Along with some of the newest advancements in mobile technology, we’ve given these Satellite® laptops a whole new look too, including a brilliant high–gloss Fusion™ finish, attractive Horizon design imprint, sleek flush–mounted touchpad and feather–touch CD/DVD control pad. You’ll get brains and beauty!learn more »
The IEEE standards organization today approved the next generation of FireWire. Officially known as IEEE 1394-2008 but also referred to as S3200 or FireWire 3200, the connection specification operates at up to four times the speed of FireWire 800 (S800) with up to 3.2 gigabits per second of data while preserving the energy properties that [...]
Well that’s what its manufacturer Freecom is claiming (so take it with a pinch of salt). They also claim this teeny weenie 2.5-inch external hard drive is 27 percent smaller than its closest competitor (again - pinch, salt). Connect the hand-sized Mobile Drive XXS (ok, we get it - it’s small) to you computer [...]
Typically, when a pair of headphones promises surround sound, I roll my eyes and just wish the manufacturer was touting plain old (better-sounding) stereo. Ultrasone’s reasonably priced $199 HFI-580 is outfitted with what the company calls “S Logic Natural Surround Sound Plus,” and it sounds crisp, accurate, and like…um…stereo. I didn’t detect any of the [...]
ASUS has released the new ASUS USB-N11 wireless N USB adapter. This compact sized USB Wi-Fi stick allows users to simply push a button on the adapter and the router to create a protected wireless environment without complicated setups. Additionally, the USB-N11 is fully 802.11n compliant allowing users to have easy interoperability with all [...]
For the most part, I am a big fan of convergence. I like it when one item can serve more than one purpose, but sometimes convergence goes wrong and you end up with a spectacularly ugly gadget. Case in point is the USB 4-in-1 Webcam from Brando. The device wraps a USB fan and USB [...]
The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is set to begin next week and what better way to commemorate that experience than with a webcam that resembles the Olympic rings. Yes, it looks like a plastic toy but it does have “exciting” LED lights in each of the rings and of course the camera. The camera [...]
Taiwanese computer vendor Carapelli is offering what it claims is the world’s cheapest laptop, priced at a mere £65. The Impulse NPX-9000, which has a 7-inch screen like the original Asus Eee, is available to retailers now from the wholesale site in orders of 100 pieces minimum. Spec is admittedly low - so far winning [...]
Lenovo, partner of the Olympic Games, has launched the final round of online auctions to flog limited edition notebooks. 100% of the money raised is to be distributed through the Lenovo Hope Fund to select philanthropies, including Right to Play and the International Red Cross to support the Sichuan earthquake relief efforts. Th notebooks up [...]
NVIDIA® Corporation, the world leader in visual computing technologies, today announced the immediate availability of three new desktop GeForce® 9 Series graphics processing units (GPUs) that bring support for NVIDIA PhysX™ technology and CUDA™ general-purpose parallel computing to mainstream PC computing markets..
The new GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and the 9500 GT GPUs deliver [...]
