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Super Talent Releases MasterDrive MX, DX SSDs 2008-05-07 09:58:08 Super Talent
today launched a new line of MasterDrive solid state drives (SSDs), featuring a 2.5-inch form factor, SATA II (3Gbps) interface, and data storage capacities from 30GB to 120GB.The memory maker’s MasterDrive MX and MasterDrive DX solid state drive series feature 120/40 MB/sec and 120/70 MB/sec read/write speeds respectively.Super Talent MasterDrive SSDs are available now from NewEgg and eWiz, with prices ranging from $299 to $1,299.Source: Laptoping Read more:Super
Asus warns on 3rd party batteries 2008-05-10 11:05:39 By: Matthias BauerThe manufacturer Asus
cautions customers against using cloned batteries
with their Eee PC. Supposedly, some damages occurred with those batteries and those aren’t covered by warranty.Asus advertises not to use cloned batteries with their Eee PC. Probably, some problems could appear and thereby damaged Eee PC’s won’t get repaired free of charge by Asus.A Chinese manufacturer offers cloned batteries for the Asus Eee PC which provides 10.400 mAh and promise a battery runtime of 5.5 hours. Supposedly, it happened that a battery overheated while recharging and blasted after that.Officially, Asus does not know anything about those incidents, but the Eee PC’s warranty does not cover such damages. The Chinese battery manufacturer denies this incident and they say that com Read more:warns
Asus Eee PC 900 (EEEPC900-W017) Now Available 2008-05-12 09:03:23 Asustek’s Asus Eee PC 900, the company’s second generation low-cost ultraportable laptop, is now in stock at select retailers such as Buy.com ($565.99) and ZipZoomfly ($599.99).Along with a 8.9-inch 1024×600 display, the offered EEEPC900-W017 model features Intel’s Celeron M 430 processor at 1.7GHz, a 12GB solid state drive, 1GB of RAM, and a built-in 1.3MP web camera.According to the produ Read more:Asus
HP 2133 Mini-Note Now with XP, Only for Businesses 2008-05-13 10:39:57 For business customers, Hewlett-Packard now optionally offers Windows XP operating system on its HP 2133 Mini-Note PC low-cost ultraportable laptop.The new OS option is available as a downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP Professional. A specification sheet of the HP 2133 says that “to qualify for this downgrade an end user must be a business (including governmental or educational instituti
Gateway T-6828 Review 2008-05-15 09:54:26 by Dana WollmanPrice as Reviewed: $799.00For some companies, the word “budget” is code for “compromise,” usually in both style and performance. The $799 Gateway
T-6828, however, has few trade-offs for the affordable tag. In addition to a sleek design and portable 14-inch screen, you get robust performance, and a longer-than-standard two-year warranty.Budget Price, Luxury LooksThe T-6828 ke
Full Specs of the MSI Wind 2008-05-14 09:50:11 by Joanna SternIt seems that our interview with MSI’s Andy Tung still leaves many wondering about the detailed specs of the MSI Wind. Here are the complete specs for the system, courtesy of MSI. We hope this will answer any and all questions about the Wind, that is until we get our review unit in and we report back on how it runs.Editors note: MSI is still getting us the official weight of the s Read more:Specs
FastMac Introduces U-Charge for MacBooks, iBooks, PowerBooks 2008-05-23 05:45:18 FastMac recently announced “U-Charge,” a universal battery charger for Apple MacBooks, iBooks, and PowerBooks.“The new U-Charge works externally & connects directly to the battery’s terminals to recharge the battery quickly and efficiently, without the need for a laptop. Batteries from multiple Apple laptops can be recharged using this single, compact, lightweight and portable charger,
Dual Core Intel Atom Coming in Q3 2008-05-27 10:11:14 Intel plans to launch its first dual core version of the Atom processor in Q3 2008, Fudzilla reports.“We scored some more details and many of them were quite easy to guess. The new dual core Atom will end up branded as the Atom 330 and just as the single core Atom 230, the dual core CPU will end up at 1.6GHZ,” the report says.The dual core Atom has 1MB of cache, twice as much as the single cor Read more:Dual Core
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Intel High Performance SSDs to be Part of Centrino 2 2008-05-26 09:17:22 Intel is planning to launch the High Performance
SSD solid state drive products by the end of the third quarter this year. The chip maker will bundle the SSDs as a part of its upcoming Centrino
2 “Montevina” laptop platform, DigiTimes’ sources at PC makers say.The first Intel High Performance SSDs will feature 80GB of storage space and SATA interface and will come in two versions: Client X25 Read more:Intel