| Hardware Roundup: Thursday Evening Edition
Some more interesting reviews and articles from around the web this evening. With AMD/ATI's 3800 series Video Card launch today, we have an ASUS Radeon HD 3870 512MB G-DDR4 Review at TweakTown, and you can click here to compare it to OCC's Sapphire HD 3870 Review. We also have another ATI review, this one being the ATI TV Wonder HD 650 from 3DGameMan. Other Video Cards to look at are the Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT OC at TechSpot, and the Galaxy 8600GE at MadShrimps. TechArp has some interesting info on AMD's Spider Launch. We have one power supply this evening, and not a monster this time, but a decent size the Enermax Galaxy EGX850EWL 850W Modular Power Supply at PCStats. Motherboards.org has a nice review on a SilverStone TJ10 Case. If you looking for a budget motherboard, you may want to check out the ECS P35T-A Motherboard Review at the Virtual-Hideout.
India, Russia ink four pacts, to expand civil nuclear ties
Moscow, Nov 12 (IANS) India and Russia Monday signed four agreements in space, defence, trade and narcotics control and agreed to expand their ongoing cooperation in civilian nuclear energy. The agreements were signed after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that were characterised by 'warmth, cordiality and unanimity on all issues of mutual interest'. In a clear message to those who suspect a chill in India-Russia ties, the two leaders affirmed their commitment to consolidate and expand their strategic ties and underpinned it with a robust economic partnership. Although the two countries did not sign a pact on building four additional reactors at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu as the details were yet to be finalised, they decided to expand their operation in the crucial area of civil nuclear energy.
'One in ten uses credit card daily'
A tenth of credit card holders use their plastic to buy something every day, a survey has shown. Around 34 million Britons now have a credit card and more than three million of these people say they use it on a daily basis, according to high street bank Abbey. At the same time, 54% of people use their credit card at least once a week, but 35% of cardholders claim they use their plastic just once a month, with younger people most likely to fall into this category. The most popular reason for using a credit card is to shop online, with 61% of cardholders saying they regularly use their plastic to make purchases over the internet. People also regularly use their cards to buy things on the high street at 55%, while 50% use them for big ticket items.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-11-16 04:25 GMT: Barclays Bank outlook cut to negative on reported writedowns - Fitch
MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Fitch Ratings changed the outlook on Barclays Bank PLC's long-term issuer default rating to negative from stable, after the latter said its investment banking arm has taken net writedowns of 1.3 bln stg in the third quarter and October combined, resulting from exposure to loans made to borrowers with poor credit history. However the investment banking arm, Barclays Capital, still reported record 10-month earnings of 1.9 mln stg. The agency affirmed Barclays' long-term issuer default rating and senior unsecured debt at 'AA+'. "The write-downs announced today are substantial but can be absorbed in the context of Barclays' strong cash generation," Fitch said, adding that the revision of Barclays' outlook reflects concerns that the continuing expansion of Barclays Capital might expose the group to greater risks and earnings volatility, which could lead to a ratings downgrade.
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