Wednesday, April 27, 2011

New rumors about the Nintendo Wii 2

With every passing day increases the certainty that the next E3 in Los Angeles that the console will show the new Nintendo Wii 2. Although there are tight-lipped on the subject by the Nissan - "We Have Decided That It is best to let people experience it for Themselves at E3 - new rumors speak of a graphics chip built around the AMD R700 GPU and a CPU IBM triple core PowerPC motherboard dedicated.

Deals in your area: Facebook and Google start Groupon clones

Facebook expanded its service ". So far, the function displays only deals in your area. Now Facebook friends to join in a buying group. The more people opt for a bargain, the lower the final price. Similar Groupon works, "" Google: The service you receive regular special offers by e-mail offers. Choose sufficiently interested in the bargain, comes into the business.

Facebook and Google Offers Deals to start in a field test initially only in selected regions of the United States. If and when the services come to us is still not known.

Meltdown in the Playstation Network: Hackers steal Sony million customer

Affected in addition to the PSN and the video and music service Qriocity. An unknown person had gained access to personal information such as name, address, e-mail or date of birth, so Sony's corporate blog. Also, logins and passwords had been spied on present knowledge, may also include a list of purchases.

"Although there is currently no evidence that was accessed illegally on credit card information, we can leave this option is not entirely out of consideration," warned Sony. Customers should now be particularly vigilant to sit up any fraud, and check their account. The hackers broke of 17 to 19 April in the customer data banks.

Prototype hybrid cooling for Geforce GTX 580 from Asetek

The Danish company Asetek has shown a prototype hybrid air-cooling fluid specifically developed for the GeForce GTX 580. The complete kit, consisting of GPU waterblock with integrated pump - plate VRAM / VRM with nVidia stock fan - heatsink with 120mm fan, will be adopted on XLR8 GTX 580 Enthusiast Edition by PNY.

According to PNY and the Asetek kit is able to lower the noise level of 5dBA and 45.8 ° C GPU temperature in full-load compared to the heat sink referece. From internal testing laboratories in the Asetek PNY XLR8 GTX 580 Enthusiast Edition has been brought to overclock to the frequency of 995/1846/4400 MHz (GPU / SPs / Mem) starting from the default 772/1544/4008MHz.

Hydra: The Razer motion controller available from June

Razer has announced details about price and date of sale of dual-stick controller to play Hydra. We had seen for the first time last January at the CES 2011 and will be available in June next to a price of $ 140 including a special version of Portal 2 with add-ons that allow the user to move and turn mirrors and other items with the use of the motion controller.

The system works with a pair of magnetic sensors in the hands of gamers who have analog sticks, triggers and other buttons. While looking like the Nintendo Wii controller, to house Razer does not need a strategic position to operate even if the maximum distance the player can stay is limited to 3.5 meters.

Sony: Hybrid Freestyle and Ultimate Mobile PC

Upon the announcement of its shelves, Sony has also made the "teaser" on two of its forthcoming machines. The first is called the Ultimate Mobile PC, the second Freestyle Hybrid PC. It was simply a photo for the Ultimate Mobile PC, which seems fine. We can expect the best of technology: Core i7 quad core, SSD, dedicated graphics card, USB 3.0 and why not Thunderbolt.

As usual with Sony, we can expect exceptional materials and a light machine. Freestyle Hybrid PC looks more like the tablet Asus hybrid than a conventional computer. The photos do not know if the keyboard is built into the tablet or if it is external. Remains to be seen how Sony will sell the machine, the company announced abandoning the netbook market, so the price of this hybrid should be consistent.

New motherboards from ASRock AM3 +

After some of its competitors, ASRock has to turn to unveil its future models of motherboards compatible with AMD Socket AM3 +. No fewer than nine models are expected, all based on a chipset from the 800 series: the 890FX chipset 890FX Deluxe5 uses the 890GX Extreme4 R2.0, 890GX Pro3 Pro3 and 890GM chipset 890GX R2.0 using the 880GMH/U3S3 , 880GM Pro3 Pro3 R2.0 and 880g are based on a 880g chipset while the 870 Extreme3 R2.0 and R2.0 870iCafe must be content with a chipset 870.