Wacom announces a stylus for touch pads

On the touch pads, a defect is frequently ascended the lack of stylus. It is generally related to the technology used: capacitive screens placed in front of the stage with the iPhone and now the iPad, are not suited to this type of devices. To simplify, capacitive screens are in the form of a fine grid or passes a small current.

When you spend a finger on the grid in question, the conductivity of the latter changes the charge at a point x and it is therefore possible to determine the position of the finger. The operation involves two things: a minimum contact area (6 mm in general) and the use of a conductive component.

Last Light: Back in the Post Apocalypse

The gloomy scenario of the "Metro" novels of Dmtri Glukhovski seems to provide plenty of room for interesting stories. Publisher THQ is planning one, according to the story after the video game adaptation of "Metro 2033" weiterzuerzählen virtual. As the business side, reports the manufacturer secured the rights to the websites www.lastlight.com, www metrolast light.com and www.metro2033lastlight.com. Already on the E3 2010 THQ told Vice President Danny Bilson, that is a sequel to the horror-action game working - at that time still under the name ".

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Ready motherboard EVGA FTW P67, 6 PCIe slots for Sandy Bridge

In announcing the sale of the B3 revision of your motherboard P67 SLI, EVGA has confirmed that it had also completed the design of waiting version FTW (again for Sandy Bridge CPU). A sample of this solution was spotted for the first time during the month of December last year (when he was in rev. 2.0) and immediately hit the attention to detail power connector to 24-pin in a horizontal position.

Online encyclopedia: Wikipedia may soon be a UNESCO World Heritage site?

Sebastian Sooth set by the Friends Wikimedia up for the online encyclopedia. In his opinion, the online encyclopedia is "". This is an important criterion for reaching the UNESCO Prize. It is still unclear whether the club meets the other conditions that are necessary for recognition. Wikimedia wants to make very intensively for a job, but so far has been addressed only on an informal level.

Software Tip of the Day: Earth Alerts

With "Earth Alerts" You hear about all the natural disasters. The free software accesses international reports of severe weather warnings and other problems. You determine which locations on Earth Alerts notify you. In addition to volcanic eruptions and floods can tsunamis, forest fires and hurricanes Show.

Earth Alerts also provides satellite images, webcam images and messages.

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Rumors on the new PC operating system: Windows 8 USB stick version?

Microsoft reportedly missed the next-generation PC operating system a feature called "Portable Workspace Creator", copies of Windows 8 on a memory stick. Thus, the system could then operate on each computer to which you connect the USB memory, an installation would not be necessary. Practically, even if your computer does not boots up: plug in USB stick and load it on Windows 8 for troubleshooting.

Tablet PC failure: RIM reaps negative criticism for the Playbook

RIM has forgotten technology from the perspective of American journalists to equip the device with the essential programs. Their own e-mail software does not like a calendar application, a video chat program, a notebook or a GPS app. On the part of the hardware equipment, the experts miss an independent network connection.

Reason: Without a Blackberry smartphone as can the playbook not connect to the Internet. The manufacturer now wants to upgrade the equipment of the first generation in the summer via a software update functionality. to more models with different network modules are also be available soon, including an LTE-enabled version.