CES 2012
2013年12月15日星期日
Dell Vostro V13 laptop is only 16
Dell Vostro V13 laptop is only 16.5mm thick, costs a quarter of Dell Adamo XPS
If you’re suffering from Apple MacBook Air or Dell Adamo XPS cravings this just might be your lucky day. Meet the Dell Vostro V13 – it’s a 16.5mm thick 13-incher that brings very much the same specs as the Dell Adamo XPS, but at a netbook-scale price.
Okay, I’ll admit that the XPS 9.9mm thickness for a laptop sounds (and looks) amazing – it can even put most smartphones to shame. But the price is just too hard to swallow. The Dell Vostro V13 on the other hand is actually reasonably priced… though it’s only available in Singapore right now. Which isn’t a big deal, considering it’s not quite official yet (though it’s up on the Dell Sinagpore website, specs and all).
First off, things are not quite as rosy – 16.5mm is just the thinnest part of the of the Vostro V13, at its thickest it’s 19.7 mm. But that still is only a hair thicker than the MacBook Air. Anyway, let’s see what we get for our money. The Dell Vostro V13 is a 13.3″ laptop with 1366 x 768 pixels resolution (the MacBook Air has 1280 x 800).
For the CPU you have a choice between Intel Core2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz, 3MB L2 cache), Intel Core2 Solo SU3500 (1.4GHz, 3MB L2 cache), Intel Celeron 743 (1.2GHz, 1MB L2 cache), all of them of the ultra-low voltage variety (the Adamo XPS has Intel Core2 Duo 1.4GHz ULV CPU).
A better look at the Dell Vostro V13
So far so good. The Dell Vostro V13 also sports goodies like up to 4GB DDR3 RAM 1066MHz, 802.11n support, gesture-controlled touchpad, 2 USB ports, one of which is a USB/eSATA combo, 34mm ExpressCard, 5-in-1 card reader, 1.3MP webcam.
For the OS, the choice ranges from anything from Ubuntu Linux, through Windows Vista Home Basic to Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional. The graphics are a bit disappointing – Intel GMA 4500MHD. The same holds for the storage memory – there is no SSD option. Not that you can put “SSD” and “cheap” in the same sentance. And obviously you don’t get an aluminum body or the touch-enabled latch that opens the Dell Adamo XPS.
Still, the Dell Vostro V13 price is only 450 US dollars, so the non-aluminum body doesn’t seem like such a loss. That price will probably be valid only for the Intel Celeron Ubuntu OS version. Since the Vostro V13 is still not announced properly, the price situation is a little unclear.
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2013年12月13日星期五
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 trailer is out
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 trailer is out, promises some epic stuff
As you should well know, the last Harry Potter movie was split into two parts, because the seventh book turned out impossible to fit into a two-hour movie. The first part of the Deathly Hallows premiered last November and it was really good and the script was very close to the book.
Today the Deathly Hallows Part 2 trailer was released and it looks epic. Let’s hope the movie keeps that spirit.
I personally like the books but I’m not such a fan of the movies. In my opinion the Half-Blood Prince was a disaster – it was a good and a beautiful movie, but it was very far away from the events in the sixth book. I honestly didn’t believe David Yates & Co will give us a decent ending, but the Part 1 of the Deathly Hallows was quite a surprise – it followed and covered almost all events in the book it was based on. And it was an excellent movie too.
The Deathly Hallows Part 2 will hits cinemas on 15 July this year. Would you go watch it?
2013年12月6日星期五
LG and Sony settle patent dispute with a cross-licensing deal
LG and Sony settle patent dispute with a cross-licensing deal
Sony and LG have finally settled their patent dispute that concerned infringed patents on smartphones, TVs and Blu-ray technology.
The dispute began after a technology sharing agreement expired three years ago and the two companies have exchanged a couple of blows in the US and European courts since then. A complaint was filed by Sony concerning LG smartphones in the US and LG accused Sony of infringing its Blu-ray video technology in the PlayStation 3. LG even got a court injunction in the Netherlands, where PlayStation 3 consoles were seized by customs.
Both companies have now confirmed, however, that the battle is over and that they have signed a cross-licensing agreement that will allow each of them to use the other’s patents. There’s no saying if any money changed hands for the agreement to be reached, though.
Well that’s one patent war down, but there are still many many more to come as the technological world currently seems to be in a full blown patent war.
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2013年12月3日星期二
Chrome for Android will likely remain Flash-less forever
Chrome for Android will likely remain Flash-less forever
Limited availability aside, the Chrome beta launch went as smooth as Google could have possibly hoped. Everyone who got a chance to take the new Android browser for a spin loved it and for a good reason. The Chrome beta is smooth, offers a cool UI and plenty of eye-candy and seemed to have the stock browser in its pocket.
And then you notice that it’s lacking Flash support. But hey, the stock ICS browser also missed Flash at launch and got it later, right? As it turns out, Chrome for Android won’t be as lucky and it will most likely remain without Flash support forever.
The problem is that the mobile-friendly Chrome arrives too late – it comes after Adobe announced the discontinued development of its Flash player for mobile devices. The developing company will only release security and bugfixes from now on and won’t bother creating a plug-in for the Chrome browser.
And while it’s true that Chrome scores the highest of any mobile browser on the html5test.com benchmark, the web is still a long way from moving completely to HTML5 and Flash is still a pretty major part of it.
Normally, the lack of Flash support wouldn’t be a big problem for a browser as cool as Chrome, but the problem here is it faces a really strong rival in the face of the stock ICS browser. The stock browser from the latest Android release is impressively smooth too and offers the innovative quick controls interface plus a ton of other extras.
As it turns out choosing between the two is a matter of picking your priorities – great syncing with your desktop Chrome browser vs Flash support and for some this might not be as easy a choice as Google might have hoped.
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2013年11月28日星期四
Google turns 14 - Happy Birthday
Google turns 14 - Happy Birthday!
14 years ago a small but effective search engine came to prominence on the domain www.google.com. The rest is history.
Today marks the 14th year of existence for the tech giant, and it’s celebrating with one of its trademark homepage doodles.
Google was first envisioned by Standford students Larry Page and Sergey Brin as part of a research project which attempted to catalog a web page by the number of pages that backlink to it. The result was the PageRank system, which coincidentally provided much more accurate search results than those of commercial search portals at the time, such as Yahoo! or Excite.com.
Google later went on to offer its IPO in 2004, just after reaching its peak in terms of search engine dominance, at which time it accounted for just under 85% of all searches made on the internet.
Today, Google remains one of the most successful tech companies in history, and stands firmly by its declaration to be “a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains.”
So, from us at GSMArena.com, happy birthday Google! Thanks for making the internet a better place!
Check out our source link from some previous Google birthday doodles.
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2013年11月27日星期三
Official Imgur app launches on Android
Official Imgur app launches on Android, still going through checks on iOS
If you’re a fan of Reddit, or memes, or the whole internet comedy via images thing then you’ve probably have or heard or used Imgur’s services. It’s the place to store all your pictures, memes, screenshots, and what not.
And now we’ve finally received an official app straight from Imgur. It’s already available for download on Google Play and is expected to launch on iOS soon, after it’s been thoroughly checked out.
The app lets you organize your albums, comment and like photos, browse repositories and, naturally, upload photos straight from your device.
The app is expected to get some caption-adding soon so you will get to make those memes from your phoney pretty soon. Get the app at the Source link below.
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Twitter got hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army
Twitter got hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army, presumably nothing stolen
A day ago the social network Twitter was hacked by a group called “Iranian Cyber Army”. There is no harm done to the servers and databases, the attack just compromised the DNS records and redirected to a new web site, instead of Twitter.
Twitter claim nothing is stolen and I believe they’re straight with us. But if the hackers really meant some harm, they might have managed to design a false Twitter page before unveiling the attack. This would have allowed them to easily steal a lot of accounts with passwords.
So just to be sure, you may want to change your password.
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2013年11月25日星期一
Rockstar releases the official gameplay trailer of Grand Theft Auto V
Rockstar releases the official gameplay trailer of Grand Theft Auto V
Rockstar has been teasing its upcoming game with lots of in-game screen shots. One of the trailers revealed the main characters of the Grand Theft Auto V and we even saw a dozen of other screenshots to build up the hype for the game.
Now, Rockstar has finally released a trailer, which reveals in gameplay of the Grand Theft Auto V. In a teaser that runs for about 5 minutes, Rockstar shows the various locations of the gameplay that includes the urban environment and, of course, the beaches.
The video clip also shows the three main characters of the game and their backgrounds. The upcoming version of the popular Grand Theft Auto will allow you to invest in the stock markets and other real estate businesses.
The official gameplay trailer also reveals that Rockstar will be introducing the multiplayer feature in the Grand Theft Auto V. Check out the official gameplay video below:
Grand Theft Auto V will be launching on September 17 and will be available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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2013年10月19日星期六
A breakdown of Facebook's expected $100 billion worth once it goes public [INFOGRAPHIC]
A breakdown of Facebook's expected $100 billion worth once it goes public [INFOGRAPHIC]
Facebook is pretty popular, ‘pretty’ possibly being the understatement of the century, but did you know that in fact 1 in 10 people use Facebook and that combined, that makes 800 million users worldwide?
With that much activity, Facebook Inc. have made themselves a pretty sizable audience for advertisers to address, but with talks of the company going public, just how much did you expect it was actually worth?
A team of business types over at Accounting Degree Online, have looked into the rumors and whispers surrounding Facebook’s possible move to go public. Amidst their research, they came up with a host of interesting figures, including one very special one.
The analysts have estimated that Facebook’s IPO (Initial Public Offering) could be somewhere in the region of $100 billion. To see just how they came to such a staggering figure, check out the infographic below.
Based on what we see here, Facebook’s IPO will be the largest in tech company history, six times greater than Google’s for example.
So to clarify, Facebook intend to raise $10 billion by April or June through increased revenue generated by advertising, Facebook fan pages and display ads, in order to push the public value to that magic $100 billion goal, phew!
That’s more than Disney ($61 billion), Amazon ($88.3 billion) and even McDonald’s ($95.6 billion). What’s more, if that $100 billion target is reached, Mark Zuckerberg will pocket a cool $25 billion all for himself, not bad Mark, not bad.
Whilst we’re on the subject, we hit 100,000 ‘Likes’ on our own Facebook page last year thanks to many of our great readers and we’re close approaching the 150,000 mark already. If you want us to inform you of all our latest and greatest via Facebook, head on over to our page now and click that ‘Like’ button.
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2013年10月16日星期三
Facebook introduces VoIP calling for iPhone users in the US
Facebook introduces VoIP calling for iPhone users in the US
After announcing the new Graph Search feature yesterday, Facebook has rolled out yet another important feature, the ability to make voice calls from the mobile app to any of your friends.
Currently, this feature only works on the iOS version of Facebook’s mobile app and only within the US. There is no need to update the app to get this feature. To initiate a call, you have to go through the slightly convoluted process of going to the person’s account, starting a chat with them, then clicking the ‘i’ button in the top right corner and then clicking on the ‘Free call’ option.
According to The Verge, the voice quality over data was quite good and on par with other services such as Skype, Viber, etc. The app shows a push notification when you receive a call.
No word yet on when this functionality will be enabled on other platforms and in other regions.
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2013年10月15日星期二
Certain Verizon iPad 2 being recalled
Certain Verizon iPad 2 being recalled, duplicate MEIDs are the culprit
Few days back there were reports of certain iPad 2 that were shipped to users being recalled by Apple before they reached their owners. At that time Apple did not give any reason for this behaviour but now it seems we have the answer.
The reason for the recall is due to duplicate MEIDs on certain iPad 2 and this is restricted to the Verizon iPads. A MEID or Mobile Equipment Identifier is a unique number of every CDMA device. If more than one device is using the same number, then the device would fail to work with the network, which is also what happened to some of those who did receive their iPad 2.
Apple is now recalling those faulty iPad 2 and replacing them with new ones. If yours is one of them then you should visit your nearest Apple Store right now. As a gesture of apology, Apple will also offer you $50 credit or iPad accessories when you return your faulty iPad 2.
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2013年10月13日星期日
Xbox 360 Metro-fied Dashboard gets leaked on video
Xbox 360 Metro-fied Dashboard gets leaked on video, coming to your console this fall
We have seen screenshots of the redesigned Xbox 360 dashboard before that uses the slick new Metro UI but now a video has leaked that gives us a nice little tour of the interface and all the various menu options that we can expect to see when the update is released this fall.
The video is low resolution and a bit blurry. Moreover there is no audio and the text is all in French so it’s basically like watching a French movie with no audio and subtitles. You still get a good look at the UI, including the new Bing search bar. Unfortunately, there is no web browser built-in and you are limited to searching content for Xbox. Everything else seems the same as what we have now, just in a different looking interface.
You can check it out for yourself in the video below.
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2013年10月10日星期四
Barnes & Noble adds Google Play Store support to NOOK HD and NOOK HD+
Barnes & Noble adds Google Play Store support to NOOK HD and NOOK HD+
Barnes & Noble have announced that they will be adding support for the Google Play Store on their NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ Android tablets. So far these devices have been restricted to downloading content only from Barnes & Noble’s content store but are now open to the entire Google catalog as well.
Along with the 700,000 apps and games, NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ users will also be able to access music, movies, books and magazines from the Play Store. Other than that, Barnes & Noble is also adding the Google Chrome browser and Google services such as Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube and Google Search.
These changes will be introduced to existing NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ through a software update and new devices will ship with them pre-installed. This should make these devices a lot more attractive to potential buyers who may have held off so long due to a lack of quality content on these tablets.
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2013年10月9日星期三
Max Payne for mobile devices is on the way
Max Payne for mobile devices is on the way, Rockstar confirms
Rockstar keeps delivering great news to gamers around the planet today. First it was the new trailer of the upcoming Max Payne 3 and now the game studio confirms that the original Max Payne game will hit iOS and Android devices “very soon”.
The news came from a Q&A session hosted on the Rockstar website, where a fan asked whether Max Payne will be ported for mobile devices and Rockstar responded “Yes, it’s on its way”.
This isn’t going to be the first time Rockstar launches its older game titles on mobile platforms. In fact it’s quite understandable that after the successful release of Grand Theft Auto III, Max Payne is on his way.
Rockstar says they are preparing an official announcement, which should answer the rest of our questions. Here’s hoping it takes place in the following weeks.
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