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NVIDIA GeForce Kepler Packs Radically Different Number Crunching Machinery

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:13:41 PST

NVIDIA is bound to kickstart its competitive graphics processor lineup to AMD's Southern Islands Radeon HD 7000 series with GeForce Kepler 104 (GK104). We are learning through reliable sources that NVIDIA will implement a radically different design (by NVIDIA's standards anyway) for its CUDA core machinery, while retaining the basic hierarchy of components in its GPU similar to Fermi. The new desi

ASUS Introduces the O!Play TV Pro Smart TV Set Top Box

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:13:13 PST

The ASUS O!Play TV Pro upgrades living room TV viewing to a completely digital HD and live experience, enabling easy content consumption and distribution. Features open up playback and recording of digital programs, as well as almost any multimedia file currently available with over 50 formats supported, including 3D. Exclusive O!Easy technology adds specific one-click functions that cover file st

VisionTek Radeon 7970 @ PureOverclock

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:12:37 PST

We're looking at the VisionTek Radeon HD 7970. It's a reference design, and comes a standard cooler and clocks that look to put the hurt on Nvidia's current offerings. Is it strong enough to fend off the GTX 580? Framerates tell some of the story, but what about temperatures? Power consumption? Gaming value? Let's take a closer look at the VisionTek HD 7970 and answer those questions for you.

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SilenX Effezio EFZ-120HA5 CPU Cooler Review @ circuitREMIX

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:12:05 PST

SilenX was born in 1995 as a hobby between a group of college students. Originally they wanted to make the computer systems they used silent, but there was a lack of variety of cooling products in the market with a focus on low noise. Since its humble beginnings, SilenX has been released and offered a wide variety of low noise computer cooling products. Today we'll be looking at one of their newes

Acer's first Atom N2600 netbook goes on sale

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:11:43 PST

Although Intel's new mobile Atom processors were announced at the very end of last year, retail availability of netbooks based on the new processors was meant to start by mid-January, but it's taken Acer until now to get its first product out in the market. The Aspire One D270 is not as you might be forgiven to think; sporting an Atom D2700, but rather it has Intel's entry level mobile Atom N2600

New York Attorney General Agrees to Terminate Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:10:15 PST

Intel Corporation and the New York Attorney General have agreed to terminate the lawsuit alleging violation of U.S. and state antitrust laws that was filed by the New York Attorney General in November 2009.

The agreement, which follows a December 2011 court ruling that greatly reduced the scope of the New York Attorney General's lawsuit, expressly states that Intel does not admit either any vio

FBI Background Report on Steve Jobs

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:09:42 PST

Yikes! I'm glad the FBI hasn't done a background report like this on me. This thing is supposed to be a federal background check but it reads like a 191 page high school "he-said / she-said" drama. At least now we know it was the FBI that coined the phrase "reality distortion field." "Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs' honesty stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in

AMD Intros Catalyst Application Profiles 12.1 CAP 2

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:08:24 PST

AMD released its latest Catalyst Application Profile update for AMD Catalyst, version 12.1 CAP 2, as it's called, adds application-specific CrossfireX optimizations to the driver, which lets the driver effectively use two or more AMD Radeon GPUs working in tandem optimally. It also fixes any bugs that exist with current optimizations. 12.1 CAP 2 includes profiles for the following applications:

Microsoft details Windows for ARM at length

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:07:57 PST

We've been getting some mixed signals about Windows 8 for ARM-based devices as of late, but Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky has now returned with another of his exhaustive Building Windows 8 blog posts and cleared up some of the confusion. The short of it is that Windows for ARM promises to offer the same out of the box experience as the x86 edition of Windows 8. That includes the full Windows desktop

Turtle Beach Number One Third Party Console Gaming Accessory Brand for 2011

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:07:30 PST

Turtle Beach, pioneers of the game audio category, announced today that based on year-ending NPD data for 2011, Turtle Beach was the number one gaming headsets/headphones company with 50% of the market for the year and the number one third party console video gaming accessories company, based on 2011 dollar volume.

The strong growth for the category has led NPD to create a dedicated Headsets ca

Ultimate 3D Apple iPad is on the cards

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:06:59 PST

A patent applied for by Cupertino company Apple suggests the geniuses might be working on a version of the iPad that is in glorious 3D, without specs.

Apple is expected to introduce the iPad 3 in spring, but according to Apple Insider today, it is also working on a reference system that uses light and eye.

The idea is not new, but Apple Insider points to a device that will use a number of se

Hybrid drives are best of both worlds

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:06:37 PST

We�ve got a few gems for you today, starting off with Tom�s Hardware and the Seagate�s Momentus XT 750 GB hybrid drive, now in its second generation. It seems hybrid drives manage to combine the best of both worlds � SSD and HDD � at an affordable price. Seagate had added some tweaks to the formula that aid boot times and improve write caching.

If you�re a datacentre administrator and need a fi

Microsoft To Release Nine Patches Next Week

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:06:08 PST

February's Patch Tuesday is closing in fast and, according to Microsoft, it's going to see the arrival of no less than nine updates - four rated 'Critical' and nine 'Important', that will crush 21 vulnerabilities.

The incoming patches tackle bugs that could lead to remote code execution and privilege elevation. As (almost) always, Microsoft didn't go into specifics but it did say the vulnerabil

Acer's Atom N2600-powered Aspire One D270 Netbook Goes On Sale

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:05:46 PST

The wait for Cedar Trail is pretty much over, at least from Acer's perspective as the company has begun shipping its first netbook based on the platform, the Aspire One D270. The model on sale is equipped with a 1.6 GHz Atom N2600 processor, it runs Linux, and has a 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) LED backlit display, Intel GMA 3600 integrated graphics, 2 GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive, LAN, 802.11 b/g/n W

Micron Launches New Product Category of Low-Standby-Power DDR3Lm

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:05:22 PST

Micron Technology, Inc. is extending its legacy of memory leadership by introducing a new product category of low-power DDR3 solutions targeted at the tablet and ultrathin markets. These 2-gigabit (Gb) and 4 Gb "DDR3Lm" solutions focus on low self-refresh power (IDD6) for longer battery life, while maintaining the high performance and cost effectiveness of PC DRAM.

The first 2 Gb DDR3Lm will pr

ASRock X79 Extreme9 LGA 2011 Motherboard

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:04:55 PST

We have just posted our evaluation of the ASRock X79 Extreme9 motherboard today for those of you interested. If you are planning on migrating to the LGA 2011 platform, or just upgrading your motherboard, make sure you read today's review first. Our experiences around here with ASRock haven't been the best. Though the last one we tested actually did really well. As a result of our great experiences

Hands On With The Raven and Puma AE UAVs

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:04:32 PST

Our friends at RatedRR have posted a pretty neat video showcasing the Raven and Puma AE UAVs. Definitely worth three minutes of your time (you weren't doing anything important anyway).

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2012/02/..._puma_ae_uavs/

Sigma DP1, DP2 get 46-megapixel makeover

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:04:00 PST

If Nikon thought its 36-megapixel D800 would be the king of the resolutions this week, they were wrong. Sigma, it seems, didn't get the memo and has crashed the party, updating its DP1 and DP2 compacts with whopping 46-megapixel sensors. Okay, so technically it's three 15.3 megapixel layers (that also being the effective resolution), but we'll play along with the marketing spin. Rebranded as the D

VIA Announces Highest Performance Dual Core VIA EPIA-M910 Mini-ITX Board

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:03:03 PST

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA EPIA-M910 Mini-ITX board, the latest dual core Mini-ITX board featuring one of the richest I/O sets available for a wide range of embedded applications including ATM, kiosks, POS, digital signage, healthcare and digital media applications.

The VIA EPIA-M910 is available in both active

Prolimatech Toys with Two New LGA2011 CPU Cooler Designs

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:02:24 PST

Among the sea of tower-type CPU coolers which are the same old tripe packaged and colored differently, few companies are actually investing in innovation, one of them is Prolimatech. The company is working on two new yet-unnamed CPU coolers specifically designed for socket LGA2011 motherboards, one has already taken shape, the other is still in its CGI form.

The first one (first two images belo

Enermax Extends MaxRevo and NAXN Series

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:42 PST

Enermax offers a wide range of power supplies for various applications and target groups, starting with the entry-level series NAXN right through to the flagship series MaxRevo and Platimax. Following the demands of partners and end users, the premium manufacturer now adds two new models to its offer:

While the MaxRevo 1200W (EMR1200EWT) is designed to meet highest performance and efficiency st

Thermaltake Bigwater A80 Liquid-Cooling System Review

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:12 PST

This is the story of yet another company that decided to follow the footsteps of Antec, Corsair and CoolIt and give it a try with a new compact cooling system.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...water-a80.html

ASRock X79 Extreme9 LGA 2011 Motherboard Review

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:43:21 PST

Our experiences around here with ASRock haven't been the best. Though the last one we tested actually did really well. As a result of our great experiences with the Extreme4 we can only hope the ASRock X79 Extreme9 follows suit. The Extreme9 is ASRock's most expensive Sandy Bridge E motherboard, we hope it acts like it.

[url]http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/02/09/asrock_x79_extreme9_lga_2011

Thortech Thunderbolt 1000W PSU

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:42:52 PST

The Thortech Thunderbolt 1000W PSU arrived Technic3D. See you in the following Review from Technic3D the next PSU with four +12V rails (30A), a 135mm Fan, 12x SATA hard disk connectors and 8x PCI-e 6+2-Pin.

http://www.technic3d.com/review/netz...-im-test/1.htm

MSI Big Bang Xpower II X79 @ ocaholic

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:42:18 PST

With the Big Bang Xpower II, MSI has a very well equipped X79 motherboard in its portfolio that comes with a huge XL-ATX formfactor. You'll for example find seven full size PCI Express slots. Furhtermore MSI has been very brave regarding the design of the onboard coolers and you'll either love or hate them.

[url]http://www.ocaholic.ch/xoops/html/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=675&sel_lang

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Scheduled For Feb 29

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:41:39 PST

Windows aficionado Paul Thurrott has just confirmed that the Windows 8 Consumer Preview event will be held in Barcelona, Spain on February 29, 2012. Coming from Mr. Thurrott, we would be inclined to believe that this is not a rumor.

There have been a lot of leaked screenshots of the supposed Consumer Preview build 8220 (or build 8225 if the @BuildWindows8 Twitter feed is to be believed) floatin

Foxconn Hit By Hackers

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:40:44 PST

Hackers have stolen the usernames, passwords and personal information of every Foxconn employee and released the info on TPB and Pastebin. Well that's just great, now the employees are being exploited and victimized by hackers now too. A group of hackers known as Swagg Security is taking credit for a breach of Foxconn security, resulting in the theft of usernames, passwords, and other private info

New Double Fine Adventure Game Funded by Fans

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:40:23 PST

Shacknews is reporting a new adventure game from Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert, and the rest of the Double Fine Productions gang is on its way, having hit its funding goal of $400,000 only eight hours after launching a crowd-funding plan. What's more, Double Fine is now having "a lovely chat" with Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson about his offer to fund a Psychonauts sequel.

"If I were to go

Facebook Discloses Details on Bonuses

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:40:01 PST

Who even cares about annual salaries and bonuses? After the IPO, just take the money and run Zuckerberg! Take the money and run! Facebook's top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a Wednesday regulatory filing. Facebook Inc. said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Comm

Enermax Fulmo Mid-Tower Case

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 PST

PureOverclock has posted its review of the Enermax Fulmo case today and they seem rather impressed with the unit, calling it a "solid all-around mid tower case that boasts great styling, features, and value." Enermax is probably not best known for their case designs; rather, they're very renowned for their power supplies, but they have produced several cases, and we've seen them to be typically ra

Intel Haswell In Bound for March-April 2013

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:17 PST

As Intel's tick-tock CPU development Juggernaut rolls on, things seem very much on track, looking into the near future. Intel will launch its new "Ivy Bridge" 3rd Generation Core processor family in early-April 2012, which is a miniaturization of what is essentially the "Sandy Bridge" to the new 22 nm process, with IPC and instruction-set improvements, along with a faster graphics controller. The

Latest Hitachi SSD Uses Intel Technology

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:38:39 PST

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced its new Ultrastar* enterprise-class solid state drive (SSD) family, the industry's first to use 25-nanometer (nm) single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash. The Ultrastar SSD400S.B family combines Hitachi's proven enterprise hard disk drive (HDD) expertise with Intel's extensive capabilities in developing high-endurance SLC NAND flash memory and advance

ChocoMouse Surfaces in Japanese Markets

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:38:14 PST

A market scout at Tokyo's Akihabara electronics goods shopping district spotted this tasty-looking rodent for all you chocolate-lovers. Called the ChocoMouse, the device is shaped like a bar of chocolate (a chocolate ice-cream sandwich?), with a corner bitten off (which ends up making it ergonomic for right-handers, in a creepy way). Its catchy shape aside, the ChocoMouse is your average 3-button

German court upholds ruling against Apple, clears Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N for sale

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:36 PST

Apple's legal team has been dealt another blow in Germany, where a court today shot down the company's requests for a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N. In a statement issued this morning, the Dusseldorf Regional Court said it found "clear differences" between the 10.1N and Apple's iPad, affirming a preliminary ruling handed down in December, and a similar decision announ

Windows 8 To Introduce App Suspension

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:36:42 PST

With Windows 8, Microsoft is introducing a new OS feature that works to improve performance and battery-life, called App Suspension. Simply put, it is a kernel optimization that "suspends" applications that are running in the background without much activity. This is done by freezing the machine to them, when suspended, an application no longer uses any CPU cycles, freeing up the CPU for other app

Samsung NX 200 Review @ TechReviewSource.com

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:36:17 PST

The 20-megapixel Samsung NX200 is the latest addition to Samsung's NX line of compact interchangeable lens cameras. It is capable of producing some very fine images, and should appeal to to NX owners who are looking for a higher-resolution body, but the high cost of entry makes this camera tough sell when there are more affordable mirrorless options available.

[url]http://www.techreviewsource.c

OCZ Technology Octane 512GB Solid State Drive with 1.13 Performance Firmware

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:35:51 PST

The new firmware update roughly doubles random write performance, a weak point in the initial release. With a 10,000 IOPS increase in random write speed we'll be examining the new performance of the 512GB capacity size.

When the industry moves to 20nm in Q3, 512GB will be the new 256GB. 512GB drives should cost much less than they do today and by the time Q4 rolls around they may even become af

Aerocool Launches the Strike-X One & Strike-X One Advance PC cases

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:35:23 PST

Taiwan-based Aerocool Advanced Technologies has just announced the European release of two new Strike-X Series mid-tower PC cases, the Strike-X One and Strike-X One Advance. Both models feature a steel structure, are painted black both inside and out, and have support for ATX and micro ATX motherboards, four 5.25-inch drive bays (with tool-free mounting systems), six 3.5-inch internal bays, a PSU

Google To Launch GoogleDrive Cloud-Storage Service Soon

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:35:01 PST

Google is going to monetize its ocean of data storage and bandwidth by starting a new service that will rival the likes of DropBox. Called Google Drive, the service could allow people to make use of their G-Mail storage quota (like G-Mail Drive once did) for free, and probably offer additional storage at a cost. According to Wall Street Journal, the service is expected to be launched "soon" (in th

Western Digital WD TV Live Media Player Review @ Bigbruin.com

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:34:35 PST

The Western Digital WD TV Live media player packs a lot of features in to a little box. Couple this with a great price, and you have a very attractive device. It is remarkably easy to setup, has tons of connectivity options, has great file support, easy network integration with built in wireless, and it offers many useful apps.

http://bigbruin.com/content/wdtvlive_1

Intel 520 Series 240GB (Raid 0 update) SSD Review

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:34:10 PST

A few days ago we looked at the latest Solid State Drive from Intel � the 520 series, codenamed �Cherryville�. The drive is built around �compute quality� 25 nanometer NAND flash memory and offers a claimed maximum sequential read speed of 550 MB/s. It claimed our top award earlier this week, thanks to the class leading performance and reassuring 5 year warranty.

[url]http://www.kitguru.net/com

Lenovo Reports Third Quarter 2011/2012 Results

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:33:40 PST

Lenovo Group reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, highlighted by record highs in quarterly sales, pre-tax income and market share, and the 11th quarter in a row that Lenovo has grown faster than the industry as a whole. For the ninth quarter in a row, the Company grew faster than any of the top four PC manufacturers, a result of Lenovo's continued focus on balance

Corsair M60 Vengeance Gaming Mouse

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:32:26 PST

Make innovative introductions will become increasingly difficult during our exploration of the range of Corsair Vengeance. Indeed, the products will follow us like convicts Lets kick test in large parts of BF3. Sincerely work for the Farm, it's hard, very hard. Sometimes we even play badly, you're saying. In all cases, to assert the absolute domination of the farm servers, we enlisted the services

[M] Hitachi Touro Desk Pro 3TB USB 3.0 External HDD Review

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:23:37 PST

The Touro Desk Pro 3TB USB 3.0 External HDD from Hitachi is a product with enough storage space (backup purposes) for most home users, provides high read/write transfer speeds thanks to the 7200RPM drive inside, to the USB 3.0 interface, and for extra value the manufacturer has included a free backup software, along with 3GB of free space �in the cloud�. The online storage space can be expanded up

Intel Core i7-3820 Processor Review

Stefan Mileschin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:11:04 PST

Late last year when we reviewed the new Sandy Bridge-E processors, we mentioned a more affordable version called the Core i7-3820 was coming. Although information about the chip had been revealed, the processor has yet to hit shelves and is now expected to arrive later in February. Fortunately, sample units are being passed around ahead of general availability, so we don't have to wait to see how