iXBT Labs: Technology News

RunCore Announces 7-mm Ultra SSD For Ultrabooks

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:02:00 +0400

It has been half a year since that the concept of "Ultrabook" was proposed by Intel at Computex 2011. The concept was well-received by major brand vendors in hopes that Ultrabook can revive Notebook market demand, many of whom such as Lenovo, Samsung, Toshiba, Acer, Fujitsu, Asus, have launched Ultrabooks, or announced they are to launch one. With the expected major growth in Ultrabooks in the next few years, SSD indeed is given a great opportunity as it is one of the key components of Ultrabooks.

Razer Showcases Project Fiona Gaming Tablet Concept

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:49:00 +0400

At CES, Razer showcased their newest gaming concept design, the Project Fiona PC Gaming Tablet. Unlike other tablets designed for general use and casual gaming, Project Fiona is a tablet concept designed to play the most popular PC games of today with an intuitive control setup.

Razer Releases Naga Hex Gaming Mouse

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:47:00 +0400

At CES, Razer released the Razer Naga Hex MOBA/action-RPG gaming mouse. Inspired by the Razer Naga MMO gaming mouse's 12-button thumb grid, the Razer Naga Hex features six large thumb buttons optimized for the user interfaces found in action-RPG and multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games.

Ozone Gaming Releases New Optical Mouse Radon Opto

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:46:00 +0400

After unveiling Radon 3k and 5k mice the gamers peripheral company is back a year later to present the Radon Opto pro gaming mouse.

Modified Form of Graphene Can Improve Cooling of Electronics

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:44:00 +0400

A University of California, Riverside engineering professor and a team of researchers have made a breakthrough discovery with graphene, a material that could play a major role in keeping laptops and other electronic devices from overheating.

Lian Li PC-100 Case For Motherboards Installed Back-To-Front

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:51:00 +0400

Lian Li unveiled a radical rethink of the PC case, the new PC-100. The PC-100 is a long overdue redesign of the traditional PC chassis that is meant to improve cooling, prolong component life, and save space.

Futuremark Releases Powermark Battery Life Test For Windows 7

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:07:00 +0400

Futuremark today expanded its product line with Powermark a new battery life and power consumption test for Windows 7 notebooks, laptops, tablets and other battery powered devices.

G.Skill Rolls Out RipjawsZ DDR3 2400MHz 64GB (8GBx8) Memory Kits

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:01:00 +0400

Following the announcement of the RipjawsZ series quad-channel DDR3 memory, G.Skill now introduces the faster DDR3 2400MHz CL10 64GB (8GBx8) kits exclusively for the Intel X79 platform.

EVGA Announces Dual-GPU GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:37:00 +0400

The novelty harnesses the power of two EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti GPUs and is said to be 30-percent faster than a GeForce GTX 580.

Microsoft Presents Handsets with Windows Phone 7.5

cormac@ixbt.com (Cormac) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:23:00 +0400

Today, Microsoft is presenting new Windows Phones with a launch event in New York City, for which they have built a six-story phone in the middle of Herald Square.