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Wireless speaker for Windows® launched

Oregon-based Aperion Audio has announced the launch of a wireless speaker that allows Windows-using music fans to listen to their favorite track from anywhere where there is a home network connection. How it functions? Named ARIS wireless speaker, the unit is developed to work with Windows 7’s ‘Play To’ feature that makes it easy to stream content from a PC over a home network. ARIS uses the... Read More »

iHome® launches iDM5 Executive workstation for tabs and smartphones

With a view to make the typing work easier on smartphones and tablets, iHome has added one more exclusive product to its fleet. Dubbed as iDM5 Executive workstation, you will love using this peripheral either at home or in office. Featuring a full-sized QWERTY keyboard, iDM5 Executive workstation connects easily with any tablet or smartphone using the Bluetooth technology. “Whether video conferencing,... Read More »
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Intel® Launches Faster Ivy Bridge Processors

After launching its first ever Intel Inside smartphone last week with Lava International, Intel has now announced the availability of faster Ivy Bridge processors. The company is presently shipping the quad-core 22-nanometer processors for desktop computers and is expected to provide chips for Ultrabooks in the next couple of months. The new Ivy Bridge processors are based on the latest 3-D tri-gate... Read More »
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Philips ErgoSensor Monitor: Your New Instructor

Computer users across the globe complain about spinal health problems and back pain. These health issues majorly occur due to incorrect body postures i.e. the way you sit in front of your computer screen. Keeping this phenomenon in mind, Philips has come up with an incredible monitor that ensures that you sit in the right posture while carrying out your computing activities. Philips ErgoSensor Monitor... Read More »
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Acer® unveils the Latest S-series LCD Monitors

Acer has enthralled its users with the latest launch in the range of LCD monitors. Acer S-series monitors are available in five models, suiting to different budgets and needs. The ultra slim LCD monitors will be available in 20, 23, and 27 inches with sharp and sleek features. They have an amazing contrast ratio of 100,000,000:1 that makes them different from most of the other LCD monitors. The bright... Read More »

How to get Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard on Androidâ„¢

Now presenting, the Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard! If you are an Ice Cream Sandwich fan, here’s something you would love to get your hands on. The latest addition to the offerings from Android is the Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard. When compared to the “Gingerbread”, this keyboard has brought in a lot of improvements. Though there are keyboards in the market that have a voice-to-text... Read More »
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Six Cool Things To Do With Your USB Flash Drive

What do you use your USB Flash drive for? There are various uses of a Pen Drive or USB Flash drive. Some use it for storing and transferring data from one computer to another. Here are six cool ways to use USB flash drive: Use Linux with USB flash drive: Although you can install Linux on your computer with other operating system, it will take the hard disk space and will also make your system a dual... Read More »
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Fanless Heat Sink Design Promises Cooler, Quieter CPUs

The noise emitted from a fan fitted inside a computer is one of the reasons for irritation and disturbance when you try hard to concentrate on important things while working on a computer. The noise from the fan becomes a common issue as your computer gets old. A computer can have many fans that can be source of disturbing noise. The heat sink is one fan that tends to become noisy as your system become... Read More »
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Microsoft® Sees Cloud Future For Embedded Computing

According to a Microsoft official, the company is trying to link embedded computing systems to the cloud. The cloud is going to reveal a number of wider options to embedded computing. Windows Embedded General Manager of Microsoft, Kevin Dallas made a note that the capability of capturing the intelligence from the verge of the network shall make an intense change in the charges which is going to be... Read More »

Dual monitor Application

If you have a computer, which is rarely utilized, then MaxiVista can help you to connect the PC as the second monitor for another computer. For doing this, there will not be any need of extra hardware.MaxiVista can be used with any sort of combination of laptop, tablet PC or desktop, to mirror or extend the screen content of the primary PC. MaxiVista is also compatible with multi-monitor systems... Read More »
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AMD® Launches Fusion Chips In India

AMD India has launched Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) with the Fusion technology. The fusion of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is known as fusion technology on a single chip. The launch of the G-series chips by AMD is for embedded systems. A fusion chip consists of multi-core CPUs with powerful discrete level graphics. This is the kind of technology that... Read More »

IBM® and ARM Team Up On Tablet Chips

IBM and ARM signed an agreement to produce revolutionary technology that would help ARM to move ahead with renewed vigor and IBM to take its first steps at getting a share of the tablet PC market. Under an agreement signed in January, IBM will support ARM in its endeavor to scale its Cortex manufacturing process down to 14 nanometers. This would arm ARM with the thinnest silicon chips in the market... Read More »

XPedite7331 Single Board Computer

Single Board Computer systems or SBCs, are self-contained embedded computers. Such computers are generally employed as embedded computing systems. These computers run embedded and real-time operating systems. Real time operating systems or RTOS are specific operating systems that are designed and programmed according to the device. The basic functionality handled by real time and embedded OS includes... Read More »

Intel® is not worried about the move of Microsoft® towards ARM processors

Intel has announced that it is not worried over the move of Microsoft to port Windows to ARM processors. An Intel spokesperson said that Intel will be able to provide low power Windows which can match with the Atom processor or x86 processor family chipsets. Intel’s Executive Vice President Dadi Perlmutter also stated that by the time Microsoft manages to get a new version of Windows as an operating... Read More »

Sandy Bridge chipsets recalled by Intel®

In the recent past, product recalls by various manufacturers have been making news worldwide, bringing consumer product safety to a peak and massive market losses, inevitable. When a core component is recalled, like in the case of Intel, it is not only Intel which suffers, but a whole range of product manufacturers, having had designed and manufactured their products, using the said defective components... Read More »

AMD® launches ad campaign targeted at Intel®

The flaw in the Sandy Bridge chipset, if you remember, was discovered and reported sometime in January. The flaw as it is called Cougar Point chipset flaw was discovered and Intel withdrew the chipset from the market. The chipset flaw relates to how the chipset communicates with SATA devices be it SATA hard disk drive or optical device. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is all set to hold an ad campaign... Read More »

Seagate® Ships Over 1 Million Self-Encrypting Hard Drives

Over the last 30 years, Seagate has positioned itself as one of the most stable, ingenious and reliable hard drive manufacturers for desktops, laptops, netbooks, enterprise servers and more. Amongst some of the many firsts in the industry, Seagate has made phenomenal strides in introducing various products including solid state hybrid drives, 6Gb/s SAS Enterprise Drives, world’s thinnest hard drives... Read More »

Intel® Releases Core vPro Business Processors

Intel is a U.S.-based developer of semiconductor chips. The company invented the x86 series of microprocessors and this microprocessor is found in almost all the personal computers. Intel was formed in the year 1968 and was named as Integrated Electronics Corporation but the word Intel is coined form the word intelligence. Intel is also known for making motherboard chipsets and flash memory and graphic... Read More »

Intel® six-core i7-990X processor

Intel six-core i7-990X Extreme, the successor to its previous version Core i7-980X running on 3.33 GHz of raw speed, is the latest chip from Intel. The Intel Core i7-990X  promises 3.73 GHz speed running on Intel Turbo Boost Technology also featuring six-cores and a mind boggling 12 processing threads with Intel Hyper-Threading technology. Even while boasting a clock speed of 3.46GHz, it also has... Read More »

SSD vs. HDD: How low will hard drives go?

A hard disk drive (HDD) is a random access non-volatile digital data storing device. It has a rigid platter which rotates on a spindle which is motor driven. All this is enclosed in a protective covering. There is provision for magnetically reading and writing the data with the help of a air film that floats above the platter. It was for the first time introduced by IBM in the year 1956 and has been... Read More »

Intel® Core i7-990X processors

Intel is busy experimenting with a 1000 Core processor on the architecture for the 48 core single chip Cloud Computer Processor. In the year 2009 itself, Intel launched their experimental 48 Core central processing unit (CPU) on a stamp sized piece of silicon. What is really interesting is the processing capability of this 48 core CPU chip, with amazing power management and power consumption features... Read More »

NVIDIA® Readies Dual GPU GTX 590 launch

The race between ATI and NVIDIA continues with NVIDIA announcing release of the Dual-GPU GTX 590. There was rumor in the market that NVIDIA might delay introduction of its Dual GPU to gain an advantage over ATI. NVIDIA had already confirmed that it would be soon introducing a dual GPU. It has named its latest processor as George GTX 590. NVIDIA has made an intelligent move by timing its dual GPU... Read More »

Hooking Up PC Sound Cables

Computers have really proved themselves as an all in one device. Now you seldom feel the need for some expensive music players because computers are very much capable of playing the highest quality of digital music. Computers can be attached with good sound systems to get the audio output which is crystal clear and very soothing to our mind. Audio on a computer is played by a dedicated device called... Read More »

PC makers roll out laptops with Intel® Sandy Bridge processors

The latest Sandy Bridge processors from Intel have advanced power saving features and deliver efficient performance. The top PC makers including, Lenovo and Sony, have already declared and shipped Intel Sandy bridge processor for the launch of their new series. Sony and Lenovo have already declared their new series launch while Dell and Apple are in the process of doing so. Sony has announced the... Read More »

AMD® launches embedded Fusion chips

Advanced Micro Devices or AMD as it is called, is a company providing innovative processors and other computer-related devices. The fusion of a CPU and a GPU is known as fusion technology on a single chip. The launch of the G-series platform is aimed at embedded systems. An Accelerated Processing Unit is the fusion of a GPU with a CPU. A GPU is the Graphic Processing Unit and its fusion is with a... Read More »