Archive for April, 2009

PeeWee PC peddles a Win XP-powered tablet for tots

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

PeeWee PC’s Pivot Tablet Laptop

Designed for your future-computer geek, PeeWee PC’s Pivot Tablet Laptop weighs in at just 3 pounds and is built to take the spills, bumps, scrapes, and drops that you should expect from a 3-10 year-old. (more…)

Kingston unveils XMP-ready HyperX DDR3 memory kits for notebooks

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Kingston's HyperX DDR3 XMP SO-DIMM

Kingston has just announced their first XMP-ready DDR3 kits for notebooks under the company’s performance-tuned HyperX series. Designed to run on notebooks that run on Intel’s Cantiga mobile chipset, Intel’s XMP technology simplifies memory overclocking by providing preset memory profiles for low latency or high frequency. (more…)

AMD Launches power-efficient 40nm ATI Radeon HD 4770

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

The $99 ATI Radeon HD 4770

AMD is looking to tap into the graphics card market’s $100 sweet spot with the announcement of the ATI Radeon HD 4770. This comes after the introduction of the range-topping Radeon HD 4890 earlier this month, but the new GPU should reach a wider market thanks to the affordable price point.

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Logitech’s Comfort Wave 450 is business-friendly

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Logitech Comfort Wave 450

Logitech has come up with yet another keyboard that’s designed for business environments. The Comfort Wave 450 keyboard has a curved design with full-sized keys for comfortable, hours-long typing.

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AMD Launches unlocked Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition processor

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

AMD Athlon X2 Black Edition

Coinciding with the company’s 40th year anniversary, AMD has announced the Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition processor for mainstream PCs. (more…)

Samsung Tint launches under MetroPCS

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Samsung Tint

We don’t see a lot of clamshell phones anymore, thanks to the recent barrage of smart- and touchphones in the market, so the launch of the Tint from Samsung got our attention. Available through MetroPCS, provider of unlimited wireless communications services, the Tint is a basic flip phone with some notable features.

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LaCie reinvents the card reader and the USB key with Data/Share

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

LaCie Data/Share

LaCie has decided to put the card reader and the USB key into an all-new form factor and call it the Data/Share storage device. It’s a nifty little rectangle that takes your SD and microSD cards and plugs into your computer via USB.

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Shuttle launches HD-optimized, AM3-ready XPC SA76G2

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Shuttle XPC SA76G2

Based on AMD’s AM3 platform, Shuttle’s new XPC focuses on high-end HD computing and 3D gaming with a system that’s capable of taking on the Phenom II processor. (more…)

TriGem announces loaded 12-inch ultraportable for $699

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

TriGem's 12-inch Averatec N2700

TriGem USA has announced the expansion of its mobile computing line with the new Averatec N2700 notebook that features a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor, a 250 GB hard drive, and 4GBs of memory—-all inside a 12-inch ultraportable’s body for $699.

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Nokia announces 5800 XpressMusic Star Trek Edition

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Star Trek Edition

Nokia and UK mobile retailer Phones4U has teamed up to release a special Star Trek-themed version of the popular Nokia 5800 XpressMusic handset. (more…)