Acer Aspire S7 Ultrabook gets updated!

Acer's Haswell update for the particularly thin Aspire S7 comes simultaneously with a change of display technology. In addition, Acer S7 is a one of the best Ultra books available in the market. Acer updated its top Ultra book, in addition to the CPU upgrade to a Core i7 - 4500U, which improves the battery life of the notebook by 30 percent according to Acer; there is also a new IPS panel. Acer now installed a very high resolution display with 2,560 x 1,440 pixels at a screen diagonal of 13 inches. Acer also promises that the fan design also very now quieter. Acer improves the IPS display of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels Does not change the rest of the equipment. It remains in fast RAID 0 SSD systems with 256 GB of memory, 8 GB of RAM and the weight of 1.3 kg. There is still a change in the S7. The 11- inch model of the laptop has been discontinued. There will be no more Haswell update for this model. It was characterized by a very thin and light design. Acer's new Aspire S7 with 13 -inch display will come on the market in November 2013. It is equipped with the same 8.1 and Windows will have a starting price of 1,600 Euros. So it's slightly more expensive than the first versions of the Aspire S7. Let us hope the extra costs of few hundred Euros and includes a better service.

LG to launch 8.3-inch G Pad tablet at IFA 2013

LG presented the new Android tablet 8.3 inch LG at IFA, and is impressed by the quality of its full HD screen and slim design. Announced earlier this week, the LG G Pad 8.3 inch has not received much attention. We had to wait to discover the IFA for the first returns begin to happen. They are unanimously enthusiastic, citing a tablet to rival to the two references that are mini iPad and the new Nexus 7. For starters, its compact design (8.3 mm thick, 12.6 cm wide) and weight (338 grams) make, according to testers, it is also easy gripping a 7-inch tablet. Enthusiasm for the quality of the screen, the first of this size to be displayed in full HD 1920x1200 pixels. Very good return for your investment as the performance of the tablet, and torque processor (Snapdragon 600 quadruple heart 1.7 GHz) - RAM 2 GB provides good comfort. The internal storage of 16 GB can be expanded via a microSD card. There is QPair application to connect to a Smartphone via Bluetooth to receive text messages and make calls. That compensates for the lack of a 3G version. In fact, the only downside is the presence of Android 4.2.2 instead of the latest version 4.3. We hope soon they will correct this failure in their next update. LG G pad 8.3  will arrive soon and could be one of the best sellers of this season, provided that its price has not been disclosed,but it  is sufficiently competitive.

Wacom Cintiq 13HD

With the graphics tablet from Wacom Cintiq 13HD we can quickly and precisely edit photos. And can Exempt persons with wind-blown hair on photos, Reflective surfaces in matt structures transform. With the mouse that works even with the Wacom Cintiq 13HD, it was in the test but much more accurate and much faster. The 13 inch wide Cintiq is no ordinary Windows or Android tablet; it shows the exact contents of a PC monitor connected to it in such an open image with Photoshop. He can, however, use it as a second monitor for enlarged work surface for images. The screen displays photos and graphics in Full HD with 1920x1080 pixels. To make some color adjustments to an image region, the user can use the stylus. Together with the Wacom pen provides ten easy options with pen. For example, you can draw thick or thin lines of various measures with the pen. And the pen also determines how strong the user presses on the tablet. So with the pressure you can create strong and fine lines. According to the manufacturer the pin determined up to 2,048 levels of pressure. And also the pen just reverses and serves as an eraser. With the tablet you can create or customize fonts and drawings by following the illustration. This works like a sheet of paper: Unlike the drawing with the mouse, the Cintiq brings natural hand movements faithfully to the screen. The Wacom Cintiq works a lot easier. It works exactly and saves a lot of time - but it is damn expensive.

Sony Z1, A high-end camera phone

With this new high-end device, the Japanese giant wants to confirm the their growth in recent months. In the field of Smartphones, a trend is emerging: that the quality of the image capture. Consumers increasingly replace their cameras on their mobile phones and manufacturers competitive innovation for Smartphones of high quality camera phones. Nokia is a specialty with PureView technology, the Lumia 925 and especially in Lumia 1020 which has the features a high -quality display sensor 40 megapixels. The Xperia Z1 incorporates everything Sony has to offer," and introduces the Japanese group CEO Kazuo Hirai, during the presentation of Z1 at the IFA in Berlin. The Japanese and boasts " worthy performance of a compact camera " with a 27 mm wide angle and large F2.0 aperture, which was made especially for the RS Exmor CMOS sensor for mobile large 1/2, 3'' and 20.7 megapixels. The camera also has the BIONZ processor for mobile. It also has video range of photo applications (including timeshift function that captures 61 shots between the second before and the second after the trigger), and innovative accessories such as optical clip- on Smartphone. Besides these pictures capacity, Z1 has a five-inch screen, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 800 2.2 GHz, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB of internal memory. As Xperia Z, it is waterproof and supports 4G. Sony will offer five free movies from its catalog of VOD, and two months free on the streaming music service, Music Unlimited to the buyers. This Smartphone brings not only the power of Sony mobile phones, through close collaboration with their partners, but it also sets a new standard in high-end Smartphones.

IBM Strikes Gold with $1 Billion Cloud Computing Deal

Few companies have been able to strike as huge a contract as IBM just did with the Department of the Interior. With a $1 billion ten-year contract, IBM has agreed to assist in the transition of the department's networks to a cloud computing infrastructure. IBM, along with nine other companies, was selected to assist with this tremendous endeavor. Drawing on the success of IBM's data storage practices, the strength of its database solutions, its ability to host websites, and many other factors, the Department of the Interior is hoping that this contract will help them with cost-saving measures while providing a secure solution for its ever-growing network of computers and devices.

IBM has a long history of providing technological and networking solutions for federal and state government contracts. With their recent success in the emergence of the cloud computing market, IBM has been at the forefront of development of new services and security in cloud computing. As a result, investors and agencies are all flocking to IBM to assist in the transition from traditional networks to more versatile and secure cloud-based solutions.

The $1 billion contract over ten years is only part of the Department of the Interior’s massive IT budget, which allocates nearly $1 billion a year for the department’s IT needs. With sixteen agencies reporting to the department that manage everything from national parks to relationships with Native American tribes, the department has a wide array of needs. Due to IBM's diverse offerings and portfolio of cloud-based solutions, the transition to the cloud is expected to save the department a tremendous amount of money as it hopes to close hundreds of data centers across the country.

In addition to the Department of the Interior, the agreement with IBM states that other departments may further utilize cloud-based solutions down the road. IBM and the other contractors hope that this contract is only one of many to come as the government seeks to cut down on its expenses and transition its services to the cloud.

So what does this mean for IBM? As this is the company's largest cloud-based contract with US government to date, IBM will continue to expand its portfolio of cloud-based solutions. In addition, IBM, along with all of the other companies included in the contract, will gain a competitive advantage in the highly competitive cloud services market. As technology analysts have seen in recent months, any edge in this market will give companies the potential for huge profits as the industry continues to balloon.

Industry analysts have predicted that the growth of the cloud computing industry has only just started. With large contracts like this one from the Department of the Interior, cloud-based service providers are expecting to see profits and contracts come streaming in during the next few years. The transition from local networks to cloud-based services on a web host will need to be performed by companies with experience. Few companies have as much experience in a wide variety of industries as IBM. This contract could only be the tip of the iceberg in potential profits for one of the oldest computing companies in the world.

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