Microsoft: billions of dollars of the compensation for Vista Capable?

The American federal court revealed the next batch of the documents associated with the collective lawsuit against the Microsoft of misinforming customers with marketing campaign of the Windows Vista system. It results from them that the concern from Redmond to settlements with reasons would have to issue the considerable amount to 8.5 billion of dollars.

Still new news reports are coming in from the process about Vista Capable - this time they concern the estimated amount the Windows producer would have to allocate which to settlements with persons who felt misled by the marketing Visty campaign.
An economist made these estimates from the university of the state Washington, Keith Leffler who in the recalled process was called as a witness at the request of reasons.

Leffler thinks, that selling of computers to the PC marked logo "Vista Capable" in the run-up market premiere of the Windows Vista system, that is in the period from April 2006 till January 2007 r. interleaved to the income of the Microsoft of the amount herself with 1.5 bn. of dollars. In his view at that time they sold to 19.4 m. of PCs with the sticker "Vista Capable" who didn't meet requirements of the system (13.75 m. from this number portable computers, but 5.65 m determined - stationary). The economist thinks, that total cost of the update of sub-assemblies of these computers so that successfully they deal advanced Vista versions with, he is located in a period 3.92 - 8.52 of billions of dollars.

Windows 7 Experience Index in details

On the official blog of programmers, dealing with the development for the Visty successor, published fast, in whom novelties and changes of the Windows Experience Index function were described - productivity being responsible for an evaluation of the computer.



For the example in order to obtain the evaluation of the processor higher than, to have 6 points need the minimum quad CPU . similarly the thing is with cards of the graphics. Only owners of accelerators in accordance with DirectX 10 libraries can count on over 6 points (who in fact aren't needed for showing the Aero interface - of Microsoft being based on the ninth API version) and being able to show about 40 - 50 cages for a second in high resolutions.

A fact that Experience Index in Windows 7 was updated is a next lead, so you can expect lower evaluations, than you got in Vista. It is caused among others with implementing a few new tests who in more depth are still checking the productivity of the computer. This issue concerns hard disks mainly (checkouts were added speed cache'owania and of time of the access to data).

Microsoft: PlayStation 3 won't catch up Xbox 360

Some time ago representatives of the company criticised the Sony Microsoft for creating consoles about unusually short stretch of the vitality ". It was supposed to be a main reason for whom with time more customers will buy PlayStation 3 than Xbox 360. Now the giant is examined on Redmond in a few harsh language. Conclusion? For of the war continuation.

Recently representatives accused the company of the Sony Microsoft is creating consoles who after relatively short time are becoming outdated. What behind it is going, would be supposed in the future to sell out to PlayStation 3 in the larger number of copies than Xbox 360.


Representative of the giant from Redmond, Aaron Greenberg, however is matching briefly: "I cannot for myself imagine the situation in whom the Xbox 360 console is starting not keeping up with PlayStation 3. Let us establish very much optimistic for the Sony variant, that sale PS 3 is doubling. At the current sale of our console they wouldn't catch up with us till 2014. "

The AMD chairman is announcing the end of the era netbooks?

During the conference devoted to AMD financial results, get in the fourth accounting quarter, the chairman of this company referred to the matter of the future netbooks. In convincing him differences between notebooks and netbooks will be fading away. And so whether we are dealing with the end of the era netbooks?

AMD chairman, Dirk Meyer, during the conference devoted to get financial results in the fourth quarter about the future a netbooków gave its opinion. In convincing him difference between notebooks and netbookami will undergo erasing. A full continuity of the offer will be gained both in terms of the price of products, as well as their sizes.

Meyer is suggesting Dirk, that netbooks available at present on the market constitute the kind of the compromise. Customers agree loss of the part of the potential of computers PC in exchange for getting the attractive price. The fall in the productivity concerns the graphics in particular. Also a lower potential is significant in the multimedia. From the other side persons who need the efficient computer about smallnesses must take into account with the expense thickly exceeding the level of the thousand the USD.

Sapphire is presenting passively chilled HD 4670

The Sapphire company entered the next version of a HD 4670 graphics card, this time equipped with the system of passive chilling into the offer. SAPPHIRE HD 4670 Ultimate is allocated above all for persons who value the very quiet operation of the computer for themselves.

Newest Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate has the graphic core consisting of 320 stream-oriented processors working with the speed of 750 MHz. 512 MB of the GDDR 3 memory installed on the card clock is with speed 873 an MHz (1746 MHz effectively).

For chilling a graphics card a two-slot system of tubes is matching heatpipe of dispersions connected with radiators about the great area of the warmth. On the card he isn't installed no windmill, so chilling is held in total silence. Thanks to that a SAPPHIRE graphics card perfectly is also suitable for computers of the HTPC type. SAPPHIRE HD 4670 Ultimate is serving the PCI Express 2.0 interface and he has the connector enabling to connect two or more graphics cards in the CrossFireX mode. DVI exits, VGA and the native HDMI exit are on herring of the card.

Netbooks won't rescue market of computers PC

This year the netbook will decide on the purchase much more of persons than in the previous year - arises out of reports of research IDC companies and Gartner. Unfortunately it won't be enough to prevent stopping the PC taken down for six years of the sale growth of computers.

According to the IDC name, in 2008 10 million came the market across netbooks and of miniature notebooks, however in the current year this result much will be improved - to sell because has as many as 20 million pieces of such devices. For her analysts assume simultaneously that notebooks and stationary computers will be sentenced to much fainter depressions so far interesting on the part of customers. Therefore, PC observed for six years on the market of computers sale growth, is supposed to stay (in spite of the good sale netbooks) slowed down.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 around memory GDDR 4

A new graphics card of the Sapphire company using the ATI Radeon HD 4670 processor came the market across.

Device, unlike the referential structure, was equipped with 512 MB of the GDDR 4 memory and the system of chilling using the fan being marked by considerable assessments. Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR 4 is intended for the cooperation with motherboards equipped with the trunk line 2.0 x 16 PCI-Express. The device is supporting the CrossFireX technology as well as 1100 MHz was equipped with 512 MB of the GDDR 4 memory working with the speed (2200 MHz effectively). For appropriate chilling sub-assemblies however a tremendous system of chilling using the fan about the great diameter is caring (it let lower his rotation speed), during the work which noise not exceeding level 20 is generating dBA.

Lenovo is presenting a nettop with the processor Intel Atom

The Lenovo company displayed the new computer of the class nettop named Lenovo of 3000 H 200. He stayed designed for such tasks as serfowanie after the Internet, or using basic tools as editors of texts.

The low-budget Lenovo computer of 3000 H 200 was equipped with the one core processor Intel Atom 230 (frequency of the 1.60GHz clocking, FSB of 533 MHz, 512 KB of the cache), 1 or 2 GB RAM (PC 2 - 5300 DDR 2 SDRAM of 667 MHz), hard disk for capacities of 160 GB (optional 320 GB) and optical drive DVD-ROM 48 X. a GMA 950 Intel is an Arrangement responsible for showing the graphics. Nettop is using the Windows Vista Home Basic system and the basic version costs 299 USD him (purchase the version from 2 GB the RAM and 320 GB with hard disk it is an expense of the row of 339 USD). It is possible to recognize the slight conscription of the electricity and the rock bottom of generating the noise as advantages of the computer (what considerably the lack of fans affects).

GeForce GTX 285 turned up from BFG

BFG company, partner of the NVidia concern, presented new cards of the graphics, relying on the GTX 285 agreement. All latest models in stock will be BFG factory-made. New series of BFG devices include as many as four new graphics accelerators, that is OC models, OC+, OC 2 and OCX. all mentioned cards were equipped in GT 200 b chip (nm carried out in technological process 55), 240 stream-oriented processors and the two-slot system of chilling. Devices have by the GDDR 3 video memory dedicated to 1024 MB with whom the core is communicating through 512 - beat interface.

Acer: business LCD for resolutions 2048 x 1152 of pixels

In stock companies Acer two new monitors appeared from B series - models about B 233 HU markings bmidhz and B 273 HU bmidhz. Devices let 2048 for showing the image in the resolution x 1152 of pixels and they are intended business applications.

B 233 HU bmidhz and B 273 HU bmidhz are intended above all business applications. Devices were equipped in, appropriately, 23 - and 27 - one-inch liquid crystal panels (TN) who are marked by resolution 2048 x 1152 of pixels. The equipment offers the technology for the use of the user moreover eColor Acer Management (is adapting parameters of showing the user to the operating environment, lighting conditions and likings) and possibilities of lowering the screen against 5 steps ahead and 15 steps to the back, of turning about 35 / 35 steps in law/trick and of regulation height within the scope of 110 mm.

Asus will have the Eee phone

Taiwanese company Asus, well-known components factory computer and of mobile devices, she confirmed rumours circulating after the network, that she had been supposed in plans to produce the phone under the Eee quality.

The new handset won't be only an everyday phone call, he is supposed to enable also an inspection of other devices of the company. Jonney Shih, chairman of the company Asus is saying (in the interview for New York of the Times) a product who will let control other devices is needed. So is supposed to be exactly Eee Phone. Unfortunately Shis gave no technical information associated with the new product. He said only the new device is already designed and because of the possibility of controlling other devices equipped is supposed to be into the row of cordless technologies (of bluetooths, Wi-Fi).

The Intel is cutting prices Core 2 Quad

The Intel announced a price reduction of processors from the Core 2 family Quad. It is undoubtedly caused by the good party on the market of AMD Phenom processors II. Company Intel announced a price reduction of Core 2 processors Quad, made in technology 45 of nm. At the moment nothing is announcing a price reduction of the newest Core processors and 7 whom so far didn't find on the market of a worthy opponent.

The information concerning new prices managed already to permeate to the network, however company Intel at the moment didn't confirm them officially. According to reductions will be introducing the "anonymous informer" oneself as follows:

*Core 2 Intel Q 9650 Quad 3.0 GHz of 12 MB of 1333 MHz - reduction in the around 530 USD on 322 USD
*Core 2 Intel Q 9550 Quad 2.83 GHz of 12 MB of 1333 MHz - reduction in the around 316 USD on 267 USD
*Core 2 Intel Q 9400 Quad 2.66 GHz of 6 MB of 1333 MHz - reduction in the around 266 USD on 217 USD
*Core 2 Intel Q 8300 Quad 2.50 GHz of 4 MB of 1333 MHz - reduction in the around 224 USD on 194 USD
*Core 2 Intel Q 8200 Quad 2.33 GHz of 4 MB of 1333 MHz - reduction in the around 193 USD on 163 USD

Windows 7 vs Linux - there will be a war about netbooks?

New operating system of Microsoft Windows 7, very much a to do difficult task is waiting. The seven is not having only to correct undermined through Vista brand image, but also to fight for the moneymaking market netbooks. However it is obvious that on it will be noting field have it easy. Because a Linux who at the moment is dominating on the market of cheap devices of the line of devices of this type is standing in the opposite corner.

Section the netbooks belongs currently to areas the most dynamically unrolling of the IT market. all forecasts also show that in the most recent time this trend will remain unchanging. According to the IDC name, in 2008 it came the market across over 11.4 of million netbooków and of miniature notebooks. The first analyses show that in 2009 this result will be improved - because over 20 million specimens of such devices will find their way to hands of customers.

The analytical DisplaySearch company also estimated, that till 2011 the popularity of similar appliances would be growing regularly about 16 % in the annual scale. It's no wonder that the biggest players preparing providing software for mobile computers, slowly are commencing activity aimed at the takeover like biggest part of this market. Amongst chief interested there is a Microsoft of course with it Windowsem 7 and the Linux.

Chrome 2.0 alpha with new functions to download

Less than the month ago the Google was praised, that 1.0 version of the viewer isn't already Lame with beta. Now the company decided still more empthatically to show that for her new releases are "ready". Today online a version appeared alpha Lame 2.0 whom it is possible officially to take - also from our server. Version alpha Lame 2.0 was published on the blog of authors of the browser - Lame Channel Developer (at us for charging at the address: Google Lame 2.0.156.1). The new look product is entering quite a lot of changes and novelties into her.

The alpha is demonstrating lame 2.0, that the team is trying to supplement the Google one's product for the majority of the post of bigger and more important players - Internet of the Explorer and Firefox. The new window of the update was left Lame enriched about autowypełnianie, full already possibilities of introducing the content to the side, updates in the module of checking the spelling, automatic rewinding and many other functions. One of the most important novelties into Lame there is an option "profiles" who enables users to prepare and to write personal profiles with other with placing, with bookmarks, with history, with files cookies and... with abbreviations. There is this interesting solution when on one computer we want to put the matters associated with the work in order and even if with entertainment.

Microsoft: next critical patch for Windows

The Corporation Microsoft announced that next week only one updating securities improving the effect of all Windows versions at present backed up would appear. In older versions of system the amendment was classified as "critical". Next updating securities of the Windows system will appear on 13 January. The amendment is supposed to be made available to all versions backed up at present OS. For older from them (Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003) the "patch" was classified as "critical". In latest versions of the Windows (Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008) updating will have the status of the average weight ("moderate").


He didn't inform the Microsoft at the moment of what to concern a new amendment has. Andrew Storms, the nCircle Network Security director is sentences, that to repair the patch perhaps so-called "token kidnapping bug". This mistake, in the huge shortcut, he consists in getting around safety barriers of the Windows system this way, that raising one's entitlements and taking over the total control over the attacked computer are becoming possible. A hacker Cesar Cerrudo in the March of the previous year known detected this gap .

Delete acquaintances on Facebook - you will get Whopper for free

Chain of the restaurant King Burger began a very untypical promotional campaign. From yesterday all inhabitants of the United States can with cost of one's acquaintances in the service Facebook społecznościowym to provide to oneself with the free Whopper sandwich. The King burger began a promotional campaign in the United States in the name of .. "Whopper Sacrifice". From yesterday everyone willing can download the free application who will be calculating the number of acquaintances whom they deleted from the list of friends in the service from the Internet Facebook .

For removing from its profile 10 light switches. the user receives the possibility of printing the voucher who provides to him with the free Whopper sandwich in the restaurant networks fast-food. It is worthwhile adding that in news an appropriate note is turning up to profiles of all persons who will decide on such a move,, e.g. "Scoot devoted to Becky for free whoppera". It is worthwhile adding, that from yesterday 120 thousand persons already stayed "devoted" for sandwiches around Burger Kinga. Any way - quite unpleasant...

How to capture Windows 7 for free?

Premiere of new windows most probably already at the end of this year. Of course at the moment we don't know Windows 7 prices, however we know that you will be able to receive the Visty successor for free. It's no joke! All users who will purchase Vistę after 1 July br., will be able to, as part of the program of the update free of charge, to exchange the older version of system on Windows 7.

Information about recalled a TechARP.com service got the promotion of the update. The program of updating to Windows 7 is supposed allegedly to come into force since 1 br July., at least are it is an unofficial information. The promotion will most probably end in a few months after the premiere of new windows of the Microsoft (in case of Vista it was till 15 March 2007, where the premiere in Poland took place on 30 January 2007). The program won't concern the update from Windows XP, who still today it is already hard to purchase.

According to rumours, it will be possible to exchange the following Vista versions for right Windows 7 editions:

* Windows Vista Home Premium on Windows 7 Home Premium
* Windows Vista Business on Windows 7 Professional
* on Windows 7 Ultimate the Program will be applying to Windows Vista Ultimate only for the version Original Equipment Manufacturer of systems, acquired with the high technology equipment.

CES: Asus is announcing "cooperating" laptop computers

Company Asus presented the Show on this year's Consumer Electronics in Las Vegas of a lot of novelty. Among them interesting equipment proposals weren't missing. It is however not everything. The Taiwanese producer wants to suggest the solution thanks to whom put laptop computers close oneself will be able to change in the future with one's stores (with memory RAM whether with computational possibilities of the processor).

Conception suggested by the company Asus is looking very curiously. In order to enable two located laptop computers close oneself for changing is main betting with one's stores (with free memory RAM whether with computational possibilities of the processor). When computers entirely would be joined with themselves even work opportunities would exist on the shared battery.

Phenom II - AMD is coming back to the game

Phenom II should be the first AMD processor of these series. It is Phenom de facto worked out of the first generation, with it, that to develop nm carried out in technological process 45 who lets for him wings. The processor is being efficienting, they well are turning up, and what essential the hardware platform built with applying it will be relatively inexpensive. It is a good signal for consumers who waited until the equal opponent comes for processors Core 2 Intel Quad, because Core and 7 still a pose remains the reach of newest Phenoma. AMD processors for a few years stayed their Intel rivals in the shadow. If managed to make a forward step, the opponent jumped away to the consecutive, considerable distance. Inserting the latest models added variety to market gameses, but enthusiasts and persons requiring the highest productivity usually strived for layouts of the Intel. Results of tests didn't leave illusions - Core 2 Duo and Core 2 celebrated triumphs Quad.

They were fighting above all with the price in AMD. Unfortunately for AMD and fortunately for users, the Intel also took and it is a challenge. With big chance for "green" there was an introduction quad of Phenom processors. They turned out to be arrangements pretended, being able to successfully compete in terms of the general productivity with more expensive dual processors of the Intel. The one however had also processors in stock the quad and at least a way of creating them were not very refined, consisting in linking two processors in one casing dual (Phenom for a change is a processor from the beginning designed as the monolithic arrangement), it is an effectiveness of action of such a structure was surprisingly good.