MSI has made their graphics cards a little more attractive to graphics professionals. MSI has announced that it will be bundling the Super LoiLoScope GPU-accelerated video editing software with all NVIDIA GeForce series graphics cards (albeit a 30-day trial version). If you’re wondering, the Super LoiLoScope is the world’s first video editing software which is directly decoded by the GPU, creating movie files up to 10 times faster than a CPU-powered encoder.

The Catalyst Conference, presented by Girls in Tech, catalyzes the career development of women working in high-tech. By offering high-level keynotes and discussions, as well as workshops led by experts in innovation and collaboration, the Catalyst Conference enables & propels women to take the next step in their professional careers. The Catalyst Conference will help anyone launching a new venture, working to make waves in the corporate world, looking to join an innovative startup, or building their online and digital-media media brand. Our 2010 theme is "Curiosity," which we believe is essential for inspiration, innovation, and driving change.

Price: $250

Twitter: #GITcc

Register here, more information here.

On January 27th, join us for the live coverage of Apple's "new creation" in San Francisco. Go to http://live.ubergizmo.com: we will be at the event to provide up to the minute (or less!) photos and comments: you will feel like being in the room! The show starts at 10am Pacific Time but we will start posting earlier in the morning and we will continue after the show. See you then! What is a live Blogging session? Look at past live events like the launch of the Palm Pre, or Sony's Press Conference at CES.

On Thursday, T-Mobile USA announced that they will enable free international calls to and from Haiti through January 31, 2010. This is part of the carrier's effort to provide relief and help to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Find more details in the press release.

Additionally, for T-Mobile customers interested in donating $10 to the Red Cross, simply text "HAITI" to "90999". The donation will be charged to the T-Mobile phone bill, 100% goes to the Red Cross, there is no fee and the texts will not be charged. By texting "YELE" to 501501, the carrier's customers can support the Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti fund.

Intel has sent out a revised email to members of the Intel Retail Edge Program, who previously received an email offering a MacBook Pro powered by an Intel Core i5 processor, changing the prize laptop offered from a Intel Core i5 MacBook Pro, to a HP ENVY laptop (which is obviously still powered by the Core i5 processor). While this is disappointing, it doesn’t mean that we won’t be offered a Core i5-powered MacBook Pro from Apple, just that Intel isn’t offering one for free at the moment, that’s all, so you can keep your fingers crossed. The statement from Intel reads:

"In our previous communications about the January prize draw, we got the processor right, but not the computer," the new e-mail states. "When you pass this month's trainings, you'll be automatically eligible for 2 chances to win 1 of 2 HP ENVY laptops with the accelerated response of an Intel Core i5 processor."

"We apologize for any confusion," it continues. "Visit the Intel Retail Edge Program website for more great tools, sales tips, technology information, and incredible prizes!"

One of the highlights of CES 2010 is certainly going to be HP’s Windows 7 Slate. Steve Ballmer was on hand to unveil the device, and stated “They're more powerful than a phone and almost as powerful as a PC. Perfect for reading, surfing the web and taking entertainment on the go," during his CES 2010 opening keynote. The device will be available this year, and we’re certainly looking forward to checking it out in further detail. Ballmer demoed the device running the PC Kindle app, its multitouch capabilities, as well as a little of its gaming capabilities. It’ll certainly be interesting to see how these tablets will change the game in 2010, and how much Apple’s upcoming iSlate will affect them. Check out a video of the HP Slate in action.

We're giving away an HP MediaSmart Server EX495 with 1.5TB (courtesy of HP), so Christmas could be there much sooner than you expect. For those not familiar with the MediaSmart Server EX495, it's the latest generation of network storage appliance for consumers. It uses the Windows Home Server operating system and handles up to four hard drives as one logical space with built-in data duplication. A connector software installed on each client (PC or Mac) performs backups in the background. This is one of the most consumer-friendly NAS out there. More about the MediaSmart Server EX495 homepage.

• Don't enter the giveaway more than once (we check)
• Post a comment. Any comment will do, but you might as well tell us why you want one and what you would do with it
• The deadline to post a comment is December 18, 23:59pm PT
• This is open to legal U.S residents (50 states), 18 and older (sorry, it's a legal requirement)
• Winner/commenter will be chosen randomly, will receive one (1) HP MediaSmart Server EX495 1.5TB (which is worth about $699.99)
• Go read and agree to all the rules in this page. Good luck!
• Not part of the rules, but now would be a good time to become an Ubergizmo Fan on Facebook

The Traveling Geeks (who's in?) arrived in Paris today and gathered in a cozy small restaurant in Le Marais to get their first demo from Mobile Globe, a low cost international mobile calls provider.

Photo: RIGHT Robin Wauters, Tech Crunch Europe; Renee Blodgett, Down the Avenue, Amanda Coolong, TechZulu; Sky Schuyler, CTO of the Dalai Lama Foundation; LEFT, Kim-Mai Cutler, Venture Beat, Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz; Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher; Olivier Ezratty. Frederic Lardinois, Read Write Web, Beth Blecherman, Techmamas.com and  David Spark, Spark Minute are there but not visible. Ewan Spence arrived later, Matthew Buckland was flying from Johannesburg, Phil Jeudy in the plane from San Francisco, Jerome Tranié, MobiFrance was not feeling well and Robert Scoble was dining with his fellow bloggers at the Social Media Club House in the Latin Quarter. You can check pictures with me (Eliane Fiolet, Ubergizmo) on Rodrigo’s blog and Flickr stream

Follow us on the Traveling Geeks blog (RSS feed) and on twitter using #TG09 and @travelinggeeks

Talk to the geeks on Twitter: @robinwauters, @magicsaucemedia, @acoolong, @jimsky7, @kimmaicutler, @rodrigo, @tomforemski, @olivez, @fredericl, @techmama, @dspark, @ewan, @matthewbuckland, @philj, @mobifrance, @scobleizer, @ubergizmo, @vinvin.

I (Eliane) landed in Paris yesterday, and I will be attending LeWeb next week as part of the "Traveling Geeks", a group of tech bloggers and entrepreneurs, coming from the USA (mostly from the Silicon Valley), South Africa and Europe.

I have worked quite a lot to put this blogger tour together with Renee Blodgett, Traveling Geeks co-founder , Phil Jeudy, co-organizer, and Sky Schuyler, CTO. The Traveling Geeks include:  Beth Blecherman, Renee Blodgett, Matthew Buckland, Amanda Coolong, Kim-Mai Cutler, Cyrille de Lasteyrie, Olivier Ezratty, Eliane Fiolet, Tom Foremski, Phil Jeudy, Frederic Lardinois, Sky Schuyler, Robert Scoble, Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz, David Spark, Ewan Spence, Jerome Tranié, and Robin Wauters.

Ubergizmo is a media partner of the tour, and you have surely noticed the banner we have been running for a few weeks. Thanks to our sponsors France Telecom Orange, Pearltrees, Answers.com , Invest in France Agency, Parrot SA and Microsoft BizSpark for making this trip possible.

Following us:

• Follow the Traveling Geeks blog (RSS feed). It’s the main feed for all the posts made by the Traveling Geeks during the trip.
• Follow the hashtag #tg09 on Twitter.
• Check out the Traveling Geeks photos (full screen).
• Join the Traveling Geeks fan page on Facebook.

One of our partners, La Social Media Club House will be setting up camp in the Latin Quarter in Paris next week, and my friend Cathy Brooks along with other geeks will be tweeting from there, follow them at @socialmediaclub; the house residents' twitters are: @cathybrooks @chrisheuer @scobleizer @suzyperplexus @stephtara

Besides covering LeWeb, the largest, most renowned conference in Europe focused on the web and emerging technologies, the Traveling Geeks will meet with startups, venture capitalists, organizations and individuals developing and implementing technology and innovation across multiple industry sectors.

Update: The lucky winner is Ken Yeung! Congratulations Ken.

Last week in San Francisco, we've announced the Uber10: the greatest gift suggestions. Two attendees came home with awesome gifts: a LG BD390 Blu-ray Disc Player with VUDU streaming (courtesy of Dolby), and a Viliv X70 mobile internet device (courtesy of Intel).

For those who were not at the event, there is one HP Envy Beat laptop to give away (courtesy of Intel). This is pretty much the best laptop that HP has to offer and it is powered by Intel's Core i7. Here is what to do:

The holiday shopping season is here and we've compiled an Uber10 list. A vote is open on the uber10 page to select an 11th gadget so help us choose!

The Uber10 Awards were unveiled at a cool Ubergizmo event in San Francisco last week (sponsored by Dolby and Intel, check the party photos). We hope that these suggestions will give you save time. On the financial side, there are a few ways to save: you can find the best deal and order online, or wait for Black Friday and hope that your favorite gadget goes on sale, which is unlikely if it's really cool, but who knows?

Now would be a good time to become a fan on Facebook. Happy shopping!

Yes, it's that time of the year again (we can't believe it!). Soon, you will run around wondering what to get for your loved ones -probably at the last minute. We can help by suggesting the 10 greatest gifts (under $500) for this holiday season. They are called the “Uber10&rdquo. Please help us select an 11th gift by voting on an extended list (coming any day now).

The Uber10 will be unveiled in a private event in San Francisco on November 12, thanks to our Platinum Sponsor Dolby and Gold Sponsor Intel. Dolby will build a surround sound setup at the event venue to show us what the Dolby Surround Sound Experience is all about. You may be able to experience it for yourself, if the Dolby Truck stops by your town. Check out the cool Dolby videos on Youtube.

Intel will talk about the new Intel Sponsors of Tomorrow campaign and their hilarious "rock star" videos: "Intel Star" TV ad and Intel's "Big Ideas" TV ad

At the private event in San Francisco, both sponsors will demonstrate the coolest gadgets with their latest embedded technology.

Check out the 2007 and 2008 Uber10 lists, This 2009 edition will be published at ubergizmo.com/uber10

We have a few extra tickets for the private event, go to this discussion page on our Facebook Fan page to know how you can get one.

Editor's note: this seems obvious, but we would like to make it clear that companies with products nominated to the Uber10 cannot be accepted as sponsors of the Uber10 event.

NLU Products, maker of TatSkinz protective body art for electronic devices, will hold its first-ever iPod cover design contest through November, providing artists and technology aficionados the opportunity to turn their personal artwork into the next TatSkinz. I (Eliane) am one of the judges for this competition. One winning creative genius will see his or her “tat” incorporated into the TatSkinz line-up and win either a $1000 scholarship or 13” MacBook. In addition to popular vote from online visitors to the site, several prominent technology and design reviewers will serve as guest judges for the contest, ultimately deciding on the winning design. Contest participants should submit designs at TatSkinz.com/contest beginning October 1; submissions will be accepted through the entire month of November.

You can vote for your favorite design on this page: http://www.tatskinz.com/content/customercare/page-vote.htm

and NLU Products will use the popular vote to determine the front-runners for the judges’ consideration. Please read the complete article to get the judges list and the contact rules and regulation. For more information or to enter the contest visit www.TatSkinz.com.

Continue Reading"Win Apple Computer or a $1.00 Scholarship Through Tatskinz Design Contest"

Photo courtesy of dsearls/Flickr

The LeWeb conference is next month and the event now has a new website and many updates, along with a list of confirmed speakers list. The founders of LeWeb have also posted a video in which they present the speakers. You might have noticed the LeWeb banner on the right side of this site, that's because Ubergizmo is a online partner of LeWeb. As such, we will be covering the event from Paris. There is more information in the full post (including a 10% discount on some flights), see you there if you go, if not, check out our coverage of the show, starting on December 9th