In mid-2011, the Raspberry Pi Foundation presented what had been promising for several years: a low-cost microcomputer developed with the objective of making available to all new technologies and to spread learning of programming. This initiative, thanks to its low cost and its spirit open source, achieved widespread throughout the world, especially among programmers and fans, which began to develop a community and an entire application environment and new utilities around this small plate inexpensive hardware and open source software.
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HummingBoard, another low-cost mini computer
HummingBoard comes to compete with Raspberry Pi. Like that small computer (and others, such as Arduino or Intel NUC) offers a minimum size motherboard and relatively modest benefits: in this case, 1GHz ARM chip, 512 MB RAM and Ethernet connections, USB and the possibility of digital and analog audio, HDMI connection, mSATA, an infrared receiver and other options to assemble a computer small but complete with some variant of Linux; even they can to create an economic media player with a special version of XBMC. The novelty with respect to…
Read MoreLian Li DK 02: A real desktop PC
Technologies to wear that smart homes, tablets or smartphones; something tells us that in the future the PC will leave the desk, possibly forever. However, far from being a pressure, for some it is an opportunity to rethink the concept of home computer. This is the case of Lian Li, one of the largest manufacturers of PC cases in the world, who decided to radicalize the idea of PC desktop with DK 02. This model neglects any idea of maximizing space or weight, the DK02 is literally a desktop design,…
Read MoreStore up in the Clouds
The 21st century has seen technology reach its pinnacle. Every new invention brings with it unlimited opportunities for the generation and thereby improves the standard of living, causes businesses to function more efficiently and provides scope for further growth. Also called cloud storage, online storage facilities provide you with a back up of all your important computer files. A key advantage is the flexibility of such storage options allows you to access file from any part of the world. You can save and store pictures, videos, music, files and documents.…
Read MoreDell Inspiron 23, the slimmest AIO
Dell has added a new computer all in one Inspiron 23 to its portfolio of hardware, advertise it as “the thinnest on the market”. Besides lightness and thinness, the new Inspiron 23 offers a capacitive diagonal screen 23 inch Full HD with native resolution and multi-touch technology of 10 simultaneous touch points. The base hardware is in charge of the fourth generation of Intel Haswell processors, added to 8 Gbytes of RAM base, 1Tbyte hard drive and dedicated graphics option.
Read MoreAcer Aspire ZC-605: another all in one computer
Acer has decided to extend its range of “all-in-one” with the Aspire ZC-605, specially designed to improve the user’s multimedia enjoyment and performance computing tasks in the home. Easy to use and plenty of storage, will be available in the market starting next September. Its thick bezel framing the screen, as likes a photo. In this way the images and videos look museum pieces. Another notable feature ergonomics: by adjusting recline between 10º and 30º is achieved the most comfortable position regardless of the task (watching a movie, playing a…
Read MoreSamsung Series 3 Chromebox is redesigned
So looks the new series of mini desktop Chrome Box computers. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? There is a Chrome Box. It’s that simple. It’s minimalist. And starting with that gives will not take much of Cupertino to revive the issue of the demands now in this case by the desktop computers in miniature version. Still, today we will put aside the feud between the two giant and focus on the gadget itself, the Samsung Series 3 Chromebox.
Read MoreS21H: Android computer with 2 GB RAM
They have lately been appearing increasingly smaller computers with performance to an acceptable extent, just enough to remember the Raspberry Pi successful with just 256 MB RAM. With the advent and popularization of Android, this market has exploded and it is more common to see powerful mini computers the size of a USB memory as S21H that we are present below. This curious gadget comes directly from China and boasts in its small interior to 2GB RAM, 8 GB internal storage and ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor.
Read MoreUbi: you know the computer that never sleeps
For those who believe themselves to be always at the cutting edge of technology and innovation can now bring them news that did not know, because going to to inform Ubi, a computer that promises two things that so far has not given us any other equipment, at least of which we have in the large consumer market. This is a device capable of not ever fall asleep, and that gives us a connection from anywhere in the house. Ubi is a computer to which you can connect from anywhere…
Read MoreLenovo IdeaCentre Q190: lounge new computer with Windows 8
Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190, a computer lounge with a modern design and an enviable size to go unnoticed, in addition to the new processors Intel Ivy Bridge Core i3, leaving aside the Intel Atom processors that normally were assembled in these devices and that performance left much to be desired. Not only that, but Lenovo has included SSD storage in Q190, perfect to fit into the housing of only 22 millimeters thick, with a minimalist style that includes a base to place it vertically and not only place it horizontal, also…
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