Archive for ‘August 31st, 2010’

IFA: Viewsonic 7-inch tablet is 2.2, with Android

IFA: Viewsonic 7-inch tablet is 2.2, with Android

Viewsonic is on the third September 50th beginning International Radio Exhibition (IFA) in Berlin (Hall 14.1, Stand 107) one tablet with capacitive touch screen 7-inch think. The operating system is the current version of Android 2.2 (code name Froyo). Thus, the device supports, in contrast to Apple’s iPad Flash 10.1. One special feature of the [...]

HP to pay $ 55 million penalty for bribery

HP to pay $ 55 million penalty for bribery

Hewlett-Packard has committed to in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay a fine of 55 million dollars. So that the ongoing process since 2007 has ended bribe payments that HP wanted to give orders from government agencies. The computer manufacturer that currently supplies a bidding war with Dell for the purchase [...]

Advertising within the applications developers to bring profits

Advertising within the applications developers to bring profits

about the complexities of advertising in the Apple iAd portal Whioam has reported. However, Apple provides advertisers another option – advertising within applications. This feature is a great incentive for developers of applications, because majority of advertising revenue goes to just the developer, the application of which she was shown. Benefit of this approach illustrates [...]

Skype released its Final SIP service for businesses

Skype released its Final SIP service for businesses

Skype has completed development of the first version of its SIP service for businesses. The renamed in Skype Connect 1.0 service combines Internet telephony with conventional telephone systems and unified communications systems. Connect Skype allows free calls over an office phone to other Skype users. For a so-called Skype channel is needed – a virtual [...]

Intel prepares the computer to read minds

Intel prepares the computer to read minds

Continuing to develop chips designed to enhance the already increased significantly the performance of computers, Intel is not left without attention and work “for the future». In an interview with Telegraph.co.uk principal investigator Dean Pomerleau Intel Laboratories (Dean Pomerleau) reported some details of the project, on which his team works. Previously, our site has already [...]

Hyundai IT brings 23-inch monitor with a contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1

Hyundai IT brings 23-inch monitor with a contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1

Hyundai IT has expanded its portfolio to monitor the T-series. One of the first models, the 23-incher T236Ld, which offers a full HD resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels and a dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. The 16:9 widescreen display with LED backlight according to the manufacturer reached a brightness of 250 candelas per square [...]

Apple iPad delivers immediately within a day

Apple iPad delivers immediately within a day

Apple is now shipping all orders from the iPad within 24 hours. The new delivery date is the online shop of the company, according to all six versions of the Tablet PC. Also accessories such as

Mark Hurd has to leave board of News Corp.

Mark Hurd has to leave board of News Corp.

Mark Hurd (Image: HP) The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Mark Hurd, loses another item. An exchange message from News Corp. indicate that he was not nominated for the upcoming re-election of the Supervisory Board. This means that the panel referred to Hurd’s annual meeting on 15 October leaves. Hurd had the board of Rupert Murdoch’s [...]

Unmanned vessels Wave Glider analyze the level of pollution the Gulf of Mexico

Unmanned vessels Wave Glider analyze the level of pollution the Gulf of Mexico

problem of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico is still relevant. This is evidenced by the ongoing development efforts aimed at cleaning and monitoring of sea water. But this time it will focus on new application of proven technology. Liquid Robotics sells for quite some time autonomous robotehnicheskoe device called Wave Glider. The British [...]

3M acquires Cogent for 943 million dollars

3M acquires Cogent for 943 million dollars

3M announced it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Cogent Systems for 943 million dollars. The main activity of Cogent Systems is a development and production systems, biometric security. According to representatives of 3M, the company will pay $ 10.5 for each share of the company, as well as 18% over this after [...]

Photos and videos of the day: LG E720 on Google Android 2.2

Photos and videos of the day: LG E720 on Google Android 2.2

on the Polish website dedicated to the platform Google Android, published the first photos and video, “Google Phone» LG E720. In July, he was introduced to the Korean market as Optimus Chic. E720 is built on the latest version of Android 2.2 (Froyo). Reported the presence of 600-MHz processor Qualcomm, a 5-megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, [...]

VMworld: EMC brings Infrastructure Manager 2.0

VMworld: EMC brings Infrastructure Manager 2.0

EMC has on the VMworld event in San Francisco is a beta version of EMC announced Inonix Unified Infrastructure Manager 2.0. The solution is to not only manage the network level, a corporate infrastructure, but also the computing and storage layer. According to EMC, this facilitates the transition from traditional to virtual data center and [...]

Multi-table for the control of robotic units

Multi-table for the control of robotic units

Misir Mark (Mark Micire) from the Laboratory of Robotics at the University of Massachusetts (UMass Lowell Robotics Lab) is looking into the future. Now most of us do not even have a single robot, and Mark for his doctoral thesis has designed and proved the viability of the device which is designed to manage groups [...]

The first test schedules Sandy Bridge (Core i5-2400)

The first test schedules Sandy Bridge (Core i5-2400)

Perhaps the most mysterious component of the new architecture of Sandy Bridge is an integrated graphics processor. Get connected information about its characteristics still could not succeed. Earlier this year, we learned that the IGP Sandy Bridge has doubled in speed greater than the Intel GMA HD (Westmere). Information about the presence of two graphics [...]

AMD has officially get rid of the brand ATI

AMD has officially get rid of the brand ATI

Sooner or later it had to happen: AMD ATI completely eliminated the name and took all brands ATI (Radeon and FirePro) under the name of its major AMD. Under the new naming scheme for new graphics products that will be presented to AMD (for example, the upcoming Radeon HD 6000 lineup), will have no mention [...]