TECH NEWS: IT, TECHNOLOGY

Sunday, 05 February 2012 13:33

IT & Telecom

It's hard to crown the world's smallest camera when the mini cameras differ in terms of features and capabilities.

But the new Mame-Cam DX from Thanko Japan is a strong candidate. The dimensions are 45 x 29 x 10 mm and weight only 14 grams.

For still images, the resolution is 3264 x 2448 pixels, then eight megapixels. In video mode produces the avi files, which measures 1280 x 960 pixels. The camera can also be used for voice recording.

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Large mobile screens go home in the U.S.A

More and more people want more and more mobile screens. It shows the U.S. market, which now are trendsetters for the mobile industry. American consumers now accept more mobiles. In all cases, if it means a bigger screen. Explanation is that more people enjoy watching videos in their mobile phones.
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Western Digital buys Hitachi Hard Drives

Hard drive giant Western Digital buys Hitachi Global Storage Tech and becomes twice as large as its nearest competitor. Western Digital is already the largest manufacturer of traditional hard drives with Seagate in second place and Hitachi in third. But the market for the spinning storage units marked erosion of the flash memories of growing storage capacity and foremost demand of the notebook.
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Internet Explorer 9 has landed but does not run on old Windows XP.

Now is the sharp version of Microsoft's latest browser, IE9, to download. The browser may be praised, but the knobs Windows XP.
To use the new IE9 requires Windows Vista or Windows 7.

This has been known since the test version was released in September 2010, but now that IE9 really is here and receive praise, pointing many that it is in fact nearly half of all Windows users who left high and dry because it does not run on old Windows XP.

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All calls in the same little box

It is not easy to be reachable in all ways at once, from mobile and landline to Skype and Lync. But now you can collect all of your multi-phone.

I do not know how your desktop looks like, but mine is usually a jumble of wires, phones and headsets. Now is the chance to both keep your desktop tidy and communicate more easily.

Calisto 835-M is called the speakerphone. It would be more accurate to call it a personal telephone call center for people who sit at home and work. For the communication, it can probably be something of a practical pipe dream.

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