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Kingston has released its SSDNow V200 Series SSDs, which offers twice the performance as the V100 series and up to 20 percent less in cost. Kingston’s SSDNow V200 lets you stretch your system without stretching your budget. Designed for notebook and desktop hard drive replacements and upgrades, it maximises your computer investment while boosting the performance of the system and its applications. It’s available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacity kits that make switching to an SSD easy and affordable. Kits include cables, brackets, cloning software and HDD enclosure and installation video — everything needed to get started. SSDNow V200 makes computers more...
HIS has been particularly busy lately releasing all sort of graphics cards covering the whole GPU market, and lately has introduced yet another model that targets entry - level systems and uses the Radeon HD 6450 design paired together with 2GB of video buffer. The new graphics card is known as the HIS 6450 Silence 2GB and it features a low - profile PCB as well as passive heatsink, making it a great solution for HTPC users. Its home theater PC role is also accentuated by the bundled low profileexpansion bracket, which is a great addition if the card must be fitted in a half - height computer case. The rest of the card's specs include a Caicos GPU with 160 stream...
Corsair announced the production of a Dominator GTX 8GB dual-channel DDR3 kit guaranteed to operate at 2400MHz, with latency settings of 9-11-10-30, at a memory voltage of 1.65V. This kit comes complete with Corsair’s patented DHX+ heatsink and an AirFlow 2 GTL Cooling Fan for exceptional thermal performance. Checking out the kit, you can see that it looks all very familiar with that typical black and red Dominator heatsink present on the modules. Of course, the big thing is the kit comes with four modules due to the fact it's a Quad Channel one. While we've got the Corsair logo on both sides of the module, we can see that one side offers us the Dominator GT...
Microsoft is working on a social/design project called Tulalip, according to details from a splash page that was accidentally published to Socl.com recently. As of Thursday, Microsoft has taken down the splash page and replaced it with a message acknowledging the project. “Thanks for stopping by. Socl.com is an internal design project from a team in Microsoft Research which was mistakenly published to the web. We didn’t mean to, honest,” the message states. While I believe that publishing the splash page was an accident, I don’t believe Tulalip is simply an “internal design project”. The splash page (pictured above) describes the Tulalip service as a way for users...
On 17 November 2011, the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command conducted the first test flight of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept, a new weapon capable of traveling five times the speed of sound. At 6:30 a.m. EST (1:30 a.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Time) the test vehicle was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii to the Reagan Test Site, US Army Kwajalein Atoll. The objective of the test was to collect data on hypersonic boost-glide technologies and test range performance for long-range atmospheric flight. Mission emphasis was on aerodynamics; navigation, guidance, and control; and thermal protection...
This project was designed by Tiago Barros and envisions a distinct approach towards moving around the United States being also a revival of the act of traveling. Why traveling at high speed? Why having the final destiny always defined? And why always departing and arriving on a tight schedule? Nowadays, everything is set and everyone is always running around. It is time to reconsider the act of traveling and start enjoying it accordingly. The Passing Cloud is an innovative and environmentally friendly method of transportation that doesn’t require expensive steel tracks or concrete highways. It is made of a series of spherical balloons that form the shape of a...
Onstage at TEDGlobal, Péter Fankhauser demonstrates Rezero, a robot that balances on a ball though the ball needs to keep moving to stand up, it can move very dynamically with the single point of contact to the ground. Designed and built by a group of engineering students, Rezero is the first ballbot made to move quickly and gracefully -- and even dance. I'm trying to remember the Sci-Fi movie I saw that had something like this... though I think it was a single wheel instead of a ball on the bottom. Fun stuff :-) The creators note that at present it's just an experiment but imagine it might be used as a "tour guide" in exhibitions or parks, or used in hospitals to carry...
GroundBot by Swedish robotics firm Rotundus is an all - terrain, amphibious surveillance robot in the shape of a bug-eyed sphere (video). Roughly the size of a car tire, the robot moves silently at up to six mph. GroundBot houses two cameras which provide a stereoscopic view to its remote operator. Rotundus notes that the current version “cannot house robot arms or weapons.” Maybe in the next release. The spherical design is simplicity itself. With its large circumference, GroundBot takes all kinds of terrain in its stride. And yet its appearance is friendly and unthreatening. Inside, all cameras and sensors are sealed off from the outside world....
Ever wish you had a stylish personal assistant who could manage your calls, calendar and documents, keep you connected to important information all day and all night, and follow you wherever you go? We'd heard rumors that Motorola might be working on some extremely high-spec devices for the Chinese market - a place where the company has had good footing for many years - and here we go : give a warm welcome to the new MT917 Android, a smartphone with a 4.5-inch 1280x720p display and a 13-megapixel camera, an amazing combination of extreme good looks, extreme power and extreme TD-SCDMA speed. At just 8.5mm thin and protected by KEVLAR fiber (not unlike the RAZR series),...
Ready to add another device to AT&T's growing number of LTE smartphones? Welcome the LG Nitro HD, Ma Bell's version of the Optimus LTE. Spec-wise, the Nitro is packed to the gullet with top-of-the-line guts : 4.5-inch 1280x720 AH-IPS display 1.5GHz dual-core processor 1GB RAM 4GB built-in storage, 16GB microSD card included 8MP rear shooter, 1.3MP front cam Android 2.3 (will most likely be upgraded to ICS) 4G LTE The Nitro will be available beginning December 4th for $250 with a two-year agreement. *by andreascy* ...
Think you have what it takes to turn a hot idea into a cool solution? Then Circuit Cellar and Elektor, in association with DesignSpark, would like to cordially invite you to participate in the DesignSpark chipKITTM Challenge! Starting November 28, engineers from around the world are challenged to develop an energy-efficient and eco-friendly design solution using DesignSpark’s free PCB software and Microchip Technology’s chipKITTMMax32TM development board. Achieve the most energy-efficient solution and you could win share of $10,000! Maximize your design power while reducing your environmental and energy footprint. Entries must : - Be...
Lenovo is launching the LePad S2005, S2007 and S2010 tablets in Beijing this morning, following on from the K1. The range is likely to be known as the IdeaTab outside of China, but it looks like the model numbers will remain the same. All three devices ship with the W-CDMA bands needed for China's Unicom network. The 5-inch S2005 occupies the same confusing is-it-a-phone-or-a-tablet space as Dell's Streak 5 and the Samsung Galaxy Note. It runs a skinned version of Android 2.3.5 on an 800 x 480 LTPS display (which touts an impressive 178-degree viewing angle), with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, and 1GB of RAM. The storage is expandable, but there's no word on...
A new video from Microsoft. This time, they discuss Windows Azure. Windows Azure Storage provides a scalable and reliable storage service for accessing Blobs, Tables, and Queues for Microsoft’s new cloud OS. In this video, you will learn in depth about new Blob, Table and Queue features and how to use Windows Azure Storage Analytics to understand your app’s usage of storage. In addition, you’ll get an under-the-hood tour of the architecture and design of Windows Azure Storage. Finally, you will learn what goes on behind the scenes to replicate, load balance and scale out access to your data. This video is brought to you by Brad Calder from Microsoft and...
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The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is coming. Asus brings to you the next transformation in tablet technology, one that is better than its predecessor in every aspect. Their latest offering is faster, stronger, slimmer, and of course, sexier. They strived to break free from the normal constraints of a device through constant innovation, and the result is the Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is the world's first tablet to feature Project Kal - El, NVIDIA's next - generation Quad - Core Tegra® mobile chip, giving birth to a new breed of high powered tablet devices. Armed with this technology, the Transformer Prime is blazing fast. In fact, they are setting...
MSI has unveiled its top of the range X79 motherboard on its Facebook page – the Big Bang XPower II – and it really is a feature packed board, but it looks like MSI's marketing team has run out of ideas. Why? Well, simply because MSI has borrowed heavily from Gigabyte's G1 series of motherboards when it comes to the heatsink design, which in this case is also very much gun inspired. MSI appears to have packed the board to the brim with features, in fact, it's so full that MSI had to go for an XL-ATX form factor. The Big Bang XPower II has no less than seven x16 PCI Express slots, although only two of them have 16 lanes worth of bandwidth, while the remaining...
Photos of the possible design of HTC Zeta released today Engadget. This is yet another smartphone "monster" ... the HTC APQ8064 with quad processor clocked at2.5GHz and 1GB of RAM. Recalled that a few days ago leaked pictures from even aquad smartphone, the HTC Edge. According to rumors it has a screen 4.5 "inch 1280 x 720 resolution and runs the brand new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with the GUI Sense. The camera is 8MPwith dual LED flash and video recording resolution 1080p. Some more features are1.3MP front camera for video calls, 32GB internal storage, Bluetooth 4.0, audio technology Beats Audio and Battery 1,830 mAh. Full specs of the phone here : http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_zeta-4333.php *by...
If you have dreamed of joining the Astronaut Corps, now is the time to apply. NASA is continuing space exploration programs that will include missions beyond low Earth orbit. NASA, the world's leader in space and aeronautics is always seeking outstanding scientists, engineers, and other talented professionals to carry forward the great discovery process that its mission demands. Creativity. Ambition. Teamwork. A sense of daring. And a probing mind. That's what it takes to join NASA, one of the best places to work in the Federal Government. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a need for Astronaut Candidates to support the International Space...
Here is a good video from Microsoft which tells about how we leave in future, the advance concepts of future. They have not just thinking for corporate world but for personal use as well! This is really good and we can surely say Microsoft is yet not died, a future that integrates biology and tech. Enjoy the video ! *by andreascy...
Today’s mobile computers provide omnipresent access to information, creation and communication facilities. It is undeniable that they have forever changed the way we work, play and interact. However, mobile interaction is far from solved. Diminutive screens and buttons mar the user experience, and otherwise prevent us from realizing their full potential. Chris Harrison (Microsoft Research PH.D. Fellow and editor-in-chief of XRDS) said : "We explored and prototyped a powerful alternative approach to mobile interaction that uses a body-worn projection/sensing system to capitalize on the tremendous surface area the real world provides. For example,...
How would you feel, if you could turn a pizza box to a computer and a banana phone?. To do this, you will not need to star in a fantasy film, but just been at Ishikawa-Oku laboratories, on University of Tokyo. These "unthinkable" things, became possible with the help of "augmented reality". The central idea of the project «invoked computing» is to be able to run monitors, keyboards and other "elements" of different gadgets into everyday objects that are no longer necessary specialized hardware for various technological activities. These objects can be anything (eg. a box of pizza or a banana), enabling the user to interact even to them, touching, for example,...
AMD presents the new AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series - the world’s first and only 16 - core x86 server processor with the highest core density for incredible scalability to handle demanding multi - threaded workloads such as cloud computing, virtualization, high - performance computing (HPC), databases and business applications. The innovative modular architecture helps pack in more cores, making it the natural choice for heavy-threaded cloud computing environments and enterprise applications that demand outstanding performance and scalability. The Opteron 6200 and 4200 Series processors (formerly code-named “Interlagos” and “Valencia”) are designed to give enterprises...
A 70-million-year-old nest filled with the remains of baby Protoceratops gives clues to the dinos early behavior. THE GIST : - The first nest of the genus Protoceratops has been found, complete with fifteen juveniles. - Researchers believe sand entombed the dinosaur family while the members were still alive. - The discovery suggests Protoceratops juveniles stayed and grew in the nest, receiving parental care. A 70-million-year-old nest of the dinosaur Protoceratops andrewsi has been found with evidence that 15 juveniles were once inside it, according to a paper in the latestJournal of Paleontology. While large numbers of eggs have been associated with...
Besides vapor, ice and liquid, a fourth form of water may exist. But don't worry, Kurt Vonnegut fans, it's not ice-nine, the dangerous, solid-at-room-temperature substance from the book Cat's Cradle. Unlike the fictional ice-nine, which melted at 45.5 Celsius degrees, this new form of H2O likes it cold : about 47.7 C degrees below zero. Liquid water usually freezes into ice at 0 C, but under the right conditions, like the high pressure at the bottom of the ocean, water stays liquid below 0 C. Water's fourth form, or phase, may be a liquid with some of the properties of both ice and regular liquid water. But laboratory equipment isn't sensitive enough to observe the...
Zanzibar, Tanzania – Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have designed a network proxy that can cut the power consumption of 3G smart phones up to 74 percent. This device enhances performance and significantly reduces power usage by serving as a middleman for mobile devices to connect to the Internet and handling the majority of the data transfer for the smart phone. Historically, the high energy requirements of mobile phones have slowed the adoption of mobile Internet services in developing countries. - This new solution is particularly valuable in developing countries because it provides significantly more effective Internet access to a much larger number...
In Windows 8, the code allows you to connect your applications to the internet. There are times though when yor network code may not be working. When your network code doesn’t work, you need to know the tools that Windows provides so you can fix your application faster. Visit the link below to see the specific video that will teach you about the new tools and capabilities in Windows 8 that lead to effective network communication (This video is presented by Raghu Gatta and originally posted on http://www.windows8update.com). http://www.windows8update.com/2011/11/29/windows-video-debugging-connected-windows-8-applications/ *by andreascy* ...
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