Tuesday, February 5, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 06/02/2013


Intel 335 Series SSD adds 180GB model Intel's 335 Series is its first SSD to use flash memory fabbed on a 20-nm process. The drive debuted in October with a single 240GB model, and the range has now expanded to include a 180GB capacity. This smaller variant has identical performance ratings to its larger sibling, which boasts the best overall performance of any SandForce-based SSD we've tested. Newegg has the 335 Series 180GB in stock already , but the price tag is a little high. Expect to pay $180 for the thing, which works out to an even dollar per gigabyte. ... Read more... Read More ...
Newell wants Steam to be a network API Steam had humble beginnings, but over the years, Valve has turned it into the most popular game distribution service around. One could argue that Steam revolutionized the way games are sold, and the service continues to evolve. Surprisingly, the next step in that evolution may see Valve vacate its role in determining what's sold via Steam. During a talk at the University of Texas, company founder and gaming luminary Gabe Newell said Valve is becoming a bottleneck between consumers and content creators—and it needs to "get out of that connection as much as possible." Newell characterizes Steam's current form as a "curated store," but he thinks it would be better as a network API. "Essentially anybody should be able to publish anything through Steam," he says. Individuals and companies should be ... Read more... Read More ...
The obligatory Super Hole VII – Creative Director edition Jason Fox, our resident Mac fan, spends his days working in advertising as a copywriter and all-around creative guy. He has an annual tradition of doing his own post-mortem on the Super Bowl ads. This year, we've asked him to post his write-up on the MacHole, just for fun. This year, I've decided to do things a bit different. Instead of merely reviewing the ads, I'll act as a Monday-morning creative director and offer advice on how these spots could have been better. Which is easy for me to do when I don't have a client in the edit suite demanding to have "Like us on ... Read more... Read More ...
14-inch HP Chromebook now available, costs $329 When HP leaked a data sheet for its own upcoming 14" Chromebook last week, we learned pretty much everything about the machine—except for its price and release date. Well, now we know everything. The HP Pavilion 14-c010us Chromebook has become available from HP's online store, and pricing starts at $329.99. ... Read more... Read More ...
Monday Shortbread The Starting Five
  1. FT: Apple enlists Calpers' help on voting reform
  2. DigiTimes: ASRock to ship more than 8 million motherboards in 2013
  3. IDC: Tablet shipments soar to record levels during strong holiday quarter, according to IDC
  4. Ars Technica: Internet Explorer still growing as Windows 7 starts its decline
  5. ZDNet: Fedora & openSUSE will replace MySQL with MariaDB
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Wine shown running Windows app on Android Ever fancied running Windows software on an Android device? If Wine creator Alexandre Julliard has his way, that might soon be possible. During a talk this weekend in Brussels, Julliard demoed a version of the compatibility layer operating inside Android. The guys at Phoronix were on the scene: (For non-Linux-geeks out there, Wine is a compatibility layer that allows Windows applications to run inside ... Read more... Read More ...
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