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Bada 2.0 adds a Wave of excitement for older Samsung phones
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Do you now look at your Samsung Wave or Wave II device with contemptuousness hidden beneath your eyes, following the unveiling of the awesome looking, Bada 2.0 packing, Wave 3 over at IFA?
Do you long for some Bada 2.0 action to at least put you on an OS-par with your Wave based contemporaries?
Well look and long no longer (or actually, just for a bit more) as it has been announced that Bada 2.0 will be making its way to the older Wave models later this year.
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Upgrading to Ivy Bridge to be blocked by UEFI changes?
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Meanwhile VR Zone reports that current motherboards may not be compatible with Intel's forthcoming Ivy Bridge processors due to a UEFI related issue. If motherboard makers are unable to fix this problem it will be quite a disappointment as most vendors have gone out and said that their 6-series boards are compatible with Ivy Bridge.
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MSI: Gigabyte motherboard are not PCIe Gen 3 ready
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There's a bit of a mud fight inbetween MSI and Gigabyte as it seems. In short Gigabyte all of the sudden claims that many of their motherboard already are PCIe Gen 3 compatible.
MSI's marketing department has created a series of slides to rebut Gigabyte's claim that its motherboards are PCI Express 3.0 ready. The company claims that out of as many as 40 of Gigabyte's PCIe Gen 3 ready motherboards, only the G1.Sniper 2 is really ready for PCIe 3.0.
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AMD Ships First 'Bulldozer' Processors
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AMD announced revenue shipments of the first processors based on its new x86 "Bulldozer" architecture. Initial production of the world's first 16-core x86 processor, codenamed "Interlagos," began in August and shipping to customers is already underway.
Compatible with existing AMD OpteronTM 6100 Series platforms and infrastructure, "Interlagos" is expected to launch and be available in partner systems in the fourth quarter of this year. Many of the initial shipments have been earmarked for large custom supercomputer installations that are now underway.
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MSI GT683DXR 15.6-Inch Gaming Laptop Available For Pre-Order At Amazon
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MSI’s latest gaming laptop ‘GT683DXR’ is now available for pre-order on the US via Amazon. The system costs $1,749.99. So here are the specs: a 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080 display, a 2.0GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM processor, a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M 1.5GB graphics card, a 16GB DDR3 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a 720p HD webcam, a DVD writer, an SD/MMC card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth, two USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI 1.4 port, a 9-cell battery and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS. [Product Page]
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Intel Intros New Sandy Bridge Processors
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Intel has added several new processors to its current 'Sandy Bridge' Core i-series lineup. New models include faster i7 dual- and quad-cores and a faster i7 Extreme Edition.
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Schmidt Says Ice Cream Sandwich To Arrive October/November
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Last Thursday, Eric Schmidt sat down for a keynote interview at Dreamforce '11, Salesforce.com's cloud computing conference held in San Francisco. The keynote covered a lot of history, several patent issues, the Motorola acquisition and some broad stroke descriptions for what we can expect from Google in the future. One thing slipped through earlier coverage, though. During a brief discussion on Android (at 30:25 in the link below), Eric Schmidt revealed that Ice Cream Sandwich would be introduced in the October/November timeframe. This plays out with the rumors that the Nexus/Droid Prime would premiere in the November/December time frame. Big news? No, but it does tell us that an SDK might ...
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Sorry, tablets. Laptops still dominate the enterprise.
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Bruce Smith is feeling some tablet pressure. As director of computing services for Cummins Inc., Smith helps the company's 40,000 employees get the right computers for their jobs.
For a majority of those employees, it's a desktop PC. For mobile professionals, it's a laptop. Select employees, such as engineers, get both a laptop and a workstation capable of high-capacity computing.
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MSI Injects Nvidia GeForce GTX 570M into G Series Gaming Laptops
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MSI today unveiled a pair of new G Series gaming laptops outfitted with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 570M discrete graphics. Available in 15.6-inch (GT683DXR) and 17.3-inch (GT780DXR) form factors, MSI is pitching both at the "serious gamer seeking unmatched power with an unprecedented immersive experience." Let's see how MSI backs up that claim.
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Wharfedale To Introduce Ultra-High-End Jade Series Loudspeakers at CEDIA 2011
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Sound Import, LLC, exclusive U.S. distributor for the Wharfedale (booth 5741) brand of dynamic loudspeakers, is introducing the Wharfedale Jade Series loudspeakers to the U.S. market at CEDIA Expo 2011. The Jade Series features a complete lineup of home theater and music loudspeakers that utilize the company’s latest acoustic engineering and materials technologies to deliver exceptional performance. Stunning in appearance with furniture-grade, meticulously crafted enclosures and finishes, the seven models include the Jade-1 and Jade-3 stand-mounted monitors, the Jade-5 and Jade-7 floorstanding towers, the Jade-C1 and Jade-C2 center-channel speakers and the Jade-SR wall-mountable surround spe...
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MartinLogan Launches New On-Wall, In-Wall and Floorstanding Speakers
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When MartinLogan announces new products, they don't mess around. They've got two new speakers available this month and an in-wall set that's going to be coming in early 2012. The company's new floorstanding speakers are known as the Montis and they borrow heavily from the flagship ESL series. It uses a 24-bit DSP and a 200 watt Class D amplifier that helps to deliver audio down to 29Hz. You'll even get built-in low frequency EQ to adjust for your room. It's available this month at $9,995 for a pair.
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Super fast Windows 8 boot time demoed
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Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 will boot in just 8 short seconds and to prove it, the company has posted a video of the upcoming OS doing just that.
In a lengthy blog post explaining the whys and wherefores of how Microsoft teased the software into an 8 second boot-up, Gabe Aul explains that the new solution is "a fast start-up mode which is a hybrid of traditional cold boot and resuming from hibernate."
It's all down to hibernating the kernel session rather than closing it down completely and starting it back up again.
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JVC shows off projectors with 4K precision, but not quite 4K pixels
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JVC first brought 4K home with its $175k DLA-RS4000 and now it's back with four new models with greater than HD resolution at much easier to swallow prices. You'll note the term used is "with 4K precision", because strictly speaking these don't project over 4,000 pixels of horizontal resolution, coming in at a still impressive 3,840 x 2,160 resolution. While this is still about four times the number of a standard HD image, it's less than say, Sony's VPL-VW1000ES. Filling in the difference is JVC's e-Shift technology, which was originally developed for its 8K projector. It works by creating two 1080p frames, with one shifted down diagonally and alternated at 120Hz to create the effect.
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BenQ Unveils RL2240H HD Monitor
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BenQ is an internationally renowned provider of digital lifestyle innovations. Today, the company announced the launch of their newest HD monitor that is designed specifically for gaming. The RL2240H is expected to be the successor to the company’s previous flagship monitor. It measures 22 inches, diagonally and will have full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution. The company did not release a lot of specifications at this time, but they did state that the monitor will include a new Black eQualizer feature that will allow gamers to adjust the screen’s brightness without over-exposing white levels. This will enable the users to see critical combat details speedily with added gameplay comfort. “It was ...
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NEC V422 and V422-AVT HDTVs Released
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NEC is a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions. Today, the company unveiled two new 42 inch monitors, the V422 and V422-AVT. The only difference between the two is that the V22-AVT comes with an integrated tuner. Both displays feature a full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution and a 1300:1 contrast ratio. They have also been equipped with a 10W speaker and a diverse connection panel. There are even expansion slots in order to add additional inputs. “This 42-inch addition to our second generation V Series lineup gives our customers more options when looking for the most current technologies in a broad range of sizes,” said Rachel Karnani, Product Manager for Large-Screen ...
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