http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2013 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:25 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:25 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Plans-Complete-Notebook-Line-for-2H13-355119.shtml
Now I don't have to guess, because other parties have reported that Samsung will definitely reveal notebooks there, and proceed to keep releasing laptops over the course of the rest of the year.

That's right, Samsung intends to launch a whole new collection of notebooks in June and during the second half ... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 17:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Plans-Complete-Notebook-Line-for-2H13-355119.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Plans-Complete-Notebook-Line-for-2H13-355119.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Chromebook-About-to-Hit-Malaysia-Has-WiMAX-355228.shtml Lots of notebooks have appeared over the past half a year, and more of them will come forth over the next few months. Most of them are more or less common, insofar as the term applies, but some are unusual, like the Chromebook prepared by Samsung.

Chromebooks are strange because they have a completely different relationship betwee... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Chromebook-About-to-Hit-Malaysia-Has-WiMAX-355228.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Chromebook-About-to-Hit-Malaysia-Has-WiMAX-355228.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/It-Turns-Out-that-Sony-s-13-3-inch-E-Paper-Screen-is-Flexible-355205.shtml
It was clear that the prototype was one of the thinnest and largest e-readers around, and possibly one of the most successful (eventually).

Now it came out that the 13.3-inch panel itself is actually flexible.

Weighing just 60 grams (2.11 ounces), it uses E Ink's TFT technology and is as large as an A4 sheet of paper.read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 14:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/It-Turns-Out-that-Sony-s-13-3-inch-E-Paper-Screen-is-Flexible-355205.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/It-Turns-Out-that-Sony-s-13-3-inch-E-Paper-Screen-is-Flexible-355205.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Second-3D-Printed-Gun-Revealed-Video-Forbes-355194.shtml
The Liberator has come a long way from the initial incarnation, which broke as soon as the first shot was fired.

Above is the video that clearly shows the fully 3D printed gun unloading a full clip of eight bullets without needing a component replacement.

Still not the best endurance, but more than one could expect fro... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 14:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Second-3D-Printed-Gun-Revealed-Video-Forbes-355194.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Second-3D-Printed-Gun-Revealed-Video-Forbes-355194.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/EK-Water-Blocks-Intros-Second-Liquid-Nitrogen-Cooler-355179.shtml
That does not seem to be the case. Or maybe EK just figured it might as well get some more practice at making cooling products supposed to be used with liquid nitrogen.

That is how the EK-SF3D Inflection Point EVO came to be.

It has a socket-specific mounting system enclosure that allows even newbies ... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/EK-Water-Blocks-Intros-Second-Liquid-Nitrogen-Cooler-355179.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/EK-Water-Blocks-Intros-Second-Liquid-Nitrogen-Cooler-355179.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Acer-s-Aspire-R7-Drivers-Are-Finally-Up-for-Grabs-Download-Now-355167.shtml
First, I should highlight that the R7 touch notebook is developed to support only the 64-bit version of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, and that’s why the available drivers are also compatible with the same platform.

As usual, Intel takes care of ... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Acer-s-Aspire-R7-Drivers-Are-Finally-Up-for-Grabs-Download-Now-355167.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Acer-s-Aspire-R7-Drivers-Are-Finally-Up-for-Grabs-Download-Now-355167.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Iulian Pascal) http://news.softpedia.com/news/FCC-Reveals-Toshiba-AT10LE-A-Tegra-4-Tablet-355164.shtml
That means that the tablet is more or less complete, otherwise it wouldn't be up for wireless tests.

Anyway, the name of the device has yet to be revealed. Given previous FCC filings, I guess it will be a week or two, or maybe a month, before we know it.

The Tegra 4 SoC is used as the heart of course, with its four 1.8 GHz cores... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 13:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/FCC-Reveals-Toshiba-AT10LE-A-Tegra-4-Tablet-355164.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/FCC-Reveals-Toshiba-AT10LE-A-Tegra-4-Tablet-355164.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hairy-Skyscrapers-The-New-Way-to-Collect-Energy-355154.shtml We've seen lots of different ways of generating energy, but most of them can be divided into two categories: fossil fuel-based and otherwise. The idea that Belatchew came up with definitely fits the latter type.

Few things can truly qualify as bizarre, but we dare say that what Stockholm-based architecture firm Belatchew is proposing... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hairy-Skyscrapers-The-New-Way-to-Collect-Energy-355154.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hairy-Skyscrapers-The-New-Way-to-Collect-Energy-355154.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analysts-Unsure-If-UHD-TVs-Will-Avoid-the-fate-of-3D-Sets-355142.shtml Back in 2011, 3D panels became a rave, only to quickly fade into their own niche after just a few months. There were a few tries at trade shows to promote them as the new groove, but not much came of them, not without glasses-free support that has remained rare to this day.

Now, though, a new so-called "savior" has appeared... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analysts-Unsure-If-UHD-TVs-Will-Avoid-the-fate-of-3D-Sets-355142.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analysts-Unsure-If-UHD-TVs-Will-Avoid-the-fate-of-3D-Sets-355142.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Z87-ATX-Motherboards-from-Gigabyte-Revealed-as-Well-355133.shtml Gigabyte isn't going to pull any punches at Computex 2013. The trade show in early June, taking place in Taipei, Taiwan, will play host to quite a few motherboards, as well as other products.

We've already seen one of the mainboards that Gigabyte will bring to the trade show: the very small but very thorough Z87N-WiFi, which ... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 11:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Z87-ATX-Motherboards-from-Gigabyte-Revealed-as-Well-355133.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Z87-ATX-Motherboards-from-Gigabyte-Revealed-as-Well-355133.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Be-Quiet-Posts-Haswell-Compatible-PSUs-355108.shtml
Which is to say, since Haswell CPUs can enter a low-power state that some power supplies can't reach (low loads below 0.05 Amps during sleep mode), Be Quiet! has taken it upon itself to say exactly which will.

According to its press release, all its PSUs are ready for the processors, from the entry-level Pu... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 09:38:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Be-Quiet-Posts-Haswell-Compatible-PSUs-355108.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Be-Quiet-Posts-Haswell-Compatible-PSUs-355108.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Mini-ITX-Z87-Motherboard-Revealed-by-Gigabyte-355098.shtml One would think that the high-end chipset meant to support Intel's Haswell CPUs would only be found on ATX motherboards and larger, and maybe the occasional micro-ATX, but this is not the case.

Gigabyte hasn't released the press shots yet, but the folks over at LegitReviews have managed to snag a few photographs of one Z87N-WiFi ... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 09:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Mini-ITX-Z87-Motherboard-Revealed-by-Gigabyte-355098.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Mini-ITX-Z87-Motherboard-Revealed-by-Gigabyte-355098.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-Titan-Outsells-GTX-690-355079.shtml
Even so, however, there weren't very high hopes for the graphics card as far as product shipments were concerned, not really.

Sure, there was a lot of hype and positive advertising, but the video board was very expensive and was even shipped in limited quantiti... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 08:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-Titan-Outsells-GTX-690-355079.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-Titan-Outsells-GTX-690-355079.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Three-New-Powerline-Networking-Adapters-Released-by-Rosewill-355072.shtml Once upon a time, no one had any idea that a home or apartment's power grid could be used for communication between electronic devices, but the world knows better now, thanks to companies like Rosewill.

Rosewill already has a pair of powerline AV adapters on sale, but it figured it was time to add a few more, so it launc... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 08:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Three-New-Powerline-Networking-Adapters-Released-by-Rosewill-355072.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Three-New-Powerline-Networking-Adapters-Released-by-Rosewill-355072.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Node-304-A-Small-and-White-Case-With-Modular-Interior-355060.shtml Every once in a while, a company will release a sort of product that stands out among all the rest, either through a ludicrous amount of top-end features or a skillful blending of the essentials.

A good case may be made for proving that the Node 304 from Fractal Design is one of the latter. After all, it is supposedly made for ... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 07:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Node-304-A-Small-and-White-Case-With-Modular-Interior-355060.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Node-304-A-Small-and-White-Case-With-Modular-Interior-355060.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dual-Band-Wireless-Router-AC1200-Launched-by-TRENDnet-355043.shtml It looks like another wireless router capable of communicating over more than one band has been released, and TRENDnet is the maker. Not that it's so shocking, given the company's history on the Wi-Fi market.

The latest wireless networking device to leave TRENDnet's labs is none other than the AC1200 Dual Band Wireless Router.<... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 07:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dual-Band-Wireless-Router-AC1200-Launched-by-TRENDnet-355043.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dual-Band-Wireless-Router-AC1200-Launched-by-TRENDnet-355043.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Intros-World-s-First-Gaming-Laptops-with-AMD-A10-Richland-APUs-355027.shtml Micro Star International's GX70 notebook is a relatively recent addition to the market of gaming PCs, but it is still something not altogether new, just like the GX60 can easily be considered old news.

Thus, adding AMD's A10-series Richland accelerated processing units (APUs) to their list of supported central unit... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Intros-World-s-First-Gaming-Laptops-with-AMD-A10-Richland-APUs-355027.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Intros-World-s-First-Gaming-Laptops-with-AMD-A10-Richland-APUs-355027.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/WD-Updates-My-Net-N900-and-N900-Central-Firmware-Version-to-1-07-16-355026.shtml
The newly released version fixes the safe removal issue of the attached drives, and the Public share folder accessing problem when using Remote Access via web or mobile.

In addition, it reduces CPU overloading through an applied fix to the IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol), ... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 06:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/WD-Updates-My-Net-N900-and-N900-Central-Firmware-Version-to-1-07-16-355026.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/WD-Updates-My-Net-N900-and-N900-Central-Firmware-Version-to-1-07-16-355026.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Iulian Pascal) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wearable-Modular-Camera-Patented-by-Olympus-354974.shtml
Many lawsuits have been fought, and are being fought, over patents, but there are times when the patent office helps.

Like now. Olympus has patented a new, modular, wearable camera, and because patents are public the information made the news.

Th... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wearable-Modular-Camera-Patented-by-Olympus-354974.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wearable-Modular-Camera-Patented-by-Olympus-354974.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sennheiser-Builds-HDVD-800-Digital-Headphone-Amplifier-354961.shtml
That is why some people actually buy headphone amplifiers: because they want rich sound but don't want to upgrade their whole media center.

Knowing this, Sennheiser has released the HDVD 800 digital headphone amplifier.

Then again, that's not totally accurate. The amplifier ... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sennheiser-Builds-HDVD-800-Digital-Headphone-Amplifier-354961.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sennheiser-Builds-HDVD-800-Digital-Headphone-Amplifier-354961.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/High-End-UHD-4K-TVs-of-70-and-60-Inches-Released-by-Sharp-354949.shtml
Quite a feat for a product type that is still making its first strides into the world.

Anyway, Sharp has just released two new UHD TVs in Japan, called LC-70UD1 and LC-60UD1.

The former measures 70 inches in diagonal, while the latter is 60 inches wide. That much can be guessed from the names even.

For those who've forgot... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/High-End-UHD-4K-TVs-of-70-and-60-Inches-Released-by-Sharp-354949.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/High-End-UHD-4K-TVs-of-70-and-60-Inches-Released-by-Sharp-354949.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SanDisk-Also-Starts-Second-Generation-19nm-Chip-Manufacture-354932.shtml
We've already seen Toshiba starting production of 19nm chips, and now we learn that SanDisk is doing the same.

The company has begun customer sampling of flash memory products based on the industry-leading 1Ynm process technology.

Which is to say, it is no... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/SanDisk-Also-Starts-Second-Generation-19nm-Chip-Manufacture-354932.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/SanDisk-Also-Starts-Second-Generation-19nm-Chip-Manufacture-354932.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Even-Photos-Can-Be-3D-Printed-Now-354916.shtml
Nonetheless, I still found it a bit unexpected that someone would think of 3D printing photographs of all things.

Amanda Ghassaei posted, on Instructables, her idea for 3D-printed photographs.

The images captured in the photos aren't actually printed in 3D. I imagine that using a picture from a Lytro camera coul... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Even-Photos-Can-Be-3D-Printed-Now-354916.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Even-Photos-Can-Be-3D-Printed-Now-354916.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Drops-to-Fourth-Place-on-Processor-Market-354901.shtml
Long story short, AMD came up short compared to three other companies.

While Intel came first, as expected, Advanced Micro Devices did not make second spot, or even third.

Those positions went to Qualcomm and Samsung, respectively, as shown in the table above.... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Drops-to-Fourth-Place-on-Processor-Market-354901.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Drops-to-Fourth-Place-on-Processor-Market-354901.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Thermaltake-Also-Publishes-Haswell-Ready-PSU-Collection-354891.shtml
As we have said before, Intel's fourth-generation Core-series central processing units are so power-efficient that some PSUs can't provide a stable current at low settings.

When the CPU is in deep sleep mode, power draw recedes to just 0.05A (0.6W), 10 times below Ivy Bridge.

Thus, hardware makers have been posting the lists of Haswel... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 12:26:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Thermaltake-Also-Publishes-Haswell-Ready-PSU-Collection-354891.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Thermaltake-Also-Publishes-Haswell-Ready-PSU-Collection-354891.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/UHD-TV-Panel-Prices-Going-Lower-354882.shtml
Now we can follow up on that report with another one, about Taiwan-based panel makers and the rising orders they have been getting from China-based TV vendors.

Long story short, the higher demand has led to further decrease in prices for the panels used in UHD TV development.

Currently, panel produce... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 12:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/UHD-TV-Panel-Prices-Going-Lower-354882.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/UHD-TV-Panel-Prices-Going-Lower-354882.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nikon-Releases-Several-Firmware-Versions-for-Its-Digital-Cameras-354876.shtml
Specifically speaking, the compact COOLPIX P7700 digital camera gets the 1.2 version, and the D300, D300S, and D700 DSLR devices enjoy the benefits of the A:1.11/B:1.11, A:1.02/B:1.02, and A:1.04/B:1.03 released files, respectively.

The COOLPIX&rsqu... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nikon-Releases-Several-Firmware-Versions-for-Its-Digital-Cameras-354876.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nikon-Releases-Several-Firmware-Versions-for-Its-Digital-Cameras-354876.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Iulian Pascal) http://news.softpedia.com/news/OLED-Glasses-Toshiba-s-New-and-Strange-Eyewear-354869.shtml Toshiba could have invented and released an augmented reality headset like the Glass that Google is going on about these days, but that's not what it revealed at a recent trade show.

It's thanks to the folks at Tech-On website that the news has reached the Internet. Long story short, Toshiba has invented a pair of glasses that make yo... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/OLED-Glasses-Toshiba-s-New-and-Strange-Eyewear-354869.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/OLED-Glasses-Toshiba-s-New-and-Strange-Eyewear-354869.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NASA-Paying-for-3D-Printed-Pizza-Research-354858.shtml One would think that food would remain the one thing beyond the capabilities of 3D printing, since it screams too much synthetic nourishment, but certain people high up beg to differ.

And by certain people high up, we mean NASA. That's right, NASA wants 3D-printed food to become a reality, and soon.

Quite a big leap from 3D-P... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NASA-Paying-for-3D-Printed-Pizza-Research-354858.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NASA-Paying-for-3D-Printed-Pizza-Research-354858.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Student-Invents-Supercapacitor-that-Recharges-Phone-Batteries-in-30-Seconds-Video-354837.shtml Batteries have been getting better lately, both in terms of charge life and speed of recharging, but there is always room for improvements, and a certain student has just revealed one.

Intel has recently hosted a gathering called the International Science and Engineering Fair, where it allowed young ... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Student-Invents-Supercapacitor-that-Recharges-Phone-Batteries-in-30-Seconds-Video-354837.shtml Technology and Gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Student-Invents-Supercapacitor-that-Recharges-Phone-Batteries-in-30-Seconds-Video-354837.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop)