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June 30 News from Around the Web
A look at the AMD Phenom II TWKR Black Edition @ Neoseeker and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
"So in what different are the internals compared to the Phenom II X4 955? Since it is geared toward the extreme overclocking crowd, it is a high SIDD chip. This is an engineering term which means it has a high leakage. In simpler words, the TWKR processors can be supplied more voltage, thus power, and handle it without any glitch."
Posted by | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 - 02:22 PM
Micron Introduces 34nm NAND Flash Products
Micron today introduced new 34nm NAND products, including mass production of a 16Gb chip and a newly architected 32Gb chip. Also as part of the announcement, Lexar will introduce two new products leveraging Micron’s new 34nm NAND die including a 16GB microSDHC and a 32GB SDHC flash card. The new Lexar Platinum II 32GB Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) memory card that uses 34nm NAND Flash is pictured below.
Micron’s new 16- and 32-gigabit (Gb) NAND chips pair large capacity with performance, providing a compelling solution for today’s demanding portable storage requirements that are tailored to end-customer product dimensions. The newly architected 32Gb multi-level cell (MLC) NAND chip is 17 percent smaller than Micron’s first-generation 32Gb chip. The 16Gb MLC NAND chip, at just 84mm², provides high-capacity in an ultra tiny package. Micron is also now sampling 8- and 16Gb single-level cell (SLC) NAND chips using the 34nm process. Additionally, Lexar Media, Inc. – a subsidiary of Micron and a leading provider of consumer memory products for digital devices – is taking advantage of Micron’s new 34nm NAND products by delivering a wide range of flash memory cards and USB flash drives utilizing this technology.
Posted by | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 - 10:28 AM
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Has Been Relased with HTML 5 Support
Version 3.5 has been, relatively speaking, long in the making. It began its life as what was intended to be a quick and modest upgrade to Firefox 3.0, but the version number expanded along with Mozilla's ambitions for the software. And it is indeed an important release, both because of competitors and because of new Firefox 3.5 features. Be sure to download it here
Firefox 3.5 has a host of improvements, some the sort of thing people can notice immediately and some plumbing improvements that could help the Web in the long run. With a release in 70 languages, a lot of people will be able to try. Under the covers but providing a direct benefit it TraceMonkey, the new engine that runs Web page programs written in the common JavaScript language. That will mean Web applications such as Google Docs get faster today and, if JavaScript speed improvements continue, more sophisticated tomorrow.
Posted by | Tue, Jun 30, 2009 - 10:08 AM
Super Talent Announces IDE Flash Disk Module (FDM) SSD Drives
Super Talent Technology today began shipping a new line of IDE flash disk modules (FDMs), primarily developed for embedded computing applications, that deliver unmatched reliability and fast transfer speeds. This line of FDMs supports sequential read speeds up to 80 MB/sec and sequential write speeds up to 60 MB/sec (SLC models) or up to 40 MB/sec (MLC products). The company offers different models using 40- and 44-pin female IDE connectors in both horizontal and vertical formats.
These FDMs, also known as disk on module (DOM), are made first and foremost for extreme reliability in embedded computing applications. They incorporate a standard IDE hard drive interface and use solid state NAND flash as the storage media. With no moving parts, these FDMs will have a very long worry-free usable life in harsh manufacturing environments where hard drives would not survive, such as areas exposed to high levels of dust, shock, vibration or extreme temperatures. Super Talent included wear leveling, ECC and bad bit management as standard features to further enhance reliability and endurance.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 07:54 PM
EVGA Release SLI Enhancement Pack
EVGA has release an enhancement patch aimed towards SLI users who may be playing games that do not have a SLI profile supported in the latest driver.
EVGA has now released the first version of the EVGA SLI Enhancement! This unofficial patch enables temporary SLI support in the latest games. In order to quickly enhance SLI Profile issues that come up with any new demo or game release; EVGA has decided to publicly release this update to patch add any SLI profiles so you can take full advantage of SLI right now!
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 07:54 PM
ASUS RT-N16 Wireless-N Gigabit Router Announced
ASUS today announced the ASUS RT-N16, a technologically-advanced wireless router with a host of intuitive, easy-to-use features. ASUS RT-N16 is a Wireless-N Gigabit Router offering three "S's"—Speed for ultra-fast data transfers, Simplicity for unparalleled ease-of-use and ease-of-setup, and Security for absolute peace of mind when performing online tasks.
The ASUS RT-N16 supports the latest Wireless-N Local Area Networking standard for wireless communication. Home users and businesses can experience the ultimate in wireless performance with data speeds up to 300Mbps. Combined with its powerful CPU, the ASUS RT-N16 delivers maximum bandwidth, ensuring effortless synchronous file transfers and downloads, flawless video streaming, incredibly low-ping wireless gaming, and VoIP calls with minimized jitter. Equipped with ample 128MB DDR2 video memory, it delivers exceptional multi-tasking with no system lag. Four Gigabit Ethernet ports are available for faster transfer of data-intensive files. Additionally, two USB ports enable the creation of a secure network for sharing photos, data, audio visual files, and network resources such as printers or storage devices.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 04:47 PM
Could Acer Really Pass Up Dell?
This year, Acer appears poised to overtake Dell as the world’s second-largest seller of personal computers, which would put a real dent into one of America’s favorite dorm-to-empire business stories. And if this comes to pass, Acer would trail only Hewlett-Packard; no computer company based outside the United States has ever climbed so high.
Acer’s ascent has accelerated during the global economic slowdown. The company made an aggressive move into the market for netbooks — the small, low-cost laptops that have been a rare bright spot during the worst slump the PC industry has ever faced. Dell, which depends far more on PC sales to businesses, has struggled as companies have avoided buying new computers. Last year, Acer’s market share grew by 3 percentage points, to 10.9 percent, while Dell gained just 0.1 percentage point, to 15 percent, according to the research company IDC. Acer has continued to narrow that gap this year, claiming 11.6 percent of the market to Dell’s 13.6 percent through the first quarter.
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Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 12:55 PM
NVIDIA ION-based Samsung N510 Notebook Pictures Leaked
Rumors started appearing over the weekend about an NVIDIA ION-based Samsung laptop that would be launching this week. Today, we have a photo of the unreleased Samsung N510 notebook thanks to an inside source that e-mailed us a picture to leak out to consumers. This is of course after two European retailers posted product pages for a Samsung N510 model over the weekend. Those pages have been removed, but you can still find some details by checking out Googles cached versions. Here is a picture of a real working Samsung N510 notebook, which will be officially announced tomorrow if online rumors are true.
The laptop with have an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU, and the NVIDIA ION chipset with GeForce 9400M graphics. It will have a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM, and ship with 802.11b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth. The computer will have a 6 cell battery, and if it’s anything like the Samsung N120, we’d expect it to get about 6 hours of battery life.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 12:33 PM
New NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Plug-ins For Adobe CS4
Today, NVIDIA announced the availability of GPU-accelerated plug-in solutions for Adobe Creative Suite 4 users, optimized to run on a wide range of NVIDIA Quadro graphics solutions for PC and Mac. Quadro GPU-accelerated plug-ins from Elemental Technologies, Red Giant Software, Boris FX and proDAD are available for purchase today.
Among the plug-ins being offered is the NVIDIA CUDA architecture-based Elemental Accelerator 2.0 for Windows from Elemental Technologies (MSRP $499 discounted to $249). By leveraging the CUDA parallel computing architecture, this new plug-in offloads H.264 video encoding to the Quadro GPU, enabling Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 users to experience a performance increase of up to 11X when compared to CPU-only video encoders. Now available on a range of Quadro GPUs, Elemental Accelerator 2.0 supports the creation of Blu-ray DVDs and web content using Flash. In addition, NVIDIA and Elemental Technologies are bringing accelerated H.264 video encoding capabilities to Mac Pro users for the first time with the new Elemental Accelerator 1.2 for Mac OS X running on the Quadro FX 4800 for Mac.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 11:47 AM
Firefox 3.5 Launching Tomorrow
Mozilla's much loved Firefox 3.5 browser is set to make an appearance in its final form on June 30. Firefox 3.5 has been in development for quite some time with numerous beta and release candidate variants littering the internet over the past six months.
Mozilla is touting this interim release in the face of increased competition from the likes of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 and Opera 10. According to Mozilla, some of the new features included in Firefox 3.5 are:
- A high-performance TraceMonkey JavaScript engine
- An improved Gecko layout engine
- Support fr Location Aware Browsing
- Support for HTML5 (including HTML5 offline resources)
- Various other stability and performance tweaks
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 11:36 AM
OLPC operating system now being given away for free
The One Laptop Per Child operating system is now available for free downloading for "any" PC or Netbook, according to its maker. Sugar Labs, responsible for building the low-cost device's XO-1 operating system, released it online last week for loading onto any USB flash drive greater than 1GB. Called "Sugar on a Stick v1," Sugar Labs hopes it will help spread the use of the OS in classrooms, without the need for the OLPC machine.
An IDC analyst said earlier this year that the OS would be one of the OLPC's more attractive aspects that vendors would be interested in copying for the Netbook market. It is based on the Fedora Linux kernel and can be booted from the USB stick without needing to be installed over the hard drive's existing OS.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 10:13 AM
Intel brings forward schedule for Clarkdale CPUs to 4Q09
Intel has brought forward the mass-production schedule of its new 32nm processor codenamed Clarkdale to the fourth quarter of 2009 from the originally planned first quarter of 2010, according to sources from motherboard makers. Pictured below is a picture with Intel Vice President Steve Smith showing a 32nm Westmere microprocessor. To read more about Intel 32nm Westmere processors be sure to check out this article.
The company's 32nm Clarkdale CPUs will account for 10% of Intel's total OEM desktop CPU shipments in the fourth quarter, while 45nm Core i7 processors will account for 1%, Lynnfield-based processor 2%, Core 2 Quad processors 9%, Core 2 Duo E8000/E7000 series processors 35%, Pentium E5000/E6000 series 31%, Celeron E3000 and Atom series together 8%, and 65nm-based Pentium E2000 and Celeron 400 together 4%. In the first quarter of 2010, the proportion of Clarkdale-based CPUs will rise to 20%, while 45nm-based processors will account for 78%, and 65nm-based Celeron 400 series will drop to only 2%, the sources noted.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 10:09 AM
CoSoSys Announces Cloud Computing To Protect Portable Devices
CoSoSys announced the availability of My Endpoint Protector (MyEPP), the first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application to deliver Data Loss Prevention and device control “in the cloud”. MyEPP is designed to help companies manage the internal and external security threats created by the broad availability and use of portable data storage devices without overtaxing stretched IT resources
My Endpoint Protector uses a policy-based approach to enable businesses to manage how data can be used on all endpoints – Desktops, Laptops, Netbooks and more - from a single centralized web console, no matter where those endpoints are located.
- Protection against data loss, data theft, data leakage and malware infection by controlling the use of portable devices
- Device management and control by defining specific rights for both devices and users accessing the network
- Centralized web-based dashboard for ease of management and reporting, plus real-time monitoring of devices and data
- Device activity logs provide a comprehensive audit trail
- Easy policy enforcement using customizable templates
- Offline mode to protect PCs when they’re disconnected from the network, even if the user has administrative rights on that machine
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 08:04 AM
Active Media Products Launches 8GB President Barack Obama USB Drive
Active Media Products today launched a new USB flash drive that commemorates President Barack Obama, and comes pre-loaded with President Obama’s Inaugural Address. The Obama USB drive is a folding-style drive that measures only 1.6 x 0.6 inches when closed. The drive is also waterproof. Packaged in a patriotic retail bubble pack, the 2GB drive retails for $7.99 and $29.99 for the 8GB version.
The Obama drive comes preloaded with 80MB of free bonus material that includes: high resolution photos of President Obama and the First Lady; over two hours of landmark speeches in MP3 format including the Inaugural Address and the Victory speech; text of 35+ speeches that track the President from 2002, to Senate addresses, the campaign trail, Presidential addresses and college commencement addresses in PDF format. Every Obama drive also includes a smiling rubber Obama charm that fits on the keychain.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 07:52 AM
Thecus N7700SAS 7-bay NAS Server Announced
Thecus today announced the availability of its latest 7-bay NAS server, the N7700SAS. Offering massive storage capacity and cutting-edge technology, the N7700SAS is an enterprise class NAS server providing incredible flexibility, reliability, and expandability.
The N7700SAS brings the latest technologies to the table, including seven SATA/SAS hard disk bays that accommodate multiple terabytes of storage. To manipulate all of this data, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of DDR2 memory allow for more concurrent connections and quicker system response. For data protection, the N7700SAS lets you choose from a wide selection of RAID modes, including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD. The N7700SAS also supports multiple RAID volumes, enabling system administrators to choose the right combination of RAID volumes for the network. Should changes need to be made, the N7700SAS also features online RAID expansion, online RAID migration, and auto rebuild for maximum flexibility.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 07:40 AM
June 29 News from Around the Web
AC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 WiFi N Motherboard Kit @ Benchmark Reviews and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
We all want more for less. That's why enthusiasts overclock, and that's why we build HTPCs. The PlayStation 3 game console has sold millions of units because of its ability to delivery realistic video game performance, but Sony has sold more units because of the PS3's Blu-ray Disc player capability than any other factor. Bringing personal computer technology into the home theater environment has just come one step closer, thanks to the NVIDIA ION platform. The synergistic effect of an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and the dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom process have delivered true high-definition performance beyond any HTPC before it. The Zotac IONITX-A-U packages the Atom N330 CPU and 9400M GPU on a Mini-ITX DDR2 motherboard. Benchmark Reviews discovers how nice it is to have native HDMI connectivity from the HTPC into the HDTV in this article.
Posted by | Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 07:38 AM
Microsoft rumored to offer Windows 7 on USB thumb drives
Microsoft is reportedly considering offering Windows 7 on USB thumb drives to allow netbook owners to upgrade their machines. Windows has, until now, only been distributed on DVDs or via download. This is great news for netbooks owners as netbooks don't have optical drives.
The challenge of getting Windows 7 on to older Netbooks threatens to cast a shadow over the technical work Microsoft did to get Windows 7 running on Netbooks. Its predecessor, Windows Vista, proved ill-suited to Netbooks forcing Microsoft to continue selling Windows XP as its answer to the low-cost notebook phenomenon. The Windows 7 ISO weighs in at 2.3GB, which would take several hours to download on an average broadband connection and potentially do serious damage to a customer's broadband data cap. Consequently, the company is exploring alternative means of distributing the OS, including USB flash drives, according to a report.
Posted by | Sat, Jun 27, 2009 - 03:25 PM
Patriot Launches AMD Black Edition Ready DDR3 G Series
Patriot Memory today announced their first co-branded Gamer Series for AMD's socket AM3 processors and desktop platform technology, codenamed "Dragon."
Built with Patriot's pre-sorted low-voltage solutions, the AMD Black Edition Ready G series, targeted for enthusiasts and overclockers, provide well-balanced performance and stability. In addition to the pre-programmed enhanced latency, the modules are AMD Black Edition Ready for use with AMD OverDrive software. With this program, users can easily adjust and fine tune their memory bandwidth, timing, and voltages under Windows with ease on AMD-based platforms featuring AM3 processors and AMD 7-Series chipsets. "Platforms featuring the latest socket AM3 for AMD processors, including the AMD Phenom II processor family, takes full advantage of the new Patriot Gamer Series memory," said Leslie Sobon, VP of Product Marketing, AMD.
Posted by | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 - 02:22 PM
Gigabyte Says Long-awaited PC Upgrade Cycle Coming
A long-awaited PC upgrade cycle among small and medium-sized businesses may lie just around the corner, according to Tony Liao, associate vice president of worldwide marketing at Gigabyte Technology. Windows 7 is scheduled for release in October and research has shown many businesses are waiting for this new operating system to order new computers.
The upgrade cycle could begin during the fourth quarter of this year as small and medium-sized companies may start replacing older computers with new ones, driven in part by demand for Windows 7, said Tony Liao, associate vice president of worldwide marketing at Gigabyte Technology, who spoke to reporters during a conference call organized by Intel. "Windows Vista was not so popular and not so suitable, in general," Liao said, adding that by comparison Windows 7 should give users more reasons to buy a new PC.
Posted by | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 - 12:21 PM
Consumers Are Dissatisfied with Netbooks
A new survey shows that a lot of consumers who buy netbooks may be dissatisfied with their purchases. In late spring, consultant NPD surveyed 600 online consumers to gauge their impressions of the popular mini-laptops called netbooks. The survey yielded some surprising results: Sixty percent of consumers thought that netbooks would function exactly like regular laptops. As a result, only 58% of consumers who purchased a netbook instead of a laptop were satisfied with their purchase.
Consumers aren’t using their netbooks as intended, for light Web browsing and e-mail via Wi-Fi or 3G wireless networks outside the home. Some 60% of the netbooks purchased never leave the house, according to NPD. After making their purchase, many users realize the netbooks’ chips aren’t as fast and capable as those of laptops, and don’t support video as well.
Posted by | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 - 11:36 AM
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