Samsung Galaxy S Glide Spotted En-Route to Rogers

New Android handsets are expected to arrive on shelves in Canada in the near future, and at least one of them will be release on Rogers' airwaves, namely the Samsung Galaxy S Glide.  The new handset has just made an appearance into the wild, expected to arrive on shelves at the carrier with a sliding design, and with features that will make it worthy of the Galaxy S name.  In other words, it should be a high-end smartphone, the same as all the Galaxy S devices are supposed to be, based on Samsung's new naming scheme.  The Samsung Galaxy S Glide appears to be an appealing QWERTY slider, which is said to include most of the hardware specifications that the flagship Galaxy S II model arrived on shelves with.  For example, it...

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NextIO Intros Nvidia Tesla Powered Desktop Virtualization System

NextIO, a company specialized in developing rack-level I/O virtualization solutions, has just announced the introduction of the vCORE Express 2075 GPU consolidation appliance based on the Nvidia Tesla M2075Q computing accelerators. The new system is housed inside a 1U chassis and improves upon the specs of the previous vCORE Express 2070 by bringing a series of new features and tweaks. According to the company, the list includes support for more detailed ECC reporting, better memory performance (anywhere from 5 to 20 percent increase in speed) when ECC is enabled, as well as improved energy efficiency which drops power consumption by 10 percent. The new vCORE Express 2075 includes four Tesla M2075Q computing computing accelerators with 6GB...

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Sharkoon Vaya Value Edition Is Still a Sophisticated PC Case

The market for PC enclosures has just seen a new addition, one made by Sharkoon, a company that, in this case, decided to try and bring some more sophistication and versatility to the Vaya, a PC chassis that focuses on affordability. The Vaya Value Edition is, one might say, a representation of the industry's tendency to try and cover all possible angles. Striking a low price point was the original purpose of the Vaya, but Sharkoon figured it wouldn't hurt to make one that, though not losing focus on that aspect, brought something extra. In other words, though the price is a bit on the higher side than that of the original (25 Euro / about $34), the Vaya Value is still accessible to most of the masses. Measuring 465 (L) x 185 (W) x 440 (H)...

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Asus UX21 Ultrabook European Pricing Revealed

During the Computex 2011 fair, Asus promised that September will mark the introduction of the company's first Ultrabook model, the UX21, and it now seems like the laptop is finally getting ready for release as it was just spotted on a French website, which also revealed the European pricing of the unit.  Intel defined the Ultrabook as a laptop that combines high performance, excellent responsiveness and security in a slim and elegant chassis. All of these are paired together by Asus with some impressive hardware specifications as the UX21 is available with a wide range of Intel Sandy Bridge processors. As a result, users can choose from quite a few low-voltage CPU models, starting with the 1.6GHz Core i5-2467M used in the model listed...

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