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VeryPC Talks Sustainable With Broadleaf Range
[...] Hopton also described how VeryPC was able to cherry pick energy efficient components. Our power supplies are made to our specifications, and coupled with our PecoBOO power management software, which uses face detection technology (via the webcam) to determine if someone is sitting at the computer and needs to use to the display, means our quad core is most energy efficient machine on the planet, according to Energy Star agency. [...] This will be the first machine not sold direct by VeryPC, and is the start of our move to the channel model, he said. It will initially target the government and eduction sectors initially. Pricing for the entry level machine is £449 for dual core, while the quad core machine comes in at £649. [...] Sheffield was once known for the quality of its steel, but now a Sheffield-based green computer manufacturer is hoping that the fully recyclable aluminium chassis of its new Broadleaf green desktops will appeal to those looking for business machines with a much lower carbon footprint. [...]
PecoBOO Keeps Eye On Display Power Management
[...] Developed by Sheffield-based environmental computer manufacturer VeryPC, PecoBOO uses face detection technology to determine if someone is sitting at the computer and needs to use to the display. [...] We asked, 'what if your computer could tell instantly when you are not using it and make power changes to reflect that' said Peter Hopton, VeryPC managing director. That's when we thought of the light in the fridge. It only comes on when you need it. PecoBOO turns your computer display into the 'light in the fridge'. [...] The latest piece of eco-friendly software claims to be so clever it can tell whether you are looking at your computer or not, and switch your display off or on accordingly. [...]
HP Targets SMBs With All-in-One PC Launch
[...] The machine features an integrated design that puts the computing power inside the display. The company said its single console, which conceals antennas, cables and other peripherals, offers an ideal solution for use in space-constrained cubicles, executive conference rooms, schools, nurse stations and hotel lobbies. [...] The MS200 is an Energy Star 5.0 qualified PC and uses less metal and plastic than traditional desktop PCs and monitors because the monitor and PC are combined. It also consumes less than half the energy of an old PC and LCD display, HP noted. [...] With an 18.5-inch diagonal screen, the MS200 features a 16.9 high-definition LCD display that tilts and swivels, a full-size keyboard and mouse, built-in webcam, slim tray supermulti DVD burner and a microphone array. [...]
Bill Gates Quizzes Wolfram Alpha Knowledge Engine
[...] Perhaps unsurprisingly, given its ultimately consumerist intent, the Bing team seems determined to position Wolfram Alpha less as a number-crunching machine for engineers and mathematicians and more as a resource for things like nutritional information. With Wolfram Alpha, entering a specific food product in the search bar will result in a display of nutritional data such as cholesterol and protein. [...] The power of the search technology and computation may have better application within the business environment to address specific needs for research, whether pharmaceutical or aerospace or military, Sheri McLeish, an analyst with Forrester, said in an interview with eWEEK soon after Wolfram Alpha's summer update. [...] Although the tech world and the public at large quickly realized that Wolfram Alpha would prove more of a niche product than a Google killer, the new search&mdash.sorry, computational&mdash.engine's interface seemed suggestive of a larger trend. [...]
Star Trek Creator’s Mac Plus Up For Auction
[...] It features the beige-colored case with 9-inch display and 3.5-inch floppy drive and includes the short keyboard, external floppy drive, mouse and Apple logo padded carrying case. The computer and accessories are accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Gene Roddenberry's son, Rod. [...] The computer was the first Mac to offer a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) port and was the first of many Apple computers to use single in-line memory modules (SIMMs) for its memory. The original Plus came in Apple beige, though during 1987 the case color was changed to platinum. [...] Historic artifact dealer Profiles in History has announced it is putting the first Macintosh Plus 1Mb personal computer to come off the assembly line at Apple Computer in Fresno, Calif., up for auction. [...]
Absolute Teams Up With Intel To ‘Brick’ Stolen Laptops
[...] What this means in the real world is that if a laptop is stolen, the victim is offered the combined ability to manage and recover the stolen laptop and delete data remotely. In addition, the user can remotely lock down the laptop, as well as use its message display capabilities presumably to politely ask the thieves to return the machine. [...] Once a computer is locked, it cannot boot-up to the operating system and is rendered useless to unauthorised users, said Absolute Software. It essentially turns the computer into a brick and eliminates its cash value and appeal to thieves. Once the computer is back in the hands of its rightful owner, it can be unlocked through the customer's LoJack for Laptops account or by typing a password on the computer. [...] Once a user reports that his or her laptop is stolen, the Absolute Theft Recovery Team gathers evidence from the computer to identify the thief's location, and to get the computer back. [...]
HP Netbook Struts The Catwalk At NY Fashion Week
[...] Tam's previous effort with the computer maker, titled China Chic, debuted at 2008's Fashion Week and was a hot-hued, velvet-looking theme of pink and purple peonies on a blood-red background. It featured a 10.1-inch-display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, 60GB of storage and the Windows XP Home operating system. [...]
HP Launches Cut Price Videoconferencing
[...] SkyRoom's multithreaded video engine enables all participants to see the presenter's display and each other through a multiway videoconferencing session. The software's image engine gives remote users a view of the host presenter's desktop and its applications as if they were using a local machine. [...] It enables the display of 2-D and 3-D graphics, full-motion video and multidisplay on a system that only has a 2-D graphics card. Software on the presenter's system monitors and updates only changes in screen appearance not the entire display then compresses and encrypts the information before sending it to the participants, where it is decrypted, decompressed and updated. [...]
Review: VMware’s View 4 Improves VDI Performance
[...] The external monitor was an older Dell 2405FPW on a stand that allowed me to easily rotate the display to portrait mode. Using PCoIP, and after a few simple adjustments to the virtual machine configuration parameters, I was able to use both large screens one in landscape orientation and one in portrait orientation. [...] I created virtual machine instances that were variously turned into templates or linked clones, depending on the deployment choices I made for various groups of end users. As with competitive offerings from Citrix, virtual desktops can be created for use by a single user or for mass deployment. [...] In addition to providing quick desktop response in my LAN environment, PCoIP gave me much greater choice when it came to monitors on end user systems. I used a new Dell Precision M6500 mobile workstation tricked out with an Intel Core i7-920XM extreme edition processor and 4GB of DDR3-1333MHz RAM and an NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M GPU to drive 1,900-by-1,200 display resolution to both the 17-inch monitor on my workstation and a 24-inch external monitor. [...]
Nokia Files Flexible Interface Patent
[...] Prior art demonstrates the value of incorporating the deformation of computing objects for use as input for computer processes, the patent states. However, in this document, we propose methods for interacting with flexible displays that rely on deformations of the surface structure of the display itself. . [...] Flexible form factors such as laptops that can be adjusted into tablet PCs are nothing new. But a flexible display interface is quite another thing, and it appears from a patent application that Nokia is working on just such a display interface. [...] On 14 Jan, Nokia filed a patent for a flexible interface with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Go Rumors reported. The technology is described in the patent abstract as a user interface including a flexible display configured to display graphical objects and a controller configured to detect a first bend and determine a resulting first foldline, determine a graphical object being intersected by the first foldline and execute a function associated with the graphical object. . [...]
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