Peripherals

Now presenting, the Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard! If you are an Ice Cream Sandwich fan, here’s something you would love to get your hands on. The latest addition to the offerings from Android is the Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard. When compared to the “Gingerbread”, this keyboard has brought in a lot of improvements. Though there are keyboards in the market that have a voice-to-text... Read More »

What do you use your USB Flash drive for? There are various uses of a Pen Drive or USB Flash drive. Some use it for storing and transferring data from one computer to another. Here are six cool ways to use USB flash drive: Use Linux with USB flash drive: Although you can install Linux on your computer with other operating system, it will take the hard disk space and will also make your system a dual... Read More »

The noise emitted from a fan fitted inside a computer is one of the reasons for irritation and disturbance when you try hard to concentrate on important things while working on a computer. The noise from the fan becomes a common issue as your computer gets old. A computer can have many fans that can be source of disturbing noise. The heat sink is one fan that tends to become noisy as your system become... Read More »

According to a Microsoft official, the company is trying to link embedded computing systems to the cloud. The cloud is going to reveal a number of wider options to embedded computing. Windows Embedded General Manager of Microsoft, Kevin Dallas made a note that the capability of capturing the intelligence from the verge of the network shall make an intense change in the charges which is going to be... Read More »

If you have a computer, which is rarely utilized, then MaxiVista can help you to connect the PC as the second monitor for another computer. For doing this, there will not be any need of extra hardware.MaxiVista can be used with any sort of combination of laptop, tablet PC or desktop, to mirror or extend the screen content of the primary PC. MaxiVista is also compatible with multi-monitor systems... Read More »

AMD India has launched Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) with the Fusion technology. The fusion of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is known as fusion technology on a single chip. The launch of the G-series chips by AMD is for embedded systems. A fusion chip consists of multi-core CPUs with powerful discrete level graphics. This is the kind of technology that... Read More »

IBM and ARM signed an agreement to produce revolutionary technology that would help ARM to move ahead with renewed vigor and IBM to take its first steps at getting a share of the tablet PC market. Under an agreement signed in January, IBM will support ARM in its endeavor to scale its Cortex manufacturing process down to 14 nanometers. This would arm ARM with the thinnest silicon chips in the market... Read More »

Single Board Computer systems or SBCs, are self-contained embedded computers. Such computers are generally employed as embedded computing systems. These computers run embedded and real-time operating systems. Real time operating systems or RTOS are specific operating systems that are designed and programmed according to the device. The basic functionality handled by real time and embedded OS includes... Read More »

Intel has announced that it is not worried over the move of Microsoft to port Windows to ARM processors. An Intel spokesperson said that Intel will be able to provide low power Windows which can match with the Atom processor or x86 processor family chipsets. Intel’s Executive Vice President Dadi Perlmutter also stated that by the time Microsoft manages to get a new version of Windows as an operating... Read More »

In the recent past, product recalls by various manufacturers have been making news worldwide, bringing consumer product safety to a peak and massive market losses, inevitable. When a core component is recalled, like in the case of Intel, it is not only Intel which suffers, but a whole range of product manufacturers, having had designed and manufactured their products, using the said defective components... Read More »

The flaw in the Sandy Bridge chipset, if you remember, was discovered and reported sometime in January. The flaw as it is called Cougar Point chipset flaw was discovered and Intel withdrew the chipset from the market. The chipset flaw relates to how the chipset communicates with SATA devices be it SATA hard disk drive or optical device. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is all set to hold an ad campaign... Read More »

Over the last 30 years, Seagate has positioned itself as one of the most stable, ingenious and reliable hard drive manufacturers for desktops, laptops, netbooks, enterprise servers and more. Amongst some of the many firsts in the industry, Seagate has made phenomenal strides in introducing various products including solid state hybrid drives, 6Gb/s SAS Enterprise Drives, world’s thinnest hard drives... Read More »

Intel is a U.S.-based developer of semiconductor chips. The company invented the x86 series of microprocessors and this microprocessor is found in almost all the personal computers. Intel was formed in the year 1968 and was named as Integrated Electronics Corporation but the word Intel is coined form the word intelligence. Intel is also known for making motherboard chipsets and flash memory and graphic... Read More »

Intel six-core i7-990X Extreme, the successor to its previous version Core i7-980X running on 3.33 GHz of raw speed, is the latest chip from Intel. The Intel Core i7-990X  promises 3.73 GHz speed running on Intel Turbo Boost Technology also featuring six-cores and a mind boggling 12 processing threads with Intel Hyper-Threading technology. Even while boasting a clock speed of 3.46GHz, it also has... Read More »

A hard disk drive (HDD) is a random access non-volatile digital data storing device. It has a rigid platter which rotates on a spindle which is motor driven. All this is enclosed in a protective covering. There is provision for magnetically reading and writing the data with the help of a air film that floats above the platter. It was for the first time introduced by IBM in the year 1956 and has been... Read More »

Intel is busy experimenting with a 1000 Core processor on the architecture for the 48 core single chip Cloud Computer Processor. In the year 2009 itself, Intel launched their experimental 48 Core central processing unit (CPU) on a stamp sized piece of silicon. What is really interesting is the processing capability of this 48 core CPU chip, with amazing power management and power consumption features... Read More »

The race between ATI and NVIDIA continues with NVIDIA announcing release of the Dual-GPU GTX 590. There was rumor in the market that NVIDIA might delay introduction of its Dual GPU to gain an advantage over ATI. NVIDIA had already confirmed that it would be soon introducing a dual GPU. It has named its latest processor as George GTX 590. NVIDIA has made an intelligent move by timing its dual GPU... Read More »

Computers have really proved themselves as an all in one device. Now you seldom feel the need for some expensive music players because computers are very much capable of playing the highest quality of digital music. Computers can be attached with good sound systems to get the audio output which is crystal clear and very soothing to our mind. Audio on a computer is played by a dedicated device called... Read More »

The latest Sandy Bridge processors from Intel have advanced power saving features and deliver efficient performance. The top PC makers including, Lenovo and Sony, have already declared and shipped Intel Sandy bridge processor for the launch of their new series. Sony and Lenovo have already declared their new series launch while Dell and Apple are in the process of doing so. Sony has announced the... Read More »

Advanced Micro Devices or AMD as it is called, is a company providing innovative processors and other computer-related devices. The fusion of a CPU and a GPU is known as fusion technology on a single chip. The launch of the G-series platform is aimed at embedded systems. An Accelerated Processing Unit is the fusion of a GPU with a CPU. A GPU is the Graphic Processing Unit and its fusion is with a... Read More »

Currently Intel is focusing on its new Atom microprocessor that will be used in various types of devices ranging from tablet computers to netbooks. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has also decided to follow its rival manufacturer by announcing plans of unveiling its new version of Fusion chips. As the name suggests the Fusion chips combine a processor and graphics unit in the same chip. Such smart chips... Read More »

In 2010, Monster announced a partnership with Miles Davis LLC to bring out a new set of luxury headphones and at this CES 2011 it showcased a set of Miles Davis high performance headphones. Monster is popular for celebrity branded head phones and had earlier partnered with Dr Dre and Lady Gaga. They are designed keeping the jazzy look of a trumpet in mind with Miles Davis’s signature event, the... Read More »

Memory cards are now becoming a need for everyone due to the global fervor of smart phones. Memory card can store as many data as you want it may include songs, videos, pictures and also other type of data. Silicon power is the World’s leading flash memory manufacturer has recently released a super-large capacity of 32 GB micro SDHC class4 memory card. It was released on 18th January to fulfill... Read More »

Dell recently launched new Insipiron Duo but this device has a serious problem with identity crisis. Dell is confused with whether it is a laptop or a netbook. This is a new model form Dell but looking at the Duo we see that it uses some enhaced innovative features to achieve its transition. When you see the keyboard and lid frame it will look same as on your standard notebook. The screen of this... Read More »

The CES 2011was rather confusing this time. The CES 2010 dazzled techies worldwide with their stereoscopic 3 D. In the CES 2011the trend was different. 3D was not to be seen much, rather the whole show was flooded with smart phones and tablets. Except that, this time, Apple wasn’t seen around, instead a number of other players made headway, turning the theme of CES 2011 to tablets. While players... Read More »