Here is a cool AT AT Walker Computer spotted at “The Party 10″. “Unusual PC case mods. At first glance or from afar, this may look like an AT-AT Walker toy, but upon closer inspection, you’ll see that it’s a fully-functional computer, loaded with red LED lights. On the inside, you’ll find a quad-core 3.4-GHz Intel Core [...]
Intel has just launched their latest Ivy Bridge processors, which feature a more energy efficient transistor technology also known as 3D transistor. PC Business Chief for Intel, Kirk Skaugen led the launch, stating that the company has already put up three industrial units for the production of the new Ivy Bridge chips. A fourth factory [...]
Microsoft just unveiled on the Windows Blog the 3 official editions of Windows 8 : the versions are Windows 8 (Home), Windows 8 PRO and Windows 8 RT. -Home Edition: suitable as the name suggests for most users (family) -PRO Edition: it will provide update from Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate, a file system encryption, [...]
For quite some time Apple and its many fans thought the Macintosh computer is impervious to malware attacks – from widespread viruses to silent but deadly Trojans. But a recent virus attack specifically directed at Macs has spread surreptitiously this week, infecting as many as half a million machines all over the world, from the [...]
Yes Commodore is back, but this time not with a video game but with a personal computer : Amiga Mini. The iconic brand of the 1990s returns to the front of the scene she had left in 1994 after declaring bankruptcy. This time the Commodore Amiga mini is not a game console, but a powerful PC hidden in a brushed aluminum case (3×7.5 inches). Available in three versions, the Amiga Mini is equipped with a Core i7 3.5GHz-2700k for the largest model, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, a NVIDIA [...]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available for download since this morning and we have first hands-on video on Microsoft new OS. Official Microsoft Video, by Jensen Harris, Director of Program Management for User Experience on the Windows Team : All details on Windows Team blog. Hardware you need to run Windows8 on your computer : [...]
Windows 8 Public Beta also called Consumer Preview is available for download since 9:00 am this morning. This is actually the first public version for consumers. Download Windows8 Consumer Preview here : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso Use product KEY DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J for english version. 2 links available : 64-bit (3.3 GB) and 32-bit (2.5 GB). The best is to [...]
Microsoft just unveiled 2 days ago the new official logo for Windows 8 : This is sober and simple.. It shows the tile interface from Metro and a look of a window. The color is light blue and without borders. Microsoft worked with the agency Pentagram to design this new logo. Personally I don’t like [...]
Here are all the Apple Design ever since inception. Compiled in a short video. Every Apple Design Ever (ish) in 30 seconds. Did they forget something ? [via]
TheVerge ‘s Team is reporting a video and photos about the new Windows 8 Operating System by Microsoft. Windows 8 OS second beta release will be available for download at the end of february, 5 months after first initial release. “Microsoft is demonstrating some of the latest features to the crowd of attendees. The most [...]
Before laptops, before tablets and mobiles there were DIY portable computers. Just like this one…
I guess you will want to have Scoble’s Workstation. This is just insane. “All of these windows stream and change in real time. The microphones are Blue Microphones (my favorite is the Baby Bottle on the left). This system absolutely rocks and I feel so fortunate to be able to afford it.” [via]
Will William Henry Gates III aka Bill Gates come back to Microsoft with a CEO position ? “One prominent chief executive told Fortune he’d heard from someone close to Gates that he might be considering such a move. Could Gates goose the moribund stock price? Possibly. Any CEO turnover tends to jumpstart improvement in a [...]
Microprocessor is 40 years old this year. The first real microprocessor (Intel) was born in 1971 and it was part of the Busicom Calculator. In 1977 he was integrated in the Commodore PET computer. In 1978, in washing machines. In 1980 in Pacman arcade game and in 1986 in Nintendo NES game console. It came [...]
You were wondering what it looks like when Windows 8 crashes ? Now you know : Still ugly, actually. This blue screen is a little surpise because we were expecting a black death screen since april (screenshot by Canoua, member of MyDigitalLife.info) : [via]
IBM and 3M developped a computer chip with a super glue that is 1000 times faster than today’s microprocessors. IBM Corp. and 3M have already succeeded in creating a silicon tower that dissipates heat and allows stacking up to 100 chips on each other. The 3D processor would be 1000 times faster than those that [...]
Microsoft demos Windows 8 Fast Booting in a video posted on « Building Windows 8 » blog. It will take only a few seconds for the computer (here a laptop) to start up. Windows 8 should be 30 to 70% faster than Windows 7 to start. Fast booting is possible thanks to the new hybrid [...]
Google will release its first two ChromeBook Laptops, under the brands Acer and Samsung, as soon as June 15 2011, online. The Chromebook is a laptop that will run on the operating system of Google Chrome OS, especially designed for web browsing. No programs to install, no need for antivirus. Just the Web, only the [...]
Apparently, Harvard University (located in Cambridge Massachusetts, close to Boston) made the difficult choice to the most important question in the World : ”Mac or PC?”. Photo taken last Sunday in the lobby of the Harvard Science Center :
Windows 8, the successor of Windows 7 might implement some ecommerce features. According to the rumors, the new Microsoft operating system may be released at the end of summer 2011 (hence within a year). But the greatest news is the implementation of an online shop, the Windows Store, running on the same basics as the [...]
