Hardware

Seagate D.A.V.E Technology Enables WiFi or Blootooth Connectivity

With the growth of information movability, we all need a portable hard drive to carry with us on the go. The new Seagate D.A.V.E portable hard drives are distinguished from other similar products, by enabling wireless connection from any laptop or cell phone, threw WiFi or Blootooth technologies. Despite the limited 60GB storage capacity, this is definitely a cables saver. Price and availability are unknown for the moment.

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[via slashgear]

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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Computers, Hardware, Storage No Comments

Linksys Ultra RangePlus N-routers

Lynksys unveiled a new line of Ultra RangePlus routers. The new routers are not just sexy; they are packed with all the advanced features you could expect. The line includes two devices: WRT160N and WRT310N. Both models are much faster than Wireless-G, but also works great with Wireless-G and -B devices, have 4-port Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point, Support MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels farther and reduces dead spots, and of course, working with Wireless-N enhanced technology.

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 Communication, Hardware, Internet No Comments

Pinnacle Video Transfer Device

Pinnacle is about to unveil a new video transfer box, at CES 2008. This unit can transfer any analog video source directly to a USB 2.0 storage device, such as USB flash drives, iPods, PSP consoles or external hard drives with USB connectors. The box has a built in audio input, s-video/composite outs, and the transfer is recorded with H.264 video format. The device should go live somewhere around the middle of January, for 130$.

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Monday, January 7th, 2008 CES, Hardware, Video No Comments

Toshiba Qosmio G40 With HD DVD-RW Drive

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The new Toshiba Qosmio G40 is not just another notebook stud, it is the first laptop to include HD DVD-RW drive - pretty neat isn’t it?

Toshiba was the first company to announce on HD DVD-RW drive for notebooks, on June this year. Now they released this multimedia laptop, equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2Ghz, Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphic card, 17″ WUXGA screen, 2x 200GB HDDs, HDMI out, WiFI, Gigabit LAN, 4GB of memory, HDTV tuners and more. Price should be around $3,530.

[via engadget]

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Monday, December 17th, 2007 Computers, Hardware No Comments

Asus Eee PC 8GB Goes Live

asus_eee_pcAsus Eee PC is already a huge success, it is small, attractive, very useful, and comes with a low price tag. Not only individuals are getting excited from this super mini Linux OS based device, but also educational institutes, who already ordered thousands of units.

Now Asus is telling us that the new Asus Eee PC model is going to be released in mid to late December, with even greater specs. The new Eee will have 1GB of RAM and 8GB of flash storage, with the same Intel 900MHz Celeron processor, and a 7-inch 800 x 480 LCD screen. Not to mention, this device has SD card slot, 2 USB ports, an extra USB, mic, headphone jack, a 10/100Mbps Ethernet port and supports 802.11b/g WiFi, as the previous model.

It is up to you to decide whether you want to double your storage size from 4GB to 8GB and have some extra 512MB of RAM for 499$ overall, a 100$ extra charge to the 399$ previous model price tag.


[via gizmodo]

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Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Computers, News No Comments

AMD Reveals The New Spider Platform

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After a long delay, AMD launches its new Spider platform for the mid-range users. The new platform combines AMD Phenom quad-core processors, ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series graphics processors with Microsoft DirectX 10.1 support, AMD 7-Series chipsets with CrossFireX and AMD OverDrive software.

Early reviews are not overwhelmed from the performance and even AMD knows this platform will not be enough to top Intel’s Quad chipset series, but AMD is trying to compete with a very attractive pricing offer.

  • AMD Phenom processors 9600 (2.3GHz) - $283
  • AMD Phenom processors 9500 (2.2GHz) - $251
  • ATI Radeon HD 3850 with 256MB of GDDR3 - $179.
  • ATI Radeon HD 3870 with 512MB GDDR4 - $219.

[via businesswire]

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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Hardware, News No Comments