Jason Mraz and Tristan Prettyman break off engagement: "We're disappointed to hear that these two may not be making music together anymore! Chart-topper Jason Mraz, whose single 'I'm Yours' broke records last year,..."
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'Today,' Abe Vigoda bid Meredith Vieira farewell with 'Don't Stop Believin'' cover
'Today,' Abe Vigoda bid Meredith Vieira farewell with 'Don't Stop Believin'' cover: "Vieira wasn't able to escape 'Today' without having her fellow staffers -- and a few friends -- bid her a tune-ful farewell."
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Nokia Shopping List Widget : Free Nokia Mobile Applications
Nokia Shopping List Widget : Free Nokia Mobile Applications: "
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Nokia Shopping List Widget : Free Nokia Mobile Applications
How many times it happened that you are in a shop and forgot shopping list in home? Is it very hard to maintain what to take, how much to take in paper shopping list? Now here is the solution of all your shopping problems. Nokia Shoping List , a Symbian S60 5th edition widget for touch screen smartphones will help you maintain list of shopping items right on your mobile.
With Nokia Shopping List, you can create paperless shopping lists and share them via sms. Nokia Shopping List is an easy tool to create, save, manage and share multiple shopping lists. Create lists, Select items to your list from predefined categories or add new categories yourself.
While shopping, mark items as collected to better keep track of which items you still need to get. The cool interface of this application makes shopping more fun. Nokia Shopping List is a utility application for mobiles and I am sure you would love to have it on your mobiles.
The application works with Nokia N97, N97 Mini, X6, N8, C6, C7, 5250, 5230, 5233, 5235, 5800 XpressMusic and 5530 XpressMusic.
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Introducing The Latest AOC e943Fw Razor Series Slim LED Monitor With Good Features And In Affordable Price
Introducing The Latest AOC e943Fw Razor Series Slim LED Monitor With Good Features And In Affordable Price: "
Having previously attended with the affordable IPS paneled monitors, this time AOC comes back with innovations. LED Razor series monitor introduced by AOC as their newest product line. Carrying the name of
Razor, this monitor is designed to have a thin body, especially on the screen. E943Fw is one of this product line.
AOC Razor e943Fw features an ultra slim cabinet measuring just 12.9mm thin. The sharp 18.5 LED panel has an Ultra-High Dynamic Contrast Ratio (DCR) of 50,000,000:1, revealing darker image areas in greater depth than ever before. The mercury (Hg) free LED backlight saves up to 50% of the energy compared with a traditional 4 CCFL screen. Power is further reduced by the e-Saver technology, which enables the user
to set the monitor to a lower power configuration when the PC is in screen saver mode or powered off, or even if the user is simply away for a while. The illuminated touch key controls, along with graphical OSD menu icons, make monitor adjustment user-friendly. The base doubles as a unique smart wall-mount that saves space and retains a Tilt function for ergonomic viewing. e943Fw is ideal for professional and home users.
AOC e943Fw is the low-end variant of the Razor series. Although it’s 18.5 inch screen only, this product still comes with the Razor standard design. The screen is thin and sleek glossy black color. But unlike the screen, the monitor base edge designed using the white color. One of the secrets of the slim screen is located on the holder.
This is where all the inputs such as VGA and DVI-centered so that components can be minimized.
AOC e943Fw adopt the touch panel to display settings. The sensor is sensitive, so you will not experience difficulties when they want to set the display of this monitor. Like the LED monitor in general, this monitor also has a good brightness level and evenly color shown is also fairly fit although only with the default settings.
Unfortunately, still there is lack of contrast when displaying white shades.
Detailed Specifications:
Screen size : 18.5 Inch (16:9 widescreen angle ratio)
Interface: : D-sub, DVI
Viewable Image Size : 47.0cm
Pixel Pitch : 0.3(Horizontal) ×0.3 (Vertical) mm
Display Area : 409.8 (Horizontal) ×230.4 (Vertical) mm
Brightness : 250 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio (typical) : 50000000:1 (DCR)
Response Time (typical) : 5ms
Viewing Angle : 170/160 (CR)
Scan Frequency : Horizontal: 30K~80 KHz Vertical: 56~75Hz
Pixel Frequency : 85.5MHz
Recommended Resolution : 1366×768 at 60Hz
Display Colors : 16.7M
HDCP Compatible : Yes
Input Signal : Analog RGB and DVI-D
Input Connector : 15-pin D-Sub and 24-pin DVI
Power Supply : 12VDC, 3A
Power Consumption : Power On: <18W (Typical) Standby: <0.5W
Plug & Play : DDC 2B/CI or VESA DDC2B
User Control : Auto, left, right, Menu, Power
OSD Languages : 14 Languages
Speakers : No
Safety & Regulations : BSMI,CCC, FCC, cCSAus, CE, TUV-S, TUV- Bauart, EPA 5.0,Windows 7
Wall-Mount : Yes
Mechanical Function : Tilt -3°~12°
Dimensions (w/base) : 447.2 mm ×350.9 mm ×182.4 mm
Dimensions (package) : 506 mm × 124 mm × 474 mm
Weight : 2.12 kgs
Warranty : 3 years limited by Authorized Distributor
Website : http://www.aocmonitor-anz.com
Key Features:
• AOC presents its most cutting-edge design: RAZOR LED
• An astonishing ultra slim cabinet measuring just 12.9mm across it’s entire breadth, not just at the edge
• A unique SmartBase that houses all the video & power connectors keeping annoying cables low down & organized where they belong
• An Innovative SmartStand that doubles as a wall-mount while still retaining its Tilt function for better ergonomic viewing. Now that’s smart!
• An LED panel with an Ultra-High Dynamic Contrast Ratio (DCR) of 50,000,000:1 that reveals darker image areas in greater depth than ever before
• An LED backlight that saves up to 50% of the power usage compared to a traditional screen
• Elegant illuminated touch key controls & a user-friendly graphical menu
• Mercury free & 100% recycled packaging materials minimize ecological impact
• 3 Years Pickup & Return Warranty Nationwide
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Welcoming The MSI Lightning GTX 580 Extreme Edition Graphic Card With Smart Temp Sensor And Dust Removal Features
Welcoming The MSI Lightning GTX 580 Extreme Edition Graphic Card With Smart Temp Sensor And Dust Removal Features: "
Until the fisrt quarter of 2011, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 still has the highest series of the line of DX 11 graphics card with a single GPU in it. This graphics card has a memory capacity of 1.5 GB DDR5 manifold. Surprisingly from MSI, as one of the major players mainboard and graphics card in the world.
At Computex 2011, the annual technology expo held in Taipei, Taiwan one of the top three IT events in the world, and will be held this year from May 31 to June 5. This year, leading international motherboard and graphic card maker MSI will put on display its new N580GTX Lighting Xtreme Edition (N580GTX Lighting XE) at Booth L607 on 4F of the Nangang Hall. The new N580GTX Lighting XE comes equipped with a new Propeller Blade fan with “Smart Temp Sensor” and “Dust Removal” technologies as well as support for Afterburner’s latest “Triple Temp Monitor” feature. The new technologies and comprehensive product lines on display are a testament to MSI’s leadership in the graphics card market and our continual spirit of innovation.
For Xtreme overclocking enthusiasts, the MSI Lightning series has always been the graphics card to die for. The N580GTX Lighting Xtreme Edition, which is being shown for the very first time at Computex this year, not only comes with a massive 3GB of graphics memory, but also incorporates the Propeller Blade fan featuring two new technologies (Smart Temp Sensor and Dust Removal) and Twin Frozr III cooling. The new graphic card also supports Afterburner’s latest Triple Temp Monitor technology. The N580GTX Lighting Xtreme Edition’s combination of Power4 Architecture power supply and extreme overclocking design features unique to the Lightning series leave it the undisputed king of single-GPU graphic cards.
MSI continues to develop industry-leading cooling solutions to meet the needs of graphic card enthusiasts, and two new revolutionary fan technologies will be on display at Computex 2011 this year:
Smart Temp Sensor: When temperatures exceed 45 degrees, the unique coating on the fan will change from blue to white to warn users that the system might be running too hot and remind them to check the
system’s cooling status Dust Removal: When the system is turned on, the graphics card fan will rotate in the opposite direction for 30 seconds. By running in reverse, the fan helps to remove dust from the heatsink fins to ensure optimal cooling every time
New Unique Afterburner Features
MSI’s proprietary Afterburner utility is the industry’s most comprehensive and most powerful professional graphics card overclocking utility and has many followers in the media as well as followers among overclocking enthusiasts. This year’s Computex will be used to showcase the latest feature added to Afterburner: Triple Temp Monitor for GPU/Memory/MOSFET. Using temperature sensor chips on the graphic card, Afterburner’s monitoring window can display the GPU, memory, and power supply module temperatures in real-time. This not
only enables the user to monitor the graphic card’s operation, but also to check system temperatures in order to make improvements to the system’s overall cooling strategy for smoother operation.
In addition to the latest Triple Temp Monitor technology, Afterburner also comes with the “Predator” video-capturing feature. Gamers can use Predator to capture image video and then upload their clips to YouTube
to relive their favorite moments. Other MSI-exclusive features supported by Afterburner include Triple Overvoltage, advanced fan-speed control and 5 types of overclocking profiles.
Specifications:
Graphics processor : Nvidia GeForce GTX 580, 832MHz
Pipeline : 512 stream processors (1,664MHz), 48 ROPs
Memory : 3GB GDDR5, 4.2GHz effective
Bandwidth : 201.6GB/sec, 384-bit interface
Compatibility : DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1
Outputs/Inputs : 2x DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, 2x SLI
Power connections : 2x 8-pin, top-mounted
Size : 295mm long, dual-slot
Warranty : Two years
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Advan Soulmate M4-33 125 Notebook Powered By AMD And Available at Low Price Range
Advan Soulmate M4-33 125 Notebook Powered By AMD And Available at Low Price Range: "
Advan strongly continues to penetrates the market with entry-level all-round economic products for various needs. After last year’s series brings Intel-based Soulmate, Advan again presents the same series based on AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) processors through Soulmate model M4. Through this collaboration with AMD, Advan expand its portfolio to delivered affordable notebook for users with limited budgets. Although relatively inexpensive, Soulmate M4 which is sold at Rp 3 million of this has turned out pretty features and abilities for entry-level class.
Actually AMD also has the fusion product line. This product was successfully hit by a landslide Atom, the entry-level segmentation with economical price. However, more feature-based notebooks APU series Radeon HD6000 graphics capabilities, while the performance of the processor itself is not too fast. For this reason, AMD raises Athlon II N330 CPU that is faster than the ranks of the early model APU (E-350). N330 processor is embedded in the notebook Soulmate M4.As with previous models, Advan bring in Soulmate M4 design that looks simple. This can be seen from plastic materials and finishes which tend to mediocre on the keyboard and surrounding area. The only thing that draw only on the cover of the screen that looks glossy. Available
in 4 attractive colors (red, blue, silver, and black). Advan manufacturer that has an assembly plant in Semarang, Indonesia so they can reduce the production cost and certainly the output is cheaper price products.
Because there are no very special features in this notebook, let’s talk about the performance.Athlon II used N330 2.3 GHz speed. A middle-class mobile processor with enough performance equivalent to Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13 GHz. Basically, this processor is faster than Intel’s Ultra Low-Voltage model (such as series-380UM i3 i5 1.33 GHz and 1.07 GHz-520UM). With a price range Rp 3, 6 million, Soulmate M4 quite tempting for those who need standard mobile computing. At least, this notebook can be matched with an Intel Pentium-based notebook P6000 (who also entered the low-budget). With the position in the ranking of 6 in the best-selling brand in Indonesia (based on research by IDC (International Data). Local brands are able to compete with products from other famous International brands.
Deatiled Specifications:
Processors : AMD Athlon II N330 (2.3 GHz, 1 MB cache, 533 MHz FSB)
RAM : 1 GB, DDR3 667 MHz
Chipset : AMD 785GX
Graphics card : Radeon HD 4250 (256MB)
Harddrive : Toshiba 250GB SATA II
Optical drives : DVD ± R
Facilities : WiFi b / g, LAN, card reader (4-in-1), USB (3), HDMI, VGA- out, Webcam.
Screen : 14-inch, 1366×768 pixel resolution
Sound Card : IDT 92HD
Operating System : Free DOS
Battery : 4400 mAh
Dimensions : 34.6 x23, 8×3, 5 cm
Weight : 2.2 kg
Warranty : 1 year
Website : http://www.advandigital.com
Interesting Facts:
Air Flow
As the notebook realese heat from it’s machine, the Advan provides air holes for the air flows out. But unfortunately, the discharge of hot air flow near the back of the hand (palmrest). This is sometimes annoying because of the hot air blast that hit the left hand.
Plain Design
The touchpad and palm rest area comes with a flat plain design.
Comprehensive Casing
Casing at the bottom to cover all sections. Consequently, to replace the RAM or hard drive, you must open the whole casing installed..
Pros:
• Average performance
• Affordable price.
Cons:
• Rough finishing
• Little bit heavy
• Without Bluetooth and FireWire.
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Introducing The Sparkle GeForce GTX 550 Ti Graphic Card With Vapor Chamber Cooling Technology
Introducing The Sparkle GeForce GTX 550 Ti Graphic Card With Vapor Chamber Cooling Technology: "
Sparkle’s take on the GeForce GTX 550 Ti gives a mixed first impression. The card itself features a custom cooler with a large central fan affixed to a copper and aluminum heatsink. A thin shroud of glossy black plastic keeps the air flowing through the heatsink fins, but it’s an open design that doesn’t direct airflow much beyond that. Despite the hefty cooler, Sparkle chose to leave this card at the stock clocks, setting the core clock and memory clock to 900MHz and 1,025MHz, respectively. That said Sparkle’s cooler is more
substantial than Nvidia’s stock cooler, and right on par with the cooler strapped to Zotac’s AMP model.
Sparkle GeForce GTX 550 Ti comes in blue scheme color which makes it look “fresh” and quite attractive. This graphics card has also been used to adopt the HSF Vapor Chamber technology, the latter is quite widely used upper-class graphics card because of the ability and efficiency are very good at cooling the GPU. For specifications that are used, it seems that graphics card is still entrust the same clock and memory in accordance with the standard reference NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti is 900/4100 MHz. From most experiences in the past, characteristic of this graphics generally have the ability to achieve high clock (1 GHz). In fact, some manufacturers have entrusted the clock as high as 1 GHz as a standard product. Then, how the graphics capabilities of this? Check out our next test.
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti Features:
* Microsoft DirectX 11
* NVIDIA 3DVision
* NVIDIA 3DVision Surround
* NVIDIA SLI
* NVIDIA PhysX
* NVIDIA CUDA
* NVIDIA PureVideo HD
* 32x Anti-Aliasing
* PCI Express 2.0 x16
* Dual-link DVI-I
* Mini-HDMI
Key Features:
• Microsoft DirectX 11 support
• NVIDIA CUDA technology with CUDA C/C++,DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL support
• NVIDIA PhysX technology
• NVIDIA SLI ready
• NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready
• NVIDIA Surround Ready
• NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology
• PCI Express 2.0 support
• Two Dual-link DVI-I connectors
• One Mini-HDMI 1.4a connector
• Dual-link HDCP-Capable
• OpenGL 4.1 support
Sparkle GTX 550 Ti
* Full-load: 56 ° C (fan speed: Auto)
* Idle: 30 ° C (fan speed: Auto)
It works quite cold temperatures. In fact, in full load, the temperature we note not melwati 56 degrees Celsius.
Components used have adopted full solid capacitors. Unfortunately, the VRM does not use the extra cooling anymore.
Display standard output is available, 2x DVI and one mini-HDMI. The use of purple is also contained in this section.
Conclusion
Ti GTX 550 graphics card from Sparkle is able to demonstrate the performance of the NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti standards. Various testing games that can be passed without any serious problems. At the level of 1920
× 1080 resolution and high detail, this mainstream graphics card can still be fairly reliable, although in some DX 11 games are quite heavy we had to adjust the proper settings for frame rate can be seen in
comfort.
Sparkle doesn’t mention that the graphics card is already adopted the technology HSF Vapor Chamber as one of the features. In fact, this feature became one of its added value. Testing temperature not exceed
56 degrees Celsius at full load conditions. With temperatures still quite cold, makes some users think there is still room to boost the performance of this graphics card as standard specifications that have been immersed in Ti 550 GTX graphics cards are generally still be slightly tweaked further. When try to clock up to 950 MHz, the stability of this graphics card is still very solid. Overall, the product from Sparkle is quite good. For mainstream users, this graphics card can be the right choice. With a price range of 1.3 million dollars, you have to bring home this exciting graphics card.
Pros:
* Cold and efficiently with HSF Vapor Chamber.
* The design and attractive colors.
Cons:
* Still using a standard clock and memory.
Technical Data
* Chip: NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti
* Interface: PCI Express 2.0 x16
* Memory Size: 1024 KB
* Core Clock: 900 MHz
* Shader Clock: 1800 MHz
* Memory Clock: 4100 MHz
* Stream Processors: 192
* D-Sub Output: None (with converter DVI to D-Sub)
* DVI Output: None (2 pieces)
* HDMI Output: None (mini HDMI)
* Display Port Output: There is no
* Memory Type: GDDR5
* Memory Interface: 192-bit
* Hardware: Quick Installation Guide, Driver Disc, Molex to 6-pin power converter, a mini HDMI to HDMI, and DVI to D-Sub converter display.
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700-hp Lingenfelter CTS-V Coupe Tested: A Study in Physics and “Holy Crap!”
700-hp Lingenfelter CTS-V Coupe Tested: A Study in Physics and “Holy Crap!”: "
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Lingenfelter’s 700-hp Cadillac CTS-V is a study in physics and “holy crap!”
Like Red Bull–quaffing preteens laying waste to digital innocents by the dozen in Grand Theft Auto, we’re being desensitized. It isn’t graphic violence we’re being hardened against, though; it’s gratuitous horsepower. Outputs that once stopped us in our tracks and slackened our jaws now merit an entitled shrug. Well, good. A Cadillac needs 556 horsepower to, you know, feel like a Cadillac. But 700 is one of those numbers that still widens our eyes and brings a silent “wow” to our lips. Seven hundred horsepower is a reality check.
Keep Reading: 2011 Lingenfelter Cadillac CTS-V Coupe – Specialty File
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Pagani’s Designer Antonio Bruni Sketches His Idea For an Electric Sports Car
Pagani’s Designer Antonio Bruni Sketches His Idea For an Electric Sports Car: "
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There are some nefarious people—some automotive designers chief among them—who don’t share our enthusiasm for the internal combustion engine. One such scoundrel is designer Antonio Bruno, an interior/exterior designer at none other than Pagani Automobili. Yes, that Italian purveyor of hand-built, AMG-powered, super-supercars with terrible names like the Huayra. In his spare time, it seems, Bruno has drawn up his vision of a brand-agnostic electric sports car called the Electrodinamycs Concept.
While the name is a reconstituted rip-off of BMW’s equally visionary EfficientDynamics plug-in hybrid, the Electrodinamycs says “no ICE, thank you,” and proposes four inboard-mounted permanent-magnet electric motors connected to the wheels by drive shafts instead. That’s about all the mechanical detail that’s provided. What do you expect for the CAD equivalent of a napkin sketch? With no engine bay front or rear, the newfound space could be used a variety of ways, and Bruno imagines using tinted acrylic from stem to stern, essentially creating one longitudinal window that could possibly conceal additional headlamps up front while creating a big bright dome over the interior.
While the Electrodinamycs’ bodyside panels look pretty cool and the lighting units are, er, unique, Bruno’s design actually breaks very little ground—at least compared with some of the proposals we’ve seen from teams affiliated with other carmakers recently. But hey, Pagani’s Pagani.
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Bye, Bye, Sabine Schmitz’s M5—The New Ring-Taxi is an E90 M3 Sedan
Bye, Bye, Sabine Schmitz’s M5—The New Ring-Taxi is an E90 M3 Sedan: "
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M-badged BMWs are fairly common on Germany’s famous Nürburging. But perhaps no single M-car spent more time on that hallowed ribbon of asphalt than the white E60 M5 known as the “Ring-Taxi.” For anyone not familiar with the Ring-Taxi, it is used to give hot laps around the ’Ring’s legendary Nordschleife to those who score tickets on BMW’s Ring-Taxi Experience website. With the E60 M5 long out of production, however, the famous Ring-Taxis needed to be replaced, and so the famed livery now adorns the next best thing to the outgoing M5, the E90 M3 sedan. (The picture you see above is part of a set posted on M3Post.com; click over there to check out the entire group.)
Unfortunately, the Ring-Taxi will no longer be piloted by the famously fetching Sabine Schmitz. Apparently, after lapping the Nordschleife more than 20,000 times for more than a decade and earning the titles “Queen of the ’Ring” and “World’s Fastest Taxi Driver,” Schmitz has decided to stop driving around in circles—or at least this particular circle. Taking her place will be instructors from the BMW Driving Experience racing school. Last we checked, there were no tickets available to ride shotgun, but then again, we’d rather drive anyway .
Take a look at several more pics of the new M3 Ring-Taxi at M3Post.com.
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