iPad 2: Components and Performance

iFixit has disassembled the iPad and initial benchmarks show that Xoom is far behind in terms of performance. A5 processor Apple is very interesting. It costs $ 10 more expensive to manufacture than a similar model Tegra 2, according to a study TechInsights UBM. It is wider than the A4 has a new 512 MB memory (see "iPad 2: 512 MB of RAM and CPU S5L8940).

Placing on the market for the first time, the LPDDR2 Samsung is etched into 46 nm. However, researchers have shown that some A5 used a similar memory from Elpida. This confirms the willingness on the part of Apple to not depend on only one manufacturer. Also displays its new slate are produced by three different foundries.

The Cube: the dream of the PC made passive?

Sort of Holy Grail of modern times, the PC liability for both work and play in a golden silence is French and landed in our laboratory. It changes the countless clones sold by major OEMs. Overview.

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The iPad 2 is in high demand and jailbroken

The launch of the iPad 2 seems to be a success with stock-outs, 70% of new consumers and a jailbreak. The U.S. site of the firm at the apple now talking about a period of three to four weeks. Apple Stores are the New World out of stock since Friday after designing long queues and many customers left empty handed.

A new wave of delivery is expected on Monday. Stockouts were nevertheless emphasized by the fact that Russian and Chinese retailers have hired several persons to do line up at an Apple Store and they buy as much as possible iPad. They were then sent by air and sold at exorbitant prices.

Security tool: Software Tip of the Day: WOT for Chrome

"WOT for Chrome is a free extension for the Google browser. The application will inform you when surfing on the trustworthiness of the website where you are. The particular shade of the program icon will show the security status of the site. WOT evaluated for Chrome trust, child safety, reliability and data distributors.

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Sunday Quiz (8)

This week in the Quiz on Sunday, you are given an image and you must try to find what is and what it does. Today, something a little more difficult than for the first quiz, then hopefully. And we are aware that this is a screen, it is obviously necessary to find the device to which it belongs. Responses are directly in the comments and we will answer Monday at 11 o'clock.

Good luck. For the results, it is 2 points for first, 1 point for others. Good luck!

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Samsung introduces its new range of high-capacity printers

Samsung has announced a new range of printers designed for large workgroups and SMEs seeking to boost their productivity with fast printing and uneventful. SCX-4833/5637 The new printers have several outstanding characteristics for this purpose: high-performance, high productivity, great efficiency and ease of use.

"These new additions to the growing list of Samsung printing solutions ensure that all workplaces, regardless of size, can benefit from Samsung's commitment to achieve excellence in their print products," said Kyuho Uhm, Senior Vice President IT solutions division of Samsung Electronics.

40 Gb / s with a laser and fiber

Fujitsu has just announced an interesting technology: they were able to bind to 40 Gbit / s using a directly modulated laser and without cooling. It's interesting in the sense that conventional systems that achieve this speed generally require external optical modulation system, which must be cooled and therefore increases the cost.

Usually, direct modulation can not exceed 10 gigabits per second Fujitsu's technology achieves 40 Gbit / s optical fiber with a range of 5 km without repeater and especially without active cooling, the system operates between 25 ° C and 70 ° C. The cost is lower than conventional technologies and Fujitsu is working with a wavelength of about 1.3 micrometers.