- Google Glass and diopter - Next week Galaxy S4 sales will be over 10 million - Dell corporations actively move to Windows 7 - Dell Latitude E7440 -

Today computer news : 2013 - 05 - 18

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DATE:2013-05-18

Back in March, Google reported that sooner or later glasses will be used by people with impaired vision, and colleagues managed to get a picture of the prototype, which combines the functionality of a wearable computer and regular Glass .

The creators claim that modify software does not have to be modified, but the hardware component has been upgraded.  

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DATE:2013-05-18

Samsung reported that the smartphone Galaxy S4 in on month will sale over 10 million.  This is the fastest-selling smartphone in the history of Samsung.  Sales of Galaxy S4 as of April 27 were made in 60 countries.

If the Galaxy S3 took 50 days to overcome the milestone of 10 million sold copies ,  Galaxy S4 spent on it less than a month.  The growing popularity of  Samsung smartphone in not part due to increased costs for its advertising, according to Samsung representatives  .

Samsung staff said that they are preparing the announcement in September of smartphone Galaxy Note 3 with 5.9-inch display and can not adopt a flexible display that is very resistant to mechanical stress.  According to Samsung, the introduction of such components in mass production takes more time than expected.

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DATE:2013-05-18

The corporate sector has always been quite conservative in terms of transition to the new Microsoft operating system, , because the migration involves a tremendous amount of work and a lot of surprises in the form of problems with software compatibility - this is not to mention the cost of licensing the new platform, which due to the  prolonged financial crisis, many companies are trying to avoid.

Dell Representatives already complained in the quarterly report conference that the founder Michael Dell chose not to attend, the interface of Windows 8 is seriously holding back growth in sales of desktop and laptop systems of this manufacturer.  The operating profit of the branch for the year decreased by 65%.  Accordingly, the company has received a total of 79% less than the net profit from a year earlier.

Updating the computer park of corporations are now driven primarily by the transition to Windows 7 from earlier operating systems, Microsoft.  

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DATE:2013-05-18

Many manufacturers of laptops are preparing new notebooks based on processors Intel Haswell.  Dell, will also be used CPU Intel Core fourth generation in the models Latitude E7240 and E7440.

Dell Latitude E7240 is equipped with a display diagonal of 12.5 inches.  In the basic version, the screen resolution will be 1366 x 768 pixels, and for additional fee, users can get a display resolution of Full HD, and besides, even touch.  The same options are available for the model Latitude E7440, with the only difference that the screen size - 14 inches.

Minimum RAM of Laptop - 4GB maximum - 8 GB.  Dell Latitude E7240  used only SSD 128GB or 256 GB, while Latitude E7440 is also available HDD with 320 or 500 GB.

The notebooks will use motherboards based on chipset Intel HM87 or QM87.  The list of optional equipment on both models - built-in modems, 3G, external ODD, four cell battery, docking station with support for WiGig.

Dimensions of E7240 model - 310 x 211 x 20 mm, weight (with three cell battery) - 1.3 kg.  Similar parameters for  E7440 model - 337 x 231 x 21 mm and 1.58 kg.

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