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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780: a Titan for the rest of us

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Mark Hachman) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:43:00 GMT

When Nvidia announced its graphical powerhouse, the $999 GeForce GTX Titan, in February, eyeballs widened. Fortunately Nvidia now offers the lower-performance GeForce GTX 780, which also cuts the price by a third, to $649.

Box buys iOS app to improve its own

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Juan Carlos Perez) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:00 GMT

Box has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and Dropbox.

As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the cloud

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:00 GMT

As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the cloud.

EU aims to beat US in chip race

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jennifer Baker) — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:00 GMT

Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner on Thursday set out plans for the European Union to produce more micro- and nano-chips than the United States in the next seven years.

Cloudian connects with Citrix for easier cloud rollouts

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Mikael Ricknäs) — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:00 GMT

Cloudian is integrating its platform with Citrix's CloudPortal Business Manager as it aims to make it easier to roll out and manage storage as a service.

AMD reveals next-gen mobile CPUs, claims unprecedented graphics performance

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Michael Brown) — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:51:00 GMT

AMD hopes to have a big second half in 2013, launching three new CPUs featuring integrated graphics that perform on par with the company's discrete GPUs. On Thursday, AMD revealed key details of these next-generation mobile chips, code-named Temash, Kabini, and Richland.

AMD willing to embrace Android

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:08:00 GMT

Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips.

Windows 8.1 laptops with AMD's new chips to support wireless display

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:08:00 GMT

Advanced Micro Devices hopes to regain share in the PC processor market with its upcoming chips based on the Jaguar core, which will bring console-like gaming and wireless displays to laptops with Windows 8 and its successor, Windows Blue.

MSI's GX70 gaming laptop sports AMD's fresh, new flagship APU and GPU

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Daniel Ionescu, Brad Chacos) — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:43:00 GMT

Avid gamers pay attention: MSI's newly announced GX70 gaming laptop packs a pair of potentially powerful firsts from AMD. The notebook sports AMD's fresh new "Richland" A10-5750M accelerated processing unit, along with the recently unveiled flagship Radeon HD 8970M mobile GPU.

Nvidia, Citrix crank up virtual desktop delivery

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:12:00 GMT

Improvements to Nvidia's virtualization technology are aimed at turning graphics processors into a more important resource in data centers and could speed deployment of virtual desktops and delivery of data over the cloud.

Kyocera connects Cloud Connect 2.0 to Google Drive

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Patrick Budmar) — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:48:00 GMT

Kyocera Document Solutions has upgraded its remote solution, Cloud Connect, to support Google Drive.

Western Digital releases its first 1.5TB mobile drive

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT

HGST has announced its highest capacity 9.5mm-high mobile drive, a 1.5TB, three-platter model that is being targeted at the "prosumer" market.

Toshiba shrinks 64Gbit flash chips, but still lags Samsung

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jay Alabaster) — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:58:00 GMT

Toshiba said it will soon begin mass producing a new type of 64Gbit NAND flash that is the smallest and fastest in its class, though it still lags rival Samsung Electronics in the development of an even denser flash technology.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 to contain Intel Atom chip, source says

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:42:00 GMT

Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices.

Samsung readies world's most pixel-packed laptop display

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jared Newman) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:01:00 GMT

Retina who? Not to be outdone on the display front, Samsung is showing off a 13.3-inch LCD notebook panel with a whopping 3200-by-1800 resolution screen.

Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD review

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Andrew Harrison) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:29:00 GMT

The Corsair Neutron GTX is a fast performing SSD. Here's our Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD review.

Shrinking chips challenge Moore's Law

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT

Intel will continue to fulfill Moore's Law for the foreseeable future, but the challenge of keeping up with it is growing as chips get smaller, says a company executive.

Wall Street Beat: Market stokes tech IPOs, as Tableau and Marketo debut

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Marc Ferranti and Joab Jackson) — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:18:00 GMT

A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave.

Barracuda Networks raises free capacity of Copy.com to 15GB

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Patrick Budmar) — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:38:00 GMT

Barracuda Networks has upped the amount of storage on its free Copy.com service from 5GB to 15GB.

Now you see it: How Apple's Retina display is a boon to accessibility

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Steven Aquino) — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:14:00 GMT

iOS's accessibility features are great, particularly on the iPad--as I've written elsewhere--but for disabled users, accessibility is more than just a niche set of options in the Settings app.

Australia acts as a doorway to business in the East: HDS

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Patrick Budmar) — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:39:00 GMT

Australia has the potential to open many doors of opportunity in places like China, where there is seven per cent GDP growth on an already big number.

AMD launches the Radeon 8790M, its new(ish) notebook graphics flagship

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Daniel Ionescu) — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:24:00 GMT

Attention mobile graphics fiends: AMD says its claiming the crown for the "world's fastest notebook graphics card" with its newly unveiled Radeon HD 8970M.

Fujitsu signs Dicker Data

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jennifer O'Brien) — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:53:00 GMT

Fujitsu has inked a deal with Dicker Data to distribute the full range of server and storage products in a bid to increase SMB focus and get access to the larger reseller network.

Thomas Duryea secures contract with MCRI

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Hafizah Osman) — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:53:00 GMT

IT infrastructure solutions provider, Thomas Duryea, has secured a contract with Australian child health research institute, Murdoch Childrens' Research Institute (MCRI), to design and deploy a new storage infrastructure platform.

Ingram Micro to distribute Actifio Copy Data Storage (CDS) appliances

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Mike Gee) — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:48:00 GMT

Ingram Micro has been appointed the exclusive Australian distributor for enterprise storage management specialist, Actifio.