Archive for June, 2009

Sony launches VAIO Signature Collection for those with deep pockets

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Sony Vaio Signature Series

Recession? What’s that? Sony apparently hasn’t gotten the memo, as the company has released the Vaio Signature Collection, made up of some very luxurious, re-worked Sony Vaio notebooks.

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Viewsonic launches first all-in-one PC, the VPC100

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

viewsonic vpc100

Usually known for coming out with displays such as monitors, LCD TVs and projectors, Viewsonic has come out with a full all-in-one PC. It’s pretty thin at only 35mm, and it looks like another regular digital display, but there’s a computer in there, right behind the Viewsonic-branded LCD screen.

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Star Wars Mimobot Comic Con exclusive unmasked

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Star Wars Series 4 Mimobot Luke Skywalker Exclusive

We’ve seen and have been coveting the new Star Wars Series 4 Mimobot flash drives for a while, but what we really wanted to get a glimpse of was the Luke Skywalker series exclusive. Mimoco has unmasked now, and it shows Luke Skywalker’s vision of himself on Dagobah in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.

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Active Media Products supersizes the Obama Drive to 8GB

Monday, June 29th, 2009

AMP 8GB Obama drive

Active Media Products, manufacturer of the WWF-themed Penguin and Panda drives, as well as the first 2GB “Obama Drive”, has just announced that they’ve upgraded the Obama Drive with a new 8GB version. What do you get besides the President’s mug printed on the drive’s exterior? More than double the original’s preloaded Obama content. That’s around 80MBs’ worth of everything Obama.

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Asus launches mech-themed gaming notebooks, the G51 and G60

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Asus G51

Asus has announced a pair of new gaming notebooks under their Republic of Gamers (ROG) product line. Fresh from winning the “Best Choice” award in the Digital Entertainment Products category at this year’s COMPUTEX, the 15.6-inch G51 sports an exterior design inspired by manga and science fiction robots (and probably a little from Alienware’s stylized laptops), and a pretty powerful spec that includes Intel Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Quad processors, DDR2 800MHz memory, and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 260M graphics.

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CyberPower offers free Windows 7 upgrades too

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Cyberpower offers free Windows 7 upgrade

A couple of days after Maingear’s “buy a PC now, get a free copy of Windows 7 later” announcement, CyberPower follows suit with pretty much the same deal to push buyers into springing for a new PC right now rather than waiting for Windows 7’s official release in October.

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Samsung Exclaim dual slider comes out on Sprint

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Samsung Exclaim

The Samsung Exclaim is now available thorough Sprint. This dual slider phone has a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out of it horizontally, and a regular numeric keypad that slides out of it vertically.

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OCZ launches OLED-equipped gaming keyboard

Monday, June 29th, 2009

OCZ's Sabre Gaming Keyboard

OCZ Technology has just announced the Sabre OLED Gaming Keyboard that’s equipped with smart keys to make work and play so much easier, and enough lights to keep you warm through the holidays.

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Maingear offers free copy of Windows 7 on new PCs

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Maingear offers Windows 7 on new PC purchases

Custom PC builder Maingear Computers have just announced that they’ll be offering their customers a free copy of Windows 7 after buying any of their custom PCs. This comes in the form of a coupon for a free Win 7 upgrade that can be redeemed when the OS ships later this year.

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Gateway launches entertainment and multitasking notebook

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Gateway NV Series

Gateway just rolled out its affordable, dual-purpose notebook, the NV Series. It’s built to handle your entertainment needs and take on simultaneous tasks.

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