Sony's Motion Controller Patent Goes Attachment Crazy

It was learned that the company Sony Computer Entertainment has patented a number of new accessories for your gaming system, PS3 Motion Control, which is expected to release next spring. Recall, this system is a motion controller that interacts with the PlayStation 3 and significantly extends its capabilities.

The patent Sony called "Expandable Control Device Via Hardware Attachment" given several accessories for the PS3 Motion Control, increase the functionality of the controller. Among these additions can mention special "attachments" in the form of a baseball bat, rattle, microphones and even a fingerprint reader with the function of user identification and analysis of its biometric data.

Thus, players will have more opportunities in sports or in the choice of weapons in all kinds of shooters. In addition, new accessories can improve the realism of the controller PS3 Motion Control in the various situations that will work with this system even more interesting

New ultra-thin and energy-efficient notebook MSI X-Slim X600 Pro

Company Micro-Star International (MSI) presented another laptop from its ultra-Series X-Slim - X600 Pro. This is a model with 15.6-inch display processor-based Intel CULV with low power consumption. Notebook MSI X-Slim X600 Pro, in fact, differs very small thickness and weight - 25 mm and 2.1 kg respectively. In this case, he concluded in a stylish silver casing with a glossy finish Color Film Print on the lid, which provides protection from damage and contamination. Of the advantages of a laptop manufacturer also notes the graphics card ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4330 with 512 MB of video memory, audio technology SRS Premium Sound, and 4 integrated speakers that provide high-quality sound, as well as bright and clear HD display. And thanks to technology MSI ECO Engine, X600 Pro can operate in 5 different modes - Gaming, Movie, Presentation, Document, and Turbo Battery - from the most productive to the most economical.

MSI X600 Pro Specifications:

* 15.6-inch display with a resolution of 1366x768 pixels
* Operating System - Windows 7 Home Premium
* Processor - Intel Core2 Duo (CULV)
Chipset - Intel GS45 + ICH9M-SFF
* Graphics - ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4330 (512 MB VRAM)
* Memory - up to 4 GB DDR2 667/800 MHz
* Hard Drive - 250/320/500/640 GB, SATA
* Optical Drive - DVD Super-Multi/Blu-Ray
* 4 speakers
* 1.3 megapixel Web camera
* Communication - 10/100/1000 Gbit / s LAN, Bluetooth (optional), Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
* Ports - HDMI, microphone, headphones, E-SATA/USB, USB 2.0h2, RJ45, D-Sub
* Card Reader SD / MMC
* 6/9-elementny battery
* Dimension - 392x255x25 mm
* Weight - 2.1 kg

ASUS announces official support for Intel's hexa-core Gulftown processor

For the enthusiast community outgoing year has every reason to be successful due to the appearance on the market many innovative solutions. As an example graphic card that supports DirectX 11 technology, and new super-fast SSD drives, in addition, fell significantly speed memory DDR3. However, enthusiasts have looked to the day tomorrow, where they meet a new 6-core processor Intel Gulftown.

Interest in this CPU is quite understandable. It is the first Gulftown shestiyadernikom Intel, focused not on the server system, and the consumer market. This chip is fabricated on 32 nm process technology standards and is equipped with 12 MB cache in the third level, as well as support functions HyperThreading, which allows him to operate with 12 computing threads.

Release chip Gulftown be held in the near future, perhaps, Intel will demonstrate its design at CES 2010, which will be held in early January in the U.S. Las Vegas. Although in itself a chip Gulftown not require any special changes in the motherboards, because it works with the existing X58 chipset and socket LGA 1366, the company ASUSTeK Computer officially deemed it necessary to announce support for this processor with its products.

Below is a list of ASUS motherboards to the declared support of the processor Intel Gulftown, as well as the minimum version of BIOS, needed to work with this powerful shestiyadernikom:

* Model P6X58D Premium, version BIOS - 0222
* Model P6TD Deluxe, version BIOS - 0209
* Model P6T Deluxe V2, version BIOS - 0704
* Model P6T Deluxe, version BIOS - 1804
* Model P6T SE, version BIOS - 0608
* Model P6T, version BIOS - 0904
* Model Rampage II Extreme, version BIOS - 1639
* Model Rampage II GENE, version BIOS - 1033