New PSP console will get slide screen

New model PSP will go on sale in the end of current year, writes Eurogamer referring to a source close to company Sony. Journalists managed to find out that portable console will really lose UMD slot. Besides, PSP-4000 will differ from the previous versions of game system presence of slide screen. As informs an anonymous source, in the closed condition gamers cannot use the majority of buttons PSP. In the opened kind the console will not differ on functionality from PSP-3000. Journalists underlined that the sizes of the screen will not change. Representatives of company Sony have refused to make comments on this information. We will notice that it any more the first hearings about new model PSP. In the end of February this information was confirmed with the founder of game Earthworm Jim David Perr (David Perry). As he said, Sony will refuse from UMD-Slot, and will extend further games through own network service. Gamers can write down them directly on flash card PSP. It is already known that the Japanese division of the company searches for people for testing of the new device concerning trade marks PlayStation or PSP. Thus developers do not specify, on what they work at the moment. The first model PSP left in Japan in the end of 2004. To the middle of February of current year Sony it was possible to sell all over the world 50 million portable game systems. Thus PSP still takes the second place in the market of portable game systems, conceding DS. According to company Nintendo data, by the end of last year it has been sold 96,22 million these consoles.

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Apple has let out new Mac Pro

Apple has let out new generation of computers Mac Pro. They are constructed on base Quad server processors Intel Xeon with microarchitecture Nehalem. On it it is informed in press release Apple. Representatives Apple underline that new Mac Pro became more effective. Thus their floor price was reduced to 300 dollars.

Now the cheapest Mac Pro costs 2499 dollars. Depending on a complete set, frequency of the processor new Mac Pro makes from 2,26 to 2,93 GhZ. A standard video card of computers is Nvidia GeForce GT 120 c in 512 mbytes of memory of format GDDR3. At desire it is possible to replace a video card on ATI Radeon HD 4870 with similar volume of video memory, but standard GDDR5. Capacity of the standard HDD of the computer - 640 GB. Eight-nuclear Mac Pro it is equipped by 6GB operative memory, with possibility of increase to 32 GB. The capacity of its standard hard disk also is equal 640 GB. The minimum cost of such personal computer - 3299 dollars.

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Apple has presented new Mac mini

Apple Corporation announced on March, 3rd new minidesktop Mac mini which is delivered in two variants. Both variants are equipped by processor Intel Core 2 Duo, working on frequency 2 GhZ, and videosystem Nvidia GeForce 9400M, port FireWire 800 and five ports USB 2.0. Cheaper Mac mini is equipped by one gigabyte memories and a hard disk on 120 GB. In more expensive version of a minidesktop it is established two gigabytes memories and a hard disk in capacity 320 GB. In the first 128 MB of video memory, in the second - 256. As a whole the senior model Mac mini on a configuration is close to sold for 1199 dollars 20-inch iMac, but has no display. Thus Mac mini has sockets Mini DisplayPort and Mini-DVI that allows to connect it both to the majority of usual monitors, and to LED Cinema Display the same Apple. Younger model Mac mini will cost in the USA 599 dollars, and senior - 799 dollars.

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Apple updates desktop line computers

Apple has updated on March, 3rd a ruler of computers iMac announced the updated computers of a series iMac. The new ruler consists of 20-inch model and three 24-inch. About it it is told in press release Apple. 20-inch iMac it is equipped by processor Intel Core 2 Duo, working on frequency 2,66 GhZ and video card Nvidia GeForce 9400M. The Same processor and a videosystem equips younger 24-inch model. The memory size at them makes, accordingly, 2 and 4 GB, hard disk capacity - 320 and 640 GB. Average and senior 24-inch models differ from others more powerful videosystem. In average video card Nvidia GeForce GT 120 with 256 mbytes of memory GDDR3 is by default established. In senior - Nvidia GeForce GT 130 c in 512 mbytes of memory GDDR3. The processor of the senior models with the 24-inch display works on frequencies 2,93 GhZ and 3,06 GhZ accordingly. Cost of younger model iMac with the 20-inch display in the USA will make 1199 dollars. The younger 24-inch model costs 1499 dollars, and average - 1799 dollars, and senior - 2199 dollars.

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Analysts have predicted record falling of demand for computers

In 2009 demand for computers will be reduced to record 11,9 percent, told in the report of analysts Gartner the data from which results ZDNet. The previous record of reduction in demand has been established in 2001 when the corresponding indicator has fallen all to 3,2 percent. On sale emerging markets should decrease for 10,4 percent. Before growth of sales of computers in 2002, the made 11,1 percent was considered as the worst indicator. The record on reduction of sales of computers in the developed markets belonged earlier to 2001 when they have fallen to 7,9 percent. In 2009 reduction of sales for 13 percent is expected. A unique segment of the market with high rates of increase of sales become нетбуки. In 2009 21 million devices while in 2008 the sales volume has made 11,7 million of netbooks will be sold. On them it is necessary eight percent of deliveries of computers and analytics expect that netbooks will slow down falling of sales in branch. In December, 2008 of analytics Gartner have predicted reduction in 2009 of manufacture of microcircuits for 16,3 percent. This falling of the market should become the largest since 2001.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened the largest IT exhibition of Europe

The governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and German chancellor Angela Merkel in the evening on second of March have opened the IT exhibition largest in Europe - CeBIT, informs AFP. Last year CeBIT head Microsoft Steve Balmer opened. In 2009 the State of California is the official partner of exhibition CeBIT. It represent about 50 companies the majority from which are in the Silicon valley. The main themes CeBIT of 2009 steels development of the Internet and "green" technologies. Besides, at an exhibition such themes, as IT in public health services, information safety, development of the mobile market will be discussed. One year ago ecological compatibility was the main theme CeBIT. Exhibition CeBIT exists since 1970 and is traditionally spent in Hanover. In 2009 it will pass from March, third till March, eighth. The participation in CeBIT 2009 have declared 4300 companies. One year ago in CeBIT 5845 enterprises participated.

Intel announced Atom processors for mediaphones

Intel Company has presented four new processors of family Atom, informs Electronista. They concern series Z500 and are intended for installation in mobile devices and various electronics, including the automobile. Specially for use with new processors Atom company Intel announced new type of devices - a media background. Last represents the intermediate decision between smart phones, mobile Internet devices and netbooks.
The media background, in representation Intel, is equipped by processor Atom of series Z500 and the 8,9-inch touch screen. The volume of flesh-memory of the device makes eight гигабайт, operative memory - one gigabyte. Also the media background is equipped by five USB-ports, sockets Ethernet and HDMI. By means of a media background it is possible to leave in the Internet, to look video on YouTube and to call both through cellular communication networks, and through the Internet. Chips Atom Z510P and Z510PT work with frequency 1,1 GhZ. Frequency of processors Intel Atom Z520PT and Z530P makes 1,3 and ones and a half GhZ accordingly. Power consumption of processors does not exceed 2,2 watts. Chips Z520PT and Z510PT can work at temperature from a minus 40 to plus of 85 degrees of Celsius. Processors Z510PT and Z530PT in one and a half time less than the usual chips Atom used in netbooks. Their size makes 13х14 millimetres against 20х22 millimetres at netbook variant Atom. Deliveries of new processors Atom will begin spring of current year. Cost of chips is not informed.

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In 2009 the largest IT-exhibition of Europe missed a quarter of participants

Number of participants in Europe's largest IT-exhibition CeBIT in 2009 will decline by more than a quarter - up to 4300 companies, reports IDG News. A year ago, took part in CeBIT 5845 companies.
Record number of participants was the CeBIT in 2001. Then, in the exhibition was attended by more than eight thousand companies. In 2006, its products at CeBIT 6262 the company presented.

According to organizers, the majority of companies that refuse to participate in CeBIT 2009, are China, South Korea and Taiwan. Many of them have had to close because of the economic crisis.

The exhibition CeBIT 2009 in Hanover opened the third of March. The area of 200 thousand square meters. In 2008, CeBIT was placed on 240 thousand square meters. At the opening ceremony of the CeBIT 2009 will be attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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New Intel Power Platform

Power Platform for Intel Atom processors for the new generation will be twice lower than chipset working with the first generation of these processors, reports Fudzilla.
Platform for Intel to work with the second generation of Atom will be called Pine Trail-D. In addition to the low power consumption, it will hold 70 per cent less area than a platform that works with the current generation processor Atom.

Also on the platform of Pine Trail-D is well known that it would support the memory standard DDR2.

The code name of Intel Atom processors of second-generation - Pineview. These chips will include a memory controller and graphics core. Pineview will be issued on 45-nanometer production methods in single-and dual-core versions.

Date of announcement Pineview processors will not be disclosed. We know only that the dual-core chip of this series, designed for installation in desktop computers, appear in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Intel Atom processors have been submitted in March 2008. They have low energy, low cost and are intended for use in mobile devices, and in ultradeshevyh computers. In the sale of the chips received in early June.

Currently, Intel offers processors to be used with Atom chipset 945GSE. His energy is eight watts.

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Panasonic has learned to print OLED-panels

Panasonic Electric Works, a unit of Japanese corporations Panasonic, at the Printable Electronics in Tokyo, announced a new technology developed by a panel of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), writes TechRadar.
To manufacture the panel was used to print, which the developers referred to as "slit coating method. Details of the method of publication does not, however, notes that the new panel in the future could reduce the price of production of televisions.

New bar on the quality similar to or better than normal. They scored 95 points on an index of color, while the other fluorescent development that ranges from 50 to 80.

Working on similar technology, the Japanese engineers Corporation Toshiba, who are trying to create teleoboi - paper that can be turned into a screen. At the core of their design is also based on organic light-emitting diodes. Teleoboi different from today's low power technologies.

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