Sony officially announced new PSP

Sony Computer Entertainment officially announced new model of portable console PSP. The device was shown by president SCE of Kaz Hirai during the special press conference co-ordinated for start of exhibition E3. The console which has received name PSP Go, it will quit in the North America and Europe on October, 1st, 2009. The recommended cost of new model in the USA will make 250 dollars. The European gamers should pay 250 euros.
The portable game system will have slide screen. This solution has allowed to make PSP Go more compact. By word representatives Sony, the new device will be on 50 percent less, and on 40 percent it is easier original PSP. The length of the console makes approximately 128 millimetres, width - 69 millimetres, a thickness - 16,5 millimetres. Weight PSP Go - about 158 grammes.

The screen diagonal will make 3,8 inches that on half-inch it is less, than for the previous models PSP. The console will lose the slot for disks of format UMD - all games will extend through special network tools. The size of built in flash-memory PSP Go will make 16 gigabytes. The device will possess also the slot for memory maps Memory Stick Micro. Besides it developers will add support Bluetooth.

Kaz Hirai has underlined that in the company are not gathered to refuse release of games on UMD-disks. Thus developers have marked that yet do not send suitable solution for those gamers who already have bought many games for PSP on physical mediums.

Hearings about new model PSP appeared in the beginning of year. In April journalists have learnt the name of new game system. One of these days new number of interactive on-line log Qore in which one of heads SCEA John Koller (John Koller) has confirmed the fact of existence PSP Go has got to the Internet.

For the refreshed console already announced some games. It is known that on October, 1st studio Polyphony Digital will release on PSP racing simulator Gran Turismo. The head of company Kadzunori Jamauti has marked that in game will be presented about 800 cars and 35 various lines. He also has told that portable Gran Turismo will go for speed of 60 frames in a second. In game there will be a multi-user mode on four persons.

Besides it at press conference Sony the announcement of game Resident Evil Portable has taken place. It is marked that it not a remake, and absolutely new game. It should go on sale in 2010
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3G module for MacBook

Apple plans to equip the new notebooks with 3G unit, informs Electronista. Journalists have made such output after have studied one of vacancies of this company.
Apple searches for the engineer for operation in division Mac Hardware Group. One of its duties - testing of computer equipment for operation with 3G, and also with Bluetooth, Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
In technician Apple, behind an exception iPhone 3G, there are no units for operation in networks of cellular communication of the third generation. To equip notebooks 3G unit the company explains the unwillingness incompatibility of various networks of cellular communication of the third generation in which operative range there are users.
Now all leading manufacturers of notebooks release computers with built in 3G unit. Some models of such notebooks extend operators under the subsidised circuit, as smart phones and mobile phones.
In particular, AT&T suggests inhabitants of several cities of the USA to buy an ultracheap notebook with 3G unit for 50 dollars that is several times cheaper than a retail price of such computer. Complete with it нетбуком there is a two-year contract on telecommunication service AT&T with the minimum subscriber card 59,95 dollars a month.
Probably, under similar circuit AT&T will extend also notebooks Apple with 3G unit if the such appear. Now this operator sells subsidised smart phones Apple iPhone 3G.
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Journalists assigned a premiere of new Kindle for 6 May

Within the next few days company Amazon will present the new device for reading of electronic documents, informs CrunchGear. Indirectly it is confirmed with press conference Amazon assigned for 6th May. The truth to that it will be devoted representatives of the company do not specify.
According to The New York Times, new Amazon Kindle it is intended for reading of newspapers and logs. As consequence, this device will have a big screen. Technical characteristics new Kindle are not informed.
Now Amazon releases the device for reading of electronic books Kindle 2. The diagonal of its screen is equal to six inches. Cost Kindle 2 - 359 dollars.
One of features Kindle 2 - a text conversion in speech. At its activation the device reads the document opened at present.
The first version Kindle has been presented in November, 2007. It cost 399 dollars. Device development has taken more than three years.
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Sony will show new PSP version in June

Sony plans to present the new version of portable console PSP at exhibition E3 which will pass in the beginning of June of current year. About it writes IGN referring to the information which the portal 1UP has received from own sources. It is supposed that the device will carry name PSP Go! In Japan the console should appear in September, and inhabitants of the USA can buy it in the end of October or in the beginning of November, 2009.
Journalists have confirmed hearings that new model PSP will lose slot for disks of UMD format. They also have added that in sale two versions of the console - with flash-memory volume in 8 and 16 GB will arrive. The device will have slide screen that will allow to clean all basic buttons from obverse PSP panel.

It is informed that by the time of start of the updated console to downloading it will be accessible over 100 games. And into their number will enter both already left, and absolutely new projects. On the hearings, one of the first games who can be downloaded, becomes Gran Turismo Mobile, announced in May, 2004.

Representatives of Sony have refused to make comments on this information. We will notice that else in February the Japanese division of the company has started search of people to which should test new game system. Thus in Sony have not specified, over what device work at the moment. It is known only that it concerns trade marks PlayStation or PSP.

Let's remind that PSP left in Japan in the end of 2004. In 2007 has appeared thin and easy PSP-2000, and last year start PSP-3000 with the advanced LCD-screen and the built in microphone has taken place.

By the present moment all over the world it is sold more than 50 million PSP. Company Sony console takes the second place in the market of portable game systems, essentially conceding DS from Nintendo.
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Asus has let out netbook in MacBook Air style

Corporation Asus has let out on Taiwan ultrathin netbook Eee PC 1008HA which observers on dimensions compare with MacBook Air. The thickness Eee PC 1008HA varies from 18 to 26 millimetres. It it is notable less sheet of format A4 (length - 262, width - 178 millimetres).
Device Asus is equipped by the ten-inch screen, processor Atom working on frequency 1,66 GhZ, 1GB memories DDR2 and a hard disk in capacity of 160 GB.

There are two USB-modules, modules Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR are built in and I Ethernet-will corrode.

Weight Eee PC 1008HA it makes 1,1 kgs, one of the lungs in the class. The battery of this netbook provides independent work within six hours. Exact cost of the device while is unknown. It is expected that on sale in other countries, except Taiwan, netbook will appear within the next weeks.

Netbook, messages about which have appeared in February, has been announced Asus in March, at exhibition CeBIT 2009. Then it was expected that its price will not exceed 571 dollars.
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Flash has got into TVs

Adobe announced the new version of Flash technology -
Flash Platform for the Digital Home, informs IDG News. It is intended for home electronics and allows to look on the screen of the TV of video from the Internet in format FLV, without using the computer or a special prefix. The new version of platform Flash will allow to look on the screen of the TV of video in the HD-permission. It will work not only with TVs, but also, for example, with players Blu-ray and DVD. It will allow both to look a content, and to write it to optical carriers. Now on technology Flash, in particular, carry out a stream announcement various videohosting, for example, YouTube. Also Flash it is used for creation of animated sites. Flash Platform for the Digital Home have supported such companies, as Atlantic Records, Broadcom, Comcast, Disney Interactive Media Group, Intel, Netflix, STMicroelectronics, The New York Times Company, NXP Semiconductors and Sigma Designs. The first devices on its base will appear in the second half of the year 2009. We will mark that in August of last year of company Yahoo! And Intels have agreed to create a platform uniting a television and the Internet. It means installation in TVs, tuners of a cable television and players of optical disks of special processors of Intel and program Yahoo shell!. It will allow to use during review various miniapplications.
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LG will manufacture the 32-inch OLED-TV in 2010

In the middle of 2010 LG will manufacture the OLED-TV with the
32-inch screen, informs Smarthouse referring to the data received from own sources. A guessed price of this TV - four thousand dollars. In 2009 there will be 15-inch OLED-display from LG on the market. Originally it will be established only in new laptop Apple which, predictably, will present in June. By the end of the year LG will manufacture the 15-inch monitor or the TV with the OLED-screen. In March of a current year it was informed that Apple and LG have made contract on delivery of OLED-displays. It is supposed that such screens will appear in new iPhone and iPod Touch, and also in netbook which ostensibly intend to manufacture Apple. Couple of days ago representatives LG have declared that will manufacture the first OLED-TVs in the end of a current year. They will cost more expensive at least twice Zhk-panels of a similar diagonal. OLED-TV LG prototype has been presented in October, 2008. The diagonal of its screen constitutes 19 inches. Then chiefs LG underlined that they while do not have plans on serial issue of such systems. Now the unique serial OLED-TV is Sony XEL-1. The diagonal of its screen is equal to 11 inches, a retail price in the USA - 2,5 thousand dollars. In January of a current year Sony has presented a prototype of the OLED-TV with the 21-inch screen. Unlike Zhk-panels, OLED-TVs more thin also consume not enough energy. However their production is rather expensive. One of the reasons of expensive production - the big percent of spoilage. Reduction of number of the rejected OLED-panels is priority problem LG in 2009.
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AMD announced the most powerful videocard

AMD announced the most powerful in the world geometry processor ATI Radeon HD 4890. Its computational capability makes 1,36 TFLOPS. ATI Radeon HD 4890 can work on frequencies to 1GhZ. The chip is made on 55-nanometer to technical process, consists of 956 million transistors and 800 stream processors. It is equipped by the 256-bit interface supporting superfast memory GDDR5. For ATI Radeon HD 4890 PCI slot Express x16 2.0 is required. ATI Radeon HD 4890 supports application interface DirectX 10.1, including 4.1 shader versions. Also support of graphics library OpenGL 3.0 is declared. Cost of this video card is unknown.
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New HTC smartphone with qwerty-keyboard

HTC has presented smart phone Snap at CTIA Wireless 2009 exhibition, informs Electronista. It is fulfilled in atypical for HTC to arranging - a monoblock with the qwerty-keyboard without the touch panel. Smart phone HTC Snap is constructed on the basis of processor Qualcomm working with frequency 528 MhZ. Size of the RAM of the device - 192 MB, capacity of the built in flash-memory - 256 MB. Last it is possible to expand at the expense of a memory map microSD. Display HTC Snap diagonal makes 2,4 inches. From wireless communication units in the smart phone is Wi-Fi, 3G and Bluetooth. Any of them can be used for synchronisation of a calendar, contacts and a mail box. Also in the device there is GPS unit and the 2 megapixel camera. HTC Snap works under control of Windows Mobile 6.1. For most conveniences in this smartphone is pre-installed TouchFLO 3D shell program. Now HTC releases about 20 models of smartphones. Among them, before appearance Snap, there was no monoblock with the qwerty-keyboard. Besides, all other smart phones HTC are equipped by touch panels.
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Olympus presents new DSLR-camera

Photomanufacturer Olympus has presented the new budgetary DSLR-camera. New E-450 becomes replacement E-420 - the novelty is equipped with a 10-MEGAPIXEL sensor control and geometry processor TruePic III +. Sensitivity of the camera makes from 100 to 1600 ISO, and speed of shooting makes 3.5 frames in second, thus the buffer saves to 8 frames in format RAW simultaneously. The novelty has three "art" filters: - Pop Art, Soft Focus and Pin Hole, and also improved mode Live View in which there was a function of recognition of persons and shade compensation. Among other interesting functions are worthy the mechanism for autocleaning from a dust, support of cards of format CF and xD, and also remote synchronisation of flash. Sales E-450 will start in May in three base modifications, different objectives. The price a novelty while is unknown. Photo from hi-news.ru

OCZ presents Neutrino netbook

OCZ has officially presented 10.1-inch Neutrino netbook, for the first time shown on exhibition CeBIT in the beginning of March. Belonging to the bar of notebooks “make itself” (DIY), the computer does not lose a guarantee at an upgrade the user. Neutrino than 1.4 kg weigh less and is equipped with the screen with LED-illumination providing the standard permission 1024 on 600, however the upgrade allows installation of the screen with the permission to 1600×1200. The computer works under handle 1.6GHZ processor Atom. The novelty supports up to 2GB RAM and a disk space in size to 250GB. Besides, OCZ it can be equipped with solid-state disk drives in capacity from 30 to 250GB. The standard complete set includes Wi-Fi unit, the 1.3-megapixel web camera and a microphone, and also 1.5-kw speakers. Also the notebook is equipped with Ethernet plug, VGA-exit, two USB-ports and the plug for ear-phones.
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The humanoid robot have learnt to read thoughts

Humanoid robots have learnt to understand thoughts, informs AP. The appropriate technology was developed by Honda Motor. It is intended for usage with robot Asimo. Honda Motor engineers have created a special helmet which on the basis of the analysis of changes of activity of a brain can define of what the person thinks. Then the appropriate signal is transferred to the robot on a wireless communication. However, this technology is imperfect. If the person distracts, the system can not recognise its thought, accordingly, the robot will not receive any instructions. Besides, that the system of reading of thoughts worked, it is necessary for it to adapt within two-three hours under each user. Now Honda Motor technology allows robot Asimo to understand, when the person thinks of movement by hands, run or meal. On processing of a signal and fulfilment of operation for the robot some seconds leave. Honda Motors works over humanoid robots since 1986. The first Asimo has been shown audience in 2000. Robot growth makes 130 centimetres, weight - 54 kgs. In the summer of 2008 Asimo has learnt to understand simultaneous speech of several people. Before these robots have learnt to work in steam. In May, 2008 Asimo has appeared in a role of the conductor of a symphonic orchestra.
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Western Digital pays $65M for SSD market

Western Digital has bought SiliconSystems corporation for 65 million dollars, informs Computerworld. This transaction will allow Western Digital to start release solid-state (SSD) disk drives under an own brand. Company SiliconSystems has been created in 2002. She is engaged both release of solid-state disk drives, and development of technologies for rise of their reliability. In particular, SiliconSystems has created program PowerArmor preventing appearance of errors by operation of the disk drive. While representatives Western Digital have not sounded any schedules on release of SSD-stores under an own brand. SiliconSystems before absorption released various disk drives on the basis of the flash-memory. Among them SSD-stores in 2,5 and 1,8-inch form factors which can substitute the hard disk in notebooks and netbooks. Western Digital is the second-large manufacturer of hard disks in the world. The leader of this market - company Seagate. It should start release of solid-state disk drives till the end of 2009. The main advantages of solid-state disk drives before hard disks are low power consumption and an operation high speed. Besides, SSD-stores do not rustle. However their cost price considerably above, than for hard disks.
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Transparent LG phone will start to sell in May

Mobile phone LG GD900 with the transparent keyboard will appear on show-windows in May of current year, informs Electronista. For the first time it has been presented in February on the World transportable congress in Barcelona. LG GD900 it is fulfilled in the form of a slider with the microfloppy touch panel. It will support interface S-Class UI optimised for handle by a mobile phone by means of fingers. Keyboard GD900 can be used as touchpad a notebook. Moving a finger on touch panel LG GD900 it is possible to make active various functions of phone. For example, if to write "M character the musical player will be started. A thickness LG GD900 makes 13,4 millimetres. Phone works in networks 3G and supports wireless communication Bluetooth. Other characteristics of a mobile phone are not informed, as well as its price. LG-GD900 becomes the first-ever transparent mobile phone. It is oriented to a market premium-segment. Photo from slashphone.com

Nvidia released a new generation of professional videocards

Nvidia has released a new generation of professional videocards of Quadro series. It includes seven videocards cheapest of which costs less than hundred dollars. On it it is informed in press release Nvidia. Low model of new bar Quadro - videocard Quadro NVS 295. It is taken up a position as solution for business and supports simultaneous operation of two 30-inch displays. Videocards Quadro FX 380 and Quadro FX 580 represent professional solutions of initial level. Quadro FX 1800 concerns solutions of an average level and the price/quality is optimal on a relation. Videocards Nvidia Quadro FX 3800 and FX 4800 support technologies SDI and SLI Multi-OS and are intended, in particular, for developers of graphic applications. Quadro FX 5800 - top model of new bar Quadro. This card supports SLI Multi-OS and is the first solution of such level with four gigabytes of memory. Technology SLI Multi-OS allows system to use some videocards Nvidia Quadro on one workstation in virtualization to the environment. At the expense of it it is possible to optimise expenditures and to increase efficiency of operation with graphically heavy applications. Photo by Nvidia

Motorola QA4 Evoke

Motorola has presented QA4 Evoke phone - one of touch phones of the company first completely, developed initially not for the Asian market, being the competitor to iPhone. Phone is taken up a position as the smart phone for usage in social networks. The novelty has the 2.8-inch touch panel used for HTML-browsing, readings of RSS-news and fast access to MySpace and YouTube. Phone is equipped with a sensor control of movement and automatically shows the screen keyboard, being turned on one side. Phone supports EVDO, 3G and CDMA and is equipped with the 2MP camera, the GPS-navigator, and also the slot for memory maps in microSD format, size to 8GB. About the information price while is not present. It is known that the novelty will go on sale in the spring of this year.
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First EEE PC with DVD Drive

ASUS continues to refresh Eee PC set. So, in April the Taiwan company will output on the market two models - E1004N and 1008HA, writes Electronista. The first model is remarkable that has built in optical drive DVD. It is constructed on the basis of a set of system logic of Intel GN40 and the processor of Intel Atom N280. As the internal disk drive the hard disk of 120 Gbytes is. Besides DVD a drive, the given model still possesses the plug for cards ExpressCard, 3 ports USB 2.0 which have been built in by Wi-Fi units, Bluetooth, and also 8-v-1 cardreader. The size of the display of model makes 10 inches on a diagonal. Price E1104N will vary in a range of 531-590 US dollars. Except this model, ASUS still will start in sale other model - Eee PC 1008HA. For the first time it has been shown on CeBIT ‘ 09 in the beginning of this month. The transportable device is fulfilled in style MacBook Air and differs especially thin tank, and also in small weight (0,9 kg). As well as E1004N, it has the 10-inch display. The main technical characteristics Eee PC 1008HA look like this: the processor of Intel Atom N270 of 1,6 GHz, built in Wi-Fi 802.11n units, HSPA (3G) or WiMAX (optional), the 1,3-MEGAPIXEL Web-camera. If will vary nothing, this Netbook from ASUS will go on sale in Europe in April at the price of 518 US dollars. Photo by gagadget.com

iPhone- third of world traffic of smart phones

On iPhone in February, 2009 has had third of world traffic of smart phones and almost half American has had, is told in monthly research of advertising company AdMob. Afterwards there are Nokia N70 about 7,1 percent world smartphone traffics and BlackBerry 8300 about 4,2 percent. Thus on smart phones in general it is necessary third of all world transportable traffic. It on 26 percent more than six months before. More often transportable advertising owners iPhone look, on them it is necessary 11,2 percent of all inquiries. Afterwards goes iPod Touch - 6,7 percent. Apple products on advertising activity overtake only all smart phones Nokia, together taken. On them it is necessary 30,2 percent of reviews of advertising. In AdMob mark that the most popular transportable operating system still remains Symbian, installed on 43 percent of devices and, in particular, on six of ten most popular smart phones. Thus as Symbian, and Windows Mobile, according to AdMob, positions iPhone OS and to devices BlackBerry hand over. Company AdMob owns a large network of transportable advertising. Its declarations appear on six thousand sites and in one thousand transportable applications.
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Asus Eee Top ET1602

Computer-monoblock Asus Eee Top ET1602 has gone on sale, informs Engadget. It is accessible, including, and in on-line shops, including Amazon, for 599 dollars. Asus Eee Top ET1602 has been presented in November of last year. The diagonal of its touch panel is equal 15,6 inches. In the computer the processor of Intel Atom N270 working with frequency of 1,6 gigacycles is installed. The capacity of hard disk ET1602 makes 160 gigabytes, RAM size - one gigabyte. Also in the computer there is Wi-Fi unit, the 1,3-MEGAPIXEL web camera, Ethernet plugs and USB. During time of premiere Asus Eee Top ET1602 it was informed that it is accessible to the advanced order in several on-line shops. Then it cost 734 dollars. We will mark that together with ET1602 computer-monoblock Asus Eee Top ET1603 has been presented. Its unique difference from ЕТ1602 - a videosystem. For Asus Eee Top ЕТ1602 it is Intel GMA950, for ET1603 - digital videocard ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450. While Eee Top ET1603 has not gone on sale. Both computers-monoblocks Asus work under control of Windows XP. For the first time about their development it became known in June, 2008.
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2TB thin external hard disk

Western Digital has started release of external hard disks of series My Book in size of two terabytes with thickness of tank of 54 millimetres, informs Electronista. Earlier maximum capacity of external hard disks Western Digital made one and a half terabyte. All 2TB external hard disks Western Digital support interface USB 2.0. It allows them to exchange the data with a speed of 480 megabit a second. The external hard disk of series Home Edition also supports interfaces FireWire 400 and eSATA. Hard disks Studio Edition and Studio Edition II - interfaces FireWire 400/800 and eSATA. Speed of operation of the interface eSATA makes three gigabits a second. Cost thin of 2TB external hard disks Western Digital makes from 330 to 380 dollars, depending on model. The version of the 2TB external hard disk for computers Apple will appear in April.
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