Sony Works With University To Create New Blu-ray Laser
Right from the start, Sony has been one of Blu-ray's largest fans, and also one of the company's pouring the most money into marketing the format. Many people assumed that Blu-ray was a format created by Sony at first, but it's actually not. Nevertheless, Sony is now helping to advance Blu-ray into the next level, teaming with Tohoku University in order to develop a blue-violet laser with a 100W output. This may not sound too important on the surface, but it holds a lot of promise. What kind of promise? According
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Apple Intros Magic Trackpad For Desktops, Battery Charger Accessory
Apple may have taken the time to officially reveal a new iMac, Mac Pro and 27" Cinema Display this morning, but two accessories that slipped under the radar are equally as interesting, if not more so. Scattered about the press releases for the new iMac and Mac Pro were mentions of a new Multi-Touch "Magic Trackpad," which is an all new input peripheral from Apple that's designed to bring some of the company's expertise in Multi-Touch to the desktop. Up until now, Multi-Touch has been reserved largely for touch
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NVIDIA Unleashes Quadro 6000 and 5000 Series Workstation GPUs
Not long ago, we reviewed the entire FirePro workstation graphics card lineup from ATI. With the V8800, our testing revealed considerable performance gains over the previous generation V8750, coupled with a lower price point. Surely, that's a combination that consumers can appreciate, especially for those looking to upgrade sooner, rather than later. But, at the time, the market was not yet settled as we anxiously awaited a response to ATI's FirePro products from NVIDIA. Thankfully, the wait is over as the launch
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Apple Debuts 27" IPS Cinema Display For $999
With new computers usually comes new monitors, and that's what has happened this morning with Apple's refreshed lineup. There has been a new Mac Pro and a new iMac, and now the company is introducing a new 27" LED Cinema Display that's obviously larger than the 24" LED Cinema Display already on store shelves. The new panel uses IPS technology and has a 2560 x 1440 resolution, which equates to 60% more screen real estate than the old 24" model (which still remains on sale). It also features a built-in iSight
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Apple Upgrades Mac Pro With Up To 12 CPU Cores, New SSD Option
The new 2010 iMac may be the most consumer-centric piece of Apple's July 2010 hardware refresh, but for power users it's the Mac Pro that'll get the attention. Apple's heavyweight has been refreshed this morning, but as with the iMac, no real major exterior changes are happening. Instead, it's all in the inside. Intel has produced quite a few major chips since the Mac Pro line was last refreshed, and now the machine is finally seeing some of that work integrated into its build-to-order sheet. The new Mac Pro
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Apple Updates iMac Line With Core i3, HDD + SSD Options
While the recent talk surrounding Apple has been focused on the iPhone 4 and its well documented reception troubles, the company is today focusing on bigger and brighter things. Namely, new hardware. The consumer-centric iMac line is seeing its first major update since late last year, and while it's not a complete design overhaul, the internals are definitely being revised. There are still just two primary sizes: 21.5" and 27". Both of these utilize glossy IPS panels, with the former having a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution
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Acer Launches Aspire "Predator" AG7750 Gaming Desktop With Core i7
Acer's Aspire "Predator" gaming PC line has only been around a couple of years now, but it has already gained a huge following in the sector and is widely viewed as a legitimate rival to Alienware and other high-end gaming PC companies. Now, the company is ready to unveil their newest beast, which boasts a chassis that is just as outrageous as the components within. The newest Predator would make the older ones proud, as the AG7750 still utilizes the wild orange case that could've easily arrived straight out
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EFF Wins, Apple Loses, Jailbreaking is Now Legal
Every three years, the U.S. Copyright Office convenes to consider exemptions to the DMCA's ban on circumvention of "technical protection measures." On Monday, the EFF, which had submitted three such exemptions for this go-round of the triennial process, announced that all three exemptions had been granted, meaning for one thing, that jailbreaking iPhones is now officially legal. Apple had said a long time ago that it considered jailbreaking iPhones illegal, but there was no legal basis in either direction. This
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HTC Makes the Switch to Super LCD from AMOLED
Short supplies of AMOLED screens have been blamed for delays in shipping enough HTC Droid Incredible devices. That could be nothing but past experience, according to HTC, because the company is switching a number of devices to a "just as good" Super LCD display. That switchover was rumored back in June, but HTC saw fit to make it official on Monday. However, the company didn't specifically mention the hot-selling and nearly constantly back-ordered Droid Incredible in their press release, which leads us to wonder.
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AT&T Begins Rolling Out 3G Upload Speed Fix
AT&T has begun rolling out a software fix to fix an issue in Alcatel-Lucent equipment that was causing users in some parts of the country to experience slower uploads. The company said it hoped the problem could be resolved in 2-3 weeks. Although iPhone users were the most vocal when the issue first appeared, it wasn't device specific. After investigation, AT&T determined the issue had to do with firmware in Alcatel-Lucent's 3G base station hardware. AT&T said the issue affected less than two
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Apple Talks about White iPhone 4 Delay, Says Nothing
Good luck trying to get your hands on a white iPhone 4 this summer, because there just aren't any to be found. And according to Apple, you're going to have to hang tight for awhile, because daggone it, getting the color right is proving to be more difficult than the company could have ever anticipated. Seriously. Either that, or maybe Apple was afraid you'd hold it wrong and cast a shadow on the device, thereby changing its appearance. "White models of Apple's new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging
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New Batteries Recharged when Shaken, not Stirred
The next time you walk down the street and see some suit spazzing out, don't assume he's crazy (unless he's foaming at the mouth), maybe he's just recharging his digital camera, or any other electronic device that uses AA or AAA batteries. That's because the eggheads at Brother Industries Ltd. have put together vibration-powered generators capable of giving the company's prototype batteries a shot of juice when shaken. "The new generator will semi-permanently eliminate the need to replace batteries and contribute
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NVIDIA Unleashes Quadro 6000 and 5000 Series GPUs
Not long ago, we reviewed the entire FirePro workstation graphics card lineup from ATI. With the V8800, our testing revealed considerable performance gains over the previous generation V8750, coupled with a lower price point. Surely, that's a combination that consumers can appreciate, especially for those looking to upgrade sooner, rather than later. But, at the time, the market was not yet settled as we anxiously awaited a response to ATI's FirePro products from NVIDIA. Thankfully, the wait is over as the launch
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NVIDIA Unleashes Quadro 6000 and 5000 Series Workstation GPUs
Not long ago, we reviewed the entire FirePro workstation graphics card lineup from ATI. With the V8800, our testing revealed considerable performance gains over the previous generation V8750, coupled with a lower price point. Surely, that's a combination that consumers can appreciate, especially for those looking to upgrade sooner, rather than later. But, at the time, the market was not yet settled as we anxiously awaited a response to ATI's FirePro products from NVIDIA. Thankfully, the wait is over as the launch of a new series of professional graphics cards from NVIDIA based on the company's Fermi architecture has just arrived and we've got the high-end Quadro 6000 and Quadro 5000 cards in-house for testing...
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Apple Upgrades Mac Pro With Up To 12 CPU Cores, New SSD Option
The new 2010 iMac may be the most consumer-centric piece of Apple's July 2010 hardware refresh, but for power users it's the Mac Pro that'll get the attention. Apple's heavyweight has been refreshed this morning, but as with the iMac, no real major exterior changes are happening. Instead, it's all in the inside. Intel has produced quite a few major chips since the Mac Pro line was last refreshed, and now the machine is finally seeing some of that work integrated into its build-to-order sheet.The new Mac Pro line holds up to 12 processing core and is up to 50% more powerful than the previous generation, with the latest quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors, all-new ATI graphics and the option for up to four 512GB solid state drives. That last one is also huge; this is the first Mac Pro where Apple has allowed users to order SSDs. In past generations, they have essentially said that SSDs didn't really have a place in the desktop, but now the itch for speed has finally let these little guys move into the big house.
At the heart of the new Mac Pro’s performance are next generation quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors running at speeds up to 3.33 GHz. These multi-core processors use a single die design so each core can share up to 12MB L3 cache to improve efficiency while increasing processing speed. These systems feature an integrated memory controller for faster memory bandwidth and reduced memory latency; Turbo Boost to dynamically boost processor speeds up to 3.6 GHz; and Hyper-Threading to create up to 24 virtual cores. The Mac Pro now comes with the ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics processor with 1GB of memory and customers can configure-to-order the even faster ATI Radeon HD 5870 with 1GB of memory.
Also, the GPU on this new machine has not one, but two Mini DisplayPort sockets along with a single dual-link DVI output. A native three-monitor setup seems not out of the question, now. The new Mac Pro starts at $2499 and includes a single 2.8GHz quad-core Xeon W3530 processor, 3GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM, 1TB hard drive, 18x SuperDrive, four PCIe 2.0 slots and plenty of ports. The other base configurations are listed below, with the 12-core monster starting at nearly $5000.
Pricing & Availability
The new Mac Pro will be available in August through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The new quad-core Mac Pro, with a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US), includes:
The new 8-core Mac Pro, with a suggested retail price of $3,499 (US), includes:
- one 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon W3530 processor with 8MB of fully-shared L3 cache;
- 3GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 16GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
- two Mini DisplayPorts and one DVI (dual-link) port (adapters sold separately);
- 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- 18x SuperDrive® with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- four PCI Express 2.0 slots;
- five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire® 800 ports;
- AirPort Extreme® 802.11n;
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; and
- Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Magic Mouse.
Configure-to-order options include:Â
- two 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5620 processors with 12MB of fully-shared L3 cache per processor;
- 6GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 32GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
- two Mini DisplayPorts and one DVI (dual-link) port (adapters sold separately);
- 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- 18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- four PCI Express 2.0 slots;
- five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire 800 ports;
- AirPort Extreme 802.11n;
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; and
- Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Magic Mouse.
Accessories include: Magic Trackpad, Apple Battery Charger, wired Apple Mouse, wireless Apple Keyboard, Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter, Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (for 30-inch DVI display), Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, the AppleCare® Protection Plan; and pre-installed copies of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server; iWork®, Logic Express 9, Final Cut Express 4 and Aperture 3. Complete options and accessories are available at www.apple.com/macpro.
- one 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon W3565 processor for the quad-core Mac Pro;
- one 3.33 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon W3680 processor for the quad-core Mac Pro;Â
- two 2.66 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon X5650 processors (12-cores) for the 8-core Mac Pro;
- two 2.93 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon X5670 processors (12-cores) for the 8-core Mac Pro;Â
- two ATI Radeon HD 5770 cards with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
- one ATI Radeon HD 5870 card with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
- up to 16GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory for the quad-core Mac Pro;
- up to 32GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory for the 8-core Mac Pro;Â
- up to four 512GB solid state drives (SSD); or
- up to four 1TB or 2TB Serial ATA hard drives running at 7200 rpm;Â
- Mac Pro RAID card;
- dual-channel or quad-channel 4Gb Fibre Channel card; and
- up to two 18x SuperDrives with double-layer support.
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Apple Intros Magic Trackpad For Desktops, Battery Charger Accessory
Apple may have taken the time to officially reveal a new iMac, Mac Pro and 27" Cinema Display this morning, but two accessories that slipped under the radar are equally as interesting, if not more so. Scattered about the press releases for the new iMac and Mac Pro were mentions of a new Multi-Touch "Magic Trackpad," which is an all new input peripheral from Apple that's designed to bring some of the company's expertise in Multi-Touch to the desktop. Up until now, Multi-Touch has been reserved largely for touch panels and notebooks, but the new trackpad enables those same gestures to be translated onto the desktop.
Basically, this is a trackpad right out of a MacBook Pro, but larger and equipped with Bluetooth for use with the iMac and Mac Pro. We're sure that Apple will be keeping this compatible with Macs alone, but there's a chance that someone could hack it to work with PCs in the future. Apple isn't shelling out too many details about the pad, but you can definitely use it in place of a mouse, just as you use a trackpad in place of a mouse on a laptop. Inertial scrolling, multi-finger gestures, swiping, pinching, zooming and scrolling can now all be accomplished on your Mac desktop without a mouse. That's a pretty radical change, and we fully anticipate other companies following suit with similar options for the PC.
On a slightly smaller, less important note, Apple is evidently entering the rechargeable battery space. It's probably the strangest Apple product to be revealed in many, many years, but Apple is actually now selling an Apple Battery Charger. It's a pretty simple device. You just plug it into your wall and insert up to 2 AA rechargeable Apple batteries (shame it won't charge 4 of them), with $29 buying you the charger itself along with 6 NiMH batteries that can last up to 10 years, but they probably won't if you use them regularly. We suspect Apple created this after unveiling so many battery-needing devices (Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, etc.), but we can't see why you'd choose Apple batteries over any other rechargeable battery.
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Acer Launches Aspire "Predator" AG7750 Gaming Desktop With Core i7
Acer's Aspire "Predator" gaming PC line has only been around a couple of years now, but it has already gained a huge following in the sector and is widely viewed as a legitimate rival to Alienware and other high-end gaming PC companies. Now, the company is ready to unveil their newest beast, which boasts a chassis that is just as outrageous as the components within.The newest Predator would make the older ones proud, as the AG7750 still utilizes the wild orange case that could've easily arrived straight out of Transformers. Acer themselves remarks that this machine is built specifically for "avid gamers," with a Core i7 720 quad-core CPU inside, along with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX470 GPU (with 3-way SLI support), 9GB of DDR3 RAM (up to 12GB is supported) and DirectX 11 support. There's also a 1TB hard drive, four SATA hard discs, and a two-part liquid cooling system that keeps this wild thing cool even during intense gaming sessions. It's available now for around $1800, but that's just the starting price. You can certainly customize this one to be nearly as expensive as you want it to be.
 New Acer Aspire “Predator†AG7750 Gears Up for World Domination
Aggressive New Design and Souped Up Specs Give the Aspire AG7750 an Appetite for Destruction
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acer, the world’s second largest vendor in the PC market,(1) today announced its newest Acer Aspire “Predator†gaming desktop PC is armed for combat and ready to do battle in Canada. A force to be reckoned with, the power-packed AG7750-E2112 harnesses the pinnacle of processor, graphics and memory technologies for conquering the fiercest opponents.
   “Designed to conquer and destroy, the Aspire Predator boasts a rugged, intimidating chassis as well as super power and speedâ€
Taking bold style and performance to a killer level, the Aspire Predator is designed for avid gamers with a “take no prisoners†attitude. It’s a monster machine outfitted with plenty of ammo, including an Intel® Core™ i7 quad core processor, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX470 graphics with 3-way SLI support and a whopping 9GB DDR3 memory, which can be expanded to 12GB for blowing away the competition.
“Designed to conquer and destroy, the Aspire Predator boasts a rugged, intimidating chassis as well as super power and speed,†said Susan Hu, retail desktop product management for Acer Canada. “It’s a smoking hot gaming rig delivering eye-popping graphics and dynamic audio for a jaw dropping experience that will fire up even hard core gamers. Plus, plenty of room for future upgrades will assist gamers in their quest to reign supreme in the new world order.â€
NVIDIA 3-Way SLI Graphics Pump Up Games With Stunning Visual Definition
The Predator AG7750 is ready from a thermal and power standpoint to take on 3-way SLI graphics, the next generation in graphics technology. Outfitted with the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX470 with NVIDIA® SLI, users can scale graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in a 3-way SLI-certified motherboard. The motherboard has an installed GTX470 card and can accommodate up to two more. These advanced GPUs run simultaneously to deliver kickass, high-performance graphics playback. The combined power of DirectX 11, CUDA™ and NVIDIA® PhysX® Technologies deliver amazing, cinematic quality visuals.
Fierce Quad Core Power Shreds Opponents
Outfitted for battle, the Aspire Predator AG7750 is power packed with an Intel® Core™ i7 920 quad-core processor that delivers the ultimate speed for gaming, including 3D as well as multitasking and other multimedia entertainment. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology heightens performance by increasing processor frequency by 133MHz on short and regular intervals if it’s operating below power until the upper limit is met or the maximum possible upside for the number of active cores is reached. It also increases energy efficiency by allowing near-zero power consumption for inactive cores.
Gamers will appreciate the 1TB(2) internal SATA hard drive. Adding further fuel to the fire are three additional easy-swap hard disk drive (HDD) cages, allowing up to a total of four Serial ATA 3 G/bs high-capacity hard disks to be added with up to 2TB(2) capacity per single drive for a total storage capacity of up to 8TB. Users can save game files, movies, music and more on the local disks, which can be removed for transport.
The Aspire Predator provides clear, heart pounding sound to ratchet up the excitement of gaming tourneys via high-definition 7.1-channel audio, Creative® THX® TruStudio PC™ and EAX® 5.0 technology.
A state-of-the-art, two-part liquid cooling system protects PC performance even during the fiercest matches, so gamers can confidently push their limits.
Radical Design Intimidates Rivals
Showcasing Acer’s innovation, the dramatic orange and black desktop visually shouts power. The intimidating exterior boasts a mechanized front cover that can be raised up and over the front of the chassis to provide convenient access to a multi-card reader, USB and audio ports. The chassis is also covered by a rugged protective material and has a secure handle for transport.
Opening the case reveals the inner power of the Predator, including striking and highly dynamic mechanical elements and cool lighting effects, such as claw-like optical disc drive (ODD) doors, easy swap HDDs and red LED lighting. An illuminated door on the lower front of the chassis provides quick entry to the hard disks, simplifying upgrades.
Highly Scalable, Well-Connected
Gamers who want to ensure their PC remains on the cutting edge will be pleased to know that the Aspire Predator AG7750 is highly scalable, allowing integration of many advanced components and gaming peripherals, such as joysticks, steering wheels, foot pedals and more. The system comes with a multi-in-one card reader, an optical drive and is easily expandable with an available 5.25-inch optical drive bay and a variety of open PCI Express slots, including a PCI x16, two PCI Express x1 and a standard PCI. The system also offers a host of connectivity options including 11 USB 2.0 ports (five in front, six in back), IEEE 1394, two eSATA ports, two Ethernet ports, two DVI ports (up to six with three graphics cards), HDMI® and various others.
Slick Software Suite
The systems come loaded with Arcade Deluxe 2010™, an all-in-one media portal for managing today’s digital media. Acer Arcade archives songs, photos, movies and videos; Arcade Photo optimizes graphics acceleration for ultra fast photo sorting and creation of memorable slide shows; Arcade Video converts videos quickly for playback on a favorite media player and uploads videos to YouTube; and Arcade Music browses and organizes music collections.
Pricing and Availability
With a starting manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $1,799 CAD, the Acer Aspire Predator AG7750-E2112 is now available at technology and electronics retailers in Canada.
Acer is Canada’s No. 2 overall PC provider(1). More information about Acer and its products in Canada can be found at www.acer.ca.Â
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External HDD Accessable Safe Mode Only
Hello,
I have an external WD 1Tb HDD and my windows stoped recognizing it. It says it needs to be formated.
I entered in Safe Mode and could access HDD as it not having any problem. Accessing my files, etc...
In "normal mode", only the Drive letter and label appears. But i cant access the HDD in any form.
Any sugestions plz?!
Thanx
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EFF Wins, Apple Loses, Jailbreaking is Now Legal
Every three years, the U.S. Copyright Office convenes to consider exemptions to the DMCA's ban on circumvention of "technical protection measures." On Monday, the EFF, which had submitted three such exemptions for this go-round of the triennial process, announced that all three exemptions had been granted, meaning for one thing, that jailbreaking iPhones is now officially legal.Apple had said a long time ago that it considered jailbreaking iPhones illegal, but there was no legal basis in either direction. This exemption now means Apple can't take any legal action against jailbreakers, and it also would appear to free those rooting Android phones to do their work as well.
The EFF also applied to have unlocking cell phones to move from one carrier to another exempted as well, and that was also approved by the Copyright Office and the Librarian of Congress.
Finally, the EFF wanted an exemption granted for those who remix videos. In this case, the EFF wanted protections for those who rip DVDs and create new, non-commercial works for posting on YouTube for the purpose of commentary or criticism. At the same time, an exemption was granted for educators wanting to rip DVDs for educational uses.
Other DMCA exemptions granted by the Copyright office include:
- An exemption for dongle-protected programs in which the dongle is no longer manufactured or if a replacement or repair is no longer available.
- An exemption for copy protection on video games in order to investigate or fix security flaws
- An exemption for e-books when there are no editions at all with accessibility methods such as read-aloud or screen readers
It also doesn't mean that Starcraft 2, which launches on Tuesday, immediately has a security flaw that just has to be fixed right away, now does it?
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Apple Debuts 27" IPS Cinema Display For $999
With new computers usually comes new monitors, and that's what has happened this morning with Apple's refreshed lineup. There has been a new Mac Pro and a new iMac, and now the company is introducing a new 27" LED Cinema Display that's obviously larger than the 24" LED Cinema Display already on store shelves. 
The new panel uses IPS technology and has a 2560 x 1440 resolution, which equates to 60% more screen real estate than the old 24" model (which still remains on sale). It also features a built-in iSight video camera, microphone and speakers, along with a powered USB 2.0 hub, a universal MagSafe connector and a tri-prong cable that makes it simple to hook up to one of Apple's new MacBook or MacBook Pro units. It also features a 16:9 aspect ratio, 178 degree viewing angles and an aluminum stand.
The display will ship in September for $999, which is quite competitive for an IPS panel of this size.
Apple Unveils New 27-inch LED Cinema Display
CUPERTINO, California—July 27, 2010—Apple® today unveiled a new 27-inch LED Cinema Display with stunning 2560 x 1440 resolution and 60 percent more screen real estate than the 24-inch LED Cinema Display. Featuring a built-in iSight® video camera, microphone and speakers, powered USB 2.0 hub, and universal MagSafe® connector, the new LED Cinema Display is an ideal companion for the MacBook® family or a Mac® desktop, and is available for $999.
“With built-in MagSafe charging, iSight camera, speakers, and USB ports, the LED Cinema Display is ideal for MacBook and MacBook Pro users,â€said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With its massive 2560 x 1440 resolution, the new 27-inch LED Cinema Display is a perfect fit with our powerful new Mac Pro, and it gives iMac users an easy way to double their screen real estate.â€
The new, larger 27-inch LED Cinema Display features a beautiful 16:9 edge-to-edge glass display on an aluminum stand with an adjustable hinge that makes tilting the display almost effortless. The LED Cinema Display has vivid colors and exceptionally high contrast and uses a premium display technology called in-plane switching (IPS) to provide a brilliant image across an ultra wide 178 degree viewing angle.
Designed as a companion for any Mac notebook or desktop, the 27-inch display includes a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing, an integrated MagSafe charger to keep Mac notebooks charged, built-in Mini DisplayPort connectivity for video and audio input and a powered three-port USB 2.0 hub so customers can charge their iPhone® or iPod® even when they take their MacBook with them.
The new LED Cinema Display now includes a new ambient light sensor which automatically adjusts the display brightness based on external lighting conditions and uses only as much energy as necessary to provide an optimum viewing experience. Made with mercury-free LED technology, arsenic-free glass and highly recyclable materials, the LED Cinema Display meets stringent Energy Star 5.0 requirements and achieves EPEAT Gold status.* The new display contains no brominated flame retardants and all cables and components are PVC-free.
Pricing & Availability
The new LED Cinema Display will be available in September through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $999 (US). The LED Cinema Display requires a Mac with Mini DisplayPort.
*EPEAT is an independent organization that helps customers compare the environmental performance of notebooks and desktops. Products meeting all of the 23 required criteria and at least 75 percent of the optional criteria are recognized as EPEAT Gold products. The EPEAT program was conceived by the US EPA and is based on IEEE 1680 standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products. For more information visit www.epeat.net.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.Â
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Apple Updates iMac Line With Core i3, HDD + SSD Options
While the recent talk surrounding Apple has been focused on the iPhone 4 and its well documented reception troubles, the company is today focusing on bigger and brighter things. Namely, new hardware. The consumer-centric iMac line is seeing its first major update since late last year, and while it's not a complete design overhaul, the internals are definitely being revised.
There are still just two primary sizes: 21.5" and 27". Both of these utilize glossy IPS panels, with the former having a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution display and the latter having a 2,560 x 1,440 display. Design-wise, the exteriors are staying the same, but Apple now offers a lower-end option with a Core i3 CPU. That means that Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 are all represented here across the line, with a quad-core 2.93GHz Core i7 being the fastest and most expensive CPU option.
The new iMac line starts at $1199, and the entire family is also being treated to new ATI Radeon HD GPUs. The line has 1333MHz memory, 178-degree viewing angles, an SD/SDXC card slot and for the first time, an option to have a hard drive and an SSD running in the same iMac (so long as you spring for the 27" model). The full base configuration list is below, and all four are available to order and customize today.
Pricing & Availability
The new iMac line is shipping now and available through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.Â
The new 21.5-inch 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,199 (US), includes:
Configure-to-order options include up to 8GB of RAM.
- 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 LED-backlit display;
- 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache;
- 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 4670 discrete graphics with 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM;
- 500GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- slot-load 8x SuperDrive® with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- Mini DisplayPort for audio and video output (adapters sold separately);
- AirPort Extreme® 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
- iSight® video camera;
- Gigabit Ethernet;
- four USB 2.0 ports;
- one SDXC SD card slot;
- one FireWire® 800 port;
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.
The new 21.5-inch 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US), includes:
Configure-to-order options include a faster 3.6 GHz Core i5 processor, 2TB hard drive and up to 8GB of RAM.
- 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 LED-backlit display;
- 3.20 GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache;
- 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 5670 discrete graphics with 512MB GDDR3;
- 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- Mini DisplayPort for audio and video output (adapters sold separately);
- AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
- iSight video camera;
- Gigabit Ethernet;
- four USB 2.0 ports;
- one FireWire 800 port;
- one SDXC SD card slot;
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.
The new 27-inch 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,699 (US), includes:
Configure-to-order options include a 3.6 GHz Core i5 processor, 2TB hard drive, 256GB solid state drive (SSD) and up to 16GB of RAM.
- 27-inch 2560 x 1440 LED-backlit display;
- 3.20 GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache;
- 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 5670 discrete graphics with 512MB GDDR3;
- 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- Mini DisplayPort for audio and video input and output (adapters sold separately);
- AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
- iSight video camera;
- Gigabit Ethernet;
- four USB 2.0 ports;
- one FireWire 800 port;
- one SDXC SD card slot;
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.
The new 27-inch 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US), includes:
Configure-to-order options include a 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor, a 2TB hard drive, 256GB solid state drive (SSD) and up to 16GB of RAM.
- 27-inch 2560 x 1440 LED-backlit display;
- 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache;
- 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 5750 discrete graphics with 1GB GDDR5;
- 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- Mini DisplayPort for audio and video input and output (adapters sold separately);
- AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
- iSight video camera;
- Gigabit Ethernet;
- four USB 2.0 ports;
- one FireWire 800 port;
- one SDXC SD card slot;
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.
Additional accessories include: Magic Trackpad, Apple Battery Charger, wired Apple Mouse, wired Apple Keyboard, wired Apple Keyboard with numeric keypad, Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter, Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (for 30-inch DVI display), Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, Apple Remote, the AppleCare® Protection Plan; and pre-installed copies of iWork®, Logic® Express 9, Final Cut® Express 4 and Aperture® 3.
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HTC Makes the Switch to Super LCD from AMOLED
Short supplies of AMOLED screens have been blamed for delays in shipping enough HTC Droid Incredible devices. That could be nothing but past experience, according to HTC, because the company is switching a number of devices to a "just as good" Super LCD display.That switchover was rumored back in June, but HTC saw fit to make it official on Monday. However, the company didn't specifically mention the hot-selling and nearly constantly back-ordered Droid Incredible in their press release, which leads us to wonder.
Here's the HTC press release:
HTC Introduces SLCD Display Technology To Its PortfolioNew Displays to be integrated into HTC Desire and Nexus OneTaoyuan, TAIWAN – July 26, 2010 – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced Super LCD display (SLCD) technology into a variety of HTC phones including the HTC Desire and global Nexus One later this summer. The SLCD display offers an exceptional natural balanced colour, clear contrast, broad viewing angles and improved power efficiency.
“HTC is experiencing high-demand for many of our phones, specifically our phones with 3.7 inch displays. The new SLCD display technology enables us to ramp up our production capabilities quickly to meet the high-demand,†said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “The SLCD displays provide consumers with a comparable visual experience to HTC’s current 3.7 inch displays with some additional benefits including battery performance.â€
SLCD is the latest generation of LCD technology that offers improved performance from earlier LCD panels including approximately five times better power management. SLCDs also offer an enhanced viewing experience with wider viewing angles that are enabled by Sony’s new VSPEC III™ technology.
How well this goes over with future purchasers of affected devices remains to be seen. While the Droid Incredible was not mentioned, it does use a 3.7" AMOLED display, so it would seem to be among the candidates for a switcheroo.
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New Batteries Recharged when Shaken, not Stirred
The next time you walk down the street and see some suit spazzing out, don't assume he's crazy (unless he's foaming at the mouth), maybe he's just recharging his digital camera, or any other electronic device that uses AA or AAA batteries. That's because the eggheads at Brother Industries Ltd. have put together vibration-powered generators capable of giving the company's prototype batteries a shot of juice when shaken."The new generator will semi-permanently eliminate the need to replace batteries and contribute to reducing the amount of wastes," Brother Industries explains.
Brother Industries' AA-size prototype with the generator and rechargeable battery installed in different cases.
In their current form, these aren't going to replace AA or AAA batteries in high-powered gadgets, but for things like remote controls and other low-power devices that don't constantly consume power, these AA/AAA lookalikes offer a serviceable replacement. According to Brother Industries, these new batteries can be used in devices with a maximum power consumption of around 100mW.Unlike other promising battery technologies, this could actually see the light of day, and soon. Already in prototype form, Brother Industries has been showing off the vibration-powered Generating Battery at the Techno-Frontier 2010 exhibition in Tokyo.
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