Chromium Xi3

Chromium Xi3 is the first PC 100% Chrome OS. After the presentation of the first net books Chrome OS, which will appear in June, the first desktop operating system under which Google has been unveiled. Recall that the OS feature of Chrome is that it only works with the Cloud that is the data is stored online and not locally.

Android Smartphone

HTC seems to continue to focus on large screens for its Smart phones. Thus, the Taiwanese manufacturer prepares a device running Android has a 4.5 inch screen. Remember, the current Samsung and HTC Galaxy S2 Sensation has a screen of 4.3 inch.

New world record for data transfer: 3250 GB / second

Researchers at the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany, broke the world record for data transfer. They managed to send the equivalent of nearly 700 DVDs in one second using a laser. In this experiment, the team of Professor Jurg Leuthold data encoded on a laser they have installed on a line of 50 kilometers. At the other end, they were able to retrieve data that had not undergone degradation. This method was used to measure the speed of data flow: 26 terabits per second, or 3250 GB per second.

Floating and submerged house on the water

 

Specialist houseboats, the group neeralandais 31 Architects has designed the end of 2010 a "houseboat" attractive and designed to occupy the river Amstel.

Windows 8 will be available in 2012

Microsoft, currently working on Windows 8, announces that the new version of its operating system should be available in 2012. This is Steve Ballmer who said that, taking all tests at opposite and other experts who did not expect the system before late 2012 or early 2013.

Sony introduces its first screen "organic" foldable

Sony is about to unveil its latest innovation in terms of finesse: an electronic paper that can withstand a bend radius of 5 mm.

Streaming represents 50% of Internet traffic

The latest report on Internet traffic published by Sandvine, specializing in networks, shows that the streaming represents a majority of bandwidth consumption today before P2P. The live video streaming on the Internet account represents 50% of the bandwidth on the Internet in North America, Latin America and Europe. This shows the usual changes of users, who are increasingly moving toward these services, rising well ahead of services such as BitTorrent (17.23%). However, streaming is not used for illegal practices, as the U.S. service broadcasting is Netflix movies on its own 29.7% of the bandwidth consumption in the United States during peak hours.

MXS: an extreme off-road for all seasons

Designer Matt Bellefeuille has presented a concept that will not go unnoticed by fans of extreme sports. This is a personal vehicle off-road practice in both summer and winter. The vehicle is called MXS. Outwardly, he vaguely recalls DTV Shredder with its handle and its caterpillar. 

Samsung is preparing a passive 55-inch 3D TV

While LG has announced with great fanfare its latest range of TV 3D passive (or polarized) last month, it's time for Samsung to unveil its own technology. In partnership with ReaID, the Korean automaker has developed a new technology called 3D RDZ offering a Full HD 3D display, using polarized glasses. Samsung is expected to launch its first model in the range at the beginning of 2012, including a 55-inch screen.

Foretaste of the GT Maserati Gabrini

Three designers from different nationalities have imagined all the future of sports car Maserati stamped. The group has made pioneering a concept called the GT Maserati Gabrini.

A dock plate retro iPhone

The concept of dock designed by Olivier Meynard  iPhone is undeniably the most interesting in recent months. The style, look, the idea and functionality, this seems to meet all its retro-modern platinum.