Hardware news
Crucial M4 / Micron C400 256GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
Description: Crucial, best known for their memory products, was the first to put an SSD on the market with a 6Gbps interface way back in early 2010 with the C300 drive. Back then, we ran some tests and found it to be impressive when compared with what was on the market at the time. Since then, a lot has changed and there are a number of 6Gbps interface drives on the market now so competition is definitely stiffer this time around. Will it hit them mark using the same controller with firmware and NAND updates? Read on and see.
MSI Radeon HD 6970 2GB Lightning Overclocked Video Card Review
Description: While most companies have a good stand-out series, MSI have an arsenal of them. The Cyclone is great for these lower end mid-range cards; the cooler is quiet and performs very well. You can kick it up a notch and start looking at the Twin Frozr series which tends to be reserved for the higher end cards. Its also quiet, performs well and is essentially a higher end version of the Cyclone series.
IBM researchers develop a 155 Ghz graphene transistor using a diamond-like carbon substrate
Description: Researchers from IBM developed a graphene transistor with a record cut-off frequency of 155 Ghz and the shortest gate length ever (just 40nm). They used a diamond-like carbon as the top layer of the substrate on which the Graphene is deposited. This material is a great substrate for Graphene. Its aalso, the in-line volume control is very handy. Even if it is an on-ear model, its confortable even after many hours of use.
Sapphire Edge Mini PC Review @ XSReviews.co.uk
Description: Well here's an alternative to the HTPC and lounge media center, possibly the smallest full scale PC around: the Sapphire Edge Mini PC. It's about the size of a DVD case and comes packing HDMI out, dual core atom CPU, a 512 MB nVidia ION 2 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 250GB of storage and gigabit ethernet. Should make for an interesting combination. Let's see how it performs.
Bing's Flair For Visual Search Comes To The iPad
Description: Bing's iPad app goes live in the Apple App Store this morning, with Bing's signature focus on visual search in full force. The new app will feature a different high-resolution homepage every morning, with more details about the image revealed through image hotspots.
LCD prices set to soar
Description: Major LCD TV brands are expected to increase production during the second quarter of this year, with monthly production growing by 15 percent from February to March.
Sony accelerates Memory Sticks rate of obsolescence to 50MBps
Description: Only Sony -- the company behind the "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity" streaming service -- would consider naming its latest flash memory card the "Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX." But once you get past its monumental moniker youll notice that the 32GB ( 17,000 about $200), 16GB ( 9,000 or $106), and 8GB ( 5,000 / $59) MS-HXB series memory cards boast an impressive 50MB per second transfer rate as tested by Sony.
Finally, a Decent Honeycomb Tablet For Less Than the iPad 2
Description: Okay, maybe its a little too early to say for sure just how good the 10.1-inch Acer Iconia Tab A500 is, but the specs--1GHz Tegra guts, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage 1280x800 LCD screen, 2MP and 5MP front and rear-facing cameras, etc.--put it up there with the elite guard of Android tablets. And its price tag of $450 makes it the first serious cost competitor to Apples ace.
Nokia says Symbian now closed-source
Description: Nokia this week confirmed that its decision to take down online distributions of Symbian was actually the effective end to Symbian as an open-source platform. Although it republished the code this month, it has since said it the code was only under a closed-source license and couldnt be legally used for any purpose without a commercial deal. The code was only online to help Japanese phone makers still using Symbian and to help existing platform partners, H Online was told.
Gaming news
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Is Coming For Consoles as DLC
Description: It looks like an official announcement is coming soon as trailers of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition coming to the console as a DLC is popping out in Youtube although Capcom has been fast in taking them down. ConsoleTECH have managed to get their hands on a trailer from an anonymous source.
BioWare, Funimation Announce Mass Effect Anime Movie
Description: Legendary Pictures acquired the film rights to the Mass Effect franchise last year, but before fans see a live-action Commander Shephard, theyll see a cartoon version of the protagonist. BioWare has inked a deal with Funimation to create an anime Mass Effect feature film.
NGP Launch Not Impacted by Quake, Sony Now Claims
Description: Contrary to what has been implied by the president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Sony claims that last months earthquake in Japan has had no effect on plans for the NGPs launch.
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