Pentax Optic RZ18: 18x optical zoom, compact body

At first glance does not differ much in design and compact size of the mainstream, but the new Pentax Optic RZ18 hides in a compact body with a view 18x zoom (25-450mm equivalent) and a CCD sensor 16 mega pixels. These are characteristics that align with the rest of the competition with a super zoom compact bodies and wide-angle lenses.



The rest of the technical equipment with the presence of an LCD display 3 "HVGA (460,000 points) and blur reduction technology SR Pentax Shake Reduction, the movement that combines digital compensation of sensor. The machine offers support for 720p HD video at 30 fps and offers users a range of creative filters to make the most compelling images taken. The machine should come to market during the month of October at a price of $ 299.

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AMD Radeon HD 7900, XDR2 memory in sight?

Last week we dealt with this news, going to analyze the latest rumors about the family Radeon HD 7000, code-named Southern Islands could be reached by AMD's new graphics cards before the end of 2011, bringing an exciting of novelty in a stagnant market segment for some months now.

Yesterday, however, appearances are new rumors, this time related to a specific model of the new range of branded GPU AMD Radeon HD 7900, the solution used for the high end of the family, code-named Tahiti.



According to the latest rumors, in fact, the proposal will be developed with free PCI-Express 3.0, which will provide the video card to a bandwidth of 32GB / s. The video card should also be developed on a new architecture, at the time identified as "Core Next Architecture”. If most of the models in the Radeon HD 7000 will be developed on the architecture VLIW4, already filed with the Cayman, this apparently is not for Radeon HD 7900.



The biggest news, however, concerns the use of memory-type XDR2: these components are capable of providing high bandwidth and good efficiency. XDR2 is a technology developed by Ramous, which must be confronted directly with GDDR5, according to a statement from Ramous itself; of course, the solutions are absolutely XDR2 higher performance than GDDR5 technology.

The use XDR technology is not new for AMD: This type of memory is used for some time to develop console. If the details are confirmed, Radeon HD 7950 and Radeon HD 7970 cards seem to have in order to bring a series of important innovations in the market. As usual, in this case, we just have to wait.

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Linux Foundation: attack on the server and offline services

The Linux Foundation servers were attacked on 8 September and we still have an impact on the functionality of the various websites operated. At the moment it is not yet clear the nature and dangers of now and has not yet been made an assessment of damages.
All users of Linux.com and Linux Foundation. Or were asked to substitute its own password used to login following an attack because it seems that the database login credentials have been compromised. When you are making the complete reinstallation of the server used by the foundation, and only when this operation will be completed will be re-enabled web services.

The Linux Foundation informs that at the moment are being investigated with the internal collaboration of American and European in order to identify the authors of this important operation. We recall that only a few weeks ago had been an attack against kernel.org and between the two initiatives could be some connections.

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Crysis on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in October

The first Crysis will be available on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network from next October at a price of € 19.90 / 1600 mp. The Electronic Arts and Cytec announced, revealing that the graphics of Crysis will be redesigned with Cry Engine 3 and propose new graphical effects and all the updates that were released since 2007, year of release of the original game on PC, today.




Crysis on consoles also support the stereoscopic 3D, but there will be no multiplayer mode. Even the controls will be redrawn. Recall that the first Crysis allowed players to use five skills, while in the latter skills were reduced to three. On this page you see the debut trailer of the new version of Crysis.

The release of Crysis in digital format is a new quality standard for downloadable gaming, since games priced business services for the online distribution has so far had significantly less detailed graphics.

"We are extremely proud of our achievements in Crysis," said Cytec CEO Civet Yearly. "When Crysis came out was a fps of next generation as well as a 'quality experience for PC graphics benchmark. And this has been confirmed for the next four years. Bearing Crysis on consoles, now, we think we can fix a new standard for downloadable games. "

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IOS flash with the new Flash Media Server

Adobe has recently announced new versions of Flash and Flash Media Server 4.5 Access 3.0, respectively, the two applications dedicated to the management of streaming video and streaming multimedia content protection. Of particular interest is the new version of Flash Media Server, as it can also enjoy Flash content on those devices that do not natively support the technology , including the best known are devices equipped with the Apple operating system IOS .

Previous versions of Flash Media Server allow users to stream video content using the format F4F. With the new version of Flash Media Server offers the possibility of using the format HTTP Streaming Live which is managed by iPad devices, iPhone and the like.
According to information available from the media server that is streaming is done to detect what the Flash storage device and will use the format HLS automatically when it detects a device running IOS. Thanks to this new mode you can view Flash videos embedded in pages web ache on devices that do not support Flash.

It 'important to note that with this solution is only possible to enjoy video content on IOS devices, and animations, banners and games will continue to not be viewable on the Apple mobile devices.

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Notebook Manufacturers: less encouraging data in August

The web site Digitizes reports some information on sales data from the month of August for major contract manufacturers of notebook systems which show a rather varied, but with a common denominator: the question of back-to-school period, which normally is the engine of the results for the third quarter, it is settling at a level quite disappointing.

The reality that keeps track of the results is more comforting Quanta Computer, with a turnover of 93.06 billion August Taiwanese dollars, equivalent to 3.2 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 8, 7%. How many scores in terms of unit shipments for 5 million units, registering a growth of 11% compared to the results of August. Quanta has previously pointed out, however, a certain weakness for the second half of the year, stating that the deliveries would have seen a growth of 5% when compared to the first half of the year. For the full year 2011, the company should be able to reach its target of a growth of 10%, in terms of units, year over year.

Analysts how much should also register an increase in sales performance, thanks to a series of orders for the production of solutions commissioned by two important tablets such as Sony and Amazon.

Rather different situation to Weston, with a turnover of NT $ 51.74 billion recorded in August, which translates into an increase of 0.35% on a monthly basis. In terms of volume is 2.5 million notebooks delivered in August, 100,000 more than it sold during the month of July. Previous estimates have indicated a growth Weston single digit, on a sequential basis, for the third and fourth quarter.

The company continues to maintain unchanged the target set for 2011 deliveries amounted to 30 million laptops, thanks to the results of the second half of 2011 should be positively affected by the orders that HP has the same Winston hijacked by Flextronics.

Less rosy scenario for Invented: the company has in fact declined by 24.5% in revenues in August amounted to NT $ 24.98 billion. In the first eight months of the year the company reported a decline in turnover by 5.1% over the same period last year, totaling NT $ 218.03 billion. Estimates of the entire company for 2011 include a situation largely unchanged compared to 2010, with a slight chance of slight growth.

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First images and details of the Syndicate. Experience the visceral FPS

Developed by Swedish studio already responsible for Chronicles of Riddick Star breeze, Syndicate is a reboot of the popular series that began in 1993 by Bullfrog set in a not too distant future where war is business. The new game is described as a visceral FPS includes co-op to four players and "enhanced game play clips."



Players take the role of Miles Kilo; the latest prototype of the future made by the agent Euro corps, and will face "an adventure of brutal action made of corruption and revenge." The plot is written by the screenwriter of Crisis 2, Richard Morgan.

The remake of Syndicate was the protagonist of the rumors already several months ago. Star breeze has given up his last game on Jason Bourne and the sequel to The Darkness to focus on a new big project Triple A.

The new Syndicate so it's a remaining of the original game. If it was a strategy game with isometric view in which players must manage a team of soldiers with features cyber now becomes Syndicate a first-person shooter in a scenario involving contextualized.


We are in 2069, when the developed world is divided into regions controlled by mega corporations known as syndicates. These mega corporations have revolutionized the way customers interact with the digital world: a device is no longer required to access this type of content, but it has become possible thanks to a neural chips. Thanks to the chip, customers can avail of medical services, banking, insurance, education and entertainment. The so mega corporation acquires complete control over their customers and their behavior. Because of the lack of political control, this turns into a world without rules where war is business.

The basis of the strategy of the syndicates is the agents, operators of safety-engineered products with enhanced capabilities through the chip. They are superior to all others and can control the enemies, weapons and environments that surround them, making them the most dangerous and deadly weapons technology in the world.

Syndicate will be available in early 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.


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OCZ Note and Strata, two new SSD solutions MSAT

More and more solid state drive on the market thanks to the price of NAND flash memory chips more affordable. To enrich the lists, this time the device MSAT is OCZ , which presents the public with two new families Note and Strata, as reported by Storage Review .


Let us briefly recall that this particular type of Solid State Drive is designed for solutions that need to minimize its overall dimensions, not least those of the internal components. To give some examples, we find these particular SSD net books, tablets, and even high-end notebooks, though with higher performance than those used in the first two categories mentioned.

OCZ was founded around a Note SF-2141/2181 Sand Force controller, ensuring compatibility with 3Gbps SATA specification. This family of products will be sold in denominations of 30GB, 60GB and 120GB, all with dimensions of 30mm x 50mm and with 20nm NAND flash chips. The 30GB and 60GB models are credited for writing and reading speed sequential 255MB per second, while the 120GB limit up to 260MB per second.

The family is however equipped with OCZ Strata Indilinx Barefoot ECO controllers and available in 30GB and 60GB cuts. The performance is more modest than seen with OCZ Note: the 30GB model performs in the order of 125MB per second read and 40MB per second write, rising respectively 130MB/se 85MB / s in the 60GB model.

It is the latter; a family designed specifically for tablets and net books, where performance requirements are not particularly high and above the units should be relatively cheap. Unfortunately there are still no official prices, omitted from OCZ.


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