2011年9月23日星期五

Apple prosecuted for apple iphone and iPad nick 'patent rip-off'

Apple continues to be prosecuted through the Taiwanese fabless semiconductor-design firm VIA Technologies for ¡§C what else? ¡§C patent violation.

The patents involved, Via's complaint charges, are for technology utilized in microprocessors in Apple's iOS items that "generally provides efficient loading of information within the microprocessors and efficient conversion and transfers of information within the microprocessors".

Particularly, the 3 patents are 6,253,312, "Method and apparatus for double operand load", and 6,754,810, a continuation and refinement from the earlier 6,253,311, each of which being titled "Instruction looking for bi-directional conversion and transfer of integer and floating point data".

The suit is became a member of by co-litigants CenTaur Technology of Austin, Texas, and IP-First LLC of Fremont, California, both subsidiaries of VIA Technologies. The suit was filed within the Delaware US District Court.

The "Accused Apple Items" named within the suit would be the iPad and apple ipad 2, apple iphone 4 and apple iphone 4 CDMA, 4th-generation ipod device touch, and 2nd-generation Apple TV. The complaint demands that Apple be enjoined from posting these in to the US or, for your matter, from manufacturing them in america, as though which were ever going to take place.

The suit alleges that Apple's infringment be considered "willful" ¡§C which, if that's the case, would triple any damages the court might award to VIA and it is subsidiaries, if the court get in their favor.

The Reg forecasts funds, having a nice chunk of money floating over the Off-shore from Cupertino towards the Xindian District of recent Taipei City, Taiwan.

Dell Vostro V131

The predecessor to Dell's Vostro V131 received short shrift from us. The Vostro V130 was, we felt, missing in horsepower and shipped particularly disappointing battery existence. The brand new Vostro V131 looks much like its predecessor, but offers enhanced specifications. Having a beginning cost of ?¨º359 (ex. VAT) it appears appealing ?a but, as always with Dell, the demon is incorporated in the detail of system customisation.

Design

Neither especially small nor particularly light, the Vostro V131 depends on an striking ?a otherwise particularly elegant ?a chassis and neat keyboard design get noticed. The mainly silver outdoors has the feel of metal, despite the fact that it's really produced from plastic the big overgrown lip behind the lid hinges is distinctive, even when it works no real function.

The 13.3in. Vostro V131 includes a distinctive look, although it isn't probably the most portable notebook in the sub-2kg class

The 1.8kg Vostro V131 isn't the least heavy notebook in the class, and it is size of 32.93cm wide by 23.76cm deep by 1.6-2.1cm thick aren't particularly svelte ?a especially given the possible lack of a built-in optical drive.

Open the clamshell and also the keyboard immediately draws the attention. It's slightly recessed, encircled with a gang of silver, with isolated gray secrets. The entire area looks a bit busy to us.

Being used, however, the laptop keyboard is superb, with good tactile feedback along with a light action. The secrets recover up nicely from the fingers and lightweight-fingered touch-typists should think it is particularly comfortable to utilize.

The additional large Enter secret is simple to hit, although individuals who instantly alllow for the far right from the keyboard may hit the PgUp or PgDn secrets, which sit in the heart of a column which includes Remove, Home and Finish. The cursor secrets are large, but haven't any secondary functions ?a media playback, screen brightness and volume control are utilized through the half-height Fn key row.

The spill-resistant keyboard is backlit, and when you are sitting or relaxing in an acute position towards the keyboard, the sunshine stands out through rather vibrantly and may be annoying.

Underneath the keyboard is really a responsive touch pad with two large button. You are able to disable the touch pad having a Fn key combination to prevent accidental cursor movement when you are typing. There's a fingerprint sensor around the wrist relaxation ?a a small, almost invisible sliver within the upper right quadrant.

The on/off switch sits over the keyboard, left. Around the right are three small shortcut buttons: one goes towards the Home windows Mobility Center, one accesses the Dell Support Center, which supplies system updates along with other services, and something is really a user-configurable quick-launch button.

The screen is really a relatively obvious and vibrant 1,366-by-768-pixel 13.3in. Brought-backlit panel. Viewing angles are fine around the horizontal plane, although not so great around the vertical. On the other hand, the lid does not tip back anywhere near 180 levels because of that overgrown lip. The matte screen is simple to utilize in an array of lighting conditions.

Features

You will find five preconfigured Vostro V131 models at Dell's United kingdom site, varying from ?¨º359 to ?¨º799 (ex. VAT) ?a our review sample was the very best-of-the-range model. You are able to personalize these systems, and also the changes you may make vary based on which model you've selected as the base system.

On our review sample, you are able to raise the RAM from 4GB to 8GB, alter the 500GB hard disk to some 128GB SSD and choose a red-colored instead of silver chassis, in addition to change a few of the bundled up software options. Lower lower the number you are able to alter other items like the processor and version of Home windows offered.

This level of versatility means you will have to perform some careful evaluations to find the configuration that best suits you best. Note, though, the ?¨º359 entry-level model includes Home windows 7 Home Premium running on the 1.1GHz Apple Celeron 847 ULV processor ?a hardly a perfect option for a company system.

Our review sample includes a 2.3GHz Apple Core i5-2410M processor and 4GB of RAM and runs Home windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Graphics are addressed by Intel's CPU-integrated HD Graphics 3000 graphics processor ?a there is no discrete GPU option on any Vostro V131 model.

In addition to Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (with Apple Wireless Display capacity) and Bluetooth 3., our review model had integrated special broadband the SIM slot is beneath the battery. Only two of the most costly preconfigured designs include this feature, also it can't be included to another models.

For storage, our review sample includes a 500GB hard disk spinning at 7,200rpm. Another preconfigured designs include 320GB drives, so that as noted above there is a 128GB SSD option should you fancy investing an additional ?¨º170 (ex. VAT). An HD webcam is really a feature on all purchases.

Dell hasn't integrated an optical drive in to the Vostro V131, the industry great shame because the chassis looks as if it might accommodate one. Toshiba's similarly sized Port¡§|g¡§| R830 handles to support one, for instance.

You will find lots of ports and fittings, though. The left edge houses an High-definition multimedia interface port along with a USB 2. port, in addition to a card readers for SD- and Thumb Drive-compatible media.

The best edge comes with an Ethernet (RJ-45) port, a VGA port, a earphone/speaker combo jack and 2 USB 3. ports. It is a shame the latter are alongside, as you port can certainly become hidden if your bulky USB peripheral is blocked in to the other one. The leading includes a pair loudspeakers and also the system status LEDs.

Performance & battery existence

The Vostro V131's Home windows Experience Index (WEI) is really a middling 4.7 (from 7.9). The WEI corresponds towards the cheapest component score, which within this situation is perfect for Graphics (desktop performance for Home windows Aero).

The rest of the scores are much more respectable: 5.9 for Primary hard disk drive (Disk data rate) and RAM (Memory procedures per second) 6.2 for Gaming Graphics (three dimensional business and gaming graphics performance) as well as an impressive 6.9 for Processor (information per second). Unless of course you have to run graphically demanding software, the Vostro V131 should perform perfectly.

Battery about this system's predecessor, the Vostro V130, wasn't detachable, and the rear of the chassis was peppered with ports and fittings. Poor battery existence was among its primary weak points, and Dell has learned from that. The 6-cell battery within the V131 is detachable.

Dell claims you will get between 9 and 12 hrs of battery existence, with respect to the workloads involved. To check claiming, we set the machine to experience movie footage continuously from the USB stick, and also got 5 hrs 3 minutes from the full battery charge. This can be a demanding task, so most probably you'll have the ability to perform a full day's price of everyday business tasks on battery energy if required.

Conclusion

The Dell Vostro V131 does not quite deliver for all of us. It appears striking, the laptop keyboard action is superb, and it is nice to determine two USB 3. ports rather than one, also to get High-definition multimedia interface and VGA connections.

But the possible lack of an optical drive is annoying, and also the battery existence, although respectable, does not match Dell's claim. If you would like the very best out of this system, a appropriate configuration will not come cheap.

2011年9月22日星期四

Tough tablet makes its way into game

When you purchase your “latest” gadget, a much better version is incorporated in the making ?a just like the Toshiba tablet.

Toshiba a week ago released the AT100 (also called “Thrive”) in SA, a transportable pc tablet which appears a reliable-enough contender to world leader Apple’s apple ipad 2 and it is archrival Samsung’s Universe Tab 10.1.

The AT100 runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb, includes a 10,1 " multi-touchscreen (matching the Samsung Universe Tab 10.1) and runs a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual- core processor whose GeForce Graphics and reasonable 1GB RAM you’ll appreciate if you’re into gaming.

We love to its robust spend despite the fact that it's a chunky 765g. We have an impressive 5MP camera along with a 2MP webcam by having an integrated microphone. Quietly is definitely an High-definition multimedia interface port, a complete size along with a small USB port and Sdcard slot, Wi-Fi, E-compass and Gps navigation .

Alas, Toshiba has given a preview from the AT100’s successor, the Toshiba AT200, a trim, sharper version which is provided in SA only in 2012. However, you can buy online just make certain the configuration works with SA services before purchasing it.

Toshiba laptop battery

2011年9月20日星期二

Apple Fans Push Company's Satisfaction Index to any or all-Time High

Apple has set a brand new all-time full of client satisfaction, easily topping the ratings within the Sept. 2011 poll of PC makers, the American Computer Satisfaction Index poll reported Tuesday.

Apple's ACSI score rose some point over last years' score, to 87. Apple's nearest competitor, Hewlett-Packard, obtained 78, its second-greatest score since 1995.

ACSI also launched a score for electronic devices makers generally - 85, on componen with this past year - but has not damaged out scores for individual producers since 1998, when Sanyo capped the charts.

"Within the eight years that Apple has brought laptop computer industry in client satisfaction, its stock cost has elevated by 2,300 percent," stated Claes Fornell, founding father of the ACSI and author from the Satisfied Customer: Those who win and Nonwinners within the Fight for Buyer Preference, inside a statement supplied by the ACSI. "Apple's winning mixture of innovation and product diversification?aincluding spinning off technologies into entirely new directions?ahas stored the organization consistently in the innovative.Inch

That Apple won consumers' hearts isn't any suprise Apple centered the 2010 PCMag.com Readers' choice survey.

Dell finished second, having a score of 77 that continued to be unchanged since 2010. Acer (including Gateway) and also the "others" category also reported exactly the same score the 3 obtained 77 this year too. ACSI also rated Compaq, now a part of Hewlett-Packard, last having a score of 75 the inclusion is definitely an artifact of the scoring system that goes back to 1995.

ACSI also reported September scores for major appliance makers. Whirlpool brought the course from the brands ACSI named, having a score of 82. However, the "others category" finished a place greater, at 83, as the category in general recorded a score of 81.

The ACSI periodically provides reviews in various groups, one report by month. In This summer, for instance, the ACSI provided its index for Internet sites like Facebook and also the New You are able to Occasions, each of which reported amazingly low consumer satisfaction reviews.


Apple laptop battery
Apple A1189 battery
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