USB 3.0 controller faster Renesas

The manufacturer Renesas Electronics has announced two new SuperSpeed USB controllers, and the μPD720201 μPD720202. These two USB 3.0 controllers third generation are supposed to be both faster and more energy efficient than current models. In practice, these two chips would improve by 40% write performance, as they consume 90% less power (4.5 mW) when inactive.

The icing on the cake, and μPD720201 μPD720202 are more compact (about 50%) than current controllers. Mass production of these controllers USB 3.0 is expected to begin in September 2011, which means they could be present on future motherboards Intel LGA 2011.

• Renesas Shows Next-Generation USB 3.0 Host Controllers (09/03/2011)
• Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB USB 3.0 Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive STAA1000101 [Deals] (07/03/2011)
• Intel promises native USB 3.0 support someday (24/02/2011)
• Deal of the Day: $169.99 Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB USB 3.0 Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive for $89.99 Shipped (07/03/2011)
• Renesas Intros NFC Chip for Smartphones (08/12/2010)

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Drivers not to use with Firefox 4

Firefox 4 will use our PC graphics cards to accelerate rendering. But Firefox is also interested in 4 drivers and the acceleration will depend on the graphics card and its drivers. The browser contains a blacklist of drivers and graphics cards, which will help block some configurations to avoid bugs.

On Windows, you have an Intel graphics card, Nvidia or ATi. Maps of other manufacturers (SiS, Via, Matrox, etc..) Are not supported. With an NVIDIA, it takes at least the drivers 257.21 from June 2010 to the video acceleration. Moreover, in DirectX 9 cards, the GeForce 6200 TurboCache does not support acceleration.

Iliad: record sales recruitment but at half mast

The Iliad, the parent of Free, has just published its results for the year 2010. Confirming the profitability of its growth model, Iliad has exceeded expectations of analysts by posting a turnover for the first time crossed the 2 billion euros (+4.3%) and net profit amounting to 313.1 million euros (+78%).

As for new subscribers, however, that Iliad has recruited 78,000 subscribers throughout the year, of which only 6000 was the last quarter. Perhaps future subscribers they expected the arrival of the Freebox Revolution? Still, at December 31, 2010, Iliad had 4.534 million broadband subscribers (Free and Alice combined), against 4.456 million a year earlier.

Kingston launches portable memory modules for faster

Kingston has announced the launch of the new memory kits HyperX DDR3 SO-DIMM 4 and 8GB of 1600Mhz and CL9 latencies. These new dual-channel models are "Plug and Play" and presumed to be the fastest memory modules on the market. They are specially designed for laptops and mobile platforms based on the second generation of Intel Core Mobile processors, code-named "Huron River." "The latest HyperX SO-DIMM kits are perfect to optimize the performance of portable PCs, mini-ITX motherboards and mobile systems, replacing the standard memory modules for high speed and capacity." Says Stephane Rizzetto, director of Product Development Kingston DRAM for EMEA, "With its Plug & Play functionality, users can optimize system performance quickly and effortlessly, it is not necessary to adjust the BIOS or load overclocking profiles."

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• Gwen Stefani: Puppy Love with Kingston & Zuma! (07/03/2011)
• Gwen Has a Puppy Playdate With Kingston and Zuma During a Weekend With the Boys (07/03/2011)

The notebook is a success Barbie

The Samsung x180 "Barbie" is successful, and Mattel and Samsung even expose this machine recently in Seoul, Korea. The x180 is a notebook with a 11.6-inch screen 1366 x 768 and an Intel Core 330UM i3, which operates at 1.2 GHz. Announced with a high autonomy of 8.2 hours, the machine displays a Barbie on the case and is better equipped than the basic version: 3 GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive, a GeForce 310M - without it know the amount of dedicated memory - Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 3.0.

Copy and paste from Windows 7 Phone on the web

A few days before the official release of the next version of Windows 7 Phone aka Nodo, the files are already walking around on the canvas. Indeed, the update in question is proposed for the HTC HD7 "Schubert" and can switch the phone into the new system version. Beware, the file is valid only for HTC HD7 naked versions operators and other smartphones can not receive this update.

Updating Nodo should improve the speed of launching applications, but mostly provide support for copy / paste, not in the current version of Windows Phone 7. Multitasking is projected to occur later. Nodo should be officially deployed by Microsoft in the coming days, hoping that the quacks of the update "pre-Nodo" does not occur: part of Smartphone Samsung Phone with Windows 7 was blocked by the update and it took a week for Microsoft to offer a software update fixed.

• Windows Phone 7 'NoDo' update for HTC HD7 makes unofficial debut (09/03/2011)
• Windows Phone 7 NoDo update leaks (08/03/2011)
• Windows Phone 7 App Marketplace Growing (08/03/2011)
• Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 device said to be just an 'old prototype' (07/03/2011)
• "Everything a smartphone should be" ad for Windows Phone 7 (04/03/2011)

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Radeon HD 6990: the proposals of the AMD partners

Today AMD has officially launched the Radeon HD 6990 card, which ranks as the top new product range on a higher level than the Radeon currently commercially available. Known under the code name of Antilles, the Radeon HD 6990 graphics processor has two Cayman developed at 40 nanometers (a total of 3072 Stream Processors Integrated) supported by 4 GB of GDDR5 video memory.

• AMD's Radeon HD 6990: The New Single Card King (08/03/2011)
• AMD's New Flagship HD 6990 Tested (08/03/2011)
• AMD launches Radeon HD 6990 powerhouse for $699, maintains 'world's fastest' title (08/03/2011)
• AMD Radeon HD 6990 official: World's fastest graphics card (08/03/2011)
• AMD Radeon HD 6990 officially pictured (28/02/2011)

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