Transform your life with ASUS Eee Pad Transformer

 

The highly anticipated ASUS Eee Pad Transformer has finally arrived. Powered by the new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, it gives you the best of both worlds: the mobility and touch-screen convenience of a tablet, combined with the performance capabilities and longer battery life of a notebook. It's set to revolutionise the way you work and play.

 

It's everything you wanted in a tablet

 

Whether it's enjoying your favourite videos or the latest Android games, sharing the fun with your loved ones is a joy on the Transformer's roomy 10.1" LED screen. It also boasts a wide viewing angle of up to 178o, dynamic 3D stereo sound, 10-finger multi-touch capability and better colour reproduction compared to other tablets. Coupled with the NVIDIAR Tegra? 2 Dual Core processor that ensures snappy performance, AdobeR FlashR 10.2 support and superb scratch and impact resistance, it's no wonder the Transformer truly impresses.

 

Plus, it's everything you wanted in a notebook

 

The Transformer is not just a tablet, simply attach the optional keyboard and it transforms into a notebook. In addition to providing typing ease with a full QWERTY keyboard and touchpad, it extends battery life of the Transformer from 9.5 hours (tablet alone) up to an amazing 16 hours* when connected to the docking station. It also houses two USB ports, a built-in Micro SD Card reader and mini HDMI? output for connecting to an HDTV. The Transformer even comes preloaded with software like PolarisR OfficeR 3.0 for editing word documents, spreadsheets and presentation files, plus a complimentary one year storage space on ASUS WebStorage for convenient cloud computing.

 

Buy or win one on the ASUS Facebook site

 

You can purchase the Transformer at all ASUS authorised dealers for just $699 (tablet only, GST included). Or try your hand at winning one by getting 5 of your friends plus yourself to 'like' the ASUS Singapore Facebook page. With five sets to be won, you could be a lucky winner! Contest starts from 16 May 2011 to 31 May 2011.

 

For more details, please visit www.facebook.com/asus.sg from 16 May onwards.

 

Product Specs of the Eee Pad Transformer

Display	10.1" LED Backlit screen with IPS (1280 x 800) 10-finger multi-touch support, scratch-resistant glass
Operating System	Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Platform	NVIDIAR Tegra? 2
Memory	LP DDR2 1GB
Storage	16GB / 32GB EMMC + ASUS WebStorage
Wireless	802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Camera	1.2MP (Front), 5MP Auto Focus (Rear)
Interface	2-in-1 Audio Jack (Head Phone / Mic-in), 1 x mini HDMI 1.3a port
	1 x Micro SD Card Reader, 1 x Internal Microphone, 1 x Stereo Speaker
Interface on Mobile Dock (note)	2 x USB 2.0, 1 x SD Card Reader
Sensor	G-Sensor, Light Sensor, Gyroscope, E-compass, GPS
Flash Support	Yes
Multi-tasking	Yes
Special APP	ASUS Launcher, MyLibrary, MyNet, MyCloud, File Manager, PC Sync
Battery	9.5 hours, 24.4Wh Li-polymer Battery 16 hours* with dock
Size / Weight	271*177*12.98mm / 680g (w/battery)

 

 

 

Third attack against Sony planned

A group of hackers says it is planning another wave of cyberattacks against
Sony in retaliation for its handling of the PlayStation Network breach.

An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers told CNET
today that a third major attack is planned this weekend against Sony's Web
site. The people involved plan to publicize all or some of the information
they are able to copy from Sony's servers, which could include customer
names, credit card numbers, and addresses, according to the source. The
hackers claim they currently have access to some of Sony's servers.

Should the planned attack succeed, it would be the latest blow in a series
of devastating security breaches of Sony's servers over the past month. The
failure of Sony's server security has ignited investigations by the FBI, the
Department of Justice, Congress, and the New York State Attorney General, a
well as data security and privacy authorities in the U.K., Canada, and
Taiwan.

Several weeks ago the hacker group known as Anonymous targeted several Sony
Web sites, including Sony.com and SonyStyle.com, with a distributed
denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in retaliation for what its members saw as
Sony's unfair legal action against hacker George Hotz. Two weeks ago Sony's
PlayStation Network, along with its Qriocity service and Sony Online, were
the target of an attack that exposed the personal information of more than
100 million Sony customers. Sony was forced to shut down PSN, Qriocity, and
Sony Online, and is currently working to bring them back online after
rebuilding the security of its servers.

Sony says it doesn't know who orchestrated what it's calling a "highly
sophisticated, planned" attack, but it has dropped hints that the group
Anonymous is involved. Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment,
told a Congressional subcommittee in a letter yesterday that the intruders
on its servers planted a file named "Anonymous"containing the statement "We
are Legion," part of the group's tagline.

Anonymous issued a statement yesterday denying it was involved in the PSN
breach. "While we are a distributed and decentralized group, our
'leadership' does not condone credit card theft," the statement said.

Now it seems the same group of hackers that was able to infiltrate the PSN
servers is planning to hit back against Sony.

Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.