InsideHW syndication http://www.insidehw.com 2010-03-11T22:30:48+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-03-11T20:58:11+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Internet/YouTube-mobile-site-gets-banner-ads.html YouTube's mobile website (m.youtube.com) has grown like mad (160% in 2009), thanks to huge smartphone adoption, and is now serving up videos to millions of people around the world. This is an audience that cannot be ignored in terms of potential revenue so after a bit of testing, Google has now begun putting ads on the mobile site's home, search, and browse pages. text/html 2010-03-11T20:56:00+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Software/Khronos-releases-OpenGL-4-0-specs-Nvidia-already-claims-support.html Khronos Group took the stage at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to announce the 4.0 version of OpenGL, Microsoft's DirectX 11 rival API. Defined by the OpenGL Architecture Review Board working group, OpenGL 4.0 includes better interoperability with OpenCL (open-source GPGPU framework) as well as the new GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) 4.00 which provides developers with more options to tap into GPU power, the goal being to deliver enhanced graphics quality, acceleration performance and programming flexibility. text/html 2010-03-11T20:51:16+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Hardware/Intel-Core-i7-980X-reviews-go-live.html Today Intel has dropped the NDA for its first consumer 6-core processor and thus opened the flood gates for Core i7-980X Extreme Edition reviews. Priced at $999, the new chip (codename Gulftown) is a 32nm hexa-core part clocked at 3.33 GHz (3.60 GHz in Turbo mode) with 12 threads, 12MB of L3 cache, and a TDP of 130W. Being an uber-end CPU, the i7-980X EE targets the LGA 1366 platform and will work on current X58 motherboard after a BIOS update. text/html 2010-03-11T20:48:36+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Hardware/ASUS-introduces-line-up-of-Designo-LCD-monitors.html ASUS introduced the latest addition to its existing range of Designo Series LCD monitors: the LS246H. Together with the preceding MS Series, the LS246H delivers combination of style and performance. Taking inspiration from the binary state, the Designo Series incorporates the contrasting elements of the numbers 1 and 0, and straight lines and curves into an ultra-slim profile. The Designo Series monitors feature ring stands with Ergo-Fit Technology, allowing users to make tilt angle adjustments with just one finger. text/html 2010-03-10T11:33:47+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Gadgets/LG-Debuts-KH5200-Android-Smartphone-in-Korea.html LG Electronics has introduced the Andro-1 aka KH5200, its first Android-based smartphone to reach South Korea, LG's home country. Looking a lot like the GW620 model introduced last year, the Andro-1 measures 109 x 54.5 x 15.9 mm, supports GSM and HSDPA networks, has a 3-inch 320x480 display, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5 megapixel camera, 170MB of built-in memory and a microSD card slot. text/html 2010-03-10T11:31:57+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Software/Autodesk-3ds-Max-2011-Coming-Next-Month.html Autodesk has announced this year's refresh of its software offer which includes a new version of the popular modeling, animation, rendering and compositing application known as 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio MAX. text/html 2010-03-10T11:30:22+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Hardware/Dell-Remains-Number-Two-PC-Maker-in-2009.html According to data supplied by iSupply, despite great advancements made by Acer, who took the number 2 spot in the PC market in Q3 and Q4 of last year, for the full 2009, Dell can still claim second place. The results for the whole of 2009 show that Dell shipped 38,959,000 computers, while Acer managed to sell 38,485,00. Acer's performance is due to a 21% increase in shipments over 2008, this being the highest growth of all Top 5 vendors. In contrast, Dell fell 9.9% compared to 2008. text/html 2010-03-10T09:44:56+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Hardware/First-Foxconn-motherboard-with-AMD-890GX-chipset.html Foxcon releases its first motherboard based on the AMD 890GX platform. Model A9DA-S supports the latest AM3 processors and the upcoming six-cores. It also supports dual-channel DDR3-1600 memory up to 16 GB, and has an integrated GPU, Radeon HD 4290, as well as the support for Hybrid Crossfire and DVI, HDMI and optical S/PDIF outs. By using another discrete graphics card, you can form a Hybrid Crossfire mode to enhance performance, productivity and efficiency. text/html 2010-03-09T13:07:12+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Gadgets/Silicon-Power-Releases-Touch-830-Featuring-Northern-European-Design.html Silicon Power releases the Metal Aesthetic Touch 830 USB Flash drive, which has been given an extra touch of Northern European flavor. Combining art and technology, its design features icy-silver casing, natural looks and simplicity, it complies with Europe designer’s conception of A Mature Design is the Perfection Design . The simplicity and humble design of Touch 830 reflects the Northern European’s way of life, attracting just the right amount of attention while keeping it simple and elegant. text/html 2010-03-09T12:02:15+01:00 http://www.insidehw.com http://www.insidehw.com/News/Hardware/Dell-debuts-the-Vostro-3000-line-of-business-laptops.html Dell has announced the Vostro 3000 series of small business-oriented laptops which use Intel 32nm Core processors. The new SMB portable PCs introduced by Dell are the 13.3-inch Vostro 3300, the 14-inch 3400, the 15.6-inch 3500 and the 17.3-inch 3700, and they feature Core i3/i5 CPUs (Core i7 options available for the 3700), up to 8GB of RAM, a HDD of up to 500GB, a DVD writer, and Intel integrated graphics, or a GeForce 310M 512MB dedicated graphics card (the GeForce GT 330M 1GB is also, a 3700-only option).