Sony Cybershot TX55 takes slimmest camera crown

Sony has announced out a new compact camera and claims that CyberShot TX55 will be the thinnest compact digital camera in town when it arrives later this summer; but there’s a lot more to the seductive little snapper than its slight 12.2mm thickness. Top of the list of intriguing specs is the ability to grab full-resolution 12MP photos while simultaneously shooting HD video.

It comes equipped with 16.2MP Exmor sensor inside. With the camera’s Intelligent Sweep Panorama feature that’ll allow you to grab auto-stitched panoramas of up to 42.9MP. The CyberShot TX55 can also capture 3D photos and video clips if you’re so minded. You can view your handiwork on the 3.3in OLED touchscreen. Sony also promises that you can increase the 5x optical zoom to 10x with the By Pixel Super Resolution function. It claims that the feature can boost magnification without reducing pixel count.

The Sony CyberShot TX55 records 1080i AVCHD video at 60fps in video mode and there’s a 10fps burst mode for still images. There’s also a range of built-in filters including HDR painting, tilt-shift and toy camera modes along with colour and monochrome filters. The compact supports Sony’s 16GB Memory Sticks or 8GB SD cards.

Sony CyberShot TX55 will be released in September for approximately 1300 AED.

Google+ growth slowing down

Google+ entered with bang, no doubt. The social networking site, a direct competitor to the present juggernaut Facebook, got everyone (and their grandmother) curious, with the Internet witnessing once again the massive rush of threads with users asking (aka begging) for invites to get onto the site. The social site collected million of users within days, with Google saying that it has about 10 million users already.

However, according Experian Hitwise, Google+ has been slowing down in traffic, with users spending less and less time on the website. To put that in numbers: for the week ending July 23, Google+ had a total of 1.79 million visits. That’s a 3 percent down from the 1.86 million visits registered in the previous week. As for the avg. time spent on site, that took a slight hit as well, with a user spending a total of 5 mins and 15 seconds per visit, as compared to 5 mins and 50 seconds for the previous week.

Google declined to comment on Experian Hitwise’s numbers, only saying that the stats did not factor in traffic from mobile websites and of users who visit Google+ via another Google service like Gmail.

Rumor: First images of the iPhone Lite seeps out

We have been all reading about that iPhone for quite sometime now, haven’t we? You know, the one that will make Apple’s magical device more affordable to combat Android’s ridiculous rise? Yup, the ‘cheap’ iPhone, or as today’s report claims, the iPhone Lite.

A Vietnamese blog has leaked the first images of the so called iPhone Lite model, showing a pretty similar device to the iPhone 4 with a tiny little change – it’s got no glass. The front and back coverings are replaced with regular plastic held together by small plastic hinges. Now, judging from how a smudge is formed on the plastic, and how the light reflects from it, our first intuition is that it’s just a regular screen protector. Or that Apple is using really cheap plastic panels. I guess that’s how costs are cut, right?

Apple has yet to announced a iPhone Lite model, though we might hear something about them in the September conference if the rumors hold up.

Real World Labs And FinalWire Joint Contest

Less than 5 days left for the conclusion of our 3rd July lucky giveaway and so if you are into benchmarking, or you just need one of the best system information products in the market then you can still be amongst the 10 lucky winners who will receive their own AIDA64 Extreme license by FinalWire.

Article Link : http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?id=474

Hornettek Fusion iPhone 4 Case

“It is a clear style shell case that has differs from competitors with its customizable back. HornetTek includes a transparent iPhone 4 card that can be used to outline images to be cut and placed inside the back of the case creating a unique case design. I am surprised this is the first time I have seen this concept with any of the Apple portable devices. This is definitely something my nine-year-old daughter would love for her iPod Touch. ”

Main site link: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com

Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU Cooler Review

Let’s test the Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU cooler, which has a tower heatsink, three direct-touch heatpipes and a 120 mm fan.

Here is a snippet:
“The Dark Knight is a CPU cooler from Xigmatek, with a tower heatsink, three direct-touch heatpipes and a 120 mm fan. Check it out!”

Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Xigmatek-Dark-Knight-CPU-Cooler-Review/1346

Roccat KULO 7.1 USB Virtual Surround Headset Review

If you’re looking to buy a cool looking surround headset with very good audio quality, lots of volume and plenty of comfort without breaking the bank then the latest KULO 7.1 USB Virtual Surround Headset by Roccat is a fine choice.

Article Link : http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?id=483

Thermaltake Shock One Headset

Thermaltake Shock One is made out of the high quality components and loaded with features to provide the consumer with greater level of comfort and compatibility. Due to the surround sound capability the headset is conveniently redesigned to have a USB 2.0 rather than usual 3.5mm audio input and output. The basic layout of the headset has retained the features introduced in Shock headset:comfortable velvet cushions, 10 level size adjustment frame, and portable low noise cancelling microphone attachment. Aside from the basic features however, the user is provided with a more sophisticated control box as well as personal Thermaltake software that allows for not only control of surround sound options but also customization of frequency production through an equalizer, as well as additional sound effects. With all of these features, the Shock One retails as low as USD95.26 on Newegg.com, in comparison to the simpler Shock, which costs only USD45.92. Are these features truly worth such a
huge price difference? Let’s find out.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/articles/Thermaltake_Shock_One_Headset/2067.html

OCZ Fatal1ty 750W Review

Link: http://www.hardwarelook.com/review.php?id=57

Quote: The new OCZ Fatal1ty has been made and designed for the gamer in mind; the Fatal1ty offers stable performance while enabling you to play games with an 80-Plus® Bronze certified product.”The new Fatal1ty 750W features maximum and efficient power distribution, a thermally controlled 135mm double-ball bearing fan for airflow at near-silent audible noise levels, extremely tight and well regulated electrical noise and ripple, and an ideal array of connector types for multiple power-hungry drives and video cards. Offering excellent energy and cost savings, converting up to a full 85% of AC to DC power at typical loads.” says OCZ, so let’s take a look at what performance we can get out of it ourselves our HardwareLOOK system which is going to feature a heavy duty ASUS 6970 GPU.

GoMbox – view full size photos from Google images fast

Google images is a great tool to find the images you are looking for. But it does have annoying multiple steps after which you get to the full size version of the image. GoMbox is a Google Chrome extension that makes reaching the full size image a breeze. Once this extension is installed, just click on a thumbnail in image search results and directly the image’s full size version is displayed in a lightbox on the page. This saves you from the trouble of opening multiple tabs to open the result website and then clicking “view fullsize image” to actually view the image. This extension instead directly showing you the full image without leaving the google images site. Save or close the image to return to your rest of search results.

Grab the extension @ Chrome extensions

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