Asus launches 3D gaming notebook in India
By siliconindia news bureau
Bangalore: After almost four months of its release, Asus G51J 3D has arrived in India, bundled with specially designed 3D glasses and equipped with NVIDIA 3D Vision. ASUS G51J 3D has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M with 1GB DDR3 video memory.
EAX and CMSS audio technology further enhances in-game immersion, delivering crystal clear sound and compelling environment audio effects through bespoke Altec Lansing speakers. ASUS G51J 3D is powered by an Intel Core i7 processor and 64-bit Windows 7 operating system. A pair of 3D Vision active-shutter glasses coupled with a wide-range infra-red emitter delivers stereoscopic images with clarity, brightness and depth-of-field (DOP) at full resolution without any viewing angle restrictions. The GPU driver and a 120Hz 3D panel render each scene twice, delivering up to 60 images evenly to each eye, amounting to a total of up to 120 images at any given time. Gamers can experience total immersion into their games from what were previously flat 2D worlds, to true-to-life 3D.
"NVIDIA is excited about the world's first 3D Vision notebook coming from ASUS," said Phil Eisler, General Manager of 3D Vision business unit at NVIDIA. "The ASUS G51J 3D notebook will set the standard by which gaming and 3D notebooks will be judged. Congratulations to ASUS for achieving this monumental milestone!"
Complementing the immersive visual effects is EAX Advanced HD 4.0 3D audio technology and CMSS surround sound. EAX Advanced HD 4.0 audio technology enhances in-game environments and scenarios by providing corresponding three dimensional sound effects. It can provide up to 64 additional sound effects from its sound library, and produces ultra-realistic spatial effects for more than 300 supported games. Together with high fidelity Altec Lansing speakers, the ASUS G51J 3D delivers a gaming and multimedia audio experience that no other notebook can match.
The ASUS G51J 3D features four dedicated physical cores working in tandem with the operating system and applications for additional performance. It allows users to utilize and launch multiple applications, and to enjoy high definition multimedia and processor-intensive games effortlessly. It also has a built-in 2 megapixel camera and has 15".6 HD LED backlight screen.
The ASUS G51J 3D will be available at around Rs. 99,000 with a two years warranty.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Password-stealing virus on Facebook
BOSTON: Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking
passwords and gather other sensitive information.
The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc.
If the attachment is opened, it downloads several types of malicious software, including a programme that steals passwords, McAfee said.
Hackers have long targeted Facebook users, sending them tainted messages via the social networking company's own internal email system. With this new attack, they are using regular Internet email to spread their malicious software.
A Facebook spokesman said the company could not comment on the specific case, but pointed to a status update the company posted on its website earlier warning users about the spoofed email and advising users to delete the email and to warn their friends.
McAfee estimates that hackers sent out tens of millions of spam across Europe, the United States and Asia since the campaign began on Tuesday.
Dave Marcus, McAfee's director of malware research and communications, said that he expects the hackers will succeed in infecting millions of computers.
"With Facebook as your lure, you potentially have 400 million people that can click on the attachment. If you get 10 per cent success, that's 40 million," he said.
The email's subject line says "Facebook password reset confirmation customer support," according to Marcus.
http://infotech.indiatimes.com/news/internet/Password-stealing-virus-on-Facebook/articleshow/5696733.cms
passwords and gather other sensitive information.
The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc.
If the attachment is opened, it downloads several types of malicious software, including a programme that steals passwords, McAfee said.
Hackers have long targeted Facebook users, sending them tainted messages via the social networking company's own internal email system. With this new attack, they are using regular Internet email to spread their malicious software.
A Facebook spokesman said the company could not comment on the specific case, but pointed to a status update the company posted on its website earlier warning users about the spoofed email and advising users to delete the email and to warn their friends.
McAfee estimates that hackers sent out tens of millions of spam across Europe, the United States and Asia since the campaign began on Tuesday.
Dave Marcus, McAfee's director of malware research and communications, said that he expects the hackers will succeed in infecting millions of computers.
"With Facebook as your lure, you potentially have 400 million people that can click on the attachment. If you get 10 per cent success, that's 40 million," he said.
The email's subject line says "Facebook password reset confirmation customer support," according to Marcus.
http://infotech.indiatimes.com/news/internet/Password-stealing-virus-on-Facebook/articleshow/5696733.cms
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Samsung unveils 'world's first’ 3D LED TV
NEW YORK: With the star power of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and "Avatar" director James Cameron, South Korea's Samsung Electronics giant unveiled the world's first 3D TV technology aimed at revolutionising the home viewing experience.
This will include a first-time feature-length, 3D Blu-ray version of DreamWorks Animation's 2009 release, Monsters vs. Aliens.
Growth of 3D has been slow because of a lack of programming, the need to wear special glasses and the higher prices of 3D sets, but the recent release of science fiction blockbuster "Avatar," a 3D film by "Titanic" director Cameron, has renewed interest in the medium.
Source : http://infotech.indiatimes.com/personal-tech/gadgetech/Samsung-unveils-worlds-first-3D-LED-TV/articleshow/5671564.cms
At a glitzy ceremony in New York's Time Warner Centre, the leading consumer electronics maker announced the launch of a broad lineup of new sets, beginning with 46-inch and 55-inch C7000 models this month, showcasing the LED-lit TVs' 3D picture quality with incredible depth and perfect clarity.
Viewers are to wear electronic glasses that open and close rapidly in time, with images designed for the right and left eye, creating a three-dimensional effect.
Samsung also announced the expansion of its strategic alliance
with DreamWorks Animation, the US maker of "Shrek," "KungFu Panda" and other hit movies to speed up the worldwide deployment of in-home 3D to mainstream consumers.This will include a first-time feature-length, 3D Blu-ray version of DreamWorks Animation's 2009 release, Monsters vs. Aliens.
Growth of 3D has been slow because of a lack of programming, the need to wear special glasses and the higher prices of 3D sets, but the recent release of science fiction blockbuster "Avatar," a 3D film by "Titanic" director Cameron, has renewed interest in the medium.
Source : http://infotech.indiatimes.com/personal-tech/gadgetech/Samsung-unveils-worlds-first-3D-LED-TV/articleshow/5671564.cms
Dynamic Languages and Silverlight by Jimmy Schementi
Children learn through creative playing. From LEGO to GI Joe and Barbie (they were my sister's, I swear), children tend to pick up toys and intuitively do something with them; they don't pick up the manual and read it, at least not for the purpose of understanding the toy! It's human nature to experiment and play with things to understand them, especially as a child when the "right way to do things" isn't burned into your brain. Such a hands-on approach is arguably one of the best ways to learn.
Applying that same idea to software, dynamic languages are traditionally associated with an interactive environment, giving you a run-evaluate-print loop (REPL), and allowing for an explorative trial-and-error approach to programming. In a sense, the REPL approach is a way of turning programming into playing. This is why dynamic language advocates often say, "You just have to play with it."
When my team was integrating dynamic languages into SilverlightTM, we immediately wanted to be able to play with Silverlight. Through some clever programming by Jim Hugunin, DLRConsole was born. This column will explore how DLRConsole works, and......
Applying that same idea to software, dynamic languages are traditionally associated with an interactive environment, giving you a run-evaluate-print loop (REPL), and allowing for an explorative trial-and-error approach to programming. In a sense, the REPL approach is a way of turning programming into playing. This is why dynamic language advocates often say, "You just have to play with it."
When my team was integrating dynamic languages into SilverlightTM, we immediately wanted to be able to play with Silverlight. Through some clever programming by Jim Hugunin, DLRConsole was born. This column will explore how DLRConsole works, and......
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
AN OVERVIEW OF THE WINDOWS AZURE PLATFORM
Using computers in the cloud can make lots of sense. Rather than buying and maintaining your own machines, why not exploit the acres of Internet-accessible servers on offer today? For some applications, both code and data might live in the cloud, where somebody else manages and maintains the systems they use. Alternatively, applications that run inside an organization—on-premises applications—might store data in the cloud or rely on other cloud infrastructure services. However it’s done,
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