Arctic Cooling C1 and C2 Universal USB charges

After Arctic Cooling's first alkaline batteries, the company has dug even deeper into the branch with the introduction of the Arctic Cooling C1 and C2. The C1 and C2 are two wall socket USB-chargers. It's remarkable for AC to release such products, given its history of computer cooling solutions.

The USB-chargers have outputs ranging from 100 volts up to 240 volts and have an overcurrent- and short circuiting-protection. Both devices come with four extra powre plugs, allowing them to be used in the entire world. The C1 has one USB port, whereas the C2 has four.

Both products are to be released around December. Arctic Cooling's C1 USB charger will cost about € 15, its C2 counterpart is to sport an € 18 pricetag.

source : hardware

PC Speakers Logitech Z Cinema 2.1

The Z Cinema system has two satellites are very similar to those of Z-10, but apart from that, this new system comes at a higher band, starting with the fact that this is a 2.1 system. The words "Cinema", however, raises some suspicion, given that relies on a computer system software to simulate the presence of several speakers. The Z Cinema, however, are not a simple diffusion system, because, thanks to the USB connection, behave exactly like an external sound card. Among the "collateral damage" we point out the fact that only work with certain versions of Windows (XP Media Center Edition, Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate). In the pack are also a Media Center remote control.
Large, but easy to install.

Each of the two satellites is a two-way system with woofers and tweeters from 8 cm by 3 cm or smaller or of superior in terms of design. High 25 cm deep and 11, are real stereo speakers that can be put on the desk or subtracting to it a lot of space, or installed on the wall. On the back there are the pre-drilled holes for fixing to the wall, but the package does not include data media.

The subwoofer is quite large (and less than 41 cm deep) and heavy a burden necessary to achieve bass sounds correct. On the system there are control buttons, so you have to do everything with the remote. Audio connectors (input for MP3 players and headphone) are on the right satellite. The USB port is on the subwoofer, which depart from the two wires, rather short, bringing the sound to the two satellites. Can not remove too much then the satellites from the subwoofer, as well as the Z Cinéma from the PC. The subwoofer mounts a 20-cm cone, bass-reflex loaded and with a vent on the side, and the power supply and amplifier. Logitech did not leave things half: the amp has three channels and the power is more than enough to ensure both good dynamics and low distortion.

Technical specifications
- Subwoofer Power: 110 W
- Power Satellites: 2 x 26 W + 2 x 9 W
- Frequency response: ND
- Inputs: USB + 1 line-in
- Headphone: 3.5 mm
- Satellites: Midrange 80 mm + 30 mm dome tweeter
- Subwoofer: woofer de 20 cm
- Dimensions Satellites: 250.4 mm x 115 mm x 112.4 mm
- Dimensions Subwoofer: 292.4 mm x 290.6 mm x 413.9 mm

Unlike other audio systems, the Z Cinéma can not do without, or almost, of a PC, which has some very specific things: the operating system must be Windows XP Media Center, Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.

System Requirements :

- Windows XP Media Center, Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate
- USB
- CD-ROM
- 256 MB of RAM
- 20 MB of free hard disk

in mid 2010 Nokia launch Nokia Smartbook

One SmartBook from Nokia. The Finnish company, after submitting the booklet 3G-based Intel Atom CPU (likely coming in early 2010), plans to play hard in the computer world with a solution SmartBook.

SmartBook is a term that identifies products halfway between netbooks and smartphones, that is architecture-based solutions and voted on the use of wireless Internet in mobility. Not by chance the first to spread this term was Qualcomm.

The availability of this product is expected in mid 2010 and production should be entrusted to Compal Electronics and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry).

Core 2 Duo E8600 overclocked with MSI P45 Motherboard

Balance performance and power consumption. The overclocked processor and graphics cards is the easiest way to improve the performance of the system, ideally, and no cost. However, there are limits to take into account if you want to enjoy a reasonable relationship between performance and power consumption, since more speed translates into a higher energy consumption. We used an MSI P45 motherboard and a Core 2 Duo E8600 to answer this question: what is the clock speed at which a Core 2 Duo processor delivers the best performance / consumption?

P45 and Core 2 Duo, still a good match.
Although now it seems everyone is only talking of Intel Core i7 and the AMD Phenom II, the dear old dual core Core 2 Duo will remain in circulation for several months. Despite the quad core mentioned above provide a significant performance boost, they are more expensive (Intel) and typically require new motherboards, and DDR3 memory. This will apply equally to future new Intel products, such as chipsets Series 5 (Ibex Peak), which introduce the new processor socket LGA1156 and Lynfield. The new products offer better performance, and probably will fill the gap that exists between the Core 2 Quad and Core i7, but the platform will not be much more efficient configuration of a Core 2 Quad - and more expensive. Ibex Peak is as innovative product, which introduces new features. For these reasons, the Core 2 Duo models will remain attractive for a while ', because many applications do not benefit fully from the four cores.

Platform.
We looked around for a suitable basis for our plan to overclock. The choice of a high-end motherboard, equipped with many features for fans, it was certainly a good starting point, but with the intent to keep the cost to reasonable levels, we opted for a mainstream P45 motherboard. To be more precise, we selected the motherboard MSI P45D3 Neo, a model not equipped with highly advanced features - that many users probably do not use it - but however provides overclocking features we needed. The most advanced P45D3 Platinum would have been our choice in the case of quad-core CPU, but for this project to overclock the Neo is more than enough.

Core 2 Duo E8600

MSI P45 Motherboard

Monitor 22 inch from Asus, Dell, LG and Philips

Monitor 22 inch 4 models to compare. Save money on buying a monitor 19" or a 20" no longer makes sense, because for just over $ 100 you can buy a 22 inch, a segment that offers both panels to 1680x1050 as a 1920x1080 pixel.
The high-end models offer a very wide viewing angles, are adjustable in height, they have several video inputs and an integrated DVB-T, they can also work as stand-alone televisions. The choices have expanded in late 2008, with the introduction of Full-HD panel: now you can choose between "fewer pixels is more readable" and "more pixels is more detail.

The 22 inch cheap, on the other hand, is not synonymous with low quality, but features thin, as the monitor base is fixed, the only video input is the classic VGA connector (even if the digital input DVI is also gaining ground on an affordable monitor) and the panels are common TN 5 ms, therefore with rather narrow angles of vision, which tend to bring up unpleasant trails behind fast express movement subjects.

The monitor should ideally :
1. be very responsive and without major delays in the display image.
2. with colors faithful to default (dE <3).
3. have a high contrast (to have a contrast of at least 800:1 a brightness of 200 cd / m 2, the black must be less than 0.25 cd / m 2).
4. have wide viewing angles, so you can watch the monitor also veer sideways without seeing the colors.
5. be very ergonomic, adjustable height and a swivel base.
In reality, a monitor like that does not exist, except to focus on products from the price outrageous. Nevertheless, we can consider a good monitor if it excels in at least 4 of the 5 points that we have listed. If the monitor is defective on at least 2 of these points, you can define good, unless it has some cool features or options.

Test :
Design, ergonomics, color fidelity, response times in games, video noise in films, the criteria for assessing the quality of a monitor are many. The ideal monitor should excel in all these fields, but this rarely happens, so you must reach a compromise, emphasizing color fidelity if you do photo editing, or if the reaction is often used to play.
Which diagonal?
Today the small diagonal, 19 and 20 inches, offer a significant savings than their older siblings, and not much point in their purchase, except for personal reasons. It's more interesting to look at 24 inch, which cost less, so that economic models can cost as much as a 22inch mid-range. A larger monitor, of course offers more space, and occupies more on the desktop.

A final consideration. The new LCD monitors are distinguished from those of the past, some new features, or unusual for a PC monitor, such as DVB-T tuner, special glasses that give the 3D effect, or the refresh rate of 120 frames per second instead of the traditional 60, which gives a clean break with the latency and improves the fluidity of the action.

DELL 2209WA
Diagonal : 22 inch
Native Resolution : 1680 x 1050 pixel
Panel : e-IPS 6 ms
Viewing angle H / V : 178°/178°
Connectivity : DVI, VGA, USB hub with 4 ports
Price : 335 euro

LG W2261V
Diagonal : 22 inch
Native Resolution : 1920 x 1080 pixel
Panel : TN 2 ms
Viewing angle H / V : 170°/170°
Connectivity : HDMI, DVI, VGA
Price : 195 euro

Asus VH222H
Diagonal : 22 inch
Native Resolution : 1920 x 1080 pixel
Panel : TN 5 ms
Viewing angle H / V : 170°/160°
Connectivity : HDMI, DVI, VGA
Price : 180 euro

Radeon HD 5800 Series AMD's DirectX 11 At Home

The first generation of DirectX 11 graphics cards from AMD could continue the tradition of the last series and called the Radeon HD 5800. Following the passed outline, the company would have intention to introduce two cards, a call 5870 Radeon HD and a Radeon HD 5850. The exact specifications - except some rumors of recent months - are not known. Both cards will have 1 GB of GDDR5 memory and ATI Eyefinity to support up to three displays.

This explains the abundance of ports seen on a sample photographed in some days before, whose images are available here. The sample in question, however, was defined by all Juniper, while according to latest reports, the code name for the HD 5800 family is Cypress. Probably Juniper identifies a slightly lower end model.

Cypress the two boards should have an aggressive market price, about $ 299, for commercial availability in October (and presentation in September). In November, in addition, there may be room for the classic dual-GPU solution, code-named "Hemlock".

Features of AMD's Radeon HD 5800 :
- 1GB GDDR5 memory
- ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to three displays
- ATI Stream technology
- Designed for DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL
- Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
- Compatible with DirectX 11 and earlier versions, supports OpenGL 3.1
- TI CrossFireX multi-GPU support
- ATI Avivo HD video and display technology
- Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlay technology
- 2x DL-DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI
- PCI Express 2.0 interface

Lite-On Launch External DVD-burner eTAU108

Lite-On is a more external optical drive. The white or black eTAU108 is connected via USB, after the burning of DVD's or CD's can begin. An adapter is unrequired as the device is powered by the USB connector. The Lite-On eTAU108 complete the series of external optical drives, which published the eTDU108 (DVD player), eSAU108 (DVD-burner) and eSAU208 (DVD-burner with LightScribe) in several colors. Lite-On eTAU108 new weighs 350 grams and is capable of burning DVD's at 8x. CD's are written at a speed of 24x.
The eTAU108 has a suggested retail price of 45 euros and should become available early next month.

Intel Xeon Chip Processor 65 nm

Shortly after the introduction of four new 45nm Xeon processors, Intel announced that four former 65-nm Xeon chips will be the end of life status. The affected chips, four Tigerton quad core processors are the Xeon X7350, E7350, E7330 and E7320, with clock frequencies of 2.93 GHz, 2.4 GHz, 2.4 GHz and 2.13 GHz.

Four Intel Xeon processors can be ordered until February 12,2010, with a final ship date of May 14,2010 for the boxed version, and August 10, 2012 for release tray. So far, the processors are priced $ 2301, $ 1980, $ 1391 and $ 1177, when purchased in quantities of 1000.

New Intel Pentium E6500K processor

It seems that the newly emerged Processor Intel Pentium E6500K is a worthy candidate for overclocking. After Expreview obtained one of the chips, they were able to watch the new 45 nm Wolfdale CPU with unlocked multiplier to 4607 MHz, a respectable. With the help of a K|NGP|n F1 and liquid nitrogen DFORDOG Overclocking Forum Expreview has even been able to overcome the 6 GHz mark. The motherboard is a Biostar TP45 HP, which is available in a package with E6500K Intel Pentium processor, two 1GB memory modules Geil. The retailed in the processor is the equivalent of about U.S. $ 84 in China at this time. Intel expects the chip will become a worthy rival for the new DualCore AMD Black Edition processors, which will also feature an unlocked multiplier.

Expreview

The Sony BDP-S560 Blu-Ray Player

So many media types exist today that it can be daunting to find a media player that does it all. Sony sought to change that by releasing the BDP-S560 Blu-ray disc player to the public. Able to play just about any popular media, it has quickly become one of the most popular media players on the current market.

The Blu-ray disc was actually created by Sony to replace the DVD as the standard video format. The main difference is that the Blu-ray disc will be able to store up to 25 GB on a single layer disk- much more than the current DVD standard. As a result the discs support a higher quality picture of movies and video games. However, they also need a special disc player, such as the one currently being reviewed.

You couldn't go wrong in choosing the BDP-S560 model from Sony. this particular model plays all of the DVD discs you currently have in your collection through backwards compatibility technology. It also allows you to play older formats such as the CD. Overall, it is hard to not pick the Sony BDP-S560 solely for its ability to play just about any media format, and any media contained within.

Remember in the olden days of DVD players, how when you tried to navigate throughout the menu you often became frustrated? Sony replaced this frustration with glee, as they have released a similar interface to their PS3 interface for use on the BDP-S560. The "Xross" display allows one to easily navigate options and menus like it is second nature.

Sony also realized that the picture quality and storage options wasn't what made the movie experience- but rather the sound had a large part to play. Sony, thus, decided to give the player compatibility with Dolby TrueHD, which is the next big format in sound quality and design. The format will essentially allow those with high definition audio to feel as if they are in a movie theater- without the ticket price of course.

Ports are important for getting a device to hook up with another and share information. Sony included just about every port there is to ensure that if there is a need for the device to hook up to anything, the option to do it will be there. A rather odd port for a media player, the Ethernet port, has even been included to network your Sony BDP-S560 to other devices supporting the standard. It's innovation like this that really puts the frosting on the cake for consumers.

1200 Watt Power Supply by Topower

The new PSU, branded Tiger is claimed to be suited for multi-GPU setups and has an efficiency of over 80%. The Tiger features nVidia's SLI certification and the so-called Plug-N-Twist (PNT) modular cabling system. A temperature-controlled 120 mm fan keeps the supply cooled down.

Topower's Tiger 1200 Watt uses six +12V lines, each of 20A. By means of a button on the power supply, the six individual lines can be formed into a single +12V line. The Tiger will sport a pricetag of about $200. (hardware.info)

HP Has Launched a New 27" Widescreen Monitor

The 2709 series, as it is been called has a 16:9 aspect-ratio and is compatible with Full HD content. The screen features a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels at a 60 Hz refresh rate. The contrast ratio is 1000:1, where the dynamic contrast is specified at 30.000:1. The gray-to-gray response time is 3 ms.

The monitor has DVI, HDMI and D-Sub inputs, can be tilted and features two 2 Watt speakers. Online, the HP 2709m costs about $500 USD. (hardware.info)

OCZ Introduced The Z-Series of Power Supplies

About four months ago, OCZ launches Z-series with 80 Plus Gold, which are to set theirselves apart due to a high efficiency. Recently the manufacturer reported that the series, of which the two top models feature 80 Plus Gold certificates, are ready to hit the shelves, after nearly two years of development.

The 80 Plus Gold certification of the Z1000 and Z850 means that these power supplies have an efficiency of over 90% under a typical (half) load. According to the 80 Plus test report, the Z1000 has an 88,23% efficiency at 1/5th load, 90,93 at half load and 89,20% at full load. The Z850 features efficiencies of respectively 88,04%, 90,63% and 89,06%. The continuous power of these supplies is 1000 and 850 Watt, with peak wattages of 1100 and 940 Watt.

The Gold-certified power supplies are designed using the ATX standard and feature a single +12V rail that is capable of putting out a current of 83 A (Z1000) or 71 A (Z850). The PSU is cooled down by a 135mm ball-bearing fan. Both supplies are nVidia SLI-certified and will also be available in a modular version.

OCZ will release two more models in the Z-series, the Z550 and Z650. These supplies sports the 80 Plus Silver certificate and have three +12V rails. The Z550 and Z650 are also nVidia SLI-certified. No modular versions are planned for these models.

The power supplies come with a five-year warranty plan. At the moment of writing, American webshop newegg.com has the supplies listed at 300 USD for the Z1000M, 290 for the Z1000, 240 for the Z850M and 220 for the Z850. (hardware.info)

Affordable Touch Screen Phone

With the iPhone making its rounds all the other companies are trying to release rival touch screen phones. Touch screen phones are the latest craze in the cell phone world right now. Everybody wants to get their hands on one. With so many touch screen phones available it might be hard for a person to choose the right phone for themselves. One of the newest touch screen phones available from Verizon Wireless is the LG enV Touch.

The enV Touch has an amazingly large touch screen. It supports a staggering 1.6 million colors. The display is very sharp, vibrant, and bright. There are only 3 physical buttons on the front of the phone underneath the touch screen. Displayed for dialing and messaging is an alphanumeric keypad. The touch screen is very responsive and actually has options to vibrate or emit a noise when your touch is registered by the phone. This function helps you practice using and utilizing the touch screen correctly. The touch screen works well but it takes a while to get used to. When the phone is flipped open the user will have access to a physical full QWERTY keyboard and a secondary screen which is just as large as the one on the outside. The keyboard is very easy to use because the buttons aren't cramped together.

The phone features a wide array of impressive features. Unfortunately it lacks Wi-Fi. One such feature is the drawing pad. It allows you to actually doodle a picture on the phones touch screen, which can be saved and sent to people stored on the contacts list. The enV Touch utilizes a USB port which many phone users desperately want on a phone. The USB port makes transferring data to and from the phone very simple and quick. The phone also features a full HTML web browser. Surfing the web is quite simple on the phone but again the touch screens odd functionality may impede some of the users out there.

The camera on this phone takes very nice photos. It features a 3.2 megapixel lens. There are a multitude of image control options such as six different resolutions, five white balance presets, three focusing modes, and much more. One of the more notable features is called Facial Makeover mode which removes all the unsightly marks and blemishes such as pimples from a persons face while taking a picture.

The phone has great call quality as well. Callers will sound crystal clear over the phones ear piece. Thankfully the speakerphone works just as well also. Callers will sound clear and will come through without interference through the phones speakers.

The enV Touch is a very capable phone. Anyone looking for an affordable touch screen phone with expansive features should look no further. The phone does have some chinks in its armor but it makes up for it with its amazing list of functions.

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Withings: The person weighing High-Tech

There are very real objects geek. This balance is really a party. Indeed, withings a scales that could have been created by Apple. Equipped with Wi-Fi, it connects with your iPhone or your computer to allow you to track your weight over time, it's design is worthy of a MacBook and it is able to automatically recognize (through borrow your feet?) Ladies, this is the gift for your loulou, if you find that it took too much weight these days it.

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New 2 TB Hard Disk (HD32000IDK7) By Hitachi

Hitachi introduced a new hard drive 2TB. This is the third (after Seagate and Western Digital) manufacturer to introduce a hard disk with a capacity of 2TB. This new model will be branded Deskstar 2TB HD32000IDK7 and is a 2 TB disk in 7200 rpm. The drive is equipped with 32 MB cache and a SATA connector 3 Gbit / s. It is still unknown to many dishes the way will be present in the drive, but it is more likely 500 GB with four others. JR.com 's description states that this disc is the most efficient in it's class, which means a reduction in heat production as well.

Hitachi HDD 2TB HD32000IDK7 has integrated protection against impact and costs about $ 270 USD. This price is declining in some other manufacturers release 2 TB drives. During the Computex earlier this year, Hitachi already indicated they expected to release the hard drives of 750 GB flat later this year. This could mean that 3 TB (four trays of 750 GB) discs could be introduced as soon as well.

Review 2 TB Hard disk Hitachi :

Hitachi - 2TB

Hitachi - 1TB

Gigabyte With Micro-ATX P55 In GA-P55M-UD4 Motherboard

The coming of Intel's new processor quadcore Lynnfield also brings a wide variety of motherboards with the matching Intel P55 chipset. During the Computex, Intel showed several models but a lot of progress has been made since. To serve the increasing demand for Micro-ATX boards, Gigabyte has developed a small, but well-equipped motherboard.
Micro-ATX Gigabyte P55-GA will be named P55M-UD4 and has two graphics card slots. These slots are controlled by the PCI-Express controller in the processor, which is capable of supplying up to 16 channels. This means that when two graphics cards are in use, EAH will only have an 8x bandwidth. Chipset controlling the small PCI-Express 4x slot between the two GPUs, and the extra PCI slots. The motherboard is built using the Ultra Durable 3 design, which means that the quality of its components and other copper was used in the PCB. This should make the board effective ore and increase stability during overclocks, if it is difficult to verify.
The GA-P55M-UD4 has four DDR3 memory slots and a large heatsink on top of it's power design, which can be found around the socket. There are seven SATA connectors, one of which is an eSATA. Gigabyte has also added some older connectors to the board, including PATA and Floppy. The I/O panel has all the conventional connectors, such as Gigabit LAN, USB, FireWire, 7.1 audio and PS/2.

Review Product Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD4 Motherboard :

Razer Introduced the Moray+ Ear Headset

Compact Razer Moray+ in-ear headset. Moray+ is created as an alternative for the less mobile equipped with a headset and microphone Online. According to Razer, the microphone is designed to recover sounds from all directions.
The Moray regular (without the +) is already available for a number of months. This model does not include the microphone, and has no compatibility of adapters. The Moray sport pricetag of $ 39.99 USD.
Moray+ on the other hand, can be used in combination with the PC, iPhone, Sony PSP and Nintendo DS 2000/300 of Lite / ISD. To make the headset compatible with these devices, three adapters are supplied. The Moray+ set has a recommended price of $ 59.59 USD.

Review Moray+ ear headset :

Club3D Launch GeForce 8400 GS and 9500 GT

Club3D Launch two PCI Express x1 series that is GeForce 8400 GS and 9500 GT. GeForce 8400 GS has 256 MB of GDDR3-memory and is passively cooled with D-Sub and DVI-outputs. GeForce 9500 GT has its core clocked at 550 MHz, shaders at 1375 MHz and 512 MB of GDDR3-memory at 700 MHz. This card lacks HDMI as well, featuring only D-Sub and DVI outputs.

Although the majority of graphics cards feature a PCIe x16 connector today, not all the motherboard slots actually available. After competitor HIS, Club3D manufacturer has introduced a number of alternatives GPU, with a PCIe x1 connector. This could be an attractive solution for owners of a small ITX system who want to replace their IGP with a powerful, physical graphics card.

The Club3D 8400 GS Price about 40 euro.
Review product Club 3D Geforce 8400GS :



The Club3D 9500 GT Price about 75 euro.
Review product Club 3D Geforce 9500 GT :

Asus Launches Wireless RT-N16 Router

Earlier this week ASUS announced a new router. The key to marketing strategy is that this router is to combine performance with simplicity and security. The RT-N16 features 802.11n Draft with three antennas, which theoretically allows it to reach speeds up to 300 Mbps.

According to ASUS, the device contains a powerful processor and 128 MB of DDR2 memory, which should prevent perceptible latency even under high load. Up to 300,000 are supported for sessions of P2P file sharing. It is also possible to divide the bandwidth to ensure stability in the VoIP applications and streaming audio / video files wholesale.

The router has four Gigabit Ethernet ports and one WAN slot. There are two USB 2.0 ports, which allows USB storage devices and existing share printers on the network. EZ Complete all-in-one printer software should allow the printers and scanners used by several people simultaneously.

In addition to the EZ printer software. ASUS bundles other programs with the router. AiDisk for example, Aidisk is used for the rapid exchange of files between different networks. Other programs are EZQoS, quick website, Dr Surf EZ FIP, which is used for tuning and simplification of network applications.

The network provides 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK or enterprise, or with a radius 802.1x. There is also support for WPS, standard- which is to simplify the configuration of security.

Review Product :