Geek deals: $180 discount Dell XPS 12 convertible, 50-inch plasma

When it comes to laptops, there is one major thing that catches my eyes: the screen. Not only do I have a preference towards high resolution (as we’ve covered many a time in these deals), but the quality of the screen is paramount as well. When you can get an ultraportable laptop with a top notch screen and great performance, it is nearly an event worth celebrating. When the same machine is available in an innovative, convertible chassis, that’s pretty sweet. Toss in some rare discounts and we’ve got the makings of a hot deal.   Dell’s XPS 12 is definitely one of the more unique laptops available today. The 12.5-inch...

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Thinner MacBook Pro using a Haswell processor expected at WWDC

On June 10 Apple kicks off its 4-day Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, better known as WWDC. Last year’s conference saw a new MacBook Pro unveiled complete with a Retina Display and a resolution of 2560 x 1600. And this year the focus is yet again expected to be on the MacBook Pro and Apple’s thinner and lighter laptop the MacBook Air. Of course, Apple isn’t saying anything until WWDC begins, but that doesn’t stop analysts taking educated guesses as to what we can expect to see. This year, Intel’s Haswell processors are expected to allow Apple to make a few changes to their laptop line up. More specifically,...

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Asus Brings Intel Haswell Processors To Laptops & Desktops

Intel recently announced their 4th-Generation Core Processor codenamed Haswell and PC makers are already making news about including them in their upcoming systems. Among them Asus has announced their next desktops and all-in-ones which would be housing the Haswell chips right before Computex trade show, which is to be held at Taipei. The other companies include Cyberpower and MicroCenter. At Computex, other PC makers are expected to display their new PCs including the major manufacturers like Dell, Acer and others. The Haswell chips add about 10 to 15 percent increase in their performance compared to the previous 3rd-Generation Core Processors...

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Yahoo Chucks 'Classic Mail', New Upgrade Mandatory

From today, June 3rd, Yahoo will get rid of its "Classic" Mail once and for all. In fact, beginning this week Yahoo! Mail will no longer support older versions. It's either the new, upgraded version of Yahoo Mail or no Yahoo Mail at all. The company has sent out emails informing its users of the same and has notified them of the pending upgrade. Until now, Yahoo had allowed its users to continue using the old versions of the Mail even though the webmail interface was redesigned sometime around last year. But, it seems that this upgrade is more concerned with the refurbishing of the company's goals than the technical up-to-dateness. With the...

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Cisco Predicts Major Global Internet Traffic Surge by 2017

At its seventh annual Visual Networking Index, Cisco suggested the possibility of a drastic increase in the global internet traffic. According to the company, a growth rate of 23 percent is expected between 2012 to 2017. This dramatic burst isn't supposed to last but will be enough to aggregate to 1.4 zettabytes (ZBs) of global traffic by 2017. That amount alone is greater than the history of internet from 1984 to 2012 (1.2 ZB). Cisco predicts that by the year 2018, almost half of the world's population will be online. The surge in online activity could be attributed to more users, users connecting more devices, growing network and broadband...

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Acer Iconia W3 Tablet Launched - Tech Specs, Price & Availability Here

Just a couple of weeks back, the tech specs of Acer Iconia W3 tablet were revealed on the company’s Finnish site. And now, ahead of the Computex 2013 showcase event, Acer has launched this Windows 8 featuring 8.1-inch tablet. Acer's Iconia series has been a hit. Coming pre-installed with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 (that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote), the Iconia W3 belongs the price tag of €139 (approx. Rs. 10,200 in India). The trend of having a keyboard that attached to the tablet, that was popularized by the Microsoft Surface is now being carrying forward by Acer. So, the tablet comes with an optional full-size...

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3D Printing In Space @ Zero Gravity In ISS

3D printing experiment is being done in the space under zero gravity conditions at the ISS. If the experiment is successful, we'll soon see a new era of manufacturing parts in the space. 3D print will use extrusion additive manufacturing that builds objects layer by later from polymers and other materials. NASA and a California based firm 'Mad In Space' have joined hands to begin the experiment in the next year. It'd be the first 3D microgravity experiment to be carried out in the International Space Station. One of the aims of the experiment will be to test the technology to reduce cargo weight and volume. In future, the astronauts...

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Acer Liquid S1 Phablet - The 5.7" Jelly Bean At €349 In Asia & Europe

Alongside the Acer Iconia W3 Tablet, the Taipei based Taiwanese manufacturer has also launched a first-of-its-kind phablet called the 'Acer Liquid S1'. Designed to be your companion in travel, the huge 5.7" HD (1280 x 720 pixel resolution) screen is supposed to help you increase your productivity levels on-the-go. A 'mobile wireless office' is how Acer describes its self-proclaimed phablet. And if or not rightfully so, this smartphone-tablet combo has support for dual SIM cards and is running over the latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Powered by a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, Acer thinks, and we try to believe, that the phablet's battery sustains...

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ARM Cortex-A12 CPU & Mali-T622 GPU Aim At 580 Million Mid-Range Devices

The budget-restrained techies have got something really exciting to look forward to. ARM, the mobile processor design giant, is foraying into the mid-range smartphone segment where they've kept a selling target of 580 million devices by 2015. To tone up that segment of $250-$350 prized smarts, the company is developing the ARM Cortex-A12 CPU design that houses future chips to look after your processing requirements while ARM Mali-622 GPU and ARM Mali-V500 video processor shall cater to your graphic needs. The basic aim for designing these chips into the mid-range devices is to expand all content creation work like video editing, adding special...

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ASUS Unveils G10 and M51 Desktop PCs With Built in UPS and Portable Battery

Continuing our Computex coverage, we have ASUS debuting its two Desktop PCs G10 and M51 with fourth generation (Haswell) Intel Core i7 processors, NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics. But the feature that makes these features standout is the ASUS Power Pack. The ASUS Power Pack is a removable battery that acts like a mini UPS for the PC providing 25 seconds of power backup and after the 25 seconds it automatically deploys hibernate mode to save the user session. This Power Pack can also be removed from the desktop to act like a portable rechargeable battery pack for smartphones and tablets. For enhancing the gaming experience the G10 has been equipped...

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ASUS MeMo Pad 7 and MeMo Pad FHD 10 Tablets Launched At Computex 2013

Computex, Taiwan has made sure that gadgets enthusiasts get a wider choice of products. So continuing our focus on ASUS and confirming last week rumors, Let’s check out the two Android tablets from ASUS one by one. MeMO Pad HD 7 This 7inch tablet runs the slightly older Android 4.0 on an ARM Cortex A7 quad-core CPU with 1GB of RAM. The 7 inch display has a resolution of 1280x800 pixels with IPS to provide 170 degree viewing angles. For photography it comes with a 1.2 MP front camera and an optional 5 MP rear camera on high end models. Keeping up with times the tablet comes with stereo speakers with ASUS SonicMaster audio technology...

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MOBILE MULTIMEDIA – USER AND TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVES-Ebook

Ebook Mobile Multimedia – User and Technology Perspectives Edited by Dian Tjondronegoro Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As...

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Renewable Energy-Ebook

Ebook Published by In-Teh In-Teh Olajnica 19/2, 32000 Vukovar, Croatia Abstracting and non-profit use of the material is permitted with credit to the source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. Publisher assumes no responsibility liability for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained inside. After this work has been published by the In-Teh, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are an author or editor, and the make other personal use of the work. ©...

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MONITORING, CONTROL AND EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION-Ebook

Ebook Monitoring, Control and Effects of Air Pollution Edited by Andrzej G. Chmielewski Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution 3.0 license, which permits to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work in any medium, so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the...

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COMPUTER GRAPHICS-Ebook

Ebook Computer Graphics Edited by Nobuhiko Mukai Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers, this license allows...

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E-commerce 1.0-Ebook

Ebook E-commerce provides immense capability for connectivity through buying and selling activities all over the world. During the last two decades new concepts of business have evolved due to popularity of the Internet, providing new business opportunities for commercial organisations and they are being further influenced by user activities of newer applications of the Internet. Business transactions are made possible through a combination of secure data processing, networking technologies and interactivity functions. Business models are also subjected to continuous external forces of technological evolution, innovative solutions derived...

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E-learning 1.0-Ebook

Ebook E-Learning is a vast and complex research topic that poses many challenges in every aspect: educational and pedagogical strategies and techniques and the tools for achieving them; usability, accessibility and user interface design; knowledge sharing and collaborative environments; technologies, architectures, and protocols; user activity monitoring, assessment and evaluation; experiences, case studies and more. This book’s authors come from all over the world; their ideas, studies, findings and experiences are a valuable contribution to enriching our knowledge in the field of eLearning. The book is divided into three sections....

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How to make your first Robot. 1.0-Ebook

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மூளைக்கு தீனி போடும் அறிவியல் சமாச்சாரங்கள் - அரியவகை இணையதளம்!!!

இணையத்தில் உலா வந்த போது, சயின்ஸ் ஸ்நாக்ஸ் (Science Snacks) என்ற தலைப்பு சற்று வேடிக்கையாக என் கண்ணில் பட்டது. வியந்து உள்ளே சென்றேன். பின்னர் தான் தெரிந்தது, அங்கு உள்ள செய்திகள் மற்றும் தகவல்கள் அனைத்தும் மூளைக்கு தீனி (ஸ்நாக்ஸ்) போடும் அறிவியல் சமாச்சாரங்கள் என்று. அட, அப்படியா! என நாம் வியக்கும் வகையில், பல அறிவியல் விஷயங்களை இந்த இணைய தளம் நமக்குத் தருகிறது.  நாம் அன்றாடம் பார்க்கும் சில சாதாரண விஷயங்கள் குறித்து அவ்வளவாகச் சிந்திப்பதில்லை. ஆகாயம் ஏன் நீல நிறமாக இருக்கிறது? சூரியன் உதயம் மற்றும் அஸ்தமனம் ஏன் சிகப்பாக உள்ளது? பிளாஷ் லைட் எரிந்து அணைந்த பின்னர் அதன் இமேஜ் ஏன் நம் கண்கள் முன் தொடர்ந்து சில விநாடிகளுக்குத் தெரிகிறது?...

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IIT Madras Develops 'Eye PAC' Software To Help Eye Doctors Work Faster In India!!!

India's leading engineering institute IIT Madras has a Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), a unit of the Research and Development, that has come up with a new affordable eye screening technology called 'Eye PAC' that helps ophthalmologists do their work faster. Up till now, patients with eye problems had to spend a whole day at the hospital for just the screening. With what they've developed here, the process takes just five minutes. Eye PAC is a software that extracts clear information from eyes and in turn help screen a large number of patients and send only the needy ones for further treatment. Thus, the eye doctor can focus...

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