Symbian Anna Arrives on N8, C7 and E7 in Australia

Australian owners of a Nokia N8, C7 or E7 smartphone can now download and install a new OS flavor on their devices, none other than the Symbian Anna platform that was made official a few months ago.  The new OS version is available for all unlocked models in Australia, as well as for those devices on the airwaves of Vodafone, 3 and Optus. “In case you didn’t get it via other channels already: We’ve now published Symbian Anna for Australia this morning. All customers on unbranded as well as Vodafone, 3 and Optus variants can now update. Telstra unfortunately is not available yet as we are still waiting for their approval,” Nokia announced. Vodafone already went official with the availability of the new OS flavor, and even provided users...

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Intel Reportedly Delays Core i7-3820 CPU, Sandy Bridge-E Availability Scarce and Intel's Unreleased Core i5-2450M Spotted in Dell Notebooks

Intel Reportedly Delays Core i7-3820 CPU, Sandy Bridge-E Availability Scarce In mid-November, Intel is expected to bring into the world its first processors based on the high-performance Sandy Bridge-E architecture, but some recent reports have come to suggest that the chip maker will face some availability issues with these CPUs. According to VR-Zone, the latest rumors to reach the publication suggest that Intel has delayed the quad-core Core i7-3820 for the middle of Q1 next year. As for the Core i7-3930K and 3960X, these will also be available in a very limited amount, the publication citing figures of “tens of thousands,” although it can't disclose the exact figures they were told. The reason behind these availability issues don't have...

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Mac OS X 10.8 Confirmed - Apple's Next Big Cat

Apple has begun testing its next major version of the Mac operating system, Mac OS X 10.8, of which we currently don’t know anything in terms of features. That includes the name too. People with a keen eye for web visits from Cupertino, California have discovered that Apple is accelerating the development of Macintosh | Intel 10.8. Specifically, the listings showed the following software being tested: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_8) AppleWebKit/535.6.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.2 Safari/535.6.2. MacRumors admits that it would be fairly easy to falsify these records, though doing so would only spell a short-term win. Besides, similar activity has been recorded in past years, like, for example, with OS X 10.7 Lion. The blog...

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Nokia Lumia 800 Is the Official Smartphone of The X Factor

Last week's Nokia Lumia 800 has just become the official smartphone of The X Factor, and was already delivered to contestants, who were impressed with its looks, as the video above shows. There's nothing much to be said here, except maybe for the fact that Nokia seems to be truthful to the idea of bringing its new devices in the hands of as many young people as it can. The vendor was already rumored to plan on focusing on this market segment with the marketing campaign for its newer devices, and it seems that it already made the first steps in this direction. Running under Windows Phone, Nokia Lumia 800 was meant to impress, and so it does, courtesy of both its outer design, and of the range of capabilities Nokia and Microsoft packed it with: It's here. The much-anticipated Nokia with Windows...

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Nokia N9 Tips and Tricks (I)

Although Nokia confirmed that the N9 will be its first and last smartphone based on the MeeGo operating system, the Finnish company announced it will support the device with software updates and apps until at least 2015. Nokia N9 comes with a brand new operating system based on Linux, and features a unique user interface, which seems to be based on a single gesture – 'swipe.' Even though the 'swipe' gesture has been introduced in Android, iOS and other mobile platforms a long time ago, Nokia N9's 'Swipe' user interface is innovative in the fact that it is almost entirely based on this gesture. The N9 comes with only three home screens dubbed by Nokia, Applications, Events and Open Applications, which are similar to Android's Launcher, Notifications...

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Swiftech Launches Apogee HD High-Performance CPU Waterblock

Water cooling specialist, Swiftech has just announced the launch of the company's new flagship CPU waterblock, the Apogee HD, which was specially designed to improve on the performance of its predecessors while also being compatible with AMD's Bulldozer processors and the upcoming Intel LGA 2011 CPUs. The most important feature brought by Swiftech to the Apogee HD is the support for multi-port connectivity. What this means is that the waterblock now comes fitted with two extra outlet ports that can be used by computer builders if they want to improve the flow rate of their liquid cooling system when installing multiple waterblock configurations. Compared to the company's previous Apogee XT Rev2, Swiftech has also worked on removing some...

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Ubuntu 12.10 is Also For Phones and Tablets

Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Canonical is planning on taking its operating system, Ubuntu, to other platforms such as smartphones, TVs, and tablets.  In an interview with Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, for zdnet.com, Mark Shuttleworth revealed his plans for Ubuntu operating system. Apparently, 12.04 LTS (Long Term Support) will be a version designed to polish their Linux distro and to make the Unity interface the best it can be. This means that Ubuntu 12.10 will be available for smartphones, tablets and TVs. “This is a natural expansion of our idea as Ubuntu as Linux for human beings. As people have moved from desktop to new form factors for computing, it’s important for us to reach out to out community on these platforms. So, we’ll...

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Cooler Master Hyper 412 CPU Cooler Supports LGA 2011 CPUs

Announced a short while ago, Cooler Master's upcoming Hyper 412 PWM processor cooler will soon make it to retail and will be one of the first such products to come with out of the box support for Intel's upcoming LGA 2011 CPUs. The cooler itself is designed as a pretty standard tower heatsink, with four U-shaped copper heatpipes that are destined to draw the heat away from the CPU and into a large aluminum fin array, paired with a 120mm fan. Like most other fans used for today's coolers, this one also is PWM controlled and its speed varies between 600 and 2000 RPM, depending on the CPU temperature. According to Cooler Master, its noise level should never go above 36dBA, while, at the minimum rotation speed supported, this generates only...

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ASRock X79 Extreme9 Black Edition Motherboard Approaches and First Micro-ATX LGA 2011 Motherboard

ASRock X79 Extreme9 Black Edition Motherboard Approaches New flagship product has a black PCB and will be one of, if not the most expensive LGA 2011 platform once the product launches start in November.  The ASRock X79 Extreme9 Black Edition is most assuredly not the first motherboard to leave the company's laboratories.  Nevertheless, it is, quite clearly even, the most feature-packed of them all, or so VR-Zone says.  The existence of five PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots is the first thing, or one of them, that jumps into view.  The fact that the CPU socket is wired to eight DDR3 memory slots is no small feat either.  Meanwhile, eight SATA 6.0 Gbps ports are present, six of which are supplied by Marvell 2-port SATA...

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AMD FX-8150 Gets Overclocked to 8,461MHz to Reach New World Record

Just a few weeks after the official launch of AMD's first processors based on the Bulldozer architecture, an overclocker has managed to reach a new CPU frequency world record by utilizing the chip maker's flagship desktop processor, the FX-8150. The record was achieved by cooling the CPU with liquid nitrogen which has a boiling point of -192°C. This sort of cooling was required for the CPU in order to allow the overclocker to raise the voltage of the chip all the way to an impressive 1.992V. Thanks to this vCore the FX-8150 was able to reach 8,461.51 MHz with a bus speed of 272.95MHz and a 31.0X multiplier. To put things in perspective, the eight-core AMD flagship processor used by Andre Yang (the enthusiast behind this new WR) has a base...

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Gigabyte Readies New WindForce 2X GTX 560 Ti Graphics Cards and Gigabyte X79 Motherboard Will Have Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11n Wi-Fi

Gigabyte Readies New WindForce 2X GTX 560 Ti Graphics Cards Gigabyte keeps on expanding its WindForce graphics cards series with new products based on Nvidia's designs, the latest solutions to arrive in this range being the rev. 1.0 and 2.0 WindForce 2X GTX 560 Ti models featuring an in-house designed cooling system.  The changes concentrated on proving the cards with cleaner power as well as on improving their cooling capabilities. As a result, the new models feature a refreshed WindForce 2X cooling system that now packs no less than four copper heatpipes and a new fan design, that is supposed to decrease turbulence. Despite these changes, however, Gigabyte has decided not to sell its two latest creations factory overclocked, which...

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Redesigned Ultra-Thin 15-Inch MacBook Pro Enters Final Testing - Reports

Apple is reportedly putting the finishing touches on a radically redesigned 15-inch MacBook that is believed to emerge sometime early next year. The recent discovery of new part numbers in Apple’s inventory system led to widespread belief that Cupertino is refreshing its MacBook Pro lineup ahead of the holiday season. Some reports hav speculated that Apple will only redesign the chassis of its MacBook Pros when Intel launches its Ivy Bridge processors, which is on schedule for next year. In the interim, a minor processor upgrade was expected. That happened last week, along with upgraded storage and identical pricing. Now all eyes are on Apple with immense anticipation of the inevitable - redesign the MacBook Pro family to look like the MacBook...

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Nokia Maps for Windows Phone Demoed

When announcing plans to bring to the market handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Phone, Nokia also announced plans to bring some of its applications and services to the new OS, including the much praised Nokia Maps. At the Nokia World conference in London this week, the company took its time to showcase some of these apps and services, and the Nokia Maps were caught on video at the event. In the video, you can see Dan Martins, Product Manager for Nokia Maps, presenting the service on a new Nokia Lumia device from the company. One thing that is for sure is that the app looks great on Nokia's Windows Phones, and that users will certainly enjoy it, the same as those who own Symbian phones from the company already do. However, we should mention that Windows Phone devices from other makers...

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32GB HP TouchPad Back at Best Buy on November 1st

HP's TouchPad is moving closer to disappearing form the market, but it seems that it will go down in style, as the last shipments are getting ready to land at Best Buy on November 1st.  HP is not selling the device anymore, but Best Buy will have some more units available for those who would like to purchase it at the incredible low price that HP set for the tablet PC a few months ago: $149 (105 Euros) for the 32GB flavor of the device.  However, there is a catch. The tablet will be available at this price tag only for those who will purchase it in a bundle with an HP or Compaq laptop, desktop or all-in-one computer. Starting with November 1st, the deal will go live on BestBuy.com, and will also hit brick and mortar stores on November...

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Windows Phone Marketplace and Games on Nokia Lumia 800

Nokia's new Lumia handsets will arrive on the market with all of the features and capabilities that other Windows Phones out there enjoy, including access to the Windows Phone Marketplace for downloading and installing applications and games.  In the video embedded above, you can have a look at what the Marketplace on Nokia Lumia 800 is all about, and you can also get through a rundown of some gaming features that this handset has been packed with. Clearly, modern smartphones are as appealing as the applications and other content available for them is, and this is exactly what Nokia wants to show in the said video. Here's how they describe it: What's a smartphone without an app or two? Marketplace is the place you'll find the best smartphone apps, games and more on the Nokia Lumia...

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HP VP Confirms That Ultrabooks Are Coming

Some Ultrabooks are already showing up and, even though it stuttered a bit because of the strange PC-related woes, HP is apparently on the train.  Whether or not HP would make Ultrabooks is something that has been the subject of speculation for a while.  Now, speculations do not apply to this exactly, but to just what Ultrabook will appear.  “Ultramobile is a notebook category of sub-17 millimeter notebooks,” Todd Bradley, the executive vice president of HP’s Personal Systems Group, reportedly said in a conference call.  “We’re very focused on having a suite in that ultramobile space. And you’ll see that very soon.”  For people who want a reminder or an update on this whole Ultrabook business, Intel and PC makers...

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AMD Prepares New Revision for Its Llano APUs

AMD is currently working on releasing a new revision for its A-Series Llano APUs launched in the middle of this year, which apparently will fix some of the erratas that are present in the current version of these chips. The new revision of the APUs was spotted in an MSI document which details the compatibility of its motherboards with AMD accelerated processing units. Unlike the Llano chips that are available until now, these new processors distinguish themselves by featuring a new suffix, as current parts carry the GX designation, while the upcoming chips are identified by the HX suffix. According to Hardcore-Hardware, the changes between the two revisions are minor as they carry the same B0 stepping, which seems to point out that AMD has...

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Replace the Annoying Google Chrome New Tab Page with a New Metro UI-Inspired One

If you hate the new Google Chrome new tab page there may be a solution for you and it's very slick-looking one at that. Modestly titled "Awesome New Tab Page" (aNTP) it's an alternative to the rather poorly thought out NTP in Google Chrome 15+. It's clearly inspired by Microsoft's Metro UI and that's hardly a bad thing. It's made up of a wall of tiles which you can fill with your installed apps as well as some widgets that come with the add-on. The interesting thing about it is that other developers can create their own widgets to add functionality, like this Weather widget. The extension is in the early stages, so be weary of bugs. But even now, it shows promise. You can't get to your most visited or recently closed sites, but if you don't...

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Nokia's Lumia Windows Phones Get 20 EA Games

Earlier this week, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the upcoming availability of their first devices to run under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and some more info on what will be available for them has emerged.  Among other applications and services that these devices will benefit from, we can also count a number of 20 games from EA.  “This time, we’ll be designing our games for an awe-inspiring experience on Windows Phone for Nokia,” Barry Cottle, executive vice president and GM for EA Interactive, said during the Nokia World Conference in London. He also explained that the company plans on pushing 10 games from EA to Nokia's Lumia devices, along with games from Chillingo, the indie publishing arm of EA.  On...

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Installing a Product Key and Activating Windows 8 Developer Preview

Early adopters putting the first public pre-beta of Windows 8 through its paces know by now that not only is a product key not provided by Microsoft along with the ISO images of the Developer Preview Build, but that it’s also not needed during the installation process.  There’s a simple enough reason for this, Windows Developer Preview comes with the following product key out of the box: 6RH4V-HNTWC-JQKG8-RFR3R-36498. This being said, feedback indicates that testing Windows 8 is not always a perfectly smooth experience, but Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3) is a pre-Beta release after all. For example, some testers revealed stumbling across an issue where a product key was indeed required of them during deployment, or as a part of the Reset...

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Stream Content to an HDTV with Warpia's StreamHD VE

Warpia StreamHD may have chased people away with its price, but the StreamHD Value Edition might reel in a few more customers, even if not all the original features are present.  The StreamHD VE from Warpia is a means through which one can stream any media from a PC to an HDTV. This achieved through use of a wireless receiver, an A/V base with an HDMI output and a USB adapter. The original StreamHD also has surround 5.1 audio, as well as S/PDIF output, but the Value Edition settles for stereo audio over HDMI. One may also notice the distinct lack of a 3.5mm audio jack, not that it was going to see much use if the HDTV was on, at any rate. The price of the product is $130, which is more or less the same as 91.81 Euro, or so they sa...

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Microsoft's Vision Of Our Technology Future, Awesome Video Presentation

Here's Microsoft's concept future vision on how people will get their things done at work, home, and on the go in coming 5-10 years. Watch the concept video to get a glimpse of the future of productivity, a must watch futuristic video for every tech lover. ...

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