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Repulse will soon get into the closed beta. Keen to play MMOFPS game is this? You can sign up to play this game during the close beta started last November 3, which through their official website, Aeriagames. In the website, Queen’s Soft, the developer of this game, also provides a cinematic interesting enough to be seen:

Repulse is a MMOFPS game that tells the future of mankind when the earth is polluted, until no longer be populated. To ensure the continuity of human existence, a group of people finally decided to seek a new home in the vast space. They managed to find him! However, unfortunately, have the living planet that is not happy with the presence of humans. From this war can not be avoided, from where the man becomes the new planet aggressor.

Aeriagames is a publisher that has brought the Repulse. The name of the game publisher is quite popular in the world by presenting a variety of online games like-Twelve Sky 2, Shaiya, Golden Age, and Wolf Team. Publisher of this game has 3 branch offices in U.S., Germany, and Brazil.

Angry Birds was developed into a unique phenomenon in the gaming industry. Although it carries a very simple game system, the angry birds appear so addictive. Sales figures and a variety of amazing facts about this game seems to be evidence that strengthens predicate. If you feel not enough to play this game on your Smartphone’s browser or screen, Rovio now provides an opportunity to play this game in the real world. That’s right; you will now have a slingshot in hand, and birds that can be thrown.

Working with toy companies – Mattel, Rovio makes the game Angry Birds, more real. They released an innovative board game called Angry Birds: Knock on Wood, which is quite cute. The games are designed for 2-4 people, is really present all the elements characteristic of Angry Birds, from building blocks, the pigs and birds, until the powerful catapult. The core game is based on the card. Players who played the pig should take the cards that are available and designed the building as depicted on the card. While acting as a bird? Of course take slingshots and threw the bird angry.

The winners are determined by how effectively throws made the remaining building blocks, and the number of pigs that died. Angry Birds: Knock on Wood will contain three figures of birds, four pigs, 14 blocks of buildings, a slingshot, and 56 mission cards that must be resolved. For those of you who are interested, the game itself is sold online at major shopping sites like Amazon.com with affordable price, USD 14 – USD 20 per package. One drawback is certain you meet, you will not find a variety of sound effects that make funny interesting Angry Birds. Or maybe you can force your friends to play it? Always be a good option.

Currently, the practicality and features become important considerations in choosing a notebook. Therefore, when the tablet PC technology was introduced, was received very well and quickly became part of the lifestyle.

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook

But the tablet PC that is compact in function can not replace the function of laptops that are often referred to as a mobile office because most of the labor productivity is in the device. Acer now answer the need for a practical device, a full featured but still compact to support day-to-day productivity with the Acer Aspire S3.

“The Acer Aspire S3 is, as you’d expect, wafer-thin and easy to grip in a single hand (or two fingers, even).”
– Engadget

Acer Aspire S3: Tablet PC & Notebook Experience in one Ultrabook

Acer Aspire S3, is UltrabookTM screen 13 “HD with ultra aerodynamic design of air-metal finishing, fast connectivity and long battery life that is packaged in a 13mm thickness (the thinnest side) and so light weight, less than 1.35 Kg.

Main Features of Acer Aspire S3 adopted and developed from the tablet is Acer Green Instant On technology, which allows ultrabook to continue to standby in Sleep and Deep Sleep state, but has a battery life up to 50 days. In the Sleep state, the Aspire S only takes 2 seconds to operate.

Compensate for these technologies, there are Acer Instant Connect, a feature that can detect WiFi in just 2.5 seconds, 4 times faster than conventional netbook. So to open the notebook to connect to the internet, it takes just seconds.

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook: Ultra Thin, Ultra Fast, Ultra Desireable

Acer Aspire S3 Key Features

• Acer Green Instant On: resume from Sleep state in just 2 seconds and Deep Sleep in 6 seconds. Can be battery operated but still durable.
• Acer Instant Connect: to search for WiFi networks in 2.5 seconds, 4 times faster than conventional notebook.
• Long Battery Life: 6-7 hours can be used straight or up to 50 days with Green Acer Instant On.
  HDMI ® with HDCP support: 1080p HD video transfer video to monitors, projectors and TV via HDMI cable.
• 320 / 500 GB HDD options: choice of HDD which is enough to accommodate a variety of documents and multimedia files.
• Cool Airflow & Aluminum / Mg-Al alloy frame: frames have durability as steel but as light as ABS plastic, fitted with new airflow design for thermal efficiency.
• 2nd generation Intel ® Core ™ processor (full range of options) with Intel ® HD 3000 Graphics to support productivity.
• Dolby ® Home Theater ® v4 & Integrated Acer Crystal Eye 1.3 MP Camera for multimedia purposes.
• 2-in-1 card reader that supports SD ™ Cards and MultiMediaCard ™ and Bluetooth 4.0 for easy data exchange.

Fact: Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook in the category, namely a laptop with a design that is very thin and has a battery efficiency and low voltage processor.

Talking about the BlackBerry Smartphone, what comes to mind is the phone to the office with a row QWERTY keypad design. Although many housewives or teenagers who wear them, there is still a stiff impression. This is because RIM looks less attention in terms of entertainment. Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry phones, tried to change that perception. RIM, now presents full entertainment phone called the BlackBerry Torch 9860. From the appearance it was obvious that the BlackBerry Torch 9860 is not designed as BlackBerry phones in general. No row QWERTY keypad design.

BlackBerry Torch 9860

As a substitute, the BlackBerry Torch 9860 comes with 3.7-inch touch screen. This phone is to mind the BlackBerry Storm 2, which failed to sell in the market. RIM did not want to repeat that failure. To that end, the BlackBerry Torch 9860 is equipped with the latest operating system, BlackBerry 7, which is much more powerful.

We had the opportunity to tamper with and see the advantages offered by the BlackBerry Torch 9860, besides the disadvantages. When I first hold the BlackBerry Torch 9860, we do not feel like being held BlackBerry phones. BlackBerry Torch 9860 looks more like an Android phone. When I hold, the phone is not too heavy, but also not exactly lightweight, weighing about 135 grams. However, it is still comfortable if kept in the pocket. Although not the slimmest phone in the BlackBerry family, the BlackBerry Torch 9860 still looks slim. This phone has a thickness of only 11.5 mm, although still less than the iPhone 4 which has a thickness of 9.3 mm.

Despite adopting a capacitive type touch screen, the BlackBerry typical physical buttons remain embedded in the bottom of the BlackBerry Torch 9860. Interestingly, one of the buttons that maintained it was an optical trackpad, as well as on the BlackBerry Gemini, in addition to the call, end, back, and the BlackBerry logo. It seemed that button is not necessary, because the operation of this phone completely using the touch screen. But, there is the possibilities for users who are familiar with optical trackpad, RIM still provide it, and it sometimes the fingers are still looking for the trackpad.

Advantages of BlackBerry Torch 9860

One of the most highlighted features of the BlackBerry Torch 9860 is the screen. Once turned on, the phone screen looks very bright with sharp colors. By relying on 3.6-inch screen with 16 million color depth and screen resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, making the BlackBerry Torch 9860 is different from other BlackBerry phones. Plus a aspect ratio of diagonal 15:9 screen make this phone capable of playing high definition movie format. When we tried to play HD movies on this phone, the picture is very sharp. Enchantment of the colors is so vivid and real.

Outside the advantages, one disadvantages of the BlackBerry Torch 9860 with touch screen width is when typing an SMS or BBM was a little difficult. If you’re used to typing fast with a physical QWERTY keypad, a virtual keypad will feel stiff. This is what we have to try it. If you have large fingers, there is the possibility of error when pressing the letter. Because, the touch screen BlackBerry 9860 Torch is quite sensitive. Now we look at the inside. BlackBerry Torch 9860 using a 1.2 GHz processor, it means that the BlackBerry Torch 9860 will not have problems when running various applications.

User interface transition is also very smooth. Similarly, when an application icon is pressed, the response was fast. Exploring the Internet becomes more enjoyable. This is because, BlackBerry OS 7, which according to RIM’s 40 percent faster than the BlackBerry 6. In fact, OS 7 does not yet support Flash features. To use BBM, this might be the most important for you, still no problem. BlackBerry Torch 9860 has been supported by BBM6, the latest version of BlackBerry Messenger. BBM6 has been integrated with other applications. So, when you’re chatting using BBM with your friends, other applications does not need to be turned off if you also want to play Angry Birds.

BlackBerry Torch 9860 Specification

• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
• High-resolution 800×480 WVGA pixel color display 3.7″ (measured diagonally)
• 5MP camera, 720p HD video recording, Flash, Continuous auto focus, 4X digital zoom (still images only), Geo-tagging
• Processor: QC 8655 1.2 GHz, Built-in GPS functionality, Wi-Fi, 4 GB internal memory, Expandable up to 32 GB with a microSD memory card
• Talk time: Up to 6.2 hours (GSM), up to 5.9 hours (UMTS). Standby time: Up to 11.6 days (GSM), up to 11.8 days (UMTS)

Dimensions

• Size (LWH): 4.7 inches, 2.4 inches, 0.4 inches
• Weight: 4.8 ounces

Buy BlackBerry Torch 9860 from Amazon

Samsung SH100, Upload Photos from Your Digital Camera Directly to Facebook

Samsung SH100

Now, people with easy to upload dozens of photos to Facebook or videos to YouTube. Most of them use camera phones, also a collection of photos / video on the computer. Now there is a new way, you can upload your photos or video using a regular digital camera to your blogs or social networking sites.

Yes, the Samsung SH100 is a digital camera that can send photos and videos to social networking sites without having to through the computer. Samsung SH100 is equipped with WiFi to connect to the Internet. With this facility you do not need to transfer photos / videos to your computer to be uploaded to your social networking sites, although this facility is also able to transfer data to a computer.

This compact camera has a small screen, so if you have large fingers might be a little difficulty access the navigation, because the touch screen is only 3 inches wide. But it can still be resolved, because the Samsung SH100 is also equipped with a stylus. Unfortunately, navigation is rather slow.

As the camera point-and-shoot that is easy to use, the Samsung SH100 does provide a very practical automated facility. Even if there is a program manually, the configuration looks simple. Picture quality is good, but a variety of creative facilities such as Magic Frame to give frame interesting to try.

Facilities that may be most excellent, at least for now, is in its ability to send the photos or videos to an email or popular sites like Picasa, PhotoBucket, Facebook, and YouTube. Samsung is also complete with a link to the hotspot provider (Boingo ) to provide WiFi channels in more than 200,000 locations worldwide.

You can visit Samsung SH100 sites to see the detail specification and price.

Beginning in 2011, Intel introduced a new processor that has a code name Sandy Bridge. At the initial appearance, Intel provides the specifications table. In this table, it appears a processor with a TDP of only 17 Watts or known by the name of the Ultra Low Voltage (ULV). It turned out that the processor is intended for a mobile device that has a medium-size and thin, and at present known as Ultrabook.

Today some notebook vendors began to flood the market with mobile products Ultrabook. Most of these products is you can find on the market today. For the early occurrence of this Ultrabook, we’ve got a chance to try the Samsung 9 series and Acer Aspire S3 which in our view has the form of very thin but still be able to provide high performance. What products already and will soon be launched to fill the class Ultrabook? We collect some brands that started to show its products Ultrabook.

Acer Aspire S3

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook

Apple Macbook Air

ASUS UX21 dan UX31

Lenovo Ideapad U300S

Samsung 9 series

Toshiba Portege Z830

The following are some things that you should know before you decide to buy Ultrabook.

The Intel Core i ULV Sandy Bridge have 17watt TDP, while the other Sandy Bridge processor series more than that. Processors for Ultrabook has three stages of development, Sandy Brige ULV was originally. Then, Ultrabook will use the Ivy Bridge, Haswell in 2012 and 2013.

The use of ULV processors are expected to make ultrabook survive at least 5 hours (without plugged into a power source) for normal use. Although it has a lower TDP processors with speeds below the bridge non-ULV Sandy, Sandy Bridge ULV can still provide high performance. We already proved itself in one of Ultrabook using this processor.

Graphics Intel

The Intel Core i 2nd generation has been integrated with the graphics on the Intel GMA 3000. Intel GMA 3000 can be counted on to play 3D games at certain resolutions and settings and play multimedia content easily HD1080P. Intel Graphics also has QuickSync thus allowing users to perform operations decoding, encoding, and transcoding in hardware. Widi or wireless display also you can enjoy. You can connect a PC to an external display without using a cable! Intel Insider will encrypt the transmission of HD video streams of people who are not responsible.

Faster Booting

Every Ultrabook, will have a hybrid storage, ie the SSD with hard disk or SSD by SSD. The first SSD will only be used as a ready boot so that a ultrabook can get into Windows faster. When the system is in a sleep or deep sleep mode, will boot faster than you can imagine. In addition, smart connects technology also looks interesting. This technology will make the system restart periodically and when you put Ultrabook in a sleep mode, Windows will still be able to receive e-mail, social network updates, Messanger, RSS, and so on.

The main purpose Ultrabook technology is to combine the convenience of a tablet (instant-on) with the performance of a notebook. An Ultrabook which was equipped by an SSD as a cache can live from sleep mode in just under 2 seconds and can live up to 50 days in a state mode.

Security

Security is an important thing at this time considering the number of security loopholes that can be infiltrated by people who are not responsible. Intel began to provide adequate security systems through the device of this Ultrabook.

In this Ultrabook system, there is Identity Protection technology to match the unique numeric code generated by the hardware to other hardware so you can make the identification Ultrabook security. The technology is only useful for sites that support the IPT.

Intel Anti-Theft is a technology that works on multiple levels of security. This technology will block suspicious activities from outside. In the future this technology will be integrated with McAfee security system made​​.

Dimension

In this section, Intel did not specify the screen that must be carried by a Ultrabook so that the vendor has the freedom to determine the size of the screen to be used. This is very different when Intel determines the big screen for a netbook. With the presence of this ULV processor, Intel claims that the Ultrabook are made can have a thin thickness, below 20mm.

In the design of the casing, Intel emphasized to use the chassis together, without a removable battery or unibody. It is intended to get maximum performance without compromising the thickness of Ultrabook platform itself. With the design Intel hopes to achieve the 12W, 15W, 17W TDP.

A few more developments that will soon put into ultrabook is the touchscreen, USB3.0, ThunderBold, and connectivity using 3G or 4G modem with a SIM card.

Price

Currently, Intel is hoping for a Ultrabook sold under USD $ 1,000, and estimated this price will go down in the foreseeable future, because Ultrabook expected to be a contender for the tablet PC that is currently booming. With the price and comfort such as tablets (instant-on) but has a much higher performance, certainly a Ultrabook will be interesting in future years.

On September 5, 2011, Sony Ericsson has officially announced the new members of the family of Sony Xperia, namely Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S. Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S has been equipped with a 1.4 GHz processor and 3D technology of Sony’s panoramic sweep. This technology allows images taken can be displayed in 3D TV via an HDMI connector ports are available.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S is also equipped with features start-up camera, 25% faster media conversion and 20% faster rendering of web pages than previous products Xperia Arc. This phones run on Google’s Android platform technology 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) has a 4.2 inch Reality Display and has been equipped with Mobile SE BRAVIA Engine technology, 8.1 MP camera with HD video capability, and Exmor R image sensor that is able to increase quality of the pictures or videos taken by the user at even low lighting conditions, support features Face Detection, Face Recognition, Auto Focus, Geo Tagging, image Stabilizer, scene detection, smile detection, and much more.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S detail Spesification:

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Battery performance

Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configuration, and phone usage.

Networks	Talk time (up to)	Standby time (up to)	Video call (up to)
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900	7 hours 25 min	460 hours
UMTS/HSPA 800/850/1900/2100	7 hours 35 min	460 hours
UMTS/HSPA 900/2100	7 hours 35 min	460 hours
Note that network compatiblity varies per location. A Standby time specification is an industry standard. The only intention is to allow comparison of different mobile phones under the same circumstances. Factors including – but not limited to – network, settings, location, movement, signal strength and cell traffic strongly effect standby power consumption. Therefore, Standby time specification comparisons of different mobile phones can only be done in a controlled laboratory environment. When using any mobile phone in real life – ie, under circumstances for which the mobile phone is intended – the actual standby time could be considerably lower and will be strongly dependent on factors as mentioned above.

For more detailed information, you could visit Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S website

TouchDroid project, which was built from the sales of HP’s liquidity TouchPad has been disbanded. The project’s discontinuation stems not from technical problems but because of accusations of code theft by the CyanogenMod team, which has also been working to bring Android to HP’s defunct tablet.

As we all know that at the end of August, HP discontinued the TouchPad tablet that carries the WebOS. Therefore they do sell cheap – 16 GB TouchPad only sells for $ 99, while the 32 GB model for $ 149. The device is attempted based WebOS be hacked to install the operating system Android v2.3 Gingerbread and of course have managed to activate all the functions available on the TouchPad.

TouchDroid

After the TouchDroid team posted a video showing off the Touchpad running a touch-enabled install of Android 2.3, the CyanogenMod team accused TouchDroid team members of stealing code from the CyanogenMod port and passing it off as their own. In the end, the TouchDroid team gave the CyanogenMod team credit for its work, posted a dump of what they had done up to that point and declared that the team was “no longer actively working on a port” of Android to the Touchpad.

Meanwhile, the CyanogenMod team’s work continues, and appears to be going well – at this writing, the only major component that doesn’t appear to be functioning in their port is wi-fi, and at this rate I’d expect that to be fixed soon. In the meantime, you can read more about TouchDroid project on the Android Police report for a full description of the chat transcripts, forum posts, and tweets through which this drama unfolded.

 ASRock Fatality Z68 Professional Gen 3

ASRock Fatality Z68 Professional Gen 3

Now is the era of PCI Express 3.0. PCI Express 3.0 offers greater bandwidth configuration that can gave the faster data communications between components on the system. To meet these needs, ASRock launches the latest motherboard, ASRock Fatality Z68 Professional Gen 3, which is designed for gamers and advanced users.

ASRock Fatality Z68 Professional Gen 3 comes with two PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots and one PCI Express 2.0 support NVIDIA Quad SLI and 3-Way AMD CrossFireX. This motherboard is also integrated with the chip PEX8608 PLX PCIe that allows all devices to work with simultaneous speeds. Digital PWM design to increase power solutions and providing a voltage CPU V Cores more effectively. To pamper gamers, also provided Fatal1ty Mouse Port function that can control a mouse polling rate from 125 Hz to 1000 Hz.

ASRock Fatality Z68 Professional Gen 3 is equipped with multiple VGA outputs, D-Sub, HDMI, DVI-D (bundled with an HDMI to DVI adapter), 7.1 channel audio with THX TruStudio, and integrated dual Gigabit LAN with Teaming functionality.

ASRock Fatality Z68 Professional Gen 3 Product Support :

• Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
• Digi PWM Design, Advanced V12 + 6 Power Phase Design
• Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2133(OC)
• Integrated PLX PEX8608 chip onboard to offer sufficient PCI-E lanes
• 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots
• Supports ATI™ Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
• Supports NVIDIA^® Quad SLI™ and SLI™
• Dual PCIE GLAN with Teaming function
• Dr. Debug, Smart Switch Design: Power/Reset/Clear CMOS Switch with LED
• Supports Fatal1ty XFast USB, XFast LAN Technologies
• Supports Graphical UEFI, Lucid Virtu, Intel^® Smart Response Technology
• Supports Fatal1ty F-Stream, On/Off Play Technology, APP Charger, SmartView
• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), THX TruStudio™
• Free Bundle : 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable, 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite

For more information, you can also visit ASRock Fatality Z68 site

Amazon Android Tablet

Amazon has long reported will enliven the tablet PC market with the release of its appliances themselves. Now rumors circulated that the amazon android tablet will be launched soon.

Rumors are circulating over the Amazon spread invitation to press conference to be held on Wednesday in New York next week. The online retailer did not disclose many details, but it is believed that the event will be used to announce their tablet devices.

Previously, one person from the technology blog TechCrunch, MG Sieglar claimed that he had tasted the prototype tablet in which Amazon has a full color screen 7-inch dimension and is supported by the multi-touch two fingers.

It says it runs the Android operating system. Unfortunately, the Amazon Android Tablet does not have a camera and its user interface is not much different from the IOS application belongs to the Amazon Kindle.

As reported by ZDNet, Sunday (25/09/2011), Amazon Android Tablet will have 6GB of storage space and is priced around $ 250.

The presence of these tablets is predicted to be slaughtered Andorid tablets which already exists. It is not because of better hardware, but rather the content distribution network that is not infinite Amazon