Lenovo Windows 8-based home theater PC 'IdeaCentre Q190

Lenovo has announced the release of its new range of Windows 8-based home entertainment desktop PC Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190. According to Lenovo, the Q190 desktop PC is the world’s “smallest full-function” PC that measures just 22mm in width.Lenovo’s mini IdeaCentre Q190 is a spec-bumped version of the PC maker’s previous Q180 home entertainment system. Announced on Thursday, the Q190 comes complete with a third-generation Intel Core i3 processor, a terabyte-large hard drive, a 24GB SSD cache, and up to 8GB of memory. It is also compatible with Windows 8.

“Lenovo is committed to making PC innovation accessible to all, and the IdeaCentre Q190 and latest C-Series AIOs deliver just that,” said Ouyang Jun, Executive Director and General Manager, IdeaCentre Business Unit. “Whether it’s the subtle, space-saving design of the Q190 that transforms your living room TV or monitor into a home theater, or the sleek look, powerful performance and family friendly features of the C-Series AIOs, Lenovo’s latest desktop PCs are designed to meet the entertainment needs of any household.”
  Lenovo's new home entertainment system brings full HD graphics to TV screens along with 7.1 channel surround sound via HDMI, and comes with a compact multimedia remote. Other than HDMI, the Q190 comes with an Ethernet port, VGA, S/PDIF, and USB 3.0 connectivity.
The compact PC is specifically designed to take care of the users’ home entertainment needs. For multimedia needs, there is an optional Blu-ray disc player and wireless multimedia remote with built-in mini backlit keyboard and mouse to control the system from a distance. The Lenovo IdeaCenter Q190 is available in January at a starting price of US$ 349.

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Microsoft Surface tablet

Microsoft's Surface tablet, an important part of the software multinational's attempt to bring Windows into the portable computing age, is suffering from lacklustre sales, according to a report citing manufacturing sources.

Orders from the supply chain are said to have been halved, from an estimated 4m units, which Microsoft expected to sell by the end of the year, to 2m units, said Taiwan's DigiTimes website.

Asus, Samsung and Dell are also experiencing "weak" sales of Windows 8 tablets, sources said. On Wednesday, Asus's chief finance officer, David Chang, revealed that "demand for Windows 8 is not that good right now".

Backed by a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Surface was designed in-house by Microsoft as a showcase for Windows 8, the latest version of its best-selling software redesigned for the touch screen.

Microsoft declined to comment on Surface. The company said this week it has sold 40m Windows 8 licences since the launch, outstripping sales of Windows 7.

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Asus Taichi dual-screen ultrabook

One of the most far-out Windows 8 convertible touchscreen designs seems to be having some trouble swimming to US shores. The Asus Taichi, a high-end ultrathin laptop with 1080p screens on either side of its lid, has been delayed until December or worse. Originally, the laptop was supposed to arrive with Windows 8 on October 26th, and at least one version of the machine went on pre-order that same month, but listings at many online retailers have either vanished or drastically changed in the interim. In particular, Amazon and Newegg have stopped taking orders altogether. An Asus representative told IDG News that US shipments of the Taichi might start in December, but they could be delayed even later. Asus didn't provide any reasons for the setback. B&H now shows an expected release date of December 1st for the 11.6-inch Taichi 21 model, and Adorama suggests it might arrive somewhere between the middle and the end of November. In Canada, Best Buy and Future Shop are presently suggesting a release date of January 30th, 2013 for the Taichi 21 .

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Nokia Lumia 920

The mobile world has changed a lot since Nokia last put out a phone that truly wowed large amounts of people. Its tie in with Microsoft spawned some half decent handsets but despite Nokia's best efforts, the world was never truly set alight.Cue Nokia World 2012 and the announcement of the Nokia Lumia 920. Make no mistake, this is more than a big deal for both Nokia and Microsoft, with both having a lot riding on their respective contributions. Many see it as Nokia's big throw of the dice: make Windows Phone 8 into a top OS and the rewards are huge... fail, and things look ropey for the Finns.

OS

The Nokia Lumia 920 comes running Microsoft's latest version of its mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, complete with its interactive "Live Tiles" interface.

 

 Processor

Nokia have opted for a dual core Snapdragon S4 chip clocked at 1.5GHz, with Nokia standing firm on its belief there's such a thing as too many cores.

 

Screen

Lumia 920 measuring in at 4.5 inches

 

Storage

In the Lumia 920 you'll find 32GB of on board storage, backed up by SkyDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage system.

 

Camera

Nokia is playing its trump card in the camera department. Long being known for fantastic camera devices, with Carl Zeiss lenses, Nokia is bringing its PureView technology first seen on the Nokia PureView 808. However, this is placed over the top of a more modest 8MP sensor, with a 1.3MP front facing camera.

 

Connectivity

Believe it or not, being the latest breed of smartphones, all three devices come fully loaded with every type of connectivity; 3G/HSDPA, Wi-Fi, (for fast internet browsing on those mega screens), Bluetooth (4.0 on the Galaxy S3 and One X, 3.1 on the Lumia 920), GPS and NFC.

 

Dimensions and weight

The Nokia Lumia 920 is the shortest phone at 130 x 70.8 x 10.7mm,but the heaviest at 185g

 

Battery

Being unreleased, we have yet to have any battery comparisons for the Nokia Lumia 920, but with only a dual core processor, and a 2000mAh battery, we'd be surprised if it wasn't very competitive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Synthetic Police by DARPA Engineering Autonomous Robots Ready To Rescue

Because of the risks involved in rescue aid workers and human response teams, DARPA awarded Boston Dynamics, Inc. a $10.9 million contract to manufacture humanoid robots that are bi-pedal, built like humans and have a sensor head with on-board computing capabilities. Completion of the project is expected for August of 2014.

These robots are being created to assist in excavation and rescue missions, according to DARPA . They could also be employed to evacuation operations during either man-made or natural disasters.

Another of DARPA’s interests into robotics is the Avatar for the allocation of bi-pedal robots and essential super-soldiers and has devoted $7 million of its $2.8 billion 2012 budget to developing “interfaces and algorithms to enable a soldier to effectively partner with a semi-autonomous bi-pedal machine and allow it to act as the soldier’s surrogate.”

These human-controlled robots will be strong enough to “clear a room” and “facilitate sentry control and combat causality recovery.” Yet these “terminators” would easily be the most effective weapon against civil unrest or radical revolutionaries that did not subscribe to the globalist agenda.

Stanford University’s Aerospace Robotics Laboratory (ARL) wants to introduce autonomous robots into law enforcement situations; such as response in lieu of police SWAT teams.

In high-risk tactical situations, autonomous robots could replace trained personnel without threat of injury or loss of life. Under the direction of a tactical commander, those robots could be released to provide safe and secure assurance of mission completion. Possible voice recognition software could be used to allow the commander to direct the robot, convey commands, and gather information about the environment before deploying human law enforcement.

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Acer Pico Projectors C110 And C112

Acer has introduced their new pico projectors, C110 and C112. The Acer C110 pico projector requirements just a single USB cable to become utilized, getting rid of the require to carry any power supply or adapter, additionally, it weighs just 175 g and actions 110 x 85 x 25mm in dimension. The C110 is able to projecting a display size from 30cm to 254cm with a WVGA 854×480 resolution and native 16:9 format collectively having a 1000:1 contrast ratio combining DLP technology with LED lamp technologies.

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Apple iPad 3 in 2012

Apple plans to release the IPAD takes 3 in 2012, with a much improved user interface technology. It ‘was the news that the iPhone will not see the production in May to almost unbearable in September? If so, be prepared. DigiTimes claims that Apple claims that the IPAD 3 “will not appear in the short term.” Open to interpretation of sound? It is not. To put it bluntly: “The current products are unlikely to appear in 2011.”

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Sony Ericsson Xperia arc

Sony Ericsson decided that they will no longer release smartphones that are far behind in terms of OS updates compared to the rest of the mobile manufacturers, hence their latest addition to the Xperia family – the Xperia arc. This is one handset that will definitely stun you whenever you take a look at it, running on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. First unveiled at the recently concluded Indiatriks 2011, it is the first of a new generation of Xperia smartphones, so you can be sure that there will be more to come!

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Spice M9000 Projector phone, Spice M9000 Price

The Spice M9000 is also known as Spice Popkorn Projector and available in India @ affordable price. The Spice M9000 can be used as a projector and comes with built-in Analog TV feature. The mobile phone features dual SIM, a 2.4 inch TFT display, 3.2 megapixel camera with video recording, and up to 16GB microSD Card support for expandable memory,also features music player, video player, video recording, FM Radio, Wireless FM, ATV, Bluetooth and supports MS Office. Spice M9000 is powered by 1200 mAh standard battery.

Spice M9000 is priced Rs. 6200 approx in India.

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QUAD SIM CELLPHONE

This is Flying F160 is the world’s first Quad SIM card, quad standby mobile phone. Quite why you’d need four SIM cards in your phone is another matter, although I suppose for permanent travellers this could save a bunch of time swapping out cards when you cross a border.

The rest of the spec is pretty so-so, with a 2 inch touchscreen, TV & FM radio, 0.3 mp camera and a choice of colors. Priced, however, at a very reasonable price $75.00 only.........

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BlackBerry Playbook

BlackBerry maker RIM has seemed a bit lost for the last couple of years, unsure whether to persevere with the style that always served it well or embrace touchscreens wholly. That quandary continues on its phones, but there’s no doubting the focus of the PlayBook tablet.
A brand new operating system, an extremely powerful dual-core processor, all of the usual BlackBerry business features and, perhaps most importantly of all, a real focus on getting third-part developers involved.
The PlayBook is already looking stylish, slick and easy to use. With a carefully crafted tablet operating system and advanced specs, we could be looking at some major competition for the iPad.

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GADGETS 2012

This is a smart pen coming in 2012 may be is capable of writing on any surface and then storing what was just written in to its memory so you can download it later.

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GADGETS IN 2012

HP recently did and came up with a number of drawings and ideas as to what we might be using in 2012. The first is this HP laptop which can be seen above. It has virtual keys, is razor thin and is featherweight. Hopefully virtual keyboards will be easier to use in 5 years time as currently they suck.

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Acer Iconia Tab W500 Tablet

Acer Iconia Tab W500 AMD-powered Windows tablet PC although not yet available has listed in Germany retailer. This Acer pill is currently out there for pre-order and has value tag €499. The W500 weights just unde 1kg and features a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) LED-backlit touchscreen, a 1.0 GHz C-50 APU (with Radeon HD 6250 graphics). Acer’s Iconia Tab W500 runs Windows 7 Home Premium and is backed by a one-year warranty

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Sony Ericsson PSP Phone

The phone has expected launch in February 2011. It features android 3.0, 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, 3.7-inch or 4.1-inch screen and MicroSD slot.

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BlackBerry Presenter

As many of you have already noticed that micro and mini projectors will be available soon. Manufactures like 3M, Microvision and other. Thank God this handy 3.4-inch x 2.4-inch boxlike accessory is designed, so that it can be used with BlackBerry smart phones. It is very simple in use. What you have to do is that, simply connect it with a projector or monitor and you can use Blutetooth connectivity in order to display Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 slides directly from your handset. You can pause images, set slides to automatically swap at prearranged intervals and in this way you can enjoy the benefit of accurate reproductions with most visual and animated effects.

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SAMSUNG- MATRIX OLED DISPLAYS

Samsung aims to release a range of new products that feature transparent active matrix OLED displays within the next 12 months. Transparent AMOLED displays provide the user with a screen behind which objects are still visible. Samsung has been showing prototypes of these displays at shows such as SID. The AMOLED display not only visually set our product apart from our competitors but we believe it well will set the bar for the next generation of portable MP3 players,’ says Reid Sullivan, VP of audio, video and digital imaging marketing at Samsung Electronics America.

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Smartbook AG’s Surfer 360 MR7U

With the flodded market of tablets, Smartbook AG has also made an announcement about its latest tablet called Surfer 360 MR7U that comes packed with decent list of features. Physically this tablet measures 99 X 12 X 15.5 mm in size with weight of 430 grams.
Smartbook AG Surfer 360 MR7U runs on Android 2.2 OS and is powered by 800 MHz of processor to deliver goof performance. There is 7 inches of multi touch display in the tablet that is capable of delivering resolution of 480 X 800 pixels so as to offer bright and vibrant content viewing experience.
There is 4GB of internal storage in this tablet whereas its MicroSD card slot facilitates external memory expansion. Additional specifications that comes packed with Smartbook AG  Surfer 360 MR7U include 512MB of DDDR2 RAM, SIM Card slot, HDMI port, WiFi, mini USB port, G Sensor and 3050 mAh battery.

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Apollo, the solar Android phone

If you’ve ever had your cellphone die when you’re miles from the nearest outlet, any phone that can be charged without needing a plug is bound to have some appeal.

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SanDisk’s New Memory Card

SanDisk have recently announced that they have began shipping memory cards which use 64 gigabit X4 NAND flash technology, these memory cards are said to be the world’s first to use this technology.

This new technology allows the card to store 4 bits of data per cell, this is twice as much as MLC NAND, the 64 gigabit X4 NAND will be used in upcoming 8GB and 16GB SDHC memory cards and also 8GB and 16GB Memory Stick Pro Duo cards.

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