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New Micro battery, power packed for high performance

vhxn.com — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:18:59 +0000

For a size of a few millimetres, the new micro-batteries are powerful enough to jump start a car battery and then quickly charge the cell phone. Researchers from the University of Illinois have developed the micro batteries which can be used to drive compact electronic devices and new applications for radio communications. The micro batteries are so good that they can even out power the super capacitors. The results were published in ‘Nature Communications’ in the April 16 issue. The micro batteries have energy and power and with the researchers tweaking the structure of the micro batteries a little bit, its use can be for wide range applications.

The high performance of the micro battery is based on its 3-dimensional micro-structure. Based on the design of fast charging cathode by Professor Paul Braun’s group, researchers developed the matching anode and integrated it with the fast charging cathode at a micro-scale and made a complete battery with high performance. These batteries could be used to enable the sensors or radio signals and are rechargeable about 1000 times faster than the existing technologies.

Splinter Cell Blacklist, one man army with advanced combat styles

vhxn.com — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:15:39 +0000

This is a more advanced version of 2010 Splinter Cell: Conviction, the one man army game that shows a classic killer Sam Fisher. The character has now become more determined and grayish. The players have to posses the skills to play Sam to fight against the new enemy, the Engineers. Sam shows ultra modern talents like, strike, stalk and silence. As the game progress with different styles of combat, the player is rewarded while unfolding each mission. The trailer released a year back showcases the fine movements of Sam while making strikes on the enemy.

He jumps in open terrain and on obstacles signifies the Panther play style. Sam’s fleets were shown in the 10 minute demo with a new voice. The simultaneous game, Assassins Creed and Far Cry 3 promises to have the exploratory approach with combat styles. Although the two games differ in style and narration the concept of multiple advanced combat styles are identical. The game Splinter Cell: Blacklist is scheduled to release on 20^th August, 2013 suitable for Xbox 360, Wii U, PS3 and PC.

Samsung ‘Roma’ – another version of Google Nexus 10

vhxn.com — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:12:43 +0000

Samsung is ready to come up with a new 10 inch tablet – ‘Roma’ which will be a TouchWiz version of google nexus 10 which is currently in the market. This tablet will be powered by a 1.7 GHz dual core Exynos 5 processors along with a 2GB RAM. It will also include a 16GB of built in storage with an expandable storage up to 128GB via a MicroSD card. It has camera on both the sides that is the rear camera with a 5-megapixel and the front camera with a 1.9-megapixel. It has a connectivity option with 4G LTE, 3G, WI-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0 and Micro-USB. It runs on the Android 4.2 (jelly bean) operating system.

It weighs around 583 grams and a battery with 9,000mAh. To implement more on the tablet front, Samsung is also working on Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 3 8.0. The first is coming with a 10 inch screen resolution while the latter has a 8 inch resolution. Galaxy tab 3 10.1 is supposedly coming in two variants. One would be with 3G connectivity while the other one would be with WI-Fi connectivity.

New Music player at just $49

vhxn.com — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:07:07 +0000

A new compact digital music player called as the MP350 at just $49 which is currently available with a capacity of 8GB. Transcend information inc. has come up with lots of features with this new release. They include a built in sports clip with a handy fitness tracker which provide an incentive for people who want to achieve both short and long term fitness goals. It has an easy grip rubberized surface with a bright easy-to-read OLED display and is compact in size. It is ultra light weight and has great controls which can be operated even when the user is on the move.

This device supports popular music formats like MP3, WMA and WAV and delivers a superior audio output quality which ranges over 90dB. Other features if this device includes, a voice recorder, a connection to the FM radio, an integrated microphone which contains an A-B repeat system which has proved to be very efficient for students as well professionals to use for reviewing their previous lectures, meetings.

Launch of “Google Person Finder” by Google for Boston disaster

vhxn.com — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:02:30 +0000

Google has taken the initiative with respect to a humanitarian cause like the one that happened in Boston. It is a software tool to help find friends and relatives through search engines. Google has set up “Google Person Finder” for Boston which gives access to two buttons, I’m looking for someone or I have information about someone. Nearly 3,300 people are utilizing the tool for finding their inmates. The tool is an application of the web that allows the user to know the status of disaster victims. As part of ‘Google.org Project’ the software provides information for shelters, injured victims, condition of roads and power availability. The person’s profile along with photograph is stored as index in Google Person Finder.

Within minutes of the disaster, Google Person Finder started tracking individuals who are missing. Since 2010 it has helped 800,000 individuals. It stood like a pillar in disasters like, Haiti Earthquake, Christchurch Earthquake, Chili Earthquake and Japan Tsunami and earthquake of 2011 that washed away 340,000 inmates. This new technology of Google for Boston Marathon Bombing has served the purpose beyond imagination.

“Chat Heads”, a Facebook feature for Smartphones

vhxn.com — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:59:29 +0000

Facebook upgraded a new application for iPhone and iPad, the Chat heads that will enable the people to continue chatting while performing other duties. They can be regular with the messages and notices sent by friends on the phone. Facebook Inc. has also confirmed that the chat feature will gain impetus in Apple applications also. The name “Chat heads” is given because of the picture of the sender along with the message is displayed on the screen.

This is a feature that is part of wider integration with Home application of few phones that run on Android iOS. The updated version of the application is available in Apple’s application store. But the users of iPad and iPhone have to use the Facebook apps for chat heads. This feature so embedded in Apple is yet to come in the following weeks. The chat heads display is a set of apps made of people’s Facebook information. Usually Facebook opens to write messages and notifications of the person concerned. Here the messages are displayed along with the person’s photo. This is more suitable for users of iPhone and tablets.