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Despues de haber comprado el nuevo teclado de aluminio de Apple y al conectarlo en Windows me di cuenta de que algunas teclas no servian por ejemplo el PrintScreen que en el caso de este teclado seria el F14 no servia el F2 que es para renombrar en windows tampoco yo lo he solucionado instalando este driver despues de instalar este driver todo funciona perfecto ya que es el que viene en el disco de Boot Camp asi es como trabajo yo aunque encontre otra solucion que instalar el mismo Boot Camp que lo unico que yo le vi agregado es que las teclas de Eject, Play y demas teclas ahora si funcionan pero al instalar el Boot Camp te instala demasiado software de Apple y eso no es agradable si mi solucion no te agrada puede leer un articulo como este o ve esta pagina de Apple para adaptarte al nuevo teclado si es que instalas Boot Camp. Ahora escribo este post desde una PC con Windows XP y trabaja perfectamente el teclado, comprense uno.

The most fascinating kinds of hardware I've studied are the different types of microphones and headsets used for podcasting.  The technology itself is interesting but the potential expense really complicates the decision-making process.

Conference call software from iotum makes it possible to produce a podcast of reasonable quality before making the investment in microphones and headsets.  It also eliminates the need for recording software or equipment.

The new Web 2.0 software application from iotum is called Calliflower.  It was first launched as a Facebook application but now it's available as a stand-alone Web 2.0 tool.  It's utility as a podcasting tool is well demonstrated by the Gillmor Gang and NewsGang Live podcasts.

Here is how it works:

Participants in the podcasts are connected on a conference call via Calliflower.  The call is recorded using Calliflower's RECORD feature, then finished and edited by the producer of the shows and released as a podcast.

Since Calliflower is a Web 2.0 application, it is accessible to anyone with an internet connection.  It's easy to use and it's FREE, at least for home- and casual-users.  The only equipment needed is a telephone.

The organizer of the call sets it up on Calliflower.  Invitations are sent to the participants to inform them of the time of the call with a phone number and a PIN code.  The participants call the provided telephone number at the prearranged time.  The PIN is entered when prompted and the recording begins once there are two people on the call.

(Participants without an internet connection can be contacted by the organizer by phone with the time of the call, the phone number, and the PIN.)

Recording conference calls on Calliflower is optional, but it makes the process easy for first-time podcasters.  I must say here that I haven't tried it yet, other than observing how it's used during live NewsGang podcasts.  The difference between theory and practice will be the topic of another post.

I am optimistic that using Calliflower will allow me to postpone any significant investment in podcasting hardware until I have a better idea of how dedicated I will be to this hobby.  I expect that Audacity, the audio-editing software, will be sufficient for the kind of editing I intend to do at first.  What an adventure!

Now it's time for the real work and the real fun.  It's time to start working seriously on the content.  Time for some serious fun!

El nuevo receptor estéreo incluye reproducción Súper Audio CD y conectividad con soportes digitales avanzados, consiguiendo de esta manera abrir una amplia gama de posibilidades de vanguardia.

Pioneer presenta su nuevo modelo de receptor PDX-Z9 con SACD, que combina un diseño sofisticado con la tecnología más moderna y una construcción de calidad superior para dar vida a la esencia de la música.

Receptor contemporáneo

El PDX-Z9 con súper audio CD reúne las las características de todos los aparatos modernos. Ofrece una salida de potencia equilibrada gracias a un amplificador digital de dos canales e incluye reproducción Súper Audio CD de primera categoría. El receptor no sólo acepta los formatos comprimidos de sonido MP3, WMA y MPEG-4 AAC, sino que además reproduce archivos FLAC de alta calidad. El PDX-Z9 puede recibir las emisoras de FM/AM de radio terrestre y las de Internet, mientras que los dispositivos iPod y USB se pueden conectar y controlar directamente con el mando a distancia del receptor. El PDX-Z9 está certificado por la DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), lo que significa que integra una conexión LAN para conectarse a una red doméstica y ofrece un acceso sencillo y fácil para la selección y control de la música digital.

Diseño minimalista y atemporal

Desde la perspectiva de su aspecto y funcionamiento, el PDX-Z9 habla por sí mismo. El receptor presenta un impecable diseño minimalista que encaja perfectamente en cualquier interior moderno. Con su panel superior de aluminio, su completo acabado en negro satinado y sus bordes redondeados, el PDX-Z9 presenta un aspecto fresco y moderno. La pantalla OEL blanca full dot, fácil de leer, y los refinados sensores táctiles dan al aparato un toque de distinción adicional.

Claridad absoluta

El PDX-Z9 adopta un nuevo enfoque para ofrecer un puro placer de la música en estéreo. Afinados al máximo, sus componentes de sonido de alta categoría dejan vía libre a todo su potencial. La excelente construcción del receptor garantiza un sonido potente y exento de ruido, con la máxima fidelidad posible al original. Gracias a la función Advanced Sound Retriever, los formatos comprimidos de música se mejoran hasta el punto de recuperar la opulencia y riqueza del original. El amplificador paralelo plenamente digital de dos canales del PDX-Z9 mejora de manera radical el factor de amortiguamiento y la linealidad, lo que se traduce en un sonido estable y claro.

El PDX-Z9 incorpora las siguientes características:

• Receptor con Súper Audio CD
• 50 W + 50 W (4 ?)
• Panel superior de aluminio, sensores táctiles
• Pantalla OEL blanca full dot, acabado en negro satinado
• Sintonizador FM/AM, radio por Internet (30 favoritos)
• Certificado por la DLNA, terminal USB, terminal iPod
• Advanced Sound Retriever
• El receptor estéreo PDX-Z9 estará disponible durante este mes de julio.

Fuente: Noticiasdotcom

What has really caught my attention though is flash memory. Flash memory is what makes digital cameras, IPODs and all the other portable electronics that use it possible. I mean, who is going to want to lug around five or ten pounds of hard drive when they can put something the size and weight of a large credit card in their pocket and have the ability to listen to something close to 2,000 songs (8GB Nano). 

How stuff works has a great article on how flash memory works for those of you who are interested.

Citando a los socios de la compañía en el canal de distribución, desde HotHardware indican que el actual buque insignia, GeForce GTX 280, reduciría en breve su alto precio para pasar a 499 dólares desde los 649 actuales. No está tan claro si esta rebaja podría afectar a la GTX 260, debido al alto coste de fabricación: dicen que solo el chip supera los 100 dólares.

En todo caso y según precisan, NVIDIA necesita rebajar el precio en la gama alta si quiere mantener la cuota de mercado frente a las ATI Radeon 4850 HD y 4870 HD, que a precios recomendados de 199 y 299 dólares superan según las pruebas de blog especializados en precio/rendimiento/calidad a las últimas GTX.

Otras informaciones indican que la empresa californiana prepara un chip dual para competir con la Radeon 4870 HD X2 y la inclusión de memoria GDDR5. El soporte para DirectX 10.1 no solo llegaría a los chip para portátiles en la primavera de 2009, sino que alcanzaría a la próxima generación de unidades de procesamiento gráfico de escritorio comenzando a final de este mismo año.

vINQulos
Xbit Labs

http://www.theinquirer.es/2008/07/06/nvidia_contraataca.html

PD:Menuda rebajas,eso si que son precios.....con la crisis que hay....vamos hombre,asi no se puede recomendar una Nvidia....a esos precios vamos.... :evil:

Son vamos

Darth Vader

Ati caerá......

TIIIIITITRIRIIRIRIRIRIRIRIIRIRI,NANANANANNAN,NANANAN,NANANNA....

En Una Galaxia muy lejana Ati y Nvidia luchaban......jajajajaj.

Estamos todos preparados Maestro Obi Wan

PROCESADOR AMD AM2 ATHLON 64 3800+ DUAL CORE 38,53€ Pcbox

Creo que es este procesador que gasta solo 35watios....para mi una muy buena opción para empresas...

Pues que va a salir una procesador x2 3800 por 33€ que gasta 35watios,vamos una gozada........

Una placa 780g+este+ una 3650 o una 3870 y a jugar a todo con un gasto minimo......la verdad es que me gusta ver alternativas a tener ordenadores que gasten poco y den un rendimiento muy aceptable....

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8275&Itemid=1

Venta en

http://geizhals.at/eu/a348367.html

http://www.gameprotv.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=78074

- El procesador Athlon 64 X2 con núcleo ''Windsor'' para
socket AM2 dispone de la tecnología Dual Core (doble
núcleo), además, ahora incluye la tecnología de
virtualización virtualización ''Pacifica '' y la tecnología de
seguridad ''Presidio''.
- El nuevo procesador Athlon64 X2 ha mejorado
notablemente ya que dispone una nueva controladora de
memoria para DDR2-800 y una frecuencia HyperTransport
aumentada hasta 1 GHz.
- Memoria cache: Caché nivel 1 128 KB
Caché nivel 2 512 KB
- Comandos MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet,
NX-Bit, Pacifica, Presidio
- Frecuencia de reloj 2000 MHz
- Frecuencia del bus 1000 MHz (HyperTransport)
- Voltaje del núcleo 1,3 voltios
- Voltaje de E/S 3,3 voltios
- Formato OPGA

Placa base

Me gusta está por tener más posibilidades...

Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H Socket AM2+ 70€

http://www.pccomponentes.com/GIGABYTE_GA_MA78G_DS3H_SOCKET_AM2_.html

Con grafica 3200 integrada

Teneis esta más con un slot....pero prefiero por 2€ más la de doble pciexpress.Por si acaso.

68€

http://www.pccomponentes.com/GIGABYTE_GA_MA78GM_S2H_AMD_780G_SOCKET_AM2.html

Ram

G.Skill Extreme PC2-6400 4GB (2x2GB) CL 5-5-5-15 79.95 €

o

Corsair Twin2X4096-6400C5 4GB 2x2GB 5-5-5-18 75,95€

Este ordenador es ideal para trabajar y gastar poca energía.

Lo demás que necesiteis como caja y todo eso en este hilo....

http://www.gameprotv.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=77909

Espero que esto os ayude y no cree malestar,yo solo lo hago para ayudaros....creo que un ordenador de este precio......+ si quereis la torre,una grafica mejor.....etc,podría saliros muy bien de precio y es ideal para más adelante ponerle un phenom.....y ser un maquinon para jugar....pero esto lo he creado para tener una maquina para trabajar con minimo de gasto energetico......si podeis añadir algo mejor y mejorar este post pues mejor.....un saludo.

Ojito es para trabajar........pero bueno metiendole una grafica y un phenom pues se puede hacer para jugar,pero mi intención era un ordenador para trabajar muy barato.Y vamos consumo de energía minimo...

Sin poder dedicar mucho tiempo a la consultoría de su renovación y teniendo claro que no quería gastarme más de 800 €, las marcas finalistas fueron Dell y Sony.

Casi estaba decidido por Dell, sobre todo por las facilidades que ofrecen para configurar el equipo. Sin embargo, comprarlo por internet, sin poder tocarlo ni verlo, y tener que esperar como mínimo 10 días laborables para recibirlo no me convencía del todo.

Al final, acabé llendo a MediaMarkt para cargar con un Sony Vaio VGN-NR21S:

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 1.66 GHz
• Memoria: 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
• HDD: 250 GB
• WLAN: 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Pantalla: 15.4 WXGA (1280x800) X-black LCD
• Tarjeta gráfica: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT GPU
• OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (aunque va a durar poco; ya tengo a mi lado el CD con la Ubuntu 8.04 para instalarla en cuanto termine con este post ;) )
• Color: blanco inmaculado
• Precio: 749 €

Por el mismo dinero era posible llevarse un Vaio color gris (más feo, aunque para gustos, ya se sabe), Intel Core 2 Duo a 1.83 GHz y disco duro con algo menos de capacidad (200 GB).

En fin, que vuelvo a estar online desde casa ;)

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Con l'adozione delle CPU Intel, il lancio dei nuovi prodotti della Mela sono scanditi quasi allo stesso ritmo del rilascio dei nuovi processori sul mercato da parte del colosso californiano.

In questo frangente, tuttavia, la linea iMac è stata quella che si è più fatta attendere dal pubblico, dal momento che con l'arrivo sul mercato dei primi processori Penryn attorno al mese di Gennaio, Apple ha preferito privilegiare l'aggiornamento dei sistemi MacBook e MacBook Pro. Non v'è inoltre da dimenticare che nei primi due mesi dell'anno la Mela ha portato sul mercato la nuova soluzione MacBook Air, un portatile molto sottile e leggero destinato all'utenza che fa della mobilità una delle esigenze principali.

Analizzeremo nel corso della recensione odierna un sistema iMac in form factor da 20 pollici, equipaggiato con un processore Intel Core 2 Duo "Penryn" da 2,66GHz e provvisto di sottosistema video ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro.

auch seit langer zeit aufgeschoben und jetzt endlich umgesetzt: der neue regler für die lautstärke.

der jetzige hat ein paar Mängel. Erstens ist das Drehdingsi zu dünn, um Standard Drehknöpfe draufzustecken. Zweitens handelt es sich um ein lineares und nicht um ein logarithmisches Poti, d.h. die ersten paar Grad einer Drehung regeln die Lautstärke fast komplett hoch, und nach der Hälfte ist kaum noch ein Unterschied festzustellen.

das neue Poti regelt die Lautstärke gleichmäßig hoch, es rauscht weniger und es kann ein normaler Knopf befestigt werden (hoffe ich... noch nicht getestet).

Einziges Problem ist die Kabellänge. Mal schauen.

Molte persone hanno in casa più di un pc collegati tra loro tramite una rete LAN casalinga, grazie alla quale è possibile condividere file, video, immagini, etc. grazie alla condivisione di rete. Quindi condividere questi è molto semplice, ma se volessimo ad esempio utilizzare un masterizzatore di un altro pc, come fa il Mac Book Air? Anche in questo caso l’operazione è più semplice di quanto si possa pensare.

Infatti oggi spiegherò come condividere un masterizzatore tra due pc collegati tramite LAN. Per prima cosa scarichiamo ed installiamo Alcohol 120%, nel pc dove è presente il masterizzatore. Fatto ciò ed avviato quest’ultimo clicchiamo con il tasto destro sul nostro masterizzatore e selezioniamo dal menu contestuale la voce Sharing. Identifichiamo la periferica che vogliamo condividere, selezioniamola, e clicchiamo su New Share. Inseriamo nella casella Share name of target, un qualsiasi nome, ad esempio Masterizzatore di rete, spuntiamo le caselle Share read e Share write, premiamo su Ok.

Se abbiamo effettuato tutte le operazioni nel modo corretto, sotto la colonna Sharing in corrispondenza del nostro masterizzatore dovremmo trovare On. Scarichiamo da questa pagina iSCSI Initiator e installiamolo sul pc senza masterizzatore. Ritorniamo sul pc con masterizzatore e clicchiamo su Start-Esegui digitiamo cmd dopo di che ipconfig e diamo Invio. Scriviamo da qualche parte il valore accanto alla voce Indirizzo IP. Ritorniamo di nuovo sul PC senza masterizzatore e avviamo iSCSI Iniziator con un doppio clic, apriamo la scheda Discovery e clicchiamo su Add, qui inseriamo l’indirizzo IP trovato in precedenza. Quindi scegliamo Ok. Spostiamoci sulla scheda targets e se tutto è andato per il verso giusto dovremo trovare il nome della rete, nel nostro caso Masterizzatore di rete. Clicchiamo su Log On e infine Ok.

Se sotto la voce Status appare Connected clicchiamo su Ok. Inseriamo nel PC con masterizzatore un DVD vergine. Sul nostro PC invece avviamo Nero Buring, clicchiamo su Masterizzatore-Seleziona Masterizzatore e scegliamo l’unico disponibile, dopo di che effettuiamo con la masterizzazione del disco come se il masterizzatore fosse sul nostro PC. L’operazione di configurazione della rete va effettuata solamente la prima volta.

Fonte: geekissimo

Hardisk merupakan piranti penyimpanan sekunder dimana data disimpan sebagai pulsa magnetik pada piringan metal yang berputar yang terintegrasi. Data disimpan dalam lingkaran konsentris yang disebut track. Tiap track dibagi dalam beberapa segment yang dikenal sebagai sector. Untuk melakukan operasi baca tulis data dari dan ke piringan, harddisk menggunakan head untuk melakukannya, yang berada disetiap piringan. Head inilah yang selanjut bergerak mencari sector-sector tertentu untuk dilakukan operasi terhadapnya. Waktu yang diperlukan untuk mencari sector disebut seek time. Setelah menemukan sector yang diinginkan, maka head akan berputar untuk mencari track. Waktu yang diperlukan untuk mencari track ini dinamakan latency.

Harddisk merupakan media penyimpan yang didesain untuk dapat digunakan menyimpan data dalam kapasitas yang besar. Hal ini dilatar belakangi adanya program aplikasi yang tidak memungkinkan berada dalam 1 disket dan juga membutuhkan media penyimpan berkas yang besar misalnya database suatu instansi.  Tidak hanya itu, harddisk diharapkan juga diimbangi dari kecepatan aksesnya. Kecepatan harddisk bila dibandingkan dengan disket biasa, sangat jauh. Hal ini dikarenakan harddisk mempunyai mekanisme yang berbeda dan teknologi bahan yang tentu saja lebih baik dari pada disket biasa.  Bila tanpa harddisk, dapat dibayangkan betapa banyak yang harus disediakan untuk menyimpan data kepegawaian suatu instansi atau menyimpan program aplikasi. Hal ini tentu saja tidak efisien. Ditambah lagi waktu pembacaannya yang sangat lambat bila menggunakan media penyimpanan disket konvensional tersebut.

grazie a tutti per i preziosi consigli che metterò senz'altro in pratica...

ancora una cosa: come si fa ad aumentare la RAM ?

ciao

ghigno di bracco

Sekilas, ia hanya berupa sebuah potongan kecil PCB, dengan beberapa tambahan komponen hitam. Dengan tambahan titik-titik contact point, untuk memory berinteraksi dengan motherboard. Inilah di antaranya.

PCB (Printed Circuit Board)

Pada umumnya, papan PCB berwana hijau. Pada PCB inilah beberapa komponen chip memory terpasang. PCB ini sendiri tersusun dari beberapa lapisan (layer). Pada setiap lapisan terpasang jalur ataupun sirkuit, untuk mengalirkan listrik dan data. Secara teori, semakin banyak jumlah layer yang digunakan pada PCB memory, akan semakin luas penampang yang tersedia dalam merancang jalur. Ini memungkinkan jarak antar jalur dan lebar jalur dapat diatur dengan lebih leluasa, dan menghindari noise interferensi antarjalur pada PCB. Dan secara keseluruhan akan membuat modul memory tersebut lebih stabil dan cepat kinerjanya. Itulah sebabnya pada beberapa iklan untuk produk memory, menekankan jumlah layer pada PCB yang digunakan modul memory produk yang bersangkutan.

Contact Point

Sering juga disebut contact finger, edge connector, atau lead. Saat modul memory dimasukkan ke dalam slot memory pada motherboard, bagian inilah yang menghubungkan informasi antara motherboard dari dan ke modul memory. Konektor ini biasa terbuat dari tembaga ataupun emas. Emas memiliki nilai konduktivitas yang lebih baik. Namun konsekuensinya, dengan harga yang lebih mahal. Sebaiknya pilihan modul memory disesuaikan dengan bahan konektor yang digunakan pada slot memory motherboard. Dua logam yang berbeda, ditambah dengan aliran listrik saat PC bekerja lebih memungkinkan terjadinya reaksi korosif.

Pada contact point, yang terdiri dari ratusan titik, dipisahkan dengan lekukan khusus. Biasa disebut sebagai notch. Fungsi utamanya, untuk mencegah kesalahan pemasangan jenis modul memory pada slot DIMM yang tersedia di motherboard. Sebagai contoh, modul DDR memiliki notch berjarak 73 mm dari salah satu ujung PCB (bagian depan). Sedangkan DDR2 memiliki notch pada jarak 71 mm dari ujung PCB. Untuk SDRAM, lebih gampang dibedakan, dengan adanya 2 notch pada contact point-nya.

DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)

Komponen-komponen berbentuk kotak-kotak hitam yang terpasang pada PCB modul memory inilah yang disebut DRAM. Disebut dynamic, karena hanya menampung data dalam periode waktu yang singkat dan harus di-refresh secara periodik. Sedangkan jenis dan bentuk dari DRAM atau memory chip ini sendiri cukup beragam.

Chip Packaging

Atau dalam bahasa Indonesia adalah kemasan chip. Merupakan lapisan luar pembentuk fisik dari masing-masing memory chip. Paling sering digunakan, khususnya pada modul memory DDR adalah TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package). Pada RDRAM dan DDR2 menggunakan CSP (Chip Scale Package). Beberapa chip untuk modul memory terdahulu menggunakan DIP (Dual In-Line Package) dan SOJ (Small Outline J-lead).

DIP (Dual In-Line Package)

Chip memory jenis ini digunakan saat memory terinstal langsung pada PCB motherboard. DIP termasuk dalam kategori komponen through-hole, yang dapat terpasang pada PCB melalui lubang-lubang yang tersedia untuk kaki/pinnya. Jenis chip DRAM ini dapat terpasang dengan disolder ataupun dengan socket. SOJ (Small Outline J-Lead) Chip DRAM jenis SOJ, disebut demikan karena bentuk pin yang dimilikinya berbentuk seperti huruh "J". SOJ termasuk dalam komponen surfacemount, artinya komponen ini dipasang pada sisi pemukaan pada PCB.

TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package)

Termasuk dalam komponen surfacemount. Namanya sesuai dengan bentuk dan ukuran fisiknya yang lebih tipis dan kecil dibanding bentuk SOJ.

CSP (Chip Scale Package)

Jika pada DIP, SOJ dan TSOP menggunakan kaki/pin untuk menghubungkannya dengan board, CSP tidak lagi menggunakan PIN. Koneksinya menggunakan BGA (Ball Grid Array) yang terdapat pada bagian bawah komponen. Komponen chip DRAM ini mulai digunakan pada RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) dan DDR.

]]> http://bradmarsh.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/could-the-htc-diamond-and-touch-pro-be-launched-soon/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:53:47 +0000 bradmarsh http://bradmarsh.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/could-the-htc-diamond-and-touch-pro-be-launched-soon/ Well I certainly hope so this has be by far the best styled and feature rich windows mobile devices that have ever been launched....

I was reading on a blog that HTC released an email (if you are on there mailing list you would have also got it too) that was  an invite to a product launch on the 24th of July!! whilst the invite does not specify what product it is, but in saying that what else do they have that's not yet been released.... NOTHING.

see below for more info on the invite

http://www.techau.tv/blog/?p=479

but back to the features list

now For the

HTC Diamond

Processor
Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz

Operating System
Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

Memory
ROM: 256 MB
RAM: 192 MB DDR SDRAM
Internal storage: 4 GB

Dimensions
102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.35 mm (T)

Weight
110 g (with battery)

Display
2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution

Network
HSDPA/WCDMA:

• Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz

• Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

• Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz

(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)

Device Control
TouchFLO™ 3D
Touch-sensitive navigation control

GPS
GPS and A-GPS ready

Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)

Camera
Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera

Audio
Built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio with RDS
Ring tone supported formats:

• MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB

• 40 polyphonic and Standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI

Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 900 mAh
Talk time:

• Up to 270 minutes for WCDMA

• Up to 330 minutes for GSM

Standby time:

• Up to 396 hours for WCDMA

• Up to 285 hours for GSM

Video call time: Up to 145 minutes for WCDMA
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)

HTC Touch Pro

Which is what I AM VERY excited about, in my opinion this has it all over the I-Phone.

Processor
Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz

Operating System
Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

Memory
ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288MB

Dimensions
102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 18.05 mm (T)

Weight
165 g (with battery)

Display
2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution

Network
HSDPA/WCDMA:

• Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz

• Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

• Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz

frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)

Device Control
TouchFLO™

(Band  3D
Touch-sensitive navigation control

Keyboard
Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard

GPS
GPS and A-GPS ready

Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV Out* in one)

Camera

Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flash light
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera

Audio
Built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio with RDS
Ring tone supported formats:

• MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB

• 40 polyphonic and standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI

Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 1340 mAh
Talk time:

• Up to 397 minutes for WCDMA

• Up to 485 minutes for GSM

Standby time:

• Up to 503 hours for WCDMA

• Up to 406 hours for GSM

Video call time: Up to 201 minutes for WCDMA
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)

Expansion Slot
microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

Remember to book in the 24th of July 08, I know I have.

:)

This is a post dedicated to all of you guys who'd like to use Bluetooth HID (Human Interface Device), i.e. keyboard, mouse, etc. in Linux.

In my case the dongle is integrated in iMac (based on a Broadcom BCM2045B2 chipset) and the HID devices are the Apple Aluminium Bluetooth Keyboard and the Apple Mighty mouse, but the concepts here are still valid for other devices.

It takes me a while to have a clear picture of the concepts here, so I wish this guide will make a smooth path for you ;)

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a wireless protocol suited for low power consumption and data transmissions over short distances from fixed and/or mobile devices.

In Bluetooth a master device (the host) can communicate with up to seven active devices in an ad-hoc piconet. Up to 255 further devices can be inactive, or parked, which the master device can bring into active status at any time.

The Bluetooth technology offers a seamless integration of different peripheral and functionality overcoming issues arising from synchronization of these devices.
This is achieved by means of profiles: they provide standards which manufacturers follow to allow devices to use Bluetooth in the intended manner.

At a minimum, each profile specification contains information on the following topics:

• Dependencies on other profiles
• Suggested user interface formats
• Specific parts of the Bluetooth protocol stack used by the profile.

In Linux the Bluetooth support is provided by BlueZ.

The HID Profile

The HID (Human Interface Device) profile provides support for devices such as keyboards, mice, joysticks, as well as support for simple buttons and indicators on other types of devices. It is designed to provide a low latency link, with low power requirements.

Bluetooth HID is a lightweight wrapper of the HID protocol defined for USB which simplifies host implementation by enabling the re-use of some of the existing support for USB HID to also support Bluetooth HID.

Apple, but I have seen a similar approach also in other vendors (like Logitech with their diNovo product family), abstract the Bluetooth HID devices as USB HID (HID mode). This means that the Bluetooth device appear to the system as if it were directly connected to the USB port.

That's the reason why we can use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse in Linux even we have not installed the Bluetooth stack at all.

That's a cool approach (consider for example BT keyboard usage in BIOS) but it has some limits: in this mode

• the Bluetooth controller does not act as a standard BT host so other devices (mobiles, printers, etc) cannot be added;
• the HID device hardware is not accessed directly and as a such you are limited to the (basic) function that the manufacturer decided to export to this emulation layer.

In my case, for example, the mighty mouse act as a basic 3 button mouse with no awareness of the really useful wheel on top of it which would allows horizontal scrolling :P

Blue or Red Pill?

For people who just want to use keyboard/mouse without any fancy feature and do not plan to use Bluetooth with other devices (like smartphone) just use the USB HID emulation and you are set.

You are not neither required to install the Bluetooth stack nor did anything else than pair the keyboard and mouse in MacOS. You device will appear to Linux as they were connected directly to a USB port.

[...] and the story ends.

Since we are f**ckin' curious guys :D we would like to have all the possibilities enabled even if we are not ever making use of them.

The procedure here is to set HID emulation to use at boot time (BIOS, rEFIt, others) and then switch to native BT (HCI mode) when Linux loads up, managing HID peripherals with the Bluetooth modules.

Let's Rock'n'Roll

Bluez installation

First of all let's install the Linux's Bluetooth stack. In Debian this is as easy as type ;)

$ sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez-utils bluez-gnome

The bluez-gnome package contains a passkey agent (which in bluez 3.x replaced the legacy pin-assistant component) which is required to perform associations with the BT devices.

HID to HCI

We can now start scanning the Bluetooth spectrum to see available devices (if any). At a first glance, I received an error:

$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
Inquiry failed: Connection timed out

This is because the device is still in HID mode: this can be easily verified with an lsusb (note the 820a and 820b entries):

$ sudo lsusb -t
[...]
Bus# 1
`-Dev# 1 Vendor 0x1d6b Product 0x0001
`-Dev# 4 Vendor 0x0a5c Product 0x4500
|-Dev# 5 Vendor 0x05ac Product 0x820f
|-Dev# 6 Vendor 0x05ac Product 0x820a
`-Dev# 7 Vendor 0x05ac Product 0x820b


where the 0x820f is the Bluetooth adapter, the 0x820a is the HID keyboard and the 0x820b is the HID mouse (simply execute sudo lsusb -v).

In the new iMac, host switch to HCI mode can be done with a dongle reset. In other cases (as in the old iMac which had CSR chipset) there is a utility hid2hci which accomplish this.

Note: after the reset you are going to loose you BT keyboard and mouse since we didn't pair them yet. So you would better find a USB keyboard and mouse to use by that time ;)

$ sudo hciconfig hci0 reset

To make this behavior permanent you can either add an option to one of the /etc/modprobe.d file or patch the kernel by adding the Apple BT ID code in the hci_usb.c file.
Marcel Holtmann (the bluez designer which help me setting-up my device) is taking care of the patching process which is hopefully online soon. In the meantime I inserted an option in my /etc/modprobe.d/local file with a line:

options hci reset=1

If we repeat the commands above we noticed that there are no HID devices in the lsusb output and, if the devices are in discovery state, we now able to find them with an hci scan:

$ sudo lsusb -t
[...]
Bus# 1
`-Dev# 1 Vendor 0x1d6b Product 0x0001
`-Dev# 4 Vendor 0x0a5c Product 0x4500
`-Dev# 5 Vendor 0x05ac Product 0x820f
$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
00:XX:XX:XX:XX:99 alessandro's keyboard
00:XX:XX:XX:XX:2D alessandro's mouse


HID daemon

Since we are now in native BT mode, we need some software to manage HID devices: the HID daemon (hidd).

To start hidd in Debian we simply modify the /etc/default/bluetooth file changing:

• HIDD_ENABLED=0 to HIDD_ENABLED=1
• HID2HCI_ENABLED=1 to HID2HCI_ENABLED=0, since I don't use hid2hci

Restart Bluetooth:

$ sudo invoke-rc.d bluetooth restart

Adding the Keyboard and Mouse

You now need to pair the devices with the computer; remember to unpair them first in MacOS before proceed with the following pairing process.

Let's start from the keyboard: put it in discovery mode (hold down the power key until the small led start to flash) and then type:

$ sudo hidd --connect 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:99

This is the tricky part: as soon you start the hidd command above, on the BT keyboard, enter a pass-code (from 4 to 8 numbers) and finally press Enter to confirm.

You should be notified by GNOME that you need to enter the same pass-phrase in a pop-up window (now with the USB keyboard). If you did it right you should have your keyboard paired and connected now (I need some trials before get everything works).

Let's repeat those steps for the mouse: close and open the led shutter to put it in discovery mode and when prompted enter the pin 0000:

$ sudo hidd --connect 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:2D

The devices can be trusted in the GNOME Bluetooth Manager: right-click on the Bluetooth icon in the GNOME systray and select 'Preferences': in the 'Bonded Devices' area select the two devices and click on 'Set Trusted'.

You should be set!
The devices will automatically reconnect when they go to sleep and when your computer boots up.

Apple devices support

We can now see the two devices connected with hidd managing them:

$ hcitool con
Connections:
< ACL 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:2D handle 13 state 1 lm MASTER
< ACL 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:99 handle 12 state 1 lm MASTER
$ sudo hidd --show
00:XX:XX:XX:XX:2D Apple Computer, Inc. Mighty Mouse [05ac:030c] connected
00:XX:XX:XX:XX:99 Apple Inc. Keyboard [05ac:022d] connected

Those devices are exposed to higher (software) layers as HID devices, both produced by Apple (0x05ac), where one is identified by product ID 0x030c (Apple mighty mouse) and the other one by 0x022d (Apple Wireless keyboard).

In order to correctly handle these devices, the hidp kernel module, which is in charge hid protocol, needs to be aware of some "quirks" the devices use.

The might mouse is supported since 2.6.25 and I wish the BT Aluminium keyboard support will be introduced soon (hopefully in 2.6.26 with the ongoing rework for the Apple devices in hid_apple.c).
In the meantime this is the patch for the BT Aluminium keyboard support:

--- linux-2.6.25/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c 2008-04-17 03:49:44.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/local/src/linux-2.6.25/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c 2008-05-25 13:26:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -678,6 +678,8 @@
} hidp_blacklist[] = {
/* Apple wireless Mighty Mouse */
{ 0x05ac, 0x030c, HID_QUIRK_MIGHTYMOUSE | HID_QUIRK_INVERT_HWHEEL },
+ /* Apple Bluetooth alu ISO keyboard */
+ { 0x05ac, 0x022d, HID_QUIRK_APPLE_HAS_FN | HID_QUIRK_APPLE_ISO_KEYBOARD },

{ } /* Terminating entry */
};

Hi-level device management

I will address the "high-level" device management (console keymap and Xorg) in the near future with a dedicated post.

Open issues

Contrary to what happen in Mac OS, Linux is not able to switch back my device to HID mode and the only way I found to have HID mode at the next system restart is to explicitly shut-down the system (not using a restart): not a big deal ...

TODO

The use of the hidd is now deprecated in favour of the new Input Service. As soon as Debian will switch to this I will have to reconfigure my devices.

References

1. Using the Apple Aluminium Bluetooth Keyboard with Linux
2. Using the Logitech diNovo Media Desktop in Linux
3. Fun with Logitech MX900 Bluetooth receivers

Komponen CPU

Komponen CPU terbagi menjadi beberapa macam, yaitu sebagai berikut.

• Unit kontrol yang mampu mengatur jalannya program. Komponen ini sudah pasti terdapat dalam semua CPU.
• Unit eksekusi yang mampu melakukan operasi terhadap data dan memiliki beberapa bagian, seperti ALU (Unit Logika dan Aritmatika), FPU (Floating Point Unit), dan lainnya. Komponen ini sudah pasti terdapat dalam semua jenis CPU.
• Sekumpulan daftar yang dapat digunakan untuk menampung data maupun hasil perhitungan yang belum selesai dengan sempurna. Komponen ini terkadang terdapat dalam CPU, tetapi tidak semuanya.
• Memori internal CPU, yang bentuknya bisa berupa cache. Komponen ini terkadang terdapat dalam CPU. Kebanyakan CPU lama tidak memilikinya.

Cara Kerja CPU

Fungsi CPU

CPU berfungsi seperti kalkulator, hanya saja CPU jauh lebih kuat daya pemrosesannya. Fungsi utama dari CPU adalah melakukan operasi aritmatika dan logika terhadap data yang diambil dari memori atau dari informasi yang dimasukkan melalui beberapa perangkat keras, seperti papan ketik, pemindai, tuas kontrol, maupun tetikus. CPU dikontrol menggunakan sekumpulan instruksi perangkat lunak komputer. Perangkat lunak tersebut dapat dijalankan oleh CPU dengan membacanya dari media penyimpan, seperti cakram keras, disket, cakram padat, maupun pita perekam. Instruksi-instruksi tersebut kemudian disimpan terlebih dahulu pada memori fisik (RAM), yang mana setiap instruksi akan diberi alamat unik yang disebut alamat memori. Selanjutnya, CPU dapat mengakses data-data pada RAM dengan menentukan alamat data yang dikehendaki.

Saat sebuah program dieksekusi, data mengalir dari RAM ke sebuah unit yang disebut dengan bus, yang menghubungkan antara CPU dengan RAM. Data kemudian didekode dengan menggunakan unit proses yang disebut sebagai pendekoder instruksi yang sanggup menerjemahkan instruksi. Data kemudian berjalan ke unit aritmatika dan logika (ALU) yang melakukan kalkulasi dan perbandingan. Data bisa jadi disimpan sementara oleh ALU dalam sebuah lokasi memori yang disebut dengan register supaya dapat diambil kembali dengan cepat untuk diolah. ALU dapat melakukan operasi-operasi tertentu, meliputi penjumlahan, perkalian, pengurangan, pengujian kondisi terhadap data dalam register, hingga mengirimkan hasil pemrosesannya kembali ke memori fisik, media penyimpan, atau register apabila akan mengolah hasil pemrosesan lagi. Selama proses ini terjadi, sebuah unit dalam CPU yang disebut dengan penghitung program akan memantau instruksi yang sukses dijalankan supaya instruksi tersebut dapat dieksekusi dengan urutan yang benar dan sesuai.

e o legal é que além de economizar, ainda ficou massa.

La famosa compañia de la manzana ha decidido rebajar drásticamente el precio de uno de sus más llamativos productos, El Macbook Air.

El precio original del portátil era de US$3.098 y ha sido rebajada en 500 dólares, dejándolo en "sólo" 2.598 de los billetes verdes. Las razones son dos: La actualización de su procesador Intel Core 2 Duo a 1.8GHz ( -100 dólares) y la baja del precio de los discos SSD de 64GB que han sido bajados de $999 a $599 dólares.

Nada de mal para los partidarios de esta gran compañía.

Vía Ubergizmo.com

"The nForce 790i-powered Pinot Noir board is now showcased at CeBIT and shows what Asus' engineers were working to appease overclockers. The board itself isn't that spectacular feature wise but the cooling solution used for it is. Cutting the backplate connectors to a USB minimum the system features a couple of tubes that go towards the northbridge (as seen below) so as to maybe clear some space inside the case. 

Going over the 'standard's the Pinot Noir has 45nm CPU and 1600 MHz support, four DDR3 modules, three PCi-Express 2.0 x16 slots and six SATA 3.0 Gbps connectors. The price tag of such a black beauty/beastie is yet unknown but you can bet it will make the X48 boards look affordable. " -from TC Magazine

-picture courtesy of SX Team Forum

My employer at that time had a G4 running FCP v1.2.

It was slow, unstable, crashed a lot, lacked realtime effects support and dissolves needed to be rendered.

Suffice to say, it failed to make much of an impression. It was an interesting mix of a NLE with some motion graphics capability but lacked many of features we have been spoiled with on the Avid.

In the interim, I worked on the Avid Meridien based systems and transitioned to the Adrenline when that line was EOLed. I became overly familiar with the Avid error messages to an embarrassing extent.I remember a producer quizzically looking at me when I started explaining to her about DRAGON Error messages, BUFFER OVERRUN and UNDERRUN codes.

Progress

During that time, under the auspices of Apple's ProApps department, FCP improved. Enough for Walter Murch to decide that he could do Cold Mountain on it. Before that, Rules of Attraction, Full Frontal and The Ring had also been cut on it.

It was a necessary response from the company now that Avid had decided to migrate to Windows XP for the Adrenaline, Mojo series of Media Composer. Apple no longer had a video killer app solely available on the mac platform.

Apple had to get marketshare back somehow set that in motion by purchasing Keygrip from Macromedia and renaming it Final Cut Pro.

Apple's G5 became the biggest dongle in the world for the new fastest growing NLE.

Avid's regression

Avid still had a dominant installed userbase and felt no need to compete with Apple on the basis of their disruptive price point. DVXpress was deemed to be their equivalent product line, but the restriction of it's maximum output resolution to DV25 without additional hardware meant that it's usefulness would be restricted to the hobbyist/prosumer/budget/boutique production house.

Avid's workflow for footage originating on tape is first class.

The media management tools, offline/online media reconnection all save us loads of time by storing it in the omf media database and enabling simple and mostly painless media management.

However, importing files to Avid, has always been a pain for the exact same reason.

Importing video files in particular is akin to pulling teeth. The files have to converted to omf media on import before they can be used.

If the current show I'm editing was done on the Avid, I would easily be converting up to 80% of my footage.

Also, the disruptive price point of FCP meant that a lot of boutique production houses were sprouting up. Final Cut Studio meant any one man operation with $2500 had the tools (not unnecessarily the skills) to compete with a production house with an Avid and graphics department.

This has resulted in the freelance editing market shifting from 80% Avid, 15% FCP, 5% others in 2002 to what seems to be a 70% FCP, 25% Avid, 5% others pie. (These numbers are obviously not scientifically gathered, it's just me asking other freelancers the percentage of jobs they do on each platform.)

Apple's complacency

Apple hasn't really been pushing the boundaries of what FCP can achieve. The impression that Avid seems to have given up on competing with them for the budget/boutique user demographic seems to have left them free to their own devices. Both companies neglected to have a booth at NAB.

There are numerous bugs that have existed from the first version I used (v1.2) to this very day.

Particularly annoying are the edit to tape compression error, the keyframe editor redraw bug, inconsistent render file linkages and the fact that every point update breaks the project file.

I think the problem with FCP is that the Proapps team seems to find it cooler to add new features than fix existing bugs.

The Future

I hope Avid continues to try to compete with FCP.

Competition is necessary for innovation and I think the best work we've seen from both developers were when they were fighting for marketshare. It would be great if Quantel, Sony (Vegas/xpri), Media 100 got back into the mix. The key to FCP's sudden increase in marketshare wasn't Avid users throwing away their Meridien and Nitris Boxes. It was the multitude of new users investing in hardware/software that was no longer priced out of their reach.

This market is ever expanding and it would be a great pity, not to mention a missed opportunity, if other companies allowed Apple complete dominance of this space.

Last month, Apple's Mac OS X accounted for 7.94% of the operating systems powering computers that accessed the 40,000 Web sites Net Applications monitors for its clients, the company reported yesterday. A year ago, Mac OS X's usage share stood at 6.03%. Read the full story on ComputerWorld.Com

Esse é mais um daqueles MP4 chineses de tirar o chapéu. Trata-se do RAmos T8, um player com um acabamento muito bacana, O case de liga de alumínio-magnésio e só tem um botão, o de ligar, pois todos os comandos são realizados diretamente na tela touch-screeen.

A tela, é ótima para vídeos, tem 4.3 polegadas com uma resolução de 480 × 272 pixel. Os desenvolvedores capricharam no software criando efeitos de deslizamento e desaparecimento dos botões, quando estes não são necessários. Mais ou menos como ocorre no Windows Média Player, assim, a tela é melhor aproveitada.

O aparelho RAmos T8, oferece suporte a Música, vídeo, fotos e e-books. Infelizmente, ainda não há previsão de quando será possível encontrá-lo na Sta Efigênia.

Gostou? Veja o vídeo de demonstração.

Fonte: Desinformado