HP Introduces the Slate 7, its first Android tablet

As rumors suggested, HP re-enter the tablet market with Slate 7, a new Android tablet that the company introduced at MWC 2013 in Barcelona. In the past, HP has already released Windows 7 tablets with WebOS, which had little success.

The presentation of the tablet did not occur precisely at MWC, but the night before the start of the event, but it is practically the same. The Slate 7 is a 7-inch tablet that runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and weighs about 370 grams. With this new gadget, HP is focusing on a market sector that looks very promising: the mid-sized mobile devices. Obviously here the firm find much competition from Nexus 7, iPad and Kindle Fire HD Mini, among others.

Regarding specifications Slate 7, the tablet has a dual-core 1.6GHz Cortex A9 architecture, has a screen resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, has Beats Audio speakers, features a microUSB port, a front camera VGA quality and a 3MP rear. The internal memory is 8GB, but we can expand using a microSD card.

The price of the tablet for is only U.S. $ 180, making it very likely to be able to cope with the rest of the competition in its sector.

What are your first impressions of the HP Slate 7?

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HP EliteBook Revolve, the new generation of convertible laptops

Yesterday HP announced its new generation of convertible notebooks, but for now we have only one model: the EliteBook Revolve. This is a laptop touch with potential to become a tablet. The device is designed primarily for the business sector and government customers requiring a team slim, powerful and that in turn can be used as a tablet.
The device uses an Intel Core Ivy Bridge and runs with Windows 8. In addition to the potential for an ultrabook, also gives us the ability to quickly become a touch screen tablet with 11.6-inch high definition.
The EliteBook Revolve is surrounded by a magnesium chassis and uses a glass Gorilla Glass 2. HD4 has a powerful camera that we can use with CyberLink YouCam also includes two microphones, peripheral connectors, ports USB 3.0 and DisplayPort technology uses NFC and 256GB SSD.
The HP EliteBook Revolve will be released around March next year. Its price will be revealed when we get closer to the release date.

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HP launches new laptops with attractive designs

 

Have already been put on sale a couple of new notebooks from HP that measure 14 inches, the HP 2149se and HP g4-g4-2169se, both available via Walmart and priced at $ 500 and $ 630 dollars respectively. Both are female-oriented laptops or anyone who likes a lot of colors inspired designs and butterflies. Let's see how they differ.
The g4-2149se HP has a modern processor technology launched this year, the A6-4400m AMD dual-core architecture Trinity, beside which we find a 500GB hard drive and a Radeon HD 7520G, plus 4GB RAM.
The g4-2169se HP has a better processor than her younger sister, as it is an Intel Core i5-2450m and third generation also has a 640GB hard drive. It also has 4GB of RAM, Intel graphics card HD 3000 is not as good as the Radeon just mentioned. Note that this model has Bluetooth connectivity.
The specifications in common they share is the aforementioned RAM, a battery of 5.5 hours of battery life and a DVD burner. Both are good for everyday tasks such as notebooks have noticed.

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HP g6-1d01dx, a very cheap laptop 15.6 inch

 

If someone is looking for a new cheap laptop for work, use at home to study tasks and occasionally make room for the entertainment, then the new HP g6-1d01dx is the notebook you need. It can be purchased for $ 380 at BestBuy and comes with a holster, a flash memory , a wireless mouse and has a free antivirus preinstalled.
The machine is very powerful because it actually has an A4-3305M AMD dual-core is not equal to other processors of modern technology , but for the price we can not ask for much more. Along with the aforementioned processor graphics card is integrated AMD Radeon HD 6480G and we'll find 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive.
The specifications of the HP g6 high-1d01dx include a DVD recorder, screen resolution of 1366 × 768, webcam with microphone, HDMI, three USB port and of course also has a LAN, WiFi and Bluetooth, plus a card reader, a VGA port and a 6-cell battery.
Considering the price, does not seem a bad deal

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Apple security firm AuthenTec bought for $ 356 million

 

The Apple bought the technology company AuthenTec security for $ 356 million, according to CNET .

The AuthenTec provides security solutions for various platforms, including Mac OS and even Android, and other large customers such as Cisco, HBO, HP, Lenovo, LG, Samsung and Motorola.

The company specializes in network security and authentication, and video solutions. Their technology could be incorporated into iOS devices or services streaming video on the entire ecosystem of devices from Apple.

With the acquisition, Apple seems to be more concerned about the safety of their devices. Recently, the company's systems were targeted by malware - both the Mac OS X and iOS, which suffered the first attack of malicious software.

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