Wednesday, May 30, 2012

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 30/05/2012

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PC Show 2012 Promotions: Plantronics
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Plantronics
If you're planning to look for headsets to use with your mobile phones for hands-free conversation, do check out Plantronics booth at the PC Show 2012. The Plantronics products can be located at EpiLife Room 301, 302, Newstead 0305, 0315, Nubox 0312; AAAs Com Hall 401 A2022; and Million Mobile Hall 601 B2023.


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An adventurous venture for Apple: a smart TV
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Rumor out of China is that Foxconn’s Shenzhen plant will be in charge of mass producing Apple’s smart TV.  News of Apple’s smart TV began emerging late last year, but it was unclear when Apple intended to make an official entry into the entertainment display market.


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PC Show 2012 Promotions: ASUS
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ASUS
Besides their popular and stylish laptops, ASUS will also be showcasing their range of LCD monitors, wireless routers and desktop PCs at the upcoming PC Show 2012. Check out the great offers at ASUS booth on level 3 (Newstead Booth Concourse), Hall 4 (booth number A2008, A2004) and level 6 (booth number B2007, B2006).


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17-year-old girl learned why she shouldn't post pictures of her family's money on facebook
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The internet is not a safe place, and social networks have proven to be a useful tool for internet predators such as thieves, hackers, and stalkers.  A 17-year-old girl from Australia learned first-hand why you shouldn’t post certain things on the internet.


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LG Singapore launches Optimus Max, glasses-free 3D Android phone
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LG
LG Singapore has announced their new glasses-free 3D Android phone, the Optimux Max. The LG phone claims to offer powerful performance and innovative entertainment features to provide users with optimized 3D experiences.


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Max Payne 3 Xbox 360 Game Review
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 Max Payne 3
Much like his name, Max Payne has suffered a lot of pain. It has been nine years since his last title and yet this long suffering ex-cop still keeps the open wounds from the trauma of losing his wife and child. Last we saw in Max Payne 2, he was downing alcohol to drown those wounds while struggling to move on. Thankfully, Rockstar has developed a new direction for him in Max Payne 3.


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PC Show 2012 Promotions: D-Link
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D-Link

PC Show 2012, the second major IT and consumer electronics trade fair, is back. Networking company D-Link will be offering their range of products, which include the DIR-605L Cloud Router and DCS-942L mydlink-enabled Enhanced wireless N day/night home network camera.


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Carmageddon Races into Second Youth Thanks to Kickstarter Crowdsource Funding
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Carmageddon is Back
Several months ago, we received news that Stainless Games received rights back for the Carmageddon franchise. The team went on Kickstarter to find some funding and lo and behold, they beat the goal with 10 days to go.


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Graphene + hBN may replace silicon in eletronic circuits in the future
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The word “silicon” has always been synonymous with electronics, but perhaps there is a material that can replace silicon once it’s at its limit.  Researchers from Penn State have been working on developing and mass producing a combination of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) that might replace silicon in the future.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 is the Fifth GK104 Board, Comes Out for Computex 2012?
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MSI GeForce GTX 660?
Over the course of Memorial Day holiday weekend, we noticed an interesting product carrying MSI labeling: fifth product based on the GK104 GPU will go by its original name, the GeForce GTX 660.


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Sapphire's Pure White B75M-MA motherboard sneaks out
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Intel's B75 chipset appears to be popular with the motherboard makers, least not as a replacement for the H61 chipset for Ivy Bridge. As such, Sapphire has snuck out a new model based on said chipset called the Pure White B75M-MA which should end up being a very affordable board judging by the features.


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TP-Link launches its first N750 dual band router
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We got our first sneak peek at the TL-WDR4300 N750 router from TP-Link back at CeBIT in March and now the company has finally unveiled its new mid-range high-end router. Sorry about the confusion there, but the TL-WDR4300 is the middle model of TP-Links three new models, hence N750 which refers to the combined wireless bandwidth.


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Sunix to show off Thunderbolt dock at Computex
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Taiwanese Sunix will be showing off its Thunderbolt docking solution for notebooks at Computex next week and it's set to be one of the first Thunderbolt notebooks dock out there. The design is rather unusual to say the least; at least if it's the device we think it is in the picture.


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LG goes 1080p with new 5-inch smartphone display
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There were some doubt from some of our readers with regards to an earlier article where we mentioned 1080p displays coming this year for smartphones, but lo and behold, LG has announced just that. The new display is rather large though at 5-inches and would be more for a "phablet" than a typical smartphone.


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