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Team Group Cools SSDs With Graphene Copper

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Team Group announces the T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 and Z340-- a pair of M.2 form factor NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 SSDs featuring a patented graphene copper foil cooling module providing what the company claims is a 9% cooling effect in sustained use.

Team Group SSD

The cooling module is just 1mm thick, and Team Group says the cooling effect can be observed after three hours of continuous read/write ops. That said, one has to keep in mind the SSDs were compared with drives lacking any cooling, as opposed to an SSD with a conventional metal heatsink. However it does make for drives with an attractive black and gold design aimed primarily at gamer customers.

Rebranded Ethernet Consortium Announces 800GbE Spec

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The 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium, the entity behind the 25, 50 and 100Gbps ethernet specifications, rebrands to the Ethernet Technology Consortium (ETC) and announces the next networking standard, 800 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE).

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“Ethernet is evolving very quickly and as a group, we felt that having 25G in the name was too constraining for the scope of the consortium,” the organisation says. “We wanted to open that up so that the industry could have an organisation that could enhance ethernet specifications for new and developing markets.”

iRoom Intros iTop OnWall Docking Station

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iRoom announces the iTop OnWall, a universal wall docking station with store-charge-lock and control for all iPad models and sizes, from the iPad Mini up to the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.

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The adjustable, sliding charging connector enables a fit for every iPad model, while the locking structure makes the iTop OnWall flexible for the entire family or multiple business users. Designed for simple stand-alone IP control or 3rd party control system integration, the dock has a built-in control processor with a six-button control keypad able to work independently of the tablet. A proximity sensor unlocks the iPad screen and can trigger a control command.

Microsoft Pushes Back Dual-Screen Surface Release?

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Microsoft might not release the dual-screen Surface Neo tablet and the associated Windows 10X OS in 2020, ZDNet report, the result of both the coronavirus affecting China-bases supply chains and a refocusing of efforts from the company.

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According to connected journalist Mary Jo Foley, Chief Product Officer Panos Panay internally informed "some" of his team Microsoft will not only not deliver own Surface Neo dual-screen 10X devices in the calendar year, it will also not allow 3rd party dual-screen device running on the Windows variant to ship in 2020. Currently, the report adds, the priority is to get Windows 10X on single-screen devices first, turning it into something of a Chrome OS rival in the process.

IDC: Work-at-Home Brings Surge in Notebooks and Tablets

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According to IDC, Q1 2020 sees spike of around 30% Y-o-Y in demand for notebooks and tablets across Europe, as coronavirus (aka Covid-19) lockdowns lead companies to equip employees to work from home while students set themselves to study remotely.

IDC PCD Market Europe

"This has led to many retailers and distributors in W. Europe running out of stock," the analyst says. "Disruption to the supply chain in China following the lockdown in Wuhan over the Chinese New Year cut deliveries into the European market by approximately 15%–20% in Q1 2020. More than 90% of the portable PCs and tablets imported into Europe are manufactured and assembled in China.”

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