How to Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account

Plenty of people delete their Facebook accounts in a fit of rage or the spur of the moment. Luckily for them, the regular way of doing this doesn't actually delete the account, it just "removes" or "disables" it. This means that the profile won't be visible or searchable, but all of the content will be kept by Facebook and some of the content, shared with friends, may still be visible to other users. When users decide they didn't actually want to delete their accounts, they can simply restore their profiles and be done with it. "In case you want to come back to Facebook at some point, we save your profile (timeline) information (friends, photos, interests, etc.) so that the information on your profile (timeline) will be there...

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Sony Xperia S Goes Live in India, Xperia P, U and Sola Arriving in May

Sony Xperia S has been on pre-order since last weekend for Rs 32549 (635 USD or 485 EUR) outright. Various leading retailer offered the smartphone along with free accessories and software to make it more attractive. Although Sony India said it would bring the Xperia S bundled with free accessories worth Rs 4,000 (80 USD or 60 EUR) none of these retailers is currently offering all products included in the promised bundle. Sony said that the Xperia S will be retailed with the following free accessories: car charger, leather case, HDMI cable and 2 NFC Tags. Anyway, starting today, Android enthusiasts living in India will be able to purchase the Xperia S for prices ranging between Rs. 31,990 (620 USD or 475 EUR) and Rs. 32,549...

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And Here Is the Excite 10 Tablet from Toshiba

After seeing the huge Excite 13 tablet, we have finally arrived at the Excite 10, which is basically the closest thing to the “common” denominator on the slate segment right now.  "One size does not fit all, so we are carefully considering how and where people are using tablets and designing form factors to best suit various needs," said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, digital products division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.  This idea is what led to the appearance of the 13.3-inch Excite 13, which we covered here, and the Excite 7.7, discussed here.  Now we finally get to see the size that does not fit all but, in the end, is still just right for most people.  Excite 10...

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Toshiba Unveils Excite 7.7 ICS-Based Tablet with Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU

Toshiba has just announced a new set of three tablets based on Google’s latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, Excite 10, 13 and 7.7. All three slates come with similar hardware configurations, but set themselves apart when it comes to display and storage amount.  The smallest of the three, the Excite 7.7 is Toshiba’s first tablet to feature an AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display. The other two slates sport AutoBrite LED Backlit displays, which are larger than Excite 7.7’s screen. Toshiba Excite 7.7 is only 0.3 inches thin and weighs in at only 13.4 ounces (380g, battery included). Even though the tablet is small and light, it comes with a powerful hardware configuration, which enables users to smoothly...

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Foxconn Becomes Primary Owner of Sharp Osaka Plant

It looks like Sharp really is doing badly nowadays, having decided to sell so much of its LCD production in Sakai, Osaka, that Foxconn will be the one with the greatest stake in it.  It was last month that Sharp sold a stake of 46.5 percent to Foxconn.  That left it with the same share, while 7 percent went to Sony.  Now, though, Sharp has decided to sell another 7% to Dai Nippon Printing Co. and Toppan Printing Co.  In other words, Sharp's LCD plant will no longer be Sharp's LCD plant, as Foxconn will have the greatest share, unless Sony decides to sell its own back, balancing things again.  All in all, the partnership that Foxconn and Sharp have entered, presumably to help usher in the Apple...

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Script: OSClass

OSClass is a relative new classified ads publishing platform, built to resemble the WordPress backend interface as much as possible. Nevertheless, all similarities end here. Built to work on its own (not as a WP plugin), OSClass is one of the most delightful classified ads management solutions we have ever tested here. Just to highlight some of its features, OSClass allows users to manage general ads and specialized ads the same way (through modules), comes packed with a friendly graphic installer to easily install it anywhere, it's extremely SEO friendly and features a powerful search utility, to allow visitors to find their desired content. Of course, as any other respectable open source project, OSClass has support for...

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Synology Presents RackStation RS2212+ and RS2212RP+ NAS Servers

Taiwanese company Synology has just announced its new RackStation RS2212+ and RS2212RP+ NAS Servers on its official website. These are 10-bay rackable enclosures complete with multiple failover systems. The platform is powered by a Dual Core 2.13 GHz CPU that’s very likely to be an Intel Atom family member. The RS2212+ has 1 GB of DDR3 RAM that can be expanded to 3 GB. On the storage side, it can handle ten 3.5” or 2.5” drives for a maximum total capacity of 30 terabytes. All the HDD bays have hot swap capability and the external connectors include four USB 2.0 ports and one expansion port. The network connectivity is serviced by two gigabit ports complete with Link Aggregation and Wake On LAN/WAN. Cooling consists of four...

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Besides Qosmio, Toshiba Readies Satellite P, S, C, L Laptops

New tablets are all well and good, but Toshiba has been up to more than just new mobile devices running Android 4.0. In fact, it has a bunch of new laptops on the way too. We'll get the real powerhouses out of the way first: the Qosmio X875 and the Z875 3D, both based on Ivy Bridge CPUs and 3GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 670M GPUs. With 17.3-inch 1,600 x 900 displays (1,920 x 1,080 3D panel on the X875 3D), they have Harman Kardon Speakers, Blu-ray units, four USB ports, "Black Widow" styling and prices of $1,299 to $2,499, depending on storage, memory, graphics options, etc. Sales will commence on June 24, which is quite far off, but it makes sense, knowing that Intel's mobile Ivy Bridge units will come out around that time themselves....

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Toshiba Launches 13-Inch Excite 13 Tablet

Toshiba has officially launched its latest tablets, one of which stands out through its sheer size, as well as the quality of its liquid crystal display panel. The NVIDIA Tegra 3 mobile platform has been used in so many tablets that it is no longer capable of getting one sold on its own, even with its new and shiny 4-PLUS-1 trademark. Toshiba knew this when it put together its newest slate range, so it went a bit outside the norm. That is to say, in addition to the expected 10-inch and 7.7-inch Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich models, it conjured up a larger one too. To be more specific, Toshiba created the Excite 13, a tablet with a 13.3 inches screen diagonal. What's more, the display features a native resolution of...

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The Entire Wikipedia Available in a 9.7GB Torrent

Wikipedia is the ultimate web success story, something made possible by the internet and one of the big examples of why the internet is so great. But the internet is only great if you can use it, which, even in the most developed parts of the world, is not always possible. That shouldn't stop you from accessing Wikipedia though. At least, that seems to be the thinking behind a very interesting project, a full copy of the site available to anyone willing to download a 9.7 GB torrent. "If you’d like to read Wikipedia in an airplane (of the offline variety) or in an area with no or limited connectivity, or install it in a university, or just to have it handy in case of a zombie apocalypse, you can now download a full text copy of...

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NoFAN Announces CS-70 and CS-80 Cases

Seoul-based fanless PC company NoFAN has recently announced the CS-70 and CS-80 computer cases on its official website. Having a computer with no moving parts has always been a dream for silent PC enthusiasts. NoFAN has a wide variety of original cooling systems in its product range – enough to build a completely silent PC.  Back in the days (i.e. before 2008), even with every cooling part having no fan, the PC couldn’t be completely silent as it needed a hard drive. Now, with the arrival of wide spread use of solid state drives, we can build a whole system that is completely silent. The CS-70 case supports the MicroATX standard and has three 3.5” bays and one external 5.25” bay. There is also a 2.5” bay for the aforementioned...

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Microsoft Office Mobile for Nokia Belle Now Available for Download

Available only for Windows Phone devices, Microsoft Office Mobile application has just been launched for Nokia Belle handsets.  The recent release follows Nokia’s announcement that OneNote, Lync 2010, Document Connection and PowerPoint Broadcast are available for Nokia Belle platform. Nokia and Microsoft worked together to offer Symbian users the chance to download Word Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile and Excel Mobile applications.  The whole Microsoft Office Mobile Suite has been optimized to work on the following Nokia Belle smartphones: Nokia 701, Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia E7, Nokia X7, Nokia C7, Nokia Oro, and Nokia C6-01. Nokia fans have probably already noticed that some popular Symbian smartphones are missing...

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First Intel 14nm CPU Is Atom Z2580

According to SemiWiki, the name has been uncovered for the first central processing unit built, or which will eventually be built, on the 14nm manufacturing process technology. With early 2014 as the ETA (estimate time of arrival), the chip (codenamed Airmont) is a sort of proof that Intel really is moving faster than Moore's Law. For those unclear on the matter, Moore's Law states that the number of transistors possible to place (affordably) on an IC (integrated circuit) doubles every two years. That's neither here nor there, though. What's really important here is the name, Atom Z2580, that 4G LTE will be supported and that phones, slates and even ultrabooks could use it. All other specs are unknown, including the battery...

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Nokia 103 Is the Cheapest Phone on the Market, Gets Priced at 16 EUR (21 USD)

Nokia has silently released the cheapest phone ever launched on the market. We’re not sure what exactly the handset vendor put inside this device, but Nokia 103 has been priced at just 16 EUR (about 21 USD). Although the bar phone has just been announced in Nigeria, it’s likely that the Finnish company will release the Nokia 103 in other emerging markets. According to IntoMobile, citing Benedict Evans, the Nokia 103 costs only 16 EUR (about 21 USD) before taxes and subsidies, which makes it one of the cheapest phones on the market, if not really the cheapest. Nokia has yet to officially announce the availability of the phone, but press photos have already been published on its site, along with the handset’s data sheet. So,...

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Raspberry Pi Gets CE Certification, No Modifications Needed

After delays and more delays, the Raspberry Pi foundation has finally eliminated the last barrier between it and free sales of its eponymous PC.  About two weeks ago, we reported on the latest barrier that had lowered itself in front of the Raspberry Pi Linux computer.  Then again, it might be more accurate to say that the Raspberry Pi foundation finally hit the obstacle it should have been able to foresee.  Basically, the product could not be sold in Europe because it lacked compliance with CE quality guidelines.  Now, though, the foundation is happy to announce that its small computer passed all the tests and didn't even need to go through hardware modifications for it.  “We just received confirmation...

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Galaxy S III’s True HD Super AMOLED Screen Combines FMM and LITI

As Samsung’s next Android-based flagship smartphone is getting closer to release, more details and rumors on the technologies that it will pack inside are making it online.  Today, some info on the phone’s screen has emerged, confirming that it will be the first true Super AMOLED HD panel out there.  Featuring a great resolution and a higher pixel density than before, the upcoming smartphone is expected to easily leave rivals behind, and to provide users with the great visual experience they are looking for.  Apparently, the South Korean mobile phone maker decided to combine some of the screen technologies it already mastered, to make sure that the things indeed turn out this way.  Galaxy S II, last...

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High-End Z77 Boards Need Ivy Bridge CPU to Power Third PCIe x16 Slot

As information stickers on new Z77 motherboards show, builders of Z77-based systems will need an Ivy Bridge CPU to make one of the long PCIe slots work.  This is quite strange as it’s the first time we’re presented with a disabled PCIe x16 slot on a wide range of high-end PC motherboards. Whether that's the case is unclear but very likely. The third long PCIe x16 slot from most of the motherboards might not work at all. That is to say, it won't work even with a device that doesn’t need too much bandwidth, like a sound card or a TV tuner. If we were to take a close look at the block diagram of the Intel Z77 Express chipset, we can easily notice that the chipset has a single PCIe x16 link.  These 16 lanes can be...

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Zotac Has a Bigger and Badder SuperOverclock Motherboard Too

We've seen the small, mini-ITX 7-Series motherboard from Zotac, and now we get to look at what is essentially the polar opposite, in both size and features.  The ZT-Z77-U1D SuperOverclock hasn't actually been launched officially, or at least we haven't spotted the press release yet.  Instead, it is Expreview that got a hold of the press photos and the specifications.  Just looking at the mainboard is enough to see that Zotac has every intention of using this as one of, if not the flagship, Z77 models.  A 27-phase VRM powers the LGA 1155 socket. That's right, this is a professional overclockers' board, pure and simple.  Since we're on the subject, we suppose it wouldn't hurt to elaborate on the...

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TOSHIBA Qosmio X875 3D Laptop Technical Details Unveiled

Japanese company Toshiba has just sent out a press release announcing its new Qosmio gaming notebook line. The powerful mobile systems are powered by Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors. The 17.3” model is called Qosmio X875 and also has a 3D version. The platform can handle up to 32 GB of DDR3 RAM, as the mainboard has four DIMM memory slots that already come equipped with 16 GB  of RAM directly from the manufacturer. The maximum working frequency for the memory modules is 1600 MHz. The big 17.3” screen offers a 1600 x 900 resolution that is called HD+ by Toshiba and has TruBrite technology. It can also come with a FullHD panel with Nvidia 3D Vision 25 kit included with Lightboost. The audio part is serviced by four Harman...

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Zotac's Mini-ITX Ivy Bridge-Ready Powerhouse

Intel's Ivy Bridge CPUs will be launched in a couple of weeks, so motherboard makers are showing their 7-Series platforms, even very small ones.  Contrary to what some may think, a powerful computer does not actually need to have a huge main unit, far from it.  It all boils down to the motherboard size and how many features a hardware maker can cram into it.  Zotac's Z77-ITX WiFi shows that even a mini-ITX motherboard can support all the Panther Point chipset and Ivy Bridge CPU features.  “ZOTAC is the global innovator when it comes to mini-ITX mainboards. We continue to push the performance envelope with mini-ITX to rival much larger systems,” says Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International.  “The...

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Nokia Lumia 610, Lumia 900 and 808 PureView Up for Pre-Order in the Netherlands

Nokia had a pretty solid presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress trade fair. The Finnish company announced several interesting new devices, including a Nokia Belle smartphone, the 808 PureView. The main attraction of Nokia 808 PureView is by far the 41-megapixel camera on the back. The handset manufacturer promised that the smartphone would hit shelves in May, for around 450 EUR (590 USD). However, there’s no telling which countries will get it first and for what prices. The same goes for other new handsets announced back in February, such as the Lumia 610 and the international version of Lumia 900. We reported yesterday that the Lumia 900 and 808 PureView had been spotted in Finland and Italy, respectively.  Unfortunately,...

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LG Optimus 4X HD Benchmarks Show Great Results

LG Optimus 4X HD, South Korean mobile phone maker’s first quad-core smartphone running under Android, is capable of great performance, the latest benchmarking results show. The guys over at Techblog.gr put it to the test, and discovered that it can deliver nearly the same performance as HTC’s One X smartphone.  In fact, the device scored higher in the AnTuTu test than HTC’s new Android flagship, although it fell behind it in Quadrant and NenaMark2.  The smartphone is expected to become available for purchase in May, and it seems that LG might still have some final touches to apply to it before that.  In the end, it seems that the smartphone will be capable of delivering features that users expect from a Tegra...

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AMD Trinity Field Test Shows FPU Performance Superior to Bulldozer

In an attempt to collect as much info on AMD’s Trinity results as possible, German blog site Citavia has compiled a list of results obtained from working with Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) software. According to Wikipedia, BOINC is  “an open source middleware system for volunteer and grid computing. It was originally developed to support the SETI@home project before it became useful as a platform for other distributed applications in areas as diverse as mathematics, medicine, molecular biology, climatology, and astrophysics. The intent of BOINC is to make it possible for researchers to tap into the enormous processing power of personal computers around the world.” The compilation focuses...

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