Samsung SE-218CB Ultra Slim Portable DVD Burner

While most super-slim Ultrabooks do not have built-in optical drive, some users may need one for access to documents or multimedia content stored on optical discs. Here comes Samsung’s new SE-218CB super slim portable DVD writer with a sleek design and mobile size. At compact size of 148x14x143mm, the lightweight drive is an ideal companion for Ultrabook users who need to access optical media on-the-go.

The SE-218CB not only works with Windows (including Windows 8) and Mac computers, it also works with Android tablets with USB port. Though burning discs is not possible, you can read movie and data from the drive on your Android device. The portable burner is able to write DVD+/-R at 8X, DVD+RW at 8X, DVD-RW at 6x, DVD+/-R DL at 6x and DVD-RAM at 5x. It includes Smart Archive Technology to provide optimized recording quality for storing content for an extended time.

The Samsung SE-218CB also features Buffer Under Run technology to prevent errors during burning process and enable PC multi-tasking. It comes in various metallic finishes that match with Ultrabooks. Samsung will display the drive at the CES 2013.

 

Samsung Series 3 Chromebox XE300M22-B01US gets a new look

Samsung updates its Series 3 Chromebox with the new XE300M22-B01US model featuring a new look. The cloud-based computing device now comes in white and has a more curvey design and a latch covering front-facing ports. As for specs, the new model packs the same hardware as its brother XE300M22-A01 model.

The Series 3 Chromebox sports the same Intel Celeron B840 1.9GHz processor, integrated Intel HD graohics, 16GB SSD and 4GB of DDR3 memory. It has supports WIFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity and packs 2W speaker. It provides two DisplayPort and DVI outputs and six USB 2.0 ports. As its name tells, the Chromebox runs Google’s Chrome OS that boots up in just 7 seconds and comes with built-in virus protection.

Samsung’s Chromebox can be paired with optional full-size keyboard optimized for Chrome with a dedicated search key and a row of web-enabled keys.

 

Samsung NX300 Combines Speed, Performance and Connectivity for Perfect Shooting in Every Moment

Samsung NX300 once again raises the bar for compact system cameras (CSC), delivering an outstanding combination of features, functionality and style for perfect shooting in every moment. Samsung also announced the new NX 45mm F1.8 2D/3D lens, the first one-lens 3D system capable of capturing both still images and full HD movies in perfect 3D quality.

Samsung NX300

Myoung Sup Han, Senior Vice President and Head of the Digital Imaging Business, Samsung Electronics, commented: “Since its launch in 2010, the Samsung NX System has become synonymous with innovation and design, making the best digital imaging technology available to everyone without compromising on style. The NX300 builds even further on this illustrious heritage. Not only does it deliver incredible speed and accuracy through advanced photographic features, but it is truly built around the user, with upgraded SMART Camera functions making shooting and sharing both easy and seamless. We are also very proud to introduce the first one-lens 3D system alongside the NX300, opening up a whole new world of 3D photography and video recording for consumers everywhere.”

Perfect shooting
Central to the NX300’s outstanding imaging performance is its brand new 20.3 Megapixel APS-CMOS sensor, capable of capturing high quality detailed. Images boast sharp, life-like colors and are crisp and clear in all light conditions. The wide ISO range (ISO100-25600) further improves performance, letting users capture beautifully balanced images in even the darkest conditions. A brand new Hybrid Auto Focus (AF) system also delivers fast, accurate phase and contrast detection, while the 1/6000 sec shutter speed and 8.5fps continuous shooting mode ensure you never miss a moment.

The Samsung’s unique in-house developed DRIMe IV imaging engine provides outstanding developments in speed, and image quality. The DRIMe IV engine enables better color reproduction and greater noise reduction, as well as support for full 1080p HD video capture in both 2D and 3D (when combined with Samsung’s new 45mm 2D/3D lens).

The NX300’s 84mm (3.31”) AMOLED screen makes capturing and reviewing your images a pleasure, while the hybrid touch screen and 5-way manual key interface is simple and intuitive to use. The tilt display makes it easier than ever to take high and low angle shots, letting you capture your world from any angle you choose.

Facebook Confessions Can Make People Unemployable

In a recent report by The Telegraph, it is said that those students who make weird confessions about their lifestyle on Facebook may get in trouble for their future employment. Since social media is being used by recruiters and various companies’ human resources division to check on how their employees are in real life and as in person, it has become fairly common to search for various online social networking profiles of people. The one social network that obviously tops the list is Facebook.

Many amongst the British students have been sharing their tales of “accomplishment” for lewd behavior and heavy drinking. They have been warned against such misconduct as it reflects on them as to who they really are. On the one hand it might be useful to see what kind of people one is hiring for work, but on the other hand, those students who just get involved in such activities merely to fight peer pressure or to keep up with a group of “cool and hip” people at a school or a college, do this without realizing that this is not actually them.

What would be really “cool and hip” to share is the kind of hobbies one has and the kind of books one read. Movie choices and music taste is also considered welcomed, but not stories about heavy drinking or any other indecent behavior that one might think of as an achievement. In the UK, it has become a serious problem with many confession pages being ‘Liked’ and poured tales into. Whereas these very pages become an easier place to see for a future reference, they become hard to delete when you don’t know what you have written and where exactly.

The lesson is for everyone, including adults and not just students, because switching jobs in this shifty global economy has become a norm. It is also a problem for universities and colleges to have their students confess to things from which these educational institutions get into trouble of not watching over their students and their repute get questioned. Students can then get into serious trouble for creating a mess, not so much in their lives, but for the authorities at a school or a college.

Social Networking Can Help Students Learn Better

According to a new research study from Israel, students who use social networking sites, like Facebook, can get better grades than those who don’t. The Ben Gurion University in Israel had found that the information found on the social networks could be used to determine which students need more attention and can help in improving their skills. Although teachers and parents will find this research report as a way to boost in Facebook’s traffic and popularity, but there could be truth in it.

As much as parents and teachers would dislike this of report that will encourage them to stay online while they should be doing their homework, it really is something which the instructors can explore. Internet surely is a good tool to make students learn easily. There are so many fun websites online from where students can both learn and enjoy learning.

Facebook can be a great social network for students to join from where they can play apps as well as study from links and posts shared on great pages which help toward learning history, science and mathematics. Instilling in learning kids the habit of getting to engage in debates with friends online and chat on forums for young kids will give them an edge later in life as they will be used to all of this. It will make them apply these learning easily.

However, students should also be taught to learn from books and reading material, like newspapers and magazines. Because time spent online should in no way hinder in their regular learning processes. If all this report tells us, it is that students should be given their time on social networking sites for the benefits they give them rather than making them keep away from it all on the pretext of wasting time.