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Launch of GT 610, 620 and 630… just renaming?
Inevitably you have understood from the title of this article that Nvidia is formalizing its GT 610, GT 620 and GT 630 entry-level cards and the waltz continues as the renaming of these three references have nothing do with Kepler, nor even remotely as we are entitled to the Fermi once again…
To make it simple, because in the end there’s no need to detail this new range, the GT 610 is a renamed GT 520 (thus with a GPU GF119) while the GT 620 and GT 630 are the well known GT 430 and GT 440 (with GF108 GPU). The GT 620 is paid for the luxury of being a “sub GT 430″ because the GT 430 is officially in 128-bit memory bus, the GT 620 is available in 64-bit… so take your...
The future of MediaCenter in Windows 8 clarified
Gradually, the worst fears are confirmed for MediaCenter. From the Microsoft blog comes the confirmation that you will have to purchase a pack to have the Windows Media Center. There will be two versions of Windows: Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro. Windows 8 Pro users will need to purchase Windows 8 Media Center Pack, while Windows 8 users will have to get the Windows 8 Pro Pack.
The latter package also incorporate Media Center turns your Windows 8 into the Pro version, so it will be quite more expensive than Windows Media Center Pack 8. In short if you buy Windows 8 you will forced to go to the Pro version to get Windows Media Center.
So in any case you must pay to have Windows Media Center. More,...
Google TV with quad-core ARM processor by LG
The LG will equip their upcoming TVs with a quad-core ARM processor, to guarantee a certain fluidity in high-definition display and multitasking.
The South Korean LG will formalize very soon a whole new range of TVs using the Google’s Android environment. The same one that was unveiled at the last CES in Las Vegas in January.
This new range of Google TV will be presented at Thursday, May 17 with the particularity of using a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 (operating frequency not specified, but will not exceed the 2 GHz according to the ARM recommendations).
This will ensure a smooth and stable operation for high-definition content, with 3D effect or not – 3D passive with polarized glasses....
Intel NUC: a concept mini PC with Ivy Bridge INside
Intel took advantage of a trade show held in London last weekend to show the NUC, a mini-PC design of 100 mm side, exploiting its latest generation of chips, namely Ivy Bridge.
For this concept PC called NUC (Next Computing Unit), Intel based on its expertise in portable machines and operates components dedicated to this world to realize it. Regarding the size of the set, so we come to 100 mm wide...
HomeOS: the Microsoft Windows for home automation
Microsoft recently released a white paper entitled “An Operating System for the Home“, which presents its new operating system for home automation and home networks, HomeOS.
The idea is to provide an operating system similar to those of a PC, but faced to home technology. The various elements of the home (TVs, surveillance camera, garage door, etc..) are presented as HomeOS devices and...
Intel Ivy Bridge: HD 4000 graphics made for HTPC
Could there be a HTPC setup with the HD 4000 integrated graphics with new processors from Intel Ivy Bridge? The answer is in a test.
Intel recently formalized its first generation of Ivy Bridge processors engraving 22 nanometers. Fifteen quad-core models in all.
Among the novelties brought forward, there is the HD 4000 graphics, which promises a particularly interesting performance.This is what our...
OpenELEC 2.0 Beta 2 released
OpenELEC presented yesterday the Beta 2 of its long awaited. This version has solved 75 open spots on the Beta 1, with a total of 137 changes by 11 developers.
The major changes are:
add RTL8168 Network driver support
embed Realtek network firmware in kernel for faster PXE boot with Realtek network cards
update to kernel 3.2.15
update to Mesa-8.0.2
update to Python-2.7.3
update to libcec-1.6.1 (for...
Ikea will sell Uppleva: TV & Furniture
Ikea has been diversifying its business for a long time, we all remember their first home appliances. It seems that the time has come to the TV, and for its launch, they have chosen to attach it to a cabinet, as not being Ikea.
The product is called Uppleva and basically is an TV integrated in a cabinet, thus avoiding annoying wires. Not that they have revolutionized the concept, but they solve...
