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Samsung puts super speed in the computer with 24 SSD

Samsung has a view of the PR campaign has shown what one can accomplish by connecting the 24 SSDs in RAID to a computer, and install Windows on it. It runs like a greased lightning ...

One can not help but congratulate Samsung for a smart implemented PR campaign. An awful lot of IT sites and bloggers have noticed this little "hack" where you took a computer and installed all 24 SSDs in RAID . SSD replaces the standard hard drive with flash memory, which in many circumstances for better performance. RAID is a technology to connect multiple hard drives and get them to work together.

The 24 units were on each of 256 GB, giving a total storage capacity of six terabytes, writes gHacks :

24 drives equals a total storage of 6 terabytes. The Other system specs ARE as impressive. They added a combi nation of two 3.2GHz Intel QX9775 quad-core CPU, two ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 cards, 4GB of 800MHz FB-DIMM DDR2 SDRAM, two Corsair HX1000W power supply units, an Adaptec Series 5 RAID card, an Areca 1680ix- 24 RAID card and of course the 24 256GB MLC Solid State Drives.

So, okay, how was the speed? Well, thanks, it was apparently pretty good ... I tried to open all programs in Microsoft Office, which took half a second ! Compare that to what it takes on your own computer, so you realize how fast it is. To copy a DVD rip of 700 MB took 0.8 seconds.

Samsung has recorded a film about the project, as the time of writing has been about 700000 times on YouTube. In just over four minutes long video you will see how it fitted everything together and started the program.

Personally, I had not refused to receive the computer. Did you? :-)

 

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Audiobook for iPod - so do you, the easy way

My mother got an iPod Nano for my birthday, which she also use to listen to audio books. When I checked the web for information on transferring audio books on CD to your iPod , I realized that there should be an easier way.

The guide, which most are related to the availability blog , but even if this guide is very good and clear, it includes the Twelve Steps and many procedures. I thought that was a tad too much for my limited technical mother. It was even too much for me to cope convert an audiobook on CD to your iPod . Therefore I looked at alternative solutions.

What I describe here, is not the ultimate solution.But it is among the simplest . To implement this, you need an iPod, you have connected to your computer and you need to run iTunes version 8.0 or later. You also need, of course, an audio book on CDs.

The solution is to import your CDs into iTunesand create a play list of audio book. If you select the advanced way described in the above link, your audio book to fall short menu of books on the iPod, but in this case end up in the playlists.

One problem that I understand may occur, is that the iPod can not remember exactly where you were somewhere where you turn off and then will continue to listen. On my new iPod Nano does not occur this problem, but I guess it can mess up on older versions of iPods.

 

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Review: Freecom USB Card - USB memory card

Cool USB sticks are plentiful. One that appeared on the editorial board is PCOnlines Freecom USBCard - a USB flash drive that has about the same size as a credit card and therefore can fit in your wallet.

Freecom USBCard is to the surface as large as any debit card at any time.However, it is bit thicker, because the USB plug needs to fit. But thickness is not greater than two, maximum three, plastic card. It allows you without much trouble, down the USB stick in the not too pitiful wallet.

The actual plug is inserted in the middle of the card, and you will get it by simply pressing it on the underside. The plug is attached to a plastic stick with rubber, so it is very flexible is to be no problem to plug into the computer's USB port.

As usual, when I test the USB drives I have used the Flash Memory Toolkit to determine read / write speed. I have the USB stick connected to a USB hub, under the same conditions as for all tests.

Freecom USBCard must pass the reading speed, but the write speed was really not good. More than 1-2 MB per second is really bad . I tried to test on other computers to see if there was a temporary glitch with my usual test computer, but got the same result there. Please compare with Kingston Data Traveler has added around 10 MB per second. See table in the pictures below.

The design of the USB stick is interesting. Being able to have a storage memory of the wallet is smooth, for then you are sure that you always have with it. The price is also not particularly dangerous, since the smallest variation of 1GB only costs 200 dollars.Sure, there are cheaper USB sticks in the ordinary design, but I think credit card variant weigh it up. However, the write speed is not impressive.

Facts about Freecom USBCard:

• Contact: Freecom
• Capacities: 1GB, 2GB, 4GB or 8 GB
• Price: From SEK 200
• Weight: 10 grams
• Size: 85.5 x 54 x 2 mm
• Interface: USB 2.0 and USB 1.1

 

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Portable small lab with the Canon Selphy CP780

If you are looking for a compact and easy photo lab to print your digital photos, maybe Canon Selphy CP780 can be an option to take a closer look at? It is the new model, Canon's Selphy range.

Canon Selphy CP780 is a sequel to the previous model CP760 . The printers are compact photo printer that uses dye-sublimation technology instead of the color printer. That means you need a special paper to print. The quality is described by the manufacturer to be as good as professional photo lab.

The new model CP780 are both faster than its predecessor. It is capable of printing on a variety of formats, including 14.8 cm by 10 cm, 10 cm × 20 cm, 8.6 × 8.9 cm and a few others. Special The papers are available at retailers, such as e-stores that sell ink cartridges. The size of 14.8 x 10 cm sheet costs 36 169 SEK in InkClub .

The printer can be equipped with battery for you to use it even without strömagreggat.No connection to the computer is not needed, because you can print directly from memory cards (all standard). CP780 has an LCD screen of 2.5 inches, where you can preview the images before you print them.

Canon Selphy CP780 is launched in late June and has a target price of 1600 SEK . It comes in four different colors: pink, blue, silver and white.

 

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Antivirus Tools for gamers - Norton Antivirus 2009 Gaming Edition

As for viruses usually are persistently active in the background on your computer, it tends to slow your computer, which allows gamers like to avoid anti-virus tools. Norton Antivirus 2009 Gaming Edition is designed to be as lean as possible so that even gamers to defend itself against viruses.

Norton Antivirus 2009 Gaming Editionis based on the sister program, Norton Internet Security, but above all an important difference - the program can be set on a specific game mode . When enabled, you can be assured that you will not pop up on your anti-virus tool needs to be updated and you need not worry about any scheduled scans for viruses on your hard drive is going. Game Mode you can turn on either manually or set it up so it automatically starts when you start a full screen application - a game for example - on your computer.

Antivirus software is very economical . Typical use of the program took on my test computer between 1-4 percent of system resources, which did not make a noticeable difference when I play games. When the program took the most resources during a systems study was the program's use of system resources on a bit below 50 percent.

The user interface in Norton Antivirus 2009 Gaming Edition is designed for gamers to fall to the taste and look more like a control panel in a modern game than a traditional antivirus tools. Above all, however, the program's effective use of system resources that make it appropriate to have if you want an antivirus utility on your computer games.

 

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Canon EOS 500D - SLR with 15 Megapixels

Canon EOS 500D is a new digital SLR that pushes performance further forward, but to make the camera too expensive.

With the 500D you can take digital pictures with a sensor that handles 15.1 megapixels . In addition, it engages the camera even at the trend among SLR to shoot video. 500D allows you to record videos in high definition quality , although it is not clear in the press release how many frames per second it can handle.

HD takes a lot of space on your memory card, so it can also record video in resolutions of 720p and VGA. The camera has built-in HDMI port for direct connection to the TV.

LCD screen on the back measures 3 inches and handles 920 000 pixels. 500D is capable of direct delivery, so that you can look at the screen before taking the photo.This is not standard among SLRs, because they do not work the same way as compact cameras. Among the other features are what one would expect, in the form of face detection and noise reduction.

Canon EOS 500D is launched on the market in May, and a suggested retail price starting at 9800 SEK for the camera body. Together with a 18-55 lens package costs 10 900 SEK, and want you to have a 18-200 lens it cost 15 600 SEK.

 

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5 network drives for home users

Attache Network Storage (NAS) or network hard drives , a technology that allows you to store your data in a smooth way over your local network or over the Internet. We have looked closely at five NAS devices in different price ranges.

A network drive, or NAS, which it then called in specialist terminology, is essentially an external hard drive that can connect directly to your network instead of through a computer . Do you have a network with several computers connected, there is good reason to invest in a network drive in front of an ordinary USB-connected external.

The main advantage is that you can access the hard disk from your computer. This makes it ideal for sharing files, but also to manage backup. By running the backup utility on your computer, which backs up to your network drive, you get a good solution.

What you should think about whether you'll be using your NAS for backup, is that you should go for a drive that has at least two hard drives that can be mirrored to each other. This means that the stored data is on both disks. Should a break, you need only replace the disk without the risk of getting rid of your backup. Two hard drives that mirror each other is called RAID 1. Do you use more disks usually run RAID 5. RAID is a way to connect the disks to each other.

Many network hard drives also offer many other features. It can be FTP and Web server, BitTorrent handler, WiFi, print and so on. You may want to keep in mind for you, such as people want to access your files from work.

• Inexpensive but slow

NetGear SC01
Indicative Price: 625 kr

NetGear SC01 is a cheap NAS device in its basic design is not equipped with a built-in hard drive. In order to bring down the price of this unit, you have including skipped to equip it with cooling fans, which means that you should keep in mind that it can get quite hot. The connection speed over the network is 100 Mbps, which is pretty slow by today's standards. This device is best if you have one or more old disks lying around at home that you want to benefit from without having too much light on the wallet.

• Expandable NAS device with Gigabit connectivity

QNAP TS-109 Pro Turbo Station
Indicative price: 1995 kr

QNAP is also a NAS device that comes without any accompanying built-in hard drive. Here is the price tag set higher and the performance is then. The device includes an embedded DHCP server and it is also possible to connect a printer or other USB devices to the sharing over the network. The unit is equipped with Gigabit LAN connection and files on the disk is easy to access and manage via a Web interface.

• Simple and inexpensive device

Lacie Ethernet Big Disk 1TB
Indicative price: 2150 kr

As the name of this device suggests, this NAS device equipped with a built-in hard drive 1 TB and it is also possible to connect an additional disk. Network connection speed is 1 Gb / s and it is also possible to connect USB devices to it. Lacie Ethernet Big Disk is an affordable option if you need a cheap network storage device and have no need of a lot of extra features.

• Plenty of features

D-Link DNS-323
Indicative price: 1750 kr

Also this device is in its basic design only an empty shell where you can then at will and the wallet can fit up to two hard drives. The low price for even provides D-Link DNS-323 both a built-in FTP / HTTP server, DHCP server, support for iTunes, the ability to share printers, and more. The configuration of the device is via an easily understandable web interface. The network connection is Gigabit LAN, and it is possible to mirror the drives you mount into the drive for added security.

• Powerful home server

HP MediaSmart Server EX475 1TB
Cirkarpris: 5500 kr

If you want to bet on a hefty home server with plenty of space so is the HP MediaSmart an entity to take a closer look at. The unit, which is based on Windows Home Server, is equipped with no fewer than four slots for hard drives, one of which is occupied by delivery. In addition to three USB ports, so is MediaSmart Server also comes with an e-sata port on the back, allowing the expansion possibilities are very good. The server is designed to stream media files to compatible viewer, such as the Xbox 360.

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Revo Uninstaller uninstall programs completely

If you are fond of an average computer, you know that when you uninstall a program from Windows, this almost always leaves traces in the registry and hard disk which, when added together and the long term can seriously affect system performance.

To resolve this problem, avoiding the use of complicated software to clean hard drive and optimize the registry, you can go to Revo Uninstaller, a free program that need to uninstall programs from Windows in full , removing all residual traces of those just discussed.

The program is also available in Italian and is easy to use. Once opened, it will display a list of all programs installed on your PC (with a fast search bar at the top), through which you can select the software to remove them and start the uninstall process with a simple double click. After the removal standards, the program shows all residual traces found and asks the user if and what to delete.

Four made the uninstall mode to full availability of users for Revo Uninstaller:

* Built: Cancel the action of the program and uninstall the software selected normally, as if you did from the control panel of Windows.
* Safety: uninstall the selected program and scans quickly (in a rather superficial) hard disk and registry for traces remaining to be deleted.
* Moderate: uninstall the program selected and fairly thorough scans hard disk and registry for traces remaining to be eliminated (the recommended option in the program).
* Advanced: Uninstall the program and selected in an extremely thorough scan and log hard disk looking for trace residues to be deleted. It is the most complete uninstall mode, but also the slowest and the most risky, if you do not know where to put their hands.

 

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Increase the battery life of our laptops: you can, with some changes

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Although the technology is always great strides, the problem of battery life remains and will always, inevitably, a big problem that will probably only if inventing, science fiction, air batteries.

Each user, in fact, know something about. As prestantissima, highly efficient and modern, the battery in our laptop sooner or later you download, and happen well after a year, is inborn in us the fact that, ultimately, our intellect would ponder why it is spent so little time since we started our work session last recharge.

Miracles, it is clear, you can not. But a little 'with the help of the integrated features of the latest operating systems to promote energy conservation, and a bit' with the help of a few tricks you can do so much. And just a few simple trick, like those that we present today.

1) Lower the screen brightness can be the most immediate measure. Consumes more than a 200 watt bulb (and somehow never becomes increasingly rare to find them, thankfully!), Or 40 Watt? The answer is clear .. And what an example might be a bit 'rough when we fail to illuminate the whole house with the light of the laptop, we will certainly sin.

2) Disconnect the devices connected to your laptop, if possible. It 's a simple but rare thing: how many times we leave the USB stick attached to the computer even if it does not serve us? Everything is connected to the pc, draws energy from it. The consequences are implied.

3) Remove unnecessary programs and close automatically since those not in use. The number of open software affects the battery life of a laptop. Close programs that do not serve us, is a great way to save energy.

4) Use the hibernation (most of the stand-by) if for a limited period of time we do not need the PC. If we make a phone call, for example, should certainly not turn the PC on which it is working. But if you use a tool to limit consumption to a minimum while leaving unchanged the status of the notebook, what harm would we do?

5) Turn down the sound when necessary, and prevent the opening of multimedia content, wherever possible. Unless the neighbor is not quarreling with his wife, you must rinsordirci with loud music or videos that start even see? Seems not to consume, but these files virtually "kill" our battery.

6) Recharge the battery before it "dies" completely. Our battery lasts longer if the reload is low but not when scarichissima. The modern battery models have more memory effect, and not necessarily that we have to wait for them to load completely exhausted.

Many others, then, the devices can be smaller, sometimes indirectly. Examples of this kind are defragment the computer often to improve performance and timing of the computer, expand the RAM to use less SWAP, lower the graphics capabilities of the operating system when not needed, clean the vents of the notebook, clean the contacts of the battery.

Ecologists, savers .. but most users do not remain, as they say, "walk" for improper use of the computer. This also, unfortunately, sets of characteristics of good requirements-user laptops. Let us treasure, never wrong.

 

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Windows 7 comes out Relase Candidate

The new operating system from Microsoft is coming and has finally reached the last step before the official release: the launch of Relase Candidate . This is the latest test version of a term already received feedback from users.

Consequentially we are talking about 7100 built which should directly follow the official version. Now the product is becoming more stable and secure, the long experience made with XP, but mainly due to Windows Vista discpiaceri were for the children of Bill Gates, the turning point to create something more.

Although the graphics are heavier because it draws heavily Vista, the engine seems to be stable as that of Windows XP. The benchmark tests provided by the major software users (technical papers in the first place), reported that with the same basic configuration, Windows 7 Relase Candidate is much faster than Windows Vista , especially because the system uses only the primary operations and services secondary are often not used in our PC.

This was however a "tripping" for Microsoft home, because according to official data sheet, intended as a minimum configuration of the two operating systems is the same. But let's put in comparison.

Minimum Requirements Windows 7 Relase Candidate:
CPU 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
Minimum 16 GB Hard Disk (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit) of available space
Support DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM driver under 1.0

Minimum Requirements Windows Vista Ultimate:
CPU 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
1 GB of RAM
Hard Disk 40 GB to 15 GB of available space
Support for DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory

The new system from Microsoft, has certainly tried to be "operational" even on systems with low requirements for a secure future integration with the netbook.

 

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