"S.T.R.I.K.E. M" wireless keyboard with NFC

Mad Catz has launched a new wireless gaming keyboard, the S.T.R.I.K.E. M. The device is smaller than regular keyboards and is intended primarily for mobile use, which can be for example a tablet or Smartphone using Bluetooth technology.

The S.T.R.I.K.E. M is also equipped with NFC to speed up the connection. The keyboard is equipped with a rechargeable battery, illuminated keypad and an optical sensor to navigate with your finger. The Strike M is expected to be available for the holidays in three different colors (red, black and silver).

Google Chrome 31 Browser with more Apps!

Especially Google Browser Chrome 31 comes with new improvements for Apps under the hood Google added those vigorously under the hood of the fast browser. With Chrome 31, the latest version of the fast browser for Windows, OS X, and Linux is available for download. For the security of the browser version let Google spent more money. Overall, the development team includes 25 vulnerabilities check in Chrome 31, of which at least five are classified as critical.

The highest premium money goes to "SkyLined” by Google Chrome Security Team for finding a bug in the HTML parser. With the Portable Native Client (PNaCl), the browser gets a new technique offered; Google is working on for years. Even in Chrome 14, Google had presented its translation tool. PNaCl enables developers to write apps using the C or C + +. Let then run in Chrome with the new technology, whether Windows, Mac or Android running in the "background”. This not just an easy task for developers, but also has benefits for users.

Thanks to the low-level programming can be so resource-intensive applications such as 3D games, video and audio editing or CAD programs implemented. What advantages attract future apps from the art, showing the side PNaCI demos. URL handler Chrome Apps may also access memory from the network immediately to forward the local documents, for example, to web-based applications which is more helpful to the users. Directory access with Chrome apps gets the opportunity to access user-defined directories on the PC. This fall, for example, browser applications on the same data as locally installed programs.

Like its predecessors, Chrome 31 also completed the latest version of Google's browser with the sovereign benchmark parkour. While no wins Chrome 31 percentage points over the previous add, however, it is possible to program a surprise coup in the SunSpider benchmark. Dominated here with the Microsoft Internet Explorer for a long time the top position, succeeds Chrome, at least catch up and catch up with IE 11th The SunSpider benchmarks, V8 Octane and check the speed of presentation of JavaScript. The Acid3 test analyzes the conformity to current web standards. Peacekeeper (Pk ) will focus on HTML5 elements . In SunSpider, a low value (in seconds) better - for V8, Octane, Acid3 and Peacekeeper, a high value (in points / runs).

With the implementation of request auto complete Google wants to simplify. Similar to the AutoFill feature for the browser stores your contact information to request payment. Websites use the function; the browser retrieves the stored data from you in the browser and into the respective form fields automatically. To safeguard your data, the function is only to sites with SSL encryption. But the payment processing does not affect the novelty.

Android users get the new version also able to create bookmarks directly on the home screen. Open the desired page and select the menu option “Add to Home screen”, from now on, a finger tip is enough to open the web page in the Chrome browser. In the corresponding blog entry, the developers listen to a whole range of technical innovations, such as the support of SCTP for improved data transmission for WebRTC sessions or an interface for speech recognition for apps and web pages.

With Google Chrome 31, the browser highlights the distinction between local and web applications on. After 19 Chrome has already blossomed into a browser everywhere program slowly but steadily developed an all-rounder. And to the detriment of Firefox, IE & Co. Chrome is also quick to expresses: In the benchmark 31 wiedermal Chrome beats all competitors and attracts obsolete even in the SunSpider test on a par with the IE11.

Although the developers promised major improvements in performance and stability, but at the Chrome browser anyway very fast and stable, the user gets it with not much. Thanks vulnerabilities closed the browser has less of a target. Android users use the browser even faster by using swipe gestures.

Ways to Save Money on Tech For Your Small Business

Ways to Save Money on Tech For Your Small Business
Small businesses need to be careful with how they spend money in order to be profitable and to have the money to invest and grow.  To ensure that they are spending wisely and getting the most bang for their buck, small businesses should research purchasing decisions carefully and should be on the lookout for opportunities to maximize the value they receive from each purchase. This is true with any type of acquisitions for the business but especially true when buying tech products.
The Tips

To help ensure your business is getting the tech tools you need without breaking the bank, here are some tips for saving money on tech:

• Shop around for printer ink. For example, if you use Brother printers in your office, you can look around to find Brother HL-2140 toner cartridges at a discount.  By doing your research and comparing prices before you make a purchase, you can get the same high quality printer ink but spend a fraction of the price.
• Use the technology available to you.  Many businesses have software and hardware that they are not using to full capacity. For example, if your business purchased the Microsoft suite of office software but you are using it only for Word or PowerPoint, consider exploring the email, calendar and database features for use in streamlining communication among employees and staying connected with clients. Here are some tips to get the most out of Office.
• Take advantage of free and open source software. There are a lot of great free software programs out there that use open source code and that provide close to the same level of functionality that higher priced professional programs do. For example, if your company needs a graphic design program, you could easily spend several hundred dollars buying Photoshop. As an alternative, you could instead use the free software program GIMP that provides many of the same features but that will not cost your company anything at all.
• Look for discounts and buying opportunities for small businesses. Many office supply stores and online companies want to capture a strong market share in the small business market and thus will offer special discounts, deals or coupons for small businesses to use their equipment or services. You should consider looking for discounts on tech products and services from these online and local stores that cater to small businesses before you make any purchase.
• Decide if VOIP is right for you. Phone service is one of the biggest tech costs for many companies. Instead of having dedicated phone lines, some companies can get away with using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) as their primary or secondary telephone service. Your monthly cost of phone service may be much lower if you use an Internet telephone service rather than having dedicated landlines.  You can also look into fax services that operate over the computer rather than having a dedicated fax machine in your office environment that you need to buy toner, paper and ink for and that you need to have connected to a dedicated telephone line.
• Consider having employees use personal cell phones. It may be less expensive for your company to pay a portion of your employee’s personal cell phone bills and have them use these phones for business use than it is to buy dedicated phones that people can use only for business needs and pay for the full cost of the bill. Employees may be eager to embrace the opportunity of using personal phones with a portion of the bills being paid so they do not have to carry around two separate phones.
•  Outsource some of your tech services. For most small businesses, it does not make sense to have a full-time IT professional employed by the business. Instead, you can use IT consulting firms or outsource to IT professionals only when you need help. You won’t have to assume the cost of benefits and salary for an IT professional when you only need occasionally assistance.

By keeping these tips in mind, you can make sure that your small business has the technology services and features that you need and you can keep costs to a reasonable level so you can make other important investments in your business.
Ralph Billings is a small business consultant who specializes in helping companies trim the fat. If he can’t get our business running more efficiently, no one can! Follow his blogging exploits to gain valuable insight on running your own company.

Microsoft shows-interest in “Project N”

The Microsoft officials unveiled a new technology for developing Net compile code into native code directly. With the launch of Visual Studio 2013 in New York, Microsoft lifted the veil a little bit of another product currently in development. Known internally as the "Draft N", there is a new technology to compile code directly. The technology is currently experimental, says Microsoft.

Eventually, it should be available to the developer community, even if Microsoft did not say anything more, when the event held in New York on what mode and in what proportions would be distributed tool. According to Microsoft, the "N Project" must allow developed. Net and C # to work better on Windows 8 and Windows RT applications. And, thanks to a new compilation technology. "Draft N” could be distributed publicly in 2014. We do not know, in what form.

Microsoft could keep the technology in-house, and recompile applications directly. This would be consistent; Microsoft has been working around the improvement of the compilation in the cloud for Windows Phone, with MDIL (Machine Dependent Intermediate Language) applications. The solution allowed at its output to help developers migrate their Windows Phone 7 applications to Windows Phone 8.

A job offer giant also recently showed that Microsoft was looking for developers to work on a technology to " compile C # using native C + + compiler." Again, the links are not obvious, and it is unclear how the two come together. Similarly we do not know if the technology is intended for internal use or will be directly distributed to developers.

Kindle Fire 7 HDX

The Kindle Fire 7 HDX is available  now in Amazon; the manufacturer offer the high-end tablet currently and exclusively through their online store. Now it is available only in the Wi-Fi version. The 7- inch version of the new Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablet is now available from the online shop of the manufacturer.

The unit with high-end hardware is offered with three different memory sizes, the version with 16 gigabytes will cost 229 Euros, 32 gigabytes of storage space cost 269 € and 309 € 64 gigabytes. Here only the tablet with Wi-Fi connection is currently being sold, the model with LTE support follows on or after 27 November.

 The Kindle Fire 7 HDX is then have to charge the above memory sizes for each 80 Euros and can be purchased directly from the exclusive partner Vodafone or Amazon. The Kindle Fire 7 HDX has a quad-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon brand 800 with 2.2 GHz, 2 GB RAM and forms on its 7 - inch screen has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels from.

The presence of the camera shoots photos with 1.2 megapixels. Since the internal memory can not be extended by a memory card, users have to switch to cloud services as needed. The operating system is OS 3.0 for use Fire HDX - a heavily modified and closed version of Google's Android operating system.

Apps can thus be obtained only from the Amazon App Store, but not from the Google Play. The larger Kindle Fire HDX with 8.9 -inch screen will be displayed in the Wi-Fi -only version on 19 November, the LTE model follows on 13 December.