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NVIDIA comes clean about the fact that it has some news to share, its sure about what it has up its sleeve, an unnamed GPU, two of them running Crysis 2 in SLI mode. You can see a short clip below is Direct X11 version of the game running at 1080p resolution with tessellation enabled and a high-resolution texture pack. The game appears to play smoothly, even if you sets the crank to max. Dont forget to look at the video
Mitsubishis new Real LCD -22BLR500 TV is the first one to be packed with a built-in Blu-ray recorder and a hard drive, and it is certainly smaller one. The 22-inch 1,366*768 LED-backlit display is too tiny for your average living room, but got some 500GB HDD and optical drive in the base helps it keep thin and stable footprint that could fit in a small room. The inputs include USB jack, a pair of HDMI ports, an SD card slot, Ethernet, and i.Link. The compact All-In-One TV will he Japan-only affair hits shelves on July 21st for 110,00 (about $1,360).
The classic board game has now been revamped, new style. Both Operation and Star Wars are classics that have entertained kids for generations; it makes sense for them to join the forces. The upcoming Star Wars Operation R2-D2 Edition. The Rebel Alliances favorite Astromech droid has developed all sorts of mechanical maladies; it is up to your surgical hands to get it feel right again. The game can be pre-ordered now for $27, starts shipping in September. Click on the source link for your pre-orders.
The low-cost Andy Pad tablet was recently spotted in the wild for the first time at an apparently private launch event, it will be available in two versions; 8GB model for 129(about $200), and 16GB model for 169 (about $270). The basic Andy Pad keeps things in cheap with a resistive touchscreen, they also confirmed that there will be an additional Andy Pad Pro model packs a much more welcome capacitive display, plus front and rear facing cameras. It is not clear that aforementioned model and Pro are the same. Andy Pad itself hasnt confirmed the price for the latter, and they said that it will be aiming at early adopters.
The Super thin Eee PC X101 is coming for the retail debut. Starting in July you can pick up one of those MeeGo running devices for $199, or a desktop version of running Windows 7 version (X101 H is the model name) for $310. The device got 1.33 GHz Single core Atom N435 processor, a six cell battery, a small SSD (probably 16GB). The ASUS and Acer released small netbook laptops will support the Intel Atom N435 AppUp Center technology. The companys online store for applications, games, entertainment, and social media, designed specifically for small screen of netbooks. Dont forget to look at the video
The upcoming tablet from Congolese company VMK, the companys CEO explains that, the Gingerbread slate is making its internet debut, the front isnt quite ready for public consumption, seeing how is the company worried about getting pouched by copycats its attempts to register a trademarks. The Android 2.3.3 tablet is apparently ramping for September release in Africa; they are looking for more funding, seeing as how difficult it can be to release a CE product in that part of the World. The device is mainly targeted on the developing nations and likely has the price to match. We forget to tell you some specs of the tablet we know, it got some 7-inch capacitive display, 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal storage, WiFi b/g/n. Dont forget to look at the image gallery of la tablet from VMK, we will get back to you as we get more of the tablet.
For: Good Protection, PC-Tune up facilities, automated completely, 2GB back space, crime index.Against: Facebook integration, all features doesnt support non admin mode, non-intuitive way to add or access exclusions list.Norton 360 v5 is the iteration of Symantecs All-in-one System Suite. It is just like Norton Internet Security Suite; Norton 360 provides protection from viruses, spyware, fraudulent websites, phishing scams, intrusions, and the latest online threats. It extends help to keep PCs tuned for optimum performance, provides automatic local and online backups included in the yearly price.
Hackers seemed to have vowed to disrupt the Brazilian governments security machinery and have attacked the government institute of geographic and statistics, making third attack in three days. Hacked IBGE, the hackers also depicted the Brazilian national flag with an eye in it. The hack is carried out by a group called Fail Shell. They added that the hack is a form of protest from a nationalist group, who wish to make Brazil a better country. The official sites from Brazil suffered attacks from LulzSec and some anonymous. According to the Brazilian government the attacks only affects only home portal, and the database is still available for the users.
The Android Application has now been updated to version 1.6 for Facebook. It will bring some improvements in the news feed, support for Facebook pages, ability to add videos to your Facebook profile. The page support will bring the ability to browse through pages within the app, instead of getting redirected to the browser. It comes very handy and saves lot of time. The video upload feature will let users upload videos from their devices to their profile on the go. The tweaks to the News feed will include the display of new type of posts such as pages, which when tapped, will open on the application itself. The Facebook app for an Android still need more tweaks when it comes to usability.
Social Networking giant Facebook has made an announcement that it would be rolling out its latest service, Facebook Credits. The service is set to be launched in 13 countries includes Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US, Venezuela. It starts from July 1st 2011, it intends to be used as an alternative payment option on social networking giant, and it will be supported by Live Gamer. The Credits would allow users to buy virtual currency and virtual goods that are available in Facebook apps.
The XC2V FLYPMode is one imposing looking vehicle, also called as Experimental Crowd-derived Combat Support Vehicle. DAPRA has billed this mean machine as the first crowd-sourced, military relevant vehicle design. After being selected as a winning entry to DAPRAs design competition, Local Motors tricked it out in just 14 weeks. We wont see this thing driving dirty in the desert anytime soon. Dont forget to look at the video
FCC have somehow both scored and torn asunder Nokias Flagship MeeGo development phone. The latest confirms N9 Specs we had previously heard about, expect for one; the 12MP camera. As the N950s official specs list an 8MP camera, which the Finnish firm touted as different than the unit in its brother. The last minute component changes arent unheard of, but we dont think it as a bad thing for replacing an 8MP with a 12MP Carl Zeiss. Dont forget to look at the torn down pictures of the device.
Lenovo has two tablets launch in the coming weeks, from looking the picture you can say the launch date by yourself. This shows the Android packed IdeaPad K1, debuts in late June or July, and it is rumoured as June 28th release date and ThinkPad later, the companys IdeaCentre nettop coming our way in August 30th. The IdeaPad K1 will feature a 10.1-inch display with 1280*800 resolution, 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, and run Android 3.x, the retail is expected about $500.
The first suitcase-desktop tease sporting an internal battery came from the NextComputing. The headlining promises two hours to four hours of battery life. NextComputings half a minute demo shows an unnamed workstation disconnected, unplugged, and lugged off. A desktop with a battery still beats a laptop without one. Dont forget to look at the video
Samsung had a target of selling more than 10 million devices; we are surprised by the companys marketing strategy now. After a series of unboxing videos, the company is going to step further with plans of sending Galaxy S II, 20 miles into sky. The promotional event for Japanese market will be held on 15th of July, and will be watched by millions of Ustream live streaming if S IIs space venture. The S II is yet to be launched in many places, where its expected to sell it like a hot cakes. Dont forget to look at the video of project for S II Space balloon.
Google has been toying with a games presence. Its web browser Google Chrome got its own game store in May 2010, with they invested $100 to 200 million to Farmvile two months later. Now rumors surfaced that they are trying to bring social games to its own, as yet undefined gaming service. Now its also got a job listing, indicates that Google is definitely planning to get into game business. The games product manager touts that a rare opportunity to grow brand new business Game at Google.
The team of researchers from University of Minnesota has found a way to harness energy from our hot castoffs. The group has apparently created a brand spanking new alloy that spontaneously creates energy when its temperature raised by a small amount. Future uses a material Ni45Co5Mn40Sn10 include charging a hybrid car battery with the help of waste heat from its exhaust. The material is a phase changer; it can go from non-magnetic to magnetic in moments, when the temperature rises. They also try to get the waste heat from computers. Dont forget to check out the video
The Palm Pre 2 users get the webOS 2.1 update to their device. Released back in March to the global unlocked masses this update to HPs platform brings along voice-dialling, email, and security fixes, messaging back up, and a Sense 3.0 like charging display that can float your photos, agenda, or simply keep the time. This can be enough to tide you until the Pre 3 Release VZW stores.
