Friday Discounts Go Live at Apple

Apple’s online store is back up featuring Black Friday discounts. The Mac maker not only slashed prices for its computers, iPods, and Apple TV, but also for creative tools, cases and bags, software, speakers, iPhone accessories, headphones, chargers, and more.

As soon as Apple’s store was back online, the first thing we could spot was the 21.5-inch iMac now selling for $1,098.00. The same $101 discount applies for the 27-inch configurations. Customers can also save $101 on Apple’s newest MacBook Pro 13-inch (from $1,098), as well as on 15-inch and 17-inch models.

Moving on to the iPods, a fifth-gen nano can now be ordered online for $138 (save $11) for the 8GB version, and $168 for the 16GB SKU. iPod touch models available in 8GB, 32GB, and 64GB form will now set you back just $178, $268, or $358, depending on the storage included with your choice. Black Friday now allows customers to save as much as $41 on an iPod touch.

An Apple TV with 160GB of storage is now $208.00 (was $229), while AirPort Express base stations with 802.11n and AirTunes go for $88 at Apple’s online store. The Multi-Touch-capable Magic Mouse retails for $69 since it was introduced earlier this month. Today, it’s just 5 bucks cheaper - $64. Not very impressive, may we add. Other accessories, including Time Capsules, Wireless keyboards and Apple In-Ear Headphones can also be acquired at a discount. Third-party items sell for some pretty good prices. A Sanyo Dual Camera Xacti VPC-FH1ABK is now $71 cheaper than before.

If you’ve been saving to buy a Mac, iPod, accessories, or just wanted to put some Apple goodness under the tree this year, today is probably the best time you could shop. So, go ahead and browse around the store. There’s an endless amount of options to be had. Knowing Apple, these are the best prices you’ll be getting for quite a while, so don’t waste any time.

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Buffalo Blu-ray burner USB 3.0

Buffalo unveiled its first USB 3.0 devices. To start this the drive HXU3 DriveStation HD-presentations that comes in 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2TB with speeds up to 130MB per second.

In theory the new standard allows transfer rates up to 4.8 gigabits per second - about 625MB/segundo - but so far the USB 3.0 storage devices in practice to approach this theoretical maximum. However, compared to USB 2.0 devices Buffalo's new drive offers a significant performance improvement. The HD-HXU3 comes with the backup application for Windows or Mac Memeo AutoBackup and its price is 199.99 USD, 249.99 USD and 399.99 USD depending upon capacity.

In addition to this disc, the company has unveiled what they call the Blu-ray burner market faster. This unit 12x USB 3.0 should burn a Blu-ray to 250GB in 11 minutes. The unit in question also records LTH Blu-ray at 6x, BD-RE rewritable discs at 2x, and 16x DVD whether they are single layer and 8x when two.

The DriveStation HD-HXU3 already available but Buffalo plans to put in the new burner Blu-ray X1216U3 BR-market end of December - first in Japan at a price of about 451USD. The company also supplied with these products a PCI USB 3.0 two ports for data subjects to include new standard in their machines if they do not.

MSI Wind U230: Another AMD Dual Ultrafine heart

MSI announced the Wind U230, a new ultra thin laptop in the footsteps of X-Slim X430. This computer is home to actually turn the second generation platform for low power AMD. Focusing on a screen backlight LED 12.1-inch WXGA display a definition, it weighs 1.3 kilograms with its 3-cell battery. Thanks to technology home 'eco engine ", the manufacturer claims a self-doubled compared to a conventional laptop 12 inches, but go into more detail.

It therefore contains a dual processor Low Voltage heart Neo AMD Athlon X2 1.6 GHz, a chip ATI Radeon HD 3200, 4GB of RAM and a hard disk from 160 to 320 GB Among the accessories and connections, we found a webcam of 1.3 million pixels, a reader SD memory card, Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi N.

The MSI Wind U230 will be delivered in Windows 7 Home Premium on a date and price unknown.

Mandriva Flash 2010 Linux on USB stick for 50 euros

Fifteen days after the release of its 2010 distribution, the French publisher Mandriva has announced the upcoming availability of its "Mandriva Flash, a USB drive equipped with a version immediately functional operating system without prior installation. The key has a capacity of 8GB, with 6GB can be consumed for storing user data.

The principle: provide an "office away" with whom he simply plug the key back to its environment and its information. This key can also be used to install the OS on the hard drive of his computer.

Gateway to the distribution of Mandriva, the key is therefore now use the 2010 edition, which we present recent news. We can preorder the site editor, at a price of 49.99 euros. Deliveries will begin mid-December.

Cricket MSGM8 for communication

American mobile operator Cricket Wireless announced a mobile phone MSGM8, oriented amateur communication. The device is made in monoblock form factor and has a QWERTY-keyboard. Cricket MSGM8 supports networks 3G. From the technical system features a 2.2-inch display, 1.3 megapixel camera module and Bluetooth. There is support for service MyBackup, which allows you to save your address book on the site operator Cricket Wireles for data recovery in case of loss of the phone.

Cricket MSGM8 will go on sale November 27. The first few days of its cost will be $ 100, then the device will go up.

Acer satisfied by sales of Windows 7

The 7 lucky to Microsoft. Taiwan's Acer Group, the second manufacturer worldwide, told Reuters that the new Windows 7 is selling well.

The computer manufacturer table effect on a 25% increase in sales this quarter and over 15% for all of 2010. "When we saw the features of Windows 7, we immediately understood that there is a strong demand," said Reuters chief executive officer.

A statement to be compared with a recent study by the Wall Street Journal estimated that sales of Windows 7 to 40 million units the first month against 20 million for its predecessor Windows Vista. When the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer truculent, he simply described the sales of "fantastic". A term that contrasts with the humility displayed by the Redmond company to launch its latest operating system.

Silverlight comes indirectly iPhone

The video content streamed using Silverlight technology should soon be playable on the Apple iPhone. Insofar as the Cupertino company prohibits the development of execution environments such as Flash or Silverlight on its terminal, Microsoft has opted to bypass this limitation by working on the server side. Specifically, it is simply to allow a publisher who wants one of his videos can be viewed on iPhone's true streaming broadcast in a format compatible.

"We've worked with Apple to create a server-side solution with IIS Media Services," said Brian Goldfarb, responsible user experience at Microsoft, to Betanews. "What we are doing is taking content that is encoded for streaming our progressive and allow the owner to say" I want this to work on iPhone ". The server will dynamically make the content compatible, same content, same entry point, with the iPhone. To do this, he explains, in particular to use the  video HTML 5, "in many ways. Without complex manipulations and without re-encoding, it becomes possible to read a Silverlight video on iPhone.

So we know the manufacturer hostile to the introduction of third party technologies in the mobile environment, Betanews asks, appropriately, on the fact that Microsoft claims to have worked with Apple on the subject. In reality, the publisher would have "done all the work, but had obtained approval from Apple without difficulties. This finding should open up avenues for those who like Adobe would like to enter the Apple ecosystem?

In the meantime, Microsoft should be happy to communicate on the subject at the exit of the final version of Silverlight 4. This effort tends to show that his statements concerning the nature of its technology platform intended for rich Web applications do not remain dead letter.

Intel Core Core i3 and i5 Details and prices

Intel should benefit from ESC, which will be held in Las Vegas from January 7 to 10, 2010, to launch Clarkdale, the first chip using a new process to 32 nm. First representative of the Westmere architecture, this chip contains according to the pace of innovation pendulum (tick tock) CPU derived from the Nehalem architecture, which she assistant for the first time a GPU, which confined him for a fine etching of 45 nm.

An e-tailer has also revealed the latest details on future CPUs based on this chip, including the frequencies of the GPU.

The first Clarkdale are as planned six double hearts.

The i5 650 Core, Core i5 660 and Core i5 670 show respectively a native frequency of 3.20, 3.33 and 3.46 GHz, which can increase to 3.46, 3.60 and 3.73 GHz turbo mode if all hearts were not solicited. The core logic are also lined through function simultaneous multithreading (SMT or formerly hyperthreading). They appear to pre-order about 130, 140 and 200 euros.

In entry level, the Core i3 530 and 540 clocked at 2.93 and 3.06 GHz are devoid of function SMT, so they have as many hearts as hearts logical physical and denied the turbo mode. They are in turn offered to about 85 and 100 euros.

GPU these five processors, known for now it supports hardware acceleration for decoding high definition video, like the GMA 4500MHD. It is clocked at 733 MHz against 400 to 533 MHz for the latter. The top five processors also show the same TDP of 73 W.

The Core i5 661, sixth and last Clarkdale, finally takes the key specifications of the Core i5 660 which it is derived. It is distinguished by its GPU clocked at 900 MHz and its TDP logically pointed to 87 W. Sold at the same price as the 660, it would for example run World of Warcraft maximum quality and 1920 × 1200 pixels at 30 fps.

P2P: Mininova remove all illegal torrents

After several months of legal wrangling, Mininova, famous-sharing service BitTorrent links, falls in rank, and bends to the verdict in the case against the Brein, the Netherlands Organization for the fight against piracy. Site administrators have removed Thursday, the full links to download files subject to copyright. Pending a possible appeal, Mininova will simply reference the files legally distributed in its program Content Distribution.

Sentenced last August 26, Mininova had three months to remove all links to content protected by copyright, under penalty of a fine of 1 000 per illegal torrent up to 5 million euros. Its directors were also put in place a filtering device to prevent them prior to sending links of this type.

"We tested several filtering devices past two months, but we realized it was neither technically nor operationally, to implement an effective system to 100%. Therefore, we decided that the only valid option was limited to torrents from Mininova's Content Distribution Program ", explained the team on his blog, adding it is still considering the possibility to appeal the verdict.

Founded in 2005 Mininova contain approximately 1.3 million file torrents. During November, the site has surpassed the ten billion torrent files distributed to users. It remains to see how to react to the millions of visitors. Se rueront they legal to files hosted by the platform, to selling services online, or about the many alternatives that already exist on the Web?

Samsung Forever SGH-A886

Samsung has announced a mobile phone Samsung Forever (SGH-A886).  The device has a 3-inch touch screen, 2 megapixel camera, the user interface TouchWIZ, module, Bluetooth, GPS and a slot for memory cards microSD.

Samsung Forever SGH-A886 Specifications :

• Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, HSDPA 850/1900 MHz
• Display: 3-inch touchscreen, with a resolution of 240x400 pixels
• Camera: 2 megapixel with autofocus
• Memory: 72 MB, slot microSDHC
• Communication: Bluetooth, USB 2.0
• Music Player
• Navigation: A-GPS
• Hours: talk time up to 3 hours standby mode up to 250 hours
• Dimensions: 109,2 x52, 3x12, 6 mm
• Weight: 94 g

Phone-clock Dream Watch Phone with two slots for SIM-cards

Company Phoenix Communications Inc. announced a telephone-clock Phenom Dream Watch Phone.

The device has a sufficiently compact size and elegant design. Phone-clock supports quad-band network of GSM, is endowed with 1.3-inch touch screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, FM-radio and a slot for memory cards microSD.

Also noteworthy feature of the device such as the presence of two slots for SIM-cards.

Phenom Dream Watch Phone  features :

• Network: GSM / GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Display: 1.3-inch touch TFT
• Camera: 1,3 Mp
• Memory: Slot for microSD memory cards
• FM-radio
• Hours: talk time up to 2 hours, standby up to 120 hours

Cost Phenom Dream Watch Phone is $ 395.

Communicator HTC HD2 Sales MTS

Operator MTS began selling its retail network in the first communicator HTC HD2 platform Windows phone interface HTC Sense.

As the operator, today on Russia's market HTC HD2 - very thin (11 mm) phone with the large touchscreen (4.3-inches with a resolution 480h800 points) among smartphones.

Furthermore, it is the first communicator platform Windows phone interface HTC Sense, which is based on three basic principles - Personalize, Be closer to opening up.

The technology of capacitive sensing screen device on the platform of Windows phone, along with a processor with a frequency of 1 GHz providing lightning-fast response to the slightest touch of the fingers to the screen.