Archive for March, 2009
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Next 28 and 29 of April Nokia Developer Summit, the first world-wide congress for developer of Nokia is celebrated in Monaco. The event is oriented to developer and the idea is to present the possibilities that offer the movable platforms of Nokia.
During Nokia Developer Summit will be the new tools of programming by means of Flashlite, Web Runtime, QT or Maemo. Also methods will be offered to avoid the fragmentation and to develop applications that can be installed in the million devices that Nokia has in the market. Other very interesting options will be to know the supply for the programmers the store of applications of Nokia, the next Ovi Store, or the opportunity to make contact with the enemy with the risk capital division, Nokia Growth Partners.
The entrance costs 200 Euros and includes displacements from the airport, access to all the conferences and the possibility of establishing appointments with experts of Nokia. Even if it is only by the proximity to our country, Nokia Developer Summit is a great opportunity to make good contact with the enemy with which it continues being at the moment greater manufacturer of moving bodies.
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Sometimes it seems that with as much speaking of ultraportable and its Atom processors we forget that Intel continues offering many other models within its range of microprocessors. Between the last ones that has been sent they are Intel the 2 Cores Quad S-Series, who come with four nuclei.
But it is not that his main characteristic, but the fact that they are 45 microprocessors of nm and its maximum consumption is of 65 watts. That is to say, the cost of energy is reduced considerably in front of other models with similar benefits.
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Why Water?
Liquid cooling takes advantage of the key features that a larger radiator offers compared to local sinks, with the added benefit that the radiator can often be mounted in a cooler air stream.
That explains why a large radiator sits at the front of most automobiles, but in the case of overclocking, complexity and inconvenience have limited the number of liquid-cooling applications in PCs. Most liquid cooling systems focus on the CPU, since adding other components to the loop makes servicing a nightmare. In particular, removing a liquid cooling system from graphics cards requires extreme caution and plenty of extra time to drain the system, which must then be refilled and re-purged (to remove air from the water lines) before it can be used again. This could easily turn five minutes of diagnostic work into a one-hour ordeal–and that’s if you know what you’re doing.
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
For those of you who poke fun at Apple’s design philosophy, you have some new joke material. Not to be outdone by the single button concept on the iPhone, Apple has created a device with ZERO buttons. The new iPod Shuffle concept might just fool you for an Onion story: no buttons, proprietary headphones, and next you’re going to tell me it talks to me too, right?
Sizing it up
Apple has relocated all buttons to controls on the proprietary ear buds. All that remains on the small device is the “On, Loop, Shuffle” switch and the headphone jack used for listening and syncing. It’s different, and it takes some getting used to. This allows for a 50% reduction in size from the previous generation Shuffle. That thing was the size of a postage stamp. That would make this…half the size of a postage stamp? But seriously, it’s small. Those prone to leaving change in their pockets and only realizing it when you do the laundry, you’ve been warned. (more…)
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Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Yee-haw? Workhorse PC, a Texas-based company, which manufactures equipment for government and educational institutions, is studying a little more recognition by jumping into the car with its NETBOOK Certeza MC10. The MC10, which has many of the same characteristics as other netBook, this is not the prettiest NETBOOK in the yard, and $ 549 is too much for their functionality. However, your customization options and the company plans to sell a barebones unit may be ideal for users seeking to build a very specific NETBOOK.
Black boxy design
The black, shiny Workhorse Certeza MC10 PC looks good from afar, almost, but not the same brightness as its competitors. Sports boxy plastic chassis, certainty is not a finished product which is partly due to its customization. The coverage, which is a fingerprint magnet, has a small indentation in the shape of a rectangular slot which is empty at the time, but you can customize with a label of a name or school. Similarly, a strip of white plastic waiting to be customized to run in the top of the keyboard. Although there is a Workhorse logo below the screen, the general impression is that this is a course NETBOOK.
However, the MC10 Certeza is quite compact for a 10-inch. 10.4 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches, has the same size as the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Svelto, but advice on the scale a little over 3 kilos heavier. However, with a distance of 3.6 pounds with its AC adapter, the system will leverage our position in the transport of portable DVD, and not weigh on our shoulders in our walk home from work. (more…)
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