A New Ultra Portable Projector By BenQ
BenQ has launched a new DLP Projector – the BenQ CP220C, the size of a B5 sheet of paper, designed for portability
The BenQ CP220C projects at native XGA (1024 X 768) resolution and features a brightness of 2000 ANSI lumens with a contrast ratio of 700:1. BenQ’s color matching technology ensures that the color quality of the projected image matches with the color displayed on the notebook’s screen. Real time Auto-Keystone technology, Carl Zeiss lens etc. are few of the goodies that make up the projector. It also has an off-and-go function which enables the projector to cool off quickly.
The new projector will be available at BenQ IT zones and through BenQ dealers at $1520
source:tech2
Google with Web site publishing service
Google Inc said on Wednesday it is offering a simple Web site publishing tool for office workers to set up and run their team collaboration sites, taking aim at Microsoft Corp’s rival SharePoint franchise.
Google Sites, as the new site publishing service is known, is a scaled back version of JotSpot, an easy-to-edit service for organizations and individuals to set up and edit Web sites that Google had acquired 16 months ago for undisclosed terms.
The new service, the latest stage in the Internet leader’s push into the market for business and educational users, allows non-technical users to organize and share digital information such as Web links, calendars, photos, videos, presentations, attachments and other documents in an easy-to-maintain site.
Google Sites is a stripped-down version of Microsoft’s SharePoint collaboration software, which lets users inside an organization share documents and maintain calendars on secure Web sites, but is far more complex to set up and maintain.
Unlike SharePoint, which typically requires organizations to buy and maintain their own hardware and software at costs that can run from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars to serve one hundred users, Google Sites is hosted on Google computers and is free to users of Google Apps, which the company offers at a fraction of the cost of Microsoft tools.
source:reuters
Apple iPhone SDK On March 6?
The iPhone software developers kit, promised by Apple CEO Steve Jobs for February, was delayed.
But, according to invites just issued to American technology journalists, Apple may only miss the deadline by a week.
The company are holding an event, an Apple “town hall” meeting, at its headquarters in Cupertino, under the banner “iPhone Software Roadmap” on Thursday, March 6, at 10am PST.
There are also “some exciting new enterprise features” promised, which some speculate could mean the iPhone getting corporate email friendly - an omission currently seen as one of the reasons the smartphone has not broken into the business world.
It’s not clear at this early stage if this means the SDK will be ready next week, or if Apple, sensing unease at their missed deadline, are just having the event as a holding move whilst they rush to get the job done
source:pocket-lint
AMD launches First dual-core Sempron Processors in China
AMD has recently launched the first dual-core Sempron processors in China in a bid to counter Intel’s dual-core Celeron product line in the entry-level market, according to sources at motherboard makers.
AMD Sempron 2100+ processors adopt a 65nm process, and have a core frequency of 1.8GHz. Due to the cheap price and potential of AMD’s own-brand RS780 and 690G IGP chipsets, the CPU has been popular with consumers in China prompting them support AMD’s platform.
In order to hit back, channel vendors predict Intel will drop its dual-core Celeron processor pricing. However, they pointed out that even if the two processors are equal in price, AMD’s strong IGP chipsets still give the company an advantage.
Pricing in the China market is set at RMB 399 (US$55).
source:digitimes
