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