VR-Zone Tech News for the Geeks Sep 2011 Issue

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Published by VR-Zone
September 1st, 2011 VR-Zone.com Stuff for
the Geeks!
bonus that USB 3.0 offers and in reality there's
no reason for a device with USB 2.0 ports
today. In related news, we're also hearing that
Apple is working with some of its partners to
create more affordable Thunderbolt storage
solutions suitable for demanding consumers or
small businesses that don't need the
throughput offered by high- end RAID
enclosures. Further on the subject of
Thunderbolt, Intel might allow third party
companies to create device side Thunderbolt
chipsets, although the company is
not considering allowing the competition in on
the host side. Exclusive preview of
Lenovo IdeaPad U400 Source http//vr-zone.com/art
icles/exclusive-preview-of-lenovo-ideapad- u400/13
466.html September 1st, 2011 VR-Zone was
one of the media to get an exclusive
preview of the new Lenovo IdeaPad U400 notebook
PC in Singapore. AlthoughitisnottheU300UltraBook,t
heU400isdesignedas an affordable laptop with
style and good functionality. Details inside.
VR-Zone Stuff for the Geeks is a bi-weekly
publication covering the latest gadgets and
stuff for the geeks. Apple's considering USB
3.0 as an addition to Thunderbolt Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/apple-s-considering-us
b-3.0-as-an- addition-to-thunderbolt/13467.html Se
ptember 1st, 2011 A lot of people have been
disappointed over Apple's lack of interestintheUSB
3.0standard,butthankstoalittlebird,VR- Zone has
heard that the company is still looking at USB
3.0 as a potential feature to add on future
products. As to when and how this might happen is
not something we know, but from our understanding
it'll happen before Intel integrates USB
3.0 support into its chipsets. A lot of people
have been disappointed over Apple's lack
of interestintheUSB3.0standard,butthankstoalittleb
ird,VR- Zone has heard that the company is still
looking at USB 3.0 as a potential feature to add
on future products. As to when and how this might
happen is not something we know, but from
our understanding it'll happen before Intel
integrates USB 3.0 support into its
chipsets. Sadly we can't reveal all the
information at hand, as not only would we cause
problems for our source, but also the
entire companyinquestion,butsufficetosay,Applehasb
eenlooking intoUSB3.0hostcontrollers,especiallyast
hepricehasfinally reachedanaffordablelevel.AUSB3.0
hostcontrollerispriced atsomewherebetweenUS2-3inl
argequantitiestodaywhich should be compared to
US10-15 for Intel's Thunderbolt chip. It's also
important to remember that Thunderbolt not
only requires a host chip, but also a
device chip and additional chips on the
device end depending on the type of
device. This makes Thunderbolt a very expensive
solution for simple storage device
etc. ForthissimplereasonitmakessensethatAppleiscon
sidering implementing USB 3.0 support into its
products, especially as thedeviceendisverysimplean
dequallyaffordable,ifnoteven cheaper than the
host end. USB 3.0 can of course not match the
performance of a device connected over
Thunderbolt, but that level of performance
is often not required by the consumer market
and Apple is seemingly catering more and more
towards consumer. Backwards compatibility is
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The 14-inch Lenovo IdeaPad U400
looks extremely stylish with round edges
and from its exterior design, it
is inevitable to draw comparisons with the
renowned Apple MacBook Pro. According to the
company, the U400 we see here is a prototype
unit. Its chassis is made of
aluminium whichmakesitfairlydurableandcomesingraph
itegreyatthis press time. The laptop has spacious
palm rest, a huge multi- touch touchpad with
left/right clickable buttons and uses
a chiclet-styled keyboard for comfortable
typing. The power button is on the top
left corner of the keyboard, and we did not find
any notification LEDs as the body is one piece
aluminium. Needless to say, it is impossible to
replace the battery or even upgrade the
memory modules without having to void the
unit's warranty. Looking at the
dxdiag.exe information, the U400 is equipped
with 2.2GHz Intel Core i3-2330M, 2GB DDR3
memory and ATI Radeon graphics. The Lenovo
IdeaPad U400 is currently available as
an exclusivebundlewithStarHubMaxInfinityUltimate
100Mbps fibre home broadband plan (S99.30 per
month). The U400 offered with StarHub is
valued at S1,899 and comes with 2.7GHz
Intel Core i7-2620M, 4GB DDR3 memory,
500GB hard disk, ATI Radeon HD 6470M
graphics (1GB VRAM), DVDSuperMultidriveandprein
stalledwithWindows7Home Premium. According to
Lenovo, the IdeaPad 400 would be retailing soon
at their authorized resellers and retail
stores with similar hardware specifications and
price point.
Ontheright,wefindthesystemrecoverybutton,airvent,L
AN and USB3.0 port, while on the left holds the
headphone jack, two USB 2.0, HDMI out connectors
and a slot-in DVD drive.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray pre- orders began
retails on 9 September in Singapore Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/sony-ericsson-xperia-r
ay-pre-orders- began-retails-on-9-september-in-sin
gapore/13464.html
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September 1st, 2011 September 1st,
2011 Sony Ericsson has a booth at the
COMEX Show 2011, located on level 6, hall 602,
booth number 6341, to showcase their current
offerings which include the Xperia Arc, Xperia
Mini, XperiaMiniProandXperiaPlay.Butifyouwereatthe
irbooth, you would notice a banner that says
taking pre-orders of the XperiaRay.Yes,pre-ordersh
avestarted,whichmeansthenew Xperia Ray Android
smartphone is arriving here in Singapore.
Published by VR-Zone September 1st,
2011 HP Singapore announced the
promotion prices for their WebOS-based
TouchPad tablets just a day before the
COMEX Show. Needless to say, there are a lot of
enthusiastic buyers who want to grab the
special offer. But in the end, many were
angry and disappointed when they found out the
tablets have been fully redeemed even before
the show started. UPDATE HP has issued a
statement that due to safety and
security concerns, the sale of the standalone HP
TouchPads at COMEXwillbediscontinued.However,HPPC
spurchasewith purchase offers for the HP
TouchPad will still be available at the COMEX
show. The much anticipated
Sony Ericsson Xperia ray is coming to
Singapore with pre-orders commencing today.
Measuring just 9.9mm thin, the Xperia Ray
sports a 3.3-inch screen and runs the
latest Android platform for smartphones
(Gingerbread 2.3). The phone packs a
powerful 1GHz processor, Reality Display
with Mobile BRAVIA Engine, a 8.1-megapixel
camera with Exmor R for mobile and
high definition video functionality. The Sony
Ericsson Xperia Ray will be available for sale on
9 SeptemberatarecommendedretailpriceofS598.Ifyoup
re- order the Xperia Ray smartphone from today
until 9 Sept, you will receive an exquisite gift
from Mont Blanc. Pre-order of the Xperia Ray
is available at M1, Singtel and Starhub,
Sony Ericsson Concept Stores (Parkway Parade
and Ang Mo Kio Hub) and selected Sony Stores and
Sony Centres. Also available at COMEX 2011, Hall
602 at the Sony Ericsson Booth 6341. Redemption
of gift at Mont Blanc boutique at Mandarin
Gallery from 10 Sept to 30 Nov, while stocks
last. HP TouchPad at COMEX 2011 draws huge
(angry) crowd Source http//vr-zone.com/articles/
hp-touchpad-at-comex-2011-draws- huge-angry-crowd/
13460.html
UPDATE HP has issued a statement that due to
safety and security concerns, the sale of the
standalone HP TouchPads at COMEX will be
discontinued. However, HP PCs purchase withpurchas
eoffersfortheHPTouchPadwillstillbeavailable at
the COMEX show. At the COMEX Show 2011, the
16GB HP TouchPad is going for S126 (w/GST) while
the 32GB version is selling at S201 (w/GST).
However, only 100 units of each model will be
sold with only one tablet per person, and on the
first two days of the show. On top of that, the
company will only accept cash payment no credit
cards or NETS, and there will also be
non- returnable and non-refundable policies. With
such attractive pricetags,eversinceHPUSAannouncedt
heUS99TouchPad tablets just about ten days ago,
it makes sense why people are going "ga-ga" over
them. Unfortunately, the arrangement for the
COMEX promotion was badly planned. There was no
mention as to where one can queue to get the
TouchPad tablets. Not even on the HP Singapore
Facebook Page. Not to mention, the
comments on the popular social networking
website are not very encouraging either,
with some citing the obvious fact that why the
company is only selling 200 units each day when
there are somanypeoplewhowouldkilltobuythetablet.H
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September 1st, 2011 onlysaidthatifyoumissedthespec
ialpromotion,youcanstill purchase it with their
purchase-on-purchase program which include
buying either a HP TouchSmart610 -1138d,
1178d, 1188d HP Pavilion dv4-3020TX, or HP
Pavilion dv6-6144TX, dv6-6105TX and dv6-6106TX.
You can then get the chance to buy the HP
TouchPad 16GB and HP TouchPad 32GB for S49 (with
GST) and S119 (with GST) respectively.
Published by VR-Zone Notebook PCs promotion
_at_ COMEX Show 2011 Source http//vr-zone.com/artic
les/notebook-pcs-promotion--comex- show-2011/13462
.html September 1st, 2011
The COMEX Show 2011 is here. For those who are
hunting for a new notebook PC, well, there are
some good offers from the various manufacturers
including ASUS, Sony, Samsung and Toshiba.Whoknow
syoumightfindsomethingthatwouldsuit your
computing needs. ASUS VR-Zone was at
the COMEX Show 2011 around 10am, and
learnt that all the TouchPad tablets
have already been redeemed even before the 12pm
official opening time! Apparently, the company
had handed out queue numbers to those "in queue"
when there was no mention anywhere
(not evenontheirFacebookpage)astowherethequeuewoul
dtake place. One of the lucky buyers (above pic)
was 83 in the queue and said that he was there
since 6.45am in the morning. This meansthatby8am,a
ll200queueticketswouldhavebeensold out. The best
part was that, there was a huge crowd
waiting outside the halls and they were
unaware of this. The halls
were opened 30min earlier at 11.30am and
the mad horde all ran to the HP booth at the
rear, only to be left angry and disappointed when
they learnt that all the TouchPad tablets have
been redeemed. Check out the crowd pic and video
below-
The K series laptop is one of ASUS star
products which features highly durable
premium aluminum textures and comes in
variopis stylish colors - red, green, blue, pink
and black. The 14-inch ASUS K43SJ29i5 which is
equipped with 2.9GHz Intel Core i5-2410M
processor, 4GB DDR3 memory (after free upgrade),
500GB SATA hard disk, Nvidia FeForce GT520M with
1GB VRAM, DVD Super-Multi double
layer drive, and preinstalled with Windows 7 Home
Premium, is selling at S799 (U.P. S999). The
slightly more power variant, K43Sv29i7,
which comes with 2GHz Intel Core i7-2690QM
processor, 6GB DDR3 memory (after free
upgrade), 640GB SATA hard disk, Nvidia GeForce
GT540 with 1GB VRAM, DVD Super-Multi double layer
drive, and preinstalled with Windows 7 Home
Premium, is retailing at S1,099 (U.P.
S1,398). Dell 4
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orating a 14-inch display with LED
backlight, the VAIO C features 2.3GHz Intel
Core i5-2410M processor, 4GB DDR3 memory, 500GB
hard disk, AMD Radeon HD6630M (1GB VRAM) graphics
and preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
operating system. Available in four
stylish colors of black, orange, green and pink,
the VAIO C (model VCPCCA15FGD) is selling at a
decentS1,399. Acer
September 1st, 2011 Gamer
enthusiasts who are looking for a
powerful yet portable gaming laptop
would have to check out the latest
Dell Alienware M14x. In terms of
hardware specifications, the Alienware M14x
is equipped with Intel Core i7-2630M
processor, 4GB dual-channel DDR3 SDRAM, 500GB
7200rpm SATA hard disk and Nvidia
GT555M graphics with 1.5GB DDR3 memory. The
14-inch gaming monster, which is one of
Dell's star products, is selling at S2,299.
But if you want a slightly lower Intel
Core i5
2410MprocessorvariantwithNvidiaGeForceGT555M(1.5GB
VRAM), 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, and 500GB SATA
hard disk, you can get it at S1,999 with free
Razer Gaming Mouse and Headset. Samsung
The Acer Aspire 4750G-2634G50MN is one of
the few very attractive purchases at the
COMEX Show. Inside the 14- inch notebook PC
are 2GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM processor, 8GB
DDR3 memory (after free upgrade), 500GB hard
disk, Nvidia GeForce GT540 graphics with 2GB
VRAM, DVDRW combo drive and preinstalled
with Microsoft Windows 7
Powered by 2.3GHz Intel Core i5-2410M processor
and comes with 4GB DDR3 memory, 640GB hard disk,
Nvidia GeForce GT520M graphics with Nvidia
Optimus technology and Blu- ray combo drive, the
Samsung RC420E is designed for work
HomePremiumoperatingsystem.Forsuchhigh-specificati
on machine, it is selling at S1,098. Toshiba
and play. If the attractive price tag of S1,099
(U.P. S1,299) isn't enough to swing you over,
the manufacturer also throws in free Trend
Micro Titanium Internet Security
software, carrying case and second year extended
local warranty. Sony 5
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8th Prize S 600 cash 9th Prize S 500
cash 10th Prize S 400 cash 11th Prize S
300 cash 12th Prize S 200 cash The COMEX
2011 Show Lucky Draw Results will be
published in the New Paper on 12th September
2011. At the Toshiba booth, the
Satellite P745 stands out among its peer
with its sleek and stylish looks. In the
hardware department, it comes with 2.3GHz
Intel Core i5-2410 processor, 8GB DDR3
memory, 750GB SATA hard disk, Nvidia
GeForce GT525M with 2GB VRAM and
Optimus technology, DVD SuperMulti drive
and preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium.
All these at an attractive price of S1,399 (U.P.
S2,199).
COMEX 2011 Lucky Draw Redemption Counter on
Level 6 Suntec Exhibition Centre Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/comex-2011-lucky-draw-
redemption- counter-on-level-6-suntec-exhibition-c
entre/13461.html September 1st, 2011 Making
a purchase at COMEX 2011? Remember to redeem and
fill up your Lucky Draw Coupons on Level 6. For
every 100 spent at the show, you will get a
chance to win up to 20000 cash. Lucky
Draw For every 100 spent during the show, you
will get a chance to win 1st Prize S 20,000
Cash 2nd Prize S 3,000 Cash
Making a purchase at COMEX 2011? Remember to
redeem and fill up your Lucky Draw Coupons on
Level 6. For every 100 spent at the show, you
will get a chance to win up to 20000 cash. Lucky
Draw Redemption Counter / Organiser's
Office Coupon Filling Up Area
3rd Prize S 2,000 Cash 4th Prize S 1,000
cash 5th Prize S 900 cash 6th Prize S 800
cash 7th Prize S 700 cash 6
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weekday and just the start of the show, we don't
expect the situation to change anytime soon. AMD
FX-Series Lineup Revealed Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/amd-fx-series-lineup-
revealed/13458.html September 1st, 2011 As
we move ever closer to the release of
AMD's FX-Series, Gigabyte has revealed a CPU
compatibility list for its 990FX motherboards,
which all but confirms the final
FX-Series SKUs. As expected, there will be
8-core, 6-core and 4-core CPUs, with the
flagship clocked at 3.6 GHz. The final
shipping stepping is B2. The top part, FX-8150,
is clocked at 3.6 GHz, with a TDP of 125W. Next
in line is the FX-8120, clocked at 3.1 GHz. There
are two versions - 125W and95W.Thissuggeststhatthe
FX-8120wasinitiallytargeted for95Wbutmayshipwitha1
25WTDPtobeginwith.Thefinal 8-core CPU is the
FX-8100, clocked at 2.8 GHz. The sole 6-core CPU
will be FX-6100 at 3.3 GHz while the 4- core CPU
will be FX-4100 clocked at 3.6 GHz. Both
feature 95WTDP,andwilllikelycompeteupagainsttheCor
ei5series. All CPUs feature 8MB L3 cache. This
suggests that FX-6100 and FX-4100 are likely to
be Zambezi with 1 module and 2 modules disabled,
respectively, rather than native 3-module
/ 2-module dies. The clock speeds mentioned in
the table only refer to the base frequencies,
with no mention of Turbo Core. The latest rumours
still suggest a launch in September, while other
rumours suggest mass availability may happen only
in October. COMEX 2011 Pricelists now available
_at_ http//vr-zone.com/ comex/pricelists Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/comex-2011-pricelists-
now-available-- http-vr-zone.comcomexpricelists/13
457.html
September 1st, 2011 Driving
to COMEX 2011? - Carparks Full Already Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/driving-to-comex-2011-
-carparks-full- already/13459.html September 1st,
2011 Our correspondent on the ground
managed to snap this picture just now - looks
like visitors to COMEX 2011 _at_ Suntec City will
have to take public transport or park
their cars somewhere else as all the
parking lots near the exhibition arena is
unavailable. Our
correspondent on the ground snapped this picture
just now - looks like visitors to COMEX 2011 _at_
Suntec City will
havetotakepublictransportorparktheircarssomewheree
lse as all the parking lots near the exhibition
arena is unavailable. 7
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Published by VR-Zone One slight issue
with the announcement is that various
Samsung websites contain slightly
different details with regards to the
exact specifications and features, so
we'll suggest a smidgen of caution here. The
Series 7 carries the sub brand Chronos borrowed
from the Greek god of time, as Samsung claims to
have added several new features that helps to
reduce the boot time of the system and in general
speed things up. Samsung Series 7
notebooks have big screens in small footprints Sou
rce http//vr-zone.com/articles/samsung-series-7-
notebooks-have-big- screens-in-small-footprints/13
456.html September 1st, 2011 Most of the
speed increase comes from what Samsung
calls ExpressCache, which sounds a lot like
Intel's Smart Response
technology,butapparentlyit'snot,asSamsungisusingam
uch smaller 8GB SSD, whereas Intel's Smart
Response requires at least 20GB of SSD storage.
It works more closely to that of a Seagate
Momentus XT hybrid drive albeit with the
SSD part being fitted to the notebooks PCB rather
than inside the hard drive. Combine this with
something that Samsung calls FastStart and you
end up with a claimed POST time of two seconds
and a cold boot time of 19 seconds.
Even if the rumours about Samsung's
interest in HP's PC business were refuted by
the company, if Samsung's Series 7 notebook
announcement is anything to go by, the
company has a bright future in the notebook
market. The Series 7 is Samsung's new performance
line of notebooks, but possibly the most
impressive feature is the fact that Samsung
claims that they've managed to stuff a
larger screen size inside a smaller chassis
size, but is this even possible?
Even if the rumours about Samsung's
interest in HP's PC business were refuted by
the company, if Samsung's Series 7 notebook
announcement is anything to go by, the
company has a bright future in the notebook
market. The Series 7 is Samsung's new performance
line of notebooks, but possibly the most
impressive feature is the fact that Samsung
claims that they've managed to stuff a
larger screen size inside a smaller chassis
size, but is this even possible? In terms of
battery life, Samsung claims an impressive 9h
on a single charge and the company goes on to
say that its "Life Plus" battery technology
keeps 80 percent of the cells original capacity
for up to 1,500 re-charge cycles. As such
Samsung claimsthatitsbatteriescanlastuptofivetime
saslongassome of its competitors. This is all
great stuff, but the real selling point of the
Series 7 in our opinion is that Samsung
has managed to squeeze a larger screen
size into a smaller notebook size. As
such, the model with a 14-inch screen is
the size of a 13.3-inch notebook, the model
with the 15-inch screen the size of a
14- inchnotebookandthemodelwiththe15.6-inchscreen
thesize of a 15-inch notebook. If that wasn't
good enough, Samsung is offering 1600x900
resolution panels across the board, all sporting
300nits brightness. It gets even better though,
as all four models have matt screens, which is a
really welcomed 8
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September 1st, 2011 additionandhopefullysomethingt
hatSamsung'scompetitors will pick up
on. As for the actual
hardware specs, well, Samsung will
be launching with Intel's updated Core i7 and
Core i5 processors and all but the 14-inch model
(or is that 13-inch?) will come with a quad core
CPU, while the smaller model will have to make do
with a dual core CPU. All models also have
discrete AMDgraphics,6GBofDDR3memoryanda750GBhardd
rive as standard. Do keep in mind that this is
the US spec and this might be different in other
markets. The rest of the specs can be found in
the somewhat messy table below.
Published by VR-Zone 1,299 (S1,565) and
Samsung is expecting to start selling the Series
7 on the 2nd of October in the US. Check out the
video below for some additional details. OCZ's
SSD caching solution launches Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/ocz-s-ssd-caching-solu
tion- launches/13455.html September 1st,
2011 It's hard not to call OCZ an
innovative company as they keep coming up with
new ways of either connecting your SSD or take
advantage of SSD technology somehow in your PC.
The latest addition to the RevoDrive series of
PCI Express based SSDs is the RevoDrive Hybrid
and if you've been around for a while, you might
remember that once upon a time ISA cards with a
hard drive strapped to them weren't so uncommon
and the RevoDrive Hybrid somewhat harkens back to
those days. It's hard not to call OCZ an
innovative company as they keep coming up with
new ways of either connecting your SSD or take
advantage of SSD technology somehow in your PC.
The
latest addition to the RevoDrive series of PCI
Express based SSDs is the RevoDrive Hybrid and
if you've been around for a while, you might
remember that once upon a time ISA cards with a
hard drive strapped to them weren't so uncommon
and the RevoDrive Hybrid somewhat harkens back
to those days. Although the Hardcards as they
were known as, are long since history it looks
like we'll once again shove hard drives into
our expansionslots,atleastifOCZhasanythingtodowit
hit.Early details from the Flash Memory Summit
last year suggested thatOCZwasworkingonaharddrive
cachingsolutionusinga RevoDrivewithapairofSATAcon
nectorsonit,butapparently this idea was scrapped
in favour of the RevoDrive Hybrid.
We almost forgot to mention that the keyboards
features blue backlight and that Samsung has of
course implemented a pair of USB 3.0 ports and a
slot-loaded optical drive in all models.
The trackpad is also massive and very similar to
the one found on Apple's MacBook's. Price wise
we're looking at a starting price of US999.99
(S1,205) stretching all the way to US
OCZ demoed an early version of the RevoDrive
Hybrid back at Computex,butquiteafewthingshavechan
gedsincethen.Ok, so OCZ is a couple of months
later than it planned, but these 9
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September 1st, 2011 things happen and there
are some upsides and downsides to this. For
starters larger 2.5-inch hard drives have
become widely available and the RevoDrive Hybrid
will now ship with a 1TB drive rather than a
500GB drive. The SSD part has also been boosted
from 60 to 100GB which should hopefully
mean improved performance and OCZ is claiming
speeds of up to 910MB/s in the press release
alongside 120,000 IOPS at 4K random writes, all
very impressive numbers indeed. The not so
good news is that the price also went up,
from an estimated US350 to US499.99 making the
RevoDrive Hybrid a very costly SSD caching
solution. This clearly puts it outsideofyouraverag
econsumersreachaswell,buthopefully OCZ will
consider launching more affordable options in
the future. Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1050W
PSU Review Source http//vr-zone.com/articles/the
rmaltake-toughpower- grand-1050w-psu-review/13454.
html September 1st, 2011 Thermaltake is a
well known company and carries a good reputation
as a high quality PSU manufacturer. Not
too long ago we had a look at one of
Thermaltakes mainstream power supplies, the TR-2
800W unit. Today we are going to examine and
review one of the companys best products,
the Toughpower Grand 1050W unit, a power
supply aiming to satisfy the craving needs of
hardcore enthusiasts. Let us have a closer look
at it. Thermaltake is a well known company
and carries a good reputation as a high
quality PSU manufacturer. Not too long ago we
had a look at one of Thermaltakes
mainstream power supplies, the TR-2 800W unit.
Today we are going to examine and review one of
the companys best products, the Toughpower
Grand 1050W unit, a power supply aiming
to satisfy the craving needs of hardcore
enthusiasts. Let us have a closer look at
it. Compliance with Intel ATX 12V 2.3
SSI EPS 12V 2.92 standards. 80 PLUS
Gold certified with 87-93 extreme
high efficiency _at_ 20-100 load to cut down
electric cost. 24/7 _at_ 50oC Guaranteed to
deliver 1050W continuous power. Pure
aesthetic design with
uncompromising performance. Proprietary
dual ball bearing 14cm flower-shape
fan enables longer lifespan and lowers overall
noise output by dramatically reducing bearing
frictions. 100 105oC (221oF)
Japanese made electrolytic solid
state capacitors provide uncompromised
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tyundertheharshestoperating environment.
Double-forward switching circuitry offers
low power loss and high reliability.
Unparalleled DC to DC converter
provides highest efficiency, most
stable performance, and
perfect regulation. 3oz PCB design
reduces heat generation and allows greater
efficiency. Robust dedicated 12V output
comes with dual 12V rails design providing up
to 40A for 12V1 and 80A for 12V2.
FanDelayCoolTechnologyallows14cmfantocontinueto
operate 15-30 sec after system shuts-down to
ensure all components are properly cooled.
Multi-GPU ready comes with 8 x PCI-E
62pin for cutting-edge gaming machine.
Auto switching circuitry for universal AC
input from 90-264V. Active Power Factor
Correction (PFC) with PF value of 0.95 at full
load. High reliability MTBFgt120,000
hours. DIMENSION 5.9(W) x 3.4(H) x ?7.1
(L)150mm(W) x 86mm(H) x 180mm(L) Built-in
industry grade protections Over Current,
Over Power, Over Voltage, Under Voltage, Over
Temperature and Short-Circuit protection.
Safety / EMI Approvals CE, TUV, FCC, UL, CUL,
GOST and BSMI certified. Acer finally launches
the Iconia Smart Source http//vr-zone.com/articl
es/acer-finally-launches-the-iconia- smart/13453.h
tml September 1st, 2011 Sometimes waiting
for something good can take too long and in the
case of the Iconia Smart from Acer, which
was first announced back at the Mobile World
Congress in February has finally launched,
well, at least in Taiwan. That said, the
company did deliver on its September
launch date, although judging by the fact that
no hardware changes were implemented, it feels
like the phone is about six months
late. Sometimes waiting for something good can
take too long and in the case of the Iconia
Smart from Acer, which was first announced
back at the Mobile World Congress in February has
finally launched, well, at least in
Taiwan. That said, 10
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September 1st, 2011 the company did deliver
on its September launch date, although
judging by the fact that no hardware changes
were implemented, it feels like the phone is
about six months late. We got some hands on time
with the Iconia Smart at Acers low key launch
event in Taipei and not much has
changed since February. The only really good news
is that Acer has put Android 2.3 on the Iconia
Smart which does at least put it at level playing
ground with the competition. To be fair,
the Iconia Smart doesnt have a ton of direct
competitors thanks
Published by VR-Zone Sadly the tech specs are a
bit long in the tooth now with a single core 1GHz
Qualcomm MSM8255 SoC, 512MB of RAM and 8GB of
internal storage the Iconia Smart is pretty
average in terms of spec today, no matter if you
compare it to other smartphones or to tablets.
Other features include 802.11b/g/ n Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, an 8 Megapixel camera
that can shoot 720p video, a micro HDMI and USB
port and finally HSDPA speeds of up to 14.4Mbps
and HSUPA speeds of up to 5.76Mbps.
to its 4.8-inch screen with a 219 aspect ratio
and 1024x480 resolution and this is the
saving grace of what can only be described
as something of a hybrid tablet.
Overall Acer has come up with a unique form
factor, but we dontthinkthisonitsownisgoingtobee
noughconsideringall of its competitors are now
offering dual core devices on their
high-end devices. Luckily, Acer has priced the
Iconia Smart at a reasonable NT14,800
(S615/US510) which does at least make it
competitive price wise and wed expect actual
retail pricing to drop lower than this quite
quickly. Weve added a few more pictures from the
event on the next page.
Despite its fairly large size at
141.7x64.5x13.6mm, its surprisingly slimmer
than the Samsung Galaxy S II with its 4.27-inch
screen as its 66.1mm wide. That said, at
185g the Iconia Smart is bordering on obese when
youre talking phones, but if you consider
it a competitor to say the Dell Streak for
example, then its actually quite light and pocket
friendly. HP Singapore unveils TouchPad pricing
at COMEX Show 2011 Source http//vr-zone.com/ar
ticles/hp-singapore-unveils-touchpad- pricing-at-
comex-show-2011/13452.html September 1st,
2011 WhileHPhasofficiallydroppedtheirWebOS-
basedTouchPad tabletpricingtoUS99,therewasnonews
whetherthepricing would be applied at this part
of the world. Well, apparently the company has
unveiled the latest pricing of the TouchPad,
Kudos to Acer for hosting the entire
presentation from an
though there are some terms and conditions.
Details inside.
Iconia Smart thanks to its micro HDMI port, this
is a first to us,aswehaventseenanyothercompanybra
veenoughtohost an entire presentation including
demos from the device being launched. 11
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September 1st, 2011 According
to HP, the 16GB and 32GB HP TouchPads
will be available at S126 (with GST) and
S201 (with GST) respectively, for the first
two days of COMEX Show. However, only 100 unit of
each of the versions will be available each
day and that the purchase is limited to only one
unit per person regardless of whether it is 16GB
or 32GB. Best of all, the mode of purchase is
cash and carry only no credit cards or NETS, and
it will be a non-refundable and
non-returnable. So, if you want to grab one,
you will have to be quick. The units will be
available at HP booth 8428 (specifically the HP
Direct counter), Hall 402/403. For those of you
who are purchasing the HP TouchSmart610 -1138d,
1178d, 1188d and HP Pavilion dv4-3020TX,
HP Pavilion dv6-6144TX, dv6-6105TX and
dv6-6106TX, you will also get to buy the HP
TouchPad 16GB and HP TouchPad 32GB for S49
(with GST) and S119 (with GST)
respectively. Thepurchase-with-purchaseHPTouchPadw
illbeavailableat RewardsLINKinafirstcomefirstserve
basis,whilestockslast. RewardsLINKcanbelocatedat3T
emasekBoulevard02-163 Suntec City Mall,
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Year and CNY
Published by VR-Zone having large computer
systems, even up to the supercomputer grade, for
a long time. ACRC is a unique
combination of diverse high-end hardware
resources led by a team of experts to support the
growing user base. A Choice of Systems for Every
User In the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore may
be smaller in scale compared to the resources of
China, Japan or Korea when it comes to the
scientific, research and engineering base, but
it has had accumulated expertise and user base to
justify having large computer systems, even up to
the supercomputer grade, for a long time. Top
Singapore universities, NUS and NTU, as well as
various institutes and even companies involved in
rendering farms or oil exploration simulations
have been using large computer here, either
vector or parallel single image
supercomputers, or clusters of standardised
servers. As the usage increased, leading to
many disparate systems in various locations,
the Government agency ASTAR created ASTAR
Computational Resource Centre (ACRC) where, at
least for the numerous institutesundertheASTARumb
rellaaswellasotherresearch bodies in Singapore,
there was now a centralised high
end supercomputing resource base. Located on
the 17th floor of the humongous
Fusionopolis behemoth of a building on top
of the soon to open One- North Circle Line
MRT station in Ayer Rajah area, ACRC has one of
world's rare heavy-duty supercomputer data
centres located on a high floor of a
tall building. It is divided into five
functional areas Computational Systems,
Storage, Networking, Operations, and HPC
Software.The two dozen staff, headed by Dr
Marek Michalewicz, Director, and Stephen Wong,
Deputy Director in charge of systems, among
others, provide support for over seven hundred of
local, and some international, users on a variety
of systems. ACRC operates another data center
with large storage, located at the
Biopolis, aimed mainly at bioinformatics users.
AStar's ACRC Singapore aims for
Supercomputing Heights Source http//vr-zone.com/
articles/a-star-s-acrc-singapore-aims-for- superco
mputing-heights/13450.html September 1st,
2011 In the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore
may be smaller in scale compared to the
resources of China, Japan or Korea when it
comes to the scientific, research and engineering
base, but it has had accumulated expertise
and user base to justify 12
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September 1st, 2011 Now,ACRCcan'tyetfightinsizewi
thmulti-petaflopsystems that can now be found in
Japan or China, but the centre has diversityofhard
wareplatformsthatmakesitinterestingfrom their
2048-core Westmere-EX single-image shared
memory machine with 12 TB RAM, the largest of its
type in the region, to a 3,800 core Xeon DP
Fujitsu general purpose cluster, AMD Opteron
SMP cluster combination as well as one of
the largest IBM Power7-based RISC clusters in the
region. The first one would obviously make
hackers salivate - how about seeing a Linux
(or Windows, as the machine could run it
too) task prompt showing 2048 cores
available with 12,000 GB system memory - and
there's a good reason for it. Too long there was
an overemphasis just on the TOP 500 supercomputer
ranking in terms of peak and tested GFLOPs or
TFLOPs according to the (in)famous
Linpack linear algebra benchmark routine,
however the underlying system architecture can
influence the real application
execution potential even more. Dr Marek's
team has, over the past few years,
consciously diversified the available resources
for varied usage types so, whether your
application can scale to 1,000 cores in a single
task, or you just dump 1,000 simple unconnected
threads at the same time, there is the right
kind of system to run either kind of jobs - plus
many other types - in the centre.
Published by VR-Zone main systems here, one
being a brand new IBM p755 Power7 cluster of 30
nodes, each with 32 cores running at 3.3 GHz
and 128 GB RAM per node the other one
is anolder32-nodeclusterof8-socketquad-coreOpter
ons, made by HP, but its excellent PCIe
I/O bandwidth as well as 128 GB RAM per node
make it good for hosting multiple GPGPUs, for
instance. SMP machine, aimed at very
large tera-scale tasks in terms of both
processor and memory load, like the
above mentioned SGI Altix UV with its 256
eight-core Intel Xeons put together sharing 12
TB RAM, all under one Linux OS boot. Each of
the cores runs at 2.66 GHz with peak4flops/cycle
,offeringtheoreticalpeakperformance of over 21
TFLOPs in a single machine. What would seem
to be good to add here to the resource, I
feel, would be a nice visualisation
cluster, driving a 100 Mpixel 3-D
CAVE-style VR facility. Such combination is
normally driven by dozens of tightly
interconnected dual- CPU workstations, each
with a powerful Open GL GPU
or two,whichuseChromiumorsimilarparallelOpenGLsoft
ware layer to parallelise real-time 3-D across
dozens of GPUs at the same time. Cave Automatic
Virtual Environment, which really gives the user
an immersion of being in a virtual world
'cave' recursively acronyms as CAVE anyway. ACRC
sister institute
IHPC has a small setup of this type already
for awhile. Machines alone, even with
petabytes of associates storage, huge
ventilation, power and backup facilities, and
hardware support staff monitoring the
usage constantly, are not enough. ACRC
expert team helps the users acquire the
right applications - commercial or open source
- or, where needed, additional hardware that
can be housed at the premises - as
well as user code tuning and optimisation.
And, as more users from within and outside
ASTAR, including NUS, NTU, associated schools
and commercial, as well as selected internation
al collaborations, are added to the roster,
the pressure to increase resources is
constant. It may sound unbelievabletoanoutsi
deuser,butmostoftheACRCsystem resources are
constantly used, every moment, at 90 to
100 usage. Imagine your computer's CPU loaded
at that level for, say, 5 years of its life,
non stop! . There are three types of
computer systems right now at ACRC
Cluster of large number of small, dual processor
nodes for heavy loads of many serial jobs
as well as highly parallel codes that run
well with message passing (MPI) The Fujitsu
BX900 450-node cluster of dual-XeonDP 'small
' nodes, each with two CPU sockets and 24
GB or more RAM per node, all
connected via generic Infiniband QDR,
is the main resource here. Its
45 TFLOPs performance capability puts it close
to the 50 TFLOPs class where the world's Top
200 systems start right now.
Clusterofsmallernumberoflargernodes,moresuitable
for large memory-footprint applications
with higher degree of CPU and thread
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September 1st, 2011 Therefore, to keep up
with the user requirements and
also competing centres in the region, ACRC has
to increase its capacity rapidly, as soon as
possible. After all, Japan and China both
have multiple petaflop-class systems right
now, including the world's largest one in Kobe
reaching close to 10 PFLOPs at RIKEN right now.
While we can't have a petaflop machine in
Singapore yet as of today, a slightly smaller
one, say half-petaflop cluster of large
core-count noder, would make very good sense
right now, to attract more users to our
shores and provide a good base for an
even larger national level supercomputing core.
This takes an investment in systems,
infrastructure and of course people, but
would cement Singapore's role as the high
performance computing centre of the region.
Samsung D7000 LED TV
The LED D7000 incorporates improved
backlight scanning technology with
Samsungs new 3D proprietary
frame interpolation algorithm, which improves
3D picture quality and creates sharp 2D
and 3D pictures and smooth
frame transitions without blurring. With access
to Smart Hub, the LED D7000 Series is an ideal
media center, complementing consumers ever
connected and mobile lifestyles. Usual Price
46-inch - S4,499 55-inch - S5,999 COMEX
PromotionTBA InthePart2ofthestory,wewilll
ookatsomegoodapplication and code examples how
ACRC users actually make full utilisation
of thousands of cores and terabytes or memory,
at one go, as well as challenges in
configuring, benchmarking and maintaining huge
supercomputer systems of this
sort, especially in our hot, humid climate here.
COMEX Show 2011 Promotions Samsung Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/comex-show-2011-promot
ions- samsung/13449.html September 1st,
2011 Samsung will be showcasing their
range of products from laptops, smartphones,
LCD TVs, Blu-ray players,
home entertainmentsystemstotabletdevices,videocamc
ordersand digital cameras at this week's
COMEX Show 2011. The Samsung booth can be
located on level 4, booth 8321, 8328.
Samsung NX11 Camera Equipped with a built-in
flash and electronic VGA (640x480) viewfinder,
the NX11 sports a 3-inch AMOLED LCD screen which
reduces glare from sunlight so that images can be
seen under any lighting conditions. The NX11 also
provides high quality video with 720p HD
recording, and its large APS-C sensor allows the
videos to be recorded with shallow depth of
field, providing effects similar to in-motion
picture movies. The NX11 will come complete with
an 18-55mm i-Function lens, as well as two new
i-Function lenses, a 20mm pancake and a 20-50mm
zoom silver color lens. COMEX Promotion
S999 with 20-50 mm i-Function standard
kit lens 14
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September 1st, 2011 Samsung
Series 9, 900X3A, 13.3-inch Notebook With a
maximum thickness of 16.3mm and an
ultralight weight of 1.31 kg, the 9 Series
Notebook 900X3A sports a highqualityscreenboast
ingmarket-leading400nitbrightness and 16
million colors. It also comes equipped
with an Intel CoreTM i7/i5 Processor, solid
state drive and genuine Windows 7 Home
Premium. Using Samsungs innovative PowerPlus
charging technology and a power-efficient
and advanced Lithium-Polymer battery, it has a
battery lifespan that lasts up to 6.5
hours. COMEX PromotionS2,488
Samsung GALAXY S II The Samsung GALAXY S II
features a 1.2GHz dual-core processor,
HSPA connectivity providing data transfer
of up to 21Mbps, a Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen
display. At just 8.49mm in thickness,
the new smartphone is a powerfulevolutiono
fitspredecessorinspeed,screenandslim design.
Weighing 116g, the GALAXY II has a 4.27-inch
Super AMOLED Plus screen, making improvements in
screen size, colour gamut and power
consumption. COMEX Promotion16GB - S998
Published by VR-Zone Samsun
g GALAXY Tab 10.1 TheGALAXYTab10.1featuresSamsung
sownTouchWizuser interface implemented on the
Android Honeycomb platform, offering superior
multi-tasking and enhanced user interaction and
navigation. It is the worlds thinnest
mobile tablet available, at 8.6 mm and
weighs approximately 560g. The GALAXY Tab
10.1, with its WXGA TFT LCD display
(1280 x 800) is powered by 1GHz dual core
AP. It is the perfect deviceforsharingandenjoy
ingmediacontentwithfamilyand friends. COMEX
Promotion16GB 3G version - S848 M1 announces
new mData mobile broadband plans Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/m1-announces-new-mdata
-mobile- broadband-plans/13448.html September
1st, 2011 M1 Limited (M1) has announced
that it will launch four new competitivelypricedmo
bilebroadbandplansforcustomerson September 1 this
year. The new plans, which are claimed to be
aimed at providing a better mobile surfing
experience to consumers, will reportedly start
from the low price of S12 a month and will be
differentiated by data bundle sizes. M1 has
announced the availability of four new mData
mobile broadband plans for customers starting
from September 1 this year. According to M1, the
new plans, which start from the low price of S12
per month, will help the company to provide
a better mobile surfing experience to
customers The new plans will be provisioned
at the speeds of 7.2 Mbps or 21 Mbps
theoretical download speeds, although M1 has
claimed that users can expect to experience
typical downloadspeedsrangingbetween0.6to6.7Mbpsu
ndermost circumstances. M1 has also confirmed
that customers who opt to go for the 7.2 Mbps
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valued from 12 for 5GB to 40 for 50GB. Last but
definitely not least, the company has also
confirmed that mDatas monthly mobile broadband
data usage bundle will be capped at a maximum of
69.30 to help eliminate the likelihood of
consumers suffering from a heart attack caused by
astronomically high data charges due to freak
incidents. The full list of mData mobile
broadband plans from M1 are as follow
COMEX Show 2011 Promotions Microsoft Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/comex-show-2011-promot
ions- microsoft/13446.html September 1st, 2011
Published by VR-Zone The newly launched
Microsoft Touch Mouse is optimally designed
for Windows 7 PCs. The new multitouch
mouse lets you click, flick, scroll and
swipe, so it is easy, fun and interact
more intuitively on your PC. The top of
the Touch Mouse is composed of a matrix of
capacitive touch-sensing electrodes to track the
position of the users fingertips along its
surface. COMEX Promotion S99 (Free S10
shopping voucher) Microsoft
Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 The Comfort Curve
Keyboard 3000 features an ergonomist- approved
contour layout that creates an organic
arc to encourage natural wrist posture. It
has a slim and glossy designmakesamodernstate
mentwhileminimizingclutteron
yourdesktop,andmediakeysthatprovideone-touchacces
sto popular media functions, such as play, pause
and volume. COMEX Promotion S27 Microsoft
is making a great presence at this year's
COMEX Showwithgreatpromotionsontheirkeyboards,mice
andweb cameras, as well as XBox 360 and Kinect
games. You can also tradeinyouroldconsoleandreceiv
eupto150offanewXbox 360, as well as pre-order
for the higly-anticipated GEARS OF WAR 3. Their
booth can be located on level 6, booth
6126. Microsoft LifeCam Studio Enjoy
great video chat with friends and family with the
new Microsoft LifeCam Studio webcam. It
incorporates a full high definition 1080p
sensor that can deliver widescreen video at
169 at up to 30 frames per second. With
ClearFrame Technology, it can offer
smooth, detailed video with an improved
de-noiser, which reduces image
graininess especially in low light. Usual
Price S149
COMEX Promotion S129
Microsoft Touch Mouse
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September 1st, 2011 Gears of
War 3 Limited Edition Xbox 360 console Custom
designed with artwork inspired by Gears of War
3, Xbox 360 is offering this exclusive console
with Wi-Fi built-in for easier connection to the
world of games and entertainment on Xbox LIVE.
This limited offer also includes a copy of
the game Gears of War 3, two custom-designed Xbox
360 wireless controllers, and a 320GB hard
drive. Available only for a limited
time. COMEX Promotion S649
Published by VR-Zone HP
Officejet 6500A Plus e-All-in-One The HP
Officejet 6500A Plus e-All-in-One allows
small businesses to get professional colour and
laser performance at a low cost per page.
Featuring HP ePrint, users can print anytime,
anywhere using any mobile device1. The printer
also features a 2.36-inch (5.99cm) color
touchscreen display to easily copy, fax, print,
scan and more. COMEX Promotion Price TBA
COMEX Show 2011 Promotions HP Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/comex-show-2011-promot
ions- hp/13445.html September 1st,
2011 Even though HP has announced the
price drop of US99 for thier TouchPad
tablet devices, there is still no news
as to whether the company will be offering
that price tag to consumers. (Probably the
reason why we have yet to receive all the
promotions). Well, here are some of the great
deals on their printers and all-in-one devices.
You can check out their booth on level 4, hall
401, booth 8150. HP Officejet 100 Mobile
Printer The HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer is
designed to be easy to use and requires minimal
maintenance. Whether you are in the office, in a
car, or at an airport, you can print wherever
you want, knowing that you will get the same
quality you expect from desk-top
printers. COMEX Promotion Price TBA 17
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HP ePrint technology, users can print anytime,
anywhere and from any mobile device. COMEX
Promotion Price TBA COMEX Show
2011 Promotions Olympus Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/comex-show-2011-promot
ions- olympus/13444.html September 1st,
2011 Photographerenthusiastswouldbedelight
edwithsomeofthe good promotions on Olympus
digital cameras including the Olympus E-PL1,
E-P3 and E-PL3 which use micro four-thirds system
, and XZ-1. The Olympus booth can be located on
level 4, hall 404, booth 8205. HP Laserjet
Pro CM1415FNW TheHPLaserJetProCM1415FNWisthefirstL
aserJetprinter that allows users to print from
the Web and mobile devices. Users can minimize
environmental impact with the Instant- on
Technology and Instant-on Copy. It features
wireless and Ethernet connectivity which lets you
print from anywhere in the office via a shared
network. COMEX Promotion Price TBA Olympus
E-P3 The Olympus E-P3 claims to be the flagship
of the PEN series of new generation Micro
Four Thirds system cameras with the worlds
fastest autofocusing (AF) achieved through
the FAST (Frequency Acceleration Sensor)
AF system and a lens incorporating the
MSC (movie and still compatible) mechanism.
It also boasts superb image quality and
high ISO12800 sensitivity, thanks to the new
12.3-megapixel High Speed Live MOS Sensor with
full HD movie compatibility and new TruePic VI
image processing engine. Usual Price Option 1
E-P3 14-42mm Lens Kit - S1,298 (w/ GST)
Body (Available colours Black, White and
Silver) M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm II R
f3.5-5.6 Bundled with 8GB SD Card Option 2 E-P3
Twin Lens Kit - S1,548 (with GST) Body
(Available colours Black, White and Silver)
HP Photosmart Premium Fax e-All-in-One
C410a TheHPPhotosmartPremiumFaxe-All-in-OneC410ais
anall- in-one that allows you to do more. You can
boost your home printercapabilitiesbyeasilyfaxing,
scanningandcopyingwith this 50-page automatic
document feeder (ADF), and print photos and
web content without a PC. With the revolutionary
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M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm II R f3.5-5.6 M.ZUIKO
DIGITAL 40-150mm R f4.0-5.6 lens Bundled with
8GB SD Card COMEX Promotion Price
TBA Olympus E-PL1 Availabile in
white, champagne gold, and black, the
Olympus E-PL1 is an entry-level micro
four-thirds camera that is equipped with
a new Live Guide interface which
makes it easy for photographer enthusiasts
and beginners. With the dedicated Movie
mode button, you can quick access to movie
shooting at any time. The E-PL1 also
comes with
six Art Filters, including new Gentle
Sepia, for enhanced photographic
creativity. E-PL1 14-42mm Lens Kit - S698 (with
GST) Body (Available colours White, Champagne
Gold, and Black) M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 1442mm
Olympus E-PL3 Launched on 29 June, the Olympus
E-PL3 is designed as the centrepieceofOlympusspop
ularPENseriesofversatile,high- performance
interchangeable-lens digital cameras. It is
the first PEN series camera with a swivel type
3.0-inch display that can tits 80-degree up and
45-degree down for improved
functionality and compatibility with size
reduction. Option 1 E-PL3 14-42mm Lens Kit -
S998 (w/ GST) Body (Available colours Black,
White, Silver and Red) M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm
II R f3.5-5.6 Bundled with 8GB SD Card Option 2
E-PL3 Twin Lens Kit - S1,248 (w/ GST) Body
(Available colours Black, White, Silver and
Red) M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm II R
f3.5-5.6 M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 40-150mm R COMEX
Promotion Price TBA Olympus XZ-1 The
Olympus XZ-1 uses the brightest i.ZUIKO
DIGITAL f1.8 lens which is the first to
be designed for a point and shoot digital
camera. It has a large f1.8-2.5 aperture
that assures maximum brightness from
wide-angle to telescopic and combines with the
large 1/1.63-inch high-sensitivity CCD sensor
to achieve amazing picture quality close to
that of digital SLR cameras. Usual Price
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September 1st, 2011 Razer announces
Stealth versions of BlackWidow and BlackWidow
Ultimate keyboards Source http//vr-zone.com/arti
cles/razer-announces-stealth-versions-of- blackwid
ow-and-blackwidow-ultimate-keyboards/13443.html Se
ptember 1st, 2011 Razer has announced
the availability of the new
Stealth versionsofitsBlackWidowandBlackWidowUltima
teseriesof mechanical gaming keyboards. According
to the company, the new Stealth Edition keyboards
have been designed to offer the tactility of a
typical mechanical keyboard, but with the
added benefit of having a much quieter feedback
that is reportedly ideal for the true silent
assassins of gaming. If you love Razer's line of
mechanical gaming keyboards but cannot stand
having to deal with the annoying clicky
sounds produced by the keyboards' mechanical
switches any longer, you are in luck. This
is because Razer has just announced the
availability of the new Stealth editions of the
BlackWidow and BlackWidow Ultimate mechanical
keyboards, which the company claims have been
designed to deliver the same performance as
the non-Stealth versions, but with the
added benefit of more quiet feedback. As they
are essentially the same keyboards with
quieter switches, the BlackWidow Ultimate
Stealth Edition and the BlackWidow Stealth
Edition have access to all of the features
that are present on their non-stealth
counters. In the BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth
Edition's case, this includes support for
anti-ghosting across the entire keyset to allow
for up to six simultaneous key presses,
programmable keys with on-the-fly macro
recording, keys for media control and
audio jacks. The BlackWidow
Stealth Edition, on the other hand,
drops the anti-ghosting support that is
present on the Ultimate edition, but otherwise
sports the same features present on
the BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition, such as
programmable keys with on-the-fly macro
recording, buttons for multimedia
Published by VR-Zone control and the option
to disable the Windows key
while gaming. The Razer
BlackWidow Stealth Edition and
BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition gaming
mechanical keyboards are nowavailableforpurchase
fromRazerzone.comatthepriceof US79.99 and
US139.99 respectively. COMEX Show
2011 Promotions Norton Source
http//vr-zone.com/articles/comex-show-2011-promot
ions- norton/13442.html September 1st,
2011 While consumer products like digital
cameras, smartphones and laptops are hugely
popular at PC Fairs, security solutions are
also well sought after. Norton will
debut their new Internet Security 2012,
Antivirus 2012 and Norton 360 V5.0 at tomorrow's
COMEX Show 2011. Symantech's main booth
is located on level 6, booth 6251.
Norton Internet Security 2012 The new
Norton Internet Security 2012 offers various
security features such as the Norton
Identity Safe that provides a 20
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improved login and form detection technologyNorto
nManagementwhichmakesiteasyforusers to download,
transfer, update, or renew your Norton
products from anywhere right over the
Internet and Norton Online Family that helps
to keep your kids safe online as it tracks where
your kids go and what they do online. COMEX
Promotion Price S29 (1 user license) S49 (3
user license) S79 (5 user license) Norton
Antivirus 2012 If you only need the
anti-virus protection, the new Norton
Antivirus 2012 has all the features that are
adequate for your use. It comes with Norton
Management which is also found on the Internet
Security 2012 for users to download, transfer,
update, or renew your Norton products
Norton Insight, the latest version of
Nortons exclusive reputation- based security
technology, checking where files came
from and how long they have been around to
automatically identify and stop new online
threats before trouble arises. It also does
Insight checks on every downloaded file for
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