Rumor says Intel is ready
to launch new 34nm NAND chips SSDs in two weeks or less. The drives are
expected to ship in 80, 160 and 320GB. There are other rumors sayng
there will be even biggest SSDs soon, big enough to replace the HDDs in
allmost every laptop. Besides higher capacities, new SSDs will
have faster performance, reduced power consumption, and maybe even
lower prices. That was one of the biggest problems of this technology
since PCs with SSD are much more expensive than same models with HDD. The
current X18-M and X25-M solid state drives use a 50nm process, and have
80GB and 160GB capacities. Price range is from $350 to $800.
What's
golden colored, thin & light, has a 13.3” screen and DirectX 10 graphics
support? If you didn't guess it (don't worry, we didn't either) it is the new
VIA Nano based Tongfong S30 notebook. The Tongfong S30A goes the extra mile as
well and includes a discrete S3 Graphics 435ULP power efficient graphics
processor which should be capable of HD playback. It is one of the first
products to feature the high performance 1.3 GHz+ VIA Nano U2250 processor
coupled with the unified VIA VX800 MSP chipset. Hot swappable DVD optical drive
that can be removed and replaced with an additional 3 cell battery comes in
handy, so this stylish notebook can deliver amazing HD video and graphics as
well as long battery life. Pictures are on the next page.
French accessories company HOON, in collaboration with The Perfect Unison, has created a line of luxury headphones called Hoon x The Perfect Unision. These are extremely trendy and stylish, together with the python skin covered headband. They truly wanted to capture the essence of technology and style. The headphones come in either purple or beige color and are naturally flexible and made out of nine layers of birch wood, then wrapped with python skin on the exterior side and then some goat skin on the interior for extra comfort for you. Ear pieces are crafted from polished carbon fiber that is varnished strictly by hand being one of the reasons why this headphones will set you back $1650 (€1,160.00).
However, time limit is staying at 10min of video. The increase means you can upload longer videos at a higher resolution as well as large HD files directly from your camera without using convert software. In addition, the team's implemented some new features to make it easier for you to show these videos off to the world. The changes allow you to share links directly to the HD version of your video, as well as embed the HD version on your blog or website. They recommend embedding HD videos at the largest size (853x505) for maximum enjoyment.
Thirty years ago Sony introduced its Walkman. This portable cassette player changed our habits and the way people experienced music - for the first time we could take our favorite songs with us. Walkman was built in 1978 by audio division engineer Nobutoshi Kihara specially for Sony co-chairman Morita, so he could listen to operas during long plane trips.
ViewSonic, previously known as Monitor/Projector manufacturer, presented VPC100 All-in-One PC. VPC100, first announced at the start of the year, has 35mm thin 18,5 inch 16:9 aspect ratio LCD screen, with a 1366x768 resolution. VPC100 has Intel Atom 1.64GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard drive and comes with Microsoft Windows XP Home. Since ViewSonic is well known as quality display manufacturer, and it is to be expected that the screen in this all-in one PC is visible better than the competitors.
Bitdefender has issued a warning today regarding spam e-mails hitting the web and using recent death of Michael Jackson as a way to fool people. A few new spam waves (4 different strains) hit our inbox since Michael Jackson's' death and guess who the main character was? Malware writers are fast at adapting news to spread their own evil creations or schemes and this event was no different.
At least, when you are not in front of your LCD monitor. The Philips Brilliance LCD monitor’s main feature is the PowerSensor technology, a built in sensor that detects user presence. As soon as the user leaves their monitor, monitor brightness dims and power consumption is reduced by 50%. As the user returns he screen immediately switches back to normal mode without delay.
Among the plug-ins being offered is the NVIDIA CUDA™ architecture-based Elemental Accelerator 2.0 for Windows from Elemental Technologies (MSRP $499 discounted to $249). By leveraging the CUDA parallel computing architecture, this new plug-in offloads H.264 video encoding to the Quadro GPU, enabling Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 users to experience a performance increase of up to 11X when compared to CPU-only video encoders. Now available on a range of Quadro GPUs, Elemental Accelerator 2.0 supports the creation of Blu-ray DVDs and web content using Flash. In addition, NVIDIA and Elemental Technologies are bringing accelerated H.264 video encoding capabilities to Mac Pro users for the first time with the new Elemental Accelerator 1.2 for Mac OS X running on the Quadro FX 4800 for Mac.
Firefox 3.5 is
based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under
development for the past year and is supposed to bring 2x faster
rendering speed together with improved JavaScript engine . One of the
things we are pleased to see is Private Browsing Mode as it comes handy
when you are using somebody else PC, or PC in Internet Cafe. Another
useful thing is HTML 5 support for video and audio.
... and didn't know who to ask. So, we asked Mr. Mark Tekunof, Kingston Sr. Technology manager for HyperX. Prices of memory modules are dropping every day, resulting high-end products affordable for average customer. Most of popularity Kingston has earned with nicely designed memory modules of high quality and performance, with HyperX as a leader of the pack. We wanted to know a bit more which fight it has to won to earn this title.
One of the cool features that Palm Pre owners could smugly hold over the heads of iPhone owners was its wireless charging system, called the Touchstone, which charged the Pre through a magnetic connection. Not anymore. Today iPhone owners get their own get wireless charging system.The WildCharge Skin for iPhone is compatible with the new iPhone 3GS, as well as the iPhone 3G and original iPhone. When an iPhone is in a WildCharge case, you can place the phone on an electrical mat and the phone will charge. The phone case has four little conductive contact points that automatically sort out positive and negative charges no matter the orientation of the phone on the mat. You can charge more than one device on the pad at a time, so it can be used to replace a mass of black, boxy wall warts. The mats are UL-listed and have built-in protection against short circuits and shock.