ASUS unwraps its PQ321 31.5-inch 4K-resolution monitor

ASUS has announced the PQ321 monitor packing 4K resolution. The professional-grade screen is 31.5 inches in diagonal and can show one billion colors thanks to its 10-bit RGB LED-backlit IGZO panel.

The 4K resolution translates to 3840 x 2160 pixels, which adds up to a pixel density of 140 pixels per inch. Other features of the ASUS PQ321 include 176-degree viewing angle, 350 cd/m2 brightness and 8ms response time.
Gladly, the monitor offers lots of adjustment; there’s height, tilt and swivel. Connectivity wise, there’s a DisplayPort, dual HDMI inputs sporting picture-in-picture capability, and a 3.5mm audio jack for the 2W built-in stereo speakers.
Promised to hit shelves in the USA and Canada at the end of June, the ASUS PQ321 doesn’t yet have an official price tag, but you can bet it’s going to be priced along the lines of its resolution.

Sony holding a PlayStation event on February 20 to announce the PS4

Sony has released a teaser video for the PlayStation event that they will be holding later this month on Wednesday, February 20.

It won’t be much of a teaser if it revealed everything, so as you can imagine the video does not show much other than the four PlayStation button icons swirling around on the screen with the big date being displayed towards the end that doesn’t allude to anything. But according to The Wall Street Journal, the event is definitely about the PlayStation 4, or whatever Sony decides to call it.



The Journal also says that although the console will be unveiled on February 20, it won’t go on sale until later this year, probably around the holiday season. The new console will still have an optical disc drive and probably be based on AMD processors, which could mean no backwards compatibility with current PS3 games.

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ITU approves H.265 codec, paves the way for smaller video file downloads

H.265, the successor to the highly popular H.264 video codec, used for over 80 percent of all the online video, has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), allowing it to be used for the creation of video content that is significantly smaller in size than what we have today.

Known also as High Efficiency Video Coded, H.265 allows file sizes that can be around half as much as the current H.264 encoded videos while maintaining the video quality. This allows content providers to supply much smaller files with the same quality, thus reducing the time required to download or stream the video.
But there is another advantage to this. Because the file sizes are now lower, you can have higher resolution videos, such as in 4K, without having obscenely large file sizes.

Of course, for all this to happen, content creators will need to adopt the format quickly for encoding their content. Moreover, hardware and software will also need to be updated to support playback. Hopefully, both these things will happen sooner rather than later.

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Samsung showcases world’s largest, 85-inch 4K television

As promised back in November, Samsung showcased their first 4K television to the world. As it happens, at a monstrous 85-inches, it is also the world’s largest 4K television in the world.

The Samsung UN85S9, as it is called, features a unique floating design. The panel is held up by the sides within a metal frame, which gives the impression of it floating in the center. As you can see, the designers haven’t really been successful in stimulating that effect but nonetheless the design is striking. The metal frame around the panel also allows you to tilt the display vertically and houses the 120W, 2.2 channel speaker system.
The UN85S9 also has Samsung’s Smart Hub software and runs on a 1.3GHz quad-core A15 processor. There are no details on pricing yet but the television is expected to go on sale in March.
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AL13 is a high quality aluminum bumper for the iPhone 5 that’s getting Kickstarter funding

With iPhone 5′s aluminum body and redesigned antenna layout, Apple didn’t see the need to make a new bumper for its latest flagship smartphone. However, a small company called Designed by m took it upon itself to fill the void and created the AL13.

The bumper is made of ultra-thin aerospace aluminum and manufactured with chamfered edges; the same sort that the iPhone 5 boasts. It weighs just 16 grams, so it won’t be turning your slim and light iPhone into something hard to carry around.
Check out the introductory video of the AL13 bumper and see its makers reveal all details about the product.

The case will be available in red, gray, black and special Kickstarter green for early backers. Keep in mind that the AL13 will reduce your signal by 5-10%, so it’s probably not recommended to those who live in areas with spotty coverage.
For a limited time only, the AL13 iPhone 5 bumper sells at $45 a pop, a special price for early Kickstarter backers. When it starts selling in April this year, the regular price of the bumper will be $80.

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Corning to showcase Gorilla Glass 3 at CES

Corning’s Gorilla Glass has become synonymous with scratch-resistance for mobile devices (both phones and tablets), so we’re excited to see the third iteration of the product. Corning will showcase it at CES and its president will give a talk about the future of specialized glass for the video and gaming industry.

Gorilla Glass 3 promises a 3x increase in scratch resistance and fewer visible scratches. When GG3 does get scratched, Corning says its retained strength will be 50% better than that of the predecessors.
This is thanks to something called Native Damage Resistance, which will also reduce the propagation of flaws.
Corning’s president will talk about how specialized glass will impact “hi-res, 3D, HD video, Internet-connected TVs, conformable displays, tablets and viral apps”. Gorilla Glass is already used on phones, tablets and TVs and Lotus Glass is flexible (probably what he means by “conformable displays”), but how glass will affect viral apps is beyond me.

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Best Shoes for Women's Running and Fitness Shoes

It's never too late to overhaul your fitness routine! Run outside instead of on a treadmill. Switch the order of your strength moves. And do it all in new sneakers. Your shoes are fine, you say? Take another look—and feel. Over time the cushioning breaks down, making you more prone to aches, and the lugs on your outsoles wear away, which decreases your traction. The bottom line: Replacing your kicks can improve your workout.

With that in mind, we put 45 pairs of running, hiking, and fitness shoes through their paces to find the perfect pair of kicks for any workout.

Check out which pairs came out on top here! 

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