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Nikon COOLPIX S4300 and S3330 On Sale Now

Chester Chen — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:37:00 +0800

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The COOLPIX S Series S4300 and S3300 were announced in early February and are now available for purchase. The S4300 is available in a variety of colours as is the S3300. Both point and shoot digital cameras feature a 16.0-Megapixels seonsor, 6x wide-angle zoom lens, a slim body and built in special effects and filter effects. There is even a Pet Portrait Mode if you are pet owner. The S4300 has a RRP of S$279 while the S3300 is priced at S$219. The S4300 is available in Black, Red, Blue, White and Purple. The S3300 tickles you slight variations in the colour and is available in:- Silver, Black, Red, Gold, Purple, Pink, Pale Green and Blue.

IT Show 2012 Promotions: HP Printers

Siang Liang — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:05:57 +0800

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Check out the four HP star printers at the upcoming IT Show 2012 - HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275, HP ENVY 110 e-All-in-One, HP Photosmart 7510 e-All-in-One and HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus e-All-in-One. The HP Printers booth can be located in Hall 401, Booth 8150.

ZOTAC's micro-ATX sized ZT-H67D3 exposed

Steve Dougherty — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:31:15 +0800

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Chinese website Expreview has shared out images of a new micro-ATX motherboard from ZOTAC based on Intel's H67 chipset which could be quite the attraction for budget conscious HTPC / SFF builders.

Borderlands 2 gets a release date and trailer

Steve Dougherty — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:28:13 +0800

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An announcement from Gearbox and 2K Games yesterday confirms that the sequel to blockbuster game title, Borderlands will be released on September 18th in the U.S. for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, with international availability to follow on September 21st.

Samsung now lists i515 Pogo Galaxy Nexus dock

Steve Dougherty — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:25:51 +0800

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Samsung has now listed a docking station for its Galaxy Nexus smartphone which makes use of those 3-pin connectors on the side of the phone. But it doesn't come cheap at an associated price tag of US $89.99.

Intel rumoured to reduce pricing on Ivy Bridge

LG Nilsson — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:44:10 +0800

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The rumours about Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge processors never seem to take a pause these days and the latest ones are suggesting that Intel is considering reducing its pricing to its partners. This is not the kind of move you'd expect from Intel at the launch of a new processor family and we'll see how this one plays out.

The Wi-Fi Alliance set to simplify hotspot roaming

LG Nilsson — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:27:54 +0800

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One of the biggest drawbacks of Wi-Fi is that in a multi-hotspot environment it's difficult to roam between the various access points, as often the login isn't carried over between the access points. The Wi-Fi Alliance is busy working on a solution for this problem and when it launches in July, it should be known as Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint.

Hitachi puts its new Travelstar Z7K500 on a diet

LG Nilsson — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:01:09 +0800

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You might have noticed that SSDs have been getting a slimmer profile with several companies recently announcing 7mm drives. Well, the hard drive makers don't want to be left behind in the race to provide components for Ultrabooks and now Hitachi has announced a new series of 7mm 2.5-inch hard drives.

SanDisk and Toshiba creates 19nm 128Gbit NAND flash

LG Nilsson — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:42:21 +0800

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The latest announcement from SanDisk suggests that we can expect even cheaper flash memory in the near future, as well as being able to store much more data within the same size memory chip. Jointly with Toshiba, SanDisk has created 128Gbit NAND flash using its 19nm manufacturing technology, no small feat, but not entirely free of caveats.

Monster introduces Immersion first in-ear headphone of new iSport line

Siang Liang — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:34:50 +0800

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"Immersion" is the first in-ear headphone under Monster's iSport line which promises superior quality audio for the active lifestyle users. It boasts to be sweatproof and is washable, and features a proprietary in-ear clip design for secure and comfortable fit

UK warns of "likely" nuclear space bomb threat

Dean Wilson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:19:58 +0800

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The UK's Defence Select Committee has warned about the “likely” threat of a nuclear weapon launched into space by a rogue state and causing devastating destruction to infrastructure and technology.

Philips Singapore unveils new range of sports headset

Siang Liang — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:58:03 +0800

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Philips has announced their new range of sports headset for the sporty users - SHQ4017, SHQ3017 and SHQ1017. The new headsets (and headphones models without the microphone) are now available at all electronics retail outlets in Singapore.

Barnes & Noble launches $199 Nook Tablet to rival Amazon's Kindle Fire

Dean Wilson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:41:57 +0800

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Barnes & Noble has launched a $199 8GB Nook Tablet to compete with Amazon's popular Kindle Fire tablet.

PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III 600W PSU Review

Ironlaw — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:29:58 +0800

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PC Power & Cooling is a company both well known and favored among enthusiasts for their high performance power supplies. Although the company had been acquired by OCZ several years ago, PC Power & Cooling maintained their (at least partial) autonomy and continues their operation to this date, offering a long list of power-related products. Today we are going to examine the latest addition to the company’s products lineup, the Silencer Mk III 600W power supply. Is the latest Mk III version a worthy continuer of the legendary Silencer series? We will find out in this review.

Nokia to unveil cheap Windows Phone smartphone next week

Dean Wilson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:17:01 +0800

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Nokia will unveil a cheap smartphone running the Windows Phone operating system next week in an attempt target the lower end of the market, according to sources cited by Reuters.

Sony Computer Entertainment officially launches PlayStation Vita in Singapore

Siang Liang — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:42:42 +0800

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Today, Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong (SCEH) has officially announced the PlayStation Vita in Singapore. To celebrate the launch, the company is having a road show at 313 Somerset (ground floor) which will end this Sunday.

Intel Haswell iGPU: there's something for everyone

Nebojsa Novakovic — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:48:00 +0800

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There are conflicting reports about Haswell graphics speedup above the Ivy Bridge one, which one may turn true?

Fujifilm launches X-Pro1 interchangeable lens camera in Singapore

Siang Liang — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:22:00 +0800

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VR-Zone saw the Fujifilm X-Pro1 at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012, which claims to be the company's first compact system camera with 16-megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS sensor, new X lens mount, Hybrid Multi Viewfinder and three prime lenses. And today, Fujifilm has announced the X-Pro1 in Singapore and that it will be available in March.

Cedar View based Atom D2550 soon to arrive with faster GPU clock

Steve Dougherty — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:23:32 +0800

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Update: Launch date has been added.

With the lengthy delays finally behind us on Intel's Cedar Trail platform and several netbooks having now reached retail using the N2600 Atom core, we're hearing of Intel's plans to roll in another desktop part to co-exist alongside the still scarce D2500 and D2700 Cedar View units.

Noctua releases low-profile NH-L12 CPU Cooler

Steve Dougherty — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:18:18 +0800

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Noctua is better catering to users requiring a lower profile CPU cooler with the birth of its new NH-L12; a cooler sporting four nickel-plated copper heatpipes that should feel right at home in Small Form Factor and HTPC cases in particular.

NVIDIA's GeForce 295.73 WHQL Driver is out

Steve Dougherty — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:16:06 +0800

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NVIDIA has just released the first WHQL'd R295 series driver for GeForce graphics cards, 295.73 and with it comes some bold promises in terms of performance improvements in various popular game titles.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 gets benchmarked, smokes the competition

LG Nilsson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:29:10 +0800

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During the Mobile World Congress next week we should see several handsets launch based on Qualcomm's new Snapdragon S4 SoC, previously known under the name of Krait. Just ahead of the show benchmarks of the new chip have been published that gives us a good insight as to what to expect from this year's Qualcomm based handset.

VLI explains how USB2Expressway works

LG Nilsson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:16:00 +0800

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If you're a regular reader you might remember that VIA Labs announced its USB2Expressway technology back at CES, but it wasn't really clear as to how it worked. Well, we've now had a chance to sit down with the company for an explanation and it's actually a lot simpler than it seemed.

Intel's upcoming 7-series Media motherboards detailed

LG Nilsson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:55:02 +0800

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We've already given you the specs of Intel's upcoming Executive series of motherboards and now it's time for the more consumer focused Media series. Sadly we don't have any pictures this time around, but we can at least offer the full specifications of another five models.

Asus warranty does not protect computers during alien invasions

Dean Wilson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:55:05 +0800

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Asus computers are not protected by its warranty in the event of an invasion by aliens from outer space, it has been revealed.

Star Wars: The Old Republic developers leave BioWare to work on independent game

Dean Wilson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:55:42 +0800

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Several BioWare developers who worked on its recently launched Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) MMORPG have left the company to work on an independent game that fuses strategy with role-playing.

Mach Xtreme Technology Releases MX-STARTER PREMIUM SSD Series

Ironlaw — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:39:54 +0800

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Mach Xtreme Technology Inc. released today an improved MX-STARTER PREMIUM Series 2.5” SSD for mainstream users, aiming to satisfy those willing to migrate to SSD technology but want to do so from an affordable price point. The new MX-STARTER PREMIUM Series of SSDs is the latest addition to the Mach Xtreme lineup of solid state drives. The particular series is offering users robust data protection with enhanced hardware BCH ECC engine, StaticDataRefresh technology support and data shaping for higher data reliability. How about the speeds?

Apple reaches "Nike moment" over Foxconn issues

Dean Wilson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:38:03 +0800

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An auditor from the Fair Labor Association (FLA) said that Apple has reached a “Nike moment” in its history, referencing the negative publicity surrounding the working conditions at iPad and iPhone factories owned by Foxconn.

Yahoo attempts to avoid Indian lawsuit over offensive content

Dean Wilson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:57:27 +0800

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Yahoo is attempting to remove itself from a lawsuit filed by an individual in India against social networks that host what the country deems to be “offensive” content.

Intel will launch new SSDs for caching, to go with Ivy Bridge

LG Nilsson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:06:24 +0800

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It's still debatable as to how many consumers have taken advantage of SSD caching in their systems, but Intel is about to replace its Larson Creek series of SSDs – more commonly known as the 311 series – with a range of new models in time for its Ivy Bridge processors. The new models has been designed for the 7-series chipsets, but are still backwards compatible with the 6-series and has thus far been known under the code name of Hawley Creek.

Epson introduces world's lightest GPS running monitor

Siang Liang — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:00:33 +0800

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Epson is renowned for their line of printers and imaging devices, and it looks like the Japanese company is going into electronic sporting goods market as it unveils the world's lightest GPS running monitor.

Intel and AMD arm wrestle again: this time on power sipping ultrathins

Nebojsa Novakovic — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0800

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As the low voltage mobile Intel Ivy Bridge launch is now confirmed for May, just as well as similar TDP low voltage AMD Trinity aimed at the same market at the same time, a very interesting duel is in the offing, and in a fresh new platform market to boot...

LG unveils Optimus LTE Tag with NFC technology

Siang Liang — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:08:37 +0800

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LG Korea has announced the Optimus LTE Tag, which isn't only an aestheitcally-enhanced version of the Optimus LTE, but it also claims to offer innovative features that make the smartphone smarter.

IT Show 2012 Promotions: Dell

Siang Liang — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:39:07 +0800

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If you're looking for a new Ultrabook, gaming desktops or laptops, do drop by Dell's booth at the IT Show 2012. The Dell products can be found are on level 3 (Newstead booth 3001) and level 4 (Dell booth 8230, 8251 and Newstead booth 8139).

ZTE announces PF200 and N910 LTE Android 4 handsets

Steve Dougherty — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:32:56 +0800

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Jumping the gun a bit on MWC, ZTE has just announced two new handsets both featuring the latest version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich along with LTE connectivity. The PF200 and N910 will be ZTE's headliners at the show in Barcelona next week. Details are still a bit sketchy, but we'll gather up what we can from ZTE's announcement until all is revealed toward the end of the month.

Rockstar talks a bit more about Max Payne 3

Steve Dougherty — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:30:43 +0800

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Seeking a little more meat on the third instalment of Rockstar's Max Payne series scheduled to arrive in May on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360? Rockstar has openly talked some more on its next hit third person shooter to give us an idea of what we can expect.

PowerColor's HD 7970 LCS is up for Pre-Order

Steve Dougherty — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:27:01 +0800

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A pre-order listing for PowerColor's beefed up Radeon HD 7970 LCS Ed. graphics card has appeared on a UK website with an also beefed up price tag of £599.99.

Broadcom talks in-car networking

LG Nilsson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:55:00 +0800

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One big growth area for computing these days is the automotive industry and we're not talking about things like the engine management system here, but rather about things like navigation, entertainment and something known as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems). One problem that has cropped up is that it's getting costly to implement all of these solutions as they all have their own interconnect systems, something Broadcom wants to help with.

Panasonic gets back in the international phone business with the Eluga

LG Nilsson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:03:00 +0800

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Some of you might remember the days when Panasonic sold mobile phones outside of Japan, in fact, the company made some of the smallest, usable phones ever made shortly before pulling out of the global market. Panasonic has finally decided that it's time to get back into the global handset business again, but this time around we're talking smartphones and its upcoming Eluga handset bringing some of the Japanese tech to the rest of the world.

NVIDIA GK107 Details

Sub — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:47:00 +0800

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While NVIDIA's upcoming GK104 / GeForce GTX 670 Ti may be the talk of the rumour mill, we have some details regarding NVIDIA's entry-level Kepler GPU - GK107, including a PCB diagram.