The Lenovo U.S. Company, which is the fourth in the world by volume of production of personal computers, announced that it will produce S12Series netbooks with a new filling. Now, instead of Intel Atom processor and Nvidia Ion motherboard manufacturer will use the VIA Hardware.
The company has changed the platform in order to make Lenovo netbooks more productive, especially when playing high definition video and processing graphics. With such netbook you can watch video in 1080p, while using external monitor with a larger diagonal.
The basic configuration of the new series of netbooks: VIA Nano processor with frequency of 1.3 GHz, RAM DDR2 1 GB of 150 GB hard drive, integrated graphics chip Chrome9 HC3, Wi-Fi-port, 12.1-inch display.
Netbooks will be equipped with a six-cell battery, weigh is 1.2 kg and be sold with the licensed copy of Windows XP at a price of 449 dollars.
In 1997, a testing page Acid1 for checking the conformity of browsers to web standard was released for the first time. During the period from 1997 to 2008 Acid1 turned into Box Acid Test, and then into Acid2.
As reported by the press, the new Internet Explorer 8 browser has also successfully passed the test Acid2.
However, many users want to see a new version of the Microsoft browser at the beginning of 2009 and for this the IE8 browser is planned to be released at the end of 2008.
As some Internet Explorer users have problems after installing the updated version, which appeared in December, Microsoft Company announced that such problems exist with Windows XP and Internet Explorer Sixth Edition; updating IE provokes hangs when viewing or downloading the IE browser. Microsoft tries to solve this problem, i.e., to make changes in the roster of Windows, which is described in the bulletins.
Company CompuLab presented its technical innovation – the smallest PC in the world Fit-PC2.
Dimensions of Fit-PC2 have amazing compactness, combined with surprisingly good technical characteristics.
Its size (115x101x27 mm) allows you to place it everywhere. Pipsqueak fit-PC2 operates on the basis of OS Linux (Ubuntu Linux 8.04). But to those who are more conservative, it offers models with Windows XP.
Fit-PC2 has a processor Atom Z530, 1 GB RAM, 160-gigabyte hard drive. There is also a Gigabit Ethernet-Card, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0 (6 pieces), the slot for flash cards miniSD.
Of course, a miniature personal computer can operate with less noise than the traditional-size colleagues.
For those who are used to save electricity, we have good news: the gadget crumb consumes minimum power, 6 watt in total.
The cost of Fit-PC2 varies depending on the stuffing. For example, the processor Z510 at 1.1 GHz without a hard drive and pre-install OS is about $ 245. And the most expensive version recruited by Z530 1,6 GHz processor and installed Windows XP will cost up to $ 400.
Nowadays we have more and more miniature gadgets – whether people grow shallow, or there is less free space. Either way, there are still many people who want to “taste” devices; therefore we represent another mini-gadget to add to their collection.
USB Mini Trackball, as you have probably guessed, is a miniature USB-trackball that allows a computer mouse to control cursor movements by thumb’s light movement. Despite the size (3h3h2 cm), in addition to the ball of a trackball there are buttons on the top surface of the device to perform right and left mouse actions and the scroll button. In addition, on the bottom part there is another button that is pressed by an index finger, and duplicates the central mouse button.
USB Mini Trackball gadget is equipped with a USB-cable with a length of 0.7 meters, the optical sensor has a resolution of 800 dpi and can work with operating systems Windows Vista or XP.
How much the device is convenient to use, we do not dare to judge (maybe you can help?), but its price is around 41 dollars.
The idea of folding keyboards is already quite old; the idea of a folding gadget MID – a little new, but it is quite possible that in future it would be realized. And the word «folding» in this case does not necessarily imply to folding the two halves, like with modern mobile phones.
The concept that we offer, is embodied by Edward Ballisterom, Doctor of Science, working in close collaboration with Intel. MID announced that Dragonfly can be folded four times, and fit in your pocket, but when expanded it will become a notebook.
The gadget will work on the basis of Moorestown chip from Intel, a major operating system called Windows XP. But the installation of two systems (one of which will be Linux) is also possible.
Scientist argues that he plans to install the gadget in two-LCD displays with LED backlighting, but it will have to be postponed until the next-generation devices. But the battery, with which the gadget will “live” all day, is ready, because the release of the first devices is scheduled by the end of the year.
Of course, Mr Ballistera can be seriously wrong, considering the facts that the manufacturer of Dragonfly have not yet been defined (and certainly not named), and a developer cannot yet demonstrate a working prototype. Nevertheless, working on such an idea is worth our attention.
