Miami Based Software Company, Citix systems Inc, is rolling out a new programme that will allow employees to get their own computers to work. This initiative is called BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer). The company plans to give their employees a stipend of $2,100 to get a laptop of their own choice, with whatever specs they think will be beneficial for their kind of work, and with a three year service plan. Read more…
The all new Samsung YP-S2 is a 2 GB MP3 player that is possible one of the smallest MP3 players out there. The design resembles ICE. The player has a few buttons on the underside that are used to control the player. There is no display to indicate track number or any other information. The only indication is through a flashing light on the top of the player. Read more…
The guys in green don’t kid around with their GPU architectures. Neither have they been sparing the horsepower when it comes to creating uber powerful GPU cores. The GTX 280 has a decidedly Bugatti Veyron approach to it’s processing power and just like the car, it goes all out – a near 90 percent in SPs over it’s predecessor, the 8800 GTX, a 512 but memory bus connected to a whopping 1 GB of GDDR3 RAM, clocked at just above 2.2 GHz. All this makes the GTX 280 extremely capable and the brute force approach works well for NVIDIA – the GTX 280 is furiously fast, as our tests will show. In fact it’s the fastest single GPU card on the planet.
When it comes to slim laptops, the new P300 from LG surely is one of the top few. Complete with a glossy top and brushed aluminum finish keyboard, palm rest and touch pad, this is a product that wants to take on the much hyped Mac Book Air.
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Following up on the eco-friendliness after going carbon neutral, one of the greenest tech companies around has announced that beginning in December, it will start offering LED-lit displays on their laptops instead of the mercury based cold cathode fluorescent backlighting.
The LED backlighting apart from saving power (estimated to cumulate upto 220 million kilowatt-hours by 2010), will also offer a better lighting and contrast, even when light is falling on the screen. These new screens perform much better in daylight conditions than the traditional screens. Read more…
On September 23, Google, HTC and T-Mobile unveiled their long anticipated G1 phone at a press conference in New York. The G1 will be available with the service provider T-Mobile, is manufactured by HTC and runs on the Android platform which is an open source Linux OS. The importance of this device is two-fold; firstly, the phone is placed in direct competition to the iPhone, is more feature-rich and is much cheaper. Second, and more importantly, the G1 is a step towards the visionary future of Google computing, where the OS, the widgets, the applications, and all the interaction is centered on Google.
According to recent reports it was confirmed that internet search Google has filed a patent with the US patent office for its vision of Wireless network for mobile phones. Just like every other product from Google, the very idea is quite revolutionary.
According to Google’s vision of a wireless network, smart phones are not tied or locked to any particular network or service provider, and smart phones and wireless devices will be able to migrate to better and stronger networks as per their needs. They will also be able to choose a particular network or service provider, based on the pricing it’s offering. Read more…
The Belkin laptop cooler has a fresh and unique looking design that is made to be practical. It is built rather well and does not come with metal bodies like most of its competitors use to absorb the heat. Even though it has a plastic body, it is rather well built. The body of the laptop cooler is quite sturdy and does best what it’s meant to do. It is smooth, shaped well and has two strips of rubber, both on top and bottom side of the cooler. These rubber strips help in providing a grip to the laptop and prevents the cooler from slipping or moving when kept on a flat smooth surface. Read more…
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Conceived out of two Radeon HD 4870 GPU cores on a single PCB, the HD 4870 x2 is a monster to be sure. It features 1600 SPs (800 from each 4870), and features an unheard 2 GB of GDDR5 memory that operates at a whopping 3600 MHz. The phrase gross overkill comes to mind. AMD has gone all out with this one, and the 4870 x2 is supposed to do what the single GPU version couldn’t – dethrone the mighty GRX 280 and restore ATI’s place at the helm of the 3D performance realm again – a position it has not gained after it’s now ancient 9800 Pro cards. Read more…
Antec is an equally well known brand as Cooler Master and the rest. Many are already using it’s famous entry level case, the NSK4000. The Antec Three Hundred is a more robust and well built case. The body design is somewhat like the Antec nine hundred, but is a little simpler looking. There are two fans by default – one at the top and one at the rear. Both fans have throttle control switches to control their speed. Two more fans can be added to the front and one to the side of cabinet. The cabinet doesn’t come with an inbuilt power supply, and when you buy a power supply, you will find that it fits into the bottom of the case. Read more…
