Dell Zino HD, small neat stationary PC

There is no doubt about where Dell has taken his inspiration for his new desktop computer Dell Zino HD - it looks like a Mac Mini. A small and stylish machine that places on the desktop.
Dell Zino HD measuring about 20 × 20 cm to the surface. Despite its size, Dell still managed to push all right circles, even if there is a computer on which you can run the latest games at highest resolution.
AMD processor is either an Athlon 2650e or a Neo X2 6850e. You can also elect to have an integrated ATI graphics card or better with 512MB of memory. The maximum limit for memory and hard drive is 8 GB of internal memory and 1 TB storage capacity.

Zino HD has four USB ports, VGA, audio ports, and HDMI. The optical drive is as standard a DVD burner but can be upgraded to Bluray, if you want it.
Dell Zino HD in writing to appear in the Swedish Dell shop. In the U.S. the target price for the computer in the base version of the corresponding 1,600 crowns.

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Philippe Starck designs for LaCie Hard Drives

The renowned designer Philippe Starck continues to cooperate with the LaCie, and comes with two new stylish and different external hard drives. LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive is an external 3.5-incher for placement on the desktop, while the Mobile Drive is small and portable.
LaCie, which produces external hard drives, today introduced two new models designed by Philippe Starck .Secondly it is a larger desktop model with a 3.5-inch hard drive in and for another, a portable disk of 2.5 inches. The former requires an external power supply while the portable hard drive requires a power from the USB port.
Starck LaCie Desktop Hard Drive comes with either 1TB or 2TB of storage (that is 1000 GB and 2000 GB). The smaller the LaCie Mobile Drive Strong E found in models 320GB and 500GB. The recommended target price starts at about 1300 crowns for the portable device and 1600 crowns for the DTU.

The drives have a touch-sensitive surface that you use to start as backup software.Both units have an aluminum case to withstand a little extra. It comes with software to take automatic backups.

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How to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7

Windows 7 is the operating system you'll get if you're still using Windows XP. But how do you do to upgrade from XP to Windows 7 ? There you will learn in this easy guide!
For those of you running Windows Vista, you can buy upgrades from Vista to Windows 7 at a lower price than what Windows 7 will cost the full version.Unfortunately, there are no upgrades fromXP to the new Windows 7 .
I've talked to Microsoft about this, and they explained that the reason is that the systems differ so widely that there had been major problems. It had simply been a lot of technical problems that make an upgrade tool that makes the XP to Windows 7.
This does not mean that it is particularly difficult to upgrade your computer from Windows XP to the new Windows 7. However, this means you have to do a clean install. That means your programs, settings and all that will disappear from the operating system.

Do a single backup

What will not disappear, your files. This installer will save in a folder called windows old. This assumes of course that you do not format the hard disk during the installation process. Should you do everything on your hard disk will disappear before the installation of Windows 7 starts.
Whatever you do, do take a big backup of all your important files before you begin installation. A good tip is to use the Microsoft software Windows Easy Transfer (Windows Easy Transfer Wizard ). It is a free application that is used to move files from a Windows installation to another.
Basically it's about making a backup of your important files , and then will help you to restore these files when you are finished with your installation of Windows 7. In Vista, the Windows Easy Transfer, but if you are running XP you need to download software from Microsoft's website. You can backup to CD / DVDs, USB flash drive or external hard drive.

Starta installations

Add in the installation disc for Windows 7 and restart the computer, so it boots from the disc. Then the installer will automatically set off again. I have over the years drove all the different versions of the installer for Windows, and I can certainly say that Windows 7 is the best so far.
It is very easy to install Windows 7 and also it does not take long at all. You need to answer some simple questions during the process, such as typing in your username and the like. This need hardly be explained - as simple as that. When installation is complete, restart your computer and you enter the operating system.
On the computers I have installed Windows 7, I have only encountered problems once and that was it not found any drivers for the very old sound card that was sitting in one of the computers. This was solved simply by visiting the computer manufacturer's support site, where I located and downloaded the drivers for Windows XP - it was the latest version, as it has said was an old sound card. These drivers worked without any problems.

Restore your backup

Once you are inside the Windows 7, you can restore your backup of your important files. Have you used Windows Easy Transfer , start by opening the Start menu and in the search field type "file transfer". The tool will show up in search results.

Just like when you used the program the first time, simply click through the wizard to restore your data.

Welcome to Windows 7!

Now everything will be clear and you have Windows 7 instead of the old utgågna XP! Of course it will feel strange at first, but I can guarantee that you will enjoy after trying it for a while. Windows 7 is actually really good , especially when compared to Vista - which I really did not like.
The operating system is fast and economical and rolls on as good as xp. In all cases, it has done that for me, and when I installed it on really old and slow computers.

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Free Windows 7 - inte free

With the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft began a program called the Technical Guarantee. This means that some users who recently bought computers with Vista installed, can get a free update of Windows 7. But the term free seems to be diffuse ...

If your newly purchased computer is covered by the Technical Guarantee is something that must be stated in the papers. Is the case, you can contact your computer manufacturer to get your free update to Windows 7. The distribution functions so that Microsoft provides computer manufacturers free versions of Windows 7, which they then give to the users who want to update for free. Several computer manufacturers have in turn left out this work to any other company.

The upgrade to Windows 7 is said to be free , but now that many users have begun to exploit Technical Guarantee has shown that it is not at all free. Businesses do is for the one shipping cost for installation discs that sometimes exceed common sense.
HP assumes, for example, SEK 300 for sending out the upgrade. When you look around the manufacturers' websites for Technical Guarantee, it is usually very unclear how much it costs.Sometimes it says that this is shipping cost, and sometimes to be undefined handling costs, which push up the price tag properly.
PCOnline have been in contact with several computer consumers who have expressed their annoyance over the management of Technical Guarantee has been shot. A reader tells how he was promised a free upgrade, just to get a cost of approximately SEK 300:

- I bought an HP computer for almost a month ago. It had Vista as the OS, but I was promised "free" upgrade to Windows 7 in that I paid an unspecified smaller amount of production cost and postage. Well, mother! Postage cost must have gone sky high and the pressing is done manually, perhaps by the high-paying Germans because I needed the 300 bucks for the "free" upgrade.

It's not just prices that complaints have been raised about. Although management has in places been complicated , according to the users who have been in touch.

- On HP's Swedish website would populate the new computer's serial and product number. I filled in the information correctly. Several times. But each time was met by an angry received a message in red on the 'part number is incorrect ". I emailed the Arvato Digital Services, responsible for the mailing. After a week or belonged to a Seyyid of themselves and graciously explained that he did not understand Swedish - probably because he sits on a call center in India - and wanted us to correspond in English.
- It was the product number that was haunted. The label on the computer, it is written about as "VG123BB-WWU. But see the dash would not be! The hyphen should be replaced with number "#" symbol. What stage was I to know? Arvato also wanted to have a scanned or faxed copy of your receipt.

Another reader who contacted us took up the problem that distributors only take payment by card , which sends to it for those who do not have credit card or who do not want to pay by credit card on the Internet because of security reasons.

- The biggest problem is that you only accept MasterCard or Visa as payment. I have none of these and can not get anything because I have poor credit. This means that I have purchased a product with the promise of free upgrade that I can not access.

Is it more readers who have views on the subject, please feel free contact us by e-mail or leave a comment below.

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MSI U210, mini computer with AMD processor

With MSI U210 have the computer manufacturer started to move away from the Intel Atom processor for mini-computers and is focusing on AMD Athlon Neo. U210 is an interesting choice for those who want a little extra performance and a large 12.1-inch screen on your mini computer.

The trend among netbooks at the moment, is that you start to build on them and walk away from the old standard specifications with the Intel Atom processor and Intel's weak graphics chips. With MSI U210 presents an interesting alternative manufacturer.
U210 has a processor of type AMD Athlon Neo at 1.6 GHz, which outperforms an Intel Atom 1.6 GHz. Moreover, the U210 has 2 GB of internal memory and a hard disk of 250 GB - compared with the usual 1 GB and 160 GB. Graphics circuitry consists of ATI Radeon X1250, And there's HDMI output.

The Asus Eee PC 901 battery is the 6-cell, and can provide you with a working time of about four hours. It's pretty bad when compared to what other mini computers with the same laptop batteries capacity can handle. But then you have to keep in mind that it is not free to have better performance.
As operating system we are set to Windows 7, Although the purchaser of the computer today, the Windows Vista and the ability to upgrade when Windows 7 will. The price tag? Unknown in Sweden, but converted from U.S. dollar stands at 3000 SEK. I can probably guarantee that it will cost considerably in Sweden.
MSI are also underway with another mini-computer: MSI U150, Which seems very interesting. It should be really fast!

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TouchPad Wacom Bamboo with multi-touch

Wacom is now launching a new generation of control panels that go under the name of Bamboo . The plates combine multi-touch with ordinary pen technology and comes in four different variants. They are directed against both those who want to draw with the computer, and you want to use your programs in a new way.

Multitouch is a feature that today perhaps best known from the iPhone . It allows you to use several fingers simultaneously to such records to zoom in, move files and more.Penn technique is the ordinary solution is to use the trackpad, then you are drawing on the plate with a plastic pen, to control the cursor. This is a great solution for anyone working with digital photos or other form of graphics on your computer.

The four guide plates called Bamboo , Bamboo Fun , Bamboo Pen and Bamboo Touch . The very Bamboo targeting both home users and office users. It has a black design and support for both multi-touch and pen technology. The software allows you to customize features to facilitate the work of the tools you are running.Bamboo costs 985 crowns .
Wacom Bamboo Fun is in silver design and is available in two sizes, Small and Medium . The target price is set to 1095 SEK or 2195 SEK. Fun model is designed for the creative user, which is you who uses the computer for design and artistic purposes . Do you use paint program Bamboo Fun will surely come in handy. The monument has a combined multi-touch and pen technology.
Finally, the Bamboo Pen and Bamboo Touch are two models that are only capable pen technology and multi-touch. These are priced at 660 dollars and 770 dollars. Each package comes with several software; Bamboo Scribe for handwriting recognition,Bamboo Explorer, which offers search tool in Windows and Bamboo Space for online activity. Also included are a few different tools in each package. Bamboo Fun, for example with Photoshop Elements .

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Canon launches new digital camcorder Full HD

Canon expands its offerings in the market for digital camcorders with the launch of models Canon HF20 and HF200 Legria.  Both models play without problems the film in full HD and store directly to memory cards.
Digital video cameras are now in three ways: first, they become cheaper, and they become smaller and partly goes off DV tapes to instead store the recorded movie on a memory card, which makes managing the video much smoother when transferring to computer.
The differences between the HF20 and HF200 HF20 is that, in addition to space for SD / SDHC also has an internal flash memory of 32 GB, which will accommodate the 12 hours of recording in HD quality. Legria HF20 is thus the model will be slightly more expensive, although prices are not set. Product managers in the photo, and video from Canon, Roel Lammers, announces to PC online to target prices will be released in late January while the products are in stores in April.
The press release highlights the following strengths in Legria HF20 and HF200:

• New, ultra-lightweight design - only 340g and lightest HD camcorder from Canon ever
• Full HD recording with 1920 x 1080 pixels via the Canon HD Camera System updated
• Canon's new HD video lens with 15x optical zoom and optical image stabilizer Super Range
• New 1/4-inch HD CMOS sensor with 3.3 megapixels
• New DIGIC DV III image processor
• Easy to share: compatible with Canon's standalone DVD burner DW-100 and with editing software Pixela ImageMixer (supplied)
• Expandable and flexible: microphone input and manual audio controls that provides an amazing audio recordings, mini Advanced Accessory Shoe, HDMI inputs and component outputs
• Advanced photo features - as still images with 3.3 megapixels, the new Dual Shot mode and function Photo Burst (2.07 megapixels)

Features that make it easy to create the movie:

• New Face Detection Technology
• The new Video Snapshot mode, where you can create movie montage that you can share with others
• New Pre REC, which means that you do not miss out on some pictures
• Instant AF, providing fast and precise autofocus
• Dual Flash Memory: HF20 LEGRIA recording movies and still pictures in internal memory or 32GB SDHC memory card

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