Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category
We love our mobile devices–but mobile phones and media players were never known for their high-fidelity sound. Enter, Satechi’s Audio Cube. Aside from its clever design, this portable bluetooth speaker offers wireless sound courtesy of its dual channel speaker system and enhanced bass; the Audio cube also delivers 6 hours of continuos use, thanks to its built-in rechargeable battery. For those of you who are also looking for a sound solution for your computer or MP3 player, the Audio Cube’s auxiliary port allows you to use it with non-Bluetooth devices as well. The Satechi Audio Cube retails for $44.99; click past the jump for more info as well as links to retailers…
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Adobe has officially unveiled its new Creative Suite 6. The new suite includes 14 applications that are a combination of refreshes and new titles altogether. Photoshop CS6 emerges from Beta offering a brand new design for faster operation, as well as new features like Content-Aware Patch and Move that will truly rock your world. Adobe Muse is a new tool to create and publish HTM5 websites, while other apps come to the world via the Creative Cloud, merging cloud computing with on-device apps for a monthly fee. For $49.99 you will have access to any CS6 tool–including InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After affects–along with the rest of the gang.
Intel has officially launched their 3rd generation Ivy Bridge processors boasting a new 3D transistor and a new development process. Fifteen new chips include six quad-core mobile versions, five full-voltage desktop versions and four low-power desktop CPU’s. This announcement is sure to be followed by more announcements from manufacturers such as HP, Apple, Acer and more) who will be including Intel chips in their new computers.
Dell has just launched its new Precision workstations, culminating in the T7600. The new model features updated components such as dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 CPU’s, up to 512GB of RAM, three NVIDIA Quadro and Tesla GPUs, and up to 8 internal drives. No, this isn’t your typical home rig setup. Although specs got a major bump in these new models, so has design. The Precision chassis are now more accessible and functionally designed to make maintenance as easy as possible, with all components placed neatly in the system.
One of the great joys of buying (or building) a gaming rig is seeing how far you can push your CPU to get that last drop of power from it–the downside being that if you push it too far, say goodbye to your processor. Well, Intel knows that gamers like to live on the edge, and that “stuff” happens–which is why they’re offering their Performance Tuning Protection Plan on all new iBUYPOWER gaming rigs. In addition, the protection plan will be free of charge for all iBUYPOWER systems sporting Z68-based Intel processor–which includes the Chimera, Erebus and Lan warrior II systems. This is a huge bonus for gaming enthusiasts who love to tinker with their machines–think of it as the computer equivalent of buying a new car, and having the dealership tell you that if you modify your engine and blow it up, they’ll take care of the bill. Click past the jump for the full PR…
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Don’t let the image distract you from the sheer power of the latest gaming rigs from Digital Storm. The new Marauder Line offers high-performance gaming power at incredibly affordable prices–starting at only $799. Featuring four levels of configurations, you can choose your case, processor, video card and storage, with prices peaking at only $1,299 for the highest-end model. Digital Storm is already known for their high-end machines and top-notch support, so it’s nice to see that they can add “a system that’s easy on the wallet” to their list of achievements. Check the full release after the jump.
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Hitachi’s new G-Technology line is finally here and ready to buy. The G-Raid with Thunderbolt is available now in 4TB, 6TB and 8TB models starting at $700 through $1000 for the highest capacity. The unit features dual thunderbolt ports for daisy chaining as well as two 3Gbps 7200RPM Hard Drives that can be configured in RAID – or RAID 1 for redundancy. Do not mistake these for mobile hard drives, as they requires their own power supplies–but for high-speed, high-capacity storage, they should definitely do the trick.
Finding an affordable custom gaming rig just got a whole lot easier thanks to the announced partnership between iBUYPOWER and Best Buy. iBUYPOWER has always been known for their powerful (yet affordable) custom gaming PCs–and now you’ll be able to find the brand at your local Best Buy. With models ranging in price from $500 to a bit over $1400, there’s seems to be a machine for almost every budget; this move also means that iBUYPOWER now offers more gaming PCs at Best Buy than any other manufacturer. There are already 23 different iBUYPOWER models to choose from at BestBuy.com, so go check them out–and for more info, click past the jump…
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Sony has taken the wraps off of a trio of new machines called the Vaio E-series. The new models are 14-inch machines featuring an Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM and your choice of AMD Radeon or Intel HD graphics–all with up to 7 hours of battery live and available in three eye catching colors. The new machines also feature Sony’s new Gesture Control feature, allowing you to swipe between pages and adjust things like music and features with small gestures. Pricing has yet to be released, so stay tuned.
…at least according to Scott Steinberg, author of The Modern Parent’s Guide to Kids and Video Games. Of course, he is backed by some pretty serious research–including studies done at Duke, Harvard and the Office of Naval Research…and these studies show that gaming is good for far more than just enhancing small motor skills. In fact, gaming has been shown to help kids with problem solving, planning and socialization as well–and these seem to be just a few of gaming’s benefits. All of the details (including a free tip sheet from ParentGuideBooks.com) can be found after the break–but all of that can wait. First, why don’t you fire up your Xbox, PS3 or Wii and go learn something!!
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All-in-one PCs seem to be the trend as of late–and Toshiba has joined the party with the newly announced LX815 and LX835. These new models replace the current 21.5″ and 23″ models, featuring 1080p displays, overhauled design with recessed ports, Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors, up to 3TB of storage and a max of 16GB of RAM. USB ports are 3.0 for two and 2.0 for the remaining four, and the all-in-one features HDMI in for use with other devices. Expect these to hit shelves in Q3 of this year starting at $600 for the 21″ and $880 for the 23″. Check the full release after the jump. +Continue Reading
It’s been a pretty busy few days for the popular mobile photo-sharing service, Instagram. Just last week we told you about their new Android app, and today brings even bigger news: their acquisition by Facebook for a reported $1 Billion. For those concerned about how this will affect the Instagram ecosystem and it’s day-to-day use, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg blogged today about the acquisition, as well as his desire to not immediately force it into the Facebook environment:
I’m excited to share the news that we’ve agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.
For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.
We believe these are different experiences that complement each other. But in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram’s strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.
That’s why we’re committed to building and growing Instagram independently. Millions of people around the world love the Instagram app and the brand associated with it, and our goal is to help spread this app and brand to even more people.
We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.
These and many other features are important parts of the Instagram experience and we understand that. We will try to learn from Instagram’s experience to build similar features into our other products. At the same time, we will try to help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook’s strong engineering team and infrastructure.
This is an important milestone for Facebook because it’s the first time we’ve ever acquired a product and company with so many users. We don’t plan on doing many more of these, if any at all. But providing the best photo sharing experience is one reason why so many people love Facebook and we knew it would be worth bringing these two companies together.
We’re looking forward to working with the Instagram team and to all of the great new experiences we’re going to be able to build together.
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