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Apple launches four new iMacs – Apple has announced four
new iMacs, all boasting quad-core Sandy Bridge processors and high speed Thunderbolt
technology. Two of the new models have 27in screens - all come with 4GB of RAM,
a 1TB hard drive and quad-core Sandy Bridge processors running at 2.7GHz and 3.1GHz
respectively. There is also two new 21.5in iMacs, which have either a 2.5GHz or
a 2.7GHz quad-core Sandy Bridge processor, 4GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive as standard.
The miniDisplay port has been swapped with a Thunderbolt port. Apple first introduced
the high-speed data transfer Thunderbolt ports in its MacBook Pro refresh, though
the technology behind it comes from Intel. Thunderbolt can achieve transfer speeds
of up to 10GB per second.
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Google reportedly launching online music locker service –
Google is expected to announce Tuesday May 10 its new music service that allows
users to store their music online, according to reports. The move will pit Google
directly against the Amazon which began in March, a service that allows users to
download music at the clouds they're buying from Amazon, as well as other music
and files. To avoid people misusing the service for music piracy, Google will not
allow users to download music from online lockers, and will only allow them to listen
on their devices to music streamed from network storage. Its new service will be
called Music Beta by Google, New York Times reported that it can be presented at
the annual Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco.
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Sharp Develops Super High-def Screen for Future TV – Sharp
in Japan has developed an 85-inch LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel with a resolution
equivalent to 16 times faster than today's HDTV panels. Screen, which is only a
prototype, was developed for the Super Hi-Vision, the system of next-generation
television services under development in Japan. At 7680 pixels by 4320 pixels, Super
Hi-Vision images will have four times as much detail horizontally and vertically,
than the best HDTV pictures today. The system was developed by Japanese public broadcaster,
NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai), and demonstrations of early prototypes showed very detailed
with beautiful flowers. Images are so good, the viewer can immerse themselves in
the scene in a way not possible with current technology 3-D TV.
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Intel launches new class of 'Ultrabook' laptops –
Intel has announced plans for a new class of thin and light notebook at Computex
trade show, its latest step to increase their competitiveness in the notebook market.
A new class of PC "Ultrabook" will have "thin, light, beautiful" projects and be
evaluated for the mass market, unlike the high end buyers. Intel expects the new
systems represent 40 percent of sales of consumer notebooks at the end of next year.
It will take time to change the system, however. First harvest Ultrabook PC will
be available from PC manufacturers in time for holiday shopping season this year.
Based on the Intel Core, they will be less than 20 mm (0.8 inches) thick and cost
less than U.S. $1000. The second wave Ultrabooks appear in the first half of
next year, based on the upcoming Intel Gateway Ivy. A final wave should be presented
in 2013, based on a new Intel Core Design, code-named Haswell.
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