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Showing posts with label Hardware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hardware. Show all posts

Friday, February 22, 2013

Sony presented the new PlayStation 4

Sony finally submitted the specifications of PlayStation 4. Although didn't presented pictures of the new console, the company showed only the new command Dualshock 4.

Characteristics of PS4:
 

  • The PS4 style is a PC, a view that shares the world's most popular architecture, the X86 
  • CPU AMD eight-core Jaguar
  • Super graphics card AMD Radeon ensure that the best graphics on consoles segment (~ 2 TFLOPS of performance)
  • 8GB of memory GDDR5
  • 3 USB 3.0
  • Bluetooth 2.1
  • HDMI interface
  • Wireless 802.11 b / g / n
  • Motion control, since it will have a bar similar to the Nintendo Wii
  • The 8-core processor combined with the GPU allow about 176 GB / s of bandwidth
  • Large disk

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Microsoft Surface Pro allows to run Linux

During a session of the popular AMAA (Ask me almost anything) that was recently held on the platform of contents Reddit, Panos Panay, vice president of Microsoft and elements of the Surface engineering team answered a set of questions for the Surface, version PRO.

One of the questions posed by the user Nygmatic was if the new tablet from Microsoft allows to disable the secure boot so they can install eg Linux distributions. In response elements of Microsoft stated that it is possible to disable this functionality, like any machine with Windows 8, allowing the installation of Linux distributions. However, this only applies to Surface Surface Pro since the RT is only limited to Windows.

Surface Pro will be on sale tomorrow from $899.
 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Ouya arrives in June

The console is based on Android and is the recordist in fundraising on Kickstarter. The community responded enthusiastically to the idea of ​​a console based on Android, which guarantees access to a wide selection of games to enjoy on television.

 
The first consoles Ouya cost $ 99.99 (73 euros) and includes a gamepad. The user can then buy more commands, for $ 49.99 (36 euros) each. Information is available on the official website of the company. 

Right now, the company is already accepting pre-orders of the console. The first Ouya must get to the major stores in U.S. during the month of June.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Surface, the new Microsoft Tablet.


Will be two different base models, one with Windows RT, and the other with Windows Pro 8 Each one of these models will have sub-models with different capabilities.

Windows Model RT

     Operating System: Windows RT
     Processor: ARM (nVidia Tegra 3 +)
     Weight: 676 g
     Thickness: 9.3 mm
     Display: 10.6 "HD Display ClearType
     Consumption: 31.5 W-h
     Connectivity: microSD, USB 2.0, Micro HD Video, Antenna MIMO 2 × 2 MIMO
     Camera: Front and rear
     Software: Office Home & Student 2013 RT
     Interface: Touch Cover, Cover Type
     Cover: VaporMg Case & Stand
     Capacity: 32GB or 64GB

Windows 8 Pro Model

     Operating System: Windows 8 Pro
     Processor: Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge
     Weight: 903 g
     Thickness: 13.5 mm
     Display: 10.6 "Full HD Display ClearType
     Consumption: 42 W-h
     Connectivity: microSDXC, USB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort Video, 2 × 2 MIMO antenna
     Camera: Front and rear
     Interface: Touch Cover, Cover Type, Palm Block with Pen
     Cover: VaporMg Case & Stand
     Capacity: 64 GB or 128 GB

Cover Type: Cover with physical keyboard
Touch Cover: cover with touch keyboard
Images from Microsoft official site, you can see more about surface here Surface by Microsoft

Friday, April 20, 2012

Microsoft will launch Windows 8 32 tablets 'low cost'

Microsoft will launch by the end of the year 32 models of tablets with Windows 8. The most interesting of these future gadgets will be the price. The tablets will have a price of around  $300 (230€).


 

The target will be the iPhone and Android tablets that are competitive to the point that they are already in the corporate market the most valuable segment until now dominated by Microsoft. The company is supported by manufacturers such as Asus, Acer, HP, Dell, Toshiba or Lenovo. These companies will leave the 32 tablets to market with Windows 8.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Windows 8 tablet specifications are already known

Intel has made known some of the characteristics of future tablets with Windows 8, based on x86 architecture.



Inside these tablets, will be Atom processors Z2760, belonging to the new family "Clover Trail." Models will be dual core with Hyper Threading, which can greatly increase the clock speed beyond the normal for short periods of time.

The tablet as two models: 10 and 11 inches, the last one will also have physical keyboards. In communications, the Intel talks about 3G/4G connectivity, Wi-Fi Direct (which lets you create high-speed connections directly between two devices, a bit similar to what happens with Bluetooth) and NFC.

These tablets will range over nine hours, less than nine millimeters thick and less than 700 grams.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Google presents draft of glasses that allow you to view augmented reality

The project was revealed at February, but now Google has released a video which shows a daily routine of a user of the new augmented reality glasses. The project is being developed by Google division [X]. It is unclear when the glasses could reach the market.
The video was posted online product because developers wanted a "feedback" from your idea.
  
We realize that the user will be able to control music, get directions for guidance, take pictures, give voice commands and make video calls.