Toyota unveils its Global Vision, Pledges 10 New Electrified Cars by 2015

Toyota's getting serious with this plural Prius stuff. If you still don't buy that Prii is the correct term you'd better hurry up and get over it, as the company just announced its "Toyota Global Vision," including a plan to launch 10 more hybrid vehicles by 2015. Surely that counts the new models unveiled in Detroit, the taller Prius V and the funkier Prius C, but it remains to be seen exactly what else the company will use to build up those numbers. Toyota also says that more fuel cell and fully electric cars are coming, along with numerous "genuinely exciting models," so maybe if we're really good over the next four years one of those Prii will actually be fun to drive. 

 

Source: Engadget via Toyota

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Intel Core i7 990X – the Fastest Desktop Chip Ever

Intel has announced the launch of Core i7 990X with 6 cores. While maintaining a brave speed of QPI from 6.4GT/s and a top TDP of 130 Watts, the 990X has a slight performance boost from Intel Core i7 980X, from 3.33 GHz to 3.46GHz for 990X.

And about the L2 cache memory, it maintains and supports each core with 256 KB, while on the L3, all six cores share 12 MB cache. As Intel claims, this is probably the fastest desktop chip on the planet.

Core i7 990X has a HyperThreading feature, which allows it to run all 12 threads at the same time. Another feature of the processor is the Turbo Boost technology. This has allowed Intel to push the CPU up to 3.73 GHz frequency when maximum performance is required.

Intel Core i7 990X Extreme Edition comes unlocked and is built on a 32nm fabrication process.

 

Source: Hot Hardware

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Be Fashionable with Latest Model of Solaris Watch

For the technology geeks there’s yet another trendy concept gadget and stylish wrist watch to adorn. The design inspiration is made from the sun as such the watch is powered by the solar energy. The French designer Olivier Demangel designed this chic “Solaris Watch” with LED. The watch is eco- friendly and the wraps and dial so well designed which makes it awesome.

The watch is without any numerals or buttons and other parts. The time is shown by the LEDs, with the hours on the extreme outer peripheral in blue whilst the 5 minutes are shown in the same location in purple. The single minutes are shown on the cross bars on the interior of the dial. The LED watch is perfect and is apt for one who adore futuristic looks. It acts as a beautiful bracelet and suits well both men and momen.At the heart of the dial is the solar cell. As such for continous working the cell has to be powerful enough. During the night hours there’s no sunlight to power up the watch but no need to worry as it is equipped with an additional battery. The cool solaris watch with stunning looks is a lavish and expensive watch to acquire as beauty is priceless.

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Google Brings Useful Features to Mobile

We've never had a use for Google Instant Search on mobile, so we didn't expect much when Google's Instant Previews invaded the smartphone realm as well. You know what? They're actually surprisingly useful. Instead of trying to cram additional information into Google's already-crowded mobile website, Instant Previews adds a little magnifying glass next to most every result instead, and clicking on the magnifier brings up a series of cached thumbnails of each page that you can scroll through in portrait or landscape modes. It's a very visual way of finding what you're looking for, and more importantly, it's quick even over 3G, saving time and mobile bandwidth that would otherwise be spent clicking through links one by one. Rather than decipher that long-winded explanation, though, why don't you try it out for yourself or watch our video demonstration after the break?

 

Source: Google Mobile Blog

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 1.0.1 for ANDROiD

Description:
The unrivalled and award-winning football simulation is entering its first season on the Android platform! Immerse yourself in unprecedented football atmosphere and the true PES experience with PES 2011.

Features:
* Unrivalled realism
* Exclusive UEFA Club Competitions
* Outstanding Accessibility for Beginners and Experts
* Stunning graphics

PES 2011 – the unrivalled football experience on the Android platform!

Installation:
1) Copy the .apk file inside the archive to your phone’s SD Card, browse the SD Card via your phone, install the application. You might need a third party file explorer, grab ES File Explorer for free on the Android Market.
2) Copy the files to your SD Card, the SD Card folder path is in “/sdcard/Android/data/”.

Size: 54,7 MB

Download : Depositfiles, Hotfile, Rapidshare

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Microsoft seeking staff for next-gen Xbox

It makes sense that news of the impending Microsoft next generation console effort would be broken via social media of all places, but I’d have hoped for a more dramatic outing process. Instead we get three job ads Microsoft has placed on LinkedIn for a swashbuckling Graphics Hardware Architect, a bounty hunting Senior Architect and Performance Engineer for the Xbox Console Architecture Group and a crocodile wrestling Senior Hardware Design Verification Engineer. I honestly tried, but they still sound as exciting as a box of Scrabble.

So if you’re into full moons, long walks on the beach, “architecture analysis, key technology selection, architecture specification, communication and collaboration”, or alternatively “product definition from early evaluation all the way through high volume manufacturing” and let’s not forget “design verification and qualification of the Xbox console at the component, motherboard, and system levels”, just the typing of which makes me all tingly, then drop Microsoft a line.

Source: EuroGame

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How to Remove Pasword from Latest Deep Freeze Program

Who doesn't know Deep Freeze? a reliable program whose function is to maintain the computer settings from unwanted outside interference. The program made by Faronics is actually indeed a lot installed on the computer whether it is a personal own or the company property.

Many people are happy and many are upset for forgetting that the computer was installed Deep Freeze so that a installed new program or a downloaded new file will disappear after the restart on partition c: / commonly.

Well, with the reliability of the program held there will always be users who will try to break into the Deep Freeze in various ways, ranging from deleting Deep Freeze files via cmd before loading windows/booting or through assistance programs like Deep Unfreeze preexisting that was powerful enough to use removing password from Deep Freeze Version 4 and 5 Standards. Maybe you've tried it.

Then how to Deep Freeze Standard and Enterprise Edition v.6?.
Most computers use Deep Freeze v.6 currently. Deep unfreeze Program doesn't work anymore for break. But don't worry. There is a new program known Tool Remove Password Deep Freeze.  It's very easy to use.  Just click it and Deep Freeze  icon will appear (ice bear) in the systray, then break down the process as usual with shift + click the icon or the combination ctrl + alt + shift + F6. Then Deep Freeze is located in your control in a matter of seconds. It is up to you to make it thawed or change the password. So it seems we should re-think again about the reliability of Deep Freeze protection.

Download Tools Here

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Washing without Hands? Imagine with Ziiro's Hands-Free Gravity Watch

Have you ever tried to do the washing up without using your thumbs? It's impossible. So imagine trying to do anything without any hands at all. It must be even harder, right? Not for Ziiro's hands-free Gravity watch. It uses two circular swirls to tell the time: the fat inner one representing the hours and the skinnier outer one showing the minutes. It s also water resistant down to 30m. So you can wear it while you wash up.

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Say Hello to Superphone: LG Optimus 2X, More than Smartphone

You're reading the wonderful hi-tech gadget blog, so chances are you have a smartphone and already use it to browse the web, email, use apps, play games and enjoy music and video. And we're willing to bet that every once in a while it struggles to cope, especially if you try and do too many things at once-they're tasks that were once the reserve of PCs, after all. But patchy performance isn't a good look, which is why LG has crammed a 1 GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor into the new Optimus 2X. Why dual-core? Simple, just as two brains are better than one, two cores spread the load and are able to process data faster and more efficiently-that's why PC processors are now mainly multi-core. In a phone, the result is even more impressive: the Optimus 2x is simply faster and more powerful than any other handset on the market.

Read on for the lowndown on the Optimus 2X and its tech spec, and if you're in the mood for some serious tech talk, chek out our panel on dual core processing...

SPECIFICATIONS

CPU: Dual-Core 1GHz Tegra 2
OS: Android 2.2 Froyo (2.3 Gingerbread upgradeable)
Display: 4in, 480x800 pixel (WVGA) capactive touchscreen
Storage: 8 GB internal, MicroSD up to 32 GB
Video Recording/Playback: 1080p Full HD (@24fps), 720p (@30fps)
Camera: 8 MP with autofocus and LED flash
Connectivity: 3G, Wi-Fi (DLNA compatible), integrated HDMI for big-screen mirroring
Battery: High capacity 1500 mAhli-ion rechargeable
Dimension: 123.9x63.2x10.9 mm, 139g 
Others: 7.1 ch virtual surround sound, multitouch interface, LG   SNS2.0, Gesture UI

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Marcedes-Benz F-Cell 2011; Advanced Super-Powered Car

Marcedes-Benz has announced that by 2015, the company's lineup will include a hydrogen-powered fuel-cell car, effectively leapfroging the current influx of EVs with technology many think is the endgame for automobile propulsion. (This is despite questions regarding the generation of hydrogen fuel, most of which now comes from natural gas). With EVs barely out of the gate, we were thinking, hydrogen-already? But after driving Benz's latest pilot-program fuel cell car, the F-Cell, we believe the aggressive production schedule may be on target. The-F-Cell is really an electric-hydrogen hybrid:A 136-hp electric motor fed by a small 1.4-kwh lithium-ion battery that picks up the slack for sometimes sluggish response of the fue; cell. Most of the power components are packaged in the car's floor, saving space. At 2 tons, the car is heavy for its size. But the F-Cell is quiet and refined, and its passage from one place to another is similiar to that of a gas-powered car-with the notable exception that it produces only water as a byproduct. At this point, the main thing holding back fuel-cell cars is the scant hydrogen infrastructure.

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Make your job easier with iPad Caddy

The iPad doesn't exactly lend itself to writing novels-or even filling spreadsheet cells. in fact, the tablet's lack of a physical keyboard is just about the only thing keeping us from leaving our laptop at home. The inside of the durable aluminium Zagg ZaggMate iPad Case ($100) has a Bluetooth keyboard built right in-real buttons that let you get real work done on your tablet. 

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Google Responds To Android Malware with Fixes and "remote kill"

Earlier this week, 58 malicious apps were discovered on the Android Market, causing deep embarrassment to Google and considerable alarm for users whose data was compromised.

Now Google has responded with an update to the situation. The company says that the malicious apps were downloaded to 260,000 devices before Google removed them on Tuesday evening. Google says that device-specific information was compromised. The phone’s IMEI number (which identifies a device) was leaked, but no other personal data or account information was transferred by the rogue apps. The whole incident has created a big scare about mobile security; and if users are scared about the safety of apps, they may not download as many of them, and that will hurt commerce on Google’s fast-growing Android platform.

Tonight, Google is going to initiate a “remote kill” function that lets it zap applications on any infected phones from afar. The user doesn’t have to do anything. Google will automatically send a security update to the infected devices that should remove the malware, known as a root kit. Users will receive an email notification about it.

But Google can’t automatically patch the security problem that made the malware possible in the first place. Phone companies and phone makers have to distribute the patch to their users. They can take Google’s patch and push it to users. Google says that the vulnerability is present only in versions 2.2.1 of the Android operating system, and lower.

Google said it is taking steps to stop this from happening again. But it’s not saying what it is doing. Clearly, it seems like a flaw that Google can’t push an urgent security patch directly to users.

The whole reason this happened in the first place is that Google doesn’t screen apps. Rather, it institutes some security for users by requiring apps to notify users with alerts whenever they intend to access sensitive information on a phone such as the user’s contacts. By contrast, Apple approves apps.

 

Source:  VentureBeat

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Current Best from Nissan; 2011 Nissan 370Z Roadster

When the seductive 370Z Roadster first showed up in our fleet, we described it as "the perfect summer fling".With its sensuous design, near-infinity-level features (tose ventilated seats are almost scandalous) and saucy performance (332 hp), the Z was impossible to resist. There's nothing sensible about a two-seater that barely has room for a couple of gym bags in its trunk. But some cars just make you happy to be alive, and this is one of them. That fling turned into a full-blown love affair. The Z's acid test was a five-day LA-to-NYC road trip. If the Z had a dark side, that trip was sure to reveal it. One expects a roadster to be uncomfortable and noisy. But no, the car was a delight all the way to New York-well-mannered on the interstate, appropriately high-sprited off it. In the end, nothing-not even our urban commte-could dim our ardor. We're trying to get over the end of our Z affair with dignity. But if you happen to catch us late some night, after a couple of beers, please don't ask us about the car got away.

DRIVERS NOTEBOOK: 

1.  With paddle shifters and a seven-speed transmission with rev-matching, the Z turned 

     the  mountain roads of Colorado into a playground.

2. The Z's first service was just $35.50, but the 15,000-mile dealer visit set us back 

     a steep $647.81

DATA SO FAR:
As tested: $44,405
Previous report: 06/10,08/10,12/10
Miles driven: 16,904
Miles since last report: 4130
Fuel economy: Average-21.0 mpg, Worst-9.2 mpg, Best-28.0 mpg, 

Maintenance/repair since last report: $647.81
Overall: $683.31

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3 Practical Tips in Using Technology Everyday

Standby, Hibernate or Turn off
There are times when you want to take a break after using the laptop. To further save energy, what should you do with a laptop? Standby, hibernate or turn off?

Standby have similar functions such as sleep mode for your system. The system seemed to die, but you can re-use your laptop in a few seconds after power on. You do not need to reboot, which usually takes several minutes. Only drawback laptops / PCs that use standby mode continue to consume battery energy.

Meanwhile, hibernate mode put the conditions that occur on your laptop into a temporary hard-drive file, then shut down. So, when you turn on your computer / laptop back, the file will automatically load and display exactly as before. You also do not have to bother booting. On the other hand, turn off mode is the same by turning off the computer in total, and for turning on it needs rebooting process.
 

Standby mode only takes a few seconds to load, while the hibernate a bit longer, about 10 to 20 seconds. Hibernate is longer, but you eliminate the risk of running out of battery energy, experienced by the standby mode.
If you just go for a time not too long, for example a few minutes only, then select the standby mode. In the meantime, if you break for quite a long pause, for example a few hours then select Hibernate. But if you're going to break in a long time, such a full day, then you should turn off only.

Longer Battery Life
Are you more likely to charge a laptop as compared to using energy from the battery? If yes, then your battery's life cycle has the potential to decrease. Especially if your laptop is constantly connected to AC power and not use the battery for long periods.

So, when you can use AC power, then dislodged the battery from the laptop. It's a little inconvenient, but certainly better than the need to replace with new battery that is expensive.

Then do not put the battery in temperatures that are too high or too cold. Temperatures that are too hot can cause the battery quickly drains energy, while cold temperatures are also less able to produce energy. Meanwhile, a new battery to be used requires a fully charged and discharged cycle several times before being able to operate with full capacity.

The importance of UPS
When you are booting up the system, but then ran out of energy or power failure, then the impact could be dangerous for your system. The risk is system can be damaged, or your PC will not boot anymore. Therefore, you need a UPS or Uninterruptible Power Supply

UPS is a device that provides the energy supply to the PC / laptop, even if occur a power failure. UPS is very important to be used mainly by PC users, because the laptop itself has a battery backup. If there is a UPS, at least you can save the documents being worked on, then turn off the computer safely.

Without a UPS, so when the power fails, your documents risk missing, even your computer can threatened not booting again.

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