Aug 20

Samsung brings external DVD burner with 360 grams weight

He created CDs at 24x and DVDs at 8x speed. The design in glossy black corresponds to the latest Samsung notebooks. Street prices are below 90 €.

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External DVD drive by Samsung

Samsung has introduced an external DVD burner that can pack up due to compact dimensions and a weight of 360 grams and easy to carry. The Samsung Slim DVD Burner AA ES0PN21 / E is 15 times 16 times 2 centimeters. The black glossy design is adapted to the latest Samsung notebooks.

As a connection is USB 2.0 with a maximum data transfer of 480 Mbytes / s. The drive writes DVDs and CDs with eight times with 24 times the standard speed. It is compatible with no driver installation on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.4.8.

Delivery will start in the coming days. Several online retailers list the unit already for just under € 90. Samsung granted a one year warranty.

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Aug 11

Sony is recalling over half a million notebooks

Affects the Vaio model lines C and F. Both are published in January 2010. A software update should solve the problem.

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About half a million Vaio laptops are affected by the Rückholaktion (Image: Sony).

Sony has announced a Rückholaktion for around 535 000 Vaio laptops, like the Wall Street Journal reported. There is danger of overheating.

A fault in the temperature control meant that the housing warps. Sony also warned against possible burns. To date, there have been 39 complaints worldwide.

The recall affects half a million notebooks, the model series F and C, which since early 2010 on the market. Of which 259 000 is for the United States, 103 000 in Europe and 172,000 in Asia. Who is affected, can be picked up his device from Sony or install a software update, which should solve the problem.

It is not the first time, the Sony device recalls due to overheating. 2008 over 400,000 laptops were affected, nearly 73 000 of them in the U.S.. Rarely, however, were as many devices as this time.

Other manufacturers have constantly to struggle with faulty batteries. End of May called HP back some of its equipment because of fire danger. In 2009 alone, there had been similar actions as Asus, Fujitsu, Lenovo and Packard Bell.

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Jun 04

Dell’s 0.99-inch XPS notebook Adamo on the market

It comes with a 1.4 GHz Intel ULV CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 128-gigabyte SSD dell xps m1710 battery. Its 13.4-inch display with 1280 x 720 resolves pixel. The starting price is € 1699.

Dell has announced the immediate availability of its first announced in September, 0.99-inch XPS laptops Adamo known. The starting price for the 34 times 27.2 times 0.99 inches wide and 1.44-pound 13-inch set with aluminum case is 1699 €.

In the basic configuration of the dell xps m170 battery Adamo is a low-power Intel processor Core 2 Duo ULV SU9400 Series (1.4 GHz, 800 MHz front side bus powered, 3 MB L2 cache) and 4GB of DDR3 RAM. For mass storage, Dell installed a 128 GB hard drive instead of a large solid state drive. The 13.4-inch LED-backlit display with frameless glass area offers a 16:9 resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels.

A special feature of the opening mechanism of the XPS Adamo dar. To unlock it, the user must delete a heat sensitive strip on the lid. Blue light to show then indicate that the notebook can be opened.

Unusually, the angled light, backlit keyboard in original size, which is flat by a higher placement of the hinges do not like traditional notebooks dell xps m140 battery, but serves as the opened display support. This position is to improve the cooling and enable ergonomic working.

Other facilities of the MacBook Air’s competitors include 802.11a/g/n WLAN, Fast Ethernet (via an external dongle), Bluetooth 2.1 and an integrated 2 megapixel Webcam. For the connection of peripherals, two USB ports, a DisplayPort output and available via a DVI adapter interface panasonic cgr-d210 battery. The operating system is the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium is used.

An optical drive is missing, but can be ordered as an external option like a hard drive with extra charge (€ 90 DVD burners, Blu-ray drive 230 €). Dell also offers an optional lithium-polymer battery with 40 watt-hours. With double the capacity of the standard battery, it should allow a period of slightly more than five hours.

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The XPS Adamo is now available at prices starting from € 1699 (Photo: panasonic cgr-d54 battery).

May 26

Packard Bell recalls notebook batteries

EasyNote MX36 series batteries of the model, MX37, MX51 and MX52 can overheat after prolonged use hp pavilion dv2000 battery. Are affected devices shipped in 2007. Packard Bell exchange the defective battery free of charge.

Packard Bell has launched due to possible overheating and fire a recall of notebook pavilion dv6 batteries. Affected devices are series EasyNote MX36, MX37, MX51 MX52 and which were delivered from 2007.

In extensive tests we have found that some batteries constitute a Vertragsfertigers after long use overheated and a fire hazard, said Packard Bell. To reduce the risk of users, the manufacturer replaces the affected series of hp pavilion dv6000 battery charge.

Laptop owners can check on a dedicated website, whether their battery is affected by the recall. All they need to enter your serial number on the hp pavilion dv4 battery. Alternatively, there is a telephone support them under the fee-free number (01 80) 525 81 89 available.

Computer manufacturers have always fight back with defective batteries from suppliers. In August, Lenovo had launched a recall of several models of its ThinkPad series. Two months later swapped the hp pavilion dv7 battery Asus X51 series model and Pro52 because of fire danger from.

Apr 26

Sony announces 13-inch Notebook with Core i7 CPU and Full HD display on C

The VPCZ11Z9E / W costs 2499 Euro. The weaker-equipped VPCZ11X9E / B with Core i5-520M-CPU (2.4 GHz), 4GB DDR3 RAM, 128 GB dual-SSD and humiliatingly low-resolution display (1600 by 900 pixels) there for Euro 1799. The guarantee period is two years.

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The models in the Vaio Z11 series appear in mid-March at prices 1800-2500 Euro (Image: Sony).

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Apr 25

Sony announces 13-inch Notebook with Core i7 CPU and Full HD display to B

The anti-glare 13.1-inch display of high-end model features LED backlighting and brightness sensor. It has a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels (16:9). The control takes over Nvidia Geforce GT 330M graphics chip with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory, integrated in the CPU-Intel-Graphics-GPU HD added. Depending on requirements, the user can switch during operation by pressing a button between internal and discrete graphics.

Of communication options 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi access (), Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and an HSPA module (7.2 Mbps downstream, 5.76 Mbps upstream) is available. Other features include a webcam, an SD Card and Memory Stick reader, a Multitouchpad, Chiclets an illuminated keyboard, a fingerprint reader and a Trusted platform module according to TCG specification 1.2.

For the connection of peripherals with three USB 2.0 ports, an ExpressCard slot, a connector for a docking station, and each one VGA and HDMI port are available. The operating system is the 64-bit version of Windows 7 with Professional downgrade option to Windows XP Professional. The battery life is Sony with up to six hours.

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Apr 24

Sony announces 13-inch Notebook with Core i7 CPU and Full HD display to A

The top model of the new Vaio Z11 series uses a 2.66-GHz processor, 6 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 256 GByte SSD. Nvidia Geforce GT330M complements the integrated Intel graphics chip. Bluetooth and HSPA are also on board.

Sony has expanded its notebook portfolio with the Vaio Z11 series. The 1.35-pound 13-inch models VPCZ11X9E / B and VPCZ11Z9E / B with carbon-fiber chassis aimed at business customers. They come in mid-March on the market.

The top version VPCZ11Z9E / B uses a 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 processor series 620M (3.33 GHz with Turbo Boost, 4 MB L2 cache) and 6 GB DDR3-1066 RAM. Instead of a hard drive a quad-Solid-State Drive comes with 256 GB of disk space used in the RAID-0 composite up to one to four times to achieve such high data rate as conventional SSDs.

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