Archive for ‘February, 2011’

Vuzix HMD-developed optical glasses with augmented reality

Vuzix HMD-developed optical glasses with augmented reality

Vuzix Company in cooperation with NS Solutions has developed fastened on the head display (head-mounted display, HMD), designed to act as a “working tool” at construction sites, various works on equipment maintenance, engineering, etc. The device uses augmented reality to dynamically display information to the user’s eyes. It is best to benefit from the new [...]

Acer Delivers Dual-Screen Tablet Iconia from early March

Acer Delivers Dual-Screen Tablet Iconia from early March

The Acer Iconia comes in March for 1,499 euros in trading (Picture: Acer). Acer is bringing its mobile computers in early March Iconia on the market, a combination of tablet and laptop with two touch-sensitive 14-inch screens. The retail price is € 1499. The warranty period is two years. The device is powered by Intel’s [...]

Comfort Mouse 3000/6000 – comfortable mouse from Microsoft

Comfort Mouse 3000/6000 – comfortable mouse from Microsoft

«Livestock” computer mouse manufactured by Microsoft Corporation, recently supplemented with new products under the name Comfort Mouse 3000 Comfort Mouse 6000. Both manipulators used proprietary technology BlueTrack Technology, which allows the “rodent” fully operational on almost any surface, whether it is even marble, granite, wood or carpet (except only clean glass and mirrors). The devices [...]

Nokia has demonstrated a new interface for Symbian at N8

Nokia has demonstrated a new interface for Symbian at N8

Soon, users will receive a new Nokia smartphone user interface of mobile operating system Symbian. On slides during a press conference of the Finnish company in China was recorded N8 smartphone with an updated software. On the new home page icon battery, signal, time and operator have been moved to the top panel of the [...]

NASA sent into space first humanoid robot

NASA sent into space first humanoid robot

in yesterday’s successful launch of space shuttle Discovery. On board the ship to the International Space Station, among others, went first in the history of the humanoid robot astronaut – Robonaut 2. Short for novelty called R2, which may cause many associations with the hero of “Star Wars” robot repairman R2D2. However, to fully android [...]

Magic W3: the first PDA to Windows 7 feature phone

Magic W3: the first PDA to Windows 7 feature phone

As soon as mobile devices grows ever more productive electronics, the functional capacity of close to full-fledged computers. To overcome the invisible face of the company decided AdvanceTC, the world’s first Pocket PC Magic W3 running Windows 7. A computer with a phone function, because it is difficult to call it a smartphone. runs on [...]

They find that Apple will be successful without Steve Jobs

They find that Apple will be successful without Steve Jobs

A recent study shows that if the executive director of Apple CEO Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) will leave Apple, it does not significantly affect the acquisition of products by users. RBC Capital Markets and ChangeWave conducted a survey among 3091 consumers from 31 January to 9 February, inviting them to a possible scenario for care [...]

Intel denies the exclusivity of Apple’s Thunderbolt

Intel denies the exclusivity of Apple’s Thunderbolt

Following the announcement by Intel and Apple technologies IO Thunderbolt (in the past – Light Peak), together with the updated MacBook Pro laptops, many have suggested that kupertinsky manufacturer received something like a temporary exclusivity to promote the standard. However, according to representatives of Intel, Apple has no special privileges in relation to Thunderbolt. Intel [...]

Intel promises support for USB 3.0, despite the emergence of Thunderbolt

Intel promises support for USB 3.0, despite the emergence of Thunderbolt

So now, when Intel introduced its own high-speed Thunderbolt, which is already embodied in laptops MacBook Pro, the company will implement in its future chipsets support USB 3.0? Intel says that both ports will continue to coexist in the market and not just because third parties will continue to provide the device with support for [...]

Compare the characteristics of the GeForce GTX 550 and GTS 450 Ti

Compare the characteristics of the GeForce GTX 550 and GTS 450 Ti

Revived family NVIDIA Titanium (Titan) will soon be enriched with new fighter – GeForce GTX 550 Ti. This model must not only replace the video card GeForce GTS 450, but also to justify the prefix «Ti» in its name. Performance of the new solution in titanium armor, will differ significantly for the better from the [...]

iPad 2: slim cameras, the increased power and the absence of SD-slot?

iPad 2: slim cameras, the increased power and the absence of SD-slot?

Rumors Apple tablet the next generation of hovering for a long time. Preliminary data point to different characteristics, but the resource Engadget, referring to many of his sources, lists of what to expect from the iPad 2, and what not to. In many rumors featured information about the slot for SD memory cards and on-screen [...]

Patriot Wildfire – new SSD controller’s SandForce with SATA III

Patriot Wildfire – new SSD controller’s SandForce with SATA III

Company Patriot Memory has announced the release line of SSDs “fresh” series Wildfire, built on the new controller SandForce SF-2200. drives are manufactured in a 2.5-inch form factor, are equipped with SATA III interface and equipped with an adapter that allows them to install a 3.5-inch drive bay system unit desktop. According to the developers, [...]

GIGABYTE started shipping boards based on Intel 6 Series B3 stepping

GIGABYTE started shipping boards based on Intel 6 Series B3 stepping

GIGABYTE Technology company official press release informed the public about the deliveries of their own motherboards built on Intel chipsets, 6 Series stepping B3. How emphasizes recognize the new model (the full list here) and to distinguish them from their predecessors on Intel 6 Series B2 stepping is very easy. After all, the characters «B3» [...]

Roaming the Russians may be cheaper – began negotiations with the EU

Roaming the Russians may be cheaper – began negotiations with the EU

head of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications Minister Igor Shchegolev announced the start of negotiations with the European Union (EU) accession to the EU directive on roaming. He expressed confidence that in case of reaching an agreement, roaming tariffs for Russian operators in the EU “will drop multiply.” At present the study proposal, [...]

Roskomnadzor in March, will introduce a temporary licensing of broadcasting

Roskomnadzor in March, will introduce a temporary licensing of broadcasting

Roskomnadzor issued a temporary order of administrative procedures in the delivery of public service television and radio broadcasting license, which will take effect March 15, 2011. Following the adoption of administrative regulations now under consideration by the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Justice, will receive a temporary order permanent. According Legal Adviser [...]