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Lenovo plans to increase the share of year-end PCs equipped with touch screens

Lenovo PCs with touch screens
Lenovo has set a goal this year to increase the share of PCs equipped with touch screens, up to 40% of total deliveries. Moreover, the proposed rate may be increased to 60%. Lenovo’s plans were discussed at a press conference held in the CES 2013.

Meanwhile, Taiwanese PC assemblers are confident that up to 40% to bring the share PCs by touch screens, it will be difficult, but about 60% can not even stutter. The world just is not produced as many touch screens. In addition, hobby models with touch screens can result in loss of part of Lenovo for the global PC market, since such models are more expensive than usual, therefore, are less in demand. Continue reading Lenovo plans to increase the share of year-end PCs equipped with touch screens

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Piston Valve unveils the console at CES

Piston Valve unveils the console at CES
It looks like a console, but his DNA is on the PC. Meets the sweet name code “Piston”, platform games and Valve manufacturer Xi3 is dedicated to Steam Big Picture and its interface that displays PC games on TV (and added a navigation joystick) . Not really a PC, therefore, but a console using an OS made in Steam.

Technical side, the architecture is based on the Piston X7A of a modular computer by Xi3 already developed following a Kickstarter campaign that earned him some recognition. Small, extremely powerful, especially fully and easily customizable, is intended X7A already in the game It has a quad-core processor clocked at 3.2 GHz and an ATI HD 7660G, 8GB of RAM, of storage 12 GB SSD and a hard drive of 1 TB
It also has four USB 3.0 ports and four USB 2.0, but also an HDMI port and two mini-HDMI. Continue reading Piston Valve unveils the console at CES

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LG Slider with Windows 8 at CES 2013

LG Slider with Windows 8 at CES 2013
Tomorrow we go to Las Vegas and stay in advance, of course, not all devices will be presented secret. LG on the other hand is the official way and has now been presented to the court in Vorgeld Tab Book H160. Diest is a mixture of tablet and notebook, or more precisely to a tablet with an extendable keyboard.

Pleasing thing is that it does not come with the Windows stripped RT operating system but with a real Windows 8 and an Intel i5 CPU. By default, however, is an Intel Atom Z2760 be installed. Continue reading LG Slider with Windows 8 at CES 2013

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Samsung Series 7 Chronos notebook displays with AMD Radeon HD 8870M in teaser for CES

Samsung Series 7 Chronos notebook displays with AMD Radeon HD 8870M in teaser for CES
Samsung added a 17-inch model to its Series 7 Chronos laptop range last year, and updated the whole family with Ivy Bridge processors, to boot. Barely a breath into 2013, the company is at it again, teasing better hardware in the “new” Series 7.

Just a few more days and we fly over the Pacific to Las Vegas to introduce to you the latest from the world of technology. This not only beautiful TV and gadgets are, but it looks like a new Samsung Series 7 Chronos Notebook. In a teaser shows us the company’s new 17-inch model with Intel Ivy Bridge, Full HD 1920 x 1080 DIsplay and not only JBL sound but also a brand new AMD Radeon HD 8870M GPU. Continue reading Samsung Series 7 Chronos notebook displays with AMD Radeon HD 8870M in teaser for CES

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ASUS mobile computer Zenbook Touch U500VZ with a 15-inch screen

ASUS mobile computer Zenbook Touch U500VZ with a 15-inch screen
Description and specification has not yet officially submitted laptop ASUS Zenbook Touch U500VZ appeared on the manufacturer’s website. The computer is equipped with a screen size of 15 inches diagonally. You can choose the panel resolution 1366 x 768 or 1920×1080 pixels (in the second case the panel type – IPS).

Mobile computer chipset Intel HM77 (Chief River) and the processor Intel Core i7 3632QM or 3612QM equipped Windows 8 or Windows 7. Its configuration includes 4 GB of memory installed directly on the motherboard. Even up to 4GB can be installed in a slot for a memory module. Graphic system – NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 2 GB of memory GDDR5. There are four variants of the disk subsystem. Two of them include a 500 GB HDD and SSD with 24 or 128 GB. In the other two only two SSD in RAID0 configuration, the total size of 128 or 256 GB. Continue reading ASUS mobile computer Zenbook Touch U500VZ with a 15-inch screen

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LG will introduce a number of new products at CES 2013

LG will introduce a number of new products at CES 2013
All new products from LG, reported to the company, is more than serious competition for many of the flagship models from other manufacturers. We expect, of course, Windows 8 (it was October 26 – approx. MobileDevice), modern screens IPS matrix with advanced color reproduction and wide viewing angles and processors from Intel and AMD last generation. All new mobile PC from LG can boast slim and at the same time, long battery life – more than 12 hours on a single charge with proper calibration battery.

Light weight and metal body – it is also a distinctive feature of mobile technology from LG, preparing for a demonstration in January. Continue reading LG will introduce a number of new products at CES 2013

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The ideal cooler for compact chassis


To place in a compact 140 mm fan, sometimes have pretty sweat. But not with the new Thermalright AXP-100, which the company recently introduced. New product is ideal for installation in the most compact HTPC case.

The thickness of the cooler – only 58 mm. And this is taking into account the established high-performance fan TY-100. Take all the world’s thinnest computer case and cooler as the manufacturer says, it will fit in with no problems.

As it turns out, many people who choose HTPC also love to collect them yourself instead of buying a ready-made solution, so this cooler is an ideal substitute for the standard and noisy turntable. Continue reading The ideal cooler for compact chassis

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USB-driver Apacer AH 153 and AH137


Assortment of “flash drives” of the company Apacer replenished with two models – AH153 and AH137. Both new products are characterized by the same performance – the outer edges of the body and the cap expands, and the interior, on the contrary, are thawing – this, together with a green or yellow body does drive like a bamboo stalk. The manufacturer believes that this form is not only ergonomic, but also prevents accidental loss of the cap.

Being identical in appearance, drives are coloring (Apacer AH153 – green, AH137 – yellow) connection interface (Apacer AH153 supports USB 3.0, and AH137 is only compatible with USB 2.0) and memory (Apacer AH153 – from 16 to 64 GB Continue reading USB-driver Apacer AH 153 and AH137

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Gigabyte showed that its motherboards with Thunderbolt ports support displays 4K


Gigabyte has demonstrated support displays 4K (or Ultra HD) motherboard with two ports Thunderbolt. Allowed to make that possible presence of two connectors mini-DisplayPort, each of which can display images with a resolution of 2K (standard DisplayPort 1.1).

Was connected to the motherboard monitor Eizo DuraVision FDH3601, designed for air traffic control and display of geophysical data.

The composition of the test system included the motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H TH, you installed a processor Intel Core i7 3770K with a graphics core HD4000, is running Windows 8. Continue reading Gigabyte showed that its motherboards with Thunderbolt ports support displays 4K

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3D-card AMD Radeon HD 7890, based on the GPU Tahiti LE


According to our German colleagues, AMD Radeon HD 7890 “Tahiti LE” launches November 27, the debut of the video card AMD Radeon HD 7890, based on the GPU Tahiti LE, November 27, and the public will be presented not reference the device, but only the version, improved partner AMD.

Has also been suggested that the 3D-card based on AMD Radeon HD 7890 will be released in a limited quantity, and the main objectives of a new product launch is attracting customers during the autumn-winter sales and the possibility of AMD once again remind myself. Continue reading 3D-card AMD Radeon HD 7890, based on the GPU Tahiti LE

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Kingston Digital starts shipping SSDs SSDNow V 300 Series


According to the company Kingston Digital, announced the availability of a series of solid state drives SSDNow V300, the devices are “powerful solution for modernization” of existing desktop and mobile PCs.

In SSDNow V300 drives used controllers LSI SandForce Flash Storage Processor (FSP) and 19-nm flash memory devices such as NAND. This allows for sequential read and write up to 450 MB / s, which surpasses performance of hard drives. Continue reading Kingston Digital starts shipping SSDs SSDNow V 300 Series

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Sony color the keyboard and mouse for laptop


Variety of laptops is growing every year. But to date, find something original in this segment is not easier than 3-4 years ago. This is true even of the simplest aspects like color notebook, let alone anything more.

Sony has decided to slightly dilute the gray world of mobile technology with bright colors. True, the desire to design the company (or its marketing) limit the release of keyboards and mice for notebooks. Continue reading Sony color the keyboard and mouse for laptop

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Photo of the day: a passive CPU cooler Zalman FX100-Cube


Source published a picture of passive CPU cooler FX100-Cube, which was allegedly preparing to release the company Zalman.

To compensate for the lack of fans, the designers had to increase the size of FX100-Cube. Cooler design includes blocks of aluminum plates, at right angles to each other. Heat to radiators fed by four nickel-plated copper heat pipes. Diameter tubes – 8 mm. Continue reading Photo of the day: a passive CPU cooler Zalman FX100-Cube

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