Saturday, August 31, 2013

VIEWSONIC INTRODUCES ALL IN ONE PC WITH WINDOWS 7


ViewSonic has introduced a new all-in-one PC with a touch-screen display. The ViewSonic VPC101 as it would be called will run Windows 7 Home Premium which has several touch friendly features. The desktop has an 18.5 inch display with 1366 x 768 pixels. It is expected to be available in December.

The VPC101 has more or less the same specifications as a typical netbook. It is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 processor with integrated GMA 950 graphics. Up to 1GB of RAM and 160 GB storage space is available. The all-in-one also has WiFi 802.11b/g.

The VPC101 carries a price tag of $650 but ViewSonic PCs tend to sell for a lot less than their list price. The same can be true of VPC101.

ViewSonic also introduced two other mini-PCs last week – the VOT530 and the VOT550. These machines are more powerful and expensive than most nettops.

INTEL TO SELL THREE NEW 32NM CHIPS IN 2010


Intel says that it will start selling its new dual-core Arrandale chips from the first half of next year. These chips are aimed at middle and high end ultrathin notebooks.

The new 32nm chips that are currently being built are the 1.2Ghz Core i7-640UM, the 1.06GHz Core i7-620UM, and the 1.06GHz Core i5-620UM. The chips will be sold in thousand-unit trays for $305, $278, and $241 respectively. The ultra-thin notebooks using these chips are expected to be priced between $600 and $800. The target price for netbooks will remain at $500.

Friday, August 30, 2013

KNOW YOUR LAPTOP – OPTICAL DRIVES I

Most of you possibly call it the DVD burner or CD writer or DVD drive, but the most excellent all-encompassing technological expression for these drives is "optical drive." Why? For the reason that thats how they labor, and all of them are disparities on a fundamental theme: a motor twirls the disc in the drive super swift while a laser emotionally involved to a servo interprets data off of it. This is why these optical drives happen to be pretty earsplitting and draw a grouping of command: a whole lot of substance is moving. If you reflect back to the article when we discussed about hard drives, youll see comparable concepts: a spherical disc enclosing data which is read by a poignant head. But while hard drives can smack transfer velocities as close as to a 100MB per second (particularly on the desktop), optical drives hardly ever hit anywhere in close proximity to that. Data on optical discs is with a reduction of dense, and the mechanisms for interpretation of it are different. Optical drives are analogous to hard drives, also encompass a diminutive amount of in built memory, but for the reason that data on a disc is nowhere in the vicinity as dense (or plentiful), cache is habitually extremely small and not dreadfully important for you to know.

MORE INNOVATIVE HDD’S FROM WD SCORPIO

WD5000BEVT WD Scorpio Blue HDD New WD Scorpio Blue HDDs will be obtainable in 500GB and 400GB capacities for employing in notebooks. Western Digital has proclaimed that volume consignments of WD Scorpio Blue hard drives capturing 250GB storage per platter has now instigated. The new-fangled HDDs will be obtainable in 500GB and 400GB variants with a Serial ATA 3 GB/s interface & 5,400RPM spin velocity. This is presently the peak capacity 2.5-inch drive with industry customary 9.5mm thickness. Other proprietary specifications on WDs Scorpio Blue HDDs incorporate Whister-Drive, Shock Guard & IntelliSeek (low end power utilization, sound & shuddering). WD Scorpio Blue 400GB (WD4000BEVT) and 500GB (WD5000BEVT) are now transported and projected to retail for approximate prices of $190 and $220 correspondingly.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

DELLS LATITUBE XT2 GETS OFFICIAL


So you remember a month or so ago we heard that Dell was prepping an all new notebook to add to its elite Latitude line? Well that notebook (more properly known as a Tablet PC) has become official and carries a bunch of features that is bound to make you drool. Although we cant say the same thing applies to your wallet.

TRIMBLE ANNOUNCES YUMA RUGGED TABLET


Trimble has announced the Yuma rugged tablet handheld computer, one more in the line of tough computing devices that confirm to the MIL-STD-810F and IP67 ratings of military standards for vibration, drop and humidity. The Yuma UMPC is dust and water proof and can withstand extreme temperatures ranging from -30 oC to 60 oC. And this tough guy can take a dive up to a depth of one meter.

The Yuma rugged tablet is powered by an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, 32GB SSD, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, an ExpressCard slot and a SDIO card slot for expansion. It also includes a dual geo-tag enabled integrated digital cameras and has a built-in GPS receiver.

The Yuma tablet has a 7-inch WVGA touchscreen that is sunlight readable and measures nine inches wide by two inches thick. There is no word on pricing yet, but Trimble is all set to ship its Yuma UMPC somewhere in April.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

PC PRODUCERS IN JAPAN CAUTIOUS

In spite of foreign firms fresh releases in Japan of mini laptop personal computers in the 50,000 yen (US$461) price array, domestic PC manufacturers are watchful about following set of clothes. So far Fujitsu Ltd. (TSE:6702) is the solitary domestic player looking for to contend in the mini notebook bazaar. Many Taiwanese and U.S. opponents that are leading the mini notebook section are global players competent of off setting price declines by wounding costs for purchasing ingredients and materials thanks to economies of balance. By dissimilarity, Japanese PC producers have countered the ambush of cheap products by civilizing audiovisual capabilities in a proposal to maintain prices.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

GIGABYTE GV N98TSL THE LEAST NOISY GPU

High end graphic cards are easily the noisiest part in any PC. They generate a lot of heat and are usually cooled by high-rpm fans which will generate enough noise to make your speakers inaudible. Fan-less graphic cards are available, but usually they don’t deliver good performance.

Well, it seems the situation has changed. Gigabyte has introduced a fanless graphic card - GV-N98TSL- that delivers reasonably good performance at an affordable price. The card comes with a Silent Cell heat pipe system that is capable of keeping it cool as it runs intensive graphics.

GV-N98TSL is definitely not the best performer from Gigabyte, but it is good enough to decode a 1080p Blu-ray movie at absolute silence.

Monday, August 26, 2013

AN INNOVATIVE NOTEBOOK BAGS

notebook bag The TSA regulations require that fliers depart their notebooks open and unsheathed in order to get ahead of from side to side airport security I didnt think it was over the top. But when I had to position my notebook in the bin I initiated to feel a little scratchy. I have down patted how last year my Mac book got spoiled after I went through a checkpoint en route to Florida. The safekeeping officer generally returned the notebook to the plastic bin after providing it a quick once-over. My notebook bag is enormous and I love it, but it does have metal parts, a no-no as per the TSA. This time around my newest notebook didnt get spoiled, but I couldnt help a bit sensitive and tense as I put it on the conveyor.

HP PAVILION G 60 230 US QUICK REVIEW

HP Pavilion G 60 – 230 US - The perfect entertainment note book

The G 60 – 230, is an ideal multi media entertainment note book, which provides immaculate entertainment options to the users, apart from being a very optimum functional note book to work on. It has extraordinary features, is cheap and does not fall behind on performance when compared with the other note books that are available in the market.

One can easily burn the data on to the disks and can store and share them with others with ease using the note book. This note book is considered ideal for the users who demand latest advanced technology and connectivity while performing their daily tasks, along with extraordinary looks and design. The note book comes with a high gloss finish with a color matched key board and touch pad. An appropriate machine for people who like some style to go with the normal functional aspects of their working tools.

This cheap and affordable note book has 16’ LCD display screen churns out 1366 x 768 pixels resolution levels. The wide screens display monitor gives out anti glare pictures with super bright colors. With the use of ‘Bright View’ technology one can enjoy online chatting and video conferencing with the help of inbuilt integrated web camera and microphone. It has built in speakers which optimize the performance of music data files, and a digital media reader; with the use of which the users can transfer multi media files such as pictures within seconds.

Windows Vista Home Premium comes as a standard pre loaded operating system in the 230. It provides multiple operating options for the users without having to worry about the safety and security of the note book as well the data stored inside especially while being connected to a wireless network or surfing the internet. The note book has Intel Pentium T4200 processor ideally suited for doing multiple tasks simultaneously, without compromising on the performance levels.

The G 60 – 230 has a 320 GB hard drive which is an ideal compliment for storing multi media data files without worrying about the storage capabilities of the note book. Weighing 6.57 lbs, the note book offers LAN, WLAN and modem as different communication modes. Has a super multi DVD optical drive, enabling the use of different DVD/ CD formats.

The 230 which uses a 6 cell lithium ion battery; has 101 keys keypad with numeric pad to boast off. The touch pad has very easy to use and dedicated on/ off and up/ down scroll buttons.

Price: Approx. $500

HP Pavilion G 60 - 230 US Rating:

Value for money


Our rating

Sunday, August 25, 2013

XBOX 360 ARCADE WITH THE SURPRISE PRICE

Microsoft Xbox 360 arcadeMicrosoft is running after Nintendo with their now-cheap Xbox 360 Arcade gaming cheer up. As Per Microsofts targets, sales for the Xbox 360 have grown twice over with the most recent price plummet. One week has conceded from the time when the Arcade edition of the Xbox 360 experienced a price plummet to $199.99, which is by all accounts the magical numeral when it comes to eventual sales. Now authoritatively sporting the low-priced gaming cheer up accessible, Microsoft declared that they have qualified a 100% augment in sales, with one scrupulous, unidentified variant experiencing 6x times its preceding figures. Devious Microsoft, like no one will deduce which one.

DELL FRESHENS UP VESTRO LINE

Not much to report here, but apparently Dell has just updated their Vestro line. The models that get the treatment include the 13.3-inch Vestro 1320, 15.4-inch Vestro 1520 and the 17-inch Vestro 1720.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

HOW ACERS ASPIRE D250 WORKS

Acer’s Aspire D250 that dual boots Windows 7 and Google Android is out and bloggers have posted videos of just how the device works. So if you are one among those scores of people wondering what the big deal is you may find this post helpful.

The D250 first boots into Android. It appears that there in no easy way of booting directly into Windows 7. On the plus side, Android boots really fast. It takes only a few seconds to load. The Android interface allows you can go online and perform basic activities. After booting Android you can also decide if you want to switch to Windows 7. Users who don’t want to boot Android every time they switch the PC on may want to suspend or hibernate it to be able to skip the ritual. They can also consider getting a Windows 7 installation CD and wiping Android off.

In case you decide that Android is enough to meet your needs, you can stay there. But you will still have to pay the Windows 7 license fee when you buy the laptop as Acer ships the notebook with both Android and Windows 7.

WHY OPTICAL DRIVES UNNECESSARILY FOR A LAPTOP

It is quite obvious for people to blame the apple company for producing the laptops without optical drives. But now this is a time to turn back on the blames and think rationally. If the laptop users could ever think again about the use of optical drives in the last year, they will hardly get a solid number. A dozen is quite a big number if the use of optical drive is considered. If it is before three years, optical drives were important. But what is the condition now?

Initially optical drives were used for many purposes. The important uses among those were to install software, burn data, watch DVDs and to run emergency discs. But do you ‘really’ think that all these purposes are carried by optical drives today? For instance software installment happens very rarely and all those are present online. Burning data is not a necessity with USB drives hanging in every collar. Watching DVD on a laptop leads to extra battery consumption and it is advisable to watch it after storing the movie/contents in an USB drive. Now, rational thoughts will make us decide why to have this costing and weighing matter with no use. Instead of blaming companies, let us think twice again.

Friday, August 23, 2013

SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK ON WINDOWS 7

home networkThe one thing that has improved with the last few generations of Windows operating systems over the last couple of years is the ease of set up of the home networking system. This has not changed with the introduction of Windows 7. As a matter of fact, Windows 7 has stepped it up a notch when it comes to both setting up and maintaining a home networking environment. You will see that several problems that you had in the past are now gone.

Before we go into the configuration settings that will be in the operating system, we want to make sure that you have your hardware all set up and secured. Depending on the router you bought in the store, they will either offer you the option of a set up wizard or will give you detailed instructions on how to set your username, password and SSID name. They will also want you to set up what kind of security encryption that you would like people to connect to your network with. Windows 7 supports hardware that will use the latest in encryption methods. As of right now this is WPA 2. This would be the best option for you to use.

After you have set up the hardware that you will need and set it to the proper encryption method, you now want to make sure that your network can share files and folders. You do this in Windows 7 by creating Homegroups. A homegroup is a private set up on your home network that allows you to share files and folders with a specified set of computers. Having it set up in this way allows you to be safe and secured so that you know everyone who is accessing your computer over the network. Others over the network in your house can also set their computers into the same homegroup and allow you to share their files with them also. You can create a homegroup by going into the control panel, then click on network and internet, next click homegroup and then you will see the option "create a homegroup". After that a set up wizard will pop up, helping you to create your first homegroup. Once you create the homegroup and set a password, everybody that is part of that same homegroup will be able to share.

You can also specify files and folder to users even if they are not part of your homegroup. You have to go into windows explorer and right click on the file. Once you have right clicked on the file, you will see the option "to share with". This will give you the option to share this particular file with others in a different homegroup or make it public for everybody to be able to consume. There are several other ways to share files in Windows 7 but these two are the easiest and most likely the safest way to achieve this goal.

Home networking has become so easy that there is not much too it in Windows 7. If you want to set the network configurations or any other problems that you might have involving the network then you can go to the Network and sharing center section of the control panel. This will give you a network map of all the computers that are connected to your network as well as give you in depth configuration about each of the computers and the network itself. If you get to the point where you are more experienced, you can make all kinds of neat network adjustment yourself until you are satisfied with arraignments.

We have discussed setting up your home network as it pertains to Windows 7. To set up the actual router, you can get directions from your actual vendor or read the instruction manual. Windows 7 will help keep your files and folders safe as well as let them have the access that you want to give them.

ENERMAX SHOOTS OUT COOLING PADS FOR NOTEBOOKS

There are notebook cooling pads, and weve got to furnish it to Enermax for structuring the biggest and slightest one we have ever witnessed. The Aeolus cooling pad captures just a solitary fan, but it in an interestingly bigger 8.66-inch diameter monster, competent and proficient of plummeting temperatures by 22 degrees Celsius (39.6 degrees Fahrenheit) while only producing jus around 20dB of noise. On top of that, it has got incorporated blue Light Emitting Diodes for supplementary nerd creed, although we are just wondering how you are hypothetical to in point of fact see them while your heater of a notebook is parked on top. It is expected to be priced for about $70 as per sources.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

LENOVO ON A MASSIVE LAUNCH FEVER

As if all of the new-fangled ThinkPad’s werent sufficient, Lenovo today revealed the discharge of 4 all new Idea Pad laptops. The 13-inch Idea Pad U330, 14-inch Idea Pad Y430, 15-inch Y530, and 17-inch Y730 are all proffered in a diversity of nice-looking colors and comprise multi-media features and presentation making them the just the thing laptops for your home.

All of the new-fangled Idea Pad laptops comprise the subsequent features:
· Intel Montevina platform organization
· Double-channel DDR3 RAM, up to 4GB
· Dolby Home Theatre
· assortment microphone
· incorporated 1.3M fixed Camera
· Frameless display
· Stylish ID design & Multi-color lid options
· Touch-sensitive interface
· 6-in-1 Multimedia card Reader
· HDMI connectivity port
Lenovo premeditated Software contains:
· VeriFace 3.0 face detection security software One Key Rescue System 6.0
· Easy Capture 3.0
· Readycomm 4.0
· Lenovo Energy Management 3.1

With the all new series, Coming with so much of customary features performance is a sure yes at least till now. Hope to reveal more in-depth secrets on each in near future as we plant our hands upon them.

ASUS N50V REVIEW

ASUS N50V – Gen- next in desktop replacement

ASUS N50VWe remember when Asus notebooks looked like they were planned by 5-year-olds with broken down crayons. The G2P gaming notebook was hideous. Fortunately the firms got its act in concert and begun to whip out gorgeous notebook after stunning notebook. Its most recent stunner is the N50V -- a desktop replacement intended to handle all approach of hi-def content even though pricing and make public dates are yet to be definite. Wed gamble it will be out before the closing stages of the year.

Design
Weve expressed it before, and well articulate it again -- the N50V is a nice-looking mechanism. The lid has fragile curved edges and a dark chocolate terminate that almost emerges purple in some lighting stipulations. Look intimately and youll see dozens of vertical spotted lines that are evocative of the scrolling green code from the Matrix movies.

Performance
The N50V is a Centrino 2 notebook with a concrete core design. It comes with a Core 2 Duo T9400 with a core rate of recurrence of 2.53GHz, plus 4GB of RAM, and an NVidia Geforce 9650M GT graphics accelerator card and hence its a very competent all-round machine.

The 320GB hard drive is reasonably middle-of-the-road by desktop PC norms, and even by notebook norms, Asus M70 managed to transport with a 1TB drive, but this should only have an effect on pirate’s unrelenting file-sharers. Most notable, however, is the addition of a Blu-ray drive. With this, youll be proficient to watch high-definition movies on the notebook, or on a large, exterior display.
Our mock-up of the N50V came with no operating system at all, but concluding accounts are predictable to ship with an edition of Windows Vista. The N50V has a fat, 15.4-inch exhibit, but were not influenced by it. First of all, its lustrous, so its needlessly reflective, and poorer still, its vertical viewing angle is extremely limited. We had to slope it to a 145-degree angle, as far as itll go, in order to acquire an even picture.

Overall
The N50V is a grand-looking, well-planted notebook. Its not ideal by any means, the storage space is restricted and the screen has issues, so the Asus M70 may be a superior bet. But if you desire a stylish desktop replacement with abundance of power and features, its worth a glance.

Pros
+ Grand design
+ Speedy CPU and loads of memory

Cons
- Only 3 USB ports;
- Lustrous terminate gets filthy without difficulty

Value For Money

Our Rating

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

HP UPDATES THE PAVILION DV7T SERIES ENTERTAINMENT NOTEBOOK


HP has announced without any fanfare its new updated dv7t entertainment notebook. This updated version has new colors and a bigger display. The new dv7t has a 17.3-inch 1600 x 900 widescreen BrightView LCD display as opposed to its original 17-inch, and is available in black and white. The new updated Pavilion dv7t notebook series can be customized by Intel processor of up to Core 2 Quad Q9000 2GHz quad-core processor, up to 8GB of DDR2 memory and up to 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 graphic card quad-core version.

The dv7t entertainment notebook has a choice of dual 500GB hard drive for media files,an optional HDTV Hybrid tuner and includes Ethernet LAN, webcam, Bluetooth and fingerprint reader. You are also presented with optical drive options that includes a Lightscribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW double layer. The price of the new updated HP Pavilion dv7t series starts from $799.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

TRANSCEND DEBUTS 192GB 2 5 INCH SSD

Well be hoonest, this is not the best SSD available. On the other hand, packing nearly 200GB of solid state glory is not the worst we have seen in recent times.

The device promises to be pretty fast thanks to the SATA II interface which puts read speeds at 150MB per second and write speeds at 90MB a second.

The deivce also includes a battery for security purposes and integrated ECC which stands for Error Correction Code to verify that data that is transfered is done so in tact.

As for price, ProVantage has the device listed for "only" $417.55.

Be our guest and if you do happen to get one fail not to leave your impressions in teh comments below.

Monday, August 19, 2013

FRESH APPLES ON STORE

new macbookThe new-fangled MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro attribute an accurate uni-body corral crafted from a solitary block of aluminum making them thinner, hard-wearing and more striking? Apple has lastly specified the much-required revive to their complete MacBook family unit of notebooks. Weve got novel MacBooks with enhanced graphics ability, beefed up MacBook Pros in uni-body corrals just like the Mac Books and even a spec knock for MacBook Air.
All member of the novel MacBook family now comprises NVIDIA graphics, immediate-on LED-backlit screens and huge glass Multi-Touch track pads that proffer 40% additional tracking area. MacBook rejuvenate is mostly based on acceptance of novel way of building notebooks from a solitary block of Aluminum. This formulates them thinner, stronger and more vigorous according to Apple. The fresh MacBooks make use of NVIDIA Geforce 9400M as an alternative of an incorporated Intel clarification. In toting up to the glass track pad and uni-body enclosed space, the MacBooks will attribute 13.3-inch LED back-lit display, 0.95" thickness; 5 hours battery (asserted) and a Mini Display Port connector.

These MacBooks will be obtainable in 2 representations:
• $1,299 13.3" LED LCD; 2GHz Core 2 Duo (3MB L2 Cache); 2GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM; Geforce 9400M; 160GB Hard Drive; Slot-load Super-Drive
• $1,599 13.3" LED LCD; 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo (3MB L2 Cache); 2GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM; Geforce 9400M; 250GB Hard Drive; Slot-load Super-Drive; Backlit Keyboard.

720P LCD NOW AN OPTION ON MINI 10


If youve been holding out on the Dell Mini 19 because of its lack of 720p resolution screen, then were glad to say your wait is over. For just $35 you can upgrade that 1024 x 576 resolution to the better 1366 x 768.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

DELL NETBOOK WITH LOADS OF GOODIES

Inspiron Mini 9 NetbookObtainable in Obsidian Black or Alpine White with Ubuntu/Windows XP as range starts at $349, we are talking about the Dell’s most hyped Netbook. Dells much-awaited entry into the Netbook market has finally happened as buyers in U.S., Japan and a few other European countries can now purchase the Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook (o.k. Inspiron 910). Obtainable in both Ubuntu 8.04 & Windows XP essence, the 2.2 lbs Inspiron Mini 9 is motorized by Intels N270 1.6GHz Atom CPU, GMA 950 Graphics and 8.9" lustrous LED-backlit LCD (1024x600). The component also bears up to 1GB DDR2 533MHz RAM, elective Bluetooth 2.1; 802.11g Wi-Fi, trio of USB 2.0 ports, Card Reader, VGA/1.3MP Webcam and complimentary 2GB online storage space from Box.net. Primary storage space is handled by 4/8/16 GB solid state drives whereas the battery is a 4-cell 32Whr one. Those whore seeking to get one quick, should most likely wait until tomorrow as Dell is anticipated to offer a restricted time combo offer, in which you can procure a Studio/XPS notebooks with an Inspiron Mini 9 for just $99 extra. Dell seldom dissatisfies when it comes to accessories and the Inspiron Mini 9 is no exemption. Theres a whole fresh line of tradition "intended for Dell" rucksacks, messenger bags, translatable cases from brands like Timbuk2 and loads of goodies for their 1st Netbook.

MICROSOFT REMOVING IE8 FROM EUROPEAN VERSION OF WINDOWS 7

After a billion dollar antirust fine from the EU and countless court hearings, Microsoft has finally decided to scum to pressure from the EU and remove IE from the European version of Window’s 7.

Basically this means that Microsoft will not ship the browser with the OS but that does not mean manufacturers will not be able to install it. They will have the option to install any browser they want to.

So what do those living in the UK have to say about this? Glad or sad? Let us know in the comments below.