Friday, May 30, 2014

The most powerful graphics card NVIDIA GeForce Titan Z

The most powerful contemporary graphics NVIDIA GeForce Titan Z does come in retail channels. Once the accelerator is not came out in due time, there were concerns about possible freezing the project. But they have not been confirmed.

This card based on the well-known processor GK110, which are equipped with the most advanced accelerators NVIDIA, two of them here. Accordingly, she received twice the number of CUDA-cores - 5760. Memory capacity also doubled and reached 12 GB bandwidth and 672 Gb / s. Memory bus retained 384-bit interface, but it became a two-channel. Processor clock speed is 700 MHz (uniprocessor Titan Black - 889 MHz), while the performance of GTX Titan Z is 8 teraflops.

Other features include 480 texture units and 96 render blocks, API-interfaces support DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.3, CUDA technology and PhysX, and the availability of ports Dual DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI. Power consumption is 375 W.

At the request of NVIDIA, card can work even in the most complicated multi-monitor configurations, including displays with support for 4K-resolution.

This card can buy in retail channels.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Nokia XL with 5 inch display

Nokia has released a smartphone running Android Nokia X. This smartphone once positioned as the most affordable solution for a mass audience. Due to heavy advertising, low price (for a smartphone Nokia) model quickly became popular in its segment this bestseller, despite a number of limitations of the software platform (it has no service Google, for example, and not the usual interface).

Some of models in this price category now attract a portion of attention from the regular platform Android, but the design and execution of their body compared with Nokia X, of course, impossible. Now, Nokia has released Nokia XL with 5 inch display.

Technical parameters are: Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8225) 1 GHz processor, graphics Adreno 203, 2 sim-cards support, Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean operating system, 768 Mb of RAM, 4 GB of flash memory, microSD support, 5 inch display with resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS.

The screen of Nokia XL has become much more, 5 inches, but the resolution remains unchanged. The result is clear: the density of pixels become less grainy images improved in this regard, 4-inch Nokia X was slightly preferable. Telephone interesting in its price category. You can change interface of menu from application store.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Toshiba Encore 2: very affordable tablets based on Windows 8.1

Toshiba Company has updated tablet Encore with Windows operating system. It was replaced by two models. One of them has the same 8-inch screen, is equipped with a second 10-inch matrix.

This company is prevously released Encore Toshiba, it was been an attempt to gain a foothold in the market Windows-tablets. However, this was not done so simply because of relatively high cost of the tablet. Then manufacturer has installed on the conclusions and younger model Encore 2 is quite democratic price, which allows the tablet to look quite competitive even against Android-devices of similar size.


Technical parameters are: processor Intel Atom Bay Trail, 8 inch display with resolution 1280 x 800 pixels, 1 GB of RAM, microSD support. The same parameters has a 10 inch tablet.


This tablets has an operating system is Windows 8.1, supports all the latest updates and support for legacy applications. In addition, the plates are preinstalled office suite Office 365 Personal activated with a one-year license. But exact date of release is unknown, also unknown the date of going to the market.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

New Nokia X2 with 2 operating systems

There is information, that Microsoft after the acquisition of Nokia is not frozen project "X" - the development of Android-smartphone.

Nokia (Microsoft) has taken into account the error Nokia X and decided that X2 can use the services of Google (Play Market, Gmail). But the most important thing is not it. It is expected that Nokia X2 will be a smartphone with two operating systems on board - Android and Windows Phone.


Approximately technical parameters are: Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 1,2 GHz processor, 4,3 inch display with resolution 800 x 480 pixels, 1 GB of RAM, 4 GB of flash memory, microSD support.

Thus, with the release of Nokia X2 Microsoft may try to get on the side of its own mobile platform more users and can sell more phones. And users can choose operating system to work and run more applications, games.

Monday, May 26, 2014

New hard disk drive Buffalo HD-PGDU3

Interface USB 3.0 has more bandwidth so that traditional external HDD is unable to use it fully. Partly solve the problem of solid state drives, but they are still much more expensive while their magnetic counterparts. Nevertheless, manufacturers continue to seek ways to improve the performance of hard drives.

As an option - installation on an external drive intermediate cache, which is temporarily stored information when transferring files to / from your computer, laptop or other device. Buffalo to take full advantage of this opportunity to fit in its new product, HD-PGDU3, a gigabyte of fast DDR3-memory.

When disk working HD-PGDU3 uses DDR3-memory as a cache, which instantly fall (most copied) data. Then the files are moved to the hard drive in the background. It is noteworthy that the information is not removed from the cache even in the event of a power drive - it manufacturer has provided a small battery, which is enough to avoid losing data in the absence of electricity. For the convenience of users on HD-PGDU3 has LED-battery indicator.

In volume terms, the HD-PGDU3 available in two versions with 500 GB and 1 TB of storage space. This is a very interesting construction.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Huawei announces Honor 3X Pro

Recently released eight-core smartphone from Huawei. Now advertised Honor 3X Pro - an improved version of the original device with a high-quality display.

Unlike Honor 3X 720p-matrix with the current version of Pro comes with IPS LTPS-screen with a resolution of Full HD. Other key features remained unchanged. The device still bears the 8 cores processor MediaTek MT6592 at a frequency of 1,7 GHz, the graphics module Mali 450-MP4, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage, expandable to 32 GB through microSD.

The cost of new items is not reported. However, if we recall that the usual Honor 3X been focused on the mid-price segment, the presence of Full HD-screen should not be greatly raise the price of Pro-version.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Samsung will release Galaxy Note 4

Now become aware of some important functions, which will be equipped with the next flagship Samsung - Galaxy Note 4. But it is not about the hardware or the exterior device, but its software components.

Earlier Samsung was criticized for a huge number of applications and services that were loaded with the previous flagship development company. While most of them were not demanded by ordinary users due to irrelevance. This time, the manufacturer has decided to install on their devices only really useful applications.


Phone will receive protection from moisture and dust and will receive a new mode Aqua Capture.


A new function Swipe to launch Motion Launcher, remind likely implementation unlock smartphone HTC One M8. Its owners are known, users can activate the screen (and camera) even when turned off, just swipe your finger.

In Galaxy Note 4 will also be implemented technology Multi Network for Booster, combining two channels Wi-Fi and LTE in one to speed up loading of data. Such a possibility has Galaxy S5.

A new function Smart Fingerprint provide configuration fingerprint scanner to perform various actions. At present, the sensor first introduced in Samsung Galaxy S5, allows you to unlock the device and make online payments through PayPal. Obviously, a new feature Galaxy Note 4 to extend the list of options scanner.

This modern features.

Friday, May 23, 2014

HP 7 Plus: simpler and more cheaper

HP released after experimenting new tablet HP 7 Plus with small price. This tablet is now available for order.

HP after years of setbacks with devices based on Windows 7 and webOS chose very clear strategy: to produce affordable devices with not the most powerful stuffing, but not cheap and pleasant appearance.


Most inexpensive tablet of company was 7 Slate Plus, but HP 7 Plus is cheaper. Technical parameters of HP 7 Plus are: 7 inch IPS display with resolution 1024 x 600 pixels, 4 cores ARM Cortex A7 1 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of flash memory, microSD support, operating system Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, its not a new operating system, but it's good for this price, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, with Miracast support.


This tablet for undemanding users who do not need a powerful filling, as well as an abundance of ways to communicate, for which they do not want to overpay. Overall this is a good tablet for its category.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Main feature of HTC M8 Prime

HTC will soon release a new flagship, which will outpace HTC One M8 on a number of parameters. It now appears one of its main features - HTC M8 Prime receive case from an unusual material - aluminum and composite liquid silicon.

Technical parameters are: Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, 5,5 inch display with resolution 2560 x 1440 pixels, 3 GB of RAM, 16 GB of flash memory, modem Qualcomm MDM9x35 with LTE support.

Material of case is sintered composite material that combines the advantages of metal and a low coefficient of thermal expansion ceramics. Reportedly, this material is cheaper aluminum, but it is firmer it. Earlier phone manufacturers did not use this material.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

New Nokia Lumia 630

This phone has a new operating system Windows Phone 8.1. This system has brought support 2 SIM-cards (the majority has Android-devices), Notification Center, backgrounds on live tiles and much more. At the same time remained high speed models (notably higher than the smartphone chips MediaTek, the most common in the mid-price segment), branded soft Nokia (maps offline navigation, music), a good implementation of the camera, multimedia.

This phone has 2 versions: with 1 or 2 sim cards, the model is performed in a well-recognized design Nokia with bright polycarbonate case and is aimed to compete with the huge number of Android-devices for the same money from Samsung, LG, HTC, Fly, Lenovo and others.

Technical parameters: Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 1,2 GHz processor, graphics Adreno 305, 512 Mb of RAM, 8 GB of flash memory, microSD support, operating system Windows Phone 8.1, LTE support, GPS, 4,5 inch IPS display with resolution 854 x 480 pixels, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC.

Nokia Lumia 630 primarily interested in the latest version of the software platform Lumia Cyan and Windows Phone 8.1, which is substantially different from the previous version, and is much more convenient for ordinary users finally have a notification center, wallpaper with an unusual implementation, excellent mechanism to synchronize with a desktop version of the OS, as well as many other improvements and enhancements.

Previously, there was no phone with Windows Phone 8.1 and support of two SIM cards. Telephone was interesting take its place and will soon be on the market.

Huawei Ascend P7 in tha glass case

More and more manufacturers are starting to produce phones in the glass case. Huawei is released Ascend P7 in the glass case.

This new more powerful than Ascend P6. But Ascend P7 lost the metal back panel. This phone has a special feature: the ability to install a second SIM-card into the memory card slot, if the need arises.

Technical parameters are: HiSilicon Kirin 910 Cortex-A9 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of flash memory, Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system, 5 inch IPS display with resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, USB-host, NFC, A-GPS, GLONASS.

It's unknown when phone will be in the market.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Micromax Canvas Knight A350 in the glass case

Becoming more popular products of Micromax company. Now the company is release its flagship Micromax Canvas Knight A350 in the glass case.

This phone takes pride of place the flagship of  Indian brand. He turned one of the most powerful in its class.

Technical parameters are: MediaTek 6592T, 8 cores, 2 GHz processor, Android 4.2.2 operating system, graphics Mali-450 MP4, support of 2 sim cards, 5 inch IPS display with resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of flash memory, 16 Mp camera Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, GPS.

Metal case diluted glass which not only closes the display, but also a rear surface. Such ideas do not occur very often, usually used cheaper plastic solutions. It gives a feeling of more expensive things.

The screen responds to touch in 10 points, the surface is protected by Gorilla Glass 2.

This phone different from other similar phones by materials of case. It can be decisive in choosing a phone. Also this phone has a good display and very powerful. It's unknown when phone will be in the market.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Samsung will release a 7-inch smartphone

The line between smartphones and compact tablet is erased completely. It was learned that soon, Samsung is going to introduce a new 7-inch smartphone or tablet? In Korea, it will be sold as the Samsung GALAXY W, and on the global market can get the name of GALAXY Mega 2.

Became known that the Samsung device with index SM-T2558 will soon appear in Korea called GALAXY W. Interestingly, the company will position it as a large smartphone, despite the "tablet" Index (SM-T letters are used to indicate the plates).

At the moment, we know the key characteristics of Samsung SM-T2558 (GALAXY W). This smartphone has a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, 4 cores Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 clocked at 1,2 GHz processor, 1,5 GB of RAM, 8 GB of flash memory, microSD support.

It is known that the novelty will design similar to Samsung GALAXY Note 3 - plastic with leather texture. After the release of the domestic market we see novelty and globally. It is expected that the device will be included in the line GALAXY Mega 2.

This smartphone will be sold exclusively on the network operator SK Telecom, then maybe sold by other sellers.


Sunday, May 18, 2014

New ZTE Nubia W5 Windows Phone

LG Electronics may release Windows Phone called Uni8, now ZTE company can release Windows phone ZTE Nubia W5.

It is expected that Nubia W5 get a 4 cores Snapdragon processor 801, 3GB of RAM, 64 GB of flash memory, 13-megapixel main camera with optical image stabilization system, support for 4G-networks and incredibly powerful battery. The size of the smartphone is not yet known, there is no doubt that the device falls into the top-end segment.

Apart from LG and ZTE to the list of Microsoft partners to produce smartphones on Windows Phone, recall includes brands such as Lenovo, Foxconn, Gionee, Karbonn and Xolo. In addition, there is a chance that they would return to their development based on Windows Phone and the former partners Huawei and HTC. After a long break has released a new WP-smartphone and Samsung - it has become a model Huron. There were also rumors that Microsoft is declining to its platform, another leading player - Sony.

Also unknown the release date of this phone.

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Company Pioneer could write 256 GB of data on a compact disk

Sony and Panasonic announced the availability of new standards for storing data on optical media Archival Disc, which allows you to hold onto disks, at least 300 GB of information. Now, they were joined by Pioneer, offering its own way of writing is much greater than the capacity of Blu-ray discs.

According to a press release from the new technology allows you to record on one optical disk with at least 256 GB of information on one side. Pioneer approach differs from the traditional method of application data when recording and guide layers are on one line. Pioneer managed to place layers one above the other (eight).


Because each layer can store 32 GB of data, just put a new disk 256 GB. And if you use double-sided discs, then the capacity of the media to increase to 512 GB. Moreover, Pioneer promises to develop in the near future 12-layer discs and bring the disc capacity up to 1TB.

It is noteworthy that Pioneer drives are compatible with the specifications of Blu-ray, so to work with them do not need to modify any new hardware or software. Suffice it to only update existing players fresh firmware. They are much cheaper than hard drive.

Friday, May 16, 2014

New Nokia Lumia 930 the new flagship

Nokia will be released the new flagship - Lumia 930. This phone has an operating system Windows mobile.

Company promised that the price will be lower prices of flagships Samsung, HTC or Sony, but here it is necessary to take into account the small popularity of mobile platform Microsoft (unlike Android).

Tichnical parameters of this phone: processor 4 cores Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2,2 GHz, graphics Adreno 330, 5 inch AMOLED display with resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of flash memory, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, operating system Windows Phone 8.1.

The smartphone will be available in several colors. Good phone, but small popularity this mobile platform.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

HTC introduced mini flagship One mini 2

HTC has officially announced its flagship mini new generation - One mini 2. Smartphone design received the "older" version (including the metal case), but it has become a smaller, simpler, and has lost some of its functions.

This phone got a 4.5-inch Super LCD display with 1280 x 720 pixels, 4 cores Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 clocked at 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of flash memory, microSD support.

This smartphone, unlike HTC One (M8), has not come on the fitness component, gesture support Motion Launch, infrared and Case DotView (with a special interface for it).

Also this phone has capacious battery. Powered smartphone running Android 4.4.2 KitKat coated Sense 6.0.

The exact release date is not reported as the price, but it is clear that it will differ from the price leader.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Premium phone of Samsung, is likely to be plastic

Awaited premium version of Samsung GALAXY S5 soon go on sale.

This phone, Samsung GALAXY S5 Prime really get the most powerful stuffing - a 5.2-inch display with a resolution 2560 x 1440 pixels, Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 805, 3 GB of RAM, but expect a lot of the metal case likely will not be.

The fact that Samsung is extremely important domestic Korean market, where it has, in contrast to the global, there is a strong competitor in the face of LG. And LG soon will submit new flagship G3. Thus, some time this smartphone will be available only in South Korea.

That's Samsung GALAXY S5 Prime looked favorably in comparison with LG G3, the Korean company will set it is not the highest price. This price will be know in the release.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Lenovo S850 in the glass case

We often appear Lenovo interesting products, it's not just the laptop market, but also the mobile sphere, where the Chinese company has shown steady growth. Despite strong competition in this area, the manufacturer finds opportunities to create remarkable models that deserve attention. Lenovo S850 belongs to the typical middle-class devices, offering an original approach to design, as well as a rather standard models for their level of filling.

Most of the devices in this price range have the same type of characteristics. Often the differences are reduced only to the price of which varies depending on the brand positioning. Therefore particularly pleased that for moderate money can buy pretty smartphone that will have original features. These include the rear surface of the glass, like expensive smartphones from Sony and Huawei, and the presence of the backlight logo.

Technical parameters: support of 2 sim, processor MediaTek MTK6582 1,3 ГГц, 1GB of RAM, 16 GB of flash memory, graphics Mali-400, operating system Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, 5 inch display with resolution 1280 x 720 pixels.

Phone was not yet on the market.

Monday, May 12, 2014

NVIDIA defer GeForce GTX Titan Z

Despite the fact that the most powerful contemporary graphics card GeForce GTX Titan Z has been announced previously, and is also available for pre-order, NVIDIA still does not know the exact timing of the retail debut of the model. Release has now postponed indefinitely.

Graphic card GeForce GTX Titan Z is based on the well-known processor GK110, which are equipped with the most advanced accelerators NVIDIA, but compared with GTX Titan Black Edition in the novelty of the whole two. Accordingly, she received twice the number of CUDA-cores - 5760. Memory capacity also doubled and reached 12 GB. Memory bus retained 384-bit interface, but it became a two-channel. Processor clock speed is 700 MHz (uniprocessor Titan Black - 889 MHz), while the performance of GTX Titan Z is 8 teraflops.

Also this graphic card includes support for API-Interface DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.3, CUDA technology and PhysX, and the availability of ports Dual DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI.

This is most powerful grapghic card.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Samsung GALAXY Tab S: premium tablets with Super AMOLED screens

Samsung is going to release not yet announced tablets Samsung GALAXY Tab S.

This tablets do not get  metal housings, they will have the same plastic perforated, like Samsung GALAXY S5.


There will be four versions Samsung GALAXY Tab S - 8,4-inch tablet with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + LTE (SM-T700 and SM-T705), and 10.5-inch gadgets with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + LTE (SM-T800 and SM-T805). All they will get Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels.

These plates are the Korean manufacturer will be equipped with an integrated fingerprint reader. Identification system is implemented there will be the same as in the GALAXY S5 (you will need to hold your finger on the button «Home»).

Features upcoming devices - at the highest level, which is confirmed by the benchmark results (see below). All modifications Samsung GALAXY Tab S received eight-chip Exynos 5 (5420) - four powerful cores operate at maximum frequency of 1.9 GHz, the remaining four - at 1.3 GHz. It uses 6 cores graphics Mali-T628, 3 GB of RAM. There are modules Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 LE and infrared remote control technology. Operating System - Android 4.4 KitKat.

These tablets are not yet announced and unknown when will be on the market.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Pantech has announced a new flagship smartphone Vega Iron 2

Pantech company released a new version of its flagship smartphone Vega Iron 2.

The main driving force was the Vega Iron 2 4 cores Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 2.3 GHz. Also the smartphone has a 3 GB of RAM, module LTE, 13-megapixel main camera with autofocus and an advanced optical image stabilization system Wide Optical Image Stabilization and powerful battery. The display of this flagship has resolution 1920 x 1080, diagonal 5,3 inch, its manufacturing technology is used SuperAMOLED, familiar to its flagship smartphone Samsung. Phone running an operating system Android 4.4.2 KitKat. Phone is very powerful.

Externally, the smartphone resembles a tile of a good chocolate.

Phone was not yet on the market.

Friday, May 9, 2014

New Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 on sale now

New Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 tablets on sale now.

There are three models in new series with a diagonal 7 inches, 8,4 inches and 10,1 inches. In fact, they differ from each other only by the size of the screen, all other specifications are identical.


Screen resolution Galaxy Tab 4 is 1280 x 800 pixels (which, however, is higher than in Galaxy Tab 3). Below the display are 4 cores Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400 at 1,2 GHz, 1,5 GB of RAM, expandable 16GB storage (8GB option for the Galaxy Tab 4 with 7 inches display).


There are modifications: Wi-Fi, 3G and LTE. Available colours: black and white. Now on the market available only tablets with Wi-Fi, then will be available 3G and LTE modifications. Perhaps, the company can release tablets with AMOLED display.

Windows Phone platform is growing rapidly

Microsoft Windows Phone platform showed 119% growth in supply, which is almost 5 times greater than the rate of growth of Android platform.

Android continues to dominate the global smartphone market, and this platform is the primary choice among people who purchase their first smartphone to replace the usual cell phone. Windows Phone is the third most popular mobile operating system. BlackBerry platform has virtually disappeared from the market and a promising platform Firefox OS has not yet achieved significant success.

Android took 44% of the market of mobile phones of all types. Apple iOS share of the market for new shipments of mobile phones reached 10%. BlackBerry share was 0% due to the relatively small volume of supply on the market. In turn, the supply of Windows Phone smartphones have increased by 119% to 13,3 million units. This is the highest growth rate among all platforms.

New Sony Xperia Z2 now available

Sony has started selling its new flagship smartphone Xperia Z2.

Technical parameters Sony Xperia Z2: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 4 cores 2,3 GHz processor, 3 GB RAM, LTE module, waterproof housing, 16 GB flash memory, microSD support, TRILUMINOS display for mobile devices with Full HD resolution and a diagonal of 5.2 inches.

Sony claims that the world's first smartphone with a digital noise reduction technology.

Xperia Z2 - one of the most anticipated new products. This is one of the most interesting models in terms of price and quality and in terms of design. Sony is actively expanding its presence in the smartphone market, without going into the budget segment and maintaining the balance between technology and interesting solutions in design.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Production of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 already begun

According to Taiwanese publication, the factory Pegatron was started to assembly line 4.7-inch iPhone 6. Total in this venture will be collected 15% of new smartphones Apple. The rest will make copies longtime partner - Foxconn, which is the exclusive supplier of premium models iPhone 5s.

Factory Pegatron was started to assembly iPhone 6 at its facilities. Obviously, as soon as possible to get the first images of Network real iPhone 6. First, 4,7 inch iPhone 6 will be on the market, then 5,5 inch models.

It's assumed that 4/7 inch models will be with Gorilla Glass, the 5,5 inch phone will be with sapphire glass. The exact release date is unknown. Then will start production at other factories.

Google Now will notify the presence of the products in nearby stores

Owners of Android-devices soon will be updated through which smartphone or tablet will announce the availability in nearby retail stores items that users looking for online. This function is realized through service Google Now.

Also this opportunity will be have owners of devices with iOS.

It should be noted that the notification will be done automatically, so do not be surprised if one day Google Now on the cards will display information about the availability of a nearby store for the right products. Once the user enters a search query on a particular product, the mobile device will display comprehensive data about it: the cost, the image and name of the corresponding outlet.


However, the relevance of the information provided by Google Now still have to check. It is very likely that the desired product is not in the proposed store would, so before the visit better make a test call.


For those who do not wish to receive notifications on products, provides a standard switch off procedure corresponding cards through Google Now settings.

New virtual keyboard for smartphones and tablets

Seemed more recently fiction elements of mobile devices is becoming a reality. Thus Galaxy S4 have not received a laser keyboard, and today it is already possible to equip any mobile device. For example, due to the novelty of the R2-D2 of Imp.

R2-D2, as the name implies, is in the form of the famous figures of the droid from "Star Wars." It is installed in front of the smartphone or tablet, and projects on any horizontal surface light virtual keyboard, uttering at the same distinctive sound. The robot is connected to a mobile device wirelessly Bluetooth 3.0, so it can be used for distances up to 10 m. Of course you can use it with usual computer.

It is noteworthy that it is compatible not only with Android (version 4.0 or later), but c and other popular operating systems, including Windows 7/8, Mac OS X and iOS. Inside R2-D2 mounted battery with 660 mAh battery that can be recharged via microUSB-port.

The exact date of sales is unknown. But promised that the new product will be on the market.

Google Drive without editing of documents

In accordance with its new policy, Google is going to cut down the functionality of the application associated with the corporate cloud storage Drive. Soon users Google Drive will lose the opportunity to edit files - spreadsheets and text documents.

But such functionality is saved in Docs and Sheets, which must be downloaded separately. When you try to change the table or text, open in Google Drive, the program will offer to download the appropriate application.

Such a division of functionality associated with the desire to distinguish more clearly between Google focus of each component of the software - cloud storage and both editors. Moreover, in the near future the company plans to release the third editor for processing files presentations PowerPoint.

A date of release new Google Drive is unknown. Now users can edit documents.

Microsoft increases the volume OneDrive up to 1TB

Now, the maximum amount of file storage provided subscribers with tariff plans Office 365 «OneDrive for Business" and «Office Professional Plus 365" increased from 25 GB to 1 TB.

«OneDrive for Business" (formerly SkyDrive Pro) is available as part of the tariff plans and Office 365 as a standalone product. Integration with Office Online provides the ability to edit documents in a web browser, along with enterprise-level security. In addition, with this application you can organize work offline without an Internet connection.

Also «OneDrive for Business" includes the possibility of joint work of several users on the same document, and portal solutions integration with SharePoint.

Microsoft pays attention to safety stored in OneDrive corporate information. As noted in the company, all user data «OneDrive for Business" are in their own data centers.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Newest graphics accelerator NVIDIA GTX 880

Many laptops from different manufacturers has graphics accelerators NVIDIA 800 series. Among them are mean most powerful model GTX 880M. Now NVIDIA prepare to release GTX 880 for usual computers.

NVIDIA started shipping engineering samples of GTX 880 from one of the Chinese factories to the Indian test lab. This novelty will be equipped with 8 GB of memory. Its base is chip GM204, which will replace the current GK104.

Among other features GTX 880 are 3200 CUDA-cores and 256-bit memory interface GDDR5. Level of performance will be 5,7 teraflops. Most powerful for today consumer card NVIDIA GTX Titan Black Edition has 6 GB of memory and 2880 CUDA-cores. This gpahics accelerator will be more powerfull than modern graphic cards.

Ultra-portable and powerful gaming notebooks MSI

MSI has presented its novelties for gamers - portable and powerful laptops GS60 Ghost Pro 3K and GS70 Stealth Pro.

MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K has a 15,6 inch display with 2880 x 1620 pixels,  Intel Core i7-4700HQ 2,4 GHz, up to 3,4 GHz in turbo mode, graphics accelerator NVIDIA GeForce GTX870M 3G GDDR5, one or two 128 GB SSDs with 1 TB HDD, 16 GB RAM, Bluetooth 4.0.

GS70 Stealth Pro has a 17,3 inch display with 1920 x 1080 pixels, graphics accelerator NVIDIA GeForce GTX870M 6G GDDR5, up to 3 SSDs, other parameters the same.

Notebooks are really very powerful and handle with the modern games.

New HTC One M8 Prime

HTC has promised soon to present the most advanced version of its current flagship.

It was reported what are parameters will be has a new HTC flagman. Now HTC offers a flagman  HTC One M8, but HTC One M8 Prime will be more powerful.

HTC One M8 Prime will be has a 5,5 inch display with 2560 x 1440 pixels, 4 cores Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, 3 GB RAM, 16 GB flash memory, modem Qualcomm MDM9x35 with LTE support. But parameters can changed to official release.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Micromax is preparing to release smartphone with NVIDIA Tegra 4i and LTE

Mobile processor NVIDIA Tegra 4i with integrated LTE-chip was introduced long ago. But the number of smartphones equipped with them is very small.

Indian company Micromax is going to join the ranks of manufacturers who have chosen this chip.

This smartphone will be has a 4,7 inch display with 720p resolution, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB flash memory, operating system Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, of course Tegra 4i chip with LTE. Image of the phone may change by the time of the official release.

It is expected that the phone will be serious competition to existing phones with LTE. The expected price should be lower than other phones with similar features.

Microsoft Corporation bought partner company GreenButton

Microsoft Corporation after years of cooperation agreed to buy its partner - GreenButton, working in the field of cloud computing. GreenButton is a unique feature of the range of services provided by its quick connect applications to cloud resources.

GreenButton company will become a part of the cloud division of the Microsoft Corporation for collaborative creation and launch of a new cloud service.

GreenButton was founded in 2006 as a provider of cloud services for network deployment and application support, which is not enough local resources. The company's specialists have created for their clients a special set of tools to integrate applications with the "clouds" within a few hours.

Earlier in 2011, Microsoft announced the launch of a joint project with GreenButton called Azure. Microsoft Azure is a cloud platform for the development and application support.

New Lenovo N20p. Chromebook and transformer

The company Lenovo, still produce Chromebooks for the education sector, has introduced two new models, aimed at the mass market.

Consumer model N20p, in general, resembles Chromebook Yoga 11e. Lenovo N20p has a 11,6 inch touchsensitive display with 1366 x 768 pixels, which can recline 300 degrees, putting the device in the so-called regime of the stand. Also this notebook has a Intel Celeron processor, 16 GB flash memory, up to 4 GB RAM, modules Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, ports USB, HDMI, audio, webcamera, cardreader.

Chromebook N20 has the same parameters, but equipped with a conventional screen. Laptops are not yet on sale, but very soon to appear in stores.

New Microsoft Surface

Microsoft will introduce tablet Surface Mini at its meeting.

It is alleged that Microsoft will position small tablet not as a complete replacement for your laptop, but rather as a compact electronic assistant. Also Microsoft not positioned this tablet as a gaming console. Only big Surface tablets are replacement for laptop. 


Surface Mini will be sold with a stylus.

Likely this laptop will be has 7,5 inch display with 1400 x 1050 pixels, operating system is Windows 8.1. The exact parameters are will be known at the release.

Monday, May 5, 2014

SanDisk releases 4-terabyte SSD-drive Optimus Max

The company released the SanDisk SSD capacity of 4 TB and thereby reduced the maximum distance between the traditional HDD and SSD. The novelty is not focused on ordinary consumers, but the business sector.

This drive was named Optimus Max. In the sequential read / write mode speed approximately 400 MB/s. Drive is equipped with error correction technology, data protection and disaster recovery. Furthermore, it maintains one to three complete rewrites information stored on it during the day.


Drive is manufactured by new SSD 19 nm technology. SSD uses SAS interface 6 GB/s.


The company wants to produce in the future SSDs volume 6 TB and 8 TB. Exact date sales are not reported.

HTC One M8 for music lovers

HTC introduced a special version of the smartphone One M8 for music lovers Harman Kardon edition.

Design of HTC One M8 Harman Kardon edition combines golden wheel inserts and black the rest of the body, on the back of the bottom is unobtrusive logo Harman / Kardon.

This smartphone comes with a special version of the headphones Harman / Kardon AE-S.

Also HTC One M8 Harman Kardon edition comes with a special application HARMAN Clari-Fi, which improves the usual MP3-files, making the sound richer. In addition, the smartphone "out of the box" can play 24bit/192kHz FLAC-files.

Display of the smartphone is 5 inch with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution, processor 4 cores Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 2,36 GHz, 2 GB RAM, and 16 or 32 GB flash memory, also smartphone has a slot for microSD card. This version of phone in it not different from the original phone.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Google refuses to Nexus

The company wants to replace the mobile devices Nexus on line Android Silver.

Instead, Google will offer a new line of high-end smartphones and tablets - Android Silver.

The initiative is aimed at further strengthening the position Google in Android-environment. Google wants to create operating system for mobile devices without any third-party applications, as well as timely firmware update - in the style of the operating system Apple iOS, which is delivered to all compatible products in the same day.

Google is going to subsidize the cost of developing and marketing partners who will be carrying equipment. Possible candidates for cooperation are: LG, Motorola, Samsung, HTC and Sony.

Now, smartphones Nexus remains a flagships of company.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

New Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime

Company Samsung will be release a new flagship Samsung KQ or Galaxy S5 SM-G906, with a metal casing and screen 2K (QHD). Unlike Samsung S5, this phone will have a metal case. This phone also called Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime.

The smartphone will be have a Snapdragon 805 2,5 GHz processor with 4 cores, operating system Android 4.4.2, 3 GB RAM and 32 GB memory for data. Also display of smartphone 5,2 inch with 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution. Technical parameters can changes before release.

Phone on the market have not yet, also not reported the exact release date.

Friday, May 2, 2014

How to copy Windows 8 image on USB drive. Windows-To-Go

Have you ever heard of that would be convenient to continue to work with your files and settings to another computer?

Microsoft demonstrated the function of Windows-To-Go, which allows you to copy the image of Windows 8 on USB-drive for later download on any computer system. After downloading, you can continue work with your files and applications.

According to Microsoft, this feature is aimed at business users, not the home. That is, instead of taking in a business trip hard working laptop, you can take, for example, a netbook or small laptop and boot into your copy of Windows from USB-drive. But Microsoft declined to comment on the cost of using this function.

Function may work with the specification as USB 2.0 and 3.0. Recommended storage size is 32GB. It should also be noted that the computer is running a copy of Windows-To-Go with USB-drive, can't be translated into hibernation. If you suddenly get the USB-drive from the computer when the OS is running, system will be wait about 60 seconds. If during this time to return the USB-drive in place, the computer resumes. If not - Session Windows-To-Go is closed. Also all unsaved changes will be lost.

Microsoft products were not had similar functions. It's convenient.

NVIDIA releases new video adapters

NVIDIA preparing to release GeForce GT 705, GT 710 and GT 720 videoadapters. New items will not differ significantly from the videoadapters GeForce GT 620 and GT 630.

GeForce GT 705 will be have: graphic processor GF119, 48 cores CUDA, 64-bit memory bus, 1 GB DDR3 RAM, core frequency 810 MHz, RAM frequency 1796 MHz.

GeForce GT 710 will be have: graphic processor GK208, 192 cores CUDA, 64-bit memory bus, 512 MB DDR3, core frequency 823 MHz, RAM frequency 1800 MHz.

GeForce GT 720 will be have: graphic processor GK208, 384 cores CUDA, 64-bit memory bus, 1 GB DDR3 RAM, core frequency 902 MHz, RAM frequency 1800 MHz.

Videocards are based on new architectures.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

LG Nexus 6

Google has not abandoned plans to release branded smartphone Nexus, and the next Nexus 6 coming soon.

It is reported that the production of new Nexus, the company will deal with LG. Moreover, the new product will be based on the specifications and design are not announced until the flagship LG G3.

Google Nexus 6 will be have a 5,2 inch display with 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution. Also approximately charasteristics are: 4 cores Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, 3 GB RAM and 16 or 32 GB ROM.

This parameters are approximate and can changes to release.

Of course this flagship will be have a powerfull hardware and new operating system.

Backup in Linux using rsync

Let's look a few ways to backup data from remote computer in Linux. For this we use rsync.

Remote computer has an IP address 192.168.10.10.

You can copy catalog prog from remote computer in simple way:
rsync -avz --delete root@192.168.10.10:/etc/prog /local/backup/ &&
 rsync -avz --delete root@192.168.10.10:/etc/ppp /local/backup


Another way.Connect to remote computer by ssh and copy remote catalog /etc/samba/ in /local/backup/current-backup/. Then, after changing some files in /etc/samba/ copy changed or new files in /local/backup/current-backup/ and old files, which situated in /local/backup/current-backup/ move to /locale/backup/backup-`date +%A`. In this command backup-`date +%A` means day of week.
rsync -avz --delete root@192.168.10.10:/etc/prog /local/backup/ &&
rsync -avz --delete root@192.168.10.10:/etc/ppp /local/backup


To automate the backup is recommended to configure passwordless ssh access or configure the nfs and mount as a local drive and create a new task or run manually.