Category Archives: Computing
Posted on May 23, 2013
Audio-Technica USB headphone amplifier with built in DAC (AT-HA30USB) for notebooks will be available in Japan from June 20th for approximately 21,000 yen ($205). The headphone amplifier device measures 61.5 × 21 × 10.6mm and weighs 15.5g only. Like a pen drive, the USB port is protected by a takeoff type cap. The maximum output power from Audio-Technica USB headphone amplifier is 13mW × 2ch (32Ω). Total harmonic distortion is less than 0.03%.10Hz and SN ratio 97dB or more. It is powered by USB bus power.
Posted on May 23, 2013
The Cooler Master NotePal U3 Plus laptop cooler is elevated in the back to allow for comfortable typing. That’s not all. Just turn the aluminum surface around, place your laptop inside and attach the included safety belt to turn it into a carrying case. Three patented quick release fans can be adjusted to your specific laptops layout, target and eliminate your laptop’s heat zones.
Posted on May 23, 2013
HP today announced the HP ENVY Rove20 mobile All-in-One PC, the company’s first mobile All-in-One PC, which frees the desktop PC from the desk and allows families and friends to enjoy a shared entertainment experience with a built-in battery, unique design and advanced touch technology. The HP ENVY Rove20 can easily move from upright to completely horizontal for a tabletop entertainment experience. Using advanced multitouch technology, multiple users can interact with games and more at the same time.
Posted on May 23, 2013
ASRock today announced the A-Style conformal coating for Protecting ASRock 8 Series motherboards from conductive liquids, dust, corrosion and extreme temperatures. The special layer of Conformal Coating makes ASRock’s motherboards invulnerable to conductive liquids, so overclockers won’t have to worry about accidently spilling liquid nitrogen, liquid helium or even clam chowder over their motherboards while they are overclocking.
Posted on May 22, 2013
This coming Monday, Sony in a premium smartphone- Xperia Z”>Sony Xperia Tablet Z will start shipping to markets across the globe, so over the next few days Sony will be taking a look at the backstory of this amazing product, along with some tips & tricks, feature demos and walk-throughs. Xperia Tablet Z shares the same cool Sony software, hardware and design elements as our Xperia Z smartphone including water resistance, the latest Sony screen tech, media applications (WALKMAN, Album and Movies), NFC One-touch connectivity and much more.
Posted on May 22, 2013
EIZO FlexScan T2381W multitouch monitor combines superb image quality, durability, and a design that is optimized for comfortable 5-point multitouch for use in schools, libraries, offices, and homes. The touch screen has a non-scratch surface made of reinforced glass with a hardness of 5H on the Mohs scale; making it durable enough to withstand long-term use in schools and public access areas. The Eizo FlexScan T2381W monitor has a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 and an IPS panel that has almost no color shift or change in contrast when viewed from different angles. The wide 178° horizontal and vertical viewing angles ensure two people can comfortably view the screen.
Posted on May 22, 2013
EIZO today announced the FlexScan EV2216W, an LED-backlit 22-inch monitor with EIZO-developed dimming technologies to eliminate screen flicker and reduce eye fatigue. The FlexScan EV2216W is the first EcoView monitor with a 22-inch screen and 1680 x 1050 native resolution (16:10 aspect ratio). The brightness dimming methods used with conventional LED-backlit monitors cause some users to see flicker which can result in eye fatigue. The FlexScan EV2216W incorporates an EIZO-developed solution that regulates brightness to make flicker unperceivable without compromising color stability. Even at just 1% of the maximum brightness the monitor remains flicker-free.
Posted on May 21, 2013
Samsung is now supplying its solid state drive (SSD), the SM843T, for use in high-performance servers and storage in next-generation data centers, including Big Data systems. The SM843T strengthens Samsung’s SATA interface enterprise SSD product lineup. Offering up to 960 gigabytes (GB) of memory storage for faster and more efficient Big Data systems and cloud computing environments, the SM843T offers the industry’s most advanced performance level for SATA 6.0 SSDs.
Posted on May 20, 2013
Fujitsu Laboratories and Fujitsu R&D Center today announced the development of 3D hand gesture recognition technology that, using video captured on a single PC or tablet camera, can detect not only vertical and horizontal hand motion, but also the forward and backward movements of increasing or decreasing distance of a hand from the display. With existing hand gesture recognition technology it has been possible to detect hand motions along the vertical and horizontal axes, which represent operations similar to moving a mouse cursor. However, detecting forward and backward hand motions—changing distance to perform the same function as a mouse click—has proven difficult.
Posted on May 20, 2013
ASRock is bringing better Internet connections to the upcoming Intel 8 Series motherboards with A-Style: 2T2R Dual Band 802.11ac WiFi + Bluetooth v4.0. 802.11ac WiFi is a new wireless computer networking standard that provides high-throughput wireless local area networks on the 5GHz band with data transferring speeds up to 867Mbps, a whopping 289% speed boost compared to the former models with 2T2R 802.11n WiFi.
Posted on May 20, 2013
Asus today announced a new look for its range of motherboards based on the Intel Z87 chipset. Replacing the previous blue-accented color scheme, a unique gold application on custom-designed heatsinks serves to emphasize the Asus philosophy of always providing the most innovative motherboards in every generation. Accommodating system builder needs, the gold treatment on new motherboards promotes great-looking PC interiors with a two-tone color palette that works well with the primarily black designs of PC cases.
Posted on May 17, 2013
Transcend today announced the release of its SATA II 3Gb/s MSM610 mSATA mini solid state drive (SSD). Fully compliant with the SATA II 3Gb/s specification and built with industry-leading toggle-mode MLC NAND flash chips, the MSM610 mSATA mini SSD boasts blazing fast sequential read and write speeds up to 245 and 48 MB/s respectively. This outstanding performance translates into reduced boot up and data transfer times, superior application launch speed, and enhanced overall system responsiveness; especially useful for dual-drive notebooks and Ultrabooks taking advantage of both the high-speed MSM610 mSATA mini SSD and a high capacity hard disk drive.
Posted on May 17, 2013
HP today announced its record-breaking, long-run production of personalized labels on HP Indigo WS6000 series Digital Presses for Coca-Cola’s biggest-ever personalized brand campaign. The campaign, Share a Coca-Cola, was launched across Europe on May 1.The campaign is designed to help Coca-Cola engage directly with its consumers in 32 countries. It substitutes the iconic Coca-Cola logo on bottles of Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola light and Coca-Cola Zero with 150 of the most popular first names, nicknames and terms of affection in each country.
Posted on May 16, 2013
University of Tokyo professors Masatoshi Ishikawa and Hiroyuki Shinoda have unveiled a system that projects a keyboard or smartphone display onto surfaces like a person’s moving palm or a sheet of paper, in what could be a step toward using computers without having to hold a physical device. The system is activated by passing one’s hand over its detector. It uses a special camera to constantly capture the position of the hand, paper or other projecting surface, on to which a projector creates the image of a keyboard or display.
Posted on May 16, 2013
AMD today launched the AMD Radeon HD 8970M, the world’s fastest notebook graphics card. The AMD Radeon HD 8970M graphics processing unit (GPU) delivers the best mobile gaming experience imaginable to gamers, powered by AMD’s award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture.The AMD Radeon HD 8970M GPU is the perfect combination of technologies, blending performance, immersive features and an extensive battery life that delivers an unrivaled gaming experience, even on the go.
