The best configurations of April

This month marks the return among others in the best configurations of platforms Sandy Bridge, a motherboard equipped with the P67 chipset review or H67 B3 is now fully available. No less than 6 configurations succumb, as the case with the use of an i3 or i5, i3 even see 2100T for configurations with low consumption.

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Playstation delayed shelf and NGP; Sony goes to confession

Howard Stringer, Sony PD-G, confirmed that his company planned to release a tablet PlayStation. Built on Android, it should be to play what Xperia iPad is the iPhone. Another official also spoke of a possible launch delay for the PSP 2. According to Japanese newspaper Nikkei quoted by Bloomberg, Mr. Stringer has formalized a new project that is known by the codename of S1.

The tablet would be a model PlayStation 9.4 inches with a resolution of 1280 x 800 carrying a Tegra SoC 2, Honeycomb, two photo sensors (one front and one rear), USB and an infrared port. S1 could play PS One games and integrate services and Qriocity Sony Music. It would be sold at $ 600.

Silverlight is also coming to Xbox 360

Microsoft will announce a version of Silverlight 5 for Xbox 360 next week at the MIX11 conference to be held in Las Vegas. The publisher has already announced plans to increase its API on the console. The next Microsoft conference was an opportunity to make a presentation in grand style. The issue is certainly important, because with the presence of Silverlight, developers have a multi-platform support for their applications.

The Sunday Quiz (S02E01) - on Facebook

And here's season 2 of our quizzes Sunday, after 10 episodes in Season 1. We will start strong, the goal is to try to guess what is the picture (yes, nothing changes). You have 24 hours to find the right answer, and another shot - easier - will then be posted on the Facebook page of Tom's Hardware. At the end of the season, we offer a small gift.

The scale? 2 points for the first who answers correctly in comments, 1 point for others. A second image, more "explicit" was posted on Facebook. The contest is over here. Good luck.

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No shelf Dell Windows 7 before fall

Dell does not deliver its expected shelf Windows 7 before the fall. It is far behind HP and Asus, which are among the few manufacturers who dared take the step. Windows 7 is the system unloved shelves. HP announced a model in January 2010. The HP Slate was presented by Steve Ballmer himself. Palo Alto's finally abandon the original project.

The HP Slate has become a model in the world dedicated professionals (see "The HP Slate is not canceled, but as amended) and HP is now working on a model WebOS (see" Topaz, the HP Tablet webOS fully disclosed " ). Asus has taken over with the Eee Slate EP121 found recently on the market (see "Two tablets Asus).

Finepix Z900EXR: Fujifilm camera with a variable image sensor

In the High Resolution Mode, you use the full 16-Magapixel of the sensor. The setting is ideal for images that you want to print large format. The "Extended Dynamic Range" made at the same time on two different recordings, which assembles the camera to an image. Image areas of different brightness is like the Finepix characterized.

For shooting in low light, the camera is set to "High sensitivity and low noise." The Automatic combines two of the same color pixels on the sensor. This increases the surface area of each pixel, simultaneously, the camera's sensitivity. The operation of the Finepix is about just under nine inches wide touch screen.

AMD amend the supply agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES

AMD announced that it had amended its agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc for the supply of silicon wafers (Wafer Supply Agreement). The main purpose of the amendment relates to the revision of the pricing policy applicable to wafers delivered in 2011 for the APU and AMD microprocessors. The changes also includes the review of future increases in production of some certain ee GPU chipset.

Under the new hurried, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and AMD have agreed upon the delivery of a fixed number of wafers at 45nm and 32nm for each quarter of 2011. GLOBALFOUNDRIES AMD will pay a fixed price for 45nm wafers delivered in 2011 while the price for 32nm products will be based on the number of good die.

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