tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35610211250774461202024-03-06T07:58:22.657+05:00Blogging HubAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-82775986521682927802012-11-09T18:20:00.000+05:002012-11-09T18:20:41.631+05:00How to hack Wi-Fi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogging Hub </a><span style="color: #dc1f26;">show why you must never protect your wireless network with WEP</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><b><span style="color: white;">PROJECT GOAL</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: 13px;">Detect malware and hackers</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Keep your private data safe from unauthorised access.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><b><span style="color: white;">REQUIRES</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: 13px;">BackTrack</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">The live, bootable, security-based Linux distribution can be downloaded from www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads.</span></div>
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<img align="left" alt="Tutorial, Wi-Fi Hacking" border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5achFzkTyX3K3PxJHRT3fWdqHda9dTuvEjk77qvA24jfsqmTP2W95GcL8xEEwJrFUxOCX8rF9t8-t49MLD-J_gFIDz1RX9mVd744ASfd73YfD2lssyiaSgrd9ENEQhfXVuYCwVqsDgtjF/s1600/hack+Wi-Fi.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="How to hack Wi-Fi" width="590" />
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Think you're secure with basic WEP? You're not. We're going to demonstrate exactly why you need to tighten up your Wi-Fi security by showing you how easy it is to hack a relatively unprotected network. We'll give a working demonstration of the weakness in your network's security and how they can easily be exploited. This is the best way of creating the incentive to shore up that security by using together encryption.<br />
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In this case, we're going to crack wide open the WEP security that far too many home users still rely on. Whether this is through a lack of knowledge or the belief that they have no assets worth stealing is neither here or there. WEP is insecure, as we'll show you.<br />
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Before we begin, however it's imperative that we make it absolutely clear that this not a technique you should ever try in the wild. Doing so is clearly illegal and we do not condone hacking of any kind. The tools and techniques we will be demonstrating here are not toys and they could wreak havoc in the wrong hands. So please be responsible with what we're about to show you.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Backtracking</span></h3>
For this demonstration, we're going to use some of the tools that come bundled with the Swiss Army Knife of online security: BackTrack Linux. This contains all the security tools that the network security professional and the hardened hacker alike would need to carry out a completely exhaustive examination of a network. Everything we need is installed, configured and ready to go. Being Linux, it's also open source and therefore free to download. The developers have just released a new version called BackTrack 5.2. You can download the ISO file here: www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads. This is designed to run from the DVD drive as a live CD, so copy it to a fresh DVD using you favorite ISO burner. If you don't have one, you can download and install ImgBurn free from www.imgburn.com.<br />
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After creating the BackTrack DVD, boot it from a computer with a wireless networking card. When the Boot: prompt appears, press [Enter]. Select the default text-only version from the bootup menu, and when it finishes booting you should be met with a # prompt and a cursor. Type the word <b>startx</b> and press [Enter] to load the graphical desktop.<br />
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At the top of the screen you'll see a menu bar with a picture of a terminal. Click this and a terminal window appears. Enter the command <b>iwconfig</b> and a list of network interfaces appears. One of these should be call wlan0. This indicates that the wireless drivers supplied with BackTrack can see your wireless network card.<br />
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The utilities we'll use are all compatible with several industry standard Wi-Fi chipsets - namely rtl8187, rt2570 and rt73. This means that just about all modern wireless cards should be okay to use. However, if wlan0 doesn't show up, you could try booting BackTrack on a different computer instead. Otherwise, borrow a USB Wi-Fi dongle to see if BackTrack recognises it.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Collecting data</span></h3>
The standard advice is never to use WEP to secure a Wi-Fi network, but why is this? Put simply, it's because when given enough packets to analyse, cracking software can recover the password (called a passphrase in Wi-Fi speak) to join such a network, as we'll demonstrate.<br />
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Any hacker worth their salt begins by passively collecting data about potential targets, and this is exactly how we'll begin. In a terminal window enter the command <b>airmon-ng start wlan0</b>.<br />
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This command begins collecting data about nearby wireless networks and sending it to a special dump where other programs can pick it up and use it.<br />
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When you type in the command, you may get a warning about DHCP. Ignore this and look instead for the message 'Monitor mode enabled on mon0', which indicates that everything is running as it should be in the background. We'll now find out what is being recorded to this mysterious mon0. Start by entering the command <b>airodump-ng mon0</b>.<br />
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Note the extra letter 'o' in the airodump-ng command that wasn't present in the airmon-ng. This catches many people out. The screen begins to fill with a list of networks. The BSSID (basic service set identification) column contains the globally unique hardware MAC address of each router or base station within range. The ESSID (extended service set identification) column is the given, friendly name of each of the networks.<br />
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Below this is a shorter list of connections being made to those networks to which they're connecting are displayed in the BASSIC column, and the MAC addresses are also displayed in the Station column. Usefully, the Probe column gines you the name of the network that's currently being accessed.<br />
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If you live in an area with lots of Wi-Fi networks and plenty of activity, both lists will expand and contract of ten, making them difficult to read. To prevent this, with the terminal selected, press the [R] key twice. This switches off the auto sort facility. Pressing [R] again will switch it back on again. You can also cycle through the columns and have the program sort by these using the [S] key.<br />
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To stand any chance of gaining access to a WEP network, there must be a current connection to it. On the basis that you're cracking your own network, connect a computer to it and it will appear as a station in the lower portion of aidodump-ng's output. Next, make a note of the station MAC address and then leave the utility running for a few minutes until all networks within range are recorded, then press [Ctrl]+[C] to stop the program.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Homing in</span></h3>
Next, we need to collect data running between just the router in question and the computer connected to it. To do so, we re-run airodump-ng, but with some filtering switches in place: airodump-ng -c<channel>-w<output>--bassid<MAC> mon0.<br />
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<Channel> is the channel number of the router in question and <output> is a filename in which to store the captured packets (use '<b>dump</b>' or something similar for name). <MAC> is the MAC address of the router.<br />
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By running this command, you only see your router and the computer connecting to it. The collected data is also captured in the dump file (actually more than one dump file, but we don't need to worry about that).<br />
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As the command runs, pay special attention to the #Data column in the top of airodump-ng's output. These are the actual packets going between the computer and the router, and they contain the WEP passphrase. The problem is that we need between 5,000 and 25,000 packets to crack the passphrase.<br />
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We need to generate a large number of packets, and luckily BackTrack contains another utility that will do this for us. Enter the following command, where <BSSID> is the MAC address of the router and <STATION> is the MAC address of the computer connected to it: <b>#aireplay-ng --arpreplay -b <BSSID> -h <STATION> mon0</b>.<br />
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Note the double dash before arpreplay. Airplay-ng generates packets that are faked to seem to have come from a particular computer and spewed to the router. You define the MAC address of the source PC with the -h switch. In this case, it's the computer connected to the router.<br />
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Every packet sent from the router contains an encrypted version of the WEP passphrase. The reason for generating lots of extra packtes is that with a large enough sample of encrypted passphrase, we can use another utility to analyse the captured data and start to make a statistical guess at what the underlying plain text might be.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Sudden traffic</span></h3>
Airebplay-ng might be slow to get going, but after a few minutes it suddenly begins generating plenty of extra traffic. Let it keep on going until airodump-ng shows something over about 5,000 in the #Data column, after which time you can stop it using [<b>Ctrl</b>]+[<b>C</b>]. You can also stop the airodump-ng command at this point. It doesn't matter at all if you massively exceed the number of packets. In fact, more data makes it easier to crack the passphrase.<br />
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Note that while you're generating these packets, the WLAN light on the router should usually be flashing to say that data is being sent and received. As the associated internet light isn't also flashing to signal through traffic, the target of the packets must be the router itself. This serves as a quick method of telling if someone is attempting this kind of attack against your own network, even (or rather, especially) when none of your own computers are connected at the time.<br />
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With the results of bombarding the router with packets containing the encrypted WEP passphrase stored in a temporary file, we can finally attempt to crack it. To do so, we use the aircrack-ng utility. There's no guarantee that this will work first time, but if it fails, you just need to collect more than the previous 5,000 or so packets. To run aircrack-ng, enter the following command: <b>#aircrack-ng -z -b <BSSID> dump*.cap</b>.<br />
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Again, <BSSID> is the MAC address of router. The argument dump*.cap enables aircrack-ng to read all the files that airodump-ng created in the current directory, which you can see by entering the command <b>ls</b>.<br />
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If Aircrack fails to recover the passphrase, it will tell you and give a recommendation for the number of packets it thinks it'll need to make an accurate guess. A WEP passphrase of 'hello' took nearly 15,000 packets to crack, but once aircrack-ng had these at its disposal, the whole process took 10 seconds. With 30,000 packets, this time dropped to just four seconds.<br />
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So, now we have the passphrse to the WEP router we have compromised it to the point where we can join the network from Windows just like any legitimate user would. Once joined, open a command prompt and then type the command <b>ipconfig</b> to check your network connection.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Everybody needs...</span></h3>
You can surf through the compromised WEP network, use a network mapping utility like our friend Zenmap (www.nmap.org/zenmap) to find other computers on the network and, in some cases, even mount network shares to read the information they contain or deploy a network traffic sniffer to possibly capture some useful username and password pairs. This is why WEP security is no security at all. If, during the process of working through this tutorial, you discover one or more WEP protected networks in you vicinity, it would be illegal to hack them, but the act of a good neighbour would be to knock on the door and help bring th eowner into the 21st century.<br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Warning</span></h2>
<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Hacking your own Wi-Fi network is okay. Hacking others is not. If you hack a Wi-Fi network belonging to someone else, you are breaking the law and could face a pound5,000 fine. <a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>Blogging Hub</i></a> does not condone hacking.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-35217442091970375292012-11-07T15:43:00.001+05:002012-11-07T15:55:46.681+05:00Intel Core i5 3570K CPU Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">The new go-to gamer's chip, but is it a Sandy Bridge upgrade?</span></h2>
<img align="left" alt="CPU, Intel" border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BIE5ONswrny9W1TRwNn-y56AZYz_NyuegcAhGLHSKSNBczw10ws9WeWEeq6vHW-yJ-Hlx3bZelx9Nt_g98-GN0Hih9dtRL3dGaxTqEDUnonIRcB7Z4dF5jFUouGhLQnierBad19nhuQX/s1600/Intel+Core+i5-3570K.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Core i5 3570K" width="295" />This is it. The biggie. The replacement for our favorite CPU of the past year or so. The new <b>Quad-Core Intel Core i5 3570K</b>, one of two shine processors from Intel's new 22nm Ivy Bridge family of <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/cpu-brains-budget-performance.html" target="_blank">CPUs</a>, has plenty to prove.<br />
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We'll be measuring this new chip against our old favorite, the Intel Core i5-2500K from the Sandy Bridge generation. This is the best all around gaming CPU ever, and all the chip most will ever need. Or maybe that should be the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/quad-core-cpu-intel-core-i5-2500k.html" target="_blank">Core i5-2550K</a>, which was very minor clockspeed bump over the 2500K. In truth, they're much of a muchness.<br />
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At first glance, you might wonder whether Intel Core i5 3570K is actually a new chip, so similar are the headline specs to its predecessor. With four cores and no Hyperthreading support, there's not a lot of extra CPU hardware. The clockspeeds and cache haven't budged an inch, either. As before, we're talking 3.4GHz nominal, 3.8GHz Turbo and 6MB of cache.<br />
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Dig a little deeper and the differences emerge. For performance enthusiasts, the most important upgrade is the shrink from 32nm to 22nm process technology and the introduction of Intel's 3D Tri-gate transistors. The upshot is what Intel is calling a 'tick-plus'.<br />
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A tick in Intel speak means a die shrink of an existing architecture, where as a tock is a new design using the old manufacturing tech. So the existing Core i5-2550K is part of the Sandy Bridge tock family and the new Intel Core i5 3570K is an Ivy Bridge tick. Got that?<br />
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Anyway whether or not the tick-plus label makes any sense, it'll be Intel's own CPUs that Intel Core i5 3570K will have to beat. <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/amd-fx-4100-review.html" target="_blank">AMD's FX Bulldozer</a> chips, like the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/octo-core-cpu-amd-fx-8150.html" target="_blank">AMD FX 8150</a>, simply can't compete when it comes to per core performance, and that's what you need for a great gaming CPU. That's what the old 2500K and 2550K were all about, and is what Intel Core i5 3570K will have to deliver to take over where those two left off.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Intel Core i5 3570K old and new</span></h3>
So, the new Intel Core i5 3570K is intriguing mix of old and new. What does it look like when you life the bonnet?<br />
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The CPU cores themselves are pretty much the same as before, barring a few minor changes. It's the process tech that promises the most. Intel reckons the new 22nm 3D Tri-gate transistors are more than just your typical process shrink. They offer much better current control, less leak and improved flow.<br />
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In theory, that give Intel lots of options. Firstly, with each core consuming less power and taking less space, it could add more cores. But it didn't. Alternatively, Intel could have ramped up the clocks. But it didn't. Finally, the new Intel Core i5 3570K could be more power efficient than the old 2550K. Here, finally, we have some tangible evidence that the new process deliver as billed. Where the 2550K is rated at 95W, Intel Core i5 3570K has a 77W TDP. That said, with the core count, clocks and 6MB cache carried over, one thing is clear: if Intel Core i5 3570K is to deliver improved performance, those minor core revisions will have to do the work.<br />
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Shift your attention to the graphics, however, and things look a lot more interesting. If you care about integrated graphics, that is. The Intel Core i5 3570K gets the full fat HD Graphics 4000 core, which means 16 execution units where the old 2550K had just 12. Each unit gets an upgrade too, with more power and an upgrade from DX10 to DX11 support.<br />
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The final change of note is the addition of PCI Express 3.0. As before, the main PCI Express controller is integrated into Intel Core i5 3570K's die and as before you get 16 lanes to play with regards discrete graphics cards. But with double the bandwidth of PCI Express 2.0, Intel Core i5 3570K and other Ivy Bridge chips make a more robust platform for multi-GPU graphics.<br />
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We've established that the CPU side of the Intel Core i5 3570K is little changed, but big things have happened with the graphics. How does Intel's new mainstream crowd-pleaser perform when you fire her up?<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">"As For The Graphics, Intel Has Indeed Upped Its Game With This Chip"</span></h2>
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With the clockspeeds and cache staying mostly steady and the cores revised rather than redesigned, we didn't have high hopes for a dramatic boost in performance. That's pretty much how it plays out. In the Cinebench 11.5 professional graphics rendering test, the 3570K edges the old 2500K 1.6tps to 1.49tps. Factor in the 100MHz clockspeed advantage of Intel Core i5 3570K and it's clear Ivy Bridge isn't doing anything dramatic.<br />
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It's similar story of very modest performance gains in x264 HD video encoding and the CPU -intensive <i>World in Conflict</i> game benchmark. Intel Core i5 3570K is quicker, but the difference isn't nearly enough that you're ever going to feel it.<br />
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That said, we have been expecting some showbiz moves when it comes to overclocking. After all, Intel has been bullishly bigging up is fancy new 22nm transistors in all their 3D Tri-gate glory. Oh, and as before, that 'K' suffix indicates a full unlocked CPU multiplier for easy overclocking. Time for them to deliver. What you make of the 4.9GHz result depends on the angle you're coming form.<br />
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On the one hand, that's 1.5GHz higher than the Intel Core i5 3570K's guaranteed clockspeed for four loaded cores, which is one hell of an overclock with a simple air cooler. On the other, it's just 100MHz higher than the old 2500K manages. So much for that fancy 22nm tech, then?<br />
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Perhaps, but what's really interesting for existing Sandy Bridge owners is that Intel's new Z77 platform seems to release more overclocking potential from the outgoing 32nm generation. We reckon the Z7 is worth a good 200MHz to 300MHz with Sandy Bridge chips, which is intriguing even if it undermines the attraction of the new Intel Core i5 3570K and its Ivy Bridge brethren<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Intel Core i5 3570K game on</span></h3>
As for the graphics, Intel has indeed upped its game. <i>World in Conflict</i> at 1,280 x 800 jumps from a sluggish 19 frames per second on the 2500K to a borderline playable 27 frames per second on the new Intel Core i5 3570K, for instance. <i>Skyrim</i> performance is up from 21 frames per second to 25. In reality though, you still need a discrete graphics card for enjoyable gaming.<br />
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It's hard to know what to make of the QuickSync video transcode core though. Performance i sup by roughly 10 percent. It's certainly impressive to observe a whole hour-long HD episode of a TV show crunched down for smart consumption in just a few minutes, but with application support remaining somewhat limited, QuickSync still isn't the killer feature it could (and indeed should) be.<br />
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The new Intel Core i5 3570K has everything that made its Core i5 2550K such a winning CPU. Per core performance is the best you can buy, it overclock like there's not tomorrow and it's relatively affordable. We're also pleased that it remains compatible with Intel's LGA1155 socket. Intel has created a rod for its own back in recent years by delivering ever more performance. The new Ivy Bridge generation basically puts on the brakes. No more cores, no more clocks, and no more overclocking headroom. The improved graphics don't make up for that.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Intel Core i5 3570K technical analysis</span></h3>
With AMD not really turning up to this party, the comparison is with Intel's Sandy Bridge chips, most notably our old favorite the 2500K. We've ticked our usual boxes with Cinebench rendering, x264 HD video and gaming on the CPU side. Overclocking is a key competence for the Intel Core i5 3570K, and we're pleased to note it's another 5GHz chip. We've also had a look at the integrated HD Graphics core, both in games and its QuickSync transcode engine. It's a decent step forward compared to the previous core, but it's still not a great gaming solution.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Single-threaded CPU performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="CPU, Analysis" border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgiIuSDIttl84c0p67THn75Gp0wYC4Bxk_69pIpcPtxduKekPOU4aSbllfDDfo9P_7e4bcDXGGN1z3sda014XNFR7FbQSs4W-GQ-y3eBkPTIXh6yl2bZU_LMkCqW4shRE71IkBGhnCc6A/s1600/Single-threaded+CPU+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Single-threaded CPU performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Multi-threaded CPU performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="CPU, Analysis" border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVM3vFnhhDmBQZSXQHA5HZOq48oFjzIiwo68J1tkHtXXM6X80_dMnw6QfmaGq-ZsNG87QRvX1Z3Xz6n_1kz-l40lXpAHlX5mGxagRc9bGxx704_PO4eCRCZo-BlyV_3owhoWgiw0llEbv/s1600/Multi-threaded+CPU+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Multi-threaded CPU performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">CPU encoding performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="CPU, Analysis" border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObHx0nQFMdNrgU98pdI4Kb-RiU8RV1bULhEnJTQxQruy7x0ZTKRx_L6w2t5-j39f1ew3XRsu-9unfi7b0rDdNRLUw-fDl23XbY_zkOR-6PTxKyydzpTmywlfNvmrcIZ0_bR6I147576CN/s1600/CPU+encoding+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="CPU encoding performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">QuickSync encoding performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="CPU, Analysis" border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJSyM_jP0AqE0yK9RPE7xH9kyAWAYCGFemXgvqF_OyYBFab5EwCQviYgmAflmL4tyDY4M2BqowV4-cXe1AAnXon8Om9JBD98gICx9a_JDbCothsVag5Oy6Ill_w_g3VP23N9NMG_EnZO-/s1600/QuickSync+encoding+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="QuickSync encoding performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">CPU graphics performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="CPU, Analysis" border="0" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-X_tWcqwykf6FGMLxcis76mo9BvXWpdG_N8KNkyWtAjNw7ibGKmUsW0r1zdihnIocHkKYrS0NoBa4tniOAtCbkotvT2b94KE0E7WPFiqBe1zlEqhikeL6h8YCe1j9E0qFATUOzdXbx3GL/s1600/CPU+graphics+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="CPU graphics performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Overclocking performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="CPU, Analysis" border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_8clm_3qXKPX0tEFhVSHFiS6CiS9vpX4_VxGazgXHTBNtPr0IPFwYLcz42c4GxBKLn25OLvbt4rcj8tebTNBeLwNCq5dN2GBSKu3OwLhZefLSjVkfeezFY5BAkVT_H31JLSiG6EHMcZB/s1600/Overclocking+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Overclocking performance" width="590" /><br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price </b>$272 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Intel<br />
<b>Web </b>www.intel.com<br />
<b>Clockspeed </b>3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)<br />
<b>Cores and threads </b>4/4 Cache memory 6MB<br />
<b>Process </b>22nm<br />
<b>Socket </b>LGA1155</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-17451238783299755362012-11-07T00:26:00.000+05:002012-11-07T00:26:36.345+05:00Zotac GTX 660 Ti AMP Graphics Card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">A diminutive orange offering</span></h2>
<img align="left" alt="GPU, Zotac" border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O-0R8Ex6HQVY7fXoKT8pC_69jmSA4SzOmqZtboks1xaaSsUASYW-63QbBTFKWBy1uua2kbL2r50O0K1E1N9VRubpf0cOvDizJ_hiC0HvMytv4EQ9c5dpLv5YV1-UP-uvQv0MASoJeMj5/s1600/GTX+660+Ti+AMP.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Zotac GTX 660 Ti" width="295" />This really is more like it. We've been impressed by the overclocked AMP! cards from Zotac before - most recently and fantastic GTX 670 AMP! - and it's trying to continue that trend with the GTX 660 Ti AMP! edition. Where the other manufacturers have approached the new Nvidia card as just another big GPU with high clockspeeds, Zotac has been a little smarter.<br />
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Using the same reference PCB as the GTX 670, it's managed to create a card with a far smaller footprint than the competition. You've got to give it props for taking a different approach to the others - especially considering it's managed to hit the same GPU frequency as the slightly pricier Gigabyte card.<br />
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The AMP! is right up there with the big boys in terms of gaming performance. In fact, in some instances it manages to hit a higher boost clock for longer. That orange-tinged fan array helps the chip spit out the occasional higher frame rate than the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/gtx-660-directcu-ii-graphics-card.html" target="_blank">GTX 660 Ti</a> competition.<br />
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That still doesn't change the fact there are <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/amd-radeon-hd-7970-fastest-single-gpu.html" target="_blank">AMD cards</a> for the same money, which are generally speedier in gaming frame rates. Yu can also pick up a vanilla GTX 670 for only another $32 more, and that will take both the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/evga-gtx-660-ti-sc-graphics-card.html" target="_blank">GTX 660 Ti</a> and HD 7950 outside for a good kicking. That's before you think about the incredible overclocking potential the GTX 670 still has in its pocket.<br />
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While the GTX 660 Ti AMP! edition is definitely the finest example of Nvidia's new card we've seen, that still doesn't mean we'd recommend it over the superior GTX 670 or HD 7950 it's up against. This is not the GPU to pick your battles with, Zotac.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price </b>$420 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Zotac<br />
<b>Web </b>www.zotac.com<br />
<b>GPU </b>Nvidia GK104<br />
<b>Base clock </b>1,033MHz<br />
<b>Boost clock </b>1,111MHz<br />
<b>CUDA cores </b>1,344<br />
<b>ROPs </b>24<br />
<b>Memory bus </b>192-bit</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-1626213899582434802012-11-05T20:00:00.000+05:002012-11-05T20:00:03.323+05:00Cyberpower Infinity Apollo Desktop PC Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<img align="left" alt="Desktop PC, Cyberpower" border="1px solid #fff" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaHB6xTOkoloDBRGMnyhTj4UXbjGuQ9DsETX7kdg9VqrRGtnVjax63uAKTP8Ta1OOfaFkxoUabcscymK1BZ5Q3NECcGrdGqatKeG3zSWIv3XrxANAzgafSQbZKthZmKrLWJ4hRxlIg9lf/s1600/Cyberpower+Infinity+Apollo.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Cyberpower Infinity Apollo" width="295" />Fans of the big green graphics company rejoice, Cyberpower is showing its love of all things Nvidia here with a rig that's ripe for the fanboys. The SI has put some decent parts together for your pleasure, all of which are bathed in the eerie, mushy-pea glow of the Cooler Master 690's LEDs.<br />
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We say 'decent', because we're not entirely enamoured with Cyberpower's choice of components. It's the choice of graphics card that really has us stumped. We know that it's a new graphics card, but the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/evga-gtx-660-ti-sc-graphics-card.html" target="_blank">GTX 660 Ti </a>really isn't the sort of component we'd want in a rig we'd just paid grand for.<br />
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That's especially true when we're seeing overclocked GTX 670s, GTX 680s and an overclocked <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/amd-radeon-hd-7970-fastest-single-gpu.html" target="_blank">HD 7970 </a>in other machines.<br />
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Scan was the only other system integrator to opt for Nvidia's mid-range make-weight, and together they prop up our list of gaming benchmarks. up against the superior GPUs of the other rigs in the test, the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/evga-gtx-660-ti-sc-graphics-card.html" target="_blank">GTX 660 Ti </a>looks very, very weak.<br />
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Still, it means Cyberpower has been able to stick a Blu-ray drive in the rig, and we all know how useful they are for gamers. To be fair though, the cost of a Blu-ray ODD is probably not that much more than a DVD drive these days, so we can't be too harsh on it.<br />
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<span style="color: white;">STRONG SSD</span></div>
The cash freed up by going for a weaker GPU has arguably gone into the choice of solid state drive. At 128GB, the Crucial M4 boot drive certainly isn't vast, and will only let you install a few of your most frequently played games, but it's nevertheless one of the strongest SSDs in the test. It offers fantastic 4K random read/writes in the AS <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/crucial-v4-128gb-ssd-real-value-future.html" target="_blank">SSD </a>benchmark, and delivers excellent boot times.<br />
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Along with the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/advance-technologies-atfx-xpredator.html" target="_blank">AdvanceTech </a>rig, it's also one of only two in this test to use water-cooling on its overclocked processor, and like the AdvanceTech, it actually has relatively conservative overclock applied to it.<br />
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At 4.5GHz its i5-3570K is certainly no slouch, but 4.6GHz is what we've come to expect from even the lowliest <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/asus-p8z77-v-premium-motherboard-review.html" target="_blank">Z77 motherboard</a>. This build is hanging out around the bottom of the CPU performance charts, and with a high quality liquid chip chiller installed in that glowy chassis, we were expecting more.<br />
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<span style="color: white;">LACK OF LOVE</span></div>
We can't help but feel a little disappointed by this latest Cyberpower system. With its bold and brash Nvidia branding, we'd have expected graphics to have been one of the components it prioritised above the others. Sadly, by going for the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/evga-gtx-660-ti-sc-graphics-card.html" target="_blank">GTX 660 Ti</a>, Cyberpower has left the machine languishing in the benchmark doldrums.<br />
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With the slightly conservative overclock on the i5 CPU, combined with the weaker GPU, the Infinity Apollo comes up short almost across the board. Only the decent showing by its choice of SSD gives it any semblance of pride against the competition. This is by no means a poor gaming PC, but if you're thinking of spending this much money, the majority of the other machines in the test would get our vote.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price </b>$1,605 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Cyberpower<br />
<b>Web </b>www.cyberpowersystem.com<br />
<b>CPU </b>Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.5GHz<br />
<b>Motherboard </b>MSI Z77-G43<br />
<b>Memory </b>8GB Kingston HyperX<br />
<b>Graphics </b>Nvidia GTX 660 Ti<br />
<b>SSD </b>128GB Crucial M4<br />
<b>HDD </b>1TB Seagate</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-15815666554828045912012-11-05T14:56:00.002+05:002012-11-05T14:56:23.899+05:00Windows Task Scheduler Configuration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every day when I turn on my computer, I find myself firing up the same software and reading the same websites. But instead of launching apps manually or typing in the URLs, Windows opens them up automatically. While I'm away from my computer, it also sometimes performs routine maintenance by defragging the disk or scanning for viruses.<br />
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The tool that turns your docile computer into a caring virtual nanny is the Windows Task Scheduler. All you have to do is make a list of tasks you'd like to automate and configure the Task Scheduler to handle them for you.<br />
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Task Scheduler can launch any app that you have installed and gives you extensive options to specify the time intervals when you want these task to run.<br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Step-by-step: <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Run tasks automatically</span></span></b></h2>
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Configure Windows Task Scheduler to carry out the maintenance jobs you might forget</span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">1 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Launch Windows Task Scheduler</span></h3>
The easiest way to get to the tool is by typing Task Scheduler into the Start menu search. The main interface gives you an overview of the tool and lists all to active tasks. Before you create you own tasks, right-click on the 'Task Scheduler' library and select the 'New folder' option to create a folder that house all your custom tasks.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRblxj37nSP2SBAGAEtaKg9VmGhhPMBMZJ06G9SQBUr-kqkOIGirGgyPuk_fcDoCdmNSLRkmGxyfoG1tI0w3NeGcTtn-xizLG4jNOd0Egixg1AgFe3cd-IeOA7z4i12Z6QDqaKY5vZ3Oj/s1600/1+Launch+Task+Scheduler.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Launch Windows Task Scheduler " width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">2 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Create a task</span></h3>
Select the folder you've created and go to 'Action > Create task'. This will open the Create Task dialog box, which helps you define the task. Start by entering the name of the task. It's safe to continue with the default Security options, which run the task as the current logged-in user, but you can also run the task as another user.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IYVH7N5bll3UWdBLpPwwtOXPLC8_4QLqrX7IorZXLkS2YgzLmeimj43elD27Cvj02TA6udXZAFE-SfMhxLZTnfqcTjxmey5IOoDQeAzUclyr1zha0NM27ZnjNdO_MewG28TSM8tzxzAD/s1600/2+Create+a+Task.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Create a task" width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">3 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Set triggers</span></h3>
Now switch to the Triggers tab and click the 'New' button to define the conditions that will trigger you chosen task. You can either start a task at a particular time of the day during particular events, such as the computer booting up. For now, just select 'At log on' from the drop-down list, which will start the task when a user logs in.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw80vtZfmwi4T4DUSNeCpDnFflwbh4FCalzsWQf94R9LYVxwzgJ8-tgiZ6eSkBkJ7RXpTX7DqKu_XqNCuJqJMfjANhECAOxpVlJuCF-hUmPhHZcj_13wDyVebhwsi_l3LHUWHbDtR9QRXA/s1600/3+Set+Triggers.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Set triggers" width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">4 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Specify an action</span></h3>
Head to the Actions tab and click 'New' button to define the action that will take place when the task is triggered. The tool can perform three types of actions. For now, select 'Start a program' from the Action drop-down list and point to an app in the space below, with the name of a website in the optional 'Add arguments' box.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4Uaf5Sjan55zZ3v9E_Wq_HE11sbR_oCRhGb1MMMVGmRJYS939_spCLHaFFiq04zttDcExLlFiJF2yTp4Rpjje0qW2vkDtnH-09RBl6BIjoiLTt0DUUfh7gmkwBIc2SJ4FgUw6VpHKb38/s1600/4+Specify+an+action.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Specify an action" width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">5 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Different action, same time</span></h3>
After adding the action in step 4, click the 'New' button and ask the tool to launch another program that you want to run at start-up. I set it to start Excel and my to-do list by pointing to excel.exe in the Setting section, along with the name of the file in the 'Add arguments' box and its location in the 'Start in' box.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeNhxcqt7LjDtQGXK4qYywQZVyrnwmwZT4wLP00UsOBQgy_edHX5JQpmszYcLjXxijAGAkcHa3-CAVRFEgC7YqNqvYDjqKxnkAhBucX7cuKx049MrE4HI1vkJRQCOYJaXSpOTkdhaojoU/s1600/5+Different+action,+same+thing.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Different action, same time" width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">6 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Defrag disk when idle</span></h3>
Now create a new task that will defrag the hard drive with the Windows Disk Defragmenter whenever you PC is idle. When creating this under the Action tab, point to the app you want to launch (usually C:\Windows\System32\Defrag.exe) then go to the Trigger tab and make sure you select the 'On idle' option when creating the trigger.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEsIUdRaGe0f8WPWUTGi_GR6kJSOPjxsRSa6YGh3jaCR95T1fxIXdwgvBp0YMRdQDmYhtHbEhOXHQ87KXS1Owv6GRybEOewiAJWUJCZGRppHNLgSIyYn6SCybsr5B54IOTmAc3-RFnbWv/s1600/6+Defrag+disk+when+idle.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Defrag disk when idle" width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">7 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Set additional conditions</span></h3>
When you select 'On idle', you have to define additional settings that alert the Windows Task Scheduler when the computer is idle. To set these, go to Conditions tab and select one of the preset times from the drop-down list. For laptop users, there's also a checkbox that will ensure this task only runs when the PC is plugged in.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAS33x7fLKvThJpwKUK8CR1FWySnS8l4iAwpBL6iw1sarXjPl9hFEZYWWwrpjLBxTVVre2zlWSz6jFOQ2AsioJ-SVwP1UFxrrOXryzYGUTi9SheZ6LkY0ym4iRsXz-VIIaQtUf0jDNcfx6/s1600/7+Set+additional+conditions.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Set additional conditions" width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">8 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Display a message</span></h3>
For a task that runs in the background, it's helpful to create an action that displays a message to alert the user. For our defrag task, create a new action, select the 'Display a message' option from the drop-down list and enter a message describing the event. I also use this feature to display messages reminding me of the day's chores.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0ZOkdzgTa6Vjq7QDTdD5dzMkiy9RB3dBKNUBQTwVXYd0DJQ32VYP7lRXBU14yh6WJa6idguUwE_uZSHTHfsnjmMBPD0kcEh6PtXYSSdOx_uAFmfpKzW3svnQECmyOFFreXt1uFZMaELm/s1600/8+Display+a+message.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Display a message" width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">9 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Control task behaviour</span></h3>
You can further tune the behaviour of a task from the Settings tab. In most cases, the default settings should suffice, but some might need tweaking. For example, if you've set up a virus scan at a particular time and day, and your PC isn't switched on at that time, there's an option here that will run the task the next time the computer is on.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uHcBmARKb842diF5nPdso69rixXc-6DSGw15CSEeyBiLwBdGyhNuXEwet6I97lLDH8RJbd0BN3dIZMfJ-YIQOIvhODyoLzVfvtLVnkOYNRHlzGn0NXwCszHzGWSeDex_4PpwYTzINguc/s1600/9+Control+task+behaviour.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Control task behaviour" width="590" />
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<span style="background-color: #dc1f26;"> <span style="color: white;">10 </span> </span> <span style="color: #dc1f26;">Export the task</span></h3>
Once you've set up Windows Task Scheduler , it will improve your Windows experience considerably. I've just scratched the surface and show you how I use it every day. If you have multiple computers with the same programs installed, you can right-click on a task to export it, then import it into a custom folder on another computer.<br />
<img align="left" alt="Task Scheduler, Configuration" border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uvQxdj3ta3QfukucjSKTQrmBD5zSc2qI7zhLZsrY6a3yV1fgTEpIloBeDYRuCjPM_KHaJy2jfc5-7FWuRAIQTl5fUHLR35DNa5d_5tTrsaC3z24PZzju9e0Vx0ZT4duzNNBo7FqpCE_r/s1600/10+Export+the+task.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Export the task" width="590" />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-36767501406772955702012-11-04T00:45:00.001+05:002012-11-04T00:45:15.350+05:00Crucial V4 128GB SSD Real Value Future<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">What'sthe real value of future-proofing?</span></h2>
<img align="left" alt="SSD, Crucial" border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZIB_F2Bbz9pwlXfaSN4QRlkC9gE1n7Z8t2hA7xF8RzQszpnXioOsWKNIMgWU-g-B34iuA26inSiT_EWzRycjrYg2ogMCzHlE-jPogB8jvm2ljvpTjtB9-MXg7U_LKubd5gEee0qzchik/s1600/Crucial+V4+SSD.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Crucial V4 128GB SSD" width="295" />While every man and his dog is throwing SATA 6Gbps interfaced SSDs at us as if there's no tomorrow, where does that leave everyone that is still packing SATA 3Gbps systems? Surely they deserve some modern <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/plextor-ssd-m5-pro-128gb.html" target="_blank">SSD </a>love too? This is the premise behind Crucial's latest v4 family drives: build a 3Gbps <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/plextor-ssd-m5-pro-128gb.html" target="_blank">SSD </a>at a good price so people with 3Gbps systems don't have to buy expensive 6Gbps models with features and performance they can't tap into. Seems vaguely sensible, right?<br />
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While that would have been a sound idea when 6Gbps drives were relatively expensive, real life has dealt the Crucial v4 a kick where it hurts. The <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/plextor-ssd-m5-pro-128gb.html" target="_blank">SSD </a>market has become a little more cut throat sooner then most people expected and more than many ever thought possible. Right now you can buy SATA 6Gbps drives for almost the same price as the list price of the v4. Even Crucial has had to reduce the price of the 6Gbps m4 128GB to the point where it's only ten dollar more expensive than this drive. Go figure.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Performance</span></h3>
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Crucial quotes sequential read/writes figures for the v4 at 230MB/s and 175MB/s respectively, which appears to be a bit on the conservative side as we managed to get 274MB/s reads and 233MB/s writes via the ATTO benchmark with review drive. That's actually pretty decent performance for a mainstream 3Gbps <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/corsair-force-gt-120gb-overall-very.html" target="_blank">SSD </a>drive, so things looked relatively promising at first.<br />
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Interestingly, the v4 contains something that's rare in these days of Marvell, Samsung LSI SandForce controllers. It's actually built around a Phison PS3105-S5 chip. The controller uses custom Micron firmware (version S5FAMM22) and supports wear leveling, garbage collection and, importantly, TRIM.<br />
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Unlike the LSI Sandforce controllers, the data isn't compressed - instead a cache chip is used to buffer data, much the same way as the Marvell controller in the m4. This shows up in 4K AS <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/ocz-vertex-3-is-back-with-more-iops.html" target="_blank">SSD</a> tests where the two Crucial SSDs are close in performance terms, unlike in the AS SSD sequential read performance, which shows the performance advantage of the 6Gbps interface rather well.<br />
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Internally the drive is neatly laid out with one side of the PCB occupied by a Micron 166MHz DDR chip, which looks after the cache duties sitting alongside the Phison controller. These two are joined by four of the eight 16GB 25nm Micron MLC synchronous NAND chips that make up the storage capacity of the drive, with the remaining four NAND modules sitting on the other side of the board.<br />
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While the prices for the faster 6Gbps drives were much more expensive than 3Gbps, Crucial's v4 would have made a lot of sense. Unfortunately the bear pit that is the SSD market at the moment has, in many cases, reduced that premium to almost nothing. It's pretty much a no-brainer then - pay the extra and get a drive that's ready for you to upgrade, should you wish to at a point in the future.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Technical analysis</span></h3>
It may seem unfair to pitch a 3Gbps drive against a 6Gbps drive, but in the v4's case it's relevant as Crucial's own m4 is so close to it in price. You won't get the performance in a 3Gbps system, but you'll have a ready-to-go drive should you wish to upgrade.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Sequential read performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="SSD, Analysis" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HqjObKEH3mfoWgPaHw77KxuCqxjR9DbX_TO5RfDASaBufn6Sccrgk5pWvVlu7pWTLR8Wj4LgSlGW6AykrEJEuF04E6S7-GC6800XdhxC5XN3LAcAOxJZjy66v7JOABG3vur8sq3MOT5R/s1600/Sequential+read+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sequential read performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Sequential write performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="SSD, Analysis" border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OpHPvGn3XKTB33EN6rDBbhd7O7g0D8w3SNgzF3B2D5C4XeGs1XFGt4fHE7YlBZs-8761dyrrCxPN9G2AboFyDeab2Frw7iSekz9hAWSlmMXJPjYCXCZVuLmLeTyRKC2VMOnq3RTziaYb/s1600/Sequential+write+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sequential write performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">4K random write performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="SSD, Analysis" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNq6gkfKJrC8Thm8RbAQTg5F7fVxWuBbcPfC1LCmY0FyKHLxBpnClq3qHIlE9pgnQucsrgv0mMyH4C5gnXNCcpYH9FfA39i5j-xFuishjbRSW5FE4c_rBUzHdbXu4abSCPYVa74jzMxWj2/s1600/4K+random+write+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="4K random write performance" width="590" />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price</b> $120 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Crucial<br />
<b>SKU </b>V4-CT128V4SSD2<br />
<b>Capacity </b>128GB<br />
<b>Controller </b>Marvell 88SS9187<br />
<b>Memory </b>25nm Micron MLC synchronous NAND<br />
<b>Interface </b>SATA 3Gbps</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-15851188540282471212012-11-03T18:10:00.000+05:002012-11-03T18:10:24.044+05:00Asus P8Z77-V Premium Motherboard Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">And in the Asus corner...</span></h2>
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<img align="left" alt="Motherboard, Asus" border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAvMiQwb6CRHvZCBpaj33b1wSVWgjZqTD7qQ58Q2jRyKko0mHrG599mTxNsBYgCraFsTwqAhNTJARS454JRmhuL3PdSykbA_axQ-_JZKtsLEuxqolSBUeAv0Bqukx0HxtS35Pyh0xCILW/s1600/asus+p8Z77-v+premium+motherboard.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Asus P8Z77-V Premium Motherboard" width="295" />The battle between Asus and <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/gigabyte-z77x-up5th-motherboard-review.html" target="_blank">Gigabyte </a>has traditionally been a heavyweight contest, though in recent years it's become more or a ritualised beating, as the Asus boards have consistently out-punched <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/gigabyte-z77x-up5th-motherboard-review.html" target="_blank">Gigabyte </a>at every level. With the release of Intel's Ivy Bridge setup and Z77 platform, however, Gigabyte has made a dramatic return form.<br />
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Now the head-to-head is once more a battle of the giants, and nowhere more so than between the two premium Z77 motherboards we're checking out this issue.<br />
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They are both around the $400 mark - fortune compared to most of the fairy resonable Z77 boards tested - and come with more ringing and whistly things than you could shake a thin piece of dead tree at. They also both come with connections for the new Intel/Apple love child, Thunderbolt.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Lightning Thunder</span></h3>
Where the Gigabyte board has a pair of connections for the new interface, this Premium effort from the Asus has just a single port on the rear. Still, it shouldn't have trouble rocking triple-screen configurations, with HDMI and fully Displayport connectors alongside that Thunderbolt socket.<br />
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The Asus board also seem happier running Thunderbolt, as it managed faster data transfer benchmarks is storage tests. Used a pair of Intel's SSD 330 drives in a RAID O array to make best use of the available bandwidth. In both the maximum read-write and sequential read/write tests, the Asus board posted faster results - but not by much. On the 4K random test though, which is more of an indicaiton of general Windows responsiveness, the Asus board's write speed is 14MB/s higher. That's a big difference in 4K random terms.<br />
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Sadly for the Asus board, its usual dominance of gaming benchmarks has been undone by the superior performance of the top-end Gigabyte Z77. It was similar situation with the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/gigabyte-z77x-up5th-motherboard-review.html" target="_blank">Gigabyte Z77-UD5H</a>, and show just how much the opposition has caught up.<br />
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Usual service is resumed with regards to overlcocking though, as this board gave a solid 4.85GHz clock speed on i7-3770K. That's only a shade quicker than the Gigabyte's 4.79GHz, but still makes a difference.<br />
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Another trick the Asus mobo has up its silicon sleeve is the volume of PCIe 3.0 slots. With four full x16 connections, this board will happily rock the four-way SLI world. Sure, it'll get cramped with four GPUs, but you're only going to be covering the power and reset buttons with the fourth card, and with your chassis closed that makes no difference at all.<br />
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It comes with a 32GB mSATA SSD too, allowing you to pair up a traditional hard drive with the speedier <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/plextor-ssd-m5-pro-128gb.html" target="_blank">SSD </a>to give it a boost. The Gigabyte board has the same slot, but doesn't ship with flash memory for the Smart Response lovin'.<br />
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It's a tough call between these Asus and Gigabyte boards. The Asus has a little more in the feature set, but the Gigabyte has excellent gaming performance chops. For the money the Asus is probably better value, but it's a close run thing.<br />
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<h3>
<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Technical analysis</span></h3>
It's a real ding-dong battle between this and the Gigabyte motherboard, and for much of it you'd have to favor the Asus offering with its faster Thunderbolt speeds and higher overclock. The Gigabyte has the edge in gaming performance though, so there isn't clear overall winner<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Video encoding performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="Motherboard, Technical analysis" border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5U25ClrLNp5uXeMx7sjvg6_wtHZNDqE8bTk1IMkvTJA4KihaAbpIN-C1zg8UcThD5AkP1vuey8YeyKwwCxA4jCPsASHCyqNHuDmNhsYrp47k82mPiPaY2UW2spiaJu23MglamGrNU-TjR/s1600/Video+encoding+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Video encoding performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">4K random Thunderbolt performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="Motherboard, Technical analysis" border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRf-N1vxUNPwFUA9wK35MR7VotOnwrLy6xpvRk6jZYMeXMwcGBxDlnUC1mMyzkJFV2nDyZUN01_mwriSBe2Dd1fbXOqd7itVeJB9Ae6CTuMPYHgRp4pkwMR7gZzJ980r34hQKMLajG5xr/s1600/4K+Random+Thunderbolt+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="4K random Thunderbolt performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Maximum overclock </span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="Motherboard, Technical analysis" border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZA3qloSSufdA2w-Yp0epDEMXE1CvxQJETlw7cnMd_5ckHbAuBnK8A80HfqJfoaf8tsl1KSlqVLkhH8XB2DQGVNQoDOZNszIrn4lHxA0yelfa1exQgY-cij8A6iszBVFBCVSeCATHCKXi3/s1600/Maximum+overclock.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Maximum overclock" width="590" /><br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price </b>$402 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Asus<br />
<b>Socket </b>Intel LGA 1155<br />
<b>Chipset </b>Intel Z77<br />
<b>Graphics support </b>4x PCIe 3.0 x16, CrossFireX and SLI<br />
<b>Memory </b>Dual-channel DDR3<br />
<b>Next-gen I/O </b>6x SATA 6Gbps, 4x USB 3.0, 1x Thunderbolt</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-62757055658662242922012-11-02T20:12:00.000+05:002012-11-07T00:29:15.697+05:00EVGA GTX 660 Ti SC Graphics Card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">As reference as you're likely to get</span></h2>
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<img align="left" alt="Graphics card, EVGA" border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx38zSKyKeOVqLnK7pC8CrNhzEJd1BCnCP1qiSni4C2gdpUPkDR92RGSldnQQ34RhQjlwCEoP7Qf8U33FGym-73XWaSvwlQ6E1siwBxElZj0_vyO48gR6wvKDXiK0is3Lw0K2wSGKE3Jjl/s1600/GTX+660+Ti+SC.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="GTX 660 Ti SC " width="295" />Pricing is such an important part of the graphics card war, the mere $32 separating the Asus and EVGA cards actually means a hell of a lot. When you're operating in such a saturated segment every penny counts. Like the <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/gtx-660-directcu-ii-graphics-card.html" target="_blank">Asus card</a>, this Superclocked EVGA GTX 660 Ti is factory overclocked, but because of its policy of cherry-picking GPUs and leaving the reference cooling in place, the EVGA isn't clocked as high.<br />
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The card will still regularly top the 1GHz mark in-game, but the extra 65MHz at the base isn't really going to set the gaming world alight. And so it proves in benchmarks, with the EVGA resolutely coming in behind all the other <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/zotac-gtx-660-ti-amp-graphics-card.html" target="_blank">GTX 660 Ti</a> cards we've seen so far.<br />
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That's exactly what you would expect against the more expensive card from Asus, but there are also the Gigabyte and Zotac-shaped thorns in the EVGA card's side. Both cards are practically the same price as the EVGA, but come with higher base clocks among other things.<br />
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This also means that it sits behind the similarly priced vanilla <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/amd-radeon-hd-7970-fastest-single-gpu.html" target="_blank">AMD</a> HD 7950 in most of tests - even more so if you bring the latest HD 7950 with Boost into the equation, with its own raised clock speeds. Things are pretty close in terms of regular gaming, but when you look at the more compute-focused titles the gap starts to look covernous.<br />
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Where EVGA stands out though is in its excellent support setup and the option to pick up a 10-year warranty for your new GPU. Still, it's the slowest of the current crop and can't make up for that deficit by being a few dollar cheaper.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price </b>$418 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>EVGA<br />
<b>Web </b>www.evga.com<br />
<b>GPU </b>Nvidia GK104<br />
<b>Base clock </b>980MHz<br />
<b>Boost clock </b>1,059MHz<br />
<b>CUDA cores </b>1,344<br />
<b>ROPs </b>24<br />
<b>Memory bus </b>192-bit</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-67283008886884736382012-11-02T15:02:00.000+05:002012-11-02T15:02:16.375+05:00Chillblast Fusion Thunderbird Desktop PC Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<img align="left" alt="Desktop PC, Chillblast" border="0" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEMUwU0CWTN3aUWI1l5sDtWbMeXPsjgLm7t7liZC6XLcn4le4rlqftW1iVRKEQKDHljPspcZevKCjlpsaKwKBsnKRXQ-o18-xYIfbAi5DyxZD1kH1pDvY1a0fnVOJJzEpcYjaTrsiRVkb/s1600/Chillblast+Fusion+Thunderbird.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Chillblast Fusion Thunderbird " width="295" />The Chillblast machine is one big, fat bestie. The chunky Zalman chassis gives it a real sense of presence on your desk, and the internal goodies match that sense of scale, with a heftily overclocked <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/cpu-brains-budget-performance.html" target="_blank">i5 CPU </a>and similarly overclocked GTX 670 going the graphical grunt work.<br />
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Sadly though, it's in the overclocking department that the Chillblast Fusion Thunderbird gets a serious black mark. The Core i5 3570K gets a headline-grabbing 4.8GHz clockspeed - easily the highest clocked chip in the test. If it ran solidly at that speed, we'd be all over this rig like a cheap LED strip. Unfortunately, while it boots happily with these settings and will allow you to navigate around Windows with impunity, as soon as you start stressing the chip it begins to throw a wobbly. We couldn't run through either Cinebench or X264 encoding tests without it crashing.<br />
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All it took was a quick trip to BIOS land, knocking the multiplier down a notch, to hit a rock-solid 4.7GHz. If the CPU couldn't run under load at that clockspeed, the rig shouldn't have arrived with those settings. It's a shame, because we've only had good experiences with Chillblast machines in the past, but if you've just spent $1k+ on a machine, the last thing you want it to do is fail under load.<br />
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That aside, things are decidedly rosy for the Chillblast Fusion Thunderbird. This rig has one of the most balanced spec sheet out there, weighing up straight-line gaming performance with general PC functionality. Part of the reason the machine functions at all at 4.8GHz is because Chillblast Fusion has used a strong Asus motherboard, where others have used more budget-oriented options.<br />
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It has also opted for an overclocked Palit GTX 670 Jetsream in the graphics slot, which delivers frame rates practically on par with those posted by the two machines with GTX 680 cards inside. It's still short of performance compared with the overclocked HD 7970 of the AdvanceTech rig, but then you also get the added loveliness of things like PhysX and TXAA with the Nvidia cards<br />
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<span style="color: white;">A FIT STATE</span></div>
One of the big bounses of this rig is that it's one of only two PCs in the test with a chunky 240GB SSD as a main OS drive. It's also got a 1TB HDD backing it up for all your data needs, but with the decent SSD installed you could get a large chunk of your current gaming library on those solid state memory chips without things getting too crowded. The Scan machine, the other PC with a 240GB SSD, has a weaker graphics card, and therefore falls well short in the gaming benchmarks. That Mushkin SSD also helps the Fusion Thunderbird get the fastest boot time of the lot.<br />
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If it wasn't for the major black mark around the overclock, this review would be sickeningly glowing. Chillblast Fusion has found an excellent balance between the speedy GTX 670 i5 CPU and 240GB SSD. It's not the fastest rig in the test, but it has been intelligently specced-out, despite the Blu-ray drive, and no mistake. You can't argue with that impressive two-year warranty either; good work, Chillblast.<br />
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<b>Vital Statistics</b><br />
<b>Price </b>$1,605 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Chillblast<br />
<b>Web </b>www.chillblast.com<br />
<b>CPU </b>Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.8GHz<br />
<b>Motherboard </b>Asus P8Z77-V<br />
<b>Memory </b>8GB Mushkin Essential<br />
<b>Graphics </b>Palit GTX 670 Jestsream<br />
<b>SSD </b>240GB Mushkin Chronos<br />
<b>HDD </b>1TB Seagate</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-91917529104719186302012-11-01T21:10:00.000+05:002012-11-01T21:10:29.996+05:00Samsung Series 9 S27B970D Monitor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Big, expensive and life-altering? Well, two out of three ain't bad</span></h2>
<img align="left" alt="Monitor, IPS Tech" border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGdlULSOTo0HEsw53KaH73Wh7fL0ozHbqaBpq971h9oVRHLOz9AJbiagRj8DcHzRJIKhk0sKAy7B-DOPZrRX4kYaDgbmizwrbHDa-hZHRBgX91XlPxZcTwn5hvPs4-TuzfCiLXVJ9En-B/s1600/Samsung+Series+9+monitor.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Series 9 S27B970D Monitor" width="295" />Like most PC peripherals, <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/philips-brilliance-241p4qpyes-non-tn.html" target="_blank">monitors </a>mostly sell on price. That's because consumers are largely a feckless bunch of mouth-breathers who can't see past pricing and a small half handful of headline specs. It's $200? It's 27 inches? It's shiny? It's sold. In that context, Samsung slinging out a premium-priced 27-incher is either bold or bonkers.<br />
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Samsung's own Series 8 model is around the $800 mark, and recent months have seen a glut of $323 efforts being bought from Korean eBay merchants. Meanwhile, you can pick up a number of 30-inch alternatives for roughly the same money as this 27-inch screen. One thing is for sure - the Series 9 will have to be life-alteringly good.<br />
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So what do get? First up is the PLS panel. It's the same type used in the Samsung Series 8 27-inch screen, which is effectively <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/samsung-ue40d6530-widescreen-full-hd.html" target="_blank">Samsung</a>'s take on IPS technology with one or two twists. So far, so good.<br />
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Next up is what you might call premium industrial design. That includes a proper metal frame, a brushed metal rear enclosure panel, soft touch controls and a general lifestyle vibe. The stand is height and tilt adjustable, which puts it somewhere between tilt-only cheapo <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/games-in-third-dimension-viewsonic.html" target="_blank">monitors </a>and more widely adjustable pro displays.<br />
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Then there's connectivity, which not only includes HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort, but also MHL or Mobile High-Definition Link, which allows you to hook up <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/top-10-best-smartphones.html" target="_blank">Android phones</a>. And that's about it. There's no integrated TV tuner or app support. This is a pure PC <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/asus-pa238q-review.html" target="_blank">monitor</a>.<br />
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The Series 9 will therefore live or die on a combination of image quality and physical desirability. Unfortunately, we're not entirely convinced by either. The chassis and stand are superficially sexy, but we'd rather have more adjustability and easier access to the inputs. The latter are buried in the base, which makes plugging things in tedious.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Clear as mud</span></h3>
The Series 9's biggest problem involves image quality. That's not a result of a flawed LCD panel - it's lovely. The problem is that it's behind a so-called Crystal Clear Glass panel, so you can't actually see that lovely pannel very well at all.<br />
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It's a shame, because Samsung's PLS technology is lovely. You get all the benefits of IPS technology, including superb viewing angles and color accuracy, along with what certainly seems likes improved contrast and definitely involves a smoother, less sparkly anti-glare coating.<br />
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Still, the good news is that you can buy the Series 8, which has the same PLS tech, in a more unassuming but actually more ergonomic enclosure, minus the stupid panel cover. Okay, you miss out on the MHL, but it's $485 cheaper, so it's no-brainer.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Technical analysis</span></h3>
IPS stands for In-Plane Switching. PLS stands for Plane to Line Switching. And for the most part, it is indeed a case of I say tomato you say, er, tomato. This analogy isn't really working, but the general gist is that Samsung's PLS technology is very similar to IPS. The biggest difference is that Samsung uses a much nicer, smooth anti glare coating than the horrid, sparkly things you get with most IPS screens. It's a shame it's hidden behind a silly glass cover in the new Series 9.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price </b>$1,292 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Samsung<br />
<b>Size </b>27-inch<br />
<b>Native resolution </b>2,560 x 1,440<br />
<b>Panel type </b>PLS<br />
<b>Contrast </b>1,000:1<br />
<b>Inputs </b>DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI (with MHL support)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-72661294981389092952012-11-01T18:28:00.000+05:002012-11-01T18:30:22.213+05:00EPSON EH-TW9000W Projector Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">So, dear, you want to spend how much on a 'home cinema'?</span></h2>
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<img align="left" alt="Projector, Epson" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GrAd_6us431d87xEBk_AM1BUStB2-TOxK7M8fBYbFAetG8wDqxUkcXVw20t1fh15rzcZDUgUrwmdVvNnMLCBsguQs545h32swpQzu683-bSrQk4uvIy6pTioyyHLbFjcj5ksyddtQ5CP/s1600/EPSON+EH-TW9000W+Projector.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Epson EH-TW9000W Projector" width="295" />Three thousand of your Earth dollars. That's a hell of a lot of money for a single component, even one as rarefied as a projector. Okay, you can spend tens of thousands on a beamer if you're so inclined and financially endowed, but as we recently discovered, $1,130 or so gets you a very fine example with full 1080p capability.<br />
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Put simply, this Epson needs to be seriously nifty. Luckily, it is. We'll get to the profentory bits momentarily, but the fun starts with the extras. First up is the WirelessHD technology.<br />
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The idea is fully wireless transmission of lossless HD video. Physically, it involves a separate adapter that plugs into the wall for power, and the source for the images - in our case a PC. It has just a single HDMI input. It's basically a wireless HDMI interface that's equivalent to a wired HDMI 1.4 connection. The projector itself has an integrated WirelessHD interface.<br />
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Now, this is the sort of thing that had us sucking our teeth - premonitions of setup headaches, with craptastic frame rates even if we did manage it - that sort of thing. But no, it's as easy to select as any other video input. You just cycle through the digital and analogue settings, hit the wireless option and band, it works. In fact, the results are indistinguishable form using a wired connection. Impressive. Epson claims it has a working range of 10 meters, and we can confirm that it's definitely good for at least five.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Gimme some 3D</span></h3>
The other feature of broad interest is stereoscopic 3D. Active shutter glasses are the drill here (you get a pair), and again, we had no problems getting things running with Nvidia's 3D Vision platform. The only slight snag was the need to run the equivalent of 24GHz refresh at 1,920 x 1,080. That's dandy for movies, but less than ideal for PC gaming.<br />
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But what of the projector itself? Well, it's quite simply the finest of its type have seen. As this is an LCD rather than DLP projector you might thing that's damning it with faint praise, but no - this is a superb device by any metric.<br />
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Most impressive is the sheer contrast on offer. The black levels are outrageous for an LCD projector, and the result is preposterous detail in darker game and movie scenes. It's incredibly detailed in bright scenes, too. In fact, it's almost too good.<br />
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In fact, this is one of the very few projectors we've been happy to run with the lamp in full power mode. Usually that means compromising black levels, but not here. That's partly thanks to Epson's fast acting active iris tech, but also because it just has some damn fine LCD panels and optics.<br />
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There's plenty more to be pleased about, including low noise levels and proper lens shift adjustability, which makes it a lot easier to set up.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Technical analysis</span></h3>
The Epson EH-TW9000W brushed aside our suite of test images with nonchalant ease. Perfect gradients, tons of detail in the black and while scales - you name it, the TW9000W nails it. That translates into the finest image ever seen from an LCD projector, and a genuine contender for top honours overall.<br />
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Unfortunately, the one thing it doesn't deliver is rapid response. There's simply too much input lag for a pleasant gaming experience. That's an enormous shame. It's still a great movie machine and a truly lovely projector, however, with a whole bunch of great features including WirelessHD and 3D support.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price </b>$4,778 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Epson<br />
<b>Type </b>Triple-panel LCD projector<br />
<b>Resolution </b>1,920x1,080<br />
<b>Brightness </b>2,400 lumens<br />
<b>Contrast </b>200,000:1<br />
<b>Extras </b>WirelessHD, 3D support, lens shift</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-85928030443097971852012-10-31T18:42:00.000+05:002012-11-01T20:15:28.007+05:00Plextor SSD M5 Pro 128GB<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">The double-threat of new memory and a new controller. Bold move, Plextor</span></h2>
<img align="left" alt="SSD, Plextor" border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOrQ7DVBlTjDX_T6SYrVkl2st4VMwlne30Bxnw_aO_XATRXwWvQKGxb9mXyQ_UbZ9yrDubiHMwOSWSugZoDZdmzUIXAxXQwOUX4lBWw1v0AmcJOClfhB2aZsnTGEHHm7fAZgabRnaeY_4/s1600/Plextor+SSD.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="AMD Radeon HD 7970" width="295" />The overwhelming majority of SSDs on the market now are based around LSI's SandForce SF2281 controller, but there are also quite a few powered by Marvell's 88SS9174 chip. Both of these bits of silicon have been around for a while, so it's about time we saw some new hardware for either or both companies rather than just firmware updates.<br />
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First out of the blocks with new hardware is Marvell with the new 88SS9187 Monet controller, which may or may not be the hardware lying under the Indilinx Everest 2 branding in OCZ's Vertex 4 and Agility 4 drive families. In any case, the first drives we have seen flaunting this new silicon come from what many might see as a surprising source - Plextor - in the guise of its new M5 Pro range. A quick glance at the specs reveals that the controller isn't the only thing that's new; these also support the latest 19nm Toshiba Toggle NAND, making them the first consumer drives to do so.<br />
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Plextor's M5 Pro range includes two other capacities: the 256GB version and its flagship 512GB drive. It quotes performance figures of up to 540MB/s reads across the board, and while the write performance for the 128GB drive is quoted at up to 340MB/s, both the 256 and 512GB drives get up to 450MB/s. In tests with the ATTO benchmark, 128GB backed up the official read figures, posting a score of 545MB/s. Write performance was a little lower than Plextor's figures at 326GB/s<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Slap happy</span></h3>
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As benchmarks show, the Plextor M5 Pro can stand up to SandForce drives in outright performance. And when it comes to handling incompressible data writes, it doesn't just hold its own against the likes of the SandForce controlled Patriot Pyro SE - it takes it out into a darkened alley and gives it a good slapping. Not quite as effectively, it has to be said, as the Corsair Performance Pro, but a slapping none the less.<br />
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But the new controller isn't the only thing special about the Plextor M5 Pro. The NAND it uses is pretty special too - 19nm Toshiba fancy Dan Toggle NAND no less. This is the first consumer drive and the first drive we have seen that uses the latest Toshiba NAND, and we're pretty sure it won't be on its lonesome for very long.<br />
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The 128GB drive uses 256GB of DDR3 cache, and just in case you're wondering, the 256MB version supports 512MB, while in the 512GB drive it goes up to a truly whopping 768MB.<br />
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It's a brave step for a company to launch a new drive that features not one but two new technologies, but it seems that Plextor has pulled it off with the M5 Pro. And the combination of the new Marvell controller and the latest 19nm Toggle NAND gives it performance that puts it amongst the fastest 120/128GB drives we've tested. It's also reassuring to see that Plextor has plenty of faith in the M5 Pro series backing it as they do with a five-year warranty. When you also consider the fact you're getting both of these new technologies at around $1/GB, you really can't argue with its credentials.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Technical analysis</span></h2>
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The new Marvell 88SS9187 controller can more than hold its own against SandForce controlled drives. It's faster than the previous generation Marvell controller (in the Corsair Performance Pro) in all but one of the AS SSD benchmarks, too.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Sequential read performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="SSD, Plextor" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQR6O0HtjIQ5xMCpyAgIYVkfgdIHHpnfZ-N5677BoirNQDPVKYPyBpDxiR3T-rdygOk65whIE7whlBW-lNtF_RcqZXqvmxf0rQ4Jcqf_7lhO3ETSYZbuULky8-p8yEF28aBGq3b0UNS3y/s1600/Sequential+read+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sequential read performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Sequential write performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="SSD, Plextor" border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wpy37fPYyw7xYeOHxgDIX2iabzyim1FQ6LP-JQEWFvPolBPDF8egc76aytfKEq9pt6krrfB2-aj4XJ9kaqP6T-SYHkdav6oknCQCjbFDSnljQh7zl_FsxWsg9u3auWpSzzEcnMUbgxmn/s1600/Sequential+write+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sequential write performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">4K random write performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="SSD, Plextor" border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmnq28m8vJ1XOLrvC6xciagXKsHnA0bfy7IRbM5zISXP1NeFvhFO0BC7Lzsu33TwoC4nwRJc3LvlwlLT_p0hSlVL4MSYKc9yKstqjZgXYXS6wprsN1U9pSOUlmeCsNE4qgjf1RJlE-qBz/s1600/4K+random+write+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="4K random write performance" width="590" /><br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b><br />
<b>Price</b> $210 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Plextor<br />
<b>Web</b> www.plextor-digital.com<br />
<b>SKU </b>PX-128M5P<br />
<b>Capacity </b>128GB<br />
<b>Controller </b>Marvell 88SS9187<br />
<b>Memory </b>19nm Toshiba Toggle NAND<br />
<b>Interface </b>SATA 6Gbps</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-28441673407600099042012-10-31T15:32:00.001+05:002012-11-03T18:12:53.339+05:00Gigabyte Z77X-UP5TH Motherboard Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Another excellent premium Z77 mobo from the Taiwanese giant</span></h2>
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<img align="left" alt="motherboard, gigabyte" border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYXyrxjATGpQBWaSJWIWkNW6k6AZu6jD0d9aZ8iVdAfRZHWHJtEiShyphenhyphennFada8ELGEonHqhEd2XguaRGFqxiwaOTzVBhoH3bmfTzKSZN_9KRp9cqSC0DVqj6xE0PQa2oZVDnlRbEGMVzeD/s1600/Gigabyte+Z77X-UP5TH.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Gigabyte Z77X-UP5TH" width="295" />What do you get for the motherboard that has everything? Gigabyte's answer is to add a pair of Thunderbolt connectors to the rear of its massively feature-rich mobo for all the super-speed I/O goodness they bring. This is the top Z77 board form gigabyte, and has pretty much everything a full-spec $418 mobo should.<br />
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Thunderbolt connections are the bastard children of PCIe and DisplayPort, enabling fast, two-way streams of both traditional data and video to be piped down the same cable. As an added bones, you can daisy-chain devices to a single connection - like stringing out external hard drives all the way to a DisplayPort monitor.<br />
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Gigabyte adding a pair of these new I/O connectors to its board may just seem like willy-waving, but it means the Z77X-UP5TH has an extra two display outputs, as well as all the speedy data-shunting capabilities. This Z77 board then comes with the ability to run three screens without resorting to discrete graphics, and without sacrificing other I/O capabilities thanks to daisy-chaining.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Thunder road</span></h3>
Still, right now the benefits of Thunderbolt are rather ephemeral. There aren't many DisplayPort panels around at the reasonable prices we've come to expect from the recent IPS boom, and unless you're jamming an <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/plextor-ssd-m5-pro-128gb.html" target="_blank">SSD </a>into an external Thunderbolt caddy, you'll struggle to get full use from the bandwidth the new connection offers.<br />
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It's a worthwhile nod to future-proofing though, and this advanced I/O deserves to do well. I remember wondering whether I really needed to go for USB connections on a mobo upgrade in the years before it became a necessity, and being so glad I did.<br />
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But although Thunderbolt is a headline-grabber for this mobo, it's not the only thing in its favor. Gigabyte seemed to lose its way a little in the wilderness, but has come out in force for the 7-series boards, offering serious performance once again.<br />
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Gigabyte has played about with the power components around the CPU socket, and by changing the MOSFETs, it has made that part of the board cooler. This means it can cope with more juice, and a little more overclocking fun too.<br />
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It loses out slightly in the OC race compared with the similarly priced Asus board over the page, but in a bit of a switch around, where <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/asus-p8z77-v-premium-motherboard-review.html" target="_blank">Asus </a>used to be the gaming brand, the Gigabyte board offers faster benchmarks in both <i>Shogun 2</i> and <i>Batman: Arkham City</i> with the same setup.<br />
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Obviously though, we have to consider the price tags of these premium boards. When you can pick up a perfectly functional Z77 for almost $322 less, you have to make some pretty compelling arguments to encourage people to spend more. The performance and incredible feature-set of this board though do a pretty good job.<br />
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This isn't board for the gamer on a budget - this is for the person putting their PC together with more professional, productive leanings. And who wants to hit the highest gaming frame rates, too.<br />
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<h3>
<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Technical analysis</span></h3>
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It's a close run thing between the premium Gigabyte and Asus boards, with each offering different benefits. The <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/asus-p8z77-v-premium-motherboard-review.html" target="_blank">Asus board </a>is a better overclocker and seem to be able to shift things across the Thunderbolt connector more quickly, but the gaming performance of the Gigabyte board is simply incredible.
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">CPU rendering performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="motherboard, gigabyte" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG56ztOiHPRK-FtQFqAWjzjvt5Bmr2NRMUtO40bTIQA7FDe9iF1e7cmojKh2h7R6Nj88y_kOgZuHgr7V-ojfiLQSRbLo07rJ3P2nakPyVvysZJJrZMcG0ZLCK8kTS15Yw5V38vxt3WxLq2/s1600/CPU+rendering+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="CPU rendering performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Gaming performance</span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="motherboard, gigabyte" border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRU7F119Qi8DzNzV6e5MkFqcR9l5w-8xNnJrydQ5TxW8Gs2QDYde1lzVw2Yl_WUUdVOFinSksDG0j85ZcwzQlSRtAAzSk2j8zNKJI4iC2-y8Ltjliqg-OoI4bEzFliwEHIMu61QOF46crg/s1600/Gaming+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Gaming performance" width="590" />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Thunderbolt performance </span></h3>
<img align="left" alt="motherboard, gigabyte" border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15Q3B8R99d7g3Eb0uaPHyMcbuE4cjNPT1_yLbxRLitPW2m0AveUQaMlXLAewfzP-50ILlqcfCjDNhjR-f2b81_w-j-LAsVxKHOokFBWPcASe_rb-al_lJhQI_W2Kv_RfEery6Rp-jysjF/s1600/Thunderbolt+performance.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Thunderbolt performance " width="590" /><br />
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<b><span style="color: #dc1f26;">Vital Statistics</span></b>
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<b>Price </b>$418 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Gigabyte<br />
<b>Socket </b>Intel LGA 1155<br />
<b>Chipset </b>Intel Z77<br />
<b>Graphics support </b>1x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1x PCIe 3.0 x8, CrossFireX and SLI<br />
<b>Memory </b>Dual-channel DDR3<br />
<b>Next-gen I/O </b>2x SATA 6Gbps, 4x USB 3.0, 2x Thunderbolt</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-36415287804249705022012-10-30T20:26:00.000+05:002012-10-30T20:26:07.102+05:00GTX 660 DirectCU II Graphics Card Benchmark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<img align="left" alt="GPU, Asus, Graphic card" border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7YO7D0Cfu5WqiN5SznJ1gyOLrLIN1VWqjzD0RoizzcOE1CmZWk48K_e3FmxX-Fj2iC7xUe7zsBCS44EqLNs9etlF0MgQVpeEJvrqEqtgYkg7VPWNAloe0QAu0M2lo-RJhWxTptTwlHOh/s1600/Asus+GTX+660+TI+DirectCU+II+Top.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: center; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Asus GTX 660 TI DirectCU II Top" width="590" />
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Well, it's all feeling rather 2010 around here. Nvidia has transported me back to when we couldn't figure out which shower of self-serving idiots to form our government so we just left them to figure it out, a time when Chilean miners starred in their own low-res reality TV show, and a time when we finally found out how destructive a weapon the vuvuzela could be.<br />
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Why am I feeling so nostalgic? Because Nvidia has decided to release a new graphics card that' channeling the spirit of one of the worst releases of its last few generations. When I look at the new GTX 660 Ti, all I can see is the frankly offensive spectre of the GTX 465 looming over it.<br />
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That was a card housing a pared-to-the-bone version of the then top GPU, offering limited performance for almost the same price as the far superior GTX 470. Two years later and the same can be said of the GTX 660 Ti and impressive GTX 670.<br />
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That's a shame, as I've been waiting for the mainstream-oriented GTX 660 Ti to hit the shelves since I first saw the Kepler architecture way back in March this year. Nvidia brought the top-end GTX 680 out first, aiming squarely at AMD's top GPUs, and to start with it had the edge.<br />
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As time has moved on though, the AMD Graphics Core Next architecture - exemplified by the surprisingly excellent <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/amd-radeon-hd-7970-fastest-single-gpu.html" target="_blank">HD 7970 </a>GHz Edition - has proven to be a tough nut to crack. As the AMD driver sets have matured and more Compute-focused game engines have emerged, such as those powering <i>DiRT Showdown</i> and <i>Sniper Elite</i>, the Radeon cards have taken the ball and ran with it.<br />
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Nvidia was hoping to fight back with the GTX 660 Ti, and in the volume end of the market that's where you want your graphics cards to take the crown. That's where the bulk of the graphics card upgrade money is spent, and it's the segment that can make or break a GPU generation.<br />
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This Asus GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top is the Taiwanese company's heavy overclocking card and, as such has come to market with seriously tweaked clocks, a bespoke PCB and cooling solution, and a chunky price premium on top.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">GPU genes</span></h3>
So what makes up this new mainstream GPU, then? Well, it's the same Kepler GPU that has made up the bulk of Nvidia' 600 series cards. Therefore, it's the GK104 chip, the same as in the GTX 690, GTX 680 and GTX 670. In fact, it's an almost identical chip to that in the most recent Kepler card, the GTX 670, but with a few key parts turned off or turned down.<br />
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It's still rocking seven of those SMX modules, so comes with a total of 1,344 CUDA cores, all now running at the same speed as the base clock. It also has the same 112 texture units, but crucially is missing eight ROPs for a reduced total of 24.<br />
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The GK104 GPU in the GTX 660 Ti is kept company by the same 2,048MB GDDR5 video memory, running at a breakneck 6,008MHz, though the bus betwixt chip and VRAM is a rather reduced 192-bit affair. Compared with the 256-bit bus used by the rest of the Kepler top-table GPUs, that's a little weak.<br />
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The close connection between the chips in the GTX 670 and this GTX 660 Ti explains why there's only $80 difference between the $402 RRP for this latest card and the $482 you can pay for a reference GTX 670.<br />
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In the grand scheme of things though, that $80 makes all the difference. When you're talking about the overclocked SKUs of the GTX 660 Ti, like this Asus Top edition, then we start to hit a price parity with the GTX 670 the new Nvidia card can't hope to replicate in terms of gaming frame rates.<br />
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To be fair though, Asus's impressive cooling solution meant it could really push the clockspeed of the Nvidia GPU. The base clock for a standard GTX 660 Ti is 915MHz and Asus has upped this to 1,059MHz. In practice, however, that translates to a general boost clock, in game, of around 1,215MHz.<br />
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Sadly, even that heavy overclock up to the frame rates that you'd expect from a $482 graphics card. And that's the real problem with this GPU.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Competition</span></h3>
So, what of those frame rates? How does the card Nvidia says will bring next-gen tech to a ton of gamers actually perform? It performs exactly as your might expect to chopped-up GPU to - not very well.<br />
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This Top edition has all the advantages of Asus's overclocking nous, but even that can't push this sliced-up GPU towards the performance of its immediate competition. And that competition is intense. On the Nvidia side you've got the GTX 670 at the same price as this Asus card, on the AMD side there's the HD 7950 at around $418.<br />
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Nvidia claimed that the real competition was with the HD 7870, but that can be picked up for around $337 these days, <br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">"PUT IT UP AGAINST THE CHEAPER 7950 AND THINGS LOOK GRIM"</span></h2>
which still considerably cheaper than even the reference GTX 660 Ti at $402.<br />
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Let's give Nvidia the benefit of the doubt for a second though and look as its 'new' GPU against the HD 7870. Yes, it's an overall win, with the bulk of titles favoring the green side, but the more compute-focused games like <i>DiRT Showdown</i> and <i>Sniper Elite</i> favor the GCN Pitcairn core in the HD 7870.<br />
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Put it up against the HD 7950 though, and things look grim. Even against this seriously over-stretched version of the GTX 660 Ti, the cheaper card has the edge. Only in <i>Shogun 2</i> can the Nvidia card claim a win - in everything else the HD 7950 is all you need. It also has the performance chops to really work a high-res monitor.<br />
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It's downright embarrassing when the GTX 660 Ti faces up to its own big brother, the GTX 670. As we've said, the Asus Top edition is the same price as a stock GTX 670 at $482 and is a long way off it in terms of gaming frame rates. The <img align="left" alt="GPU, Asus, Graphic card" border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJWPBpXHM7sxT-3ST6ERjUnnLieDIA_9urDgw5NLgLLU5Jtc7jzPEWG8jGSswijcUqTQ7CB3m-c-ySG63sl3qGrqvFQxVMdpFSdrNNar053rBodgz6ch10a-S8dG2aWuWMr9jNPD0qBW3/s1600/DirectCU+II.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: center; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DirectCU II" width="590" />synthetic Heaven benchmark is generally a good yardstick of overall graphical power and at this the top-end GTX 660 Ti comes up woefully short.<br />
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<span style="color: #dc1f26;">Sad face</span></h3>
You know, sometimes it can be really fun writing a negative review of a product, but occasionally a product is so disappointing there's not an ounce of enjoyment to be had from hoofing it like a lame beggar. We'd expected the GTX 660 Ti to be a serious contender for our favorite GPU of all time. After all, when you combine the goodness of the Kepler architecture (GPU boost, impressive power juggling, and pretties like TXAA and Adaptive Vsync) with a mainstream price tag, how could it fail?<br />
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Well, talk to Nvidia and you'll find out. It can certainly fail if you don't bother designing a GPU aimed at the mainstream and instead just hack up the existing chip you've been using for your top-tier gaming cards since March.<br />
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The ageing GK104 is a fine GPU when it's being fed with a decent memory bus and hasn't <br />
<h2>
<span style="color: #dc1f26;">"NVIDIA NEEDS TO STEP OUTSIDE AND SMELL THE GLOBAL RECESSION"</span></h2>
been pared to the bone. Hacked up, as it is in the GTX 660 Ti, it's not much good to anyone unless it's significantly cheaper than we're seeing at launch.<br />
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At $321 this overclocked Asus Top edition would be a great graphics card, but when it costs the same as the far superior GTX 670, it's completely irrelevant. Even the EVGA GTX 660 Ti SC with its $402 tag is too expensive, losing out to the slightly faster HD 7950 at the same price.<br />
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It's not like this is a new precedent either. I'm referring again to the familiar situation that arose when Nvidia was getting into the mainstream segment of its first generation Fermi cards.<br />
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After the GTX 470 came the GTX 465. It was using the same GF100 GPU Nvidia was putting in its top-end cards, but with a lot of the chip's innate goodness cut out. Nvidia also positioned it only slightly cheaper than the much faster GTX 470. It was roundly panned as a pointless release and was superseded in around a month by the fantastic GTX 670 and its new GF104 GPU.<br />
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We can only hope the same thing happen here and we'll see a new Kepler GPU, specifically designed for the mainstream segment, in a GTX 660 without the Ti moniker - and for a more mainstream price. Seriously, when did $402-$482 become the mainstream pricing for graphics cards?<br />
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After a run of really very good graphics cards, Nvidia needs to step outside and smell the global recession. Bring me my real mainstream Kepler card, not this pretender to the throne.<br />
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<b>Vital Statistics</b><br />
<b>Price </b>$482 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacturer </b>Asus<br />
<b>GPU </b>Nvidia GK104<br />
<b>Base clock </b>1,059MHz<br />
<b>Boost clock </b>1,137MHz<br />
<b>CUDA cores </b>1,344<br />
<b>ROPs </b>24<br />
<b>Memory bus </b>192-bit</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-89532436355350255912012-10-30T15:21:00.000+05:002012-11-02T14:55:31.292+05:00Advance Technologies ATFX-XPredator Desktop PC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<img align="left" alt="Chassis, Gaming PC" border="0" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5EAc-fgYgoGyjPSDc_ucxFJnNBmcmm2M9-Xz1eNweJ7XR68jCuQf9Rw_OQ5hzL6SpaJ8oDrqvgN1ukGtxo-PBzgZHUo3PiycE3sfuaKjkoPgLbBeAnGqb_E5o2AGQmti1UfemZpyuGPP/s1600/Advance+Technologies+ATFX-XPredator+Desktop+PC.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Advance Technologies ATFX-XPredator Desktop PC" width="250" />The very first thing to catch your eye on this Advance Technologies build is the striking XPredator chassis, all stormtrooper white with black grills getting all up in yours. It also has a huge Perspex side panel, which reveals the second thing to catch your eye - the water-cooling setup.<br />
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This isn't the only build in the test to feature liquid as an aid to chilling out your chips - the Cyberpower machine has a closed-loop water cooler - but this is the only one to use a separate pump and reservoir setup. That means the setup can be expanded if you decide you want to include a loop for the graphics card, or even stick another reservoir in between to provide extra cooling for both.<br />
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Sadly though, the extreme (and extremely pretty) water-cooling setup in this machine hasn't translated into a serious over clock on the CPU inself. In fact, the ATFX rig ships with the slowest clocks of all the i5 machines in the test, sitting on its laurels at a mere 4.3GHz.<br />
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That means Advance Technologies garners the slowest CPU benchmark of all nine test PCs here. That's a big disappointment considering how intense the setup looks. With a little light tweaking - a simple bumping of the multiplier in the BIOS - we were able to get a rock-solid 4.7GHz out of the 3570K.<br />
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<span style="color: white;">LUCIDE DREAMING</span></div>
It's swings and traffic circles though, as it's the only machine here to opt for an AMD graphics card over and Nvidia one, and in the benchmarks that really makes a difference. The overclocked <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/amd-radeon-hd-7970-fastest-single-gpu.html" target="_blank">HD 7970 </a>may not have the edge in the HEaven synthetic test, but in the four gaming benchmarks it pulls out a very obvious lead.<br />
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The only fly in the ointment here is Advance Technologies questionable decision to ship the setup with the Lucid Virtu tech plumbing the CPU and GPU together in-game. In <i>Just Cause 2</i> and <i>Metro 2033</i> it made no difference in performance, but it gave a little boost to <i>DiRT Showdown</i>.<br />
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The <i>Shogun 2</i> test was a different matter, showing a massive performance boost, but that was tempered by the terrible graphical errors that accompanied it - something we couldn't live with, and would lead to us immediately turning off the Lucid Hyperformance mode.<br />
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<span style="color: white;">SMART RESPONSE</span></div>
That perhaps explains why no-one else wanted to get with the Lucind lovin', but on the flip side Advance Technologies was also the only SI to actually enablethe Intel Smart Response Tech with the small SSD. Pairing the SSD and HDD together meant it felt almost as responsive as a full SSD system, and had the same boot time too.<br />
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So it's a bit of a mixed bag for the ATFX rig then; steller gaming benchmarks but weak CPU performance. With some BIOS tweaking you can sort that out, but should really have to when you've put down a grand for a PC? We're not entirely sure about that chassis either. From a distance it looks the business, but up close it feels like a budget options. It doesn't have a reset switch, either. Weird. But still, a great looking, strong gaming machine, with a good balance of components.<br />
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Vital Statistics<br />
<b>Price </b>$1,605 approx..<br />
<b>Manufacture </b>Advance Technologies<br />
<b>CPU </b>Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.3GHz<br />
<b>Motherboard </b>Gigabyte Z77X-D3H<br />
<b>Memory </b>8GB Corsair Vengeance<br />
<b>Graphics </b>Sapphire <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/amd-radeon-hd-7970-fastest-single-gpu.html" target="_blank">HD 7970 </a>OC<br />
<b>SSD </b>60GB Corsair Force 3<br />
<b>HDD </b>1TB Segate</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-65976790895049208482012-10-01T14:33:00.000+05:002012-10-01T14:37:52.956+05:00How to Add Facebook Like Box to Blogger Blogspot Blog<strike>1. Go to facebook developers web <a href="http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=facebook%20like%20box&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.facebook.com%2Fdocs%2Freference%2Fplugins%2Flike-box%2F&ei=ZePITubKKsvwrQfLxrXlDQ&usg=AFQjCNGXFEHpNJhFlgcOJU7SqxZpdKIG7g&sig2=g4PWEuBmzhmzcz5E6iBmSg" target="_blank">page</a></strike><br />
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<strike>2. Customize as you wish and follow my image instruction.</strike><br />
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<strike>3. Copy the obtained code.</strike><br />
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<strike>4. Login to Blogger Dashboard>Design.</strike><br />
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<strike>5. Click On Add a Gadget.</strike><br />
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<strike>6. Select HTML/JavaScript</strike><br />
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<strike>7. Give a title Like Us and Paste the code here.</strike><br />
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<strike>8. Save it. Refresh Your Blog.</strike><br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Go to Blogger Dashboard > Design > Edit/Page Layout.</li>
<li>Choose Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript.</li>
<li>Paste below code after replacing my username woth yours.</li>
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<pre><code><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F<b><span style="color: red;">BloggingHub</span></b>&amp;<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">width=292</span></b>&amp;<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">height=290</span></b>&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>show_faces=true</b></span>&amp;border_color&amp;<b><span style="color: blue;">stream=false</span></b>&amp;<b><span style="color: orange;">header=true</span></b>" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">width:292px</span></b>; <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>height:290px</b></span>;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></code></pre><br />
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Now replace <span style="color: red;"><b>BloggingHub</b></span> with your username.<br />
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<h3>Customization (Optional)</h3><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>If you want to show stream then find this <b><span style="color: blue;">stream=false</span></b> code and change it to true.</li>
<li>If you don't want to show Header then change this code <b><span style="color: orange;">header=true</span></b></li>
<li>To change height and width find these <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">width=292</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">height=290</span></b> two codes.</li>
<li>If you don't want to show faces then change this <b style="color: #a64d79;">show_faces=true</b> value to false.</li>
<li>Now save your changes and you are done...</li>
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I hope that this tutorial will helped you alot in adding "<a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/add-facebook-like-box-to-blogger.html">Facebook Like Box</a>" to your blogger blogspot blog. To learn more about Blogger that <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-add-facebook-like-button.html">How to Add Facebook Like Button</a>? follow the links. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-60226596733855024422012-09-18T14:18:00.000+05:002012-09-18T14:18:26.394+05:00Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display Review & Specs<img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQywFqo4MErfN_Q-kWkvdNK1LoReNQE1h6mnELABF5TpwlXXyFVs_9MCH2WSDs0PjffIFmUk-r1dRsS80UqEZHw43VtvYCQxfC-i1Eehjv-_r8By7Q1ecRoUZvqnzGEg1_7UQxp1oeHom/s1600/apple+macbook+pro.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display" width="295" /><b>Go on, get your face right up close - the Retina MacBook Pro's display has three million more pixels that a 1080p TV. But, is it more than just a pretty picture</b><br />
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With <span span style="color:#24AAF3;">2880x1800 pixels jammed into a 15in/38cm screen at 220ppi</span>, there's no laptop screen quite like the Mac Pro's Retina display: its letter definition is almost as good as a printed page. Right now most apps aren't optimised and can look smudgy, but that's set to change. When it does, you'll never want to go back.<br />
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<span span style="color:#24AAF3;">With a quad-core i7 Ivy Bridge processor, a decent graphics cad and SSD storage</span>, the Retina Pro tears through photo and video editing tasks and runs most games at its native resolution with simply gorgeous results. For other desktop apps it's as quick as almost any PC.<br />
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There's just two USB3.0 ports and no Ethernet. A pair of fast Thunderbolt ports pick up the slack - plug in an Ethernet or Firewire adapter, or an external hard drive for blazing back up. Another USB would have been nice; still, a <span span style="color:#24AAF3;">full-size HDMI port</span> is a rare, and welcome, capitulation from Apple.<br />
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Screen and innards aside, this is one gorgeous machine. Its tapered corners and DVD drive-less flanks give it a max height of just 18mm, and at 2kg it's slighter than its 13in/33cm MacBook Pro cousin. If you need a 15in/38cm workspace, the Retina is the least cumbersome way to get it.<br />
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<h3><span span style="color:#24AAF3;">Also Consider...</span></h3><span span style="color:red;">15in/38.1cm MacBook Pro (2.3GHz)</span><br />
<table width="590" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td width="170"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0eKwuvFLXUkdV0T4YwFL1mBSG01OiU7-A6ezD5Zor1ZnG2tTn4W8WHXjS5gVgTvrlHLirfxdQHZnOvalqccDxUfXQ9tgGO6bVDOnxEk_sK41hdeXcAXYXUWGVwAZz3DE2teW4cw1utmS/s1600/new-macbook-pro.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="15inch MacBook Pro" width="170" /></td> <td width="412">It's slightly heavier, slightly slower and it doesn't have that amazing Retina screen, but then again in it's also at least cheaper, easier to upgrade and, frankly, the more sensible choice. All of which means we're never going to recommend it over the far more thrilling Retina version. That said, it's still much better than most.</td> </tr>
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3><span span style="color:#24AAF3;">MacBook Pro Retina Specs</span></h3><span span style="color:red;">CPU</span> Intel Core i7 Ivy Bridge @ 2.6GHz<br />
<span span style="color:red;">RAM</span> 15.4in/39.1cm IPS (2880x1800)<br />
<span span style="color:red;">Graphics</span> Intel HD Graphics 4000 / Nvidia GeForce GT 650M<br />
<span span style="color:red;">Storage</span> 512GB SSD (configurable to 768GB)<br />
<span span style="color:red;">OS</span> OSX Mountain Lion<br />
<span span style="color:red;">Connectivity</span> Thunderbolt (x2), HDMI, USB 3.0 (x2), SDXC, 3.5mm headphone socket, Wi-Fi (802.11n), Bluetooth 4.0</div><br />
<h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3><big>More than just a fancy screen, the MacBook Pro with Retina Display is the best laptop that (lots and lots of) money can buy</big>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-84300639703963770252012-09-17T15:43:00.000+05:002012-09-17T15:43:09.362+05:00Huawei Ascend P1 Review & Specs<img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKKCynGJRFncWx4NVzJ7LkW63a7GywoSkmcvfx7gZloi7bkFV5lHZR1dIM6y4m-MMjLq05HY8jSB-UDACGMBBBCJrax5R9LMAmRiJMM5uQFRufkWOKSxVnbDW1moZnM0fkC_aE-Gye3JN/s1600/ascend+p1.png" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" title="Huawei Ascend P1" width="162" />Bucking the super-sized smartphone trend, Huawei's P1 squeezes Android 4.0 ICS and a dual-core brain into a shell that won't have your pockets bursting at the seams<br />
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The Android 4.0 OS has a carousel-style skin with a neat 3D effect, and it comes with the apps you need for serious smartphone. <span span style="color:red;">There's enough power to shift everything around smoothly</span> and the battery lasts until bedtime unless pushed really hard.<br />
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You'll have to fork out for a 32GB microSD card because the Huawei Ascend P1 has <span span style="color:red;">just 4GB of storage - a puzzlingly low amount of space</span> that is only good for storing a handful of music tracks, videos and apps. Otherwise the spec is ample, if not up there with the <a href="blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/top-10-best-smartphones.html/">HTC One X</a> or <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/next-generation-superphones-review.html/">Samsung Galaxy S III</a>.<br />
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<span span style="color:red;">Huawei Ascend P1's camera is impressive</span>. Autofocus is quick and usually guesses well, while stills and hi-def video are packed with detail. But footage does get choppy if you shoot on the move or pan about. Still, it works well with its video-editing app.<br />
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Aside from the camera lens and a matching bulge at the bottom, Huawei Ascend P1 is incredibly slender, making it easy to live with. <span span style="color:red;">The punchy, bright 4.3in/11cm PenTile screen isn't hi-def, but is bursting with color</span>. The beadiest of eyes will spot some jagged edges on fonts.<br />
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<th width="146" bgcolor="#FF0000"><span style="color: white;">Unlock shortcuts</span></th>
<th width="145" bgcolor="#FF0000"><span style="color: white;">Peel away the skin</span></th>
<th width="145" bgcolor="#FF0000"><span style="color: white;">Movie Studio</span></th>
<th width="144" bgcolor="#FF0000"><span style="color: white;">Icon Styles</span></th>
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<td valign="top"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9Y0Ea4OzP9GuhHa_oBWJx5Jw11tNInuqwjjrwnl-ezG3ECjPMuvy1uDLHdCzaBE59R2wL5Aw_gZ51mxbXB59-fHyTbys-86J78FazxS5YgQSxH1Z9pOYEHSfgMImDsrqY8Z_cPLcuF0U/s1600/unlock+shortcuts.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Unlock shortcuts" width="70" />Depending on the direction of your swipe, the unlock gesture can wake the phone directly into the call, messaging or camera app. It's neat, but it makes unlocking straight to the home-screen more fiddly than it should be.</td>
<td valign="top"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62EELv76vlghok4IlRiAep5_DBhWyIQ-XBAtn6hgZTP8CSpssF9Jea-B7DbNZBKB41eynb1zM0NoloOcixOz4I6a5_U7TDXDvT0PWmGIxAhtYYtXw4lXHGgEKNLPribOClCBs1jVeTkwx/s1600/peel+away+skin.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Peel away the skin" width="70" />If you'd prefer to trade the 3D carousel and fancy widgets for a more rapidly responding 2D alternative, just press the Menu button, then select '2D home' to swap Huawei's skin for the standard Ice Cream Sandwich look.</td>
<td valign="top"><img border="0" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80JKTzn13dNAaeG4yEPYyEueEa5XLyHmC4OvY-_Gof3fsiGzUCiwqUgn-LQUDyIwEAf2Ut7FmWHDTCJ-fVQhEHG6Gpao-fNhjyX2JWc0vp6dPrgM_3NRDDXgtPKbjlABqzAtrj6K2W71c/s1600/movie+studio.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Movie Studio" width="70" />Google's own video-editing app is included and is well worth using. In a few minutes you can string together a bunch of clips, add a tune from your library and export a cool movie that your Facebook friends will almost certainly 'like'.<br /></td>
<td valign="top"><img border="0" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXRyFtV4RjinAi74zA7IkyF0hL3GZB0qpfHTjoMBGzbKTucvFRU4zW2koXbnRO423Ea-eBxLJRToAOJuEClR_Na5K3wIG856Yli8tzjyKkwNvPpaUSZQGWpNyg1tPebYbnBffA740f6wP/s1600/icon+styles.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Icon Styles" width="70" />Surely this is an option too far: the per-installed app icons come in two switchable styles: 'Boxy' and 'Breezy'. Whether or not our email app icon has airmail fringing isn't really the sort of thing that keeps us awake at night.</td>
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<h3><span span style="color:red;">[Vs] <a href="blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/top-10-best-smartphones.html/">SAMSUNG GALAXY NEXUS</a></span></h3><table width="590" cellpadding="0"> <tr>
<td width="172"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTFvgoW-zQ-VtUCwQ0_UlPdZaV6OxLUVm_0hpE0yseIRaPLbmPz75r6NVWH-ohrd9PAvinYR2v3yQ0OLlB5DCYwzoaLfXmC2ZAPdIPg345ZgjcHey6C40e9rBjGXPDAR6GfB6lTcXpLmb/s1600/Nexusg.gif.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Hollywood-Style Flare Brush 1" width="170" /></td>
<td width="410">A slightly bigger handset, but still very pocket-able, the one-time Android king matches most of the Huawei Ascend P1's skills and specs, then trumps it with a 4.65in/12cm hi-def screen, greater storage and the ultra-slick riches of Android 4.1. Shop around for nice discounts.</td>
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3><span span style="color:red;">Huawei Ascend P1 Specs</span></h3><span span style="color:red;">Screen</span> 4.3in/11cm, 960x540 pixels<br />
<span span style="color:red;">OS</span> Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich<br />
<span span style="color:red;">Storage</span> 4GB (+32GB microSD)<br />
<span span style="color:red;">Camera</span> 8MP w/dual-LED flash (rear), 1.3MP (front)<br />
<span span style="color:red;">Video capture</span> 1080p@30fps<br />
<span span style="color:red;">Connectivity</span> 3G, microUSB, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm headphone socket, A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, compass, accelerometer<br />
<span span style="color:red;">Battery</span> 8 hours talk-time, 450 hours standby</div><br />
<h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3><big>A stylish and powerful Android phone that's just one step behind the leader of the pack</big>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-71345539883513593982012-09-16T03:22:00.001+05:002012-09-17T15:46:32.609+05:00Top 10 Best Smartphones<table width="590"><tr> <td width="200"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8erermsmmXI5PJBXwEQTq219nfeKeeFAchKfDoL7NcSVjEem8sLQljAfko3mWWG-mVEiCL4sjHVlxPwi9SzcKKn6dxJbS5CPPTG9V9zV6bL2yQH-X2kreucbEZlf-CnQlu9ummxzyEOdr/s1600/S+III.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy S III" width="200" /></td> <td width="378"><h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/next-generation-superphones-review.html/">Samsung Galaxy S III</a></h3>The most hyped handset since the iPhone 4S has lived up to the hoopla, toppling not only Apple's ageing starlet but all of its Android rivals too. The Galaxy S III offer the slickest Android Ice Cream Sandwich experience we've seen, thanks to a 1.4Ghz quad-core Exynos processor, which eats 1080p movies for breakfast and can even play them in a pop-up window while you browse the web. Extras such as the microSD slot and larger battery give it the edge over HTC's One X, and the 4.8in/12cm Super AMOLED screen is sharp and vibrant. We can't wait to see how Apple responds.<br />
<b><span span style="color:#E91C21;">KILLER FEATURE</span> A quad-core engine that never gets flustered</b></td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvn0KJwzfopS9ht_tFOpDKTVNEjlKbORL-eu5ox1cWhc-nVB9QZlXtVvbguyPMI7eE-4z1DtZL1PZS6E3GfxOPBhEomGMXQK3uKkANzcufX5zneeqTKu20PENkMqnOk8IiYGzDBlwXtj5D/s1600/one+x.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="HTC One X" width="200" /></td> <td><h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/next-generation-superphones-review.html/">HTC One X</a></h3><br />
So fine is the line between the One X and the S III that it all comes down to taste. If you're after build quality, a pin-sharp screen with true color reproduction and bags of camera effects, get the One X. Want battery life and storage? Try S III.</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNv358d8E7zapxp5-2eUiHkYfh04n7Esyt7h3zmT00At5WGT2St9b67r_NeJPwpQ6v5Y_TjgqIiDTV9CHFgU62nqjKI-IFdmJupECQcuISEpX0gOOPfqncD_CTdviI0hGcBEY8YpuaN6lH/s1600/iphone+4s.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Apple iPhone 4S" width="200" /></td> <td><h3>Apple iPhone 4S</h3><br />
The iPhone's slowing pace of innovation has cost it the No.1 spot, but it's still the most polished smartphone experience around. Its 3.5in/8.9cm, 325ppi screen is the crispest in smart-world, its 8MP camera takes fine snaps, and iOS remains an app heaven.</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilF-9GaBPugTEgVF_mzyKNtsKc5KbPF6vKfUGjuNEVxoEqUdh5GPK05J4EzvGGQrZc-5YMw1wWV8QZ7paPB9_vxywfSRWBagW5Tk75hPl8IeaTU0o2fFcXsMO_Ud3PvBFod_l6izfR7Ly/s1600/xperia+s.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sony Xperia S" width="200" /></td> <td><h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/next-generation-superphones-review.html/">Sony Xperia S</a></h3><br />
The Xperia S is bursting with toys, including a 12MP camera and NFC, while its 4.3in/11cm, 720p screen is one of the best out. It now has two siblings: the 8MP, 4.3in/11cm Xperia P with NFC, and the entry level 5MP, 3.5in/8.9cm Xperia U. Sadly, they don't share that 720p screen.</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOrsSCjhOS-lvFh_6Sfc-Wp7-m9q0iLRWQ9D_puEM_1OB8jqJ44ur0EWxokSCf-o_EEhOn-wVfqKb7SIOt7dKcP3pchMJpq1Y8XOsQfapCa_YScIC45pi5-cET4t2blWWDhUir5CDMwDB/s1600/galaxy+s+II.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy S II" width="200" /></td> <td><h3>Samsung Galaxy S II</h3><br />
The inevitable Galaxy S III is, at time of writing, expected to arrive before summer, although we await official confirmation. It will allegedly pack a quad-core processor and a 1080p screen - but its predecessor remains a formidable force, and great value.</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNc7-uWKGCXzlpRX7ayUpVajfhHSTxIKaK-UoEDmbxOaxnjZUrxnAkT4QR8Cye-2Mlj6cgZEX6-8D8rQI30RduP7qfS-Y7ThQRPYBvDOvA5Q7kUiBvLTe4bQPqhqR9w9tVE3c6yhR-p3US/s1600/arc+s.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S" width="200" /></td> <td><h3>Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S</h3><br />
Sony's new Xperia S might trump it, but for under $... the Ars S is still well worth considering. It has a dazzling 4.2in/10.7cm screen and an impressive 8MP camera which takes 3D panoramas, though it lacks the processing power of its rivals at No.3 and No.3.</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAoQyk_ZWjywemiEgLb3iwfyAAhW4-yrarXKIvFFB5G15UUks57fEFw16hUneYRZDM-iHwSgA2lQB0vZ6gGPLuvXyEaRLrT56Ujnxi9ytB_IQzvEG3v9j0uGmA6TarNV9JKOGxjYPnEsm/s1600/galaxy+nexus.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy Nexus" width="200" /></td> <td><h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/huawei-ascend-p1-review-specs.html/">Samsung Galaxy Nexus</a></h3><br />
The first Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' phone also sports a phone display as good as any - a phenomenal 4.65in/11.8cm, 1280x720 eyeball-pleaser. Its 1.2GHz dual-core power makes it quick, too, but its build quality and camera don't quite match the best.</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpD-TqAV0QAJUpHaOhWWHA_aP7qewDA-oJ7mF_5HQIZ9dGfrDFrXdEeD6hd98a8VLtA7PjMfg-z1k4K1Q2O4tSPyQuFg7j8XVG8qDWM-UQA5qBU8RKdCvGY0YprPL3GM-tV2SPuByes3B/s1600/lumia+800.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Nokia Lumia 800" width="200" /></td> <td><h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/next-generation-superphones-review.html/">Nokia Lumia 800</a></h3><br />
The Lumia 800 will soon be usurped as Nokia's flagship WP7 phone, with the Finns confirming that the Lumia 900 will be arriving in 2012. As expected, it won't have the 4G powers of the US version, but it will support a big, shiny 4.3in/11cm display.</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhqEkdRD-LavE3zkhCL6U6wCzD78p89BqPSSvohHSjQjfHkLpeqCDy2s8Fd4yirQtmhbDMJIf7893eNZ3kTh8egqNdxx9YLK-ff2X-TbGraLyYRR6y5a3HInkFCYpJ6wy-WJNbfw7Z5JI/s1600/bold+9790.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="BlackBerry Bold 9790" width="200" /></td> <td><h3>BlackBerry Bold 9790</h3><br />
The newest addition to the Bold family is a pocket-friendly touchscreener. Its 2.4in/6cm display gives a smooth interface for navigating. It has the latest BlackBerry 7 OS, a more powerful 1GHz processor and 5MP camera. Although the screen size isn't ideal for those who enjoy web browsing it serves purpose email.</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_F4lIlvrDme2-gTPEYmtM-L3vHNNh4njy1KkLMlbt1vPfdoXDuShno4aoZ_3NlKaFWgx3laD0B8PmEfJbDFWXS-fB0oJHxRFVunES652YKpv1jhfjhsUF6P_iuNlDqd4MiB0oIERL2jF0/s1600/note.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy Note" width="200" /></td> <td><h3>Samsung Galaxy Note</h3><br />
The 5.3in/13.5cm Galaxy Note has become our favorite phone-tablet. Its 1280x800 screen is a joy for gaming, while the 8MP camera isn't far behind the class-leading iPhone 4S. It's not for the small-handed though.</td> </tr>
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<h3><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3><big>With its new camera and iOS 5 skills, the iPhone 4S remains the world's best all-around smartphone</big><br />
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<h3>Instant Expert</h3>With Samsung's Galaxy S III now top of our charts, you might have been thinking about trading in your old iPhone and going over to the green side. Only to then dismiss the idea when you though about what a palaver it would be to uproot your comfortable iTunes existence and shift your data to Android. But the process just got easier. Samsung is now offering a free app called <span span style="color:red;">Easy Phone Sync</span> with its Galaxy phones - this transfer all your data and allows you to continue using iTunes with your new handset. You'll also need to download some free software from easyphonesync.com. Sadly, apps (natch) and DRM-protected music won't be transferred. Still, it's nice to start with a clean slate, eh?<br />
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<h3><span span style="color:#E91C21;">//</span> This free app lets you use your Galaxy phone with iTunes<span span style="color:#E91C21;">"</span></h3><br />
<h3><span span style="color:#E91C21;">WHAT TO LOOK FOR</span></h3><big><span span style="color:#E91C21;">1</span></big> <b>Operating system</b> Beyond Apple's OS, there are three main ways to go: Windows Phone 7, Google Android and BlackBerry. BlackBerry is still best for business, Android has great apps and the improving Windows Phone 7 is ideal for smartphone newbies.<br />
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<big><span span style="color:#E91C21;">2</span></big> <b>Screen</b> Standard resolution is up to 800x480 these days, but few phones in this list would be seen dead with much less than 1280x720. Bigger might seem better for screen size, but the small-handed might want to try before they buy.<br />
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<big><span span style="color:#E91C21;">3</span></big> <b>Apps</b> The iTunes App Store is still streets ahead, Google's Play Store distant second.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-72205540757409587552012-09-15T01:15:00.000+05:002012-09-15T01:15:04.033+05:00Super Test High End Compact System Cameras<img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1YSkxAt5E5I2eYesep0WPnhreY9fpnpzW_s-QaRLy8BeDM8VgNrrObgNTen0wCaHCg_9E6DI5VTnR2yndfX5PfxdRtl-kZN5Y1PvRWaXpd96Biucr9QOaZ5rKRg5-E1KUjQOyOf4S86K/s1600/high+end+system+camera.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Super Test High End Cameras" width="586" /><br />
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<h3>Fujifilm X-Pro1</h3><b>Fujifilm's most ambitious camera ever has retro appeal in abundance, but it's one frustrating step from perfection</b>. Whereas the gorgeous but non-lens-swapping Fujifilm X100 had the silvery look of a 1950s Leica, the lens-enabled X-Pro1 is a little more '70s in its workmanlike black. But it's still got the same clever hybrid viewfinder, allowing you to switch between optical and electronic views: in optical mode, frame lines overlay a broad window, showing how your lens will crop and making composition easier. Anyone who's used a traditional rangefinder will feel quite at home.<br />
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The hybrid finder's clever, but the real smarts lie in the DSLR-sized sensor. It's utterly astounding and noise-free throughout its wide ISO range - boostable to 25,600 - and quality is almost impossible to fault. Video is fine but there's no dedicated record button: unsurprising, maybe, for such a stills-oriented snapper.<br />
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Other old-school touches include a threaded cable-release socket (remember them?), fax-vulcanite covering, and a range of lenses that's limited to primes - no zooms here - with Leica-ish square lens hoods.<br />
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But sadly, 'old-school' extends to the ponderous autofocus, which makes fast photo-taking a chore. At this price, we'd expect better.<br />
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<table width="590" border="0" cellpadding="3"><tr> <th width="195"><i>The rear screen is sublime, but <span style="color:#E91C21;">the hybrid finder steals the show</span>. The digital EVF is the sharpest used, whereas the optical version is great for getting a wider view of the scene.</i></th> <th width="195"><i>Controls are comprehensive. For starters there's <span style="color:#E91C21;">an exposure compensation dial</span> on the back right of the top plate - not to mention direct access to just about every other setting - except for video recording.</i></th>
<th width="195"><i>By today's standards the X-Pro1 is big and heavy, but it's luxurious too. <span style="color:#E91C21;">The lenses feel bulletproof</span> - but so far there are just three available: 18mm, 35mm and 60mm macro (27, 53, and 90mm equivalent).</i></th>
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<h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3><big>Amazing in almost every way, but a slow autofocus holds it back from greatness</big><br />
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<table width="590"><tr> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9g-6H9Npqp9q-UoKth_w69pflOj7YJ3NxJEYhR0zMK2e8lSrPRZE1t5NVYHFdrjiUwp71jhDDd0udtghRVTeIVz49qFMP6AHnAxvzRFidNP6pYi-cydFGukXALfah_yHk4mfaheUzm9w/s1600/switched+on.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Switched on" width="184" /></td> <td width="206" valign="top"><span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>< Switched on</b></span><br />
As on the X100, this lever - styled like the self-timer control on a classic film camera - is used to switch between the optical and digital modes of the viewfinder.<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>Old-school options ></b></span><br />
Another retro touch - aperture is manually set using a ring on the lens, while shutter speed settings are on a top-mounted dial. They can still be set to Auto, though.</td> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HGQU_3X2qw1_EdsGvLUulIBe8iA89GiI4Jwltp-3F19TZfgzJeZXs1aOI55MyoKSJEyfc1mVG4P67sRaxI_bF8Wftc-pZD67GKqJQ3b5C4EvA_l4CThka3Fq8arxHZ4-Xz9YunKa5C7f/s1600/old-school+options.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Old-school options" width="184" /></td> </tr>
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3>Fujifilm X-Pro1 Specs</h3><span style="color:#E91C21;">Sensor</span> 16.3MP APS-C<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Screen</span> 3in/7.6cm, 1230k dots<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">EVF</span> Hybrid. Digital: 0.47in, 1440k dots<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Flash</span> No<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Burst shooting</span> 6fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Video</span> 1080p@24fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">ISO</span> 200-6400<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Kit lens</span> 35mm f/1.4 (53mm equivalent)</div><br />
<h3>Nikon 1V1</h3><b>It was a shock when Nikon unveiled smaller-than-average sensors for its 1 Series snappers, but there was method to the madness.</b> The 10.1MP sensor on the V1 may be half the size of a Micro Four Thirds sensor, but it can process shots from that smaller CMOS at phenomenal speeds, enabling burst shooting at up to 60fps.<br />
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That's made effective by the clever Smart Phone Selector mode, which takes a hyper-fast burst of 20 shots every time you press the shutter, and then uses algorithms to choose which it thinks are the best five pics and stores them to your memory card. And with smile and blink detection it's surprisingly good at leaving you with a useable set of photos - even in big groups.<br />
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Sadly, image quality isn't that great, and light sensitivity is limited - not to mention pretty awful above ISO 800. Video is dull, and - unlike stills - maxes out at 30fps.<br />
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Nikon has also made some strange decisions. While its cheaper J1 sibling has a built-in flash, the V1 leaves it out as an optional extra. And the simplified controls are more akin to a compact camera, with many settings buried within menus - anyone spending this much is likely to demand more creative control.<br />
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<table width="590" border="0" cellpadding="3"><tr> <th width="195"><i>The electronic viewfinder is sharp and clear, and <span style="color:#E91C21;">a sensor automatically switches on the EVF when you put your eye to it</span>. The 3in/7.6cm main LCD screen is also excellent.</i></th> <th width="195"><i>If you've used a Nikon compact, you'll know your way around the V1, and it handles well for a small camera. <span style="color:#E91C21;">The power switch is irritatingly close to the shutter button</span>, though.</i></th>
<th width="195"><i>Smaller sensors mean smaller lenses, and <span style="color:#E91C21;">the compact nature of Nikon's optics is impressive</span>. The 30-110mm in particular is tiny, considering its zoom range is equivalent to 81-297mm.</i></th>
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<h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3><big>Truly advanced, but the streamlined design hinders - and the quality doesn't match the price</big><br />
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<table width="590"><tr> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1BPw8YAEKhfeso7E4D4vE8RMb5CoT7kUeHszKHwLoFRKOpYICcLMYaQ7hE0SI_lal9lanY_lFp1a1MHshfk3z3hNj7d5YjvPR6Su1wNzolIrrJ5p7Fz10Mqp45kvOcn5gnJMsN2XqeEw/s1600/retracting+optics.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Retracting optics" width="184" /></td> <td width="206" valign="top"><span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>< Retracting optics</b></span><br />
Like that kit lens on Olympus' PEN series, Nikon's kit lens is collapsible. When not in use, it retracts to become tiny and locks closed with this button. It's a great touch.<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>Minimal modes ></b></span><br />
The two odd symbols on the mode dial are for Motion Snapshot (which takes a slow-motion video and sets it to music) and Smart Photo Selector. No fine-control priority modes here.</td> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6HPXSihm_D9Qz4qUMyjd98Q1HAlPPUHUAVYoGoyoT2pTRufhNqc4_pMXCC3T7pxvUEAf_yOrwbr_s7puM0jsQvD6iiVI3M_SR-Xki2OZeXGaQxI2BFWpyLcAwJ4bR3kXsTyu00clyC2z/s1600/minimal+modes.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Minimal modes" width="184" /></td> </tr>
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3>Nikon 1V1 Specs</h3><span style="color:#E91C21;">Sensor</span> 10.1MP CX<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Screen</span> 3in/7.6cm, 921k dots<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">EVF</span> 0.47in/1.1cm, 1440k dots<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Flash</span> No<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Burst shooting</span> 60fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Video</span> 1080p@30fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">ISO</span> 100-3200<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Kit lens</span> 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 (27-81mm equivalent)</div><br />
<h3>Olympus OM-DE-M5</h3><b>Olympus set new standards with its revived PEN range, and it's done precisely the same with the OM moniker.</b> Choosing to bestow the legendary film SLR name upon its first system cam with an EVF was a brave move for Olympus - but an entirely justified one.<br />
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The E-M5 has the looks of an old-school SLR, but you'll be surprised at how small it is - it should be the size of a house, considering how much photo-trickery is crammed into its weatherproof body.<br />
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The new 16MP sensor is superb right through the ISO range (going up to a mighty 25,600), and shows how well Micro Four Thirds can compete with the larger DSLR-size APS-C chips. It's also ably assisted by a world first - five-axis image stabilization. Forget the science; just know that it offers the best steadying action yet seen. The other bit star of the OM-D show is the autofocus, which is just ludicrously fast, and even works quickly and accurately when tracking moving subjects.<br />
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If we had to level any criticism at the E-M5, it would be that we'd prefer a built-in flash - a clip-on unit is included, but it's all too easy to leave it at home. Maybe the grip could be a little larger. But that's nitpicking - this is a great camera.<br />
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<table width="590" border="0" cellpadding="3"><tr> <th width="195"><i>If you've got a large hands you might want to invest in the optional vertical power grip, but <span style="color:#E91C21;">it's still surprisingly comfortable thanks to the thumb rest</span> on the back.</i></th> <th width="195"><i>The control layout is superb and feels instantly familiar. There's <span style="color:#E91C21;">a pair of perfectly placed jog-wheels</span>, a top-mounted mode dial, and customisable function buttons.</i></th>
<th width="195"><i><span style="color:#E91C21;">The range of Micro Four Thirds lenses is a massive boon for the E-M5</span>. And it's not just the sheer volume, but the variety as well, with everything from super-telephoto to manual-focus glass available.</i></th>
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<h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3><big>Startingly fast and truly compact, this stunning camera is worth building a system around.</big><br />
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<table width="590"><tr> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsP0VABAAVsj9JNPPVgqH22EZlXzzg7h4fvY-Ql1qdjGm48M4FoZVg43xYq1aa9Dc507o_qC6ejw4ThInfn7KLHx5ga0rmPK7Cw8CD0dhCSrUaby4v1a01l_eQpCFG8Po7HOCoXgFfKbw/s1600/power+zoom.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Power zoom" width="184" /></td> <td width="206" valign="top"><span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>< Power zoom</b></span><br />
The kit lens has an optional motorised zoom - a slight left or right twist zooms it in or out, like on compact camera. It's also got a macro function for sharp close-up shots.<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>Slots of sense ></b></span><br />
In true SLR style, the SD slot's on the side rather than on the bottom, so it doesn't get in the way of fitting a vertical grip. You can also change cards while tripod's attached.</td> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdV-ngUhdvmdTEV0dB7K4Zlhpny0tuQx0hurbkEMEJi-MZOnauH2Qkp7nlExL8Zhd47-3FHUTUknqtlUGpsV7z53Fi31C0UNeP1gg_mlR6TtURK_zQkXdhrDgDeCsZ49bSn2xE_OpCkSNq/s1600/slots+of+sense.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Slots of sense" width="184" /></td> </tr>
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3>Olympus OM-DE-M5 Specs</h3><span style="color:#E91C21;">Sensor</span> 16.1MP MFT<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Screen</span> 3in/7.6cm, 610k dots<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">EVF</span> 0.47in/1.1cm, 1440k dots<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Flash</span> Clip-on included<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Burst shooting</span> 9fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Video</span> 1080p@30fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">ISO</span> 200-25,600<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Kit lens</span> 12-50mm f/3.5-5.6 (24-100mm equivalent)</div><br />
<h3>Pentax K-01</h3><b>If you're already the owner of a Pentax lens or two, this could be the CSC for you.</b> Unlike the toylike Pentax Q, the K-01 features the same lens mount that's greaced Pentax cameras for decades - meaning that there are literally thousands of K-mount optics out there waiting to be bolted on to its 21st-century body. No adaptors necessary: you'll already have a lens line-up that just needs dusting off.<br />
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Get those lenses lined up and you'll find that the APS-C sensor is really quite impressive. Stay below ISO 3200 and it'll reward you with lovely detail and colors - go any higher, and noise problems crop up. Full HD video is much the same.<br />
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All well and good. Where Pentax have gone off-script is by getting famed designer Marc Newson to sculpt their new creation from the ground up. Some things are nice - the full grip, the industrial knobs, the pop-up flash, the uncluttered layout - but then there's the fact that it's brick like and heavy, despite not having an EVF to bulk it out. All the sockets, including the SD slot, are hidden behind irritating peel-back rubber flaps. And then there's the fact that it looks like a Tonka toy. It may be the cheapest camera here, but at close to $ there should be a little more going on.<br />
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<table width="590" border="0" cellpadding="3"><tr> <th width="195"><i><span style="color:#E91C21;">It may be a fatty, but the K-01 is comfortable to hold and even its controls feel solid</span>. It's as if it's been designed to survive being chucked around by a two-year-old.</i></th> <th width="195"><i>Not only is there no viewfinder, but <span style="color:#E91C21;">Pentax doesn't even offer a clip-on EVF as an optional extra</span>. It's just as well, then, that the LCD screen is pretty good and bright.</i></th>
<th width="195"><i>One of the kit lens options is <span style="color:#E91C21;">this astoundingly thin 40mm pancake</span>. Lens choice isn't a problem for the K-01, though, with hundreds of K-mount optics on the market.</i></th>
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<h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3><big>Interesting design, but impractical and limited. Worth a look if you own Pentax lenses already</big><br />
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<table width="590"><tr> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFObPRsnLzAHNQOkdtRCWFaAI5y-3HzMCPZA8Aauyj8_3hGZs8HIOytgBjvURYej7mYzmMstVA99b4RMZImbbXNKUIlpiJnVbtH39D3wnI40Bo7ga9OfQcH2X_B_6gIlzMUJcP3Fe3toD/s1600/stop+yet+flapping.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Stop yer flapping" width="184" /></td> <td width="206" valign="top"><span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>< Stop yer flapping</b></span><br />
To keep those line minimalist, the sockets are hidden under rubber panels. Trouble is, once you've flapped out it's almost impossible to smooth them back in place.<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>Are you reddy? ></b></span><br />
The red button on the right is, as you might expect, the record control for video. The green one is customisable function button. All looks a bit My First Camera, eh?</td> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1oBUIsbgracjeji3sMjYtuG-IExBvPIAAz4I0YWkcxKPHjI55ttEo4Cu3PvmPqgYT5W0cSdd6IdF7tflUcLAwjpQd5Es8GYtOjc6tFiFaMXjnyr4uAtY4C4uHCPUQfsV8fGiK-bTCo_w/s1600/are+you+reddy.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Are you reddy" width="184" /></td> </tr>
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<span style="color:#E91C21;">Screen</span> 3in/7.6cm, 921k dots<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">EVF</span> No<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Flash</span> Pop-up<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Burst shooting</span> 6fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Video</span> 1080p@30fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">ISO</span> 100-12,800<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Kit lens</span> 40mm f/2.8 pancake (61mm equivalent)</div><br />
<h3>Sony NEX-7</h3><b>Sony seems to have discovered a photo-enthusiast's wishlist and decided to make their dreams come true.</b> The NEX-7 has a compact body with a hand-filling grip, loads of customisable controls, and EVF, built-in flash, and Sony's renowned Sweep Panorama mode - topped off with a 24MP APS-C sensor. On paper at least, it's very impressive.<br />
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In the hand it mostly doesn't disappoint, either. Of all the CSCs on test it's the comfiest to hold, and the EVF and screen are almost the equal of the Fujifilm X-Pro1.<br />
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That huge sensor churns out magnificent images, bested only by the Fujifilm - though the NEX-7's video is smoother and a little more detailed, and 50fps shooting makes slow-motion video a snip. The built-in flash is a useful addition, and while the autofocus speed won't worry the Olympus EM-5, it's no slouch.<br />
There is only fly in the ointment, though - or should that be a speck on the lens? Controls are extensive but they sometimes seem illogical, as do the on-screen indicators - it's all too easy to nudge exposure compensation when you're trying to change aperture, for example. The virtual mode dial isn't as intuitive as it should be, either - the NEX-7 is a great camera, but it takes some getting used to.<br />
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<table width="590" border="0" cellpadding="3"><tr> <th width="195"><i><span style="color:#E91C21;">The array of controls is a twiddler's wet dream</span>, but the interface has plenty of quirks. It'll take a while to become second nature, but you'll be amply rewarded.</i></th> <th width="195"><i>The <span style="color:#E91C21;">chubby grip gives the NEX-7 an SLR-like feel in the hand</span>. If you like swinging your camera around one-handed, then this is the model for you.</i></th>
<th width="195"><i>Sony's E-mount lens line-up is OK, but <span style="color:#E91C21;">there's an adaptor available to fit the stellar range of A-mount optics</span>. It's a shame it adds more to an already pricey package.</i></th>
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<h3><a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3><big>A great all-rounder with a superb sensor. Only minor nuggles keep it from being a winner</big><br />
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<table width="590"><tr> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OPD7YHQRiqnS8MBp3BlDr7Dms4jcKyGfGrZHtNzP9fP53Fags7tMZIlqjtDEvzY2mgRcwywZVMPvOF9GkmotWnLoPiChebnrLlY5XnqsIJnUKZM_S5DmG-c9P_H5_3hccPIXnQ-eGXXp/s1600/top+of+the+pop-ups.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Top of the pop-ups" width="184" /></td> <td width="206" valign="top"><span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>< Top of the pop-ups</b></span><br />
The pop-up flash is a proof you can pack it all into a camera without turning in into an unwieldy bloater. It's a good performer, but worth upgrading if you like low-light snaps.<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;"><b>Wired for sound ></b></span><br />
Lift the flap on the side to reveal and HDMI output, USB port and a 3.5mm jack that will take a microphone, if your want to record better sound to go with your 1080p video.</td> <td width="184"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hDUK7xpelYBZyYbH0VR9iPsTgLPtqayUAXbVakoMGTasFWkuVVvastCK5sMiaCVVSFRf9d5evL1RYlY77oDicbT_4pLNAqQ8VsoZ640GljWIrCXtrknGVHmAOtP9m9r79IAB0p-U6tyi/s1600/wired+for+sound.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Wired for sound" width="184" /></td> </tr>
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3>Sony NEX-7 Specs</h3><span style="color:#E91C21;">Sensor</span> 24.3MP APS-C<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Screen</span> 3in/7.6cm, 922k dots<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">EVF</span> Yes<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Flash</span> Pop-up<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Burst shooting</span> 10fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Video</span> 1080p@50fps<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">ISO</span> 100-16,000<br />
<span style="color:#E91C21;">Kit lens</span> 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (27-83mm equivalent)</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-47546308027652278672012-09-14T01:24:00.000+05:002012-09-14T01:24:32.426+05:00Google Nexus 7 Review & Specifications<img border="0" height="487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitgrUpERmx0YqkjDWXvocj9th_mhW4A4Z6OuhxboEwK7LGAoZFoEZIjrm3dRDFsmAEsQcQ1Dy9qExpm9Ij_u-_YJSQ5y-LcQUphqPNFgfvkKhHOxooYJli7EAUyU0W2mO6XOGrv_5mpX6/s1600/google+nexus+7.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Google Nexus 7" width="295" /><b>Google's first tablet is an Asus-built, quad-core 7-incher with the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. With media rather than computery leanings, it's built to rule the midi-tablet roost - but given its price, is the iPad safe?</b><br />
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It doesn't have the eye-caressing crispness of Retina, but <span span style="color:#E91C21;">the Nexus' 7in/17.7cm IPS, 1280x800 screen is more detailed than that of the Kindle Fire</span>, has great viewing angles and is good for hours of strain-free reading or HD movie-watching. Stills and menus are peculiarly washed-out, though.<br />
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Google has overhauled many of its default apps for Jelly Bean, and they're great. Chrome is a pleasingly desktop-like browsing experience, syncing tabs and history across your devices, and <span span style="color:#E91C21;">the new YouTube app looks stunning</span>. We're expecting good things when third-party app devs make full use of the OS and hardware.<br />
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It might only be a 0.1 increment over Android 4.0, but the <span span style="color:#E91C21;">Jelly Bean OS is significantly smoother than Ice Cream Sandwich</span>. The interface is largely the same, but there are fewer bugs, general navigation feels much slicker than before, and there are a host of neat new features.<br />
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The Nexus 7 is incredibly snappy in use, with the quad-core processor and Project Butter combining to eradicate lag. <span span style="color:#E91C21;">You won't have any problem watching HD video</span>, either, with the 12 GPU cores nailing any slow-down, even when beamed to a TV through Google's Nexus Q.<br />
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With a choice of 8 or 16GB <span span style="color:#E91C21;">the Nexus 7 isn't blessed with vast storage</span>, but Google's Play and Drive cloud services provide decent conciliation. The 8-9 hour battery life should be enough for a medium-haul flight... but there's no 3G, so be sure to download afore ye go.<br />
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The 7in/17.7cm form makes Google's tablet jacket-pocketable, and build quality is superb, especially given the price. The rubberised back ensures secure one-handed use and there are few cluttery buttons. <span span style="color:#E91C21;">Even the speaker placement is smart</span>, giving the Nexus 7 a loud, clear sound.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#E91C21;">NOW ADD THESE</h3><table width="590"> <tr>
<td width="191"><h3 style="color:#E91C21;">Trinty Case</h3></td>
<td width="191"><h3 style="color:#E91C21;">Flipboard</h3></td>
<td width="192"><h3 style="color:#E91C21;">SoundMagic</h3></td>
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<td><img border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHcXdH23Tz8a4pNEt-h2OCzeg4YgdjJfpxZ5t-I1x5Usc-e3ggsePzKXUHb2aB1WjVBc4moFsKnRqENdYbF5UDMPW44VAylGP7f3HX5Sz2yIcoZgnos-_-BC7jFtV9u-m_tUfmMzZcOad/s1600/trinty+case.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Trinty Case" width="100" />Supporting a built-in tri-fold stand the Trinty case not only protects your Nexus from the harsh realities of friction and gravity, but also provides a customisable stand for the ultimate viewing and screen smudging angles. The inside front cover is also soft and squishy to keep your screen extra safe.</td>
<td valign="top"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5OuhsKrQL5-NGQbasVrNoWUdO0UqzHbcxJLkw3UrTk6SLe_KadJZGZA4vCXA3hCatAdQgz8Fa3qXdzES1PrQqadBGoArTPcRcdNdpmvzNSxHr-kSpNgIpMdLihQsCq0yRep98obGIStS/s1600/flipboard.png.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Flipboard" width="100" />This superb do-it all social media app looks great on the bigger screen, and makes reading anything from Facbook to <i>The New York Times</i> a more magazine-y experience. Neatly handles your incessant Twitter influx too. And it's free! Win.</td>
<td valign="top"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwo_u1VMZShp4fH9IG3QM1y3IUtCuLl6FM87dLpKu1vbkWZkcqBa-m3JpeGphuWAC-HOtBh6Etaemy1iGCJTH5GX5c8Ip8CHuuFlvekRXiIMXm37LxKPDpqvdn5LzKdL2ykPFFzxZZcgun/s1600/soundmagic+e10.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 0px;" title="SoundMagic E10" width="100" />The Nexus 7's speakers are good by tablet standards, but they can't compare to a pair of earphones. These SoundMagics are the perfect option - affordable, great with music and movies, and isolating enough for peaceful journeys.</td>
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<td>Project Butter is Google's attempt to make Android smoother and more responsive on any hardware - and it's worked. There are even new gestures, including the ability to 'flick' items off screen to delete them. The on-screen widgets have also been greatly improved for the bigger tablet display.</td>
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<td><h3><span span style="color:#E91C21;">></span> Stalker in your pocket</h3></td>
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<td>Android finally has a 'wow' feature that iOS can't (yet) compete with: Google Now. The app uses your location, calender, and everything else Google knows about you to, for example, tell you exactly when you need to leave for a meeting, taking things like traffic into account. Frighteningly clever.</td>
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h1 span style="color:#E91C21;">Google Nexus 7 Specs</h1><span span style="color:#E91C21;">OS</span> Android 4.1 Jelly Bean<br />
<span span style="color:#E91C21;">Screen</span> 7in/17.7cm IPS LCD, 1280x800, 216ppi<br />
<span span style="color:#E91C21;">CPU</span> Quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 @ 1.3GHz<br />
<span span style="color:#E91C21;">Storage</span> 8GB or 16GB<br />
<span span style="color:#E91C21;">RAM</span> 1GB<br />
<span span style="color:#E91C21;">Camera</span> 1.2MP (front)<br />
<span span style="color:#E91C21;">Connectivity</span> Wi-Fi (b/g/n), NFC, GPS, Bluetooth, microUSB, 3.5mm headphone<br />
Battery 4325mAh, 8-9 hours</div><br />
<h3><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub Says</a></h3>Too small to slay the iPad, but every other 7inch <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/asus-eee-pad-transformer-prime-review.html">tablet</a> might as well give up - the Nexus is king <hr />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-90377287390332134842012-09-13T16:34:00.000+05:002012-09-13T16:34:28.753+05:00The Mirrorless Canon EOS M<img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZe30gPMKDiM6Ju6UTdPejojnuM4W0cq9TeZv3oFiSG0qjvZX9s4HfldUYGCM49xdVkABFD-WGimVuHuHExL_y_W6IuCdoY3iI3W2G0uw1xZPktk_6_Emcb4UMw9o16Bl_huGo_s35Faw/s1600/canon+eos+m.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Canon EOS M" width="293" />Canon, the king of compacts and prosumers, has turned up fashionable late to the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MIRC) party. This new class of camera promises DSLR quality in a compact's body, which is like fitting all the computing power of an Apollo moonshot into a tiny cellphone. And we've already managed that.<br />
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The Canon EOS M is virtually a small, mirrorless version of the new EOS 650D, with the same sensor, a simplified version of the 650D's touch interface, bringing DSLR results within each of clueless newbies who've learned their photography skills on instagram rather than actual cameras.<br />
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The other <span style="color:#139EDF;">functions are accessed via the 3in/7.6cm multi-touchscreen</span>. Like a smartphone. Serious shooters may shudder but the screen and interface are fast and intuitive enough for all but the "full manual control" diehards. Pinch to zoom, swipe to scroll, touch to focus and shoot.<br />
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There's an 18MP APS-C CMOS sensor in there, capable of shooting up to ISO 25,600 equivalent, with Canon's DIGIC 5 processing. The same package - and the same image quality - you'll find in the new 650 DSLR.<br />
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Where have all the knobs and dials gone? This looks more like an lxus than and EOS. Canon's familiar <span style="color:#139EDF;">4-way control dial</span> has been stripped down to offer drive mode, auto-exposure lock, exposure compensation, and a Delete key that's customisable for shooting mode.<br />
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Meet Canon's new <span style="color:#139EDF;">EF-M lens mount</span>. All your current Canon EOS and EF-S lenses will plug in via an adapter, and two new lenses have been launched for the EOS M: an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM zoom, and a 22mm f/2 STM 'pancake'. More EF-M lenses to follow, apparently.<br />
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Mirrorless, compact, powerful, easy to operate. Welcome to the future, Canon fans.</h4><br />
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<span style="color:#139EDF;">Max shooting speed (stills) </span>4.3fps<br />
<span style="color:#139EDF;">Sensitivity </span>ISO 100-12,800 (25,600 with boost)<br />
<span style="color:#139EDF;">Max video resolution </span>1080p @ 30fps, stereo sound<br />
<span style="color:#139EDF;">Display </span>3in/7.6cm LCD, 1,040,000dots<br />
<span style="color:#139EDF;">Lens mount </span>Canon EF-M<br />
<span style="color:#139EDF;">File format </span>RAW, JPEG</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-77648686180417154402012-09-13T15:50:00.000+05:002012-09-13T15:50:33.496+05:00Next Generation TV Right Now<img border="0" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMlb7u9rrT5czp5vUWp0Y6XpISHD4-W0OwwK6h1_zW5GvJzw7Kh4z-9_vdbPHtPQFdTMWAH5di7W72v70FXJLWwksDkRuCDqnhyphenhyphenKJOZzpBRroYjAqWZAJQ2-LKZ7iE4AOMfJIFLfGtukr/s1600/samsung+es8000.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Next Generation TV Samsung ES8000" width="586" /><br />
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<b>Smart TV has arrived in a major way: HD movie streaming, catch-up TV, apps, browsing and social media, all on the biggest, best screen in the house. But Samsung's awesome ES8000 takes the concept even further...</b><br />
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Powered by broadband internet and video-on-demand, TV has evolved: what was once a passive activity is now fully interactive. Now, Smart TV lets you choose what to watch and when to watch it, free from the confines of a TV schedule. You can take your pick from a planet's worth of films and TV shows, plus web browsing, social media and more, served up through easy-to-use apps, rather than a handful of channels.<br />
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But a next generation TV experience deserves a next generation TV control method, right? Samsung's designers think so, which is why they've coined the phrase 'Smart Interaction' and equipped the new ES8000 with voice and motion control, and even face recognition. So rather than digging down the side of sofa for a remote, you can simply say "Hi TV, power on", along with a host of other easy-to-remember phrases. And browsing menus is as simple as holding your hand up to control an on-screen cursor.<br />
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Face recognition, meanwhile, uses a built-in camera to log you into your Smart TV account simply by looking at it. Seriously. How sci-fi is that? Even better, if you link it to your other accounts - including Facebook, Twitter and Google Talk - you can sign in to all of them one go, saving time and effort.<br />
But Smart interaction is just one reason the ES8000 earned a coveted five-star review. Its considerable talents also extend to razor-sharp HD 3D and all the brilliant 'standard' Smart TV features that your current TV probably doesn't have.<br />
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<h2 style="color:#139EDF;">Six Smart Reasons To Want An ES8000</h2><h3 style="color:#139EDF;">Voice and motion control</h3>let you adjust and access key features of the ES8000 and its Smart TV features using nothing more than your digits and dulcet tones.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#139EDF;">The built-in camera</h3>offers face-recognition skills and a simple one-step log in to all your accounts - plus you can make HD video calls using Skype.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#139EDF;">Smart Hub</h3>is the heart of Smart TV, giving super-fast access to online services, including catch-up TV apps like BBC iPlayer and HD movies streaming from Netflix.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#139EDF;">Exclusive Signature Services</h3>include Family Store for sharing pics and messages, a Kids service to entertain and educate young ones, and Fitness to keep you in shape.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#139EDF;">Smart Evolution</h3>technology effectively future-proofs the ES8000 by allowing you to install an 'Evolution Kit' of newer, more powerful components in years to come.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#139EDF;">Explore 3D</h3>brings you free 3D content such as documentaries, music videos and sports footage, while a real-time 2D-to-3D converter transforms regular TV and photos into stunning 3D.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-18860222477313875672012-09-13T15:07:00.002+05:002012-09-16T04:14:40.257+05:00Next Generation Superphones Review<table width="586" align="center"><tr> <td><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC69o0ItPJSj3j2YPKP6vAiy3lcfGTRIhRYg5FM4YHMTQg6umfQxEnJgaBjOae1_pCOmwQBcewUTLMYm8BIoORSd7X15bOxy1uS4Mjk_nO8oYbXyG3dQ8rKuTMBLmd9V6PU8K9spEEQoM/s1600/htc+one+x.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="HTC One X" width="130" /></td> <td><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRb3K5FtJQvH0lnRSYYo2G8XhdF3F7SpSfllnvqyXn49rjvgYNVQ7a7K61BqU5jZAgLYIeBoye7E2t10TrEWcz4sFO4MjAvll1StH0aFGqru8ShnKCrPCqU3VcpjGcT07pD358DaOWV17s/s1600/sony+xperia+s.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sony Xperia S" width="130" /></td> <td><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg364ZKogtSO4G1gA6moTVDK7QdH9c95JaozOXu1oBJoEI0MTZYLkLiQeEVF6uSF1fPzl_JDRTu9PYi-LlrmFGcNQWZwud35Yw7f7fI6X6LCBNzFbA_a1Ee9hhcT3uRifomPQyfyN7NIv/s1600/samsung+galaxy+sIII.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy SIII" width="130" /></td> <td><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcAcGD2EdkYNNcId8neYL_6aaQWywQcUnr-E0PsK__zV8GT63B-9RkrHjOKpzIfU9NiuvlQxFlA5p3zkGZ4YdUw8xlAZpRUAY992MOuUkMKL0wlnHklWSiK2451oTqPrGCtX9KsMHv033/s1600/nokia+lumia+900.gif" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Noki Lumia 9000" width="130" /></td> </tr>
<tr> <td><h4><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/top-10-best-smartphones.html/">One X</a></h4></td> <td><h4><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/top-10-best-smartphones.html/">Xperia S</a></h4></td> <td><h4><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/top-10-best-smartphones.html/">Galaxy S III</a></h4></td> <td><h4><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/top-10-best-smartphones.html/">Lumia 900</a></h4></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#94979C">With its sculpted polycarbonate shell and Tegra 3 innards, HTC's One X is both beauty and beast.</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#94979C">Sony's range-topper is a tech masterclass in NFC, streaming and awesome camera quality.</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#94979C">The most eagerly awaited Android phone yet - but is this Samsung worth the hype?</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#94979C">Has Windows Phone 7 become an Android-beater? Nokia's new flagship Lumia is bandking on it.</td> </tr>
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<h2>HTC ONE X</h2><h3 style="color:#26846B;">Superpowers</h3><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC69o0ItPJSj3j2YPKP6vAiy3lcfGTRIhRYg5FM4YHMTQg6umfQxEnJgaBjOae1_pCOmwQBcewUTLMYm8BIoORSd7X15bOxy1uS4Mjk_nO8oYbXyG3dQ8rKuTMBLmd9V6PU8K9spEEQoM/s1600/htc+one+x.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="HTC One X" width="180" /><br />
The One X comes with a trident of features worthy of respect. First there's the whopping 4.7in/12cm screen with its video-friendly 720p resolution. Then there's the 3D-skilled Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor. And the Ice Cream Sandwich on the cake is just that - the latest version of Google's Android operating system. As ever, HTC has 'skinned' Android with its popular Sense interface, which swaps sliding homescreens for a 3D-styled carousel of live widgets and user-clutterable free space - though that can be a shame, as the phone feels like every other Sense handset and the ICS features get a little lost.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#26846B;">Superfun?</h3>If you're trading up from a smaller handset, the HTC One X will take a few days to get used to, but you'll soon see the benefits. Live widgets for news, gossip and weather have room to breathe, saving the hassle of switching apps. HD video looks impressive, although the S III pulls out more detail. That said, we would have expected a slightly slicker response in general, bearing in mind that quad-core CPU - It never feels sluggish, but the HTC isn't as buttery-smooth as its Nokia and Samsung rivals. It's 3D games, though, that really benefit from that mighty Tegra brain, and they show off the hardware to great effect. Stills from the 8MP camera are also very good, if not quite up there with the others in this test. The only other criticism concerns storage; you get 32GB onboard, but there's no microSD slot for expansion - though 25GB free Dropbox storage for two years does take up some of the slack.<br />
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<h4 style="color:#26846B;"><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub</a> says<br />
An ICS powerhouse wiht phenomenal 3D gaming ability.</h4><br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3 style="color:#26846B;">HTC ONE X TECH SPECS</h3><b>OS </b>Android 4.0 + HTC Sense 4<br />
<b>Screen </b>4.7in/12cm, 1280x720<br />
<b>CPU </b>Quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 @ 1.5GHz<br />
<b>Camera </b>8MP w/LED flash, 1080p @ 30fps (rear); 1.2MP, 720p (front)<br />
<b>Storage </b>32 GB + 25GB Dropbox</div><br />
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<img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglG6EeLC-cGNsl7zKTKTq5rVtt_awaA-7VJ1kSRvNPEmr3kOE9WTQPVFZKQb-ynt8kDjTeKjhInfJEIu1uBILFG3XD_g8FOm52HbqermhNqYQkjHvpmFG9FRp1Y4L2MDVzBHgoXGELEFLI/s1600/htc+sense.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="HTC Sense" width="80" />HTC's Sense Overly retains the look of the older versions and it includes stacks of exclusive widgets to be plopped on to your homescreens, rendering many apps redundant. There are loads of pre-set themes to choose from too.</td> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Camera app</b><br />
<img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2Ns9lhQHj-Q2DtCBoNBoB5uCu2-z_4OlUKuWDz9i4lF2cbLMTN7Ezn3GxF4gL9Kvc1VW9httK3mnxZVwLpjmvEbSlVWxFo7Ud_6RS8pNAdS3-JpXPW6w4eGWU7n-kTbSXqQT5Azh6Ciy/s1600/camera+app.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="HTC One X Camera app" width="80" />The stock ICS camera has loads of fun features and it's frustrating that they're trampled underfoot by the replacement app. There's some compensation in the rapid-fire mode and high-dynamic-range options, but the reworked panorama is inferior.</td> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Tegra Zone</b><br />
<img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzfNBgc3lQcj2MOOo4sjW94NVrrV4Pkwh77AY1ZrskHhU3IsJ2UB2QNMENmBIwDIHlcageW-vQo8TvV_vgwQBSNPxS5Ex1oin7WthRnjM74zjd8vJr-CUwtgo8R9ivalEgiwGhQeVwcaU/s1600/tegra+zone.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="HTC One X Tegra Zone" width="80" />This games-specific Play Store alternative collects some of the best titles out there - and they've all been customised to show off the 3D power of the Tegra 3 chip. Plus, as well as offering great gaming, they'll give you plenty of bragging rights.</td> </tr>
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<h2>SONY XPERIA S</h2><h3 style="color:#26846B;">Superpowers</h3><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRb3K5FtJQvH0lnRSYYo2G8XhdF3F7SpSfllnvqyXn49rjvgYNVQ7a7K61BqU5jZAgLYIeBoye7E2t10TrEWcz4sFO4MjAvll1StH0aFGqru8ShnKCrPCqU3VcpjGcT07pD358DaOWV17s/s1600/sony+xperia+s.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sony Xperia S" width="159" /><br />
Sony has docked the 'Ericsson' tail from its phone branding with the launch of the dual-core Xperia S. When tested it was still running Andriod 2.3, but an update to Ice Cream Sandwich will be out by the time you read this. This Sony is tooled up with all the latest tech, including Near Field Communications (NFC), and most sets are bundled with four NFC tags in the box. Just stick them up around the place - the office, home, your car - and the Xperia S will switch to alternate customised profiles whenever it senses them. What the Sony doesn't have, though, is 'wow' factor - it's outgunned in build and style by its rivals here.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#26846B;">Superfun?</h3>Sony's 12MP camera is the best on test, delivering the sharpest and most realistic shots of this quartet. The camera app is quick to fire up and includes sweep panorama and 3D shooting options, while capturing video is easy thanks to fantastic shake reduction - though quality isn't quite as good as on the Samsung. A useful 'Play On' button acts as a shortcut for streaming sound and film to DLNA devices, and the process feels closer to the simplicity of Apple's AirPlay than the clunkier methods used on most Android phones. Watching video on the Xperia's 720p display isn't quite as impressive, though - it looks a bit washed out compared to the others here. Browsing is fine, os long as you don't mind a little sluggishness in the scrolling - though the ICS update might improve it. The Sony's time at the top of the Android pile may be over, but the Xperia S is still a phone with plenty to offer.<br />
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<h4 style="color:#26846B;"><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub</a> says<br />
Outclassed by faster, slimmer models, but goes down figting.</h4><br />
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<b>Screen</b> 4.3in/11cm, 1280x720<br />
<b>CPU</b> Qualcomm dual-core @ 1.5GHz<br />
<b>Camera</b> 12MP w/LED flash, 1080p @ 30fps (rear); 1.3MP, 720p (front)<br />
<b>Storage</b> 32 GB</div><br />
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<img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7OgY0oz95yx8Ffk0-tEewBhKEgmwvg_2uQczqzrgHulZInwGvBUSxR_7LfwOHb2nFvE62tobISjafl_RNSguS3D_F-rbi2xa9HWcywc5FdUtJpW3M6d8dJ2VvXB3C6Yl8tchjOuZbTB3/s1600/friend+stream.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sony Xperia S friend stream" width="80" />On a phone, Twitter and Facebook are best manged via widgets. The 'Friends' widget combines them well, allowing you to cross-post updates and keep track of your mates without having to waste precious seconds of your life launching an app.</td> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Video Unlimited</b><br />
<img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqPqmWt0JRU_keEkmseqaSst0mPAjYydiHcB7bNPfV2uKRIZGO-2g_g0IcXwlZCujp2gF9Wtd6PLH9geBVCrPlXFDETo6n8WJCFXCx_m51X_oPq6qC9w8mSsFDDyBGWqONTs5e_BbdeEB/s1600/video+unlimited.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sony Xperia S video unlimited" width="80" />The pre-installed Video Unlimited app will stream and download movies - but it's not cheap. The Spotify - style Music Unlimited streaming service is better - but we'd still rather use Spotify itself.</td> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Sony MH650 headphones</b><br />
<img border="0" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhrxHAoHXGWDegO62GowVtiwSoKLsYd3hMm1t5G5EINqizjnzc6WbfLddLojhGMAONhPFgt7OpR19mq9Uy-_NEV8gnLn1pr417kFhSaM8tqDBj_bBhexVs73CU3rokOSj8LeOtfEHFPjg/s1600/sony+headphones.png" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sony Xperia S headphones" width="80" />Sony does a great line in cans, so it makes perfect sense that it's thrown in this quality set of in-ears for music and hands-free calling. These sound-isolators are excellent with lashings of depth and a well-defined, balanced mid-range and treble alike.</td> </tr>
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<h2>SAMSUNG GALAXY S III</h2><h3 style="color:#26846B;">Superpowers</h3><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg364ZKogtSO4G1gA6moTVDK7QdH9c95JaozOXu1oBJoEI0MTZYLkLiQeEVF6uSF1fPzl_JDRTu9PYi-LlrmFGcNQWZwud35Yw7f7fI6X6LCBNzFbA_a1Ee9hhcT3uRifomPQyfyN7NIv/s1600/samsung+galaxy+sIII.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy S III" width="180" /><br />
Like a courting peacock in full display, Samsung Galaxy S III wants to bowl you over with its lustrous charms. While its screen is a smidge (0.1in/5mm) bigger than the HTC's, the phone is thinner and flashier (though which you prefer is a very personal thing). The similarities to the HTC continue with a quad-core brain handling Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Also like HTC, Samsung has modded the default OS with its own skin, in this case Touch Wiz. There's a similar 3D merry-go-round effect to the homescreens swiping the surface of virtual water and some handy widgets.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#26846B;">Superfun?</h3>In its quest to please, Samsung Galaxy S III pumps up its colors and contrast to hyper-real levels. That makes it easily the best screen for gaming, with crisp detail and rich tones, but the HTC and Nokia both render movies more realistically. The stock browser doesn't reflow text columns when zoomed in, but otherwise web surfing is swift and faultless. Like HTC, Samsung has erred by replacing the ICS camera app with its own, lesser-featured version - but stills are excellent, way ahead of the HTC and on a par with the Nokia. Its 1080p video recording is the best on test - and a microSD slot means you'll have plenty of room for your footage. The biggest testament to its power, though, is Pop Up Play, which lets you watch a video in one window while simultaneously gaming or browsing in another. Add in its awesome battery life and the S III is hard to resist.<br />
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<h4 style="color:#26846B;"><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub</a> says<br />
The Samsung Galaxy S III pips the HTC One X to be crowned the new Android king.</h4><br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3 style="color:#26846B;">Sony Xperia S Tech Specs</h3><b>OS</b> Android 4.0 + TouchWiz<br />
<b>Screen</b> 4.8in/12.1cm, 1280x720<br />
<b>CPU</b> Quad-core Exynos @ 1.4GHz<br />
<b>Camera</b> 8MP w/LED flash, 1080p @ 30fps (rear); 1.9MP, 720p (front)<br />
<b>Storage</b> 16/32/64 GB + microSD + 50GB Dropbox</div><br />
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WHAT'S IN THE BOX</b><br />
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<tr> <td><table width="586" cellpadding="2"><tr> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">S Voice</b><br />
<img border="0" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBhVznvJH_FoKQ06SJX808vxTXXgZAxYfs1m4GS33YjjrQeVamrYVGV23v_iLllgNIb2pwRXxnytiF9JPvlA2_Ps2PFX9n7yGexHXzHcY2wFERIF_0dWCqvZDOGpmEHlzh9tTfC_sFRkd/s1600/s+voice.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy S III S voice" width="80" />Samsung has done well to come up with a credible rival to Apple's Siri voice control. S Voice is able to carry out the same tasks, although voice recognition is a bit sketchy at times. Still, we had success with setting alarms, searching the web, and messaging. Not bad, all in all.</td> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Dropbox storage</b><br />
<img border="0" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZg5zsJXrNGxps0fQITlgcb2oJLFajqCQju6HI9HBComdS7NkFcmEdqQXRrxnv5fV0QQo9e3rj5Tm8SWi1Sef49bpJY5TTrlUGcf4cMKrHq9Xqwq1fkKt2qz6-RAg6PaMk-2Hh-MPU-P4/s1600/dropbox+storage.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy S III dropbox storage" width="80" />There's a choice of 16, 32 or 64GB of in-phone storage, as well as a microSD slot. Not enough? You'll also get a mighty 50GB of free cloud storage for two years, courtesy of Dropbox. If you work over several devices it could come in handy.</td> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Social Tag</b><br />
<img border="0" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCHe7q7pb6JPfPmeATJQHuBj0PbV7lhHMqdf35tIRBUlmtjrDcOuTVKFQ3RYjE1BjoA-pZpx3FWMdDMP9_XQtBGkBRoT8U8JZwqh3d2oFgp5sZN6Dkhu1G7YY9LJjdhiEcErRfhmY0y7s/s1600/social+tag.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Samsung Galaxy S III social tag" width="80" />A clever use of the camera's face recognition allows you to tag photos taken on your camera by choosing names form your contacts list. Then whenever you view those photos on your phone, their Facebbok status is overlaid on the display.</td> </tr>
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<h2>NOKIA LUMIA 900</h2><h3 style="color:#26846B;">Superpowers</h3><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcAcGD2EdkYNNcId8neYL_6aaQWywQcUnr-E0PsK__zV8GT63B-9RkrHjOKpzIfU9NiuvlQxFlA5p3zkGZ4YdUw8xlAZpRUAY992MOuUkMKL0wlnHklWSiK2451oTqPrGCtX9KsMHv033/s1600/nokia+lumia+900.gif" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Nokia Lumia 900" width="169" /><br />
Some find Windows Phone 7.5 a little strait-laced, but Android could learn a lesson or two from its sense of order. Appropriately, the Lumia 900 is smart rather than fashy, with a business-like feel and reassuring heft. Beside the HTC and Sammy, it's single-core specs look pretty ordinary, but the Nokia can instead offer a slick interface and genuinely impressive features including an excellent free music service, sat-nav skills and a mobile version of MS Office. And then there's the pleasant upside that the lower-specced sillicon and fatter body hold a battery that can go for a couple of days between charges - a truly refreshing change.<br />
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<h3 style="color:#26846B;">Superfun?</h3>This is not a phone for app addicts. But there's a lot to be said for the focused approach - the Lumia 900 doesn't do as much as its rivals, but what it does, it does very well. At just 800x480 the screen may be low-ren in this company, but it's vibrant with deep blacks and video playback in impressive, aside from some aspect ratio issues with the built-in Zune app. The otherwise very smooth web browser is hampered by a lack of Flash support, although YouTube will play ball if you stick to the mobile version of the site. A dedicated shutter button and sensibly-positioned lens give the camera a mature feel, and though its app is basic, the resulting stills are bettered only by the Sony, while video also holds its own. Gamers get a try-before-you-buy system built into Xbox Live, and 16GB of internal space is boosted by 256GB of Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage.<br />
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<h4 style="color:#26846B;"><a href="http://www.blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/">Blogging Hub</a> says<br />
A fine, upstanding alternative to the iPhone and Android masses.</h4><br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(237, 238, 233); border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 10px 0px; padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;"><h3 style="color:#26846B;">Nokia Lumia 900 Tech Specs</h3><b>OS</b> Windows Phone 7.5<br />
<b>Screen</b> 4.3in/11cm, 800x480<br />
<b>CPU</b> Singe-core Qualcomm Scorpion @ 1.4GHz<br />
<b>Camera</b> 8MP w/dual LED flash, 720 @ 30fps (rear); 1MP, VGA (front)<br />
<b>Storage</b> 16GB + 256GB SkyDrive</div><br />
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WHAT'S IN THE BOX</b><br />
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<tr> <td><table width="586" cellpadding="2"><tr> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Nokia Drive</b><br />
<img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6DDQ8NgT_K_IWYZgtBY8N0Pdf2Gl9a0zx84TqluNcMBjM72m5iu80KwGooNsau53o6CimyPH5UFcRsmSSmSoEP4nnnt89RQWS9jLaL7gAYPp_76Z4WcgexJujCv8a0P8UbJvRwSaFfdG/s1600/nokia+drive.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Nokia Lumia 900 drive" width="80" />The Lumia's sat-nav app has long been one of the best out there and although rivals are catching up, it remains a class act. It's not as feature-laden as some, but it is clear, easy to operate and only needs a brief data connection when used abroad.</td> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Nokia Music</b><br />
<img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTYmrxqBKSOwp7r0wbqZk0BP0WHfWlGfHk792k74YI5NePVbrJsG1uKTeaQduUrQRB0JqESG3UXIwrcrhtP8BCQ57tyWpzqZabxehnr2uqBjA7F_cWJPbEzT0nROVSQ_w7O5OyZyuZO6Y/s1600/nokia+music.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Nokia Lumia 900 music" width="80" />This app is special thanks to Mix Radio, which streams music to you over Wi-Fi or 3G, for free. You don't get to search, but there are so many sub-genres that you're guaranteed to find good tunes. You can even buy the tracks you like in-app for about R13.</td> <td width="188" valign="top" bgcolor="#B2DAD1"><b style="color:#26846B;">Xbox Live</b><br />
<img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9G-8rVf0qj8qzWcXCkBrZDCWWoxE51vfS-F6d253RZvFxxaBLTYeoO22pto1lk8spzjPR7BTmjzEAcLZ0Vru8k9iDjusC4HH1jaa6KxYtJ6UqKHS70JrdRKMrs9cjn-F9gjdIw9EDP3eC/s1600/xbox+live.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Nokia Lumia 900 xbox live" width="80" />In reality this is the games section of the Windows Phone app store, but it links in with your existing Xbox Live account. It's far behind the App Store but is a serious challenger to Google's Play Store in terms of quality, if not quantity, of games.</td> </tr>
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</table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604300879285496892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561021125077446120.post-58997956172526938812012-08-18T21:48:00.001+05:002013-03-09T16:23:42.054+05:00Add "Add This" Social Bookmarking Buttons To Each Post Of Blogger<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">In this article we'll show you how to add <span itemprop="name">"Add This" Social Bookmarking Buttons to each post of your Blogger Blogspot Blog.</span><br />
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<span itemprop="description">To add "<b>Add This</b>" widget is very easy, just concentrate and follow the following steps.</span><br />
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1. Go to <span style="color: #ff6600;">Blogger </span>> <span style="color: #ff6600;">Design </span>> <span style="color: #ff6600;">Edit HTML</span>.<br />
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<img border="0" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhVapMvwWO1fyN8UusYtn9Y9szIcQjhcSOcIqfo06IQz4zMrNVElN6nPDczAtOqz0A-Zdg2dSDIS0TU1KUohIELOCCeZU_8uHnzd1b1MQ0pFZq9C68cq1Cd4WhmbIr81iB9tCelCd_YRH/s1600/design+edit+html.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Edit HTML" width="526" /><br />
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2. Check the <b>Expand Widget Templates</b>.<br />
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3. Press <span style="color: red;">Ctrl+F </span>and Search for <span style="color: #ff6600;"><data:post.body/></span><br />
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4. Copy the below code and paste it after <span style="color: #ff6600;"><data:post.body/></span><br />
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<pre><code><!-- Add This Code Starts -->
<div class='addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style '>
<a class='addthis_button_facebook_like' fb:like:layout='button_count'/>
<a class='addthis_button_tweet'/>
<a class='addthis_button_google_plusone' g:plusone:size='medium'/>
<a class='addthis_counter addthis_pill_style'/>
</div>
<script src='http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pubid=xa-4ec4dd3d1e59e9dc' type='text/javascript'/>
<!-- Add This Code Ends --></code></pre><br />
5. Now here is what you can do, if you want to show the add this widget under your title then paste the code above <span style="color: #ff6600;"><data:post.body/></span> but if you want to show the widget at the end then paste the code below this code.<br />
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6. Now Save template, and refresh the page to see the change in the post.<br />
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I hope that this tutorial will helped you alot in adding "<a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/add-this-for-blogger.html">AddThis Social Bookmarking Buttons</a>" to your blogger blogspot blog. To learn more about Blogger that <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-add-facebook-like-button.html" target="_blank">How to Add Facebook Like Button</a>, and <a href="http://blogginghubblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/add-facebook-like-box-to-blogger.html">How to Add Facebook Like Box</a> follow the links. <br />
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<div style="color: #3c78a7;"><i>If still you have any problem regarding this feel free to ask in <u>comments</u>.</i></div></div>
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