July 2010

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We're talking about HTPC again, one inovative mainboard from Asus AT5IONT-I it was powered with INTEL ATOM processor dual-core, hyper-threaded 1.8GHz D525, using Nvidia ION second generation GPU with 16 CUDA cores, 512MB of video memory hooked up to a 64-bit interface, hardware video acceleration and support for DX10.1, Passive cooling was already included, support for SODIMM memory slot. You also get a PCIe x4 expansion slot, integrated 7.1 channel Realtek ALC887 audio, two SATA connectors, Gigabit Ethernet and built-in Wireless N. Not bad for a board that measures just 170mm x 170mm. As you know, many HTPC board was alaready hit the market, I think that Asus should work more with H55 or Q57 for HTPC mainboard to beat Zotac or Gigabyte, because they already produce more interactive feature, such as Wifi, many SATA controller to handle the movie files.

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So, the competition heating up, a grow up revenue by AMD makes nVidia hit an entry level market. For the third quarter, Nvidia has recently launched its GeForce GTX 460 GPU and is set to launch GeForce GTS 455 and 450 GPUs in August and an entry-level GF100-based GPU in September, according to previous reports. Although AMD is already preparing next-generation DirectX 11 products, since details are unlikely to be fully planned out until October, and AMD currently does not have plans for new product launches in the third quarter, the company is likely to offer price cuts to compete against Nvidia's new products, which should reduce its profits, the sources noted.

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Apple now admits 400 iTunes accounts were hacked and used by a Vietnamese developer, Thuat Nguyen, to push his iPhone apps to best seller status over the weekend. But here is the zinger; Apple is saying it was no big deal. Four hundred accounts equals 0.0003 percent of the over 150 million iTunes account holders, Apple points out.