Archive for February, 2008
In 2008 Sony will put on the market first Blu-ray players
29 February 2008In summer 2008 Sony is going to put on the market first Blu-ray players, which will be download additional materials to a film and games from the Internet, informs The Associated Press.
Sony has named this data access technology BD-Live. The first Blu-ray players which will support this technology, will be BDP-S350 and BDP-S550.
In fact, BDP-S350 [...]
Intel develops the six-nuclear processor
27 February 2008Representatives of Intel informed that carry out development of six-nuclear processor Dunnington which will be made according to 45-nanometer technological process.
Dunnington’s dimensions are similar to the sizes of a stamp though it will consist of three two-nuclear processors Penryn.
The number of transistors in Dunnington is not known for a while, however it will be [...]
Toshiba is going to end HD DVD format
25 February 2008Japanese corporation Toshiba is going to end support of HD DVD new generation videoformat, informs AP referring to Japanese agency Kyodo. The company will stop production of players and recorders, which support the given format, and also will hold up all works on development and improvement of this technology, which main rival is Blu-ray format.
However [...]
Apple has presented new iPod shuffle
22 February 2008On February, 19, Apple has presented new iPod shuffle which differs from the predecessor only by a memory size.
Memory of the novelty makes 2GB, the device will cost 69 US dollars.
Let’s remind, that the old model of iPod shuffle has only 1 GB and was on sale in the network Apple Store at the [...]
Genius has announced new laser mouse
20 February 2008Genius has put on the market new laser mouse Genius Net Scroll 220 Laser. The model differs the black symmetric case that allows to work with it both right, and left hand.
One more distinctive feature of model Genius Net Scroll 220 Laser is in an opportunity of switching of the mouse’s resolution from 800 [...]
Samsung has announced Full HD-camcorder with 8 GB memory
18 February 2008Samsung Electronics has announced a new HD-camcorder SC-HMX20C with flash memory, able to record video with Full HD resolution at a speed 30 shots in a second.
New camcorder is equipped with 6,4-MT CMOS-matrix with electronic stabilization. The volume of built-in memory is 8 GB and can be extended with memory cards in SDHC/MMC + [...]
US inventors have created alternative to Blu-ray and HD DVD
15 February 2008American company V Media Research has created compact alternative to Blu-ray and HD DVD - disk V Media, which is only 3,8×3,8 centimeters.
A new disk also uses blue lasers for reading. The novelty can store only 1 GB, but due to its compactness it can be used in any portable devices.
Developers inform, that quality [...]
SonyEricsson has created iPhone’s competitor
13 February 2008SonyEricsson has presented smartphone Xperia X1 with three inch touch display and QWERTY-keyboard. The device will be one of the main competitors for the popular Apple iPhone.
So, SonyEricsson’s device has resolution 800 x 480, while iPhone only 480 x320. iPhone has built-in 2-Mpixel camera, and Xperia - 3,2. Xperia X1 is 10 g heavier than [...]
Player Slacker has come into the market
12 February 2008The player works jointly with the Internet - portal Slacker.com. The last is the interactive network radio station, which allows not only to receive signal, but also to form independently its content. Service has been launched last March, since then it could be used through a web - browser.
Slacker is equipped with 4-inch LCD-display, [...]
First high speed NAND product from Micron
8 February 2008On February, 1 Micron has presented high-speed flash-memory NAND. Reading speed of a new memory-store makes 200 MB per second, and speed of record - up to 100 MB per second.
Usual NAND devices have reading speed no more than 40 MB, and speed of record makes less than 20 MB.
New storage is created [...]
