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PC Market Declines 6.5 Percent In Q42011
The combined desktop and mobile PC market in India totalled nearly 2.5 million units in Q4 2011, a 6.5 percent decrease from Q4 2010, according to the latest report from Gartner India.
The hard-disk drive (HDD) shortage due to the floods in Thailand significantly impacted the desktop market which declined 18 percent year-on-year in Q4, said Vishal Tripathi, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner. Desktop market saw a steep decline of 32 percent. But mobile PCs grew 12 percent helping arrest the decline.
Lenovo and Dell recorded 28 percent and 11 percent growth in unit shipments, respectively, while HP witnessed a negative growth of 26 percent compared to Q4 2010.
Rambus Convinces Nvidia to Sign License Agreement
Rambus and Nvidia have settled their patent dispute.
The two companies announced that Nvidia has signed a patent license agreement, which applies to “a broad range of integrated circuit (IC) products offered by Nvidia” for a time frame of five years. All claims referring to patent infringement in the past have been settled as well, Rambus said. Further details were kept confidential.
Rambus noted that the “license agreement […] settles our differences and allows [the company] to move forward with Nvidia, the leader in visual and parallel computing.” Nvidia did not provide an official statement.
Wasting Hackers’ Time to Keep Websites Safe
Most security software defends PCs and websites by acting like a locked door to shut hackers out. A new security company, Mykonos Software, instead invites hackers in through a fake entrance and plays tricks on them until they give up.
“If you break in, I want to have fun with you,” says David Koretz, CEO of Mykonos. Koretz claims that the computer security industry is too timid—he advocates making hackers’ lives tedious and difficult instead.
Mykonos sells software intended to protect websites against attacks—like those on Sony’s websites last year that yielded thousands of credit-card numbers—aimed at gaining access to valuable data such as user credentials. When
Lenovo Beefs Up The Classmate+ Laptop
Lenovo are showing off their updated version of the Classmate laptop, the Classmate+ is rugged, tough and will do what is asked of it, which is just as well as these machine are designed to be used by school kids and therefore will have to take some punishment.
However, these laptops do feature a fully waterproofed keyboard, a reinforced steel hinge designed to be opened and closed thousands of times, there are also toughened corners and Lenovo have even strengthened DC jack to cope with the excessive use.
The laptop will only be available in a standard Grey colour, however custom colours are available for those buyers who bulk order, although there are no details as to exactly how many laptop will need to be actually ordered in to count as a bulk order.
From the limited details available we know that the Classmate+ laptop will come with a neat 10.1 inch anti glare screen that offers optional high brightness or high definition and comes with a useful built in 2.0 mega pixel web camera.
The laptop will be powered by the Intel Atom N2600 processor and has up to 2 GB of DDR3 memory on offers.
Gigabyte T1006 Convertible Cedar Trail Netbook Officially Announced
Gigabyte is still holding down the convertible netbook market with a new addition to its line up with the Gigabyte T1006 netbook with a hinge that allows it to turn into a tablet. This 10.1 inch tablet looks pretty much like every other Gigabyte convertible netbook with the same chassis design that has ever come to market. There are a few differences though: its running the latest Intel Atom Cedar Trail processor and offers a 1366 x 768 display resolution under a capacitive touch screen.
The T1006 also offers a premium USB 3.0 port alongside 2 x USB 2.0 ports, SD card reader, VGA, ethernet, audio jacks and an HDMI port. We