In the State of Virginia (Virginia, USA) launched a new wireless technology to provide broadband Internet access to employees of office buildings WiFiber (Wireless Fiber). WiFiber combines two types of links at once – Wi-Fi and BPL (connection through the electrical power network). The problem of providing radio before the building is vested in the [...]

We already wrote about the motherboard ASRock 939SLI-ESATA2, designed to work with both AMD processors for Socket 939 and Socket AM2. Engineering “zest” model is the presence of an additional slot, called the Future CPU Port. That it should be installed with an additional fee Socket AM2 and 240-pin slots DIMM. Recently the company introduced [...]

Yesterday the Moscow representative office of the company ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) Russian journalists gathered for a very interesting subject. As part of the announcement of the spring lineup of notebooks, along with the presentation of traditional innovations, but on a new version of the mobile platform Intel – Centrino / Centrino Duo, we were [...]

Sun Microsystems will not support AMD’s Hypertransport expansion. The responsible manager explained that they put instead on an industry standard such as PCI Express. AMD uses HyperTransport Opteron in order to connect multiple CPUs in a multi-processor server. The technology is largely responsible for the excellent scalability of the platform. At Intel, the communication between [...]

The company will present this spring AOpen at CeBIT Intel Developer Forum and the next generation of its mini-computers. The new desktop comes in a series MiniPC and is based on Intel mobile processors with core Dothan and Yonah. Externally, the product is strikingly similar to Mac Mini from Apple, although in similar buildings hide [...]

The story of this holiday began in late 2003 with the Russian posts on the forum site overclockers.ru, and after some discussion it was decided to celebrate it on February 29, well, or the day before will fall if the year “with improper stepping” and month “do not be dispersed “. And now, two years [...]

Universal Camera Canon PowerShot S1 IS and S2 IS is very popular with amateur photographers through the lens with 12x optical zoom, excellent opportunities for macro photography and video. Canon introduced the popular series – PowerShot S3 IS, which, incidentally, is not much different from its predecessor. Specifications PowerShot S3 IS: 1 / 2, 5-inch [...]

There were first rumors that the upcoming CeBIT, NVIDIA will show the next revolutionary Quad-SLI solution based on the chip GeForce 7900 GTX. For those who do not follow the latest developments in the arena of 3D-graphics, remember that Quad-SLI technology allows you to combine as many as four cards to the appropriate image processing [...]

Company Micro-Star International introduced the entry-level server in a format 1U. Oriented product for use in small offices. New labeled P1-104A2M and is based on mobile processor Intel Pentium M. Finding ways to use this chip for desktop applications are not losing relevance for some manufacturers, judging by how often new solutions continue to emerge. [...]

Sony has continued to actively introduce its new standard Blu-ray. According to Chinese publication Commercial Times, the company intends, during March and April of this year’s release of retail sales of about 20 movies on Blu-ray-carriers. One problem is only in the way of Sony, – in the stores still have not appeared, domestic players [...]

Siemens has developed a new navigation system, which is based on three-dimensional map with 3D-models of roads and buildings in different cities. In order to maximize the accuracy of a virtual world, used high-resolution imagery obtained from the satellite. To the traveler was easier to navigate in an unfamiliar city, the navigation system incorporated data [...]

During the Cebit 2006 the world’s fourth largest producer of LCD-matrix, the company Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), plans to showcase its new development – 56 “display with a resolution V562D1 3840 x 2160, that four times the standard for HD-devices of 1920 x 1080. Accordingly, the manufacturer says about his creation, as QuadHDTV. Implementation of [...]

Have not been forgotten by Canon and less sophisticated fans of digital photos – just for them were three cheap cameras PowerShot A420, A430 and A530. New supports to shoot with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Specifications PowerShot A420 (A430): 1/3-inch CCD-sensor, the resolution of 4 million pixels; Image processor: DIGIC II technology with iSAPS; [...]

RAID-controller released the company HighPoint Technologies. The product is called the RocketRAID 2310 PCI-Express x4 SATA II RAID Controller, targeted for entry-level servers, NAS, and powerful workstations. The manufacturer informed that he was ready to start deliveries of the model. RocketRAID 2310 is equipped with four internal ports SATA II and allows you to combine [...]

The German Phono association IFPI demands that the privilege is limited to traditional broadcast radio. According to the Musikindistrie would lobby the internet radio and on-demand services to intervene in the first window and were therefore “unacceptable”, the list of demands for a reform of copyright law. The German Justice Ministry has given the proposal [...]