Asus Transformer PC Cum Tablet..

Asus announced the Transformer All-in-One, the world's first tablet-cum-PC that runs on Windows 8 as well as Android operating systems. This device features an 18.4-inch IPS touchscreen with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution that can be detached from the associated hardware and be used as a fully-functional tablet.

When working as a desktop PC, it operates on Windows 8, Microsoft's latest OS, and is powered by third-generation Intel processor with Nvidia GT370M graphics. The display has display angles of 178-degrees, while sound is enhanced by Asus SoundMaster technology.

As the display is removed, the tablet mode actives and users can choose between Windows 8 and Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) as the operating system of choice with the touch of a button. In the Android tablet iteration, the device computes data using the quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor.

Asus has also included a handle in the device so that it is easy to carry it around and the in-built kickstand ensures decent viewing angles when placed atop any flat surface.Though Asus is yet to reveal all hardware specifications of the device, it is slated to hit international markets in the first quarter of this year at a price of $1,200.

HCL ME 1014, ME 1015 Laptops and Infiniti M A365 Pro Desktop Unveiled

HCL ME 1014

India’s leading Hardware Peripherals, Notebooks and Desktop PCs maker, HCL Infosystems has announced the launch of their three new products. Two of them are laptops and one of them is desktop. These products are- HTC ME 1014 and HCL ME 1015, and Desktop Series- HCL Infiniti M A365 Pro. All new HCL PCs boasts latest hardware and technologies. The newly launch HCL laptops and desktop are powered by latest 2nd generation Intel CoreT Processors, all these HCL products are also available with Quad-Core processors.

“HCL Infosystems has a strong heritage in computing business and always pioneered the latest technology for the Indian consumers. We have always believed in the power of emerging technology and therefore, we have associated our products category with 2nd generation Intel® CoreT processor, providing a better experience to our customers. Our new range of computing devices are designed to suit Indian conditions, building upon months of R&D and engineering efforts,” said Mr. Rothin Bhattacharyya, Executive Vice President, HCL Infosystems.
The new HCL computing devices boasts Multi-touch Gesture Touchpad for laptops and HCL Desktop Management Software (HDMS for desktops), and one touch in-built customer service button with HCL Touch. HCL ME 1014 is equipped with 14-inch LED-backlit display, 640 GB Hard Disk Drive and 8 GB DDR3 RAM. It features 1.3 megapixel webcam and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity. On the other hand, HCL ME 1015 is equipped with 15.6-inch HD LED-backlit display with 16:9 aspect ratio. Other features remains same as ME 1014, only features that sets ME 1015 is that it has additional feature of WLAN.These laptops boasts HCL’s unique features includes :

•     SPLIT ME - Automatically splits heavy files for easy mailing
•     LOCK ME - secures external ports from unauthorized usage
•     Secure ME - prevents other users from accessing particular software
•     Erase ME - Disallows retrievals of erased sensitive files
•     Encrypt ME - prevents tampering of data when it is in transit

HCL Infiniti M A365

HCL ME 1015

HCL Infiniti M A365 Pro Desktop is equipped with 18.5-inch widescreen display and packed in a micro-ATX cabinet. It supports upto 2 TB of HDD and upto 16GB DDR3 RAM. It also comes with a 3-button optical mouse and a DVD Writer. Other features includes:

    Folder & File Lock Security: A software lock that will LOCK User specific files & folders.
    HCL Device Lock: To prevent theft of data, USB ports can be enabled /disabled and also denies access to Floppy Drives, Optical Disk Drives and Hard Disk, Logical Drives.
    HCL Application Lock: To prevent unwanted usage, Internet & other Applications can be blocked.
    Asset Management: Helps in monitoring the health of desktop and alerts to the IT administrator through e-mail and pop-ups.

HCL announced that these products are available and can be avail by sending sms to 56161- “HCL Desktop” for desktop series and “ME” for laptop series.
Desktops- HCL Desktop Management Software (HDMS). All of these two laptops and one Desktop PC pre-installed Windows 7 Professional Operating System.

“HCL Infosystems and Intel has a long-standing relationship and it gives us immense satisfaction in congratulating them on the launch of their new systems based on the latest 2nd Generation Intel® CoreT processor family. We commend HCL’s contribution in introducing pioneering and smart technologies in the country and we are confident that the new HCL devices, powered by the new 2nd Generation Intel Corei3 and Intel Corei5 processor will deliver a visibly smart computing experience to users.” said R. Ravichandran, Director of Sales, Intel South Asia.

The first AMD processors on the Bulldozer core will be released in June..

The first AMD processors of new generation emerged at the beginning of the year. They, however, low level and was the first attempt to combine the CPU and GPU, which, judging by the tests and the reaction of PC makers, proved quite successful. In the second quarter of the year there are expected models of higher performance based on Bulldozer core. They say that deliveries will begin in June. More precisely, this should happen during third week of the month.
Processors with integrated DDR3 controller, but without the GPU will be released with 32-nanometer technology. It is assumed that they will be promoted under the name FX. In the first wave will include eight models. Four of them will get to eight cores series (FX8000) and 16 MB cache, two - with six cores (FX6000) and two - with four cores (FX4000). There are no details on each model yet. As far as it is known, eight-processor outperforms existing processors such as Core i7 950 (four cores, eight threads) and the Phenom II X6 1100T (six cores) by 50%.

CyberPower and iBuyPower include AMD Radeon HD 6990 3D-cards in configuration of gaming PCs..

AMD has just introduced a graphics accelerator - AMD Radeon HD 6990, which bears the title of the fastest game 3D-cards of the world as producers of PC gaming today announced that the new product is available in their products. CyberPower company added a dual-processor accelerator in a model series Gamer Dragon, Ultra, and Fang EVO. It is also possible to have two HD 6990 beasts in your PC working in SLI. In case you have opted for two video cards, you get a graphics subsystem with 6144 stream processors and 8 GB of GDDR5 memory. The most affordable gaming system with CyberPower Radeon HD 6990 is priced at $ 1399. Of course, with the addition of other high-performance components of the price increases rapidly. iBuyPower - the other provider of gaming PCs is not far behind. It also offers a model with one or two cards, graphics processors that operate at frequencies of 830 MHz (880 MHz, with the inclusion of an alternative version of BIOS). Effective clock frequency of GDDR5 memory is 5000 MHz.

AMD will release six Llano APU's in third quarter..

In the third quarter of the year, AMD will release six Llano APU's, designed for desktop systems and as competitors of Second Generation Intel Core. In the fourth quarter there is going to be five more products.
AMD will present model Llano APU Series A, issued on 32-nanometer technology at Computex Taipei 2011 in June. Among the new products that will fall on the market in the third quarter, there will be processors A8-A6-3550 and 3450. We also know names of two of the five articles that will appear in the final quarter of the year: A8-A4-3560 and 3360.
In addition, in the third quarter will see three models of E (Zacate) series: E-300, E-450 and E2-3250.

HTC EVO 3D and HTC EVO View 4G tablet will be announced at the CTIA..

Today in the U.S. begins CTIA Wireless 2011 event, on which the operator Sprint has announced several new products, including HTC EVO 3D smartphone.Device, the first information on which appeared a few days ago, is built on dual-core processor 8660 Qualcomm Snapdragon, clocked at 1.2 GHz. It is equipped with 4.3-inch screen size and qHD resolution (960 x 450 pixels). One of the main features of its display is the ability to display three-dimensional images, and you do not need special glasses to watch them.

The new smartphone features 1 GB of RAM (according to other sources - 4 GB), 5 megapixel main camera with photo and video and 1.3 megapixel front camera. It is capable of playing HD video in 1080p or 720p in 3D output and is equipped with HDMI. The device running Android Gingerbread 2.3, and has a 1730 mA/h battery.
The second major premiere is the HTC EVO View 4G tablet with seven-inch capacitive touch screen having a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. HTC EVO View 4G mobile computer is running Android 2.3 and has aluminum body. The tablet also has a 5 megapixel main camera and 1.3 megapixel front camera, and output HDMI. Its battery capacity is 4000 mA/h.

PlayBook by BlackBerry, the first tablet computer of RIM..

BlackBerry PlayBook, the first tablet computer of RIM was announced on September 27, 2010. Then the news caused a stir. The BlackPad seems beautiful even gorgeous, many users and fans showed the expectation to the new tablet. It has a dual core processor, which makes for a very snappy interface. Their PlayBook is leading the market for processor speed and specs. Many people are going to like the 7inch screen, which makes the PlayBook very portable and useable. Every time you hear the brand Blackberry I’m sure you think of reliability. That’s exactly what you can expect from this tablet. Stop worrying about device reboots or applications freezing up on you. The Playbook will let you multitask like never before with its 1GHz dual-core powerful processor. And speaking about being fast, with the Playbook‘s 4G network access you can be sure you can surf the web at full speed. You can also connect via Wi-Fi at your home or work networks or at any public hotspots. Forget about slow music and video downloads.

                                     

Don’t you want to keep those precious family moments as vivid as possible? With the Playbook’s 5MP rear facing camera you can be sure your pictures will be taken as crispy clear as if you were there again. Stay in touch with friends and work with email services and the always unique BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.

World’s Smallest Computer Of One Square Millimetre, Developed By UK Scientists..

Scientists at the University of Michigan, UK, have come out with what they claim as world’s smallest computer that measures just one square millimetre. The computer is so tiny that it could fit into human’s eyeball. The developers of the device claim that they have used third generation Phoenix chip that supports the device work at low power consumption. With just about one square millimetre size, the device is packed with a pressure sensor, a battery and a microprocessor among other equipments.

Further, the device has a wireless radio connected to antenna that would transmit data to external device. The radio is developed in such a way that it requires no tuning to set frequency for connecting it to other wireless devices. “This is the first true millimetre-scale complete computing system. Our work is unique in the sense that we're thinking about complete systems in which all the components are low-power and fit on the chip. We can collect data, store it and transmit it. The applications for systems of this size are endless,” the University Professors Dennis Sylvester was quoted as saying. The nano device will take many years to get launched for commercial purposes. Once launched it is reported to address several issues and would largely to useful for medical purposes.

CES : Underneath Microsoft's new Surface

LAS VEGAS--While much of last night's CES kick-off keynote by Microsoft centered on huge Kinect sales, Windows Phone 7 features, the latest PCs, and the technical prowess of the next version of Windows, tucked into the presentation was a product that has been largely untouched since its introduction back in 2007. That would be Microsoft's Surface, a $12,500 table-top, multitouch computer, which has a new version shipping out later this year that's five grand cheaper, has 10 inches of additional screen real estate, more powerful internals, and a drastically thinner underside.

The new unit is four inches thick and made out of an LCD panel that's been optically bonded to 40 inches of Corning's Gorilla Glass. This can be placed either horizontally on stands or counter tops, or (for the first time) on vertical surfaces for use as a kiosk. In fact, if you didn't know any better, when it's on a wall, it's easily mistaken for a TV. 

"Two years ago, this was not possible from a technology standpoint," Panos Panay, general manager of Microsoft's Surface project, told CNET in an interview. "What we've done with Samsung LCD is gone right to the manufacturing line. And part of the panel is embedding these sensors right into it. So now it's basically coming right off the standard LCD line."

That move to LCD and away from projection technology with multiple cameras has resulted in the smaller size, as well as what Panay said is a much more reliable product. This last bit ends up being one of the most important aspects of the second generation hardware, since the first Surface units were prone to having their camera system jiggled out of whack, which would result in a loss of precision. 

As for the bigger size, Panay said 40 inches was not a guess or an accident. "With all our version one learning, this is almost the perfect distance for two people sit across from each other. It's the perfect width for two people to sit next to each other and interact," he said.