The end of Windows XP in 1000 days

In about 1000 days (995 today), Windows XP will no longer be supported by Microsoft. The venerable OS, released in October 2001, should have had its day in 2011, but it is nevertheless still used on 45% of Internet-connected computers. And it's April 8, 2014 which is the date (announced) of his death.

There are many reasons, among a Vista arrived very late as his successor and has not convinced and maintenance by Microsoft on netbooks until 2010, yet the system showing its age. Indeed, the system causes problems with many current technologies. On the graphics, Windows XP only supports DirectX 9 (it is at version 11) and does not support video decompression engines that require DXVA 2.0 (and Vista at least).

GigaByte: new power supply 320W KX PoweRock

Gigabyte has introduced a new power supply series KX PoweRock with power 320W model has two lines of 12V and a 120mm fan. With the new KX PowerRock increases Gigabyte 320W power supply family joining PoweRock models 370W, 420W and 470W. This source of 320W with Taiwan-made capacitors, protection against over voltage, under voltage, short circuit and over current protection.

It offers an efficiency greater than 78%. Currently the price is unknown but is not expected to be high.

• The "Great Oyster From Singapore" (Tridacna gigas) at the International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883 (17/07/2011)
• Nueva Esperanza Group : Paraguay (15/07/2011)
• Nueva Estrella Group : Guatemala (15/07/2011)
• Boudreau-Gagnon 4th in synchro solo (17/07/2011)
• Tom Cruise Rocks Out On Balcony In Celebration (17/07/2011)

OCZ RevoDrive 3: Even Faster

OCZ introduces its latest addition called OCZ RevoDrive 3 that offer 1.25Gb/sy rates up to 1.5Gb / s read and write respectively in the model. The OCZ RevoDrive 3 are up to ten times faster than existing SSDs normal and three times more than high-end SSD market. These transfer rates as high OCZ RevoDrive are for the 3 X2 will be available in capacities of 240, 480 and 960 GB.

RevoDrive Model 3 is set to 1 GB / s read and about 925 MB / s write, data is still surprising. Both models use the PCIe interface and are designed to the professional who need to handle large amounts of data.

• AnandTech - Computex 2011: OCZs RevoDrive 3 (07/06/2011)
• Computex 2011: OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid combines SSD and hard drive on a single PCI Express card (03/06/2011)
• OCZ sets up its flash stall in the enterprise bazaar (07/07/2011)
• OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 and RevoDrive Hybrid hands-on (video) (03/06/2011)
• SSD + Hard Drive = OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid [Guts] (03/06/2011)

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Sandia's new design offers a breakthrough in refrigeration technology

Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technology with the potential to completely revolutionize the field of cooling air in the computer world. They are currently in the process of registering the product license to start marketing it. The "Watermelon Cooler" is also known as "Air Bearing Heat Exchanger," or translated, "the heat exchanger orientation of the air." This is a totally new product, invented and developed by Sandia researcher Jeff Koplow.

HIS Unveils New Radeon HD 6970 IceQ Mix

In May, announced HIS HIS 6970 IceQ expected and the standard Turbo IceQ, which at the time received very good reviews. HIS always seeks to make good products even better products, and therefore is pleased to now HIS Radeon 6970 IceQ Mix. This chart is designed to utilize the features Eyefinity a more flexible way for users who want to use GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA and use Eyefinity via HDMI.

San Francisco: Demo officially announced

Game maker Ubisoft chirps nerve-wracking for fans car chases: A to "Driver - San Francisco" definitely appears. From a show that you screw on the details of the game and probably not at the end of the development process. It is not clear yet whether the trial version will appear on PC - The announcement refers only to spin for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 No statement is made by the manufacturers continue to release date of the demo.

HP Tablet 4G

In the first week of July brought HP's first Tablet PC to market: the scored points in certain areas, but he earned the criticism of others. For example, it takes about 100 grams with 740 grams on the scales more than the second iPad Now HP already released information about the follow up, which is available after the summer in the U.S.

Special for U.S. customers: The HP TouchPad is available exclusively at the telecommunications giant. had already made the new release at the prospect of the introduction of the TouchPad. The TouchPad 4G differs only in a few respects from its predecessor: it has a faster, for example. While the touch pad has a 1.2-GHz dual-core processor from Qualcomm, the 4G has a 1.5-gigahertz processor, its manufacturer is not yet known.