Eurocom Panther 4.0 Is A Super Notebook For Gamers And Professionals

Eurocom is famous for producing ultra high-end workstations and Notebooks for professionals and Gamers. They have now come up with a power house notebook in the name Panther 4.0. The device will be an ideal choice for Graphic designers, CAD Developers and all those professionals who seek a high performance portable device with ultimate features. This laptop truly supports all those high-end configurations available now in the market.

Storage capacity is an ultimate 4 TB which is required for multimedia developers and animators whose works involves storing high definition multimedia files of huge sizes . The user can choose between Intel Core i7 3960X Processor Extreme Edition, Intel Core i7 processors and next generation Intel Xeon Processors. To enure an ultimate performance speed the laptop is made to support a massive 32GB RAM. This means that the user can  perform multi-tasking using multiple resources sucking softwares.

For a matchless display quality the user can choose a high performance graphic engine from GeForce GTX 580M, Quadro 5010M or Radeon HD 6990M graphics kit. To render an unmatched picture quality to its 17.3 inch display the user can choose from  matte, glossy and 3D displays.

Security is another emphasized factor in the device. To make the device secure for the professionals it comes equipped with with a Trusted Platform Module 1.2 (TPM), finger print reader and Kensington lock port. All data remains secure within this highly secured notebook.

Connectivity options are rich; the manufacturers have provided a 16 connectivity options which includes 3 USB 3.0 ports , 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 eSATA port and 1 Mini IEEE 1394b port. For audio input and output there is a Headphone jack and a  microphone jack. Above all these there is an  HDMI 1.4a output port (with HDCP), a display port (Reversion depends on Video Controller) and  a DVI-I output port (Single link). Audio output is through an external 7.1 channel which comes equipped with 5 speakers and a 3 watt sub-woofer

All these won’t comes cheap, isn’t it? Yes, base model of  this power packed portable work station or gaming notebook $2649 — price will go up with higher performance requirement. It cannot be light as well and weighs 12.1lbs or almost five and a half kilogram — this ultra performance notebook for sure is not an ultra portable one.

Read more details and press release here: Engadget

Microsoft Dropping Start Button In Windows 8 User Interface

Microsoft is performing a face lift on their windows operating system. Among the many changes is this important doing away of the legendary “start” button. “Start” button was there on every windows operating systems since the introduction of the same in Windows 95. Normal windows users used this button mainly to access the control panel, accessories and other installed programs.

“Hot corner” is what Microsoft considers a replacement for the Start menu which usually resides on the left hand side bottom corner of Windows user interfaces. Hot corner facilitates similar user experience. When the user touches or clicks on any of the four corners of the interface a menu similar to what we usually find after clicking the start button can be obtained using this “Hot corner” system. However the live bar however continues to perform in  the Windows 8. The screen shot of the interface is obtained from PC beta which indicates the removal of the button.

Finally An Untethered Jailbreak For iPhone 4S and iPad 2

Finally the hackers triumphed in jailbreaking the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. This has taken unusually long time and obviously had been a difficult task. The developers at Green Poison yesterday announced an untethered iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak on their website. However the site now seems down probably because of the great demand which they could not meet.

So what it is a jailbreaking and what difference it does to your Apple device. Jailbreaking lets you access some great application which otherwise is not available for a normal user. If you think of jailbreaking your iPhone you must be aware of few things. Apple’s warranty expires if you do so and you will no longer get updates from the company. And if the jailbreak does not work and you device goes down you are in a serious trouble. Perform the act only if you seriously need to jail break the device.

Brookstone’s 2GB Cufflinks Which Doubles Up As A WiFi Hotspot

Imagine you are at an event and the WiFi router goes down leaving every one at the event without internet connection. This is difficult situation it the internet connection at the spot serves some meaningful purpose. Brookstone now has introduced a cufflink device with 2GB storage capacity and can act as a WiFi hotspot for multiple devices. If you had this device during the above mentioned event you should have overcome the difficulty with ease. So how does it work? It is simple let me explain.

If you have a laptop or a portable computing device plugin the internet connection cable to the device. Then use the cufflink and plug it to the usb port of the device. That’s it! Now your laptop has become a WiFi hot spot that can share the internet connection to all WiFi enabled Smartphones, iPads etc. and offcourse at a great speed. Another advantage of the device is that it can share the the files in the parent device which is an ideal feature in meetings. The device is ideal for corporate executives and travelers.

There is a software which needs to be downloaded and installed. The cufflink is available at Brookstone store for $249.99.

Dimensions: .75″ L x .75″ W x .25″ H