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The VivoBook S400CA-UH51 has a tapered chassis, evoking the slimness of the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch$1,129.98 at Amazon, but this is a larger, thicker system at about 0.8 by 13.5 by 9.5 inches (HWD) and weighs in at 4.4 pounds. It has to be thicker and heavier to accommodate the touch screen, so it's a fair tradeoff. Besides, the 14-inch screen has larger glass panel and therefore has to be heavier. The VivoBook isn't as thin and light compared to some other laptops and ultrabooks like the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A-R5102F%displayPrice% at %seller%, but the VivoBook makes for a very good "around the house" laptop. The system is comfortable to use on your lap, plus it is stable on most horizontal surfaces, certainly more stable than the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT$699.00 at Microsoft Store.

Asus pre-loads a few apps, including Skype, a few Xbox Live games, and a couple of Asus utilities like calculator and a conversion utility. Aside from that, the desktop mode and Windows 8 Start screen are unencumbered by bloatware. This is nice, as it keeps the clutter down. The system comes with a standard one-year warranty with 24/7 tech support. The system also comes with 3GB of Asus WebStorage online cloud storage for three years. 3GB isn't a lot, but it's certainly enough to keep a year's worth of your school documents together and backed up safe away from your laptop.

You wouldn't expect great performance in a less expensive system, but in this case you'd be wrong. The VivoBook's Core i5-3317U processor is the same one we've seen in systems costing over $1,000, so the VivoBook made a great showing at our benchmark tests. It finished the PCMark 7 test (which simulates general day-to-day work) and our Photoshop CS6 test (photo manipulation and editing) at the top of the budget class. About the only test it doesn't run away with is the battery like Dell Latitude Z Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude Z600 Ac Adapter, Dell D839N Ac Adapter, Dell Y596M Ac Adapter, Dell C931N Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro 1310 Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro 1320 Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro 1510 Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro 1520 Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro 2510 Ac Adapter, Dell N958C Ac Adapter, Dell Y022C Ac Adapter rundown test: the VivoBook just tops four hours (4:18), while other systems like the Acer Aspire S3-391-6046 almost makes it to five (4:47). Granted, the Acer Aspire S3 doesn't have a touch screen to draw power.

Compared to other laptops, the Asus VivoBook S400CA-UH51 comes in with great bang for the buck due to its high-performance processor, large amount of storage, touch screen, and above all its sub $700 price. The VivoBook far outperforms ultrabooks priced at the $899 or above. While it doesn't have the battery life (or pricing) to unseat our budget laptop Editors' Choice, the Acer Aspire V5-571-6891, the VivoBook S400CA-UH51 certainly has the chops to become our new Editors' Choice for entry-level ultrabooks with touch screen. In the ultrabook category, it's worth noting that the mainstream EC costs almost $200 more, where you would expect more battery life to be part of the equation. At the entry level, the Asus simply gives users what they need for a better Windows 8 experience, at a fair price.

Asus VivoBook S400CA

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By Joel Santo Domingo As we well know, Windows 8 is meant to take advantage of the touch-screen interface, and subsequent Windows 8 optimized apps follows that functionality. Many traditional (read: non-touch) laptops and ultrabooks have to put in workarounds in order to be able to navigate through Windows 8 without the benefit of a touch screen. The Asus VivoBook S400CA-UH51 is one of the first to successfully marry a touch screen (for Windows 8) and ultrabook components. It's one of the first laptops to feature both full Windows 8 compatibility and a decent price, just under $700. For that it earns our Editors' Choice for entry-level ultrabooks with touch-screens.

The VivoBook looks like a standard 14-inch laptop, with a 1,366 by 768 resolution touch screen. It has a dark brushed metal lid, and a matte silver keyboard deck. The Windows 8 Start screen is snappy whether you use the touch screen or the trackpad with battery such as Dell Latitude E8400 Ac Adapter, Dell Precision M2400 Ac Adapter, Dell Precision M4400 Ac Adapter, Dell Precision M4500 Ac Adapter, Dell Precision M6400 Ac Adapter, Dell Precision M6500 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude E6510 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude E6410 Ac Adapter, Dell U844G Ac Adapter, Dell PT650 Ac Adapter, Dell PP30L Ac Adapter, Dell PP27L Ac Adapter, but it's much more intuitive with the touch screen. That screen is bright and clear. Screen viewing angles on the LCD screen aren't quite as wide as they would be on a system with a more expensive IPS panel, but they are sufficient for a single user. Some critics will call out that the 1,366-by-768 screen isn't full 1080p HD resolution, but 1,366 by 768 is sufficient for use with today's apps and websites, and the lower resolution makes text larger and easier to read without having to use glasses. 1080p videos scaled down to fit the 720p screen played just as smoothly as they would on true 1080p laptops.

View all 7 photos in gallery The VivoBook S400CA-UH51 comes with a 3rd-generation Intel Core i5-3317U processor, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 4GB of memory, and a 500GB hard drive with 24GB caching mSATA SSD. The SSD lets you boot the VivoBook from a power off to the Start screen in about 12 seconds, which is likely much faster than the laptop or desktop you're replacing. Waking from sleep mode only takes a few seconds.

The one-piece trackpad below the keyboard has a marking to denote right and left clicks, but otherwise works like most multi-touch trackpads. You can use two fingers to zoom, stretch, and tilt on the trackpad or on the ten-finger touch screen. The capacitive touch screen is more convenient to use while in the Windows 8 interface, while the trackpad is a better choice for older apps and the desktop mode. Desktop mode works like the older Windows 7 used to. The trackpad and ten finger touch screen both have full Charms support, so this makes the VivoBook 400CA a prime PC to learn the Windows 8 interface. Asus includes a Smart Gesture utility so you can turn these functions off if you simply want a mouse-like trackpad.

The VivoBook 400CA has a much more solid feeling touch screen than the HP Envy TouchSmart Ultrabook 4t-1100$799.99 at HP. The solid VivoBook exhibited no wobbling when we used the touchscreen, which makes it easier on the eyes and fingers. It remains to be seen if Microsoft will backtrack and allow Windows 7 installs over Windows 8 equipment (like they did with Vista and XP), but for the time being Windows 8 is the only Windows operating system you can buy on most new consumer PCs.

The full-sized black chiclet keyboard isn't backlit, but is comfortable to type on. One other minor nit while we're at it: Conventional wisdom dictates that the row of function keys above the keyboard should work first for their primary function (volume, screen brightness, sleep, etc.), then F1-F12 after you hold down the Fn key. On the VivoBook 400CA, you need to hold the Fn key to use the primary functions. It's not a deal breaker, but it's counterintuitive, like having to hold down the shift key to type lower case letters. Otherwise, the rest of the keys are where you'd expect them to be, plus the system doesn't have miniature arrow keys, as on the non-touch ultrabook in the same price class, the Acer Aspire S3-391-6046$599.99 at Amazon.

Apple’s Siri and

Apple’s Siri and

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What does this mean for end-users? Well, with USB 3.0 likely to be included on the growing number of Windows 8 tablets coming to market in 2013, expect faster saving and sharing of tablet data.

Near-field communication establishes radio communication between close-by mobile devices, and already is a feature on Samsung Nexus phones.

Although commonly referred to as just for mobile contactless payments, Google’s Android Beam shows that there is so much more potential to this technology. One feature on Beam, for example, is the chance to bump phones together to share a photo.

Voice dictationThe way you search information on your with battery like Dell G555N Ac Adapter, Dell J399N Ac Adapter, Dell J415N Ac Adapter, Dell K450N Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1440 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1750 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1440N Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1750N Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 17 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 14 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude E6400 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude E6500 Ac Adapter tablet could be transformed over the next year or so with the rise of voice dictation.

Apple’s Siri and Google’s Google Now are the innovators in this space, promising to offer up web search results, map directions and even conduct messages on your behalf using your voice. And while Siri is restricted just to iOS devices, Google Now is coming to an increasing number of Android smartphones and tablets.

These two – as well as Nuance – may be the big players in the market, but there are a lot of other voice dictation specialists trying to get into this space and to establish partnerships with mobile manufacturers.

This last year has seen the introduction of Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processor and the emergence of the quad-core Tegra 3 chipset on an array of Android tablets.

But 2013 could well see increasing competition between ARM, Intel and now AMD in the Android and Windows 8 space. Intel is rumored to be negotiating with Apple over a contract to make chips for the iPad, currently powered by Apple's own homegrown ARM-based processors.

Such rivalry seems to be having an effect already, with Intel reportedly ready to release the next set of Ivy Bridge processors clocked from 1.1GHz Premium to 1.5GHz Core i7 which demand much less power than before (from 17W on the previous generation models to as low as 7W, say sources).

Specs have also leaked

Specs have also leaked

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Specs have also leaked on Nvidia's impressive-sounding, Tegra 4 system-on-chip (SoC) with advanced battery-saving technology.

4G LTE connectivity offer a faster and more reliable connection than 3G and are sure to be featured on most new cellular tablets coming to market going forward.

WiGig is a multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology which allows devices to communicate with each other at data transfer rates of up to 7 Gbit/s. That’s around ten times faster than 802.11n WiFi, although the technology is reliant on both devices being within a 3m radius of each other.

A recent concept showed Panasonic using the technology on SD with battery such as Dell Inspiron 1210 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Ac Adapter, Dell F805H Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1745 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1747 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1749 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio S1749 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio P02E Ac Adapter, Dell U150P Ac Adapter, Dell Y067P Ac Adapter, Dell M905P Ac Adapter, Dell N856P Ac Adapter cards in a car, with a video indicating that Full HD DVDs could be transmitted wirelessly in a minute.

WiGig is not the only contender in this space. Chipmaker Silicon Image is also working on low-power 60GHz WirelessHD chips that can wirelessly transfer video to smartphones, tablets and TVs in the household. These receivers do not interfere with WiFi signals.

One of the crazes at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in Spain last March was of vendors submerging tablets in huge tanks of water.

An increasing number of vendors are looking into this waterproof capability, including Fujitsu and Motorola, as well as accessory makers like P2i, a spin-off of the UK’s Ministry of Defence.

Haptic feedback is already on certain smartphones and tablets, but could become more refined in 2013.

Haptic technology sends a sensory feedback to the user’s fingertips when using a touchscreen, and is often used to tell the user a task has been completed or to give the user a feel of different textures.

And, as Gartner explains, the possibilities of haptic feedback are limitless. There would be the possibility to add texture to advertising images, while app developers could integrate the technology in their apps to improve the user experience. Businesses deploying tablets will certainly be keen on this technology, not least because it could avoid tablet typing errors.

Specs have also leaked

Specs have also leaked

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Specs have also leaked on Nvidia's impressive-sounding, Tegra 4 system-on-chip (SoC) with advanced battery-saving technology.

4G LTE connectivity offer a faster and more reliable connection than 3G and are sure to be featured on most new cellular tablets coming to market going forward.

WiGig is a multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology which allows devices to communicate with each other at data transfer rates of up to 7 Gbit/s. That’s around ten times faster than 802.11n WiFi, although the technology is reliant on both devices being within a 3m radius of each other.

A recent concept showed Panasonic using the technology on SD with battery such as Dell Inspiron 1210 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Ac Adapter, Dell F805H Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1745 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1747 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1749 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio S1749 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio P02E Ac Adapter, Dell U150P Ac Adapter, Dell Y067P Ac Adapter, Dell M905P Ac Adapter, Dell N856P Ac Adapter cards in a car, with a video indicating that Full HD DVDs could be transmitted wirelessly in a minute.

WiGig is not the only contender in this space. Chipmaker Silicon Image is also working on low-power 60GHz WirelessHD chips that can wirelessly transfer video to smartphones, tablets and TVs in the household. These receivers do not interfere with WiFi signals.

One of the crazes at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in Spain last March was of vendors submerging tablets in huge tanks of water.

An increasing number of vendors are looking into this waterproof capability, including Fujitsu and Motorola, as well as accessory makers like P2i, a spin-off of the UK’s Ministry of Defence.

Haptic feedback is already on certain smartphones and tablets, but could become more refined in 2013.

Haptic technology sends a sensory feedback to the user’s fingertips when using a touchscreen, and is often used to tell the user a task has been completed or to give the user a feel of different textures.

And, as Gartner explains, the possibilities of haptic feedback are limitless. There would be the possibility to add texture to advertising images, while app developers could integrate the technology in their apps to improve the user experience. Businesses deploying tablets will certainly be keen on this technology, not least because it could avoid tablet typing errors.

Specs have also leaked

Specs have also leaked

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Specs have also leaked on Nvidia's impressive-sounding, Tegra 4 system-on-chip (SoC) with advanced battery-saving technology.

4G LTE connectivity offer a faster and more reliable connection than 3G and are sure to be featured on most new cellular tablets coming to market going forward.

WiGig is a multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology which allows devices to communicate with each other at data transfer rates of up to 7 Gbit/s. That’s around ten times faster than 802.11n WiFi, although the technology is reliant on both devices being within a 3m radius of each other.

A recent concept showed Panasonic using the technology on SD with battery such as Dell Inspiron 1210 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Ac Adapter, Dell F805H Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1745 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1747 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1749 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio S1749 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio P02E Ac Adapter, Dell U150P Ac Adapter, Dell Y067P Ac Adapter, Dell M905P Ac Adapter, Dell N856P Ac Adapter cards in a car, with a video indicating that Full HD DVDs could be transmitted wirelessly in a minute.

WiGig is not the only contender in this space. Chipmaker Silicon Image is also working on low-power 60GHz WirelessHD chips that can wirelessly transfer video to smartphones, tablets and TVs in the household. These receivers do not interfere with WiFi signals.

One of the crazes at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in Spain last March was of vendors submerging tablets in huge tanks of water.

An increasing number of vendors are looking into this waterproof capability, including Fujitsu and Motorola, as well as accessory makers like P2i, a spin-off of the UK’s Ministry of Defence.

Haptic feedback is already on certain smartphones and tablets, but could become more refined in 2013.

Haptic technology sends a sensory feedback to the user’s fingertips when using a touchscreen, and is often used to tell the user a task has been completed or to give the user a feel of different textures.

And, as Gartner explains, the possibilities of haptic feedback are limitless. There would be the possibility to add texture to advertising images, while app developers could integrate the technology in their apps to improve the user experience. Businesses deploying tablets will certainly be keen on this technology, not least because it could avoid tablet typing errors.

needs to excel in profits

needs to excel in profits

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Along with carrier relationships, I think HTC needs to work harder with carriers to get timely updates out to their devices. I have to honestly say I would not buy an HTC device expecting that it will get an upcoming Android update. If you are a tech savvy person, then you can always root your device and hack updates on to it. I used to do this all the time, but no longer want to spend time doing that and want the most stable device possible with minimal effort. Samsung doesn't have the greatest record for Android updates either, but they have gotten a lot better and again I think it goes back to having the same base device across all carriers. Tomorrow my multi-view update for the Galaxy Note II starts rolling out on T-Mobile so I get a nice Christmas present from Samsung and T-Mobile.

I want to see HTC turn things around in a big way in 2013 with battery like Dell Studio 1535 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1536 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1537 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1558 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1737 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio PP39L Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1557 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1555 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1735 Ac Adapter, Dell KM965 Ac Adapter, Dell KM973 Ac Adapter, Dell WU965 Ac Adapter and I think a lot of that depends on the success of Windows Phone 8. The new One X+ is an amazing Android device and a release on T-Mobile and Verizon might help HTC too. Are you a fan of HTC designs? What do you think HTC needs to do to achieve success again?

Not seeing a lot of ads from them though. apple and samsung sell inferior devices with inferior services through massive ad campaigns. HTC wont compete until they recognize they need to have an 8X ad out there for every GS3 ad out there

d also like to take this opportunity to show HTC as a shining example of why everyone who stated "Nokia should have gone with Android instead of Windows Phone, then they would have been successful." was wrong. There has been 1 successful Android device seller: Samsung. It isn't that Android is a success for the OEM, it is that Samsung is a successful OEM and they happen to be running Android.

Android is a success so don't get me wrong here. Android is a success for Google and a success for those hundreds of millions of people who bought an Android device that I'm sure they really like. But Android has not been a success for any OEM other than Samsung. Amazon is a maybe, they still need to make back their money on content sales. We'll see.

Nokia might be doing better today had they gone with Android but WP wasn't a short term bet for Nokia, this is a long term play. I think in 5 years, had Nokia gone with Android, they would still be struggling to stay alive. With WP, in 5 years, Nokia at least has a chance to be really successful as the sole seller of the #3 platform by marketshare. 100% of 100,000,000 WP sales is better than 1% of 500,000,000 Android sales (profit per unit being equal, of course).

HTC excels at smartphone

HTC excels at smartphone

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As we approach the end of the year, it's a time to reflect on the past and hope for the future. I have enjoyed using HTC products since the first Compaq iPaq back in 2000 and don't like hearing the repeated news of falling profits and revenue like we saw in 2012 and hope to see a change of direction in their profits in 2013. It's important to have competition in the mobile space to push others to improve and while I enjoy using Samsung products like my Note II, I also want to see HTC compete for customers. Whenever I compare HTC's products to others, I come away impressed by their stellar designs and wonder why they are not rolling in the profits like they were just a year ago when it seemed they couldn't be stopped. Their current crop of Android and Windows Phones are some of the best designs I have seen in the smartphone world and they are improving in optics, software, and battery such as Dell F287H Ac Adapter, Dell R988H Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1410 Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro 1014 Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro 1015N Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro 1088N Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro A860N Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 14Z Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1440 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1440N Ac Adapter, Dell PP40L Ac Adapter, Dell M916K Ac Adapter life.

Back in May I wrote that the HTC One X was the best HTC device I have ever used and for the last couple of weeks I have been using the upgraded HTC One X+. The One X+ improves on a fantastic device with a faster processor, more internal storage, and a larger battery and I really have a tough time setting it down. I don't notice much of a difference in the processor performance, but I am not seeing long pauses when I jump around the interface like I started to see on the One X. The larger battery is definitely noticeable as I am now able to go a full day with reserve battery available. The storage improvement is important for devices with an image and video focus too as I do run out of memory with the Droid DNA as I capture video.

HTC's 8X, Droid DNA, and One X+ have great curves, sleek use of front glass panels, amazing displays, and designs that make you want to flip their devices over and over in your hand. I think anyone who uses these devices will agree that these three designs are absolutely amazing and are better than most other smartphones available today. So if the designs are so good, why are they not selling more?

When looking at Windows Phone devices, the two premier choices in the US are the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC 8X. HTC finally scored here by releasing the 8X on all three Windows Phone carriers so you can pick one up on T-Mobile, AT&T, or Verizon. The Lumia 920 is only available on AT&T. You may have read that I had an extremely difficult time choosing between these two and didn't even get my own Lumia 920 until this past weekend and also have an 8X that Steve Ballmer gave to attendees at the launch event. I bounce my SIM between the two because the HTC 8X design is so compelling while the Lumia 920 has so many other added features (Nokia Music, Nokia Drive, exclusive Nokia apps, fantastic camera technology). With HTC's design, I would like to see just a bit more inside, including 32GB of memory, to choose it over the Lumia 920.

Samsung rules the Android market at this time and I think their success can be partially attributed to getting solid devices out across all the carriers at once. HTC is still more of a boutique manufacturer with their Android devices appearing on different carriers in different flavors (varied designs, specifications, and names). HTC has long catered to the carriers' desires, the used to make devices that were carrier branded, and continues to work to please carriers. Samsung and Apple apparently have more power to wield over carriers and HTC has to walk a fine line between being demanding and also finding a niche to satisfy the carriers.

Herald readers share

Herald readers share

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In 1954 we needed lots of prayers answered before Christmas. It was my hubby's first year teaching at Everett High School and the move to here from Seattle had many hard situations. The worst was a necessary wait for a phone to be available. I worried I'd have problems arranging for the Seattle doctor and hospital for my baby's birth.

But my wonderful Doctor said he would deliver him at noon Dec. 24 so we could enjoy Christmas. That worked out great! Leo was born safely and well. We had our Christmas celebration on the 25th at the hospital. Seeing the wonderful heavenly gift, all our fears were gone because of a promise. Leo is now 48 years old.

Two years ago, I lost my companion of 18 years. I was heartbroken and the house was empty and I hated going home. After a month I was ready to go to the shelter to find a cat who might like to go home with me. A few months earlier my girlfriend and I had been there, and she brought home an orange cat with personality plus. After much resistance from my girlfriend of visiting the shelter again, she told me I was ruining my birthday with battery such as Dell Inspiron 910 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron Min 9 Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro A90 Ac Adapter, Dell Vostro A90N Ac Adapter, Dell W953G Ac Adapter, Dell 451-10691 Ac Adapter, Dell WT870 Ac Adapter, Dell TR653 Ac Adapter, Dell RK818 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1436 Ac Adapter, Dell Studio 1435 Ac Adapter, Dell HW421 Ac Adapter and Christmas gift. She had planned to give the cat to me. She had felt that she was to keep the cat until I was ready for another one, after the loss of my Frannie. So for Christmas, I brought Lilly home. They both rescued me, the house became brighter and the hole in my heart began to heal. It was the most unselfish gift that anyone has ever given me.

I asked my sisters and brothers to send me a snippet of a favorite memory or event related to Mom; I typed them up, cut them into small strips and put them in a beautiful glass and brass box, tying it closed with a gold ribbon. I don't think I've ever seen my family, especially Mom, laugh so hard or sigh with remembrance quite so much! The gift was well timed; my father had passed away not long before the holidays. We all needed a good reason to laugh. As folks get older, their memories don't always stay too sharp. This gift continues to give my Mom so much pleasure. She keeps it on her dresser. She only has to open it, pull out a slip of paper, and she is instantly taken back to a happy time!

My best holiday gift was when my children were young and they made certificates stating they would do certain chores like wash dishes, vacuum, cook a meal, bake something, bathe the dog, babysit the younger siblings, etc.

Two of my favorite gifts at Christmas in 2008 were hand-made by two of my three children. My kids have always been crafty and love to make things with their own hands. Michael, my son, made me a beautiful oak wooden frame and it surrounded this beautiful scenic picture of a lake and mountains. Wood is jagged and entwined on the corners. On the wood, he wood-burned "Heaven-Place of Perfect Happiness." My daughter, Terri, made me a beautiful photo album, green in color. She has a picture inside of me feeding her as a infant baby. Pictures of her and her brothers growing up through the years, also my grandchildren. Little flowers, Christmas lights are cut out on the pages, so very unique and colorful. She must've spent hours making this and I'll always treasure it.

In 1979 my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer. Treatment followed but his health quickly deteriorated. My children and I flew home for Christmas to say our last good-bye. I was shocked to see Dad at 71 years with no hair and weighing about 100 pounds. Cancer had attacked his entire body. After Christmas dinner he returned to the hospital and within a few weeks, God took him home. Dad, I loved you so much and think about you every day. You were the greatest and taught me so much about life. I'm glad we could share that last Christmas together.

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Another neat trick is the Iconia’s battery life. Despite running a full-blown version of Windows 8, despite weighing just 580 grams, it’s got an advertised battery life of nine hours – something that’s only possible with the low-powered Atom chip. In our tests, which involved playing a one-minute HD video over and over, we got pretty close to that: eight hours 36 minutes on a charge.

What’s more, the Iconia W510 comes with another battery inside its keyboard, the same size as its main battery, so when the keyboard and the tablet are used together you get a whopping 17 or 18 hours of continual usage, something you could never get with a tablet running a full-blown Intel Core chip, and would only rarely get on a tablet running an ARM chip. And Acer has cleverly designed the Iconia so it drains the keyboard battery first, meaning you could use it all day as a laptop, detach the keyboard and still have eight or nine hours’ use.

The new Atom is in the same performance ballpark as an ARM with battery like Dell 1691P Ac Adapter, Dell 5081P Ac Adapter, Dell 75UYF Ac Adapter, Dell 851UY Ac Adapter, Dell 312-3250 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2500 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 8100 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude C540 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude C640 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude CPX Ac Adapter, Dell Precision M50 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude C840 Ac Adapter chip (Internet Explorer averaged 916 points in our BrowserMark 2.0 test, roughly the same as the 923 points averaged by IE on an ARM-based Surface tablet), but it isn’t a patch on the Intel Core chips that usually run Windows 8 convertibles. IE on a Core i5 convertible laptop/tablet averaged 2316 points in our tests, more than double the Atom, and our other tests showed a similarly yawning performance gap. Our audio conversion test took 510 seconds to complete (161 seconds on the Core i5) and our video conversion test took 1372 seconds, compared with 274 seconds on the Core i5.

For day-to-day tablet-style usage, the Iconia feels perfectly speedy, but when you fire up heavy-duty Windows apps, its Atom underpinnings show and it’s anything but fast.

The graphics on the Iconia are quite limited, too. It’s got a screen resolution of 1366 x 768, which for some reason (possibly related to the Atom’s inability to scale to other resolutions) caused a number of apps, such as Spotify and our 3D-testing app, to either look very dodgy (Spotify runs with chunky fonts) or to run in a limited way (our 3D app). Microsoft recommends a minimum vertical resolution of 960 pixels for Windows 8 and we wish Acer had listened.

Our main complaint with the Iconia has nothing to do with its Atom chip, however. It’s the trackpad. The keyboard is quite OK to type on – I’ve written this with no complaints – but the trackpad is terrible! You can’t even drag and drop properly with it, it’s so poorly designed. If you get a W510, be sure to get a separate mouse to use with it, too. A Mighty Mouse, perhaps.

John Davidson is the award-winning sketch writer in charge of Australia's pre-eminent (but sadly fictitious) Digital Life Laboratories. A former computer programmer, documentary maker and foreign correspondent, John now reviews all the gadgets he can ill afford to own.

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Like many HP products, the Envy x2 has Beats audio, but the sound coming out of the bottom mounted speakers was hardly high fidelity. When we listened to the bass-heavy "Forget Me Nots," the output was loud enough to fill a room, but a little tinny. However, when we streamed the hard-rock "Rainbow in the Dark," the drums sounded like sticks hitting tin foil.
Click to EnlargeThe physical keyboard on the Envy x2's dock provided one of the most inaccurate, uncomfortable typing experiences we've had on any keyboard. The keyboard was so cramped, stiff and unresponsive that instead of our typical 86 words per minute with a 1-percent error rate we scored a horrible rate or 63 words per minute with a terrible 9 percent error rate on the Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor test. As we took with battery like Dell ACC52H Ac Adapter, Dell 2H098 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1000 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1100 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 5100 Ac Adapter, Dell Precision M50 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude D800 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 6400 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude D620 Ac Adapter, Dell Precision M60 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 6000 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude X300 Ac Adapter the test, we found that we often did not hit the keys with enough force for them to register, accidentally hit adjacent keys or got two spaces with the space bar instead of one. Our wrists were also uncomfortable as they hung over the edge of the narrow palmrest. However, if you're a hunt and peck typist, you may not experience these problems.
When disconnected from its dock, the Envy x2 uses the standard Windows 8 virtual keyboard, which stretches across the bottom of the screen in Windows 8 mode, but can be dragged around in desktop mode. When holding the device two-handed in landscape mode, we found it difficult to stretch our thumbs to the middle of the keyboard to hit the G and H keys. The operating system also provides a split keyboard, but with much smaller keys that we found harder to target. Though the Envy x2 does not support an active stylus, Windows 8 does have a handwriting recognition box you can use in lieu of a keyboard.
The 3.5 x 2.5-inch clickpad had a nearly-invisible ring-shaped texture on its surface that wasn't quite rough enough to keep our finger from slipping frequently. However, it allowed us to perform a wide variety of multi-touch gestures, including pinch to zoom, rotation, four-finger flick to minimize windows or pull up the task menu, and three-finger press to launch the browser. We were also able to swipe in from the left to launch the Charms menu, in from the right to switch tasks and down from the top to bring up the app bar. However, we had difficulty performing a three finger swipe to cycle through gallery images on the tiny surface.
The HP Envy x2 stayed pleasantly cool throughout our tests. After streaming video for 15 minutes, the middle of the keyboard measured just 80 degrees, the touchpad a mere 75 degrees and the bottom of the dock a pleasant 76 degrees Fahrenheit. We consider temperatures below 95 degrees comfortable and those below 90 degrees imperceptible.

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Click to EnlargeThe tablet itself has a handful of ports on its bottom surface, including a microSD card slot, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a proprietary docking port that either connects to the dock or directly to the charging cable. The keyboard dock provides two USB 2.0 ports and one full-size HDMI connector but, disappointingly, no SD card slot and neither of the USB ports supports USB 3. The Toshiba Portege Z935 has both USB 3.0 and Ethernet ports.
Click to EnlargeThe front-facing 720p webcam on the Envy x2 took relatively bright but extremely noisy images of our face, even when we stood directly under an overhead light. The 8-MP rear webcam captured sharp colorful images with battery such as Dell Latitude D820 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude D500 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron E1505 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron E1405 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 600M Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron E1705 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude X200 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2650 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2600 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2500 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 7500 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude CS Ac Adapter, both in natural light and in dark indoor situations. An outdoor image taken on a cloudy day showed fine details like gravel on the pavement and leaves on the ground though colors were a little dull.
An indoor image we shot of an infant in direct sunlight was crisp with accurate pink skin tones and vibrant colors like the stripes in his pajamas or the blue and white in his blanket. A low-light, flash picture of a child's bouncer seat was also colorful. A 1080p video of cars rolling down a highway at dusk had smooth motion but rather dull colors.
Click to EnlargeWith a 1.8-GHz Intel Atom Z2760 CPU, 2GB of RAM and 64GB of slow-writing Flash memory, the $849 HP Envy x2 performs like a netbook. In our testing, the tablet had no problem browsing the web, playing full HD videos or even playing Windows 8-style games like the third-person shooter Judge Dredd versus Zombies. However, the system struggled with processor intensive tasks such as transcoding video or crunching spreadsheets, and it suffered noticeable lag in the Fresh Paint drawing program.
On PCMark07, a synthetic benchmark that measures overall performance, the Envy x2 scored a modest 1,428, far below the 2,872 tablet average but a little bit higher than the 1,305 provided by the Acer Iconia W510, which has the same CPU. The Envy x2 scored 1,336 on Geekbench, another performance test, about on par with the Iconia W510's score of 1,324 but behind the 1,698 tablet average and less than half the 3,214 ultraportable notebook average. The $699 Core i5-powered Acer Aspire V5, which has a 15.6-inch touch screen, scored 2,377, while the Core i5-enabled Toshiba Portege Z935 scored a much-higher 5,486.
The 64MB SSD booted the system in 14 seconds, excluding the time we spent typing in our password. That time is faster than the 20 seconds it took the Acer Iconia W510 and the 30 seconds it took the Microsoft Surface, but slower than Acer Iconia W700's time of just 10 seconds.

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The trackpad on the C7 Chromebook is a clickpad, with support for one- and two-finger tapping instead of the usual right- and left-click buttons. Google has also tweaked it for faster navigation in Chrome, with simple two-finger scrolling, and an easy click-and-drag function.

The defining feature of the Chromebook Series 3 is not its hardware, its price tag, or even its unique keyboard; it's Chrome OS. Google's Web-centric operating system is little more than the Chrome Web-browser, with Web apps built-in, and some added offline functionality.

Dedicated icons in the lower left corner of the screen pull up Gmail, Google Search, Google Drive, and YouTube. A selection of apps offers even more Chrome Apps, like Chrome Web Store, Google Calendar, Google+, a calculator, camera with battery like Dell 7W104 Ac Adapter, Dell 9364U Ac Adapter, Dell 9T215 Ac Adapter, Dell AA20031 Ac Adapter, Dell F2663 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2500 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 500M Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2650 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 4100 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 630M Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 710M Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 700M Ac Adapter (which uses the C7 Chromebook's 1.3-megapixel webcam), and Chrome Remote Desktop, which lets you access other PCs remotely through the browser. It's a workable (albeit slow) solution to Chrome users who want to either access their primary computer and software, or who need to do some remote troubleshooting for a relative. In an effort to expand the usefulness of these apps, Google has also added offline capability to Google Drive and Gmail, letting you access at least some of your stuff when Wi-Fi isn't available. Further apps and extensions can be found in the Chrome Web Store, with thousands of offerings, many for free.

There's also a basic file manager in Chrome OS, but the key word here is basic. Plug in a USB flash drive or SD card, and it will pop up a list of the drive's contents, with an interface that looks much like Gmail or Google Drive. Documents and PDF files are opened using Chrome's in-browser document viewer, while photos are viewed and edited with Chrome's light image editor. Music and video files are opened with Chrome's media player, but Google expects most media to be streamed over Wi-Fi (using apps like Google Play Music), and for robust cloud-based editing tools (such as Aviary and Creative Kit in Google+) to be used for extensive media editing.

While the Acer C7 may not be the cream of the crop in terms of sleek design, it certainly has a robust selection of features. On the right side of the chassis you'll find two USB 2.0 ports, a combination headphone and microphone jack, and a case lock slot. On the front edge of the palmrest is an integrated card reader (SD/MMC). On the right, a third USB 2.0 port also offers power for charging mobile devices, and an HDMI out port for connect to a TV or monitor. You'll also find both VGA output and an Ethernet port, two options that required accessory dongles on the Samsung Series 3. In addition to the Ethernet port, the C7 Chromebook is equipped with 802.11 a/b/g/n WLAN. You won't find Bluetooth, however, or the faster USB 3.0, and there is no 3G or 4G LTE equipped configuration available. The relatively expensive ($329) 3G version of the Samsung Chromebook Series 3 comes with a 3G radio and 100MB per month free service.

Acer C710-2847

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The C7 Chromebook is also outfitted with a 320GB, 5,400 rpm spinning hard drive, offering far more capacity than the 16GB flash memory of either the Samsung Series 3 or the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook 550 (XE550C22-H01)%displayPrice% at %seller%. As a result, this is the Chromebook to choose if you want to save a lot of data locally. It's also something of an anomaly, since file storage is expected to be in the cloud, primarily using Google Drive. To encourage this transition, new Chromebook owners are offered a free 100GB upgrade to their Google Drive capacity, good for two years. Acer covers the Chromebook with a one-year warranty.

Instead of the Atom processor used in the Samsung Series 3, the C7 Chromebook is equipped with an 1.1GHz Intel Celeron 847 processor, a dual-core CPU similar to the one found in the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook 550. The Celeron CPU is paired with 2GB of RAM, but unlike the other Chromebooks on the market, this can be expanded, bumping up to 4GB total.

The processor may not be particularly impressive, but it does provide enough oomph for Chrome OS to run smoothly. In fact, according to BrowserMark test results, the Acer C7 is slightly faster than the Samsung Series 3, and both outpace Microsoft's ARM-based Surface RT tablet. It is, however, slower to boot, taking 21 seconds from cold start to password prompt—the Samsung Series 3 booted up in 8 seconds, largely thanks to its small but zippy flash memory.

The biggest disappointment of the C7 Chromebook is battery such as Dell Inspiron C540 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron C640 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron C800 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron C810 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron C840 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude 100L Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude 110L Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude 120L Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude D400 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude D610 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude D600 Ac Adapter, Dell Latitude D505 Ac Adapter life. When tested with an hours-long YouTube video, streamed over Wi-Fi and running fullscreen—the same test used on the Series 3—the C7 Chromebook lasted just 3 hours 2 minutes. By comparison, the Samsung Series 3 lasted 5:25. Unlike the Samsung Series 3, however, the C7 Chromebook has a swappable 6-cell 56Wh battery, so you could pack along an extra battery ($82 street) or two to carry you through the day.

The Acer C7 Chromebook (C710-2847) is the most affordable of the three Chromebooks currently on the market, and the first to hit the $200 price point that Google has been aiming for since the concept was announced in 2011. In terms of cheap, reliable, and functional Internet access, the Acer C7 Chromebook is serviceable, with the largest hard drive of the bunch. Whether or not it has a better feature set than the Samsung Series 3 Chromebook depends upon what features you want, picking up VGA and Ethernet connectivity, but dropping the USB 3.0, Bluetooth, and optional 3G offered by the Samsung Series 3. With a thick and heavy design and short battery life, the Acer C7 Chromebook isn't quite as slick as the Samsung Series 3, but the larger drive and cheaper price will grab plenty of attention, and entice a lot of people to buy.

Acer Iconia W510 Review

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Click to EnlargeUsing the Windows 8 camera app, the rear-facing 8-MP camera on the Iconia W510 was slow to take photos. The W510 would make a shutter sound, but wouldn't actually snap a photo until about a second later. As a result, we shot many blurry pictures before we realized what was happening. Outdoor shots were generally crisp and colors, such as the yellow of a taxicab, were bright, but indoors, there was a persistent graininess and white cast.

Click to EnlargePhotos we took of ourselves using the front-facing camera, which can take 2.1-MP stills, were grainy and lacked color, but at least the camera was fast.

The rear camera can record video up to 1080p in resolution. A video we shot of traffic driving by a New York street corner was smooth and colors bright, but the camera had some difficulty when panning from a bright sky to the darker sidewalks.

The front camera, too, can record 1080p video; as with stills, moving images were also on the grainy side.

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While its name may suggest cloud storage and/or backup, the AcerCloud app lets you remotely access content stored on the W510 from another PC or Android device. You can access music, photos, videos and files even if the W510 is in sleep mode.

Our review configuration of the Acer W510-1422 costs $749, and has a 1.5-GHz Intel Atom Z2760 with 2GB of RAM, a 64GB SSD and a keyboard dock. The starting configuration (W510-1674; $499) has the same processor and RAM, but a 32GB SSD and no keyboard dock. A $599 version (W510-1666) increases the storage to 64GB, but does not include the keyboard. Finally, a $799 version (W510P) has the same configuration as our review unit, but comes with Windows 8 Professional and a two-year warranty.

Verdict
Click to EnlargeThe Acer Iconia W510 is a fairly attractive tablet that can double as a notebook, offering a design that makes it easy to change modes, plus a comfortable keyboard and very long battery life. The fact that you can get more than 15 hours of endurance with the keyboard dock alone will cause some to look this Acer's way. The W510 also has a leg up on the Microsoft Surface RT and Vivo Tab RT in that it can run traditional desktop programs.

However, for $749, you're getting netbooklike performance. Depending on the tasks you perform on a daily basis, the W510 might not be powerful enough to be your everyday PC. Those looking for a larger display may want to step up to the 11-inch HP Envy x2 ($849), which is also Atom-powered, but is more of a laptop than a tablet because of its size. But if you like the idea of owning a lightweight Windows 8-powered hybrid that can run desktop programs as well as apps downloaded from the Windows 8 store, the W510 is a solid choice.

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One of my least favorite things about this tablet is the amount of time required to charge the device. It took the device up to five hours to charge from near empty battery levels, which is far too long in my book. A good device should be able to go from near zero to a full charge within one to three hours. Unfortunately, that is not a standard that the W510 can meet.The built in cameras are also not particularly good on the W510. The eight megapixel rear facing camera produced images that looked grainy even on the device's less than one megapixel screen. The front facing camera managed to lower the bar even more by producing images that looked like they were from a late nineties web cam. While this kind of a camera experience isn't unusual on competitive tablets, the W510's cameras certainly doesn't allow it to stand out from the rest of the pack.Without delving too deeply into the software side of the equation, it's worth noting that this Iconia with battery such as Dell Inspiron 8500 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 8200 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 640M Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 4150 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2600 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2150 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 2200 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1300 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1200 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron 510M Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron C500 Ac Adapter, Dell Inspiron C510 Ac Adapter tablet provides a very smooth and fluid Windows 8 experience. The touch screen really makes Windows 8 come alive, and after a few days of use I found myself absentmindedly trying to poke icons on non-touch screen monitors. The only place that I encountered any system lag was when I was using the Fresh Paint application to quickly draw a large brush width across a wide portion of the screen. But other than that one little slow down I found W510 to be well suited the Windows 8 operating system.

Acer has seen fit to integrate its own control panel like application into this device. This app allows you to quickly adjust a few key settings like WiFi and screen brightness levels, in addition to an optional cloud-based document back-up service. While these features are useful in their own right; it's hard to see much of a place for them living alongside Windows 8's cloud centric apps and simple charms based functionality. Acer's app just feels redundant inside of the larger Windows 8 experience.For a long time Intel's drivers have been the Achilles heel of their new platforms; and the drivers for this system are no exception to that trend. After leaving the tablet alone in my kitchen for a few hours I came back only to find that it had blue screened trying to enter a low power state. I also noticed graphical corruption inside of the Fresh Paint app, when I brought the system out of hibernation. Admittedly, these aren't show stopping bugs, but they certainly aren't a welcome addition to the Windows 8 experience either.

Overall the Iconia W510 is a prime example of the Windows 8 convertible experience. It's difficult for me to move past the fact that it's essentially an overbuilt netbook. I really wish that Acer had taken the time to come up with a more attractive looking design for this tablet. The whole sliver, white, and black color scheme has been a bit over done lately. But the biggest issue that I have with this system is how little Acer managed to leverage the options that a discrete docking station gave them. A single USB port is pretty pitiful considering how much space they had to work with. But more to the point, I honestly prefer to use the on-screen keyboard over the keyboard on the docking station purely because it's easier for me to type with the larger keys. How cursed I am to have big fingers.

This tablet fills the role that it was designed for, but it leaves a lot to be desired considering its premium price tag, slow battery charging rate, and poorly executed docking station. The saving graces of this tablet are its long battery life, good quality display, and relatively speedy Atom processor. It's a Surface RT killer, and nothing more.S|A

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Climate Already Altering

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"Including this November, the 10 warmest Novembers have occurred in the past 12 years. The 10 coolest Novembers on record all occurred prior to 1920. November 2012 also marks the 36th consecutive November and 333rd consecutive month with global temperature higher than the long-term average. The last month with a below average temperature was February 1985, nearly 28 years ago."

Climate Already Altering U.S. Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Report Says: "Climate change is causing plant and animal species across the U.S. to shift their geographic ranges and life events — from flowering to migration — are being transformed at a faster rate than observed even a few years ago, a new analysis by 60 scientists says. According to the report, "Climate Change on Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services," some terrestrial species are moving up in elevation at rates 2 to 3 times greater than previously believed, while the range shifts for some marine species have been even greater with battery like Fujitsu ACC10 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu ACB25 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook B2610 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu LifeBook A1010 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu LifeBook C2010 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu LifeBook E2010 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook P2040 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook E6520 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook S6010 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook P2000 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Stylistic 3500 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Stylistic LT Ac Adapter. These rapid changes in ranges, distributions, and life cycles are forcing species to interact in ways that they never have before and could alter the timing and availability of natural resources critical to biodiversity and ecosystem health."

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Sun & Climate Moving in Opposite Directions, Says Leaked IPCC Report: "Last week, blogger Alec Rawls leaked a working draft of the 5th Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). One section of the IPCC report examines the role of the sun on climate change and concludes that since 1980, solar activity has decreased and had a slight cooling influence on our climate. Over the last few decades of global warming, sun and climate have been moving in opposite directions."

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Coal Exports Emerging

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Big Banks Admit No Keystone XL = Limited Expansion of Tar Sands Development: "Want to know how the Keystone XL will drive up climate emissions? Just ask the banks that are needed to fund dirty tar sands pipeline projects and they'll tell you straight out: no KXL means no substantive development of the tar sands, one of the world's largest pools of carbon and a sure-fire way to cook the planet."

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German Cabinet Agrees to Expand Power Grid Faster: "German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed on Wednesday to accelerate the construction of 2,800 km of new high-voltage power lines to push forward the country's shift to renewable energy."

Experts: High-MPG Vehicles to Continue Racing Ahead in 2013: "According to industry analyst Alan L. Baum, principal of Baum &Associates, and Luke Tonachel, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) senior vehicles analyst, U.S. consumers will be the big winners in 2013 as a result of strong growth in sales of electric and hybrid cars … a wide range of available fuel-efficient midsize vehicles and pickups … lower prices for a number of the vehicles with the highest MPG ratings … and a greater emphasis on diesel-powered vehicles and affordable new tech. In addition, Baum and Tonachel say the auto industry will remain on track to meet higher federal fuel efficiency standards."

Czech Republic, Hungary Get EU Approval for Carbon Schemes: "The European Commission has approved state aid of 1.88 billion euros for the Czech Republic and 56 million euros for Hungary in the form of free carbon allowances, it said on Wednesday."

Another Xperia phone leaks

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One of the most powerful aspects of PonD is the same as in a software market: as the product is essentially code, it can be created once and "shipped" instantaneously anywhere in the world. Further, upgrades can be made and sent out as soon as new capabilities are required or developed.

In my next article, I'll show how PonD benefits government leaders in the three tasks that are central to this series: Real-time data collection and analysis to drive decision-making; Efficient use of physical and communication networks; and Managing citizen participation in agency activities.

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Oh, well, at least this listing doesn't shatter all our hopes and dreams and we're left crossing our fingers for the 16 MP cam, the 128 GB of storage, the 3 GB of RAM and the Samsung Exynos chip that all sound oh so marvelous.

Don't forget to keep in touch with our website over the next weeks or so, because we have a hunch Sony might have this "beast" prepped for a CES 2013 unveiling. Now, how cool would that be?

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Bigger Than Apps

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Before I can delve into those, however, it is necessary to discuss how governments at all levels can play a role in helping the PonD market develop. Here are five activities that governments can do now

1.Include PonD as components in larger contracts. The ultra-customization that PonD can offer may enhance some projects, and if there is a clause and a budget included in a contract, bidders are more likely to design and deliver those objects. As more people gain experience designing objects, and as they universe of open-source objects expands, objects of greater value can be created at lower costs.

2.Hire and/or develop intrapreneurs for PonD. In the past four years, governments at all levels have been bringing on board or promoting from within its own ranks people with application development skills. Chief Information Officers and Chief Data Officers with battery such as Fujitsu Lifebook i4170 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook i4190 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook P2110 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook P2120 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook S2000 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Stylistic 1000 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Stylistic 1200 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Stylistic 500 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook Point510 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook Point 1600 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook E6570 Ac Adapter, Fujitsu Lifebook S5582 Ac Adapter have been trumpeting the value of and successes in software development to drive up efficiency, enhance productivity, and expand capabilities. Professionals with a background in 3D design and development would do the same for PonD.

3.Create open-source objects and putting the designs on ThingVerse. In my last post, I shared the link to GSA's GitHub page. Here's HHS and the White House. The reason for sharing the code to their applications is two-fold. First, as a matter of fairness: the American people paid for this code through their taxes and they should enjoy the maximum benefit of the code. That means anyone should be able to see it, to use it, to adapt it to their own purposes. And following on this, it's good for the economy. People who adapt code that the government paid to develop (or to have a third party develop) can turn around and sell their version of the code, as one example. Or they can simply use the code in their own businesses or organizations to streamline or enhance their own operations.

4.Sponsor competitions like Apps for Democracy. Upon its completion, Apps for Democracy was hailed as a success (though there is room for disagreement). What is undeniable, however, was that the program has been emulated elsewhere and has brought attention to how coding can make a difference in civic life. Already, the federal government, through DARPA, holds competitions centered around robotics. What would help move the needle on PonD would be competitions that spark innovation around small-scale objects.

5.Participate in discussions around copyrights and other issues raised by PonD. Talking about the copyrights in an age of 3D scanning might be few people's idea of a good time, but for the market to thrive, inventors (and investors) have to know the rules they will be following. As with setting the standards for identity management, the government should have a seat at the table, but should not fill every (or even the majority) of chairs.

As this market develops, it will become every bit as essential to the economy and to our society as the app market is now. And PonD will touch as many aspects of our daily lives as Software as a Service does now, which is to say, just about everything.

The Core i7 processor

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After the slew of Ultrabooks we have tested at ITProPortal, we thought it was about time we looked at something right at the other end of the spectrum. And we couldn't get much further from featherweights like Toshiba's Portege Z930-10Q and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon than the Alienware M18x. This is a massive 18in-screen laptop (the clue is in the model name) that weighs in at a mammoth 5.41kg, and is as deep as some 13in models are wide. But it also has the kind of performance and specification that will leave many desktops cowering with inadequacy.

Being from Alienware, this is clearly a portable aimed at the (very) serious gamer, and the component parts reflect this extremely well. The M18x can be purchased with quite a hefty selection of options, too numerous to go into here, with the bare minimum beyond what most notebooks offer as their top selection. For example, only quad-core processors are available. Our particular sample sits somewhere in the middle of the range. The processor is Intel's Core i7-3740QM, a quad-core CPU with a nominal clock speed of 2.7GHz. But of course this is a rather unimportant figure, as Turbo Boost 2.0 with battery such as HP F1781A Ac Adapter, HP 298238-001 Ac Adapter, HP OmniBook 2106 Ac Adapter, HP OmniBook 6050 Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion N5500 Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion n6400 Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion XF125 Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion ZT1130 Ac Adapter, HP ED495AA Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion ZT1100 Ac Adapter, HP ACC23H Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion DV1000 Ac Adapter allows a single core to run at 3.7GHz when required, and all four cores can exceed the nominal rating at the same time. To complement this desktop level of CPU performance, the M18x comes with a whopping 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3 memory. This is as much as some 3D graphics workstations come with, and there's an option to upgrade to 32GB too.

The Core i7 processor is from Intel's Ivy Bridge range, but you wouldn't expect a system like this to rely on the latter's much-improved HD 4000 integrated graphics. In fact, the M18x is so far beyond this level it really shows how far integrated graphics would have to go to be any real challenge. Again, Alienware offers lots of graphics options, and our M18x sits near the top end with a pair of AMD Radeon HD 7970M chipsets arranged in CrossFireX parallel configuration. Each chipset has its own 2GB of GDDR5 memory, giving the M18x enough graphics grunt to drive its 18.4in display smoothly in most games at its native resolution. However, the HD 4000 chipset is still available, and you can switch to using this if you need to conserve power, although this requires a reboot, which isn't the case with Nvidia's Optimus technology.

Speaking of that screen, it is pretty impressive. This is one display for which the native 1,920 x 1,080 resolution does not equate to pixels that seem too small. Viewing angles are superb and colours are beautifully contrasted. The screen does have a glossy finish, so isn't ideal for usage in bright conditions. But whilst we would criticise this in a business notebook, the gamer's tendency to operate in near darkness makes it less of an issue. Audio is also in keeping with the huge screen. There's a Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di chipset, and the stereo speakers are assisted by a subwoofer. You can crank up the volume and receive an experience on par with a mid-range iPod dock, but if this isn't good enough there's digital 7.1 output via the S/PDIF port and HDMI for an external surround speaker setup.

Toshiba reduces mobile

Toshiba reduces mobile

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A problem with smartphones and even tablets is that despite all the wonderous abilities, the battery life leaves something to be desired. Larger battery packs are a way around that, but in the race for the slimmest device, there are limits as to how large a battery can be before being too obtrusive. Luckily, Toshiba may have a solution to those woes, and it isn't a battery pack. Rather, Toshiba has created a low-power, high-speed version of MRAM capable of cutting power consumption in mobile processors by 66%. This new MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) can replace the SRAM used as cache memory, with the same or larger amounts consuming far less power. Toshiba uses spin-torque technology to lower the charge needed for memory writes. Spin-torque technology uses the spin of electrons to set the orientation of the magnetic bits, with the memory chips using elements smaller than 30nm.

Toshiba has focused on decreasing power consumption and increasing speed with this new MRAM, so a smaller amount is more beneficial than a large amount of SRAM in a cache. The company is working with several others to increase the storage capacity to serve as a possible replacement for DRAM and even flash memory, but it may when the next-generation memory arrives that we see that alternative. As for the MRAM memory-cache, well, there isn't a timeframe for its use in the market, but hopefully Toshiba has word on that soon.

Toshiba has announced the development of a new type of cache memory that promises to cut mobile processor power consumption by as much as two-thirds.

Today's mobile processors rely on high-speed static random-access memory (SRAM) to function. The problem with SRAM is it will only retain data when power is applied. That data also has to be refreshed regularly (many times a second), meaning it is a constant drain on a battery like HP 0950-3988 Ac Adapter, HP 177626-001 Ac Adapter, HP ACC10H Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion ZT4000 Ac Adapter, HP DC359A Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion ZE2200 Ac Adapter, HP PPP012H Ac Adapter, HP Omnibook 2100 Ac Adapter, HP OmniBook 2120 Ac Adapter, HP Omnibook 3000 Ac Adapter, HP Omnibook 4100 Ac Adapter, HP Pavilion ZE2000 Ac Adapter. And as chip performance has increased, so has the power required for SRAM and the leakage that occurs, meaning an alternative is highly desirable.

Toshiba has developed STT-MRAM to solve the problem. MRAM is non-volatile memory, meaning it retains data without power and only requires power for operations on that data. This means that it has the potential to draw no power at all depending on what a device is doing. However, the problem with MRAM until now has been it used more power than SRAM and was significantly slower.

What Toshiba has managed to do is lower the power consumption of STT-MRAM by 90 percent over what is typical, while at the same time speeding up its operation. The end result is cache memory that performs as well as SRAM, but only requires around a third of the power. That will be seen as a net gain in battery life for any processor and subsequent device incorporating it.

Currently Toshiba has only proved the performance potential of STT-MRAM using a "highly accurate processor simulator." However, the company is confident STT-MRAM will be integrated into mobile processors and used in both tablets and smartphones in the future.