Thursday, March 31, 2011

Xigmatek Pantheon: Rome reaches Ibertrónica Systems.

The Pantheon Xigmatek reaches Ibertrónica Systems, this model offers a very careful design and performance major, his name is inspired by ancient Rome, emulating the majesty and strength of the Pantheon, but now in the form of cash. This case presents a carefully designed Xigmatek with rounded lines, sleek and classic, with possessing a completely distinguished.

The interior is completely painted black, also has a cooling system quite versatile, with space for up to ten fans, some of these included as standard with the box. It has a 140mm rear fan that ensures maximum air extraction, also has two side 120mm fans to cool hard drives, they can be controlled manually and feature white LED lighting and can turned on / off at ease user.

TDJ: Corsair 600T, MX-Tech MX key-GX

Our fellow Cowcotland recently posted a review of the MX-GX 16 GB of manufacturer Mach Xtrem Technology, USB compatible with USB 3.0 SuperSpeed. On paper, this key displays an impressive transfer rate of 140 MB / s read and 30MB / s write. To achieve such a result, MX-Technology uses a quad-channel technology to access the flash memory.

Verdict? For their part, our colleagues at the Counter of the Hardware have recently looked at the 600T Corsair, a housing tower format means rather impressive, posting 11.2 kg on the scale. With 4 5.25 "slots and 6 drive bays and / or SSD, the 600T comes with two 200 mm fan and a 120 mm ...

Windows 8 already shipped to OEMs

Microsoft have started shipping copies of Windows 8 and its partners to begin to prepare their software and hardware solutions. The build is stamped 7971.0.110324-1900, which means it was compiled on March 24 and is the third milestone, which should be completed in July (see "The roadmap unveiled Windows 8) .

Microsoft has decided to distribute it to certain OEMs, including HP, via Connect to offer their comments and report the presence of bugs or defects. The announcement comes days after the discovery of the reset function that resets System Windows without having to go through a format c: \\ or inserting an installation CD.

Windows Home Server 2011 goes RTM

Windows Home Server 2011 just went RTM. It will be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers within a week. Its official publication is expected to take place in May. Built on Windows Server 2008 R2, this second version of Windows Home Server responds codenamed Vail and has a command handler and a centralized center to consolidate off the launch of tasks.

His warning system has also been optimized, as its backup system for home machines, whether Windows, Linux or Mac OS X. Access to files should be faster, and this new version also brings a takeover remote and software for streaming content using Silverlight to send multimedia files from its server to the other terminals of the house.

The Xbox 360 will use a new disc format

Microsoft has announced it will begin testing a new disc format. He appealed to the American community to find beta testers. The company gave no information on the format in question. Unlike the PS3 uses Blu-ray, the Xbox 360 uses a DVD player. This means that the discs have a capacity of 8.5 GB for a dual-layer DVD standard.

That's why some games require the use of multiple discs. This applies, for example Final Fantasy XIII who demand no less than three or Lost Odyssey, which requires four. Microsoft is it about to use a new media type? Probably not. The issue of the new format remains suspended and unfortunately Microsoft has not given more detail than that.

Mobile Browser: Mozilla Firefox 4 for Smartphones

"Firefox 4 Mobile" has a few special features: Thanks to "Firefox Sync" surf while you continue where you left off at home. The function synchronizes your bookmarks, which opened and closed tabs, form data and passwords encrypted on a mobile device. Firefox 4 Mobile supports HTML5. The new standard enables web designers, complex pages (such as with 3D content) without external plug-ins like Adobe to make Flash.

Royalty disputes over music rights: Amazon's cloud services cause a stir

Amazon offers customers space on the company's own servers. The trick: Buy the MP3s online retailers, Amazon collects the files on your parallel Cloud Drive. They are present everywhere via a browser or special smartphone app to retrieve. This usage scenario now provides displeasure with the publishers.

It is not clear yet whether Amazon should negotiate the current licenses with the new rights holders. Amazon sees himself on the safe side, the cloud service is like an external hard drive of the customer to understand - even if it exists only virtually. Following that a license extension is obviously not necessary.