Your digital world
Issue Contents
NEWS AND TRENDS
Ready for the coming of Windows 8!
Asus releases touchscreen all-in-one PCs with G8 support
The winners of the Ukrainian WCG-2012 go to China
PlayStation 3: exchange 70 million
The color reader now has a backlight
Samsung GALAXY Premier smartphone announced
Samsung remains the leader in the smartphone market
HTC releases smartphones on Windows Phone 8
Fly IQ440 Energie – a smartphone with a high-capacity battery
Yandex.Navigator is being improved
TP-LINK releases an adapter with a built-in socket
Family Safety Center “Kyivstar”
Kyivstar launched a support chat for mobile subscribers
Children will teach parents
ICQ update for iOS
Real-time speech translation
Report from Taiwan
We had the unique opportunity to visit a number of interesting Taiwanese companies right in their homeland. Read about what we managed to see and what was most memorable in the report
Best tech gifts
The editors of hi-Tech PRO magazine share ideas for the most interesting gadgets of the past year
Unexpected updates from Apple
About all the unexpected new products from the Apple company – in one material
Startup failures
Stories and reasons for the failure of services that were predicted to be a great success
How to teach others via the Internet
Unusual online courses and their creators: domestic realities
TESTLAB
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0, Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0
We test a couple of “fast” flash drives for different tasks
BONE Doggy Driver, BONE Angel Driver
What else is remarkable about these cute flash drives, besides their appearance?
Gigabyte FORCE M9 ICE Mouse
Will this wireless optical mouse really work without problems even on the frostbitten surface of your desk?
Sanyoo MIC vibration column
We study small vibrating columns with great capabilities
InkjetMFPEpson Expression Home XP-203
Wireless connection, support for smartphones and tablets – today’s printing devices can’t do without this
Smartphone Fly IQ285 Turbo
We explore the capabilities of a smartphone with the best price-functionality ratio on the market
iconBIT DVR Duo
Trust, but write down, or better yet, twice! We study an unusual DVR with two cameras
Stylus–penJust Mobile AluPen Pro
Why does a capacitive touchscreen also need a stylus? The answer is in this material
Second generation ultrabook test
What’s new in the latest generation of ultrabooks? Have they become faster and more autonomous? We are looking for answers to these questions, and also highlight the best models in our test of the latest ultrabooks
Smartphone software
Review of useful utilities for different mobile “axes”
Yandex Mail (Trinity)
How changes to the mail interface help business correspondence
MetaProducts Inquiry Professional Edition
Overview of a utility for saving and editing web pages
PRACTICE
Phone instead of webcam
We turn your phone or smartphone into a high-quality webcam. How and, most importantly, why
Installing Windows 8
Three ways to install a new version of “windows” on your computer
Order in MP3
How to properly sort your multimedia library – the best programs and useful tips
Surfing the I2P network
What is the “Invisible Internet Project” and how to become a member of it
PANORAMA
Online focus
Science, music and minimalism in art are characteristic and relevant topics of our monthly review
Personality
Cisco Systems: from the family business of the mid-80s to the harsh anti-crisis realities of today
Home 3D printing
When will an affordable 3D printer be on every computer desk?
Books
Review of new computer literature
hi-Tech DVD
The best selections of useful programs on DVD along with the magazine!
Programs for the I2P network
Since I2P is a separate anonymous network, it is not surprising that it has its own programs that meet its requirements and criteria. Look for the most interesting of them, as well as a client for working with this network, on the hi-Tech DVD
Music collection managers
Popular wisdom says: “No matter how you sort your music, you will have to create a “Miscellaneous” folder.” The same thing applies to pictures, photographs and cartoon films. We will tell you how to properly sort your multimedia library using the example of a music collection. You will find an article about this in our magazine, and on the disk there is a selection of the best programs for organizing and cataloging music files
Culinary software
The New Year is approaching, which means that soon every home will smell of pine needles, tangerines and a variety of goodies. To ensure that you don’t have any problems preparing dishes for the holiday table, on our disk we have posted a selection of culinary programs that will help you diversify your holiday table with new delicious dishes
Movie announcement
Watch trailers for December premieres on hi-Tech DVD
Fat man in the ring
The drunkest county in the world
The beauty and the Beast
