Logic - interesting announcements at CES 2013 and the latest gaming and IT industry news №9

The first work week, fortunately, consisting of only a few days, is over, and this means that the time has come for the next “Logic”! Whoever joins us for the first time, we inform you: “Logic” is a weekly, highly relevant selection of the most interesting and important news from the gaming and IT industry. The ninth edition will be different in that it, in the first place, will be devoted to the novelties of the well-known exhibition CES. Sit back and let us proceed.

CES 2013

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• One of the most curious and eye-catching exhibits at CES 2013, which opened in Las Vegas on Monday, January 7, was a giant 27-inch tablet from Lenovo .
• Liquipel specialists have developed a special waterproof substance that can protect any delicate technique from excess moisture.
• Specialists from Cleveland Clinic invented a special varnish Nano Nails, which has electrical conductivity. Thus, putting this substance on the nails, the lady turns her finger into a real stylus.
• One of the exhibits of Samsung at CES 2013 was the prototype of the “smartphone of the future”. When the work on the novelty is completed, the light will see a mobile device, the screen of which will work on organic LEDs. Moreover, as it became known, the 5-inch display will be curved.
• At the exhibition stand of the German automobile concern Audi excitement. One of the main exhibits is a new LED lighting system, which is designed to improve the quality of autonomous driving.
• While competitors studied the market and tried on cost-effective options to combine photographic equipment and Android, Polaroid engineers have already begun to take action. We can see the camera on the store shelves in a couple of months.
• During the CES-2013 exhibition, a new smartphone from the ZTE Grand S model was introduced . The novelty is considered the thinnest device in the world with a five-inch screen and a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels.
• The new case from Sensus Case on the outside is almost the same as all the covers already developed and put on the market, but this is only at first glance! Although the model is also made of lightweight plastic, it has several built-in touch panels - with the help of them you can control all the necessary applications, as well as play your favorite games.
• At CES 2013, Samsung introduced the latest series of its digital cameras. Cameras WB250F and WB200F with 18x optical zoom and 24 mm. the lens has a touchscreen LCD display, 14.2 megapixel CMOS and CCD matrixes, as well as a Wi-Fi module.
• Hapilabs has launched a digital version of the dining fork for iPhone owners. The idea is that people in the 21st century can afford to eat right and high technology can help them with this.
• At CES 2013, Plastic Logic showed a prototype of a flexible tablet. The gadget, called PaperTab, is equipped with a touchscreen and created using electronic paper technology, the device diagonal is 10.7 inches.
• Sony Mobile Communications also spoke at CES 2013, where it brilliantly met user expectations. The company presented the flagship waterproof smartphone Xperia Z on the Android operating system and the youngest model Xperia ZL.
• The event, which the Japanese company Toshiba held at CES 2013, presented the updated TV models. The flagship line was selected L9300 series. It includes models with a diagonal of 58, 65 and 84 inches. Each model supports 4K resolution, or UltraHD, as they used to say.
• Perhaps Alcatel is not the first brand that comes to mind when choosing a new device on Android, however, the company pleasantly surprised everyone at CES by showing three new devices at once: Idol, Idol Ultra and 5-inch Scribe HD.
• What many players have been waiting for has happened - at the CES 2013 conference, Valve and Xi3 officially presented a computer with the code name Piston.
• Samsung has presented at the exhibition UHD-TV S9. Just imagine, its diagonal is 85 inches, plus, the novelty has the frame design of Timeless Gallery. Roughly speaking, the TV resembles a blackboard in size.
• The first batch of Pebble watches, short ones have been waiting for so long, will fall into the hands of their customers in late January.

Apple

• IPhone has a birthday. For 6 years already this miracle of technology pleases our hearts. Yes, yes, exactly so much has passed since Steve Jobs presented this incredible device to the world.
• Tim Cook went to China again. This time, the head of Apple met with Minister Miao Wei. The official statement says that the topic of their conversation was the development of the national IT industry and the prospects for the American company in the Chinese market.
• Phill Schiller was interviewed by Chinese media. During the conversation, Schiller not only did not confirm, but completely denied the rumors that the company plans to launch a compact inexpensive smartphone on the market.
• Last week, a small note of very curious content appeared in the American newspaper Daily Post. According to reporters, one of Microsoft's California offices was robbed. Unknowns made their way to the campus and stole several iPad tablets, the thieves did not touch Microsoft products.

Games

• Nintendo has published a list of releases in the European region for the Wii U platform for the first half of 2013.
• Nominees of the 15th annual Independent Games Festival were announced . The list includes almost 30 positions.
• On the web , alleged screenshots of the long-awaited, canceled Half-Life 2: Episode 4 appeared. For many years there were rumors about the already canceled fourth episode of the game Half-life 2, which was called Half-life 2: Return to Ravenholm (Half-Life 2: Return to Ravenholm), which was engaged in the studio Arkane, gave us, for example, Dishonored.
• A list of achievements in the game Resident Evil: Revelations for Xbox 360 has appeared on the Web. This does not mean that the game was announced for home consoles - this information should be regarded as a rumor, which, however, is encouraging.
• Announced a special edition of Dead Space 3 called "Dev-Team Edition", with a huge pile of goodies inside. The publication will be released in a limited edition of 5 thousand copies, so that those who wish should hurry. The cost is 160 dollars.
• In an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine, David Cage, game designer and director of the studio Quantic Dream, said that the lack of innovation in the modern gaming industry is due to the players buying monotonous games.
• The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct game is being prepared for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Wii U platforms. Activision is a first-person shooter created by Activision based on the popular TV series, which is based on The Walking Dead comics.

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