Samsung Series 9 Premium, new ultrabook 13.3-inch Full HD

Here's a new addition to the family of ultrabooks from Samsung. This is the great  Samsung Series 9 Premium, a laptop that has a 13.3-inch screen features Full HD resolution, but also incorporates a technology called SuperBright, thanks to which the screen is twice as bright compared to screens most other notebooks market.

Inside, the Series 9 Premium carries an Intel Core i7-3537U dual-core 2.0GHz with 4MB of cache, this is a CPU that was released 3 months ago. Apart from that has 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD and your graphics card is the Intel HD 4000 integrated classic. The laptop has a pair of 1.5W speakers each also has an HD webcam and has WiFi, WiDi, and Bluetooth 4.0. Its battery has a maximum duration of approximately 5.8 hours.

In terms of ports, the Series 9 Premium features microHDMI, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, headphone and microphone input and also has a card reader.

Samsung said to be quite proud of the design, which frankly is very striking. The chassis is made of aluminum used and the thickness of the notebook is half inch.

The Premium Series 9 is now on sale and cost $ 1400. I personally find it a very cute in design, but for that money we can get a laptop with considerably better specifications.

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Max Excalibur Storm Titan Edition, a powerful PC game

The computer gamer oriented sector are quite different from the standard. The main difference is obviously in the specifications, because today there are video games that demand high requirements to run correctly on our PC, so it is essential that a team is very well equipped gamer level hardware. But that's not all, because in many cases, the cabinet of this kind of computer is also very different from the standard, being much more detailed and with a design that draws much attention.

The PC gamer you are seeing above is called  Titan Edition Storm Max Excalibur. The processor it carries is probably one of the best on the market: it is an  Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition , which has six cores, runs at 3.5GHz (4.0GHz with Turbo Boost) and has 15MB of cache. Additionally, inside the tower can also find Intel X79 Express chipset and a powerful graphics card  GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB. Regarding the reports, has a total of 32GB of RAM, more than enough to run any game you want, and memory storage is handled by a 256GB SSD, but we can also add a hard drive if you want. Other specs include a Blu-ray reader, one card reader, a power of 750W 80PLUS SILVER and operating system can be Windows 8 or Windows 7, as we like better.

The  Storm Titan Edition Max Excalibur  is now on sale and is priced at $ 4,055 dollars.

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A smart helmet that monitors our vital signs

Like cycling and regularly practice this sport? This this case you may come in handy. Apart from its obvious function of protecting our heads against possible fall, the new helmet  LifeBEAM handles some things more as discussed below.

LifeBEAM is a small company with great potential and well-qualified staff, and that is clear from this kind of creations. What we are seeing in the picture is also the rider and his bike, the first intelligent cycling helmet. This town known for being able to monitor our vital signs suchas heart rate and so on, and all this is possible thanks to the technology electro-optics.

On the front of the hull can find an optical sensor that contacts our forehead. By doing this, the sensor transmits signals to the processing unit located on the rear of the helmet. This unit is responsible for transmitting the data to a mobile device through a Bluetooth connection. From your mobile phone will be able to see our vital signs and check if all is well.

It is worth mentioning that the project is not completely finished yet, but LifeBEAM is working hard at it.

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The police conduct a search in the offices of Samsung

Bad news for Samsung. The South Korean company not only faces lawsuits against Apple in the U.S. and Europe, but also have problems with the police in their own country. LG also comes from South Korea, but this does not change the fact that both companies are rivals.Recently, LG has accused Samsung of possessing stolen information about its technology . Due to this fact, South Korean police has taken action on the matter and have begun to inspect a Samsung office located in Asan, south of the capital, for possible stolen documents that relate to the technology from LG.

Police looking for any hint of a possible theft by Samsung in order to determine how they are involved in the matter, if it is confirmed that they were.

In July last year, several employees of LG were accused of theft related to OLED technology.Samsung, meanwhile, says he does not need to steal OLED technology to another company, because they already have the best in the world.

Do you think Samsung has stolen important documents to LG?

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The Google Glass also banned in Las Vegas

Do the Google Glass device will become the highest number of prohibitions in the world? If things continue at this rate, maybe. Whatever may happen in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and this applies also to the famous Google goggles. It is obvious that the various casinos and clubs in the city does not want people to go out there with his great spectacles recording everything they see. The reasons are more than obvious.

One of the managers of a major club in town say they have faced such problems for years. That is, not only refers to the Glass glasses , but what are cameras and mobile phones capable of taking pictures and recording videos. As Glass sales increase, more people will start using them.If someone is seen wearing a pair of glasses Glass in a club or casino, you will be the same as it does to people carrying cameras.

Taking pictures is prohibited in some locales of Las Vegas, and the security guards asked to not take pictures out of respect for the privacy of others.

I wonder what the next place where the Google Glass will be banned.

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The apps market continues to grow

Today, practically all devices technology are able to run modern apps: phones, computers, laptops, tablets, televisions, etc.. Frankly we are not surprised that the app market continues to grow and especially to do it at a good pace, as the use made ​​of the various apps is awesome.We have results on growth during the first quarter of the 2013.

According to the report by research firm Canalys, a total of 13.400 billion apps were downloaded during these three months, representing an increase of 11% over the last quarter of 2012. Total revenues are estimated to be around $ 2.2 billion dollars, which makes it quite clear that the vast majority of apps downloaded are free.

The amount of downloads named comes from the four major app stores in the world: the Play of Google, Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World and then the WP Store Microsoft. The greatest number of downloads occurred obviously in store Google, since the amount of Android phones exceeds that of any other mobile OS world. Google has taken 51% of the total, Apple is a close as stated and Microsoft along with BlackBerry watching the view from behind.

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Samsung TIVA Book 6, decently appointed new notebook

The truth is that a few weeks ago did not we threw out a notebook that was not gamer sector, so it is time to see one. The one we have before us is the  Samsung TIVA Book 6 , recently launched in some markets and on track to reach others. What kind of hardware will have the TIVA Book 6 inside? Well, that comes next.

It is a laptop that is fairly well equipped, able to do everyday tasks and much more, even gamers can give enough use provided you do not want to run anything too modern with high quality graphics. Back then, the  Samsung TIVA Book 6 is a 15.6-inch notebook features Full HD resolution for brilliant display. The processor has a Intel Core i7 which is accompanied by 8GB of RAM , and a 1TB hard drive and a powerful graphics card  AMD Radeon HD8770M .

The level of connectivity options are diverse: it has WiDi, WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0. Its speakers are JBL and also has an HD webcam and LAN ports, VGA, HDMI and USB 2.0/3.0. The notebook has a backlit keyboard and battery life is about 8 hours.

If you ask for the price, the Samsung TIVA Book 6 costs about $ 1200.

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Sony announces new 4K TVs 55 to 65 inches

Sony has finally released new details regarding their new televisions 4K with resolution of 3840 × 2160 pixels. Specifically, the company has announced both the price and the release date of these new products. The 55-inch model called the Bravia XBR-55X900A , while his brother over 65 inches is called Bravia XBR-65X900A . Of course when televisions 4K, which are the most advanced of the market, there will be nothing cheap, and actually cost $ 5,000 and $ 7,000 respectively. A great investment no doubt, but if we get one and look after it properly surely not will specify a new one for the next 10 years.

The screens of both televisions are Triluminous and use the technique of image processing X-Reality PRO, as well as incorporating the technology Motionflow XR960 which increases the playback speed to get a great picture quality. If we require connectivity, has NFC and WiFi.

The new TVs, which incidentally were presented at CES 2013 in January, will be put on sale on April 21 for those prices. Also remember that Sony is planning to launch a TV 4K 84-inch will cost about $ 25,000.

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