IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 26/05/2012

Kingston HyperX 3K and SSDNow V+200 Review

After the success of its SF-1200 (1222) controller, virtually every SSD maker was eager to climb aboard the SandForce express. That bandwagon continued trucking through last year, as the second-gen SF-2200 (2281) powered many of 2011's noteworthy flash drives -- OCZ's Vertex 3 among them. Even Kingston, which previously used...

Google shares data about copyright takedown requests

Google has expanded its Transparency Report to include instances of copyright infringement, adding to the previously displayed information about government takedown requests. The page shows details such as who's requested search results to be pulled, how often they make such claims and so on. The initial report discloses data from...

RIM rejected plan to license BlackBerry Messenger, loses sales executive

According to the Wall Street Journal, RIM had considered but eventually rejected plans to license BlackBerry Messenger to handset competitors. BBM is an encrypted, proprietary, Internet-based messaging service that serves as an advanced substitute to the traditional SMS messaging offered by most phones.

Blizzard talks Diablo III hotfixes, real-money auctions shelved indefinitely

Blizzard community manager “Nethaera” has published a post on the official Diablo III forums that outlines all of the hotfixes implemented thus far in the game. The messenger also delivers news regarding server instability and the fact that Blizzard has postponed the launch of the real-money auction house indefinitely. ...

Rumor: AMD "Piledriver" FX CPU production to begin Q3 2012
Citing information from "industry sources", TechPowerup reports that the next generation of AMD FX processors will be in production during Q3 of 2012. While the wheels of production are expected to spin up for high-end FX desktop CPUs later this year, it was hardly a week ago that AMD announced...

Facebook launches dedicated camera app for iOS

Facebook has released a dedicated camera app that’s designed to make it faster and easier to upload photos to the social network in addition to editing your pics and browsing those uploaded by your friends.

Ive says current project is Apple's most important and best work yet

Apple senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan “Jony” Ive believes that Apple’s best work has yet to see the light of day. Ive is responsible for designing many of Apple’s most successful products, including but not limited to the iMac, iPod, MacBook Air, iPhone and the iPad. ...

Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB and SSDNow V+200 240GB Review

It's unclear when SandForce's next controllers will arrive, but in the meantime, companies seem to be making the most of its second-gen chips. Kingston, for instance, has released a pair of new SF-2281-based drives said to emphasize speed and affordability: the HyperX 3K and the SSDNow V+200.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 26/05/2012

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