Intel’s New Xeon E5-2600 CPUs Power Boston’s 64 Core 2U Quatro Server

Now that Intel’s Xeon E5-series processors are finally out, Boston, one of the largest resellers and partners of SuperMicro, has announced the new Quattro 1264-T server which can pack no less than 64 processor cores inside its 2U chassis. In order to build such a high-density solution, Boston went with SuperMicro’s 2U Twin^2 barebone server. This integrates four dual-socket motherboards inside a compact 2U chassis which, when combined with Intel’s new octo-core Xeon E5-2600 server processors can deliver a total of 64 CPU cores.  Each one of the four motherboards installed is equipped with eight DIMM sockets (four for each CPU) and, according to SuperMicro, can support as much as 256GB of memory when populated with 32GB DDR3 modules. Boston...

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Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 Tablet with iPad-Like 4:3 Aspect Ratio Display Visits the FCC

Lenovo has already showcased a wide number of Android-powered smartphones and tablets this year, but it now seems like the company has yet another Google-powered slate in the works which is dubbed the IdeaTab S2109. The device made its appearance in FCC’s product database, where it was spotted by engadget earlier today. So far, little is known about this illusive IdeaTab tablet, but engadget’s sources suggest that this will pack a 9.7-inches IPS display with a 4:3 aspect ratio (supplied by Chi Mei), a configuration similar to that utilized by Apple for its first- and second-gen iPad slates. The form factor of the tablet seems to confirm these claims, so it will be interesting to see whether the 4:3 display will be a hit among Android tablet...

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Linux Kernel 3.2.11 Is Available for Download

Just one day after the release of Linux kernel 3.2.10 on March 12th, Greg Kroah-Hartman announced yet another maintenance release of the Linux 3.2 kernel series, this time fixing a single issue.  Linux kernel 3.2.11 is here to fix a single build error in the Linux kernel 3.2.10 release, courtesy of Ben Guthro. "I'm announcing the release of the 3.2.11 kernel. It fixes a single build error in the 3.2.10 release. If you had no problems building that release, no need for you to update to this one." "Many thanks to Ben Guthro for pointing out the problem with 3.2.10, it wasn't triggered by my test .configurations here." - said Greg Kroah-Hartman in the email announcement. It is up to you if you want to upgrade to this release or not! Download...

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RIM Launches BlackBerry Mini Keyboard for the BlackBerry PlayBook

Today, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion made a mini keyboard for the BlackBerry PlayBook official, so that its users could benefit from more input capabilities than before.  The new BlackBerry Mini Keyboard comes with a convertible case and can provide users with a great productivity boost. It is available now for $119.99 (shipping will start on March 23rd, RIM notes). The keyboard will enable users to take advantage of additional space on the tablet’s screen, while also functioning as a stand for the BlackBerry PlayBook.The BlackBerry Mini Keyboard can enable  multiple uses (via the Citrix Receiver for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet), and those who would like to learn more on it and on what it has to offer should...

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Shuttle Readies X50V3 Fanless All-in-One PC with Intel Atom Cedar Trail CPUs

Besides its XPC range of small-form factor desktop systems, Shuttle also builds a series of all-in-one PC solutions based on Intel’s Atom processors, such as the X50V3 Cedar Trail fanless AIO that the company is getting ready to launch.  The system, which was uncovered by FanlessTech, is built around a 15.6-inch touchscreen with a 1366x768 pixels resolution and weighs just under 3kg (roughly 6.6 pounds). Its computing power is provided by one of Intel’s new Atom processors based on the Cedarview architecture, the Atom D2700 to be more precise, that packs dual processing cores with Hyper-Threading support working at 2.13GHz. Since the Shuttle X50V3 is a barebone system, users have to provide their own memory and hard drives, so the AIO...

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Enjoy Voice Navigation in Nokia Maps for Android and iOS

Nokia’s renowned Maps service is available for the owners of Android and iOS devices as well, courtesy of an HTML5 flavor that Nokia made available for them last year.  Until then, Nokia Maps was available exclusively on handsets running under the Symbian platform. Today, it is also loaded on Windows Phone devices.  However, while Symbian and Windows Phone users can enjoy dedicated applications for Nokia Maps, the HTML5 web version of the Maps will have to do for Android and iOS users. The web app arrives on these devices with both Mapping and Navigation features, and is now offering voice navigation as well. To take advantage of the routing capabilities of the application, users will have to accept the sharing of their location...

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OS 5.1 Unlock Released on Cydia (Untested)

A developer going by the internet handle “zmaster” has rolled out an “ultrasn0w fixer for iOS 5.1” which promises to work around the issues caused by the real ultrasn0w unlocking application. According to Cydia Help, ultrasn0w fixer for iOS 5.1 is not a public release yet, but interested parties can find it in the developer’s repository. The tool reportedly supports only 01.59.00, 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.13.01, 05.12.01, 06.15.00 basebands. Users will be required to jailbreak first, and then use the tool to unlock their iPhone for expanded carrier support. The tool can allegedly be used on iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS handsets. We haven’t tested the app, so make sure you get all the details surrounding this unlock before proceeding with its i...

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Script: The Pacer Edition CMS

The Pacer Edition CMS is the result of years of development from a dedicated team of PHP experts. Beautifully crafted, it surely stands out from other similar solutions when accessing the backend for the first time. The Pacer Edition isn't the perfect tool for running tens of blogs from the same server as WordPress, it doesn't benefit from thousands of modules like Drupal and it certainly does not have the reputation of Joomla. Nevertheless, it doesn't lack one of the features found in those CMSs, strongly proposing itself as the perfect alternative when needing a smaller project done fast and simple. Some of The Pacer Edition CMS' most important features are its plugin system, the graphic installer, cron scheduler utility, WYSIWYG content...

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Firefox 11 Available for Download

Johnathan Nightingale, senior director of Firefox Engineering, announced that the update for Firefox 11 would not be released as scheduled, this Tuesday. He provided Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday and security issues as the reasons governing the decision. However, Mozilla may roll out Firefox 11 officially today, but not at their usual time (8 AM PDT), and not through the background update mechanism. That’s because last minute changes may cause problems for some users. As such, pushing the new update to the users may start on Thursday or Friday. You will be able to install the new release manually, though. You can download Firefox for Windows, Firefox for Mac, Firefox for Linux, also Firefox for Android on this Mozilla official...

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Samsung Series 9 Notebook Line Expanded in South Korea

We can't say that Samsung's Series 9 collection of mobile personal computers was getting outdated but, even fresh as it is, the company decided it was time for some new blood.  Series 9 is a brand that many products in Samsung's portfolio bear, be they laptops or all-in-ones or whatever else.  The notebook line is the one getting expanded this time, reports say, though not quite completely.  What this means is that the list of available mobile computers is not growing worldwide, but only in South Korea.  Then again, that is the company's home market, so it isn't impossible that the newcomers will eventually cross the border.  Either way, there are new 13-inch and 15-inch versions, powered by Core i5 and/or Core i7...

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Galaxy S III’s Rado-Style Ceramic Design Completed

Samsung is getting ready for the release of a successor for its Galaxy S II smartphone, one that might land on shelves as the quad-core Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.  The company has yet to unveil specific info on the handset, yet it appears that things are nearing the official launch.  Rumor has it that the smartphone will pack a ceramic case, Redo-inspired, and that the work on it has already been completed.  Instead of going for the plastic casing that was included with the previous Galaxy smartphones, Samsung reportedly opted for an outer case more akin to Rado watches to go with the Galaxy S III. The smartphone was already confirmed to go official in the first half of the year, and some even suggest that it might be...

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NVIDIA GPU-Based HPC Development Center Announced

NVIDIA has been doing quite well on the supercomputing market, but getting the HPC Advisory Council to start a new center specially made for testing applications on GPUs has to be its greatest success yet.  The HPC Advisory Council, as a major organization for high-performance computing (HPC) research, has a lot of say regarding the direction supercomputers around the world can take.  Considering its latest action, there seems to be no doubt that GPU compute accelerators are going to be an intrinsic part of such HPC installations in the future.  After all, it would not inaugurate an NVIDIA GPU-based HPC development center otherwise.  The HPC Advisory Council’s High Performance Center has a website here and will let developers...

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Ivy Bridge Powered Asus UX32 Ultrabook Available for Pre-Order in Europe

Uncovered just yesterday, Asus’ UX32Vd Ultrabook with Intel Ivy Bridge processors and Nvidia GeForce discrete graphics has just been made available for pre-order by an European online retailer that listed the Zenbook at 1,149 EUR ($1,506 USD). This is a great deal more than the $1,100 (about 836 EUR) price that The Verge reported yesterday We can’t however say that this news comes as a huge surprise to us, since European users quite often have to pay much more for computer hardware than their US counterparts. That being said, the UX32Vd Ultrabook that was listed by the Italian retailer is the most powerful of Asus’ Zenbooks and comes equipped not just with an Ivy Bridge processor, but also with a discrete GPU. The graphics card in question...

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New Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 Pictures Reach the Web

Rumored to launch in a little bit more than a week, Nvidia’s upcoming GeForce GTX 680 graphics card, based on the Kepler GK104 core, starred in a new series of pictures that show the card in greater detail than before. The pictures came our way courtesy of Chip Hell, the same Chinese website that uncovered some of the first images of the GTX 680. At a first look, Nvidia’s reference design for the GeForce GTX 680 doesn’t seem to differ all that much from the previous-generation GTX 570/GTX 580, outside of the stacked PCIe power connectors found at the rear of the card. The pictures also reveal that Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 680 will be compatible with 4-way SLI setups, while the rear video connector configuration includes HDMI, DisplayPort and...

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NVIDIA Dual-GK104 Kepler Card Set for May, 2012

Just as people think NVIDIA was all set to leave everyone slack-jawed, we stumble upon a tidbit of information that may make it hard for them to pick those jaws from the floor.  If what 3DCenter.org says is true, the Santa Clara, California-based company is getting ready to launch not just a high-end Kepler board, but also a dual-GPU one.  More precisely, while the company is getting set to introduce the GeForce GTX 680 this month, it also has a dual-GPU model scheduled for May 2012.  There isn't much info on that monster of a video controller, beyond the name (Geforce GTX 680) and the fact that it, too, will rely on the GK104.  It definitely seems like NVIDIA is saving the GK100 for later, when Advanced Micro Devices...

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ASUS UX32A and UX32Vd Zenbooks in the Works

It looks like ASUS is planning more for the ultrabook market than the replacement of soon-to-be-outdated models, or so the murmurs on the Internet say.   Going by what The Verge has reported, there are two all-new Zenbooks on the way, though it is unclear when the official launch will be.  On the other hand, the prices of the ultrabooks are known, so we can at least make an opinion regarding their appeal.  The UX32A and UX32Vd will cost between $800 and $1,100, which corresponds to 608 Euro and 836 Euro.  In other words, the cost range is more or less similar to that of the UX31A and UX21A: $1,050 and $1,100, respectively (800.42 Euro / 838.54 Euro).  That said, the Zenbooks will use Intel's Ivy Bridge central processing...

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ASUS 1025C Cedar Trail Netbook Now Selling

We spotted the Eee PC 1025C netbook back in January (2012), when the first info about ASUS's Cedar Trail netbook cropped up on the Internet.  Now, though, the item is finally up for sale, not just pre-order. The price is of $299, which translates into 227 Euro, give or take.  That sum of money will get you a 10.1-inch LED-backlit LCD (1,024 x 600 pixels), the Atom N2600 or 2800 CPU, USB 3.0, a 500 GB HDD, HDMI, Bluetooth, WiFi and a 6-cell battery.  The whole thing can run for up to 12 hours of constant use and 21 days if left on standby.  All in all, this thing isn't a bad deal at all. Go here (the actual order page) if you want to get an Eee PC 1025C or just learn more about it...

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Nokia Confirms Windows Phones for China on March 28th

Chinese mobile phone users will soon be able to purchase Windows Phone devices coming from Nokia.  The Finnish handset vendor is set to make its first such devices official for the local market as soon as March 28th, the latest news on the matter suggest.  Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop reportedly confirmed the move, but he did not offer info on which devices were set to make an official appearance on the Chinese market.  However, some of the latest reports on the matter suggested that both Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 would be released in the country (there will be specially crafted versions of these devices).  Rumor has it that Nokia has partnered with China Telecom and China Unicom for the launch. For those out of the loop,...

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Sony Alpha A57 Translucent Mirror Camera Debuts

About a year and a half after introducing the Alpha A55 translucent mirror camera, Sony is replacing this DSLR with a new Alpha A57 model that upgrades most of the features of its predecessor. At the heart of the A57 stands the same 16-megapixel APS HD CMOS sensor used in the A55, but this time Sony has paired it with a new Bionz image engine and AF system. The addition of this latest generation processor enabled Sony to boost the maximum ISO setting to 16,000 as well as the shooting rate from 10 frames per second to 12fps. Furthermore, the camera’s video recording capabilities were also upgraded so it can now record 1920 x 1080 resolution clips at 60p, 60i and 24p/25p, while the new AF system provides users with enhanced object-tracking...

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Ice Cream Sandwich Now Available for Galaxy S II

Today, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced the availability of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for its Galaxy S II smartphone.  The company promised this update ever since Google made the new platform version official, but did not deliver specific info on when it might be released.  Today, however, the company started to roll out the update and also made the official announcement on its availability.  Starting today, the update will be delivered to Galaxy S II users in a series of European countries and in the company’s homeland.  According to Samsung, the countries to receive the new software update at the moment include Poland, Hungary and Sweden in Europe, and South Korea in Asia.  However,...

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