Radeon HD 6790-2 Ventilos from XFX

So it should officially make an appearance tomorrow, the Radeon HD 6790 has already made a short stop at the manufacturer XFX. The latter has indeed missed a few pictures of his model of Radeon HD 6790. Thus we discover a model equipped with a cooling system owner, with two fans and an aluminum radiator crossed by several copper heat pipes.

CrossFireX compatible, this graphics card embeds 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. The operating frequencies of the GPU and memory are currently unknown, but presumably they are similar to those of the reference model (840 MHz for the graphics chipset THE Barts and 1050 MHz for the GDDR5 memory).

LG top seller of LCD "LED"

If the screens backlight CCFL "classic" still represented the majority of sales of LCD monitors in 2010, models equipped with a system of LED backlighting are progressing gradually from 1% of total screens sold in 2009 to 10% in 2010. In this market, the manufacturer is LG, which last year was able to succeed at the game with a sales volume reaching 2.92 million units, representing 18% market share.

Memories DNA

German and Israeli researchers have discovered that DNA molecules could alter the polarity of the electrons, giving rise, among other memories of a new genus. The idea of storing data represented by the spin of electrons is not new (see "Back to the future of memories"). This is not the first we consider the use of DNA in an electronic component (see "From DNA to produce processors).

This research, which are not limited to the world of memory, or even electronics, are nevertheless interesting because they provide a better understanding of biological phenomena that quantum can give birth to the revolutions of tomorrow. In their experiment, scientists sent a laser on a gold plate.

Action game for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360: Battlefield 3 release date slipped through

Mid-2009, Electronic Arts confirmed to the gaming site for the first time that the development studio working on Dice "Battlefield 3". Nearly two years later, finally the official announcement follows including the rough start date. In you access to arms. And not only multi-player mode. For the third branch also introduces a solo campaign.

You are going to request to cooperate with your friends. For the online mode, the developers promise the return of well-known series of virtues. To make such uncertain in fighter jets or the sky falling on the PC in multiplayer battles with up to 64 players "Battlefield 3" appears on 2 November 2011 - says.

Now available: entry-level phone Samsung E2230

It features a 1.8 inch color screen. Fixed include an FM radio with RDS station identification, a media player, Bluetooth, a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack, a microSD slot for memory cards and a digital camera for photos in VGA-quality (640x480 pixels). The standby time is Samsung with 660 hours, the phone mode keeps the E2230 by 14.6 hours.

With this product Samsung brings out a cell phone with no special features. It is recommended for infrequent users and people who do not need smartphone features. With its price is classified into the group of single-cell phones.

Phantom image appeared: Apple iPod nano 7G again with a camera?

The product image, which published the IT-blog "" shows the (presumably) metal casing of the MP3 Players. Good to see: In the upper right corner there is a round hole. It suggests that Apple provides at this point a camera lens. Where is the photo out to be genuine, would be the iPod nano 7G after the second representative from the nano-range, which is equipped with a camera.

The current model has none. Apple stays true to its tradition, comes the iPod nano 7G in the fall of 2011 on the market.

• Apple iPod nano seventh-gen regaining camera? (04/04/2011)
• Good news for Australians: Apple drops iPod prices (01/04/2011)
• Purported iPod nano 7 part shows camera's return (02/04/2011)
• Apple drops prices up to AU$50 on iPods in Australia (01/04/2011)
• Leaked image shows hints of iPod Nano getting a rear camera (04/04/2011)

IPod (wikipedia)  

The first images appeared: Windows 8: Explorer with ribbon interface

Unlike traditional Microsoft toolbars arranged with Ribbons functional groups under one umbrella term. Example: If you click in the current version of  "Word" to "Start", works from a bar in which there are many functions which in turn in tabs (in this example, "clipboard", "Font", "sales", "Styles" and "Edit") are divided.

Microsoft plans something similar apparently for Windows 8 IT-blog "was" leaked screenshots of the Explorer of the upcoming operating system. Here too, therefore, ribbons are used. The bloggers emphasize, however, that these are images from a very early Windows version 8 and you have to wait and see if Microsoft actually holds in the operation.

• Microsoft explore Ribbons in new user interface (04/04/2011)
• Windows 8 screenshot shows ribbon interface (04/04/2011)
• Secret Ribbon UI Revealed in Windows 8 Explorer, Screenshots Inside (03/04/2011)
• Windows 8 Welcome Screen UI Design and Ribbon Screenshots Leaked (03/04/2011)
• Yuck! Windows 8 Explorer Gets Ribbon Interface (03/04/2011)