Asus EeePC X101H: Windows 7,950 grams, 229€

The new generation of EeePC presented this summer arrives in stores with the X101 version of Windows 7 ...

Unveiled in the last Computex but quickly overshadowed by the announcement of the UX21 and UX31 Ultrabooks, the new netbook from Asus nevertheless quite interesting. The EeePC X101 refined chassis (17.6 mm) weighs only 950 g and, if available MeeGo, he moved to France with Windows 7 Starter Edition at a price of € 229. Available in three colors (black, white and brown), it is designed around a backlit LED 10.1 "to the definition of 1024 x 600 pixels. It features a Intel Atom N570 (Pineview) running at 1.66 GHz and 1 GB of DDR3 and a 320 GB hard drive at 5400 rev / min. The graphics controller is an Intel GMA X3150 integrated into the processor.

 

Otherwise, it is equipped with a 0.3 MP webcam, WiFi module n, an RJ45 port, a card reader, two USB 2.0 ports and offers a VGA output. Its Li-ion battery cells offers him 3 to 5 hours. Note that the Super Hybrid Engine technology allows him to get out quickly before. Its main advantages are its chassis design, weight and price, which is never trivial, even for a few euros more you can find netbooks a little better equipped and with greater autonomy, but not as thin and light.

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Energy produced starting from the heat of the components

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt demonstrates the feasibility of using heat from components to supply other ...

In Germany, a research program has discovered a surprising physical effect. The heat produced by the processor or the RAM may soon no longer be necessary. Instead, it could be used to improve the performance of calculations and storage more efficiently. And these are just two of many potential applications made ??possible by the discovery made ??at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB).

Today, magnetic tunnel structures are already present in the various fields of information technology. They are used, for example, in magnetic storage cells non-volatile memory chips (called "MRAM" - magnetic random access memories), or in highly sensitive magnetic sensors to read data stored on hard drives.

The effect of this new discovery in the PTB in the context of a research collaboration with the University of Bielefeld and the company Singulus could in the future, add a new application to the existing ones: the monitoring and control of thermoelectric voltages and currents in highly integrated electronic circuits. In the future, this new effect could be applied, for example, using the energy and converting waste heat occurring in integrated circuits in a targeted manner.

Currently promoted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of a priority program for six years, this technology will benefit from a large-scale development which should lead to future industrialization of this principle. For more information, physical demonstration is available on this page. That, at least, is very interesting since this discovery may eventually offer new solutions to computer manufacturers to use the heat from the components ...

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Adobe gives up Flash for mobiles!

A wave of panic he blows at Adobe? The publisher that it refocuses its efforts on the applications and for mobile HTML5, leaving the Flash ...

A first information coming straight from Adobe announced an internal restructuring plan with a wave of departures for 750 full-time positions. This plan also indicated that the company will continue developing its Creative software suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)., Major pillar of society, and will offer better support for HTML5 in Dreamweaver. In addition, Adobe announced two new applications (Edge and PhoneGap), acquired by the acquisition of the company Nitobe, already available in beta version in the colors from Adobe. All this in order to realign its markets and set up two units, one dedicated to the media and the other digital marketing.


The abandonment of mobile Flash is a necessity "

But the most interesting information is probably the announcement of a detachment of mobile Flash. Sources close to the publisher of San Jose, the abandonment of Flash mobile is a need to focus on improving the porting of applications from Adobe AIR platforms to online gaming. To reassure trading partners (and scholarship), Adobe announced that the companies with the source code for Flash Mobile will continue to develop and implement their own solutions. Knowing that Adobe will also continue to support Android system (as well as RIM BlackBerry PlayBook for the tablet) to provide bug fixes or critical updates security if necessary.

The new mobile devices (smartphones and tablets), and the new mobile operating systems, should not receive the benefit of the Flash application development with Adobe AIR Native and HTML5. The reasons for this decision are quite fuzzy, as it is remembered that Adobe had come into conflict with Apple that would not support the Flash iOS moving its products, or Microsoft, which had also turned back. We can therefore analyze it as an admission of failure on the part of Adobe, which makes it clearly so that the performance of Flash on mobile devices are criticized and the fragmentation of the park Android condemns most improvements and portages.

Even so, HTML5 is still far from being standardized Web as may be the Flash for multimedia applications or sites enriched. But if the terminals are all moving towards a system made of native applications and Web Apps in HTML5, there is no doubt that developers will follow the trend to quickly adapt their sites and services to market. Android developers who are already starting to turn to alternative solutions ...

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Nicklist tolerated on Google +.

Google changes its policy on the use of nicknames on his G + network. Strategic flexibility?

Having announced its commitment to ban the use of pseudonyms on his social network, and then finally have added one field "another name" to try to satisfy a maximum of Internet users, Google is totally back by announcing that it tolerates now the use of nicknames on Google +. Indeed, the firm will send more warnings and more will block members who continue to use of user IDs.

This is Vic Gundotra, Vice President of Google, which was part of this decision yesterday at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Is it an admission of weakness? Google having the worst difficulties to effectively combat the resurgence of usernames on Google + users, especially since the opening of the service to all. Not necessarily, because he could mainly be a strategic decision to attract Internet users discouraged by the need to use their real identity to come try Google +.

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A pair of new screens in AOC

The Taiwanese manufacturer AOC will soon launch new screens...

AOC will add soon two new references in its range of monitors for businesses. We first discover a 22-inch solution named e2219Ph. This screen displays a resolution of 1680 x 1050 pixels. Its slab offers a response time of 5 milliseconds, and a rate of 1000: 1 contrast (20 000 000: 1 dynamic). It operates the TN technology and thus displays angles of quite limited visions (160 degrees to the horizontal) and 170 degrees vertical.

The new monitor of the Taiwanese manufacturer operates a white LED backlight. Will its maximum brightness of 250 cd/m² and should not consume more than 30 watts, which is not necessarily very impressive compared to what the competition offers. The connections of this e2219Ph includes VGA and DVI ports.

AOC also offers its e2436Pa, a 24 inch screen Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. Other characteristics are identical to those of her little brother, with however a HDMI port and more. AOC advance rates official from €169-€89. Availability should be effective during the month of December.

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Steve Ballmer has the audacity to criticize Android and Apple, while the Windows Phone Nokia arrive

Steve Ballmer comes to afford a small interesting media output, not hesitating to distribute bad points to Android and iOS...

"It is inflated!", think about the criticism that Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, just uttering from Android. Because the mobile operating system of Google reports lots of money to Microsoft, which - claiming some patent - negotiated agreements with giants like Acer, HTC or Samsung providing for a payment of royalties on every Android device sold. What did not stop Ballmer out some small murderous sentences against the free OS from Google, Web 2.0 San Francisco Conference.

Among these, are the most striking: "Is there no need to be computer to use a Windows Phone." "I think that this is unfortunately the case to use an Android phone". And if Steve Ballmer recognize that the Android system has the advantage of the price, explaining that "the Mobile Android are the cheapest market", he announced that Microsoft will make one of its areas of work of the sale price. On the Apple iPhone, it was not spared even though Ballmer admits that he is a "good competitor". However that "Windows Phone tiles are better than the Apple icons", and that if talking about many of the Siri assistant currently, "Microsoft does the same thing for years".

Finally, Steve Ballmer has finished his speech in affirming that the Windows Phone Nokia will be well presented at Nokia World next week. But nobody doubted...

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Freebox revolution: Konami dézone Blu - ray disc!

No, no, the Japanese firm of video games does not launch in piracy! Their code of cheating become cult is used just to enable the dezoning option.

Free developers are small fripons, and players is! Why? They have simply allowed the dezoning of the Freebox Revolution Blu - ray player by entering the manip' archi-connue Konami Games - that any geek self-respecting kept to life in a corner of his memory. Go, we give you the: high - top - down - down - left - right - left - right - B - A - Start.

To test this, make you in the section "Settings" then "Blu - ray" Free menu and type just directions using the arrows on the remote control. A menu titled "system.bdregion" appears, letting you free choice in the area of your Blu - ray (was: America-Japan, (b): Europe-Africa-Australia and C: Asia-Russia)... easy! Well, it is nice and fun, but there is still a lot of job to the developers that Blu - ray disc Freebox revolution is fully operational and as effective as that of a PS3, hum...

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