New Asus Notebook: GeForce and bamboo for the upscale

Asus does not stop in so good way and enjoy his last press conference dedicated to laptops to renew two other families of laptops and adjust the same time the price positioning.

GeForce for PC multimedia
The Asus third generation N series processors adopt unsurprisingly Arrandale family, or optional power hungry CPU and quad-core Clarksfield family, as well as GeForce GT 325M.

The graphics are not the only ones to honor these new laptops as the N series are in turn the house SonicMaster audio technology, the same one that was designed in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen for the flagship presented earlier. We therefore promises a good quality sound for a laptop.

Available in size 15.6 or 17.3 inches, the Asus N53 or N73 as standard features a dual processor Core i5 heart-450M clocked at 2.40GHz, a graphics chip integrated over the chip GeForce 325M GT associated 1 GB of DDR3, with auto switching through Optimus technology, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 640GB hard drive the sake of cost, the basic model of 17 inches is deprived of Blu -ray found on the entire range.

The power-hungry users can opt for a Core i7-720QM, but then they must draw a line much of the autonomy of their computer because this CPU does not include graphics chip, leaving all the work the greedy GPU dedicated.

The Asus N53 is 39 mm thick and weighs 2.7 kg and a price of 1100 euros in standard configuration. The Asus N73 measures the same thickness, but charged 3.41 kg on the scales for a cheap price of 1150 euros. They will be launched in September.

Of bamboo in the ultra-portable Eco
The Bamboo range is also updated to accommodate the platform Arrandale. It differs from other ultra-portable brand by integrating proprietary technology Super Hybrid Engine, which handles sub-clocking components even more that their specifications do not provide, and thus save even more energy, all in one sustainable manner. The bamboo that covers the palm rest and the cover of the screen is actually a plant that repels most easily and quickly in the world.

The Asus Bamboo U33 revolves around a screen WXGA LED backlight 13.3 inches while the Asus Bamboo U53 has the same definition of a screen of 15.6 inches. They contain both a Core i5-450M, an integrated graphics chip and a chip dedicated Nvidia GeForce 310M G equipped with 1GB of dedicated memory and compatible with the technology scale Optimus, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and hard drive 500-GB Model 15.6 "entitled to a DVD including the 13.3-inch guard.

The U33 is 31 mm thick to 1.8 kg and 1070 euros, the U53 33 mm 2.86 kg and 1130 euros. They will be launched in September.

GoogleCL: Google command line

While the user interface is moving towards multi-screens and interactive interfaces probably worthy of the greatest science fiction films, for its part, Google has decided to rewrite the old terminal to the taste of the day, a great way to revive the interest of the most geeky of you.

Originally created by the team of Google Street View to their own needs, GoogleCL was developed in Python and can interact with the company's core services without going through a browser and directly command line. Among the sites already compatible include Blogger, Google Calendar, Contacts, Documents, Picasa or YouTube.

Rather than go to the Gmail address book to add a new contact, then play the real geek and type:
$ Google add contacts "First Name, adresse@email.com" contacts.csv

Publish an article on blogger, go see the item, edit a document, create a photo album or even publish a video, GoogleCL supports thirty orders. The project is open source, new features should be added subsequently.

Apple has updated its anti malware

The firm Sophos security reported on its official blog that within the latest version of Mac OS X ( 10.6.4 ) deployed last Tuesday, Apple also updated its anti-malware.

Specifically Apple has changed the file XProtect.plist, listing all the signatures of malware targeting its operating system. This list has been supplemented by a new entry called "OSX.HellRTS. The Trojan, identified by Sophos in April under the name of OSX / Pinhead-B, is pretending to be the manager of iPhoto images. Once installed the malware on the victim's computer, the hacker can proceed in sending massive amounts of spam but also access to files or to take screenshots. There is no mention of this latest threat to the security bulletin released by Apple.

In addition, Adobe said that Mac OS 10.6.4 does not carry the latest version of its Flash Player (10.1.53.64) but considered less secure version (10.0.45.2). Users who already updated this plugin would not, however, demoted to the previous update.

Dell Inspiron R wireless display with Wireless Display

Dell today opened a new variant, we could almost be described as upgrade the Inspiron family. After launching the ultrafine family Inspiron Z , also still waiting to move to new low voltage processors from Intel , the U.S. manufacturer today launched the family "Inspiron R" entry level.

The new family "Dell Inspiron R" stands for a family or household use and student. Available in diagonal 14, 15 or 17 inches, the range starts to do this at $ 450 U.S.. The choice of a custom color, once confined to the outer face of the hood, now extends to the chassis of the keyboard. The brushed aluminum look and the reasons which make their appearance on the cover and the wrist rest are also reminiscent of HP's consumer line.

We also found a typical configuration of the time, no-frills standard, yet customizable, as always, this time with the availability of an option rather rare. The machines contain a mobile processor so Intel Core i3 or i5, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, hard drive up to 640GB and an ATI graphics card (model unknown) underpinned by up to 1 GB dedicated memory.

The family "Dell Inspiron R" will be marketed in the United States from June 25, for a launch date in Europe and particularly France have not yet been disclosed.