While wearing jewelry is a great way of expressing your individuality, when it comes to things like rings, some men can get a little ... uncomfortable. Today you’re wearing a ring, tomorrow it’s high heels, right? Well, perhaps those guys would feel better about donning the rough n’ ready Titanium Utility Ring.
NFC Ring lets you unlock your door by giving it the finger
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a technology that's just oozing with potential. Though the mainstream adoption of near-field communication hasn't exactly gone as planned, that doesn't mean that NFC isn't still a fertile ground for great products. One upcoming product, the NFC Ring, is an example of the kinds of imaginative projects that could become more widespread a few years down the road.
the world’s largest TBM and will spend the next 14 months boring a 1.7 mile (2.7 km) tunnel under the city as part of a US$1.2 billion project to replace a viaduct damaged in a 2001 earthquake.
At Microsoft’s 2013 Worldwide Partner Conference, CEO Steve Ballmer gave us a very interesting tidbit about the scale of Microsoft’s server operations. “We have something over a million servers in our datacenter infrastructure.” Furthermore, Ballmer even went on to say that “Google is bigger” and “Amazon is a little bit smaller.” It is extremely rare to hear such direct figures; in almost two decades, Google and Amazon have never even put a rough figure on their server count — and now Ballmer is on stage, giving up their secrets.
Prior to Ballmer’s keynote speech, the best guesstimate had put Google’s server count at around 900,000 in 2010; so, hearing confirmation that it’s now over one million isn’t a big surprise. We’ve never had any data from Amazon, other than abstract figures, such as the number of objects stored in its cloud. Given the scale of Amazon Web Services (AWS), though, which is by far and away the largest public cloud, close to one million servers is a reasonable figure. What Microsoft is doing with one million servers, though, is anyone’s guess. Azure is no where near the size of AWS, and Bing and Outlook.com are much smaller than Google Search and Gmail. Microsoft has hosted applications such as Office 365 and the servers that power Xbox Live, but still, a million is a stretch.
Microsoft has traditionally put out point releases to its server operating systems about every two years; Windows Server 2012 R2 will ostensibly show up just over a year after the initial release. Logic would suggest that such a short release cycle would contain little in the way of new capabilities, but in this case, logic has been defied, as the R2 release delivers a significant number of both new and improved features. Hyper-V is just one of the areas with rich improvements. We hit on 10 of the best new features in this slideshow
We love motherboards at TechRadar. Your motherboard is the component that holds everything together, the sticky silicon glue that binds your PC as one.
If you're contemplating building a system from scratch, performing a serious system upgrade or want to switch to the latest and greatest Ivy Bridge processor it's more than likely you're going to start the upgrade head scratching with the motherboard.
The market has contracted somewhat as AMD has fallen behind Intel on the performance front and out of favour with consumers.
Intel retains its iron grip on the chipset market ensuring you'll pretty much only see motherboards based on its chipsets and therefore its design blueprints.
Currently as is the Intel way current-generation chipsets are based on three models the high-end X79 that offers everything including Ivy Bridge support on socket LGA2011 and quad-memory channels, then the mid-range Z77 for everyone else with its socket LGA1155 support. While for the cheapskate H77 based-boards will fill out the ranks.
Even nine months on from launch X79 motherboards remain expensive but if you're after a bargain then a few Z68-based boards still make our top 14 list and offer great value with all of the performance but not all the latest technology.
As for AMD we have a single entry that ranks rather well, so it's not for the lack of AMD trying, but a horrible ebbing of the market away from AMD sales.
1. Asus P9X79 Pro - £192
We're not usually scared of price and certainly no X79-based motherboard can be described as cheap but in terms of pricing the Asus P9X79 Pro isn't bad, yet puts in the kind of specification and performance that matches it supposedly superior Sabretooth X79 bother.
The P9X79 Pro is still packed with up-to-the-minute features, such as PCIe 3.0 support, USB 3.0 boost technology, SSD caching, Asus's new USB BIOS Flashback, an updated UEFI BIOS with new features, eSATA 6Gbps and a full compliment of eight DIMM slots. So in fact you're getting an awful lot of board for that price tag and with a fair degree of future-proofing built in as a bonus.
One of the earlier X79 motherboard it remains top-flight in terms of performance, features and of course cost. But you get what you pay for and that's a lot. The Sabertooth X79 has lost the "Thermal Armour" cladding seen in the Sabertooth P67. There just isn't space to plumb in the fan. Instead, Asus has rigged up an enclosure around the rear panel, complete with a small fan to extract the worst of the hot gases from the chipset.
Another highlight of Asus's implementation of the X79 chipset is a new take on SSD caching. Think of it as a more user-friendly version of Intel's smart cache. Asus's effort is much easier to set up. In fact, you can add it any time you want after installing the OS on a normal magnetic hard drive.
Is there such as thing as too much system memory? In the context of the new MSI X79A-GD65 8D, that's the first question that leaps to mind. As an X79 motherboard compatible with the latest Intel Core i7 processors for the LGA2011 socket, it forms part of the highest performing PC platform on planet Earth. But you still have to wonder whether support for 128GB of DDR3 memory split over eight DIMM slots is really rational.
Sure, for server PCs running multiple virtualised operating system and a whole hill of applications, that much memory is a boon. But for desktop PCs, even those running heavy duty content creations apps, eight to sixteen gig is usually plenty.
In its fisticuffs with the Gigabyte X79-UD3 and Asus's P9X79 Pro, therefore, the MSI X79A-GD65 8D will need a few more tricks up its sleeve. Maybe that old MSI favourite, the OC Genie button, can make the difference?
Plotting a performance PC? Snag a high end motherboard. That's the conventional wisdom challenged by the new Gigabyte X79-UD3. Of course, any board based on Intel's X79 chipset hardly rates as poverty item. At £162, the Gigabyte X79-UD3 ain't exactly cheap, but it is one of the cheapest X79 motherboards on the market. Everything, therefore, is relative.
Consequently, the Gigabyte X79-UD3 is flagrantly frills-free. But with so many features now finding their way onto the the CPU die itself, including the memory controller and PCI Express bus, you could argue motherboards in general are less critical.
So Gigabyte's task is to deliver quality and performance where it matters while not going overboard on the corner cutting compared with more expensive X79 models such as the Asus P9X79 Pro and MSI X79A-GD65 8D. If Gigabyte can pull that off, we can certainly live without trinkets such as hardware power switches and LED displays.
At £160/$190 the Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H is one of the more expensive of our launch Z77 boards, but still cheaper than Intel's DZ77GA-70K or the Asus Sabertooth Z77, and arguably better than both. Key to the board's impressive debut is the serious feature-set it manages for the price.
Although it doesn't actually come with a drive as standard it still sports the teeny mSATA connection, like the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3-iSSD before it. That allows you to drop in a little 60GB SSD into the slot to link up with Intel's Smart Response Technology for drive caching loveliness.
The only AMD entry in our top 14 list manages to make it fittingly high and it's all done on merit rather than price or promises. Just one glance at the Sapphire Pure Black 990FX and you can see that it follows the strict design and layout of other recent Sapphire motherboards. But there's nothing necessarily wrong with that - if it ain't broke, why fix it?
If you happen to own a large number of hard drives, as well as a multitude of graphics cards, the Sapphire Pure Black FX990 should be able to satisfy your needs with no less than nine - yes nine - SATA 6Gbps ports.
With Intel's Z77 desktop chipset in full swing the Asus Sabertooth Z77 is one of the most intriguing of the motherboard models available. So it's time to find out how the Sabertooth Z77 stacks up compared to both ye olde Intel 6 Series platforms and also a few of the competing members of the Z77 vanguard, including the MSI Z77A-GD65.
If motherboards were rated purely on appearance, the Asus Sabertooth Z77 would have things completely sewn up. It's almost entirely clad in air-channeling armour, with gaps allowed for the various slots and sockets. Even the USB headers have little plugs.
OK, the cladding is actually just plastic, but it gives the Sabertooth line of motherboards a completely unique look. Apart form allowing for more accurately managed airflow, we reckon the protective shell will help dust and dirt from building up on the board's surface, which has to be a good thing. It also makes just about every other motherboard out there look like a mess.
A familiar name, the same old colour scheme and a layout that leaves you with a sense of deja vu. But don't go thinking you've seen it all before with the Asus Republic of Gamers (RoG) Maximus V Gene.
This time around Asus's pint-sized MicroATX RoG Maximus powerhouse gets Intel's Z77 chipset just in time for the launch of the 3rd Generation revision of the Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors. In the meantime, we can get a feel for how the Asus Maximus V Gene and its Z77 chipset handles with an existing Intel Core i7 processor thanks to the fact that Intel has, for once, decided to carry over the LGA1155 socket, ensuring backwards compatibility with Sandy Bridge-era Intel CPUs.
A budget board with a premium chipset. Is that the most effective combination for achieving maximum bang-for-buck? If so, the Asus P8Z68-V LX is positioned perfectly.
It sells for as little as £75 but it packs Intel's Z68 chipset. OK, that means at best you're stuck with mainstream LGA1155 processors and a quad-core cap, rather than the six (like the Intel Core i7 3960X) and eight-core (the latter in the form of Xeon CPUs) beasts available for the monstrous LGA2011 bucket of pins. But as LGA1155 chipsets go, the Z68 is easily the pick of the bunch.
When you come up with an extreme, enthusiast-class platform like Intel's Sandy Bridge E and Ivy Bridge, you want the motherboard boys to come in and sort you out with a blazing mobo to showcase its full potential. Generally you can count on Asus, and generally it's the Republic of Gamers range that delivers.
The Rampage IV Formula was the first of the Republic of Gamers boards we tested tailored to Intel's X79 specs and we were hoping for something impressive given its outrageous £300+ price tag.
With the gamers' boards now the Sabertooth series, offering a decent balance of price, features and casual overclocking capabilities. The RoG boards are falling out of fashion creating an even smaller niche, catering only to the very obsessive hardcore clockers. These guys aren't gamers – they're after numbers, looking to get the fastest silicon going simply for the sake of it.
Like the Sapphire Pure Black FX990, this is Sapphire's top-end motherboard for someone's highest-spec desktop chipset, and this time it's the turn of Intel's X79 platform. The Pure Black X79N, like most of Sapphire's latest boards aimed at the enthusiast end of the market, is full to the brim with features.
This is no more then you should expect on a motherboard aiming its beady eye at this particular market segment. However although the pricing is yet to be confirmed, the feature load is likely to be reflected in the price tag.
When we say full to the brim, that's a bit of an understatement - the Sapphire Pure Black X79N comes with no less than six PCIe x16 slots, two of which support the latest Generation 3 specs.
As CPU launches go, Intel's Ivy Bridge family was firmly in the reluctant, heel-dragging category. But it's finally out and the MSI Z77A-GD65 is one of the very first motherboards optimised for this latest line of Intel desktop number crunchers.
In its wisdom and mercy, Intel has decided not to roll out yet another socket for Ivy Bridge. So, the good news is that you can drop in any existing Intel LGA 1155 processor into the MSI Z77A-GD65 and let rip.
It's also this backwards compatibility that allows us to get a feeling for the MSI board and the new Intel Z77 chipset. That gives a chance to gauge how the Z77 shapes up for raw performance, what we can expect from it in terms of overclocking, how it compares to the old 6 Series family of chipsets, such as the Z68 and H67 and all, well, that jazz.
The X79 Extreme4 is ASRock's third tier LGA2011 offering after the Extreme7 and Extreme9. Those are the performance boards in ASRock's lineup, with the Extreme4 fitting right in the middle.
It's not the top overclocking board but it's got enough extras in the package to make a fairly compelling argument for itself. But are these features enough when you're still being asked to spend so much on a new motherboard?
The value proposition becomes less of an issue when you're spending around £800 on the Core i7 3960X, or £400-odd on the Core i7 3930K. The difference between spending £200 and £250 on a board to get the most out of your CPU then seems less important.
The thing is, as important as all the other components are, the motherboard is the facilitator. It's the piece of the puzzle that enables the entire machine to run at its very best. Do you really want to stint on that?
Intel's Z68 chipset, which is at the heart of this Asus P8Z68-V Gen3, has been around for a little while now, so what's with a new motherboard built around it? Especially from a technology leader like Asus - it's not like it hasn't got a least half a dozen boards in its Z68 range already. There's even a couple that, like the P8Z68-V Gen3, already have PCIe 3.0 support…
At a guess all this will come at a premium price, as it always does with a new chipset launch. And there in a nutshell is what the Asus P8Z68-V Gen3 is all about: offering the latest PCIe specifications on an already pretty well-featured board at a more affordable price for those whose budget can't cater for a board with the latest upcoming technology.
Portable simple transparent touch screen calculator Novel solar powered product, energy saving and environment friendly Includes general purpose calculator for handheld or desktop use Light weight, easy to carry Perfect for school, home or office Great gift for trader, dealer, businessman, accountants and so on
Solar energy is clean and eco friendly. The concept of solar power has been around for many years, but its reach among the common people has been limited to only few. In order to tap this green source of energy, various countries are trying hard and encouraging people to use this renewable source of energy. Many people do not have clear idea as to how useful and easy to use, this source of energy is.
In order to understand how solar energy can be a viable source of power, here are certain myths that need to be broken:
Solar panels work only in very sunny days/areas
Everybody thinks that solar energy can be useful in places, which have bright sunshine. Solar panels cannot work on cloudy days. The fact is that ultra violet light is needed by solar panel, and hence it works in cloudiest of places, as ultra violet rays can penetrate clouds. In fact, Germany is considered to be the solar capital of the world, though it has very few sunny days. The solar panels can conduct electricity better when they are cold.
Expensive Source of Energy
Prices of solar panel have been falling dramatically since last few decades. These installations are more affordable than they have ever been, what with various government agencies providing incentives to use eco friendly sources of energy. With better technology and saturation of power panel manufacturers the prices are going to fall down further. After an initial investment, the cost comes down appreciably.
Require frequent maintenance
The panels rarely need maintenance. There is no need to wash or dust photovoltaic cells. Periodic removal of leaves or snow that may fall on it may be needed. No moving parts are there to be maintained. The average warranty of panels lasts for 25 years.
Solar energy requires vast amount of land
Land needed for obtaining surface mined coal is much more than what solar panels require. Moreover, these systems can be put up at abandoned land or desert areas. The Gobi desert alone can supply electricity demand of the whole world. Rooftops are widely used for PV, thus land use requirements are modest. Sometimes land occupied by solar panels can be used for multi purposes like grazing animals, shading etc.
Solar systems are ugly and bulky
The new systems are seamless with solar shingles. Today’s panels are designed to work better with modern rooflines, are less obtrusive and can integrate with existing home systems. Over the years they have improved a lot. Solar cells can be combined with metal, slate, fibre-cement, and asphalt roofing and in fact can add to the aesthetics.
Hails can damage solar panels
Like roofs, hails do not damage solar panels. Though solar panels are made of tempered glass, they can withstand a 1” hailstone when perpendicular to the hail stone, (i.e. mounted flat). However since they are not normally installed flat but on an angle, they can withstand up to 2” of hailstone.
Solar systems are intermittent and unreliable
While area that have more intense sunlight and clear skies have more solar generation potential, other areas too have good potential to generate solar energy. Solar systems can be very reliable. The off grid systems are not subjected to power failures and cut offs. In fact many vital systems rely on solar technologies such as aircraft warning lights, navigational buoys, railroad crossing signals, lighthouses etc. By connecting grids over large geographical areas, and using smart meters, solar and other renewable sources of energy can be better used.
Solar energy is inefficient
Efficiency of solar panel has quadrupled since 1970s. With 15- 19% efficiency, it is comparable to many fuels like the gas in a car. Moreover the technology is improving continuously, which in turn will increase the efficiency further.
Solar panels need battery backup
It is not necessary to have battery backup. In fact it reduces the efficiency of the system. It is better to be grid tied than to be battery tied, unless there is concern about long utility outages or the residence is in remote location, with no presence of utility.
Investment in solar technology is worthwhile for only long-term use
Solar energy saves in electric costs. Thus solar energy system increases the value of the home.
When we plan a home and the interiors and exteriors of our home today, many of us like to keep in mind ways to make our home more eco friendly. This is because most of us today realize the need of a more sustainable living as there has already been a severe degradation in our environment. Human activities are one of the main causes of the harm caused to the environment. There are many ways that human activity impacts the environment negatively. The large scale impact is caused by agriculture, industry, usage of fossil fuels, transport and manufacturing of consumer products. However small, everyday activities also negatively impact the environment and we must do everything we can to save the environment.
Eco Friendly Garden Furniture
Many of us like to lounge in our gardens after a long day or on weekends. Also gardens are excellent venues to have parties in. For all of this we need garden furniture. There are many types of garden furniture that are available in the market. As we have just mentioned above that many of us like to be more eco friendly while designing the interiors and exteriors of the house, eco friendly garden furniture is an excellent idea. The following are ways in which we can make our garden furniture more eco friendly:
Buying old furniture and restoring it is an excellent idea. Also one can restore the old furniture that they already have for their garden. By using eco friendly paints and getting the help of a carpenter one can design really beautiful garden furniture that is made from old furniture. Old furniture can be bought at garage sales and antique shops.
Instead of cleaning and polishing the old furniture using chemical products, one can use many homemade natural products that give the same results but are more eco friendly in nature. Use eco friendly polishing products with no harmful chemicals in them.
One can also make lampshades using eco friendly products for the garden and use LED lights which conserve energy and last longer.
Do not use plastic furniture for the garden as plastic is a non degradable material and is not eco friendly. Another material used in garden furniture one must avoid is metal. Metal furniture is not very eco friendly as compared to other options that are available in the market.
Wooden Furniture is a good option for the garden. It looks beautiful in the garden with plants and trees around it and also is very eco friendly as compared to other options mentioned. The wooden furniture in the garden is eco friendly only if one buys it from a furniture company that ensures sustainable sourcing of the wood.
Another way of making garden furniture is to make or buy garden furniture made of recycled materials. There are many innovative ways to make furniture out of recycled material and again you can take the help of a carpenter to make them. Also there are shops and stores that sell furniture that is made of recycled material.
Also there are cotton eco friendly furniture covers, cushions and upholstery available in the market for your garden furniture. Using these will make the furniture in the garden even more eco friendly.
These might seem small and even trivial ways to protect the environment. But if all of us contribute in these small ways by making some changes in the house or initially itself buying eco friendly products for the house then together we can contribute a lot to make our environment healthier and promote a more sustainable living.
The Tube City is a very innovative concept that has been designed by Abhinav Sharma, who tried to tackle the core issues such as migration, lack of employment, expensive housing etc. of every metropolitan city and here the project is focused on Delhi. This ambitious projects attempts to find a cleaning solution for the Yamuna River that has been neglected. A sustainable Tube City around the river throughout the city of Delhi will not only purify the water of the River but will also help it to be a sustainable mini city in its own right.
The Tube City will have it all – from farming areas and residential areas to commercial and office spaces and playgrounds. This project would address some of the basic infrastructure problems of Delhi. The 21 km long Tube City would provide food, housing, generate employment and even transportation in order to reduce the load on the main city without taking up any of the prime land – as the Tube City is constructed on the Yamuna River. Furthermore, a special mechanism would be employed across the length and breadth of the Tube City in order to prevent the pollution inside the Tube City.
The Tube City is designed to be dynamic that will keep on changing in functionality depending on the area. For instance, the outskirts of the Tube City would be primarily agrarian along with commercial spaces that would facilitate the wholesale trading of the produce/grains. As the Tube City progresses toward the main city, the agricultural areas would give way to more open areas and residential spaces and public parks. Deeper toward the center of Delhi, the functionality would change to commercial and office complexes. Hence, there would be a smooth transition of the functionality inside the Tube City from North Delhi to South Delhi spanning those 21 km of the Yamuna waters.
The Tube City will be horizontally layered in order to provide a self sufficient city with metro transit public parks and 160 lane highway for motor traffic. The water for all the functions of the Tube City will come from the Yamuna River through capillary action. There will also be a Pylon Grid with translucent photovoltaic panels for harnessing solar energy that would be utilized throughout the Tube City. There will be an optimum utilization of daylight in order to save energy.
BMW has an exciting project up its sleeve : BMW Hybrid Car. It’s a hydrogen-powered car that looks like a Hot Wheels model come to life! The BMW HR2 hybrid car is a prototype race car only and we will miss it in the showrooms. BMW is also developing fuel cell cars, using the technology of the Hybrid Cars. BMW promises to launch a dual-mode version of the current 7 Series during the production cycle of the present model, thus introducing the first car of its kind able to run on both hydrogen and gasoline.
Let’s take an awed glance at its stunning features :
– It performs with an output of 285 hp and with a top speed on 185 mph.
- Acceleration from zero to 60 mph takes approximately six seconds.
- The land speed records involve a list of eight other flying start and standing start categories.
- Based on technology used in the BMW 760i vehicle, the HR2 also uses the fully variable VALVETRONIC valve drive.
- The car uses a modified 6-liter, 12 cylinder combustion engine for its propulsion.
- Engine in BMW emits only water thus making is one of the most environment friendly car in the present times.
- BMW hydrogen powered car has higher degree of efficiency due to higher combustion pressure of the hydrogen-air mixture.
The concept has developed at the right time as the gasoline-electric hybrid market will be blooming over the next 5 years or so. This is the kind of vehicle that the environment is in dire need of at present.
In today’s technology news we came with great technology news for you that what are the effects of tablets on technology and were the tablets gain all the attention of the people in this world.
Now Microsoft opening many of his stores in the countries and in these stores there are many of devices there. In these stores there comes many of people and purchase the devices.
In these stores there are large T Vs featuring Microsoft’s game, playing from the X box 360 relieve. There are so many Smartphones featuring Windows Phone software was also on exhibit and the Microsoft window 8 tablet made by Microsoft itself with a cover keyboard.
Now we can see that Microsoft taking many big steps in the field of technology and he wants to make good relationship with his customers. Now Microsoft opening his shops nearby Apple’s stores and this shows that he want to compete his products with Apple’s shops. There is not only Microsoft who is doing this but now the biggest search engine Google also joins this competition.
But these companies require a long time to catch the glory of Apple in technology because apple is a lead taker in smartphones and tablets.
The Surface tablet made by Microsoft is thought to be a very different devise if we compare it with the other Microsoft’ technology devices it is a high specification product at the kind of premium price with which Apple wants to sell its own first-class products. This tablet is has a solid body and with its heavy Glass and fully touched screen and it also has a magnesium covering.
Also there is a 10.6 inches H D screen and High Definition cameras one on the front and other on the back. There is an interesting function in it that if you want this tablet to be a laptop, there is touch cover with an included key board which has an extra price of £ 100 ($ 120) and with this keyboard you can also turn it into a laptop.
The surface is criticized about its price. The price of a 32 Gega byte version is £ 399 ($ 499) and apple has a price of £ 80 (or $ 100) for its 32 Gega byte iPad, but Surface has a big screen than the ipad, and also has a good battery life and apps. It has a partial version of Windows which is known as RT.
We also know Google also start work in partnership with several companies on its Nexus smartphones that are intended to platform the most modern edition of Android operating system and also for the most recent hardware technology features.
There are two nexus made by Ausus Company and Samsung, the ausus company made nexus 7 which price is £ 199 ($ 249). The Nexus 10 was made by Samsung and its price is £ 319 ($ 399).
There is much other technology information coming soon, if you want to know about upcoming technology news then keep visiting our site.
