Posted: February 21st, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Gadgets | Tags: digital cameras, hp, laptops, smart phones, touch screens
Not least in the field of smart phones and, increasingly, laptops going on for some time, even with the trend towards digital copies with an LCD touch screen. Hewlett Packard now introduces a total of eight new digital cameras and camcorders, which are partly controlled by a touch-sensitive screen.
Among the newly introduced devices also include a new interface that will allow for ease of use. This includes, for example, higher contrast settings of the screen and 25 shooting modes for different situations. If a special recording mode selected will appear after the shooting two pictures on the screen, one of which shows the recording in Auto mode, another for the set mode.
The two cameras, “HP CW450t” and “HP PW460t” have a 2.7 inch or 3.0 inch wide screen, which is sensitive to touch. Also on board are then each a 4-fold optical zoom and support for up to 32 gigabyte SD / SDHC memory cards. These cameras will come in the colours blue and merlot or pink and gray for 109, respectively 149 U.S. dollars on the market. The two camcorders with touch screens V5061u “and” V5560u “can each be operated on a 3.0-inch screen and record in 1080p quality. During the V5560u has a 5-fold optical zoom, the V5061u space for two SD / SDHC memory cards, plus the ability to use AA batteries if the included lithium-ion battery is not charged. Price moves V5061u to 169 U.S. dollars, for the V5560u be estimated 199 U.S. dollars.
Among the other new cameras is the HP CW450 with a 2.7-inch screen and 4-times optical zoom in the colours black and red for 99 U.S. dollars, the HP SW450 is also a 2.7-inch screen, 4-times optical zoom and a lithium-ion battery in turquoise or red for $ 129 and the HP PW550z with a 2.7-inch screen, 5-times optical zoom, lithium-ion battery and wide angle lens in the colours Black or Purple for 149 U.S. dollars. The third camcorder in league HP V1020h starts at 720p quality, also contains a lithium-ion rechargeable battery and an additional USB port and will reach 109 U.S. dollars for free trade.
Except for the latter Camcorder HP V1020h all devices will release this spring, the V1020h will be available until summer 2010.
Posted: February 21st, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Software | Tags: kernel 2, linux, OpenOffice, opensuse
After Milestone 1 openSUSE neither 11.3 nor 4.4 RC 1, OpenOffice 3.2 Beta 4 and Virtual Box 3.1 beta 1 includes KDE had, now includes the second milestone, the final versions of these projects. In addition, GCC 4.5.0 will be the new default compiler, but the preparations for this are already in full swing, but the change takes place only with Milestone 3rd
The GNOME desktop has been updated from version 2.29.5 to 2:30 Beta 1 (2.29.90), is on KDE as I said the final version 4.4 on board. The recently available and also very lightweight LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment), which is particularly suitable for vulnerable computers can now also be selected during the installation. Milestone 2 is based on the Linux kernel 2.6.33.
Posted: February 21st, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Gadgets, PC Hardware
In March, MSI launches two new notebooks with Core i5 or Core i7 CPU for gamers on the market. For fast 3D graphics ATI Mobility Radeon 3D graphics make the 5800er series.
The manufacturer MSI is expanding its range of gamers around the notebook models GX740 (17 inches) and GX640 (15.6 inches), equipped with an Intel Core i7 720QM Quad or Core i5 430M dual-core processors and Hyper Threading support, and Turbo Boost. They are available with 4 or 8 GB of DDR3 memory.
As a graphic solutions are used in the MSI GX640 with an ATI Radeon HD 5850 and the MSI GX740 with an ATI Radeon HD 5870 with DirectX11 support used. The notebooks are among the first with high-speed 1 GB big GDDR5 graphics memory.
The MSI GX740 Gamer Notebook is equipped with five speakers, of which there are two on the keyboard and two on the front panel. The fifth speaker is a subwoofer on the bottom. The MSI GX640 is equipped with only two speakers.
Both notebooks support 3D Gamer Express WLAN (IEEE 802.11 b / g / n), an eSATA port, an HDMI output and a webcam with 2 megapixel resolution, including microphone. The keyboard has a separate numeric keypad.
Thus the gamer notebooks, given their performance is not very fast out of power, they are equipped with a 9-cell battery. Thanks to special ECO technology of MSI, you can toggle between five modes of operation. How can spare the battery, for example, only when reading e-mails or written texts. For PC games with 3D graphics to speak, then switches into high gear.
Depending on the configuration of the new 3D Gamer MSI notebook with a DVD burner or Blu-ray combo drive is equipped. Similarly, there is a choice between a 500GB or a 600 GB hard drive. Windows Home Premium as the operating system comes in the 64 bit version is used. The MSI GX640 and MSI GX740 come in March 2010 in the trade.