Desktop Computers and Peripheral

So, you're getting bored with your old desktop computer because it's getting slow and you need better or faster PC. First thing first, you need to know the requirements and specifications of the PC in your dream. Of course, you have to adjust your budget. Visiting ShopWiki is probably the smart step. Because you can choose computer and peripheral that you like. Not only that, based on my experience, you also will get the best and lowest prices on the internet. You can choose default package of desktop computer in ShopWiki. If you need media center PCs that will allow you to watch DVDs and listen to music or acts like home theatre PC, you can choose Gateway DX420 Desktop Entertainment Supercenter. If you're a gamer, Alienware Gaming Desktop is the best option available for you.

If you need a multifunction printer, a combination printer with scanning, copying, and faxing like Canon Pixma MP 130 or Epson Stylus CX 4600 , ShopWiki shows you the best deal and also some technical specs to look for. Maybe you also want to upgrade your monitor, no need to worry, this site gives you in depth difference between CRT Monitors, Flatscreen CRT Monitors, and LCD Monitors. Dell Ultrasharp 2007FP and Samsung SyncMaster 193P are highly rated products in this section. Then, to maximize your experience of entertainment, you should looking for better speaker to replace your built-in speaker. Bose Companion 3 Series II Multimedia Speaker System is perfect for you because it will deliver top sound quality to your desktop.

What is a netbook?

A product that we see more and more lately, and the use of which in 2009 will probably exponentially, a netbook. A netbook or mini laptop is also mentioned. In this article we will go in what is a netbook, the specifications and you should look at buying a netbook.

What is a netbook?
As we in the introduction to this article already written, a netbook is a mini laptop. A netbook is designed to be easily moved. Not only is it lighter than a normal laptop, it is also smaller than a regular laptop. Moreover, a netbook price technically also a lot cheaper. Where a laptop in many cases very powerful hardware, this is in a netbook is not required. It is in a netbook is not for the strong performance, but to take it easy so that also worked on it.

What is a netbook for use?
A netbook is mainly used to work when you are not home or office is. Activities covered are e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet preparation and internet. An important function of a netbook is the ability to connect to the Internet (Wifi / LAN). For major applications a netbook is clearly not suitable. There are few opportunities for additional software.

Differences from an ordinary laptop
We will now focus on different parts of the netbook, which are substantially different from an ordinary laptop

* The display. A normal laptop is usually a screen of 15 "to 19" inches. The display in a netbook is usually between 7 and 12 "inch.
* The weight. Where a regular laptop is a few pounds, the weight of a netbook always around 1 kilo. Easy to take so.
* Shockproof hard drive. A netbook is a different type of hard drive used, one more shock resistant than a normal hard drive.
* Alternating system. Ordinary laptops have mostly standard Windows installed, but netbooks, there is a greater variation in operating systems. Thus there is relatively more Linux installed.
* No CD / DVD player. There is no entry for CD-ROMs, CD's or DVD's in a netbook. Therefore, it is so often difficult to install additional software.


Where should you look to purchase?
Probably the main point where you should look at buying a netbook is the battery life. As a netbook / mini laptop designed to take on and to make them work, it is important that the battery will last long. Because of relatively cheap hardware used in a netbook, and this also applies to batteries, there are many models on the market whose battery that is only 2 hours. It is important to advance this view, for you will regret.

Besides the battery life you can just look at the operating system of the netbook that you may want to buy. Few people have experience with Linux, and if you think this effort to go, you should opt for an alternative with another operating system.

Stolen laptop tracking software

It is now so often in the news: laptops are stolen, with information that really should remain secret. Now obviously not everyone judge or lawyer, but on most laptops, however, available only for personal use. New software can now ensure that the stolen laptop is found and that everything on the mobile computer can be erased.

Stolen laptop: 40,000 euros damages
Research has shown that it is not the laptop itself, but the information that the device is valuable. Sometimes there is a value of 40,000 euros with a stolen laptop. That is it in business, research, but also the fact that people still work for some time is whether they can not because they needed more information possession. But also, for example, students have a huge strop when they lost their laptop. All their research, notes or study material is often on the computer.

Anti-theft software
To make sure that a laptop stays where he is, namely the owner, there is much anti-theft software. The program retrieves data behind the thief, the police and if he or she will hopefully start in the collar. In addition, all important data and files from the stolen laptop to a secure remote server sent once the thief goes online. The software also involves the conduct of the thief on the Internet map and is a lot of to and even who the person in question. Also gives evidence on the location of the laptop thief.

LoJacks
Obviously, there are packages in all shapes and sizes and in different price ranges. The basic software costs about 40 euros. With more expensive packages that work with special cards also have a GPS transmitter. This is the exact place where the thief passed is. Moreover, in many more expensive laptops have a direct anti-theft software installed. Intel has it built in the chips. Intel also supports the programs of Absolute Software. They are the main suppliers of anti-theft software. Only the system only if the owner of the laptop also subscribes to LoJacks for Laptops.

Location where the laptop is
With a subscription LoJacks quickly find the location where the stolen laptop is located. It is noteworthy that the machine can be completed remotely. Thus, the thief can not access the files from the owner. Moreover, there is a detection range used by the company. There is then contacted with the local police that the contract gives the offender to detect using the data provided. In this way, in 75 percent of cases, the laptop found in Europe promises the company. Who in a country outside the EU is having less chance to recover the device. The systems work less well than in Europe and the cooperation of police and justice would be much less good. However, even the distance rendered. This means that if the offender is something on the laptop would like to do it in vain. Everything is by the system is always cleared.

Lenovo, Dell and Fujitsu
Lenovo, Dell and Fujitsu support the anti-theft programs Intel and Absolute now al Blocking remote even if the laptop is started up in his system or if the laptop is off, but the plug into the wall outlet. Is the laptop powered by the battery, then at least connect to the internet.

Adeona
Free Adeona is the system that works on all operating systems. This software also sends internet data after the theft as the IP address and can read files from the laptop to send a different location. This system has no capacity for further investigation and the technical service as obsolete.

Microsoft launches its new Search Engine

Microsoft is looking for a direct confrontation with Google in search business. With the upcoming launch of Kumo (possibly under the name Bing) wants Microsoft's market share in the billion dollar new business search it up.

Microsoft wants in the coming week, his already much discussed new search engine Kumo start. Kumo (or Bing) is so far the search service Live Search to replace.

After the months before the first screen shots were leaked by Kumo, had already started a discussion about the new features in the Microsoft engine. Significant change is an addition with a semantic analysis and a special edition column. The technology that Microsoft had with the acquisition of Powerset procured in July 2008.

A look at the first screenshots of Kumo shows that it is a three-edition form. In the middle are the search results and on the right edge of the text ads - so it looks up here so just like in Google.

Interestingly, however, could be the left column. The lower part of which contains links to previous queries, so you quickly to the previous results can rely.

But most importantly, the upper part of this column to be. Here are several categories listed, the search for match, for example, songs and biography of a singer, or test reports and special offers with a product queries as well as accessories, videos and photos in the search for a car.

That is, Kumo, the semantics of a chain of search and recognize dependent on the left column generated. It should be exciting, as the search engine with ambiguous terms bypasses, for example, "Hamburg".

Whether these improvements are sufficient remains to be seen, because with the recent improvements in Yahoo and Google are the experts always less difference between the three search operators. "This is a serious course for Microsoft," says Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group. He believes the project is also very controversial internally. He reports: "Microsoft has a lot of money and time invested in this project, and there are many on the board that this money for the projects and products have, in which Microsoft is a leader."

Analysis Tool for Web 2.0

For businesses, it is increasingly important, as they and their products in forums and blogs are perceived. But the data in the Web 2.0 is difficult. Analysis specialist WebTrends now offers a dedicated solution to the web simultaneously with the classical instrument.

Together with Radian6, a provider of Social Media Monitoring, WebTrends provides the framework of the Open Exchange program is a solution on their own site on the collected information with a deeper insight into current discussions about brands and trends in Social Media can link the field. Using this data, companies can its customers throughout the online environment to understand better and learn to gain insight about the issues that move. WebTrends Social Measurement, powered by Radian6 is for WebTrends customers from now on as a common solution available.

Radian6 has a comprehensive monitoring and analysis solution for the Social Media sector, with businesses throughout the Social Web with their customers can communicate and interact. About WebTrends Open Exchange platform may be information that is on their own website have been collected, effective on the events in the Social Web in relation to be: website analysis, advertising and direct marketing campaigns results are thus no longer the sole basis of the data collection, but are supplemented information from Web 2.0-channels such as blogs, forums, wiki, or Twitter.

It includes WebTrends Social Measurement, inter alia, the As-It-Happens Alerts Radian6 of workflow management and various functions. This company win a better overview of the online conversations in relation to their brand, and hence it.

"The monitoring of its website and in parallel to understand the issues and trends in the Web to play, has always been difficult. But by working with Radian6 we create a large workload, "says Karl-Heinz Maier, Director Central Europe at WebTrends.

Programming interface for data collection

Also on WebTrends Open Exchange offers its customers at no additional cost access to the Application Programming Interface (API): Allows Marketers every tool, every system and each technology in order to analyze their data access. This expanded access to analysis and reporting functions enable companies analyze their data into knowledge and thus into meaningful business actions. In addition, WebTrends enables the seamless integration of digital and offline data and thus provides a better understanding of the needs of prospects and customers.

Church culture mobile: mobile tariff for Christians

Moconto realized rate for Christian-oriented people

By Culture Church launches mobile now a wireless plan with added services for Christian-culturally interested people. A mobile portal provides media content to be ecumenical and cultural issues. Within Germany, the contract free of charge to customers on their WAP mobile phone access.

Mobile info

The mobile portal mobil.kulturkirche.net provides information on arts, music and literature. In addition to book reviews and ideas CD-church culture can be mobile customers multimedia content, for example, worship, exhibitions, concerts and readings on their mobile phone. Religious institutions is the opportunity to present their community lives in the portal on it too. From the diocese until the church can be any device with a platform to create their own content via forums and exchange.
Donate

The mobile portal also offers the opportunity to donate and for every customer is a euro a month to a nonprofit organization donated after his election.
Tariff

The tariff church culture has a mobile connection price of 19,90 Euro. The monthly fee is 9.90 euros without subsidized mobile phones and € 14.90 with a subsidized phone. The minimum term is 24 months.

Calls into the German fixed and mobile networks in other expenses cost 15 cents per minute. SMS cost is also 15 cents. Talks to other church culture mobile customers are free. Optional is an SMS-Flat church culture to other mobile customers for 4,95 Euro for 30 days hinzugebucht be.

Yellowsnow: Unlock for iPhone 3G available

Initial positive and negative experiences reported


The "iPhone Dev Team" with a bang into the new year started and has promised a software such as presented to the Sim-lock the iPhone 3G aushebelt. The program is called "Yellowsnow" and works according to the developers only on hacked iPhones with the latest firmware 2.2.
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Different experiences

Very roughly, the software seems to unlock yet. Readers of various technology blogs in the U.S. have reported different experiences: During the unlock some users seem to function well, others complain that the software is not functioned.
Possible loss of warranty

iPhone customers, which makes the use of "Yellowsnow" into consideration, should note that Apple hacked and unlocked iPhones no warranty and accepts the changes to the system is done at your own risk.

Wikipedia is preparing to "Encyclopedia 2.0"

After the recent enlargement of the upload limit from 20 to 100 megabytes, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia and its primary storage area significantly.

The popular Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia is preparing for a huge data explosion.

"HD video and the new high-megapixel cameras mean that even short films or small images to large data files," says Brion Vibber, chief technologist of the Wikipedia Foundation.

Until early 2008, handed to the lexicon is a primary storage volume of a total of two terabytes. But the middle of last year, the capacity expands to 24 terabytes, and it was just again doubled to 48 terabytes.

"Currently there are about five terabytes of evidence, but the volume is increasing rapidly, as more and more videos and photos will be added," said Vibber.

How would the user copyright-free classical music upload the seasons of more than half an hour. Even copyright-free documentaries would strengthen uploaded so many users even with the limit of 100 megabytes problems.

Wikipedia long term wants the opportunity to establish full HD movies upload, but the faces are still in data management problems. "The rapid physical move these files is still considerable headache for us," explained the current Vibber storage problems.

Wikipedias centralized infrastructure based on Sun Fire x4500 servers and x4150 as well as on Sun's StorageTek arrays, which the company has donated to Wikipedia. As the database is open source MySQL Suns used. This serves the system takes about ten billion page views per month.

The Wikipedia computing, where all content is hosted, is located in Tampa, in the U.S. state of Florida. In addition to this center, there is caching Centers in Amsterdam and Seoul.

Game developers get digital assets under control

Third-generation consoles to the files and graphics stock in the game development on the six-to eight-fold increase. Only if the digital assets efficiently and transparently managed, remains the development and control the games will be in the required quality finished.

The performance of the new consoles gives developers a whole new way and lets the volume of digital assets such as source code, 2D and 3D models and video and tone sequences grow by leaps and bounds. This trend also has a downside: The risk of error increases and the coordination of work of the various teams of developers will be more complex. This aggravates the errors inherent vulnerability of the games development. Sprites or letters in solid objects wander around, join in the development process in greater numbers and more frequently. As a result, studios need to develop more and more time to spend quality.

CZ-emphasis as e-Paper

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The higher time but stands in contradiction to the growing pressure from the developers to produce more and more games in ever shorter time required. As a service provider in a long and complex supply chain of the entertainment industry, the development studios that pressure only stand if the efficiency of their processes and their management continue to improve. It is therefore no wonder that this industry with the highest penetration of systems for software configuration management.

But while it until not long enough, some tool for managing the game to have assets, then properties of the tools - scalability, performance, integration capability and support for various user groups of developers to project managers - more and more into the foreground.

Timo Ullmann, managing director of Yager Development, Berlin: "The development of a video game for two or three games platforms at the same time is in itself significant. The technical capabilities of the current consoles, however, have the consequence that the data for a single game over previous productions slightly to the six-to eight-fold increase. This version brings a lot of management tools to their limits."

ElcomSoft: Russian software package provides power for wireless hackers

The Russian software company ElcomSoft now has a package on the market, with the majority of Wi-Fi passwords in the shortest time to crack. According to official figures, it is the system administrators to assist, but the software is more an ideal tool for professional wireless hackers.

ElcomSoft new 1.0 software package Committee had the data at TJX thieves like you want, when they are five years ago on a geknacktes wireless password access to the cash registers of a supermarket gave to then the largest theft of credit cards made. EESC 1.0, according to manufacturer's specifications "a particularly powerful tool to find out of Wi-Fi passwords after WPA/WPA2 PSK encryption.

And it goes further in the text: "Instead of pure brute-force attacks uses highly sophisticated EESC dictionary attacks. Using a specially refined GPU support, the passwords much faster track than if only the CPU is used. "

The usage of graphics chips for normal computing tasks so far comes only in the context of professional software such as the exploration of oil resources are used - in the consumer sector is still very rare. Committee is currently the ATI HD series, the Nvidia chip the Geforce series 8, 9 and 200 and Nvidias professional Quadro solutions automatically recognize and take advantage of. This can crack a password, according ElcomSoft several hundred times faster equip go than in an exclusive CPU utilization.

For the cracking of the passwords, the software is very complex by dictionary attacks, in which the variations and combinations (called mutations) can be adjusted flexibly.

The software runs on all current Windows systems and costs during the introductory period until 1 March 600, then the price should double.

ElcomSoft is in its advertising for this software to the system administrators who are thus able to determine how easy it into their WLAN can penetrate. But that's just as if a provider of tools for cracking safes says that only the head of the bank branch to be procured, in order to be safe in your own basement to test ...

Comfortable remote access to Windows, Citrix, Linux, Unix and Mac OS X

Visionapp, the specialist for the management of Citrix server farms, brings the beginning of February to the multi-protocol support and new database features enhanced version in 2009 remote tools Visionapp Remote Desktop (VRD) on the market.
Also features of last autumn over open-source competitor Mremote Eschborner developers have already integrated the new version. Visionapps tool for remote access to computer systems has been the use RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and therefore dependent on Windows-based computer. The new 2009 version, however, now supports the connection protocols Citrix ICA, VNC, SSH, Telnet, and HTTP/S.

Thus is the perfect tool - the manufacturer already 10.000 administrators in the full version and 120,000 users in the freeware version use - even for the remote management of Citrix, Linux, Unix and Macintosh systems. The working with VRD necessary components (RDP, ICA, VNC, SSH, Telnet) with the new version will automatically abgeprüft.

More information:

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Self-Help Portal solution with integrated remote


In the mode of database administrators can VRD simultaneously with the same objects, supported by a detailed authorization concept.

Included is the logging of accesses to VRD 2009, made the changes and errors. In addition, the tool now dominates the so-called "smart sizing": The entire desktop of the computer without the scroll bars, even if the window is enlarged or reduced. A session can be interrupted by clicking restore.

A detailed overview function, including a comparison with the previous versions 1.5 and VRD VRD 2008 will be held here.

Visionapp offers VRD for users in medium and large companies as a full, for smaller environments and home users as freeware. The tool can be used without registration of the visionapp Web site and downloaded for 30 days tested. Unlike the full version are in the freeware version a maximum of three simultaneous open connections, and a maximum of 15 possible connection configurations exportable. Also, the database function for cooperation in the team missing in the freeware.

The prices for the VRD-Individual licenses start at 63 euros per administrator. The company previously offered license, there is now a country license from Euro 1490, or as a global license from Euro 2390.

Deloitte sued the U.S. Department of IBM contract

According to the consulting firm Deloitte Consulting would have the U.S. Department of Urban Development (HUD), a 193-million-dollar contract to modernize IT not be awarded to IBM.

Deloitte Consulting accused in his application the HUD that the tender for the modernization of the financial system is not correct, and that Deloitte did not provide the necessary information for a detailed offer received.

At the request of the Ministry about 193 million U.S. dollars is a fundamental modernization of financial management, the date on the relevant module of Peoplesoft up. The tender for this so-called IFMI project began in 2006, and IBM was awarded the contract for the modernization of last December.

Further details and documents about this case, the court initially classified as confidential.

The HUD is in the U.S. because of continuous mismanagement and considerable waste of money known. Routinely criticizes the U.S. Court of the award-and-control practice of this Ministry.

Pure test Islands are not enough

Specialized test tools for software development can be found in many larger companies, the IT systems to produce or adapt. We use them rarely. Mostly missing supportive procedures for an integrated application lifecycle management.

According to a study by European firms PAC appreciate the benefits of software testing tools high. 55 percent of respondents described their investment in these tools as "very high" or "high". The same study, however, promotes days, that in practice only a minority of 23 percent solutions, is based on the testing tailored. It built itself dominate tools or applications such as Excel.

The stumbling block with a high degree of automation of software testing prevents lies mostly in incomplete development and test processes. Test tools quickly reach their limits when they operate as standalone solutions and their integration especially with the early stages of the IT lifecycle unsatisfactory. Quality is still often referred to as downstream and taken separately task. A true test automation can only be used in an integrated development and testing process will succeed.

Companies working in this direction to begin creating a new division of labor: The Departments do not have to test procedures and tools to address, as designated specialists to test these issues of infrastructure and processes to worry about. Conversely, this means that the specialists of the departments, the test cases to be assessed according to predefined standards and documented. So once they get not only the implementation of necessary systems, but also a reliable test documentation to prove whether and how far the software business requirements.

This means that it is not enough just to test tools and documentation to implement. Even their successful integration with the requirements management solutions is not sufficient. Rather it is, the processes and tools so that the test management functions in order to make the complex division of work between departments, developers and testers to control.

Condition is a solution that would test tools into a single suite together so that the business needs to roll out and maintain a uniform and werkzeugbasierter process. A single tool for the entire testing process does not exist. This application lifecycle management, given the many actors and solutions remain manageable and transparent, is also worth a dashboard, the results of all relevant target groups prepared.

Seagate hire the ex-chief Stephen Luczo back on the CEO's chair

In a surprise announcement set the previous Seagate CEO William Watkins and COO David Wickersham from. At the same time, the plan was confirmed, ten per cent of posts in the company to be deleted.

Even in the IT industry finely made, whether the crisis in the respective company or had already arrived yet. With the new restructuring measures at the Hard-leader would be history, because if the disk manufacturers are suffering, it feels the whole IT industry.

A decline in sales had already indicated last year, as Seagate and competitor Western Digital significant price drops in the stock markets suffered. Western Digital schnitt but in comparison, and is better for the share price and market capitalization is now before Seagate.

The staff at the head of detachment were also surprising inasmuch as the present ex-CEO Watkins, as the Wall Street Journal reported, yet last week at the American computer trade show CES (Consumer Electronics Show) represented his company. A company spokesman said succinctly, that the Supervisory Board (Board) "took the view, Steve Luczo, at this stage is the right man for the company forward." Luczo will remain chairman of the board, suggesting that it is the CEO post on a temporary basis could take over.

IBM broke with its own patents 4186 record

IBM was the first company in a year more than 4,000 U.S. patents assigned to receive. According to IFI Patent Intelligence, the IT and consulting company last year received 4186 patents granted. Big Blue has been 16 years of patent champion.

IBM 2008, almost three times as many patents as successfully filed more than HP and Microsoft, HP, Oracle, Apple, EMC, Accenture and Google together. In parallel, IBM released last year over 1500 technical innovations without patent protection and announce now that the figure in the coming year to double. The company wants to promote innovation, to build a new, smart infrastructure. For IBM, this balance of open innovation and the protection of intellectual property is an essential element of their strategy.

IBM's research department has also announced to take part in a project to improve the quality of patents to participate. IT-based methods of analysis and statistics, will help to evaluate patents. On this basis could be a so-called Patent Quality Index will be created: It allows candidates, patent officials and the public objectively evaluate patents. From the project hope that the parties, which in recent years has greatly increased the number of poor quality patent applications and patents costs.

Paris Hilton's website hacked: Eddy to Web worm and Trojan

The last few days kursierende worm has loudly Downadup Security vendor F-Secure seems to be a huge amount of computers, especially in corporate networks, infect. Cyber criminals could be a way to build a huge botnet, warn the virus hunters. Caused a furore also a Trojan attack the website of the hotel heiress Paris Hilton

According to conservative estimates by Toni Koivunen from F-Secure Response Team has Downadup - also called Conficker - about 2.4 million computers worldwide infected. In Germany, more than 4300 enterprises. Downadup uses various ways to spread, such as the recently fixed vulnerability in the Windows Server Service. In addition, the worm tries network passwords to gain or infected USB sticks. If the malicious software first gives access to the network, it is very difficult to completely remove.

After the attack, the worm then attempts to connect to various addresses manufacture. Once an active Web server on one of these domains will take place, he leads a special application from the cyber criminals access to all infected computers allowed. F-Secure has now turned the tables turned: The security expert has also a number of possible domains registered - so that the infected computer with the virus laboratory of F-Secure connect. So the virus researchers a deeper insight into the size and nature of the bot network. For more information about and a list of the most severely affected countries can be found in the F-Secure blog.

Also warns of Web security specialist Scansafe before a Trojan on the official website of the starlets Paris Hilton. The malware requires visitors to their system to update page content to be displayed correctly to get. Whether the user then click OK or Cancel is clicked, the download of the Trojan starts and malicious software on the victim installed. The attackers are trying so, personal banking information from individuals to steal.

As part of the attack was a so-called iframe embedded in the site, then the address you69tube.com, the actual malware host calls. The same danger lurks on other websites, including, for example, sexy-celebrities.com. In the previous week Scansafe discovered a similar security risk on MLB.com, a frequently visited website of Major League Baseball.

"Internet users should be extremely cautious in its websites known personalities. Sites such as Paris Hilton are very attractive to criminals, the consequences can be serious for visitors, "said Mary Landesman, security analyst at Scansafe.

Can the "T-Mobile G1" defeat iPhone?

Google has his own cell phone presented: The smartphone "T-Mobile G1" is seen as a competitor to Apple's iPhone. Which device is better? Here the flash Comparison:

Google mobile T-Mobile G1

The display of the Google phones "T-Mobile G1 is slightly smaller than Apple's iPhone

• Height, weight: The "G1" (158 g) measures 117 x 55 x 16 mm. The iPhone (133 g) is almost the same size - 115 x 62 x 12 mm. Tie!

• Operation: The "G1" has a slightly smaller sensor than the iPhone screen (3.17 instead of 3.5 inch), but this "track ball" (ball control) and a suspensory keyboard. Advantage, "G1"!

• Programs: Much like preinstalled (including Youtube, Google Maps, e-mail access). Music download at the "G1" on Amazon, the iPhone on iTunes. Tie!

• Camera: 3.1 megapixels. Better than the iPhone (only 2 megapixels). Advantage, "G1"!

• Memory: 8 gigabytes. The iPhone, there's an extra charge as a 16-gigabyte version. Advantage of the iPhone!

• Operating system: The "G1" is the first device with Google's new software "Android". Users can choose from the "Android Market" download additional programs. As with the "App Store" for iPhone. Tie!

• Price: Not a comparison possible. T-Mobile (sells both the iPhone as well as "G1") has for the Google phone is no German price.

• Conclusion: Technically, almost on a par, the price will decide.

In the U.S., Google's mobile phone from 22 October in the trade. Price: 122 Euro converted (with 2-year contract)! After Germany, the "G1" in the 1st Quarter of 2009.

BlackBerry shows its iPhone killer

What's the new BlackBerry can do?

* Touch screen: The entire high-resolution screen (480 x 360 pixels) can be like a mouse button "click". This is made possible by the spring stored on a touchscreen. The virtual keyboard can be easy to use, because you feel when you have a key.
* Filmed in portrait mode, the on-screen buttons as in previous BlackBerrys occupied with two letters. If the device is turned to the side, a full keyboard.
* Technology: In addition to the touchscreen, the "Storm" GPS navigation, HSDPA data transmission at up to 7.2 megabits per second, Bluetooth, MP3 and video player, 3.2-megapixel camera with flash and a battery with stamina -- six hours talktime.
* Price: "Storm" in Europe on Vodafone markets. Industry experts reckon as the iPhone with tiered tariff packages. Depending on the monthly fee, the BlackBerry from 20 to 200 euros.

Conclusion: The BlackBerry "Storm" is the first serious competitor to the iPhone. At a similar price (including contract) gets the buyer at the "Storm" with a touch screen, "click".

Chrome 2.0 is satisfactory but not revolutionary

Google, the developer's own version 2.0 browser Chrome released. This pre-beta version does not provide a revolutionary new features, most of the new features and changes are also available in other browsers.

Among the changes to this version includes an auto-complete function for webforms Autoscrolling by clicking the middle mouse button, and the possibility of multiple browser to create profiles. All this is also available in Firefox or Opera to find. Furthermore, the side with the zooming magnification of both text and images has been improved.

If a user drag and drop tabs from a chrome window, so now there are icons representing different display options allow. If the tab, for example, on the middle icon withdrawn, then this one side of screen, icons, however, provide lateral tower-like screens in addition is a spell checker has been added, with a right mouse button menu to switch between different languages or on and off the test.

Many of the new features in this release are from an updated version of the WebKit browser engine, which is the basis for Chrome represents. The engine delivers many of the new scripting capabilities and better support for standards. This erüllt the browser in the Acid3 test of the Web Standards Project not quite, but the results with the new version is satisfactory.

Chrome 2.0 offers a number of interesting possibilities, and when you start the browser with a special flag to be activated. Chrome launches around the user with "enable-user-script," says the program provides a basic form of user-scripting, similar to the popular Greasemonkey plugin for Firefox. The start with "force-https" brings with it a setup that only allows sites that use secure connections, in all, there are other errors.

A variety of new features intended to work from developers, improves performance and paves the way for a Linux and Mac release of the browser. Another change that to a common code base for the Windows version and the other two operating systems, is switching to http by WinHTTP. Versions for the free and the Apple operating system is one of the most pressing demands for the final version of Chrome.

Google offers the developer version 2.0.156.1 is not for public download. If the beta yet to try, must have a Chrome installation and are using the Google tool Chrome channel changer when Developer Preview channel. Subsequently, the preliminary version via the browser update feature to download and install.

Asus shows its new S-Class

Small, lightweight, easy and cheap - these are Netbooks. Schick belonged yet to describe these mini-notebooks. Asus Netbook inventor has now changed with the new S101, had for "chic" but to "cheap" refrain.

The small computer costs 599 euros proud. There are but a super-fine, just a slim 25 millimeters and a kilogram lightweight housing that good in your hand and easily anywhere can be taken. Despite the small enclosure is the keyboard of the S101 pleasantly large, even for a full-size Return key was still space in the layout. The touchpad is just huge, with only the soft point of the "mouse" is not particularly well done.

Flash memory expandable

The display of the S101 is 10.2 inch tall, sharp displays 1024x600 pixels. About two control buttons, the brightness of the environment, but the screen is even in the darkest setting yet easily recognizable. The integrated 16-gigabyte flash memory large can have a smart card reader to be extended. This provides extra Asus a 16-gigabyte chip with large, so a total of 32 gigabytes of data, images, music, etc. are available. Particularly impressive: A super-flat and light lithium-polymer battery provides about five hours.

Conclusion: The S101 is not cheap but high-tech at its finest. If you have a super chic mini-notebook for surfing, email and MP3-/Video-Abspielen looks is thus served.