Dell Inspiron M301z Review

Posted by admin | engadgets, review | Tuesday 19 April 2011 8:39 am

Dell Inspiron M301z Review

Even the ultra-thin laptops may vary in thickness, and Dell Inspiron M301z – this is one of the finest offerings. Of course, there is also a series of Dell Adamo, but its representatives are incredibly expensive, while the hero of Apple a1185 is quite a bit – it can be safely attributed to the budget class. Built notebook platform AMD Nile, the OS is not on board, but the list of ports, solid – there are HDMI, and eSATA, and even modern Display Port.

Cheap laptop, so expect him to posh supplied is not worth it. Charger, several brochures, including a rather thick booklet manual and a CD with drivers and utilities – that’s all. The disc is not superfluous, because the Toshiba PA3465U-1BRS battery comes with no operating system, but the driver and additional software can be downloaded on the manufacturer’s site, even preferable, because you can always find the most recent version.

The notebook is formally a rival of very successful solutions HP – Model Pavilion dm3. Though the price tags of these devices and different, and the performance of the video subsystem is different, but they focus on one market segment. In the exterior they have HP Pavilion DV9000 battery in common. And Pavilion dm3, and test the laptop panel surface work area and cover varnished, as if roughly handled, but if the Pavilion dm3 it is hardly noticeable, the Dell Inspiron M301z straight shiny gloss.

Naturally, such a coating quickly collects fingerprints, and scratching it a lot easier. Also at HP Pavilion dm3 aluminum hull panel, while the Dell Inspiron M301z – plastic, and only superficially similar to the metal rough handling. In addition, a competitor from Sony VGP-BPS2A battery is covered by an interesting pattern, and therefore looks much more interesting, although the Dell Inspiron M301z looks a little more severe than it might attract a potential buyer.

The main advantage of testing the laptop as compared to main competitor – a miserable shell thickness, which is impossible not to notice, even if we consider the HP Pavilion dm3 and Dell Inspiron M301z separately. Despite the significantly smaller thickness, Sony VGP-BPS2C battery is easier to just 110 grams, which is not so easy to feel. High build quality laptop, but due to the small thickness and lack of a rigid frame, which is sometimes used in more expensive ultrathin models.

Touchpad matte and slightly rough, fingerprints on it does not remain. Panel size is quite large – 96h50 mm, so deal with it very convenient. Keys manipulator manufactured as separate panels sized 47h12 mm. Sony VGP-BPS2 battery is short and a bit harsh, but at the same time of activation clearly felt, and the sound of clicking is almost imperceptible. Amenable to housing for twisting and creaking in the active region of the connecting loops and lock the battery. By the way, the battery sits in the compartment are not too tight and there is a small gap, though due to the nature compartment it does not bother me.

Review: Logitech C500 – nice affordable webcam

Posted by admin | engadgets, review, shopping | Wednesday 2 March 2011 10:05 am

Logitech webcam C500 is a true ordinary model without any special features to be seen. But it delivers good quality and it has everything you might need a decent webcam.

A web camera is now almost standard equipment for the Internet user. Software as Skype, Windows Live Messengerand Logitech’s own case lets you conduct video calls for free over the Internet, and more and more into play their own video diaries and other videos to upload to YouTube.

Logitech has a wide range of web cameras in their range, where the C500 is a new model aimed at normal users. The camera has a sensor of 1.3 megapixels and a glass lens. It has a good stand that you use to attach the camera on your monitor. This should be suitable for all flat panel displays, as well as common on laptop computers. I tested a couple of different screens. A detail of the camera worth mentioning is the built-in lens cover that can be drawn down over the lens.

The installation of the camera went smoothly proceed. You can choose whether to install Logitech’s software at which you use to make video calls. This tool is good and easy to use, but it has the obvious disadvantage that there are as many users as compared to Skype and Messenger.

Good software

The software is installed, there is nothing to fault. It is high class and you can do everything you could possibly do with a webcam. You can record video with sound simple, and these are saved in WMV format. There are many different formats, ranging from 320 × 240 pixels to 2592 × 1944, and also allows you to record in widescreen up to 1280 x 720 pixels.

The quality of the picture is beyond expectation to be a webcam. Logitech has equipped the C500 with RightLight technology that automatically adjusts the brightness. There are lots of filters and effects that can be applied on the image for example, make the image grainy as an old movie, or to turn you into an animated space creature that follows your movements.

With one click you can upload your recorded videos to YouTube, which is certainly appreciated by all who have a video blog.

Logitech C500 is a mid-range camera that offers good quality for money. Looking for an affordable webcam that is doing its job properly, this is simply a good choice.

Facts about Logitech C500

  • Contact: Logitech
  • Price: 499: -
  • Resolution: 1.3 megapixels
  • Video: Up to 1280 x 1024 pixels, 30 FPS
  • Still: 5 megapixels (software enhanced)
  • Other: USB2, built-in microphone, lens cap, good tripod

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Ipred scared the Swedes to legally download

Posted by admin | news, shopping | Thursday 24 February 2011 10:34 am

When Ipred Act was introduced on 1 April this year, Internet traffic fell by 40 percent overnight. Many of the Swedes finished downloading movies and music illegally. Now, traffic is back on the same level, but it is not the same traffic …

Ipred Act was extremely controversial when it was launched. The law is there to copyright holders to find out who has downloaded their works from the Internet, by going to court and require ISPs to disclose clients that have used an IP number at any given time.

In practice, this is technically curious, since it is impossible to know the person who has used an IP address, just the account that was used. If you have a wireless network at home, which is not safe, neighbors can connect via it and then it’s account owners who have problems on Ipred law is used. Nor is it possible to tell who sat at the computer. So the evidence is rather difficult.

Not make it easier to Internet service providers have begun to clean up their statistics .Many of the major Internet service providers will only store information about the IP number in a week, something that is too short for the law to be used properly.

Scared Swedes

But this does not eliminate the fact that it is illegal to download copyrighted material from the Internet in the form of film, music, books and other items. The law had an effect similar to the crazy lawsuits that have occurred in the U.S., where the music and film industry has used scare tactics by meeting individuals in multi-millionand then spent the judges in the media to talk about what can happen.

So when the law was put into service April 1 internal traffic dropped like a stone .Searches on bittorrent, uTorrent and other keywords related to file sharing to do, was halved in one day. The Swedes did not dare longer to download from The Pirate Bay for example.

Reports indicate today that illegal file sharing is returning. Many users have started to download music and movies again. But numbers are not back to what it was before Ipred.

Legally movies and music

However, Internet traffic back on the same level. This has not just piracy to do, but is largely a matter of legal downloading. When you no longer dare to download illegally, the Swedes started to look into the legal options. A good example is Spotify, which many people today use to listen to music.

In the movie business, there is nothing quite as attractive alternatives yet. Webservice Headweb, where you can stream video to the computer, appears to be the driveway with the contract with the film industry. Voddler, which is much like Spotify fixed on film, however, seems to go bad at the moment .

When I have done unscientific survey among my friends, is the very many who have switched to completely using Spotify instead of torrent sites. In film and television has almost finished downloading. Instead, the service that streams via digital TV, which is used by many. SF Anytime and the like allows you to watch movies at any time directly on your TV

It also looks as if the Swedes are increasingly starting to go to the video retailer to rent and buy movies. In an article in Aftonbladet says video distributor Bonver that increased the number of buy-DVDs with 20 percent and rents DVDs by 30-40 percent, compared to the same month last year.

How do you do for yourself today? Have you left piratnerladdningen for other services, and what services are there when you use?

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Encryption in Buffalo MiniStation and DriveStation

Posted by admin | engadgets, news, shopping | Thursday 17 February 2011 3:12 am

Buffalo launching two new external hard drives by name MiniStation and DriveStation. The news of them is that they come with built-in encryption, which prevents unwanted guests to access the information. Are you afraid to lose or be robbed of your important files, this could be interesting.

Encryption of external hard drives are hardware-rate and the standard AES265bit. For Windows users there is a function called Secure lid manager Dolphin, Which allows you to avoid logging in with a password each time you use the hard drive on your regular computer.

Buffalo MiniStation is a portable hard drive that is based on a 2.5-inch disk. They are small and compact, lightweight and take, and it’s easy to join them because you do not need an external power supply. The drives will stand the power coming from the USB connection.

Prices for mini-station starts at 899 kronor to 250 GB up to 1199 bits for 500 GB.

Big Brother Buffalo DriveStation is a more stationary device running with a 3.5-inch hard drive and thus need external power adapter. The benefits of buying one of these, is that you get more storage for the money and the hard disk is faster. Here starts the price of 699 crowns for 500 GB and goes up to 1999 crowns for 2 TB (ie 2000 GB).

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MSI X-Slim is a lot like Apple Macbook Air

Posted by admin | news, review, shopping | Wednesday 12 January 2011 10:52 am

The title should not be construed as criticism of the MSI. On the contrary.Macbook Air is so gorgeous and that there will be new machines which take the form factor is hardly a drawback.Therefore, the new models in the MSI X-Slim very exciting!

This is Engadget , which reports that MSI has displayed two new models of its X-Slim series, called the X340 and X600 .The previously existing model named X320 . Though it should be emphasized that none of the models on the market yet. They have just shown up and is still some way from being launched.

X340 and X600 does not differ greatly, except that the screens’ sizes are 13.4 and 15.6 inches, and the X600 also has an eSATA port – that is, an external SATA port that allows you to connect external hard drives use this interface (much faster than USB and Firewire).

Otherwise, the computers, therefore the same specifications. What we know at this moment is that the computers have Intel Centrino 2 processor, and that they come with VGA and HDMI port and two USB ports. The complete specification teaches presented at the CeBIT trade fair which takes place in a few weeks.

Prices are described as somewhere between $ 699 and $ 999, which in practice means that you guessed hejvilt.

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The Packard Bell Computer with the new logo

Posted by admin | news | Wednesday 29 December 2010 10:21 am

News from Packard Bell has unveiled a new logo at the launch of new range of computers ranging from netbook to desktop computers. Packard Bell, recently acquired by Acer has presented a restyling of its logo and launch of new computers aimed to capture the attention of performance as well as design.

The models presented as Packard Bell netbook is the DOT-DOT-M and S , respectively, which have a 11.6 inch and 10.2-inches. In the notebook was released on Butterfly’s Easy Note model that will carry an Intel Centrino and a 13.3-inch screen. The strength of this model the weight they want to be declared autonomy than 8 hours.

In Section desktop models have been presented instead iMedia iXtreme and that will be a wide range of hardware combinations. New product is the absolute model NetTop iMax that will be built to work on web interface

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New Technology Nvidia Cuda

Posted by admin | shopping, software | Thursday 9 December 2010 10:12 am

NVIDIA CUDA technology is unique in the world written in C language, to use the GPU. This enables programmers to create software using the GPU’s parallel computing capabilities.

Until now, NVIDIA has created more than 100 million GeForce 8 series with more powerful GPU with CUDA technology.

The latest generation of MSI N280GTX-T2D1G-OC built with 240 processor cores, can be compared to the same speed of calculation, the latest CPU with four cores.

Any process can be divided into multiple elements and run in parallel can be programmed to exploit the enormous potential of the GPU. MSI is pleased to work with Pegasys and its TMPGEnc 4.0.

This technology is a big step forward in video processing. Consumers just saw the results that can provide data processing with a GPU. “Since the Pegasys has started to transfer the calculations to the GPU, we continue to see dramatic improvement of results in the edit, share and enjoy HD video thanks to the most powerful video cards MSI” said Jason Lee, marketing director of MSI.

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