The next generation Xbox console has not yet come officially, but discussions about Xbox 720 is getting hotter and hotter each day. Adding to the heat is the latest announcement from AMD that an Avatar-like graphics is to be expected from the upcoming console.

This news might be sorted as one of the speculations because neither AMD nor Xbox has given us a confirmation that the two of them are in a work for the Xbox 720.

However, as can be noted from Neal Robison, AMD’s Director of ISV Relationships, he stated that the Xbox 720 would actually have a 3D graphics feature similarly close to James Cameron’s “Avatar”.

Add to that are the Physics and Artificial Intelligence that are going to be utilized in the game.

Apparently, the present feature that we have seen and experienced in the games like Grand Theft Auto will be different in Xbox 720, as each character in this latest console will have an independent and separate act.

They will no longer act and move based on the script, but they will react based on the actions of the player. This really sounds fun and exciting, isn’t it?

Nevertheless, if this information is true, then we will see its real performance in the next couple of years at the E3 event.

Moreover, we are hoping for these big gaming developers to improve on their controllers. It’s quite strange to play with that advanced 3D capabilities in a way back 10-year old button layout. There must be a new wine for the new wineskin.

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A group of students and professors alike from the University of Tel-Aviv’s School of Physics and Astronomy had put together an amazing and fun to watch demonstration of a Physics concept. The concept referred to here is the physics property of superconductivity, which if defined in a textbook like manner, is given the meaning of an event that the electrical resistance of some materials at a characteristically low temperature is at an exact zero electrical resistance.

In the video, an object can be seen as flying above a magnetic handset. The object, which is really a puck cooled off with nitrogen, creates a levitation effect between the magnet and the puck itself. This phenomenon is known as a MessenThe superconductor, levitates from a magnetic item because of the Meissner Effect, or a quantum locking between a magnet and a superconductor.

In quantum locking, the magnet can levitate above the superconductor and the superconductor can also levitate above the magnet. Since such event work both ways, this event too is considered to be an illustration of diamagnetism. Another fun thing in the video is the showcase of how the frozen puck floated above fast around a track force and later on floated below the track force. The levitation was definitely unbreakable unless someone had tried to get the puck out from the magnetic field of course.

Now, if only Physics subjects were taught through these examples in high school and even college, then surely no one else would be too scared to take the said science course. Unfortunately though, what are usually taught are theories, which is pretty understandable because Physics demands an understanding of the principle first before the application.

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A video in techi.com depicts a very short yet clear story regarding technology advancement for a one year old child. The baby girl in the video already has access to an iPad, at the young age of one or so. The access has taught her how to appreciate technology, as the video had precisely pointed out that she seems to like what she sees in the tablet as she touches the screen. A good thing about this is that the baby had probably learned a fine motor skill here, which is the use of her fingers when trying out something.

Furthermore, the scene where the baby checked if her fingers were broken or not as she touched a magazine indicates that the baby had already grasped an understanding that her fingers can perform work. These are indicators of development, thus these can be highly appreciated.

But what can this phenomenon possibly imply in terms of its disadvantages? It’s highly likely then that the baby in the video will never learn how to appreciate turning the pages of printed materials because she has been taught dependence on touch type devices from the beginning. This may rather be sad since printed materials after all are sources of knowledge.

We can’t really expect that technology will wholly change the world, that is, everything that is not connected to technology would go moot and academic, after all, not all people can afford technological advancements, thus there would always be a portion of the world’s population who would remain backward in their lifestyle..

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Are you having problems with those intruders in your wireless network? Have you ever wished to put a stable security system for your network so that people will no longer leech on its services? Well, that’s not a problem anymore. We are providing you with these helpful tips in securing your wireless network.

1. You have to position strategically your antenna in a place where the signal is restricted to go further than the area required. Do not place the antenna near to a window, place it in the central location of the building instead.

2. Use a Wireless encryption protocol (WEP) to effectively encrypt traffic on a wireless network. You should never skip this encryption so that hackers will not get any opportunity to access to the traffic. This technique is the customary technique done in securing a wireless network.

3. SSID or the Service Set Identifier is the recognition thread utilized by the wireless access point that enables the customers to start accessing connections. In order to secure your wireless network, you may change the SSID by choosing an exclusive and unique SSID. You may add the disabling of broadcast SSID over the antenna. The result of this is that it will hide your network in the listings offered while it still provides services to you.

4. You can also disable your DHCP so that hackers can’t easily enter your network.

5. You may also change or disable your private and public community SNMP settings. This way hacker will find difficulty in getting your information on your wireless network.

6. If employing an access list is supported by your access point, then you may utilize this as additional security for your network.

Lastly, if some of the terms and ideas are not familiar to you, you may ask someone whom you think knowledgeable on this subject. But be careful and ask only someone whom you trust.

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It’s not rare to see prices cut off in notebook sales but nothing like a buy one take one where the items are for sale for half prices. This big sale from Harvey Norman seems to be a good idea, considering that the store is selling notebooks powered by AMD processors at a technically 50% discount because you can get the other one for free.

Among the good deals you’ll find in the sale is the11.6 inches HP ultraportable that sells for a low price of $698. This can be a great deal because the HP ultraportable has a higher computing power and much better specs. Another great buy is the HP Pavilion dv6-6102AX, a 15.6 inch notebook with the good graphics card of Radeon HD 6750M and nice looking specs with the 8GB of RAM, 750GB hard dsik and Blu-ray player. This HP RRP design can be availed for $1, 598 which means the original buy and the free item really just sells for $799 each.

Although the two notebook designs on sale are definitely huge cuts, the rest of the Harvey store discounted items are not that much of a good deal. To sell great devices together is not really part of a well designed sales plan. The idea when having a sale is that not all items should prove to be beneficial to the customers. Most items on sale are usually those that the retailer cannot seem to get rid of in the usual retail process, thus the need to have things on sale to attract people to buy the excess items. Similarly, in the Harvey Norman Store sales, majority of the AMD notebooks that the customer can get for a price of one are low-powered notebooks.

Among these devices are the E-350 CPUs, which are technically only a step higher than an Intel Atom netbook processor. Virtually then, the Harvey sale is a mixed bag, with the higher-end AMD and lower- end AMD both on the list of the 2 for 1 buy off.

On the other hand, if you’re only thinking in terms of notebook graphics because you will be using them for games, then these AMD machines can still compensate for the fact that their processors are good for purely computational tasks. The AMD machines have Fusion technology, enabling them to deliver really sturdy graphic performance for the prices indicated in the sale.

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It might be true that nothing can rival Apple’s iPad tablets when it comes to performance delivery and software integrations, but certainly, when it comes to dimensions, here – particularly referring to thinness, Toshiba’s AT200 has already taken the lead, after Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 had taken the light from iPad prior the appearance of the AT200.

But then Toshiba AT200 cannot even rival Acer Iconia Tab when it comes to the 7 inch space, and definitely, neither can iPad, and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10. 1 compete for now because the two are reportedly bigger than Toshiba AT200.

The new Acer Iconia Tab A100 is an Android tablet that is the smaller version of the 9-10 inches Acer Iconia Tab A500.

Although smaller in size, the operating system and the overall quality are really similar. They do not only have the same operating system but they also have the same applications and number of ports. The new Acer Iconia Tab A100 technically looses nothing in comparison with its siblings, except for the screen size of course, but that’s forgivable considering again that this is just 7 inches dimension wise. Besides, the user still gets to see websites at full width in this tablet, with the screen about 1,024 to 1,280 pixel screen widths.

The portability of the new Acer tab is really a great advantage over the iPad and all other tablets in the market.

The Iconia Tab A100 runs Android Honeycomb 3.2, the first Android optimised software designed for smaller tablets. This includes SD card support and the ability to use mobile Android applications originally specified for mobile phones and not for tablets. A disadvantage of the A100, is that it is quite heavier and thicker than the other tablets, weighing 410 grams. Still though, it packs functionality and power despite its small form.

A100 has 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, enabling fast website loads. It’s ports of Micro HDMI, Micro USB 2.0, Micro SD, headphone jack and docking ports are enough should the user plan to connect several external devices to the tablet. A 100 also has good speakers, microphone and built in camera.

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New Tablet Perspective: Toughness:

There must be something about thin tablets, given that they lead the market when it comes to devices and pcs, but perhaps the public and techno fans have take it for granted that other than the thinness, tablet durability might also be one factor to consider when buying tablets. Fortunately, not all tablet, desktop and mobile devices manufacturer concern themselves with the idea that thin is totally in.

Panasonic has decided to come up with a ruggedized Android tablet. Panasonic is known for its Toughbook notebooks, so it isn’t really surprising if the company has designed a touch shock resistant tablet.

The new design is deemed to be launched in 2012, and the target market for the product is not the same market that has popularized Android Honeycomb contingents like Samsung, Asus, Acer, Motorela, Toshiba and Sony. The target population then are people who may possibly give their tablets a rough environment, like those who are often outdoors and exploring.

This is of course good because the conventional market will probably turn a thumbs down to the tablet because they value thinness more.

The new Tough tablet, with a codename of CM111, is 10.1 inch with silver chassis, a number of hardware buttons upfront and wrapped with rubberised grip in the sides. It may not be as thin as the svelte and elegant iPad and Galaxy Tab 10.1 but the new unit is further designed to have a multi-touch matte-style display, one that’s good for viewing things under strong sunlight. It is also modelled to support stylus input but its 3G connectivity is optional.

So how tough is the new Toughbook tablet? CM111 will be definitely temperature tested, whether it can endure an 200 degree C oven heat atmosphere or it can outstand a cold dip in a -85 degree C water bath.

Another temperature test that will be run on the unit is whether it can also survive quick temperature changing environment. Other tests like spraying the tablet continuously with water while it’s turned on, and dropping it from a 120 cm height on slabs of concrete and wood will also be done on the tough tablet. All these procedures are actually the qualifying processes for all Panasonic Toughbook notebooks, thus, it is just logical that the same will be given to the tablet as well.

If CM111 will get through all these tests, then welcome launch for the product should be already organized as early as now.

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The trend of nowadays netbooks, laptops, and tablets are base on how skinny the gadgets are. The more skinny the more trendy, the more trendy the gadgets are the more possible to be bought in the market. The MacBook Air is the new product of apple that is super-thin. The Super-thin model of Apple has so many compromises which will appear less appealing to the customers.

Just for an instance:
1. Using 80GB iPod hard drive as system drive. Apple’s customers are much favoured to a thicker fashion of the MacBook rather than to have a skinny model that has an anorexic.
2. Non-expandable memory. The motherboard of the MacBook Air has a 2GB RAM, that’s too undersized memory for a notebook that’s worth 2,500-4,500 Australian Dollars.

3. 64GB flash memory as hard drive. As replacement for the hard drive memory is quite nice, the dreadful thing is that it is worth 1,400 Australian Dollars.

4. Single USB port. Without the USB hub with you or the extension cord, it cannot connect from one gadget to another. Branding MacBook Air as ultraportable notebook is already defeated.
5. No wireless broadband. Please Imagine, the trendy notebook that is so thin has no built-in broadband. It is quite mismatch for a thick broadband to connect in a single port notebook to have an internet connection.

6. Last Gen Processor. The latest processor of MacBook Air is equal to Core 2 Duo, Which means it is so slow version. Remember it doesn’t mean that when you’re using the word “latest” is equal to “better”.

7. No microphone port. Well of course you need to have a USB hub to connect.

8. Non-replaceable battery. If there’s already fussed in your notebook’s battery, expect to send it out the entire MacBook Air to Apple’s company.

9. Not that thin. Apple’s claimed that MacBook Air is the super-thin model of all competing notebooks. For the record, Fujitsu Q2010 is half a millimetre thicker than to MacBook Air. Thick a little bit but when we look the lifebook of Fujitsu it is more appealing than Mac Air.

10. No Ethernet Port. You need to have USB Ethernet adaptor just in case your router stops working.

What is super-thin yet anorexic? That’s the simple point for those who still want to have MacBook Air in their laps. Know the specs first and have review in every product, that’s the secret to get awesome notebook.

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Not too long ago, the only it seemed that the touch screen technology could only be found in styus-driven PDAs and tablet PCs. At one point, they were too expensive still and thus too costly too actually replace the functions of the keyboard and the mouse. But the latter mass demand for touchscreen technology called for using the interface in more than the PDAs and tablet PCs. But touchscreen technologies are not really the same for all type of devices. Here are a few insiders regarding touchscreen tech.

Touchscreen types. The simplest touchscreen tech is the resistive screen, a two layered electrically conducive material separated by a transparent insulators often observed as dots when a person presses the screen. It’s durable and works best for outdoors and industrial environments. However, it may not exactly be suitable for touch-based devices like tablet PCs because they only let 75% of the light from the screen.

Capacitive screens on the other hand work using glass that’s horizontally and vertically coated electrodes. This makes the screens more sensitive, thus there would be no need to physically push down screen to make it work. It lets through over 90% of the screen’s light.

Surface acoustic wave )SAW) touchscreens use ultrasonic transducers that send waves though the surface of a glass screen. Once the screen is touched, the touch interrupts the waves and they are converted into coordinates for software use. This type works with ATMS.

Another touchscreen types surrounds the screen with infrared LEDs, each having photodetectors installed grid-like across the screen’s area. Touching the screen actually breaks the infrared beam. This works optically through interfering with a light beam.

The multi-touch technology. The four mentioned touchscreen tech types are traditional and the touchscreen tech considered to be most wanted when it comes to devices involve more than the four types. This is the multi-touch technology, the one that is responsible for Apple’s success with its iPhone devices. Multi-touch technology allows sensors to detect several finger presses at one time. The alternative name for multi-touch is ‘mutual capacitance’. In a mutual capacitance screen, a small capacitor is found at every row and column intersection. iPhone 4 for instance having a 960×640 screen has 614,400 capacitors.Each capacitor is run by a voltage that changes at a finger’s touch. This interruption is usually fed back to the software as an X-Y coordinate pair.

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Virtual Assistant from Apple:

The voice control feature that comes with the latest version of iOS 5 may outshine the release of the newest iPhone model even if consumers have already eagerly waited for the announcement the latter mentioned device.

The voice control feature, which Apple calls as a Virtual Assistant, is deemed to change how people will interact with their iPhones.

People can practically converse with the devices when they are deciding on things and activity schedules.

This service, which has been reported by Charles Golvin from Forrester as a catch up act from Apple with Google has actually been around for quite some time now in concept.

This has been described by Former Apple CEO John Sculley as “Knowledge Navigator” in his 1987 released book Odyssey.

Apple had been exploring the concept over the next years and the Knowledge Navigator took form in a tablet computer that was made prior the production of iPad.

This had incorporated an advanced text to speech function with a speech comprehension system and multi-touch gesture interface, technologies that were much similar to iOS.

Technically then, Apple has had the hardware technology for iPad practically established for years now due to Knowledge Navigator but it has not perfected the text-to-speech and speech understanding chops until the Siri start-up came.

Siri started as an iPhone application utilizing voice recognition. This is much similar to the iOS Google Search and Android apps for voice search.

The difference is with Siri, one ought to give descriptive instructions and Siri would deliver results for the highest ranking items that reflect what has just been described. It also gives the nearest GPS determined location for the searched items.

The Siri is actually the one that serves as the Virtual Personal Assistant. It functions in such manner because it does not only search for results but also does other things.

The user for example can ask it to make reservations in restaurants that provide services through the internet. Also, it can analyze the user’s personal preferences and interaction history to accomplish other tasks.

This happens as it is used several times.
Given these functions, then Siri may just take over the new iPhone’s popularity.

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