31.6 billion in sales for HP

The manufacturer HP has announced its results for the second quarter of its fiscal year, which ended April 30 last. The turnover for this period reached 31.6 billion dollars in revenue up from last year (30.8 billion dollars) but lower than the turnover achieved during the previous quarter (32 3 billion dollars).

Earnings reached its next $ 2.3 billion. If the department "Personal computers" saw its revenues decline 5% in one year because of slowing demand for PCs, other departments have, however seen their turnover increase (+5% for the "imaging and Printing ", +2% for services, 17% for the financial department and 15% for enterprise servers, storage and network).

OCZ announces new SSD devices SATA 3 Agility 3 and Solid 3

OCZ has unveiled its new product lines and SSD Solid 3 Agility 3, designed to satisfy the thirst for speed enthusiasts seeking the best performance for their systems. Using the latest technology, these new series provide about twice the performance of the previous generation, and offer better cost-performance than current market 6Gbps SATA SSD.

"Given the increased availability of platforms SATA III, demand for the next generation of SSDs has increased rapidly." Said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. "We are responding to this demand with new products that offer the best performance, and great value for money for consumers.

Of 23 "LED backlight in IPS Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi is expected to launch on 30 May, Japan in a first step, a new model of LCD: the RDT233WX. IPS Full HD With an IPS of 23-inch display capable of full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, this monitor has a response time of 3.8 ms (gray to gray) viewing angles of 178 °, a peak brightness at 250 cd / m² and a contrast ratio of 1000: 1 (80,000: 1 dynamic).

It also takes advantage of a LED backlight and integrated 2W speakers, while the VGA, DVI and HDMI (x2) are available. Two versions should be offered: a slab with RDT233WX matte and RDT233WX-S has a glossy panel. Both screens should be posted to respectively 39,800 and 42,800 yen (340 and 365 euros).

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Powercolor: Radeon HD 6850 Silent

The manufacturer has formalized its PowerColor SCS3 (Silent Cooling System 3) HD6850, Radeon HD 6850 features a passive cooling system (in other words: a simple radiator crossed by several heatpipes) and therefore completely silent. However, much attention optimize the flow of air into the cabinet ...

Equipped with a floor of a three-phase power, the Radeon HD 6850 graphics chipset embeds a clocked at 775 MHz and has 960 Stream Processors. There is also 1 GB of GDDR5 memory operating at 1 GHz on a 256-bit bus. CrossFireX compatible, this SCS3 HD6850 also has the DVI (x2), HDMI and DisplayPort.

Intel accelerates the Atom: Airmont 14 nm in 2014

At its Investor Meeting, Intel unveiled more detailed roadmap of its Atom processors. Ambitious, she wants to change the Atom twice as fast as the traditional Moore's Law. It must be said that the Atom is currently lagging behind compared to other Intel processors: it is still engraved in 45nm and will remain so this year while the Core is at 32 nm and 22 nm pass in early 2012.

The Atom will evolve to 32 nm with the onset of heart Saltwell, who will lead the Atom Medfield (for smartphones). Silvermont succeed him in 2013 and should bring real architectural developments. Silvermont reborn then 14 nm in 2014 in the form of Airmont.

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Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 G2 at 100 Mb / s

Kingston has just announced the arrival on the market for DataTraveler 3.0 G2 Ultimate, a USB controller using a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed. Showing the dimensions of 73.7 x 22.2 x 16.1 mm, this key is available in capacities of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB level performance, the manufacturer announced proudly speeds up to 100 MB / s reading and 70MB / s write.

USB 2.0, the flows are logically limited to "only" 30 MB / s five-year warranty, the DataTraveler 3.0 Ultimate G2 should be offered at prices of 77 dollars for the 16GB version, $ 116 for the 32GB model and $ 213 for version64 GB

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The tax on private copying questioning

Yesterday the reporter to the State Council issued a negative opinion on the fee scales for private copying levied on multimedia hard disks or CDs and DVDs since January 1, 2009. This opinion is only advisory, but if the Council of State following ... hmm ... counsel of his own reporter, the tax could be set aside on all products raised.

Pending determination of new scales, of course. According to our confreres of 01Net, the State Council has one month to make its decision. If it had annulled the decision No 11 of the Committee on private copying, it would have 9 months to publish new schedules. They should tax exempt products purchased by businesses and professionals not intended for private copying.