable system-on-chip (SOC) solutions.'





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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead at 56
Less than two months after officially leaving Apple's reigns to Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, the Cupertino company's co-founder and iconic CEO, has passed away yesterday, October 5th. Jobs is survived by his wife, Laurene, and his four children.





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Techconnect Review Round-up 5/10/11
Today's review round-up...





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