Toshiba unveils Qosmio X75 Gaming Laptop

After ASUS and MSI, it was the turn of Toshiba unveiled its notebook for gamers; the Qosmio X75. Like its competitors, this is a machine incorporating a fourth-generation Core processor (Haswell) along with a GeForce GTX 770M with 3GB GDDR5. While many Haswell Ultrabook equipped with Intel processors is expected, builders seem to favor this time the PC players with a muscular CPU. Indeed, ASUS and MSI whose first configurations are already available here and that Toshiba unveil its Qosmio X75. As for Taiwanese brands is logically a system whose diagonal screen is 17.3 inches. For cons, the first bad news: the Full HD is brilliant hence so the reflections will be present. The chassis has, apparently, been refined over the previous generation (Qosmio X870), but color aside, we still have the right to black with a prominent red line on the edge and a few reminders here and there around the wide touchpad. The audio has been reworked and it has four speakers. Configuration side, it is based on a fourth-generation Core i7 quad-core (Haswell) and a GeForce GTX 770M with 3GB GDDR5. The RAM is not yet detailed, but the maximum is 32 GB via four locations. The game consists of two storage bays and may include up to two hard drives of 750 GB at 7200 rpm, but also a mix between a hard drive and an SSD. Connectivity, there are four USB 3.0 ports, a pair of HDMI 1.4a and VGA outputs, a Gigabit LAN port, an SDHC card reader, and a pair of jacks 3.5 mm. Of course, Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth are meant for the game. For now, Toshiba does not indicate the size and weight of the machine. In the United States, the price of this product is $ 1500.

Activate Your Blocked Facebook Account With The Help Of Trusted Friends!

The social network Facebook will allow its users to activate their profile with the help of some of their friends when their profile gets blocked. The social network Facebook introduces a function for trusted friends. Each user can specify between three and five friends to whom they have trust and he would leave them the house key for watering plants. When he has forgotten his password or the Facebook account has been suspended or blocked for any reason, he may call these special friends and ask them for help. With a few clicks, they are then be able to make use of their status as a trusted person: Each of the trusted friends gets a security code. That they should pass on to the locked-out user. Three codes are sufficient to activate the Facebook profile again. Facebook calls the whole "Trusted Contact" ("Reliable friends"). Since the end of 2011, the method has been tested already. Now it is to be slowly introduced to all. The function is then under the security settings. With this method it should be possible for users to activate their profiles back, even if they cannot remember the answer to their personal security question.

EyeFly 3D brings 3D without glasses on mobile

Nanoveu EyeFly 3D which brings 3D without glasses is sold just for 30 Euros, whose promise is to transform the screen of a classic 3D Smartphone screen. The EyeFly 3D is a very thin transparent film, which is applied on the surface of the screen of the phone as a protective film. It allows you to view pictures, videos or play 3D without image distortion or loss of brightness and without the need to wear glasses. The result would be equivalent to that of the Nintendo 3DS.

How this 3D effect is achieved? Nanoveu miniaturized and printed on a plastic sheet hundreds of thousands of lenses using nanotechnology. To enjoy the 3D EyeFly, you can start by downloading free applications of 3D content, one for images, one for videos where you can find including YouTube and GoPro 3D. In addition, a software development kit will be offered to video game publishers so that they can offer their 3D titles developers are warmly invited to enrich the offer on the official site. For the moment, 3D EyeFly is only available on the iPhone 5 and iPod Touch, but its designers promise it will land soon on iPad and the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Vine available on Android!

13 million iOS users have tested this application to publish short videos on Twitter. With Android, Vine should beat his records. Vine today takes on a new dimension, becoming compatible with Android Smartphones. Dedicated to the green robot version is indeed available on Monday on Google Play. This version does not yet include all the features of the iOS version (the front camera, research, references, hash tags, and the ability to share videos on Facebook), but these will be available soon. Remember that Vine is an independent service with which you can save and share a very short clips, 6 seconds or less directly on Twitter, Facebook or Vine.

Originally Vine is a start-up that Twitter acquired last October for an undisclosed amount before the product is available. The iOS app was launched in January and has 13 million users worldwide, including many brands that use the tool for the promotion or teasing. With Android, Vine will quickly into record even if some shadows darken the picture somewhat. Faced with massive clips of pornographic publications, the publisher had to take drastic measures. The latest version for iOS is well equipped with an age restriction is officially reserved for more than 17 years, as other applications where users may come across offensive content. Previously, it was in the "over 12". Then, the termination of undesirable practices is facilitated and an option to block a profile or report it to the moderators of the service was added. A reporting system for a particular video still existed.

ARM Cortex A-12 for higher performance!

With its new chip for Smartphones and tablets called Cortex A-12, ARM is entering into the mid range segment of devices that will continue to grow. In the preamble to the Computex show which opened in Taipei, ARM recently presented its new Cortex A-12 chip for Smartphones and tablets midrange. It is advertised as 40% faster than the Cortex A-9 that is used especially in the Tegra 3 SoC. The chip Cortex A-12 is compatible with technology developed by MRA to associate it with a powerful processor and juggle both depending on the performance required, to save battery power. The first devices featuring Cortex A-12 are expected in mid-2014 to serve as a mid-range offering that will, grow strongly; according to ARM. The British company has also unveiled a new graphics processor, the Mali T622 that supports 3D display via OpenGL ES 3.0. It can be coupled with the Cortex A-12, but also intends to set-top boxes and other video players.