Acer America is now offering the H6 Series LED-backlit displays to consumers in the United States. The new monitors feature near zero frame construction and are available in two sizes – 21.5-inch and 23-inch. Both models have Full 1080p HD IPS panels, which allow for wide viewing angles up to 178 degrees. The new line […]
Sonnet Technologies has upgraded its Tempo SSD and Tempo SSD Pro cards, to now support booting in Mac Pro computers. With the update, users can boot from a Mac Pro even in a RAID 0 configuration with two solid-state drives. The Tempo SSD card uses a 6Gb/sec SATA controller and a PCIe 2.0 interface to deliver read speeds […]
Logitech has announced the Logitech Webcam C930e, a business-oriented teleconferencing web camera that includes an extra-wide 90-degree field of view, support for the H.264 SVC and UVC 1.5 video encoding standards and high-definition digital pan, tilt, and zoom. Carl Zeiss-certified glass lenses are engineered to avoid the fish eye distortion common to wide-angle images. Support […]
Apple today introduced modest upgrades to the Retina MacBook Pro, while simultaneously lowering prices at its online store. The cheapest 13-inch model is now $200 less at $1,499; paying $1,699 gets buyers a new 2.6GHz dual-core Core i5 CPU, plus a 256GB SSD. 15-inch systems now start with a new 2.4GHz quad-core Core i7; the […]
Users owning a 15- or 17-inch MacBook Pro that is either the “Mid-2010” or the “Early 2011” models will soon see an SMC firmware update for their machines that will update the firmware to version 1.7. The upgrade addresses “a rare issue on some Apple notebooks where a battery that has accumulated more than 1,000 […]
Dell today announced the availability of a new flagship monitor — the U3014 30-inch display. The U3014 is Dell’s largest screen size to date, and ships with Dell’s PremierColor feature for accurate, customizable colors that cover industry standards with a large color gamut. The U3014 is Dell’s flagship high-performance monitor with a 16:10 aspect ratio, […]
Last week’s AirPort/Time Capsule firmware update is breaking IPv6 tunneling for some users, according to complaints on Apple’s support forums. Tunneling allows IPv6 traffic to flow through IPv4 links. Without fixed firmware, the glitch could prevent some sites and services from connecting through Apple routers. Previous AirPort firmware updates have sometimes broken tunneling, making it […]
Hewlett Packard today announced the worldwide release of the new HP Officejet Pro X, which is, according to the Guinness World Records, the world’s fastest desktop printer. Also announced by the company are the HP Officejet Pro 251dw, and Officejet Pro 251dw Multifunction Printer. HP PageWide Technology delivers four colors of HP ink at one […]
Addonics Technologies today announced the Addonics Cipher RAID Rack and the Cipher RAID Tower, two RAID Storage solutions with AES 256-bit hardware encryption for high capacity storage. Both products are tailored for securing large volumes of sensitive information, data achieving or video recording. Both units are Mac or PC compatible, and connect to systems via […]
IK Multimedia has announced three new music peripherals, beginning with the iLoud and iLoud Mini, a pair of lithium ion-powered portable speakers. Despite being portable the units are said to have monitor-like accuracy, and significant power. The Mini’s output is rated at 12W RMS, while the regular iLoud scales up to 40W RMS. Users can […]