Here’s the newest member to PC Koubou’s gaming PC line-up, the Amphis BTO Di GS7300-Ci7-GX. This high performance system is equipped with a 3.50GHz Intel Core i7-3770K processor, an Intel Z77 Express Chipset, a GeForce GTX 660Ti 2GB graphics card, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 600W 80PLUS certified power supply and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The Amphis BTO Di GS7300-Ci7-GX is available now for 104,980 Yen (about $1,344). [Product Page]
According to North Carolina newspaper News & Observer, Chinese computer giant Lenovo is moving some manufacturing to a new facility in Whitsett, NC. The North Carolina plant will manufacture ThinkPad laptops (Lenovo’s signature models) and ThinkCentre desktops. (more…)
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While the aluminum body of the MacBook Air/Pro might be nice to look at, there are some who might not enjoy the touch of cold metal on their palms especially while typing. That and there are those who are hoping to avoid staining or scratching the body of their MacBooks which is why you might see MacBooks with a cover or a palm rest. It sounds like a good idea and you think that this will help in protecting your laptop in the long run, or possibly because you think that the palm rest you chose looks really pretty, but whatever your reason, it seems that Apple is advising users not to do that.
According to Apple’s support page (source link below), the Cupertino company has warned against the use of palm rest covers as it could damage the display of your MacBook when you close it, stating that, “To enable thin design, the clearance between the display and the palm rest area is engineered to tight tolerances. Do not use palm rest covers as the added thickness may interfere with the designed resting position of the display.” This isn’t to say that you can’t use palm rests while your MacBook is open, but it could be pretty troublesome having to take it on and off, especially if your palm rest is stuck on.
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YouPorn did blog sometime last week, extolling the fact on how one is finally able to access porn on the Xbox 360 console, and Microsoft has been hard at work to divert attention away from the porn-enabling aspect of the future version of Internet Explorer that will arrive on the gaming console. Microsoft stated, “To be clear, we are adding Internet Explorer to Xbox Live, not specific adult content providers like YouPorn or any other specific website content. Additionally, we give members and parents the option to turn this feature on or off for their accounts. Access to Internet Explorer for all Child accounts is blocked by default.”
Parents might think that this is going to stop a curious child or teen, but come to think of it, there are far easier ways to access porn at home or in the public without having to go through the rigors of the Xbox 360. After all, don’t tell me you have a home that has the Xbox 360 console but lacks a smartphone, tablet, notebook or computer? Surely that is not the case, so having the latest version of Internet Explorer on the Xbox 360 that allows access to YouPorn for legitimate users of a legal age is no big deal.
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Microsoft lifted the curtain on their new MSN.com design yesterday, which will also be made available to Internet Explorer 10 users later this October. The new look MSN.com will definitely share design DNA with Microsoft’s “Metro” layout, and will be a Windows 8 exclusive for users of the new operating system this coming October 26th. Just as how the majority of Windows 8 devices will ship with msn.com as the default homepage then, you can be sure that most of them will see (pun not intended) their eyeballs greeted with the news site when they fire up their spanking new Windows machine for the first time.
Do you like the redesign that carries the new corporate logo as well as homepage? Microsoft claims that it will also be able to render pages twice as fast compared to its predecessor, the classic version of MSN. As long as it is functional and there are no bugs dogging the MSN.com redesign, we are all for it. If you are in line for Windows 8 at the end of this month, are you excited at what Microsoft has to offer, or are you just going to go through the notions of an operating system upgrade in a nonchalant manner just like in years past?
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Here comes another compact PC from Dospara, the Diginnos Mini ITX-GZ. The system sports a 3.10GHz Intel Core i7-3770S processor, an Intel Z77 Express Chipset (Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI mini-ITX motherboard), an Intel HD graphics, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The Diginnos Mini ITX-GZ is available now for 69,980 Yen (about $897). [Product Page]
Chinese computer maker Lenovo has proudly introduced the new ThinkCentre M78. It is an affordable desktop PC with enterprise-level performance, security, and energy efficiency. Designed for medium to large businesses, the computer features the latest AMD A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), AMD Dual Radeon Graphics, up to 32GB of DDR3 DRAM, four native USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ports and USB port disablement to defend against data theft. The Lenovo ThinkCentre M78 will be released later this month for $449 upwards. [Lenovo]
Gigabyte is gearing up to unleash their newest mini-ITX motherboard, the GA-Z77N-WiFi. Based on Intel Z77 Express Chipset, the board supports for Intel LGA1155 processors and features two DDR3 DIMM memory slots and one PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot (occupied by WiFi card). Connectivity-wise, it has two SATA 6.0 Gbps, two SATA 3.0 Gbps, four USB 3.0, six USB 2.0 and two Gigabit Ethernet. The GA-Z77N-WiFi will start shipping from early October for around 13,000 Yen (about $166). [Gigabyte]
Truly! There is absolutely no age cut-off for learning a new technology. I mean, if a four-year-old can operate an iPad, there is absolutely no reason why that infant’s grandmother or grandfather shouldn’t be able to as well. After all, most if not all of our grandparents have used a typewriter at one point or another. And that’s already a step above the kind of hands-on life experience a pre-schooler is working with. More »
This is IBM’s Jeopardy playing robot Watson, not Deep Blue
The story of how computers surpassed human chess players, never to be caught again, goes like this: Kasparov beats IBM’s chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue in 1996. In 1997, however, Deep Blue beats Kasparov during the six-game rematch. The 44th move during the first game of the rematch, Deep Blue moved a rook in a way that deeply concerned Kasparov. Kasparov didn’t understand the purpose behind the move, and came to the conclusion that Deep Blue was playing at a higher level than him. Surprisingly, the rook move was due to a software glitch, a IBM programmer relates in Nate Silver’s new book “The Signal and the Noise.” (more…)
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