http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 05:26:33 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 05:26:33 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Power-Color-Reveals-the-Radeon-HD-7970-x2-Devil-13-Dual-GPU-Monster-272230.shtml AMD’s first “Graphics Core Next” (GCN) generation of cards have proved to be very powerful and highly overclockable. Power Color is reportedly taking advantage of AMD’s superior architecture and is preparing to introduce a huge dual GPU monster card using two fully active “Tahiti” HD Radeon 7... (read more)]]> Tue, 29 May 2012 01:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Power-Color-Reveals-the-Radeon-HD-7970-x2-Devil-13-Dual-GPU-Monster-272230.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Power-Color-Reveals-the-Radeon-HD-7970-x2-Devil-13-Dual-GPU-Monster-272230.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lian-Li-Announces-the-MiniQ-PC-Q02-and-PC-Q03-Cases-272231.shtml Well-known high quality computer case manufacturer, aluminum expert designer Lian-Li has just announced the PC-Q02, PC-Q03 and PC-Q16 miniITX cases belonging to the MiniQ family of products, on its official website.

The new models come with USB 3.0 front connectors and the respective inside connecting cables along with a minimalist ... (read more)]]> Tue, 29 May 2012 00:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lian-Li-Announces-the-MiniQ-PC-Q02-and-PC-Q03-Cases-272231.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lian-Li-Announces-the-MiniQ-PC-Q02-and-PC-Q03-Cases-272231.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/British-Army-Can-t-Break-Panasonic-s-ToughBooks-272174.shtml The British army reportedly took a couple of Panasonic ToughBooks on a scientific expedition in the extreme cold regions of the Antarctica. Remember that we’ve already reported on the new versions of Panasonic’s ToughBooks here.

Generally speaking, Panasonic’s products are built with very high quality and reliability... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 15:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/British-Army-Can-t-Break-Panasonic-s-ToughBooks-272174.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/British-Army-Can-t-Break-Panasonic-s-ToughBooks-272174.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-Launches-10-Bit-Professional-P-IPS-24-quot-Monitor-272101.shtml Japanese giant company NEC is a well-known traditional manufacturer of high-quality monitors targeted at imaging professionals. The company has just announced the NEC SpectraView 241 professional 24” monitor, on its official website.

The NEC SpectraView 241 comes with a 10-Bit P- IPS panel.

P-IPS is short for... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 13:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-Launches-10-Bit-Professional-P-IPS-24-quot-Monitor-272101.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-Launches-10-Bit-Professional-P-IPS-24-quot-Monitor-272101.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Inspiron-and-XPS-Laptops-En-Route-to-PC-Show-2012-272097.shtml People hunting for deals may want to drop by this year's edition of the PC Show, where Dell, among many others, will show off its products.

PC Show will take place in Singapore between June 7 and June 10 (next month) and will be attended by Acer, Asus, Dell, Canon, Olympus, Samsung, Toshiba, Fujifilm, Microsoft, Western Digita... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Inspiron-and-XPS-Laptops-En-Route-to-PC-Show-2012-272097.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Inspiron-and-XPS-Laptops-En-Route-to-PC-Show-2012-272097.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Least-Capable-Chipset-to-Be-Released-this-Autumn-272051.shtml We’ve already talked about the fact that Intel doesn’t have a real AMD Trinity competitor and that their UltraBook bet is likely to be a losing one for the American/Israeli company. This is why the it is desperately trying to gather up volumes of cheap low-performing CPUs and chipsets.

Intel is very confident in t... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 10:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Least-Capable-Chipset-to-Be-Released-this-Autumn-272051.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Least-Capable-Chipset-to-Be-Released-this-Autumn-272051.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-s-Most-Exclusive-Leather-Keyboard-is-Handcrafted-272016.shtml Everything in Japan is very expensive at launch. Well, mostly everything. Atelier Wazakura’s new Honkawa 2 real-leather keyboard is just 317 USD instead of the expected 3,000 USD.

For European leather lovers, that would be about 250 EUR and that’s a very small price, considering that the luxury accessory is hand-mad... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 10:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-s-Most-Exclusive-Leather-Keyboard-is-Handcrafted-272016.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-s-Most-Exclusive-Leather-Keyboard-is-Handcrafted-272016.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Core-i7-3740QM-and-i7-3840QM-Ivy-Bridge-Detailed-272053.shtml There is new information available on a pair of central processing units that will become part of the Intel Ivy Bridge lineup sooner or later.

Intel's launch of the Ivy Bridge central processing unit line does not really qualify as a “launch”, not in the strictest sense anyway.

Instead, the company ch... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 09:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Core-i7-3740QM-and-i7-3840QM-Ivy-Bridge-Detailed-272053.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Core-i7-3740QM-and-i7-3840QM-Ivy-Bridge-Detailed-272053.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kogan-Launches-10-Tablet-for-Just-179-USD-271999.shtml Giant Australian online retail store Kogan has just introduced the new Agora 10” tablet version, on its official website. This one comes with 8 GB of internal storage, but the price might surprise anybody – just 179 USD.

That would be around 140 EUR for the European tablet lovers and, for just 20 USD more, you can get the 16 GB ... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 08:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kogan-Launches-10-Tablet-for-Just-179-USD-271999.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kogan-Launches-10-Tablet-for-Just-179-USD-271999.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Store-Gives-Discount-to-People-With-Damaged-Ivy-Bridge-CPUs-272023.shtml
We'll get the bad news out of the way: you won't get to benefit from this nice little deal if you don't live in Japan's capital.

The reason is that the shop offering it, DIY Shop FreeT, demands that buyers bring over their damaged Ivy B... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Store-Gives-Discount-to-People-With-Damaged-Ivy-Bridge-CPUs-272023.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Store-Gives-Discount-to-People-With-Damaged-Ivy-Bridge-CPUs-272023.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iconia-Tab-A510-Not-Faulty-Acer-Was-Just-Being-Thorough-272003.shtml You folks might remember that last week we wrote about a statement Acer had made on its German facebook Page, that the Iconia Tab A510 tablet had a faulty component of some sort.

It turns out that the tablet does not, in fact, have any problems. Acer was just making sure everything worked as it should while it wrestled with a... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 07:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iconia-Tab-A510-Not-Faulty-Acer-Was-Just-Being-Thorough-272003.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Iconia-Tab-A510-Not-Faulty-Acer-Was-Just-Being-Thorough-272003.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-DisplayPort-to-DVI-MST-Converter-Could-Soon-Appear-271982.shtml For some reason or other, no IT company has made a DisplayPort to DVI Multi-Stream Transport (MST) adapter, and the folks at WSGF want to do something about it.

Wide·screen gam·ing fo·rum is an online community that strives to provide all the game fixes, game support and hardware its members need. This h... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 06:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-DisplayPort-to-DVI-MST-Converter-Could-Soon-Appear-271982.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-DisplayPort-to-DVI-MST-Converter-Could-Soon-Appear-271982.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Presents-the-NonStop-Motherboard-Series-271963.shtml
ECS motherboards have long been known for being affordable and for offering “good-enough” reliability.

The price advantage offered by the company helped it achieve sales much greater than any of... (read more)]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 11:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Presents-the-NonStop-Motherboard-Series-271963.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Presents-the-NonStop-Motherboard-Series-271963.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Finishes-Wyse-Acquisition-271884.shtml Dell's attempts to move away form home sales and into end-to-end IT hasn't really been doing great things to its finances so far, but its latest deal may finally help make up for it.

A few days ago, Dell published its financial results, and there wasn't much cause to rejoice from reading through them.

The company profits plummeted 33%, a... (read more)]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 19:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Finishes-Wyse-Acquisition-271884.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Finishes-Wyse-Acquisition-271884.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Thermaltake-s-Toughpower-XT-1275W-Platinum-Snow-Edition-PSU-271900.shtml Ever since the 80Plus energy efficiency rating system came into play, PSU makers, in this case Thermaltake, have been in a race to see who could make the least energy-wasting PSUs.

Thermaltake has formally launched a power supply unit called Toughpower XT 1275W Platinum Snow Edition.

The name does a reasonab... (read more)]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 15:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Thermaltake-s-Toughpower-XT-1275W-Platinum-Snow-Edition-PSU-271900.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Thermaltake-s-Toughpower-XT-1275W-Platinum-Snow-Edition-PSU-271900.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Getting-Ready-for-big-Announcements-at-AFDS-271925.shtml Software development has proved to be just as important as hardware development. Usually, hardware makers need to take the lead and practically teach programmers how to better use the hardware available.

The first obvious move in such a direction was Intel’s introduction of the MMX extensions that offered programmers a simple se... (read more)]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 11:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Getting-Ready-for-big-Announcements-at-AFDS-271925.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Getting-Ready-for-big-Announcements-at-AFDS-271925.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-a-Tiny-Stick-PC-for-74-Android-Included-271874.shtml It was only four days ago that we reported on the existence of a $49 VIA android mini PC and now we get to describe another such item, from Chinese brand rikomagic.

This small device measures 8.8 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm, which is the same as 3.46 x 1.37 x 0.47 inches. Quite a small package for a computer, but we lost the ability to be surprised b... (read more)]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 08:46:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-a-Tiny-Stick-PC-for-74-Android-Included-271874.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-a-Tiny-Stick-PC-for-74-Android-Included-271874.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/22-Inch-Android-4-0-ICS-Tablet-Prepared-by-ViewSonic-271863.shtml We thought the Toshiba Excite 13 was an oversized tablet, but we might have to reassess that conclusion now that we know what ViewSonic has in store for the world.

ViewSonic will attend the Computex 2012 trade show, which will take place in Taipei, Taiwan, between June 5 and June 6.

As such, it will have quite a fe... (read more)]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 07:54:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/22-Inch-Android-4-0-ICS-Tablet-Prepared-by-ViewSonic-271863.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/22-Inch-Android-4-0-ICS-Tablet-Prepared-by-ViewSonic-271863.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyDigitalSSD-Releases-Bullet-Proof-3-mSATA-III-SSDs-271702.shtml Thanks to MyDigitalSSD, there is a new range of solid-state drives available for makers and buyers of laptops, ultrabooks, tablets and desktops alike.

As the title says, they are called the Bullet Proof 3 (BP3) series, which makes us wonder if they can actually survive gun shots.

We've seen solid-state drives being ... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 19:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyDigitalSSD-Releases-Bullet-Proof-3-mSATA-III-SSDs-271702.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyDigitalSSD-Releases-Bullet-Proof-3-mSATA-III-SSDs-271702.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bitfenix-Prodigy-Mini-ITX-Case-Enters-271754.shtml For people who just don't like to take laptops to gaming gatherings, BitFenix has created the Prodigy mini-ITX desktop case, for miniature PCs that are also powerful.

BitFenix isn't going to tell you what motherboard you should buy in order to have all you need to build a strong computer.

What the company will do is make sure you... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 17:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bitfenix-Prodigy-Mini-ITX-Case-Enters-271754.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bitfenix-Prodigy-Mini-ITX-Case-Enters-271754.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spare-Your-Viewers-from-Commercials-and-You-ll-Get-Sued-271819.shtml The world really is a strange place, even without all the hacking scandals and conspiracy theorists pointing this way and that.

The latest piece of evidence to support this assumption lies in how Dish Network got sued because it dared to offer its customers the option to skip commercials.

The Auto Hop feature is ... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 14:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spare-Your-Viewers-from-Commercials-and-You-ll-Get-Sued-271819.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spare-Your-Viewers-from-Commercials-and-You-ll-Get-Sued-271819.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-Prepares-GeForce-GTX-660-Graphics-Card-271742.shtml If you were wondering when you'd get a mainstream graphics cards from NVIDIA, you might not have to wait much longer.

Swedish website SweClockers claims to have discovered when the GeForce GTX 660 video controller will be formally launched.

No precise day was mentioned, but the report did say that we should be looking at l... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 12:18:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-Prepares-GeForce-GTX-660-Graphics-Card-271742.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-Prepares-GeForce-GTX-660-Graphics-Card-271742.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apacer-Announces-New-DDR3-1600-16GB-ECC-RDIMM-271731.shtml American memory manufacturer Apacer has reportedly just launched the new DDR3-1600 16GB ECC RDIMM memory modules. These are high-density 16 GB DDR3 modules with integrated server technologies.

ECC is short for error correction code. This is a special technology added to memory modules used in very demanding systems, such as servers, and... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 12:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apacer-Announces-New-DDR3-1600-16GB-ECC-RDIMM-271731.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apacer-Announces-New-DDR3-1600-16GB-ECC-RDIMM-271731.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Presents-a-24x-Power-Efficient-DVD-Writer-271692.shtml Well-known mainboard manufacturer, Taiwanese company ASUS has just introduced the DRW-24B5ST E-Green Series DVD writer, on its official website. This device is also jumping on the eco-conscience bandwagon and boasts 50% lower power consumption.

While it’s strange to brag about a device that’s doing exactly what it is suppos... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 09:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Presents-a-24x-Power-Efficient-DVD-Writer-271692.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Presents-a-24x-Power-Efficient-DVD-Writer-271692.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dual-GPU-HD-7970-X2-In-the-Making-271688.shtml You'd think that AMD's Radeon HD 7990 would be the end-all of all dual-chip graphics card efforts, but this does not seem to be the case if recent reports are to be believed.

The folks at DonanimHaber may have just stumbled upon the most queer of information pieces this year has seen so far.

Apparently, AMD's graphics card manufactur... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 09:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dual-GPU-HD-7970-X2-In-the-Making-271688.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dual-GPU-HD-7970-X2-In-the-Making-271688.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Secret-Socket-1356-CPUs-271669.shtml Intel's Xeon E5 and E3 socket LGA 1356 processors have been out and about for a while, but so have four chips that people may not have heard of, due to Intel's deliberate secrecy.

Of course, “secrecy” may be laying it on thick a bit, since the Santa Clara, California-based company didn't actually wage a covert war or anything.

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Of course, since this report has a third party as the source, it is just as potentially erroneous as the one that implied ASUS' reduced optimism in the first place. Nevertheless, we ma... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 08:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Denies-Reducing-Laptop-Shipment-Target-271657.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Denies-Reducing-Laptop-Shipment-Target-271657.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Celeron-Powered-Samsung-Chromebook-Comes-and-Goes-271644.shtml Chromebooks sales haven’t been so successful, but they are still out there and new ones are being made, so information leaks are bound to happen from time to time.

Samsung, however, has become one of the companies that indirectly enabled more than just information to make it to the net.

Not long ago, a Chromebox was a... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 07:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Celeron-Powered-Samsung-Chromebook-Comes-and-Goes-271644.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Celeron-Powered-Samsung-Chromebook-Comes-and-Goes-271644.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-s-First-Windows-8-Tablet-Comes-with-Atom-Clover-Trail-271643.shtml American company DELL is one of the largest computer manufacturers in the world. For a long time an Intel exclusive partner, DELL is reportedly getting ready to launch its first Windows 8 tablet which will be powered by an Intel processor.

The device will have quite a large 10.8” screen and will sport the dreaded 1366... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 07:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-s-First-Windows-8-Tablet-Comes-with-Atom-Clover-Trail-271643.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-s-First-Windows-8-Tablet-Comes-with-Atom-Clover-Trail-271643.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/UMC-Builds-14nm-Chip-Facility-Starts-on-28nm-Too-271633.shtml Moore's Law says that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit, without cost drawbacks, doubles about every two years.

That means that manufacturing process technologies have to be planned well in advance, and this is precisely what United Microelectronics Corp. is doing.

Much like Intel pro... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 07:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/UMC-Builds-14nm-Chip-Facility-Starts-on-28nm-Too-271633.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/UMC-Builds-14nm-Chip-Facility-Starts-on-28nm-Too-271633.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop)