Manage the demand for transistor is not easily

TSMC to increase its production capacity by 19% this year to meet a demand that flies. The semiconductor market goes through a crazy period. TSMC, which produces the equivalent of 11.3 million wafers of 200 mm per year, is in a difficult position but customers are demanding more and more components for the tablets and smarpthones.

This trend is found among all Asian smelters. The turnover of the Taiwanese factories grew by 39% between 2009 and 2010 and 2011 should confirm this trend. Specifically UMC has also increased production capacity, but Intel is already drawing the whistle. Indeed, as has happened with the NAND three years ago.

Ratings and download: online storage and data comparison: Dropbox: Easy to start in the Cloud

For data backup takes you less and less to traditional media such as CD, DVD, USB stick or external hard drive. As part of a global network wins the convenient storage of frequently used files on the Internet is increasingly important. Especially if you work on multiple PCs or travel a lot, is the continuous retrieval of files, an invaluable advantage.

So get into the cloud - the cloud - not just your data synchronized, but widely available on the Internet does. The Web service provides for this purpose, two gigabytes of online storage for free. If you need more space chooses the paid packages with 50 or 100 gigabytes. Use as a backup medium exhausted the possible applications of drop box but not for long.

Mobile companion: NC210: Samsung netbook with 15 hours battery life

Samsung claims to be optimized power consumption and, thanks to the three-cell battery for up to ten hours of continuous operation. With the optional six-cell battery even 15 hours are possible. For computing power provides the Intel dual-core "Atom N550" with 1.5 GHz. Him a work and 250 gigabytes of disk space available to the side.

Three USB ports, card reader and webcam are on board. The "PC to Phone" feature connects the NC210 via Bluetooth to the smartphone. Prima: The 10.1-inch display is reflective and readable even in direct sunlight. The Samsung NC210 will be available soon.

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After the PS3 Hack: Playstation 3: Sony is gearing up for pirate-hunting

Sony has increasingly nervous: In parallel with the French against hacker George Hotz (Geohot) upgrade to the Japanese, their anti-piracy team. According to a console manufacturer is currently looking for new employees with experience in copy protection. The advertisement disappeared just hours after the announcement out of the net.

As early as February 2011 at Sony, users who take advantage of the vulnerability to permanently ban them from the Playstation Network.

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Virtu: software to switch between GPUs Sandy Bridge in a dedicated graphics card

A few weeks after unveiling its technology Virtu, LucidLogix society - who also designed the chip Hydra - just put at the disposal of the motherboard manufacturers a Release Candidate software. The operating principle of Virtu is simple, at least on paper: use the GPU Sandy Bridge and a dedicated graphics card simultaneously.

Just like what NVIDIA offers its technology Optimus solution LucidLogix will choose which graphics card use and enable the IGP or dedicated card as required (office, 3D calculations, ...). The only equipment needed is the presence of a video output on the motherboard. MSI should logically be one of the first manufacturers to offer Virtu with its motherboards, the manufacturer has already at its catalog a number of models equipped with a chip Hydra.

First impression: Browser: Google Chrome 10: High speeds and uniform design

Google unifies the menu of your browser: Go to the options that open up as a separate tab, rather than being an additional window. Via buttons on the left to display a submenu of privacy or advanced options. The hotline is available on request on its own addresses, such as the initial setting. Since you were able to get the graphics card in your PC in a roundabout way to help, work, version 9, the more comfortable.

Android Nexus 2.3.3 for S and One

The Nexus and Nexus One S, two telephones Google are finally upgrading to 2.3.3 Android, the latest version for smartphones in the 2.4 and the pending merger of the smartphones and tablets (eventually). And if you do not want to wait for the update "OTA" (Over The Air) should happen in the coming days, it is possible to update the phone manually with - needless to say it - a final and official.