2013年10月23日星期三
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2013年10月16日星期三
Lenovo shows off an 8-inch Bay Trail-T tablet: the Miix2
Lenovo shows off an 8-inch Bay Trail-T tablet: the Miix2
Michael Brown
Look out Toshiba, Lenovo is gunning for you. The company showed me a new 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet last night, powered by an Intel Bay Trail-T quad-core processor with a $299 price tag, undercutting Toshiba’s Encore tablet by $30. Dubbed the Miix2, Lenovo will offer a second SKU with 64GB of memory for just $349.
Lenovo's Miix2 will be available with an optional stylus and cover.
The Miix2’s 800-by-1280-pixel display provides 10 touch points, but it can also be used with a stylus for more precise work. Lenovo offers an optional stylus and a detachable cover for the tablet for $20. The stylus can be stored inside the cover, and the cover can be folded to form a stand to hold the tablet upright.
The Miix2’s onboard memory can be expanded by an additional 32GB via a MicroSD card slot. The tablet will have a front-facing 2-megapixel camera and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera. There will be a 3G option, too; unfortunately, U.S. buyers will be limited to Wi-Fi.
Like Toshiba, Lenovo will include a full copy of Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 with the Miix 2 when it ships the tablet later this month. Lenovo shipped a 10-inch version of the Miix earlier this year.
Michael Brown
Look out Toshiba, Lenovo is gunning for you. The company showed me a new 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet last night, powered by an Intel Bay Trail-T quad-core processor with a $299 price tag, undercutting Toshiba’s Encore tablet by $30. Dubbed the Miix2, Lenovo will offer a second SKU with 64GB of memory for just $349.
Lenovo's Miix2 will be available with an optional stylus and cover.
The Miix2’s 800-by-1280-pixel display provides 10 touch points, but it can also be used with a stylus for more precise work. Lenovo offers an optional stylus and a detachable cover for the tablet for $20. The stylus can be stored inside the cover, and the cover can be folded to form a stand to hold the tablet upright.
The Miix2’s onboard memory can be expanded by an additional 32GB via a MicroSD card slot. The tablet will have a front-facing 2-megapixel camera and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera. There will be a 3G option, too; unfortunately, U.S. buyers will be limited to Wi-Fi.
Like Toshiba, Lenovo will include a full copy of Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 with the Miix 2 when it ships the tablet later this month. Lenovo shipped a 10-inch version of the Miix earlier this year.
Samsung planning Knox 2.0 for smartphones, tablets
Samsung planning Knox 2.0 for smartphones, tablets
Agam Shah, IDG News Service
After releasing the first version of Knox security software following a long testing period, Samsung is working on version 2.0.
Knox 2.0 will offer more security features and work in more devices, said Jae Shin, vice president of the Knox Business Group in Samsung’s mobile communications division. Shin did not provide details of the new features in Knox 2.0, but development of features will depend on user needs.
Knox is built on Android, and taps into the OS and chipset features to secure a device. Samsung has partnered with mobile-device management software companies MobileIron, AirWatch, SAP, Citrix, Centrify and Mocana to take advantage of Knox.
“When we give [Knox] to them, we have a minimum feature guideline,” Shin said, adding that the companies adapt the security layer to match their mobile-device management software.
Knox now works with the Qualcomm chipset. Support for more chipsets, including Samsung’s, is being built in, Shin said. However, he couldn’t say if Knox would come to Windows Phone OS, which is also used by Samsung in some handsets.
The security software is in the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition tablet, which became available last week in the U.S. The security layer is also being offered with some Galaxy S4 smartphones.
Knox represents a big push by Samsung to make its tablets and smartphones relevant in the bring-your-own-device environment. Enterprises also are looking for easier mobile device management tools.
For example, Knox features allow the creation of secure boot so only authorized applications are on the device. Knox can create isolated environments to run specific applications, which will ensure Android isn’t compromised. Knox can also be used to establish secure VPN (virtual private network) connections, or to prevent keylogging or hacking. Samsung takes advantage of the TrustZone hardware-based security layer to store security keys and create isolated environments.
“Knox is an attempt by Samsung to do what Google should’ve done with Android a year ago, which is secure it,” said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. Gold Associates.
Users also bring non-Samsung personal devices into business environments and the security features need to be on more devices for a more manageable BYOD environment, Gold said.
One of Samsung’s challenges with Knox is to deal with a diversity of handsets running different versions of Android with different OS upgrade timelines, Gold said.
Samsung is pushing Knox to wireless carriers, which will offer the security layer to customers. Canadian wireless carrier Bell last week said it will sell Knox-enabled Samsung mobile devices to its customers in vertical markets.
Samsung is also trying to woo developers in an effort to push its Galaxy smartphones and tablets into the enterprise. Samsung has released programming tools for Galaxy devices to members of its Solutions Exchange, a program announced last month to help companies write and deploy mobile applications.
LG earlier this month announced Gate security technology for smartphones, and will battle with Samsung to attract enterprise adoption.
The Knox service is available worldwide, Shin said. But the BYOD trend varies in different countries, affecting which security features and mobile-device management tools are deployed.
For example, people in Germany value privacy and don’t want employers to track any usage or application information, Shin said. In the U.S., users want the freedom to use social networking and other applications at work that they also use at home. In South Korea, users like to wall off personal and corporate applications.
Knox was originally announced in February at the Mobile World Congress trade show.
Agam Shah, IDG News Service
After releasing the first version of Knox security software following a long testing period, Samsung is working on version 2.0.
Knox 2.0 will offer more security features and work in more devices, said Jae Shin, vice president of the Knox Business Group in Samsung’s mobile communications division. Shin did not provide details of the new features in Knox 2.0, but development of features will depend on user needs.
Knox is built on Android, and taps into the OS and chipset features to secure a device. Samsung has partnered with mobile-device management software companies MobileIron, AirWatch, SAP, Citrix, Centrify and Mocana to take advantage of Knox.
“When we give [Knox] to them, we have a minimum feature guideline,” Shin said, adding that the companies adapt the security layer to match their mobile-device management software.
Knox now works with the Qualcomm chipset. Support for more chipsets, including Samsung’s, is being built in, Shin said. However, he couldn’t say if Knox would come to Windows Phone OS, which is also used by Samsung in some handsets.
The security software is in the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition tablet, which became available last week in the U.S. The security layer is also being offered with some Galaxy S4 smartphones.
Knox represents a big push by Samsung to make its tablets and smartphones relevant in the bring-your-own-device environment. Enterprises also are looking for easier mobile device management tools.
For example, Knox features allow the creation of secure boot so only authorized applications are on the device. Knox can create isolated environments to run specific applications, which will ensure Android isn’t compromised. Knox can also be used to establish secure VPN (virtual private network) connections, or to prevent keylogging or hacking. Samsung takes advantage of the TrustZone hardware-based security layer to store security keys and create isolated environments.
“Knox is an attempt by Samsung to do what Google should’ve done with Android a year ago, which is secure it,” said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. Gold Associates.
Users also bring non-Samsung personal devices into business environments and the security features need to be on more devices for a more manageable BYOD environment, Gold said.
One of Samsung’s challenges with Knox is to deal with a diversity of handsets running different versions of Android with different OS upgrade timelines, Gold said.
Samsung is pushing Knox to wireless carriers, which will offer the security layer to customers. Canadian wireless carrier Bell last week said it will sell Knox-enabled Samsung mobile devices to its customers in vertical markets.
Samsung is also trying to woo developers in an effort to push its Galaxy smartphones and tablets into the enterprise. Samsung has released programming tools for Galaxy devices to members of its Solutions Exchange, a program announced last month to help companies write and deploy mobile applications.
LG earlier this month announced Gate security technology for smartphones, and will battle with Samsung to attract enterprise adoption.
The Knox service is available worldwide, Shin said. But the BYOD trend varies in different countries, affecting which security features and mobile-device management tools are deployed.
For example, people in Germany value privacy and don’t want employers to track any usage or application information, Shin said. In the U.S., users want the freedom to use social networking and other applications at work that they also use at home. In South Korea, users like to wall off personal and corporate applications.
Knox was originally announced in February at the Mobile World Congress trade show.
2013年10月13日星期日
12 great PC games best played alone
12 great PC games best played alone
By Alex Cocilova
Immersion is the best experience
When a developer builds a single-player game, its creative team can craft a deeper back story and slow down the pace to allow the gamer to enjoy all the tasty details.
It can cater to an audience of one, instead of engineering frenetic action designed to keep groups of people entertained. When you play alone, horror games deliver more scares, action sequences are more intense. It's also much easier to surrender to the experience when someone isn’t screaming in your headset, “Dude, you just got pwned!”
Check out this list of some of the most immersive and enthralling single-player gaming experiences you'll ever have. We'll start with a good ol' zombie apocalypse.
By Alex Cocilova
Immersion is the best experience
When a developer builds a single-player game, its creative team can craft a deeper back story and slow down the pace to allow the gamer to enjoy all the tasty details.
It can cater to an audience of one, instead of engineering frenetic action designed to keep groups of people entertained. When you play alone, horror games deliver more scares, action sequences are more intense. It's also much easier to surrender to the experience when someone isn’t screaming in your headset, “Dude, you just got pwned!”
Check out this list of some of the most immersive and enthralling single-player gaming experiences you'll ever have. We'll start with a good ol' zombie apocalypse.
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