June 2010 - Fareastgizmos.com

Toshiba LEDs to light up the Louvre Museum: Toshiba will help to light up one of the world's most popular museums under a partnership agreement with the Louvre Museum in its lighting renovation project. Under the agreement, Toshiba will support lighting renovations in some of the museums most visited public spaces with provision of its state-of-the art LED lighting and renovation costs. As one of one of Europe's oldest and most storied museums, the Louvre is aware of the need to replace energy consuming xenon lighting with an environmentally friendly solution. Toshiba is able to deliver this with its energy saving low-CO2 LED lighting, and will use its industry-leading products to illuminate some of the Louvre's most familiar spaces.
More...; June 30, 2010 | Related Entries - LED
Internet posting leads to four people commit suicide in Japan: Four people were found dead at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday in a car stopped on a mountain road near Kobe,Japan. Traces of hydrogen sulphide were detected inside the car, police said, adding they believe it was a group suicide. According to police, the four were a 29-year-old man from Kanazawa, a 50-year-old woman from Osaka Prefecture, a 22-year-old male university student from Hyogo’s Amagasaki City, and a 19-year-old woman from Asago City. The car is believed to have belonged to the 19-year-old woman. On Monday, police had received a call from the operator of a mobile phone website saying that someone had posted on a message board that they were thinking of committing suicide.
More...; June 30, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing
iPhone 4 global sales top 1.7 million in just 3 days: Apple Inc said Monday it sold over 1.7 million units of its iPhone 4 globally in the three days following the launch of the latest version of the company’s smartphone. The figure compares with 1 million units sold in the three days following the debut of the previous version of the iPhone in June last year. According to Steve Jobs,this is the most successful product launch in Apple’s history.
More...; June 30, 2010 | Related Entries - Mobile Phones
Cooler Master launches V6GT CPU cooler with a built in LED strip on the top: Cooler Master V6GT CPU cooler follows in the footsteps of the revolutionary V8 and V10 CPU coolers from Cooler Master. Designed with a muscular engine look, the V6GT fits nicely with any performance hardware. The Cooler Master V6GT packs a range of great features as standard, such as the use of a Double-V heatpipe design, twin 120mm DynaLoop PWM fans and support for multiple CPU sockets. The fans used on the V6GT uses a new type of bearings known as DynaLoop which extends the life of the bearings to 40,000hrs. The new wave shaped fan blades features PWM fan control which further helps reduce the noise from the fans when the CPU is idle or under a low load.
More...; June 29, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing
DENSO develops Electric Air-conditioning System for Hybrid Buses with 50 percent less power consumption: Denso has developed a smaller, lighter and more efficient air-conditioning system for hybrid buses. The air-conditioning system has an integrated electric compressor, which uses about 50 percent less power compared to Denso's previous system. The new air-conditioning system has an improved operating efficiency and provides greater comfort to passengers. Unlike engine-powered compressors that are driven by an engine belt, the electric compressor can be precisely controlled according to the situation, which improves operational efficiency and reduces variation in the temperature to provide greater comfort. The new Denso air-conditioning system is Japan's first mass-produced, electric air-conditioning system integrating an electric compressor with a built-in inverter.
More...; June 29, 2010 | Related Entries - Transport
OCZ RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD –Worlds Fastest Consumer Solid State Drive: OCZ, RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD is an innovative storage solution that focuses on both performance and affordability for consumers. The OCZ RevoDrive features a PCIe interface to deliver superior speeds over 500MB/s reads and random small file writes up to 80,000 IOPS, nearly twice the speed of other consumer SSDs. The OCZ RevoDrive is bootable, ensuring the satisfaction of quicker boot-ups, load times, and computing, all while promoting cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient conditions compared to traditional mechanical hard drives.
More...; June 29, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing
Samsung announces industries first 32 GB load-reduced dual-inline memory module for server applications: Samsung announced today that it has developed the industry's first 32 GB load-reduced, dual-inline memory module (LRDIMM), for server applications. Using cutting-edge 40 nanometer-classes, four gigabit (4Gb) DDR3 chips, the new 32GB LRDIMM accommodates next generation servers designed for virtualization, cloud computing and other high-capacity applications. Samsung's 32GB LRDIMM prototype consists of 72 4Gb DDR3 chips and an additional memory buffer chip to help reduce the load on the memory subsystem by as much as 75 percent.
More...; June 29, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing
MSI launches new small form factor PC with outstanding entertainment capabilities: MSI today announced the launch of two new space-saving, entertainment-oriented models in MSI's Wind Box PC series: the Wind Box DE520 and DC520. MSI Wind Box DE520 and DC520 use Intel Pentium Dual core processor, which greatly improves the performance over the previous generation of Atom CPU. The Wind Box DE520 also features an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430 graphics processor, ensuring outstanding performance for both high-definition video content viewing and 3D gaming. Both Wind Box DE520 and DC520 are equipped with HDMI and DVI output connectors, making it possible to connect DE520 to a large, full-HD display for viewing HD video content or playing 3D games, while still enjoying outstandingly bright and crisp image quality.
More...; June 29, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing
Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone sets a new sales record in Korea: The Galaxy S Samsung Electronics' newest smartphone Galaxy S is off to a booming start since its launch in South Korea on Thursday, setting a new sales record. According to SK Telecom on Sunday, the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S sold 58,500 units as of Saturday. Some 24,400 units were sold on Saturday alone, the highest sales of a single model in one day in SK Telecom's history. The daily sales record for the rival iPhone 3GS, which debuted in Korea last November, is around 13,000. With superior hardware specifications and integrated service, the Galaxy S appears to be a flagship model that will boost Samsung’s presence in the Apple and Research-In-Motion led smartphone sector.
[mobile phone reviews]; June 29, 2010 | Related Entries - Mobile Phones
Sharp develops worlds thinnest tuner unit for terrestrial digital and analog broadcasting: Sharp has developed and will introduce the new VA1N2WF2121 tuner unit for terrestrial digital and analog broadcasting, to be used in LCD TVs and digital video recorders. The new Sharp VA1N2WF2121 tuner unit for terrestrial digital and analog broadcasting features a new silicon tuner IC that fully integrates the components that make up the tuner circuitry in a monolithic semiconductor device. This enables the industry’s thinnest profile (approximately 50% thinner than the previous model) and most compact size (approximately 70% smaller than the previous model). In addition, a built-in digital signal processor and low-noise amplifier improves reception performance and contributes to an improved viewing experience in areas with poor signal quality.
More...; June 28, 2010 | Related Entries - Media Devices
Thermaltake launches BlacX 5G USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Docking Station: Thermaltake announced the newest series of USB 3.0 SuperSpeed docking stations for all 2.5” and 3.5” HDDs, making it more convenient and easy to transfer large documents, pictures or movies between hard drives and computers. With support for hard drives of up to 2 TB capacity the Thermaltake BlacX 5G offers utmost storage convenience and flexibility for people on the move and those with huge data archives. Backward compatibility with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 increase usage scenarios to even migrate data from older systems and make them available on the latest USB 3.0 SuperSpeed devices. The easy plug & play installation warrants for operation with Windows systems as well as Mac OS, while the premium shielded data cable does not only guarantee increased data safety but also boosts transfer rates up to 5.0 Gbps with USB 3.0 compatible devices.
More...; June 28, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing
BenQ announces world’s first Vertical Alignment LED monitors: BenQ today proudly announced the release of the world’s first Vertical Alignment (VA) LED monitors – The EW and VW series. VA LED-based panels has better color reproduction, an ultra high contrast ratio, display blacks more accurately because of its capability to produce true black with zero bright dot (ZBD) and able to minimize light leakage. VA panels are also known to have a wider viewing angle (178º/178º) compared to a regular Twisted Nematic (TN) panel. The BenQ EW series appeal more towards the digital video enthusiasts as it comes equipped with a wide range of ports, enhancing the enjoyment of user’s video viewing without interruption. Users can keep an array of digital devices permanently plugged in simultaneously and switch between gaming console, DVD player, webcam, PC, iPod, and others without the need for plugging, unplugging and switching cables.
More...; June 28, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing | Related Entries - LED
MIT researchers demonstrates 100 times faster Internet: The heart of the Internet is a network of high-capacity optical fibers that spans continents. But while optical signals transmit information much more efficiently than electrical signals, they’re harder to control. The routers that direct traffic on the Internet typically convert optical signals to electrical ones for processing, then convert them back for transmission, a process that consumes time and energy.
More...; June 28, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing
Mitsubishi Compact and light weight NEXIEZ Elevator Series help reduce CO2 emissions: Mitsubishi Electric announced it has launched the NEXIEZ series of elevators for the global market. The series offers a range in load capacity (450~1,350 kilograms) and rated speed (60~105 meters per minute), and helps users reduce carbon dioxide emissions through high energy efficiency enabled by compact, light weight designs. The NEXIEZ series are also designed to reflect various preferences and lifestyles to meet the needs of customers worldwide.
More...; June 28, 2010 | Related Entries - Other Stuff
MSI launches limited edition N465GTX Twin Frozr II golden edition graphics card: MSI today launches two of its latest graphics cards, N470GTX and N465GTX Twin Frozr II which are based on MSI's unique Twin Frozr II thermal design. MSI also revealed its limited N465GTX Twin Frozr II golden edition graphics card which adopts the full copper design. The cards are powered by NVIDIA's advanced GeForce GTX 400 GPU and support NVIDIA technologies such as 3D Vision Surround, PhysX and CUDA etc and boast MSI's Twin Frozr II thermal design. As compared to the reference graphics cards, MSI's latest offerings show a reduction in noise by 21.5dB and heat by 16℃ in full load, making them the industry's most outstanding graphics cards with the best heat dissipation and noise reduction features.; June 24, 2010 | Related Entries - Computing
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