The victims: Stories of the 13 killed at Fort Hood

Thirteen people were killed in the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. Here are their stories:

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Kanex launches Slimport to HDTV, MHL 2.0 to HDTV adapters

Fancy taking advantage of the Nexus 4 and new Nexus 7's oft-ignored Slimport feature? Kanex is launching a Slimport to HDMI adapter that'll let you share your smartphone's display without too much pain. The 11.75-inch lead supports 1080p video with 8-channel digital surround and even comes with its own microUSB port to keep your device charged during use. At the same time, the company is outing a MHL 2.0 to HDTV adapter that'll let units like the Galaxy SIII, S4 and Note 2 duplicate their screens on the biggest, erm, screen in the house. Both are available from today, setting you back $30 from Kanex's website.

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Samsung ships first 3D vertical NAND flash, defies memory scaling limits

The main challenge in producing higher-capacity flash storage is one of scale -- as density goes up, so does cell interference and the chances of a breakdown. Samsung may have overcome that barrier (if temporarily) by mass-producing the first 3D vertical NAND memory, or V-NAND. Instead of putting memory cells on a conventional 2D plane, the company reworked its long-serving Charge Trap Flash technology to create a 3D cell structure with more breathing room. The result is flash that improves both reliability and speed at higher densities; Samsung claims that the new technology is 2-10X more reliable than its ancestors, and twice as quick at writing data. The initial V-NAND chip offers a 128-gigabit (16GB) capacity that we've seen before, but its underlying technique should scale quickly when a chip can include as many as 24 stacked cell layers. Although Samsung hasn't named the first devices with V-NAND inside, we won't be surprised if our next phone or SSD is particularly spacious.

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Redbox Instant channel launches for Roku players

Outerwall promised two months ago that it would offer Redbox Instant on Roku players, and the company is making good on its word by launching that channel today. The subscription movie service is now available for both the Roku Streaming Stick as well as conventional players ranging from the Roku LT to the Roku 3. There aren't any visible new features in the Roku version of Redbox Instant, but we doubt that many customers will complain -- they're getting cheap movie streaming through a similarly frugal media hub.

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NVIDIA opens Ann Arbor Technology Center focused on car systems

NVIDIA's no stranger to in-car technology, and the company is increasing its commitment to four-wheeled transportation by opening a dedicated automotive office in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The just-opened NVIDIA Technology Center will design driver aids and infotainment systems with the help of car makers that are just a stone's throw away -- the company mentions Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and others as potential clients. We'll likely have to wait a few years to see the new facility bear fruit, but it's already clear that NVIDIA wants to become an integral part of the motoring landscape.

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NASA JPL takes a VR tour of Mars with Oculus Rift and Virtuix Omni (video)

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory likes to dip its feet in cutting edge consumer hardware from time to time, as evidenced by its trial use of the Leap Motion to remotely control a Mars rover. Well, you can't get much more cutting edge than virtual reality, which is why the team was so intrigued by the Oculus Rift when they first saw it at PAX last year. They signed up for a dev kit as soon as they could, cobbled the Rift together with a stereoscopic 360-degree panorama of Mars obtained from Curiosity, strapped on the VR goggles and found themselves magically transported to the Red planet.

According to our interview with Human Interfaces Engineer Victor Luo, they then added terrain imagery captured from satellites so users could actually "walk" on Mars' rocky surface using an Xbox controller -- "with up to 25 centimeters per pixel." "However, we thought it'd be great if we could literally 'walk' on the terrain," said Luo. With that in mind, they contacted the people behind the Virtuix Omni treadmill. It so happens they were in the area for E3, so they brought the contraption up to JPL headquarters, hooked it up, and sure enough, they were able to "wander around" the surface of Mars with their own two feet. Join us after the break for more on our interview with Luo, plus a video clip of the aforementioned virtual Mars tour.

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Battlefield 4's Battlescreen map exclusive to next-gen and PC, Battlelog now fully web-based

In holiday 2011, while fans of both the Call of Duty and Battlefield series were gearing up for virtual war, the publishers behind each megafranchise were gearing up for a different type of virtual war. With the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Activision's in-game social network -- dubbed "Call of Duty Elite" -- went live. Just prior, alongside the launch of competing title Battlefield 3, EA introduced its "Battlelog" system. And thus began a parallel virtual war for fans' loyalty, battled via user numbers and engagement metrics. It's a pretty boring war, but its armaments are the games many of us know and love.

The first-person-shooter social network war continues to this day (in silence, of course), with EA recently stepping up its rhetoric surrounding this October's entry, Battlefield 4. Since E3, where some new Battlelog features were shown for the first time during EA's presser, the company's released its first big Battlelog marketing video (seen below). But we wanted more details about what the first next-gen version of Battlelog will look like, and what EA's DICE studio has been able to accomplish with new hardware.

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Moto X review

One year ago, Motorola, fat and fed by its Google acquisition, inched quietly into a silicon-spun cocoon to gestate. The subsequent passage of time allowed it to transmogrify and re-emerge a thing of red, yellow, blue and sometimes green beauty; a Google thing made by a Google company. The Moto X, its newborn monarch, arrives in an array of different colors, made possible by the NikeID-like Moto Maker site. It also comes with a homespun narrative: it's assembled here in the USA. Time to empty your wallets, patriots. This is America's smartphone and it costs $199 on a two-year contract.

If I'm right in reading between the lines of Google's marketing speak, the Moto X was made in the image of the everyman. It's the product of a democratic process -- you can take that future design poll on Facebook as proof of this point. The 4.7-inch screen size, the curvature of its back, the composite materials, its weight and front-face look were focus-tested for maximum inoffensiveness. The Moto X exudes no tech halo like the Galaxy S 4 or the HTC One because it is the sum of averages. Here's how I see it: You know those people who own iPhones, but don't know which model number they own and also refer to all Android phones as Droids? This phone is for them.

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Haswell Part 2-Core I5-4570S

Based on the Part 1 article I wrote, you know that I did not have a great start with Haswell.  After returning everything back and getting all new boards and CPU’s, I was now ready to tackle another round.  I was not going to rip apart my main systems as did the first time, so [...]

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New Razer Blade and Razer Blade Pro Gaming Laptops Announced

Razer has recently announced two exciting new high-performance gaming laptops: the 14” Razer Blade and the 17” Razer Blade Pro. These awesome laptops are thinner and lighter than equivalent previous laptops from Razer and are equipped with high performance components for both gaming and productivity.

Razer Blade

Thinner than a standing dime, the Razer Blade is a performance ultra-portable laptop that measures just 0.66” thick. With a 4^th generation Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 765M graphics this laptop should pack a big punch and feature excellent mobility at the same time. If you are looking for a 14”-class laptop that’s got powerful gaming capabilities, you’ll want to check out the Razer Blade!

Razer Blade specs: (see full list HERE)

• 4th gen Intel Core i7 processor
• 8 GB Onboard Memory (DDR3L – 1600 MHz)
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M (2 GB GDDR5) & Intel HD4600
• Windows 8 64 Bit
• 128 GB SSD, with optional 256/512 GB SSD (mSATA)
• 14.0 in. HD+ 16:9 Ratio, 1600 x 900, with LED backlight
• (3x) USB 3.0 port (SuperSpeed)
• HDMI 1.4a audio and video output
• 13.6 in. / 345 mm (Width) x 0.66 in. / 16.8 mm (Height) x 9.3 in. / 235 mm (Depth)
• 4.135 lbs. / 1.876 kg

Razer Blade Pro

For work and for play the Razer Blade Pro is designed for both. If you are the kind of person that likes to run games and creative apps on the same PC, the 17” Razer Blade Pro is designed for you. The Razer Blade Pro incorporates many of the same design details and features as the Razer Blade, but is designed around a larger full-HD (1920x1080) screen and the innovative Switchblade UI.

If you’re a creative professional, you’ll want to check out the Razer Blade Pro, and the partner program at www.razerzone.com/creativepro.

Razer Blade Pro specs: (see full list HERE)

• 4th gen Intel Core processor
• 8 GB DDR3L (2 x 4 GB 1600MHz)
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M (2 GB GDDR5) & Intel HD4600
• Windows 8 64 Bit
• 128 GB SSD, with optional 256/512 GB SSD (mSATA)
• 17.3-in. Full HD 16:9 Ratio, 1920 x 1080, with LED backlight
• (3x) USB 3.0 port (SuperSpeed)
• 16.8 in. / 427 mm (Width) x 0.88 in. / 22.4 mm (Height) x 10.9 in. / 277 mm (Depth)
• 6.58 lbs. / 2.98 kg

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Intel launches 4th generation Core processors

Intel this week is launching the 4th generation Intel Core processors(commonly referred to by codename “Haswell”). This includes their Core i3, i5, and i7 processor lines.

These new processors from Intel are exciting because they deliver significant increases in battery life, improved performance and incredible integrated graphics for Windows PCs and tablets. They are also designed with mobility front-and-center. Intel is working with OEMs on offerings such as new touch Ultrabooks, tablets, and 2-in-1 convertible devices that give you a laptop when you need it and a tablet when you want it.

Intel’s next-generation 22nm Intel Atom chip will be coming to the market later this year. These new chips will offer up to 3 times the peak performance (same power) or 5 times the power efficiency (same performance) over the existing 32nm Atom chips today.

During Computex this week, OEM partners are announcing new PCs powered with 4th generation Intel Core processors such as the new Aspire S7 Ultrabook from Acerand many others. You can expect more OEMs to announce new PCs with 4th generation Intel Core processors at Computex continues for the rest of the week.

See Intel’s announcement here.

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Dell announces XPS 11, enhancements to PCs at Computex

Dell is announcing a new XPS and performance and security enhancements to several models of Windows 8 PCs today at Computex.

XPS 11:

The XPS 11 is a brand new 2-in-1 convertible Ultrabook, announced today by Dell, and coming later this year to the XPS line-up. It easily goes from tablet to laptop with a 360 degree rotation design. The display on the XPS 11 is a stunning Quad HD with a 2560 x 1440 resolution. It’s also really thin and light: it’s only 14.9mm thin and starts at 2.5 pounds. It has a backlit solid surface touch keyboard and comes with up to a 4th generation Intel Core i5 processor with Intel HD 4400 graphics and an SSD. It also comes with the option of a precision pen – perfect for taking notes with.

For more on the XPS 11, check out Lionel’s blog post on their Direct2Dell blog. The XPS 11 will be available later in 2013.

XPS 12:

We’ve talked about this PC a few times - this high-performance Ultrabook has a “flip hinge” that takes it from laptop to a fully-featured tablet. The new XPS 12 is getting a nice speed boost with a 63% improvement in overall performance over the previous generation making it 1.6 times faster. Dell has also improved battery life over the previous generation by over 2.5 hours, giving the XPS 12 up to 8 hours, 43 minutes of battery life. It also gets location aware capabilities, and Near Field Communications (NFC) for tap-to-share and tap-to-pair capabilities.

XPS 27:

The new XPS 27 now offers 4th generation Intel Core processors, a Thunderbolt port, an Adobe RGB Quad HD display, and discrete graphics and SSD options. It also now comes with enterprise features such as TPM. I have the current model of the XPS 27 and love this All-in-One. I am officially jealous of the new model.

XPS 8700:

This is a consumer desktop built for performance and expandability of storage in mind – it comes with 4 hard drive bays, and up to 4TB of storage. The new XPS 8700 will come with 4th generation Intel Core processors, support up to 32GB (1600MHz) of memory, and has 6 USB 3.0 ports for connecting devices.

OptiPlex 9020 and All-in-One:

This is a commercial desktop that comes in 4 different form factors including a compact all-in-one making it versatile for a business environment. It comes with a current generation Intel Core i7 processor, choice of hard drive, SSD, or hybrid hard drive and high speed memory options.

Latitude E6540:

This is a super powerful business laptop from Dell that comes with 4th generation Intel Core processors, TPM, high performance graphics, and SSD or hybrid hard drive options. It also has swappable batteries for long periods of work and is built with a rugged design. Definitely a work-horse PC.

The Dell XPS 27 and XPS 8700 are available today via Dell.com in the U.S. and select countries worldwide. The XPS 12, OptiPlex 9020 desktop, and Latitude E6540 will be available in the coming weeks.

Read Lionel’s post on Dell’s blog for more details on these PCs and more! And read this post from Dell’s Brett McAnally for more on the above mentioned business PCs.

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Windows 8 Task Manager In-Depth

Looking to take control of your PC? Looking to optimize your PC’s performance? The Task Manager is a great tool for these tasks, and it’s always just a couple clicks away. For Windows 8, the Task Manager got a major overhaul that includes a lot of great new features. In this post I’ll walk through some of these new features and enhancements, and I’ll also show you some lesser-known tips and tricks. In the included video (see bottom of post) I’ll show a whole bunch of cool tricks and time saving features in the Windows 8 Task Manager, be sure to watch it!

When you launch the Windows 8 Task Manager, by default you’ll see a simple view where you can manage running applications:

Windows 8 Task Manager – Default View

Tip: There are a few quick ways to launch the Task Manager on Windows 8:

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, select Task Manager
3. From the Start Screen, type “Task” (Task Manager will show up in apps list) then hit enter
4. From the desktop, right click on the task bar and select “Task Manager” from the context menu
5. Launch the Quick Link menu (Win+X) and select “Task Manager”

The default view shown above is really just the “tip of the iceberg” in terms of functionality. By clicking on the “More Details” down arrow to reveal the expanded mode, you’ll see the full set of capabilities in the Windows 8 Task Manager.

Old vs New

Here you can see the Windows 7 Task Manager (left) right next to the updated Windows 8 Task Manager in expanded mode:

Windows 7 Task Manager (left) and Windows 8 Task Manager in expanded view (right) – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

You can see right off a few big changes with the tab layout:

• Processes tab has been completely redesigned
• Performance and Networking tabs have been merged
• New tabs: App History, Startup

Now that you can visualize how the Task Manager has changed in Windows 8 let’s walk through some of the cool new features.

Processes Tab

The Processes tab is shown by default when the Windows 8 Task Manager is launched. It’s the place where you can manage running apps and services, and also monitor high-level performance stats.

Windows 8 Task Manager: Processes Tab (default view when expanded) – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

On the Processes tab, there are two primary components of the UI: Running processes (left side) and the heat map (right side). In the Windows 8 Task Manager, running processes are sorted by apps, non-Windows background processes, and Windows processes. Apps are sorted out at the top, making it easy to find, monitor, and manage apps without having to scan all processes and scroll through many items as you had to in prior versions of Task Manager.

The heat map (shown in varying shades of yellow and orange above) is a visualization of the resource utilization for processes which makes it easy to pinpoint where high resource utilization is taking place.

The heat map is color-coded with low resource utilization shown in pale yellow, with darker shades of yellow and orange representing progressively greater resource utilization. If resource utilization has reached a critical level, the value will be shown with a red background as seen here:

The Heat Map shows extreme resource utilization in red – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

The misbehaving app here (an old tool I wrote called “Processor Hog”) is using 99.2% of the capacity of the 24 logical cores on my dual-Xeon HP Z820. There are two visual cues that alert us to what’s going on: the CPU utilization for ProcessorHog.exe has turned red, and the column label for CPU has also been highlighted in red. This makes it easy to see when your system is under heavy load, and which resource(s) are tapped out.

Tip: You can change the resource utilization units for memory, disk, and network from raw values to % by right clicking on the heat map:

Once you get used to the new processes tab in the Windows 8 Task Manager, it’s hard to imagine living without it.

Performance Tab

The Performance tab got a major overhaul for Windows 8, and it’s got some really powerful new capabilities!

Performance views in Task Manager: Windows 7 (left) and Windows 8 (right) – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

You can see in this side-by-side comparison how the performance view in the Task Manager really was reimagined. On the left-hand side of the new performance view live mini-graph views are shown for each performance metric, and on the right-hand side you see a detail graph for the selected metric. Each performance category has a unique information view at the bottom that shows relevant statistics for the performance category currently selected. One of the great enhancements in these new graph views is how the bounds of the graphs are dynamically scaled to current utilization. In the side by side comparison view below, the upper bound of the left-hand network utilization scale is 100 kbps. During a download of several large files from a network share that I performed, the scale automatically changed to 500 Mbps as you can see here on the right-hand side:

Network utilization graph while idle (left) and during bulk network file copy (right) – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

After the file copy finished and network utilization stayed low for a period of time, the scale reverted back to 100 kbps. This new dynamic graph capability makes it easy to see what’s going on even when utilization figures change drastically.

Another capability of the performance graphs in the Windows 8 Task Manager is the ability to select multiple views for CPU utilization:

CPU performance graphs from left: overall utilization, NUMA nodes, logical processors – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

To switch between these CPU utilization views, right-click on the graph view, select “Change Graph To” and pick the graph option you want to see.

Tip: If you double click on the graph view, you can toggle a summary view where only the graph is displayed and can easily be floated over other windows. If you double click the summary view you can return to the full view.

Tip: With the memory graph displayed, if you hover over the “Slots used” label below the graph you’ll get a summary of slots used by number, and the speed of the memory in each slot.

If you haven’t already, I suggest you spend some time exploring the capabilities in the Windows 8 Task Manager performance tab, there’s a lot of information available in this view!

App History Tab

The App History tab shows historical resource utilization metrics for apps. By default, the view shows only Windows Store App resource utilization.

Tip: On the app history tab, you can go to “Options à show history for all processes” to see historical resource utilization for all apps.

To show how this feature works, I cleared my usage data (default is 30 day rolling window) by clicking the “Delete usage history” link and then performed some everyday tasks: installing apps from the store and browsing the web.

App history sorted by network utilization – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

Following this exercise, I took the screen capture shown above. By sorting on network, I was able to quickly compare network bandwidth utilization for recently used apps. By right clicking on an app in the list and selecting “switch to” you can quickly activate the app and continue using it.

Startup Tab

Is startup performance important to you? If so you’ll want to check out the Startup tab in the Windows 8 Task Manager. From this view you can see a summary of startup performance, and tune startup behavior all in one place.

Startup tab in the Windows 8 Task Manager – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

In this view I’ve sorted by startup impact. When this sorting is used, it’s easy to see high impact and medium impact startup path components grouped together. When you right click on one of the items you can easily disable the item which removes it from the active startup path. Using the startup tab in the Windows 8 Task Manager is a great way to optimize your PC’s startup performance.

Tip: On the startup tab you can activate more columns by right clicking the column header that are not shown by default including startup type, disk I/O at startup, CPU at startup, running now, disabled time, and command line

Details Tab

The details tab in the Windows 8 Task Manager looks a lot like the processes tab in the Windows 7 Task Manager.

Windows 8 Task Manager details tab – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

One of the interesting new capabilities in the details tab shows up when you right click on an item:

In the middle of the context menu you’ll see a new option called “Analyze wait chain”. This is a great capability that allows you to easily determine if a non-responsive application is waiting on another process as seen here:

Analyze wait chain dialog in the Windows 8 Task Manager – (Click/Tap to enlarge)

In this scenario, I printed from Outlook to an application and then invoked the analyze wait chain dialog while Outlook was waiting on the target application to complete the printing process. Had the target application hung, I could have terminated the target application from this dialog. This is a great capability because it allows you to avoid terminating dependent applications (Outlook in this case) in some circumstances.

The details tab in the Windows 8 Task Manager also supports many new column options so that you can view more information about running processes.

Services Tab

The services tab in the Windows 8 Task Manager is a lot like the services tab in the Windows 7 Task Manager. One notable improvement is the ability to right click on a service and easily search for information on the internet related to the service. Suppose you want to find out more about the “iphlpsvc” service. Before Windows 8 I would open a search window, manually type in the name of the service, and then sift through the results. Now this information is just a right-click away:

Clicking “Search online” opens a new search window in your default browser using your default search engine with search results for the service in question:

I like these kinds of time saving capabilities!

Tip: Search online is supported for certain items on the processes tab, startup tab, details tab, and services tab.

Want to see more tips, tricks, and new features in the Windows 8 Task Manager? Check out this video walkthrough I created:

Have tricks and tips that you’d like to share about the Windows 8 Task Manager? Please leave a comment!

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ASUS announces new PCs at Computex

ASUS has several new PCs they announced yesterday at Computex, including several new All-in-One PCs and a new mouse!

ET2702 All-in-One PC:

The ET2702 27-inch All-in-One PC comes with a display featuring IPS technology and an ultra-high 2560 x 1440 resolution (almost twice the pixel density of a same-size full HD display) and optional 10-point multi-touch. In short – this All-in-One has a stunning screen. It is powered by the latest 4th generation Intel Core processors and AMD Radeon HD8890A discrete graphics. The ET2702 also comes with an option Intel Thunderbolt port and a special “Device Share” mode that lets you connect other Windows PCs to it. You can also utilize its HDMI-in/out ports and USB ports and turn the ET2702 into a sort of “dock” for a laptop.

ET2301 All-in-One PC:

The new ET2301 23-inch All-in-One PC is the little brother to the ET2300 but still comes packing quite a punch with the latest 4th generation Intel Core processors and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740m discrete graphics. It has a full HD display with IPS technology (1920 x 1080 resolution) 10-point touch capabilities. It has HDMI-in/out ports allowing it to be used as a display for devices such as Blu-ray players or an Xbox 360. You can get a 3TB hard drive, or a 128GB solid-state drive with 1TB hard drive option in select markets. And the ET2301 also has an optional 802.11ac wireless capabilities which, with routers that also support 802.11ac, gives you wireless access that is 3 times faster than 802.11n.

VivoPC:

The VivoPC is a small little PC that is only 56mm tall and with a footprint smaller than a sheet of A4 paper. Its compact design has a spun-metal finish looking quite nice in living rooms and home offices and can fit into the smallest spaces. It has two USB 3.0 ports and high-speed 802.11ac wireless capabilities. You can also lift off the top cover for quick access to the two internal memory slots and the drive bay can accommodate either a 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA 6Gbit/s hard drive – so it is also easily upgradeable.

VivoMouse:

The VivoMouse is a new kind of mouse from ASUS. It can be a mouse, a touchpad or a PC remote. This mouse can bring a touch experience to Windows 8 PCs that don’t have touch displays with its touchpad that recognizes the Windows 8 touch gestures. It’s a perfect companion for the above-mentioned VivoPC.

Zenbook Infinity:

ASUS had a shiny new Zenbook on display at Computex – the Zenbook Infinity. The new Zenbook Infinity Ultrabook features a new design that “fuses” glass and aluminum and looks beautiful. It uses new Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 with “Native Damage Resistance™” on the lid and around the keyboard that makes the PC look sleek but is also durable and it’s thinner than the previous model. Pricing and specs to be announced later this year.

N550:

This 15.6-inch N Series laptop from ASUS is an entertainment powerhouse built for someone might like carrying around a mobile production studio (or movie theater for watching movies). It comes with an anti-reflective touchscreen display with a resolution of up to 2880 x 1620 featuring IPS technology and discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M graphics. It is designed with multi-layer aluminum etching technology and has an integrated speaker hole that gives audio a “ripple pattern” along with an external subwoofer that delivers heart-pounding beats. It has a backlit chick-lit keyboard and an ultra-wide multi-gesture clickpad.

S551/V551:

The new VivoBook Series Ultrabooks from ASUS comes powered by 4th generation Intel Core processors and discrete NVIDIA GT 740 graphics. It has good looks too with a design that features premium aluminum textures. Even after prolonged use, it continues to look slick. Whether you’re a student or gamer – this laptop is a great option with awesome performance.

B400:

This new 14-inch Ultrabook from ASUS is designed specifically for the enterprise and small business customers. It has an aluminum and carbon construction for durability but is also thin and light. It has a “vPro” option allowing for replaceable memory and batteries. The B400 also has security features such as TPM and a biometric sensor for keeping business-critical data on the PC safe and secure. You get the B400 in several storage configurations such as a hybrid hard drive or a Solid State Drive (SSD).

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