Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Microsoft begins developing the next generation of Xbox

Microsoft has set to work to work on the next generation of Xbox. He does not want to happen as with the tablets, which start with different speeds and you're looking for new jobs to cover the face of the new generation of its console. He has been through several ads in LinkedIn where the news has jumped since it offers several posts in different departments to work in the future Xbox.

In any case, experience in 3D graphics requests for what you already know where they want to move (not surprising, for the moment). In the ads themselves are related Microsoft anticipates that with its sights set on the future of your gaming console. Yes, we are not alarmed because if you still are looking for qualified personnel to develop the next Xbox is still in an early stage and take until we see it on the market.

ASUS unveils its new laptop range

ASUS has already announced it would renew its K-Series range launched in 2009 aimed at multimedia and gaming, for now is a reality and the new laptops will be light this month of March. The new range will come with 15.6-inch monitors and 17.3 inches, with good processors and high-end graphics cards to improve gaming experience.

All come equipped with Intel Core Huron River second-generation Intel processors a range of 32-nanometer technology are compatible with Blu-Ray WiMaz or 3D. Also among the range of graphics that we can choose are the nVidia GeForce GT500 and GT540, the latter with a dedicated memory of 2 GB DDR3.

Here comes the first application for Kinect and Windows 7

In a previous news we announced that Microsoft would release an SDK in the spring to develop applications for Windows 7 Kinect, but software companies do not stand with folded hands and began to develop even without official support, as After-Mouse did. com. The company has developed the first application for Kinect, for retail sale, which allows the user to navigate through a window, see 3D images of products, compare products selected and purchased directly via the user's shopping cart .

BenQ launches new HD projector

The developer of technology products BenQ has introduced its new HD projector the W1100. This new device presented by BenQ seems to be an ideal solution for those who wish to have your own cinema at home can also be used for meetings or conferences but not too large spaces. The W1100 has a 1080p HD resolution with a total of 2000 ANSI lumens and has a 4500:1 contrast cup.

It also has SRS WOW HD technology that improves image quality and 10W speakers. As for the connectivity part of the projector has HDMI, USB, S-Video and VGA. The launch of the BenQ W1100 for all of Europe is confirmed for the month of March, leaving about U.S. dates are not known.

Explorer 6 must vanish began the 'countdown'

ROME - Explorer 6, a browser die hard. Despite the years, now ten, and physical problems, updates continuously treated by trying to plug the gap wider, IE6 is still used by 12% of Internet users in the world, data collected in February 2011. Although a decrease of 9% compared to 2010, are still too many according to Microsoft, which to settle Explorer 6 and the workload and grit he brings with him, the initiative launches web ie6countdown.

Wallaby converts Adobe Flash in HTML5

Adobe Wallaby presented a free converter that turns Flash content in HTML 5, in order to solve the problem compatibility of Apple products that do not support the FLV format. Wallaby now converts files to optimal Flash (FLA Macromedia Flash Project File Format), creating content in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS, such as eliminates unnecessary parts TAG Audio / Video, and making it possible for developers to modify the contents with jQuery and JavaScript.

Smartphone market: Android in the lead, Microsoft cut off

Google's mobile operating system Android has been won in the period from November to January, the market leader. The Canadian manufacturer RIM therefore lost for the first time with his Blackberry phones the top spot.

This pattern is expected for some time - as the table below shows, were already in the 4th Quarter of 2010 primarily cell phones sold with Google's Android operating system. The Blackberry's market share fell accordingly by about five percentage points to end at 30.4 percent.