Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 15.6-Inch Notebook
Lenovo has dropped another 15.6-inch notebook into the market called the ThinkPad Edge E530. Specs-wise, the system is equipped with a 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 LCD display, a 2.30GHz Intel Core i3-2370M processor, an Intel HM77 Express Chipset, an NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M graphics, a 2GB DDR3 RAM, a 320GB hard drive, an HD webcam, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 4-in-1 card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and runs on Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (SP1) OS.
Sony SLT-A37
Preview based on a pre-production SLT-A37 with firmware v.0 With its usual alacrity, Sony has managed to release seven SLT models since it first launched the concept, in August 200. In that time, the range has expanded from two models to four and the A37 has a role to play in ensuring the line-up makes sense. Most consumers (understandably) care tiny about product differentiation but the A37 helps make Sony’s lineup more coherent than it’s been in a while – ...
HTC Desire C benchmarked ahead of release
Constantly in the limelight these days, the HTC Desire C just will not keep out of the headlines. The smartphone is not even released yet, but curious (and lucky) fellow journalists have already put it through its paces with the usual benchmark routines. The Desire C is no high-end device and it’s perhaps as low spec’d as Android Ice Cream Sandwich would allow. Yup, the nifty smartphone runs Google’s latest and greatest OS release on the measly 600Mhz CPU and ...
Australia’s first space park launched
Australia’s only dedicated satellite park, SSC Space Australia, is now open for business and is currently in advanced negotiations with two international space agencies from Europe and Asia to use the new West Australian (WA) facility. The park is owned and financed by its parent, Swedish Space Corporation, which selected WA for the facility as part of its international expansion strategy due to its geographically critical coverage area for global satellite tracking. The satellite park secured its first customer in ...
SAP betting huge on its HANA in-memory database
By Chris Kanaracus | IDG News Service SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire conference in Orlando Wednesday, announcing a slew of new applications, partnerships and functional enhancements for the system. Thanks to a “shopping spree” by SAP in recent years, the company has been able to surround HANA with a wide variety of important supporting tools, co-founder Hasso Platter stated during a keynote address Wednesday, which ...
Acer Aspire M5 Series
The Acer Aspire M5 series consists of 14-inch and 15 inch models. Both ultrabooks are powered by Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processors and a 1GB nVidia GT 640M graphics. The Acer Aspire M5 series also has the same display resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and a choice of hard disk drive or an solid say drive.
HTC flagships' US shipments get delayed for Apple patent violation
HTC just took a big hit in its patent war with Apple. The import of the companys duo of U.S. bound Android flagships the HTC One X for AT&T and the HTC EVO 4G LTE has been delayed indefinitely by the US Customs because of potential infringement of Apples patent #5,946,647. The above-mentioned occurrence is due to an exclusion order, which Apple won against HTC in December last year at the International Trade Commission.
HTC One X for AT&T review: Xtra flavor
Introduction With its international sibling receiving accolades left and right, it is time for the AT&T exclusive, LTE sporting HTC One X to take the stage. While the newcomer has retained the gorgeous looks of the global version, it is yet another case of a character makeover, received prior to crossing the Atlantic. In order to get along with AT&T’s LTE network, the US residing HTC One X sports a Qualcomm chipset and CPU, rather than the NVIDIA silicon featured ...
New Apple patent may spell trouble for Android
The US Patent and Trademark Office has handed Apple’s legal team what may turn out to be a powerful weapon in their on-going battles against anyone with the temerity to launch products competitive with the iPhone and iPad: a patent on soft keyboards that alter their keys with the tap of an on-screen button. Granted on Tuesday, US Patent 8,179,731, “Method, system, and graphical user interface for selecting a soft keyboard”, describes the soft keyboard familiar to any iOS or ...
Greenpeace targets Apple with 10-foot Pod stunt
Silicon Valley cops arrested two Greenpeace activists who sealed themselves into a large (i)Pod outside Apple HQ today, but chose not to cuff another bunch of activists who were dressed as giant iPhones. Greenpeace has been chastising the Mac and iOS firm for the last few years for not exactly being the freewheeling, earth-friendly, slightly hippie firm that many seem to think it is. Today’s stunt was designed to highlight Greenpeace’s accusations that Apple is powering its iCloud offering using ...
