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Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd , today announced its new desktop chassis Lian Li DK-04 : the first box for personal computers that hold standing. This chassis offers improved design for the enthusiast, better assembly of storage units, improved support for liquid and most importantly cooling.

Lian Li DK-04 review: Standing desks are not only fashionable, but are proving to be beneficial and healthy in many ways. Lian Li has tried to design a new chassis for desktop computers in this spirit. Users can choose to use up to four different height positions from 78 cm to 117 cm, which can make the desktop automatically with touch of a button thanks to the electric motor that incorporates. The DK-04 can serve as a desk for work in a given and move to a table to play in an instant moment.

With four racks to install storage units equipped with rubber insulation, the DK-04 can support a total of eight units of 2.5 or 3.5 inches with vibration dampers. These racks are easy to install and remove by thumbscrews and help keep the units quietly and reliably while in use. This table also includes a 5.25-inch bay on the front panel for an optical drive, a fan controller and other extras. The front panel also includes four USB 3.0 ports, audio inputs HD, and slots for the RGB controller for lighting kit that can be purchased as an option.

The new Lian Li DK-04 features a new design, sporting a slimmer frame which tapers towards the user for greater legroom. As this is a desk stand, the height can be tuned to match each person. Their legs are steel for maximum structural strength; in this way it is achieved that can withstand loads up to 100 kg.

Equipped with four 120mm air intake from the front of the chassis and expel warm air through four fans additional exhaust mounted on the rear panel, the new DK-04 can also accommodate elaborate configurations liquid coolings . The front fans can be interchanged to facilitate mounting of a large radiator 120mmx480mm, while the rear fans can be replaced by two radiators 120mmx240mm.

The new DK-04 may be purchased from May 10 price of $ 1,499.

The market has two variants of virtual reality systems: those that rely on a PC or console to run, as HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, and other dependent cheaper smartphone like the Samsung Gear VR. DeePoon M2 is presented as a virtual reality system totally different because inside houses all necessary to operate autonomously without having to rely on other devices to deliver an experience of virtual reality hardware.

To achieve this, the manufacturer has built into the DeePoon M2 a Samsung Exynos 7420 processor eight-core with a GPU ARM Mali T760 MP8, 3 GB of RAM LPDDR4 and 32 GB of internal storage memory, all to promote a AMOLED screen 5.7-inch 2K resolution with 75 Hz refresh rate. The system has an integrated 3,000 mAh battery, which means that not only can be used independently but we can make it anywhere.

It is to highlight the fact that this virtual reality device incorporates Android operating system, and has WiFi and Bluetooth for connecting other devices. We do not really know how or what applications will work, but is said to have a price that will be around $ 620, so unfortunately is not exactly cheap. And it is that you can not have everything in life, right?

Asus VivoStick TS10 review: This compact mini PC that only measures 139 x 36 x 16.5 mm and weighs 75 grams equipped inside an Intel Atom X5 Z8350 processor with four cores running at 1.44 Ghz, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB eMMC internal storage (150 MB / s). Factory brings part of this internal memory occupied by the Windows 10 operating system Home Edition 64-bit, so that as we advanced is ready to plug in and start working.

Regarding connectivity, the Asus T10 VivoStick has a USB 2.0 port, one USB 3.0, a combo audio mini jack and logical HDMI port through which it connects to the television or monitor. It also has Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity, so you can pair the wireless devices you want without drawbacks.

Some configuration is needed, nothing VivoStick connect the T10 to a monitor or TV, start Windows 10 and we will find the desktop operating system of Microsoft. In addition, Asus gives the user who buys one of these teams 100GB free cloud storage (Asus WebStorage).

Additionally, the Asus VivoStick T10 comes with HyStream preinstalled software, a version of AirPlay iOS devices, and the VivoRemote Center software to simplify multimedia device operations if we use it as a media center connected to the TV lounge.

In principle, the Asus T10 VivoStick arrived yesterday to the Japanese market at a price of 21,500 Yen (around $ 195), and is not yet known when it will arrive on the European market or at what price. Galaxy S Tab Pro with Windows 10.

The Synology operating system for your NAS, DiskStation Manager (DSM), announced its official version DSM 6.0 , which comes as a round number to be part of a major upgrade version that incorporates numerous enhancements and new features.

The list of new elements in DSM 6.0 is huge (can consult on their website ) and of course differs slightly depending on the Synology NAS you have. In all cases many new features , improvements and bug fixes are integrated, and that as noted by Synology, represents the beginning of a new era for the DiskStation and RackStation the company ‘s products.

“With DSM 6.0, Synology provides all the most advanced technologies that go far beyond simple data management. We designed DSM 6.0 to provide a complete server that improves productivity and efficiency in enterprise environments , “ said Michael Zimmeman, general manager of Marvell Semiconductor Inc.  ” We applaud Synology for what they offer in this new version, and we are delighted our ARMADA processors 32 and 64 bits are those that promote most of its units.”

We will not go into detail about all that this new version offers, because as we discussed before the list of changes and improvements is huge and almost won more enlisted on their website  so you can see for yourselves. We for our part we have already installed in a Synology DS216j and we have seen that in terms of the interface is not much changed, and it is true that most of the changes are related to the business environment for system administrators using Synology NAS for replication of backups for virtual LUNs and other environments. Honestly, we believe it is a very important and necessary update to install for all users mostly for security improvements and stability, but a user on foot and we will not provide anything new that we did not already (perhaps some performance).

The update can be performed directly from the control panel in the DSM currently have in your Synology NAS.

Synology Inc. today announced the launch of its new model Synology DiskStation DS416slim , a server NAS with four bays for storage units is aimed at home users and professionals who need a compact storage solution with great energy saving and it easily transportable. It can accommodate up to four hard drives 2.5” for a total of 8TB of data available. Synology DiskStation DS416slim review.

From the point of view of hardware, the new Synology DiskStation DS416slim has a dual-core CPU 88F6820 Marvell Armada 385 with 32-bit internal architecture that runs at a clock speed of 1.0 GHz with an encryption engine and 512 MB dedicated DDR3 RAM.

Powered by Link Aggregation enabled, DS416slim is able to offer up to 170.23 MB / s read and 77.62 MB / s in writing. Writing through a single network Gigabit LAN rises to 78.81 MB / s, representing an increase of 30% compared to the previous generation. The high performance of Synology DS416slim is paired with low power consumption, since the DS416slim consumes only 17.17 watts on average while running.

The Synology DiskStation DS416slim is designed for easy maintenance and cleaning. The four hot swappable trays are easily accessible, and 2.5-inch hard drives can be replaced on the fly if necessary. In addition, the fan module located at the bottom of the unit can be removed in a blink of an eye in case of malfunction.

For completeness, one of the two USB 3.0 ports is available on the front panel of the DiskStation DS416slim for convenient access by its users. The new DiskStation DS416slim runs DiskStation Manager (DSM), the most advanced and intuitive for NAS devices that exists right now in the operating system market.

With a wide range of backup applications, network management to multimedia, the DS416slim offers all essential services and increased productivity at work, as well as a complete entertainment center solution for the whole family. Synology recently led storage systems during the 10th celebration of the awards TechTarget NAS Quality Awards in a survey of intermediate users and received the highest rating for the initial characteristics of product quality and product.

Chinese manufacturer Doogee has excelled in recent years mainly smartphones offer very good quality at low prices, these being generally well above as your price range . Doogee now has dared to change air presenting its first cheap portable projector, the Smart Cube P1 of which I speak in today. Doogee Smart Cube P1 review.

As you will have already noticed the images, the Doogee Smart Cube P1 has a fairly small and very bright colors that almost reminiscent of a Rubik’s Cube – not the form but the colors) size, but despite his equips a pretty decent size hardware that we describe now.

To begin we must mention that the Doogee Smart Cube P1 has a native resolution of 854 x 480 pixels but that is scalable to 1080p smoothly. Inside it features a dual-core SoC, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage to move the entire system, although it is true that it is rather designed to play content from external sources.

And is that as a portable projector that is equipped with an internal battery of 4800 mAh which enables playing content continuously for more than 8 hours without recharging the battery (in fact you can also use external battery to recharge other devices), either through its USB 2.0 port, WiFi through DLNA (WiFi incorporates 2.4 GHz).

It also features Bluetooth 4.0 for connecting external devices or even to transfer files to its internal memory from smartphones, tablets or laptops. It also supports Miracast and Airplay, so we can also use these protocols for playing content. Finally, note that also has a microSD slot from which you can also play content.

With respect to the lens, he employs a LED capable of emitting 70 actual lumens (1000 lumens visible) with a contrast ratio of 800 to 1 royal lamp. As you can see in the picture below, is capable of generating an image of 30 inches to a meter away, 60 inches to 2.2 meters and up to 90 inches to 3.3 meters, coupled with its high brightness is ideal for outdoor use.

The premiere of the first peripheral Doogee presented with good performance and best of all, it does so with a very small product, portable and in fact is intended to take it from here to there and even for outdoor use. The bad part is coming out a little expensive compared to other competing devices, while it is true that it is superior in performance.

If you want to become a Doogee P1 Smart Cube you can do through various online Chinese sites, where they are now available for pre – purchase by 153.37 euros with shipping included. They begin with shipments from April 4.