All the stories tagged with: Computers

SanDisk ups ante in SSD market

06/05/2007, SanDisk has taken the opportunity to introduce a couple of new solid state drives at Computex Taipei 2007. They are the 1.8″ SanDisk 64GB UATA 5000 and the 2.5″ 64GB SATA 5000 SSD, where both solid state drives come with [...]

Western Digital fattens up Caviar SE16

06/05/2007, Western Digital is certainly doing its part to prolong the life of hard drives as much as possible in the wake up solid state drives that are picking up momentum in the consumer market. The latest Caviar SE16 drive will [...]

Asustek Computer enter sound card fray

06/05/2007, Asustek Computer is eyeing the high-end segment of the sound card market and has signaled its intent in doing so by unveiling the Xonar D2 sound card at Computex 2007. This sound card takes advantage of the Asusutek-developed AV200 chip [...]

Panasonic unveils CF-52 notebook

06/05/2007, The Panasonic CF-52 is yet another Santa Rosa-based notebook, featuring a speedy 2.0GHz processor, a maximum of 4GB RAM, a 120GB shock-mounted hard drive, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity (sorry, no draft 802.11n here), 3G support, and a choice between 15.4″ [...]

Eurocom to launch revised Phantom D900C

06/04/2007, While many programs still do not take advantage of dual core processing, Eurocom has jumped the gun by launching a quad-core laptop known as the Phantom D900C. This laptop is a 17″ behemoth that is powered by an Intel Core [...]

Broken iPod screen recycled to iTop

06/04/2007, While most of us often shed a tear (or two) when we crack our iPod screen, other more creative people see an opportunity to turn the situation around by transforming the fractured iPod into a miniscule laptop. Owen McGarry is [...]

Toshiba SD-L912A for notebooks

06/04/2007, Toshiba has just dropped the SD-L912A HD DVD-RW drive for notebooks, but that isn’t the only good news. The best thing about the SD-L912A is its thickness of a mere 0.5″, making it take the slimmest crown at the same [...]

HP goes green with rp5700

06/04/2007, HP has taken steps to keep the earth green by introducing the rp5700 desktop computer, picking up a gold rating for the U.S. government Electronic Products Assessment Tool in the process thanks to the choice of components and materials used. [...]

GoBook MR-1 is a toughie

06/04/2007, General Dynamics has just released the GoBook MR-1, and this is one tough little number in terms of UMPC models. Weighing a couple of pounds and measuring roughly the size of a small jewelry box, the GoBook MR-1 comes with [...]

Van Eck phreaking sounds scary

06/03/2007, Ever heard of Van Eck phreaking? This process describes a form of electronic eavesdropping that captures invisible radiation emitted from a computer monitor remotely. Done right, the exact image on the monitor can be reconstructed remotely, and all this via [...]

Asus Lamborghini VX2 roars with power

06/03/2007, Asus’ collaboration with Lamborghini has resulted in yet another high performance notebook, and this time it is the VX2 that hogs the limelight. Painted in the same Midas Yellow found on the Gallardo Superleggera, the VX2 boasts an Intel Core [...]

TurboLinux Wizpy on sale this month

06/03/2007, The TurboLinux Wizpy is an interesting portable media player that comes with a PC-bootable version of the Linux operating system. This device can be plugged into any computer’s USB port to boot up Linux, and it contains multimedia software that [...]

LG XNote R500 released

06/01/2007, LG has recently released the XNote R500 notebook that runs on Intel’s latest Santa Rosa platform. This ain’t no momma’s boy as it does away with those pansy integrated graphics cards, settling for a mid-range video card, a lovely elastic [...]

LG GGW-H10NI does Blu-ray and HD DVD

06/01/2007, For those of you who want to jump onto the high definition bandwagon on your computer ought to check the LG GGW-H10NI Super Multi Blue BD Drive/HD DVD Reader out. This multi-drive supports read/write capabilities of a Blu-ray disc, while [...]