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Acer dual-screen Iconia 6120 touchbook priced and available to pre-order

Posted in Acer by Reuben Drake on March 29th, 2011

Acer’s Iconia-6120 is amazingly drool worthy. Those who have been waiting to preorder in the US and Canada now have a price and release date. It will run you $1,199.99 and for that price you get a touchbook with two 14-inch Gorilla Glass touchpanels, a Core i5 CPU, 4GB of memory, integrated Intel HD graphics and 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium.

Other features include USB 3.0 support, a 640GB hard drive, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, HDMI output, and gigabit Ethernet. Amazon and other e-tailers should be taking orders right about now.

MSI announces GX680 Gaming Laptop

Posted in MSI by Conner Flynn on March 24th, 2011

MSi wants you to get your game on and so it has unveiled its latest gaming laptop, the MSi GX680, which packs in Intel’s second generation Core i7 quad core processor. There’s also NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M discrete graphics supporting Direct X 11 and 4 x DDR3 memory slots that can be fitted with a a maximum of 16GB of memory and accelerated dual hard disk architecture.

The MSi GX680 also features Turbo Drive Engine (TDE) technology. Just hit the Turbo hotkey and instantly improve the system performance, so it can handle even more graphics intensive gaming sessions. That feature alone should win gamer’s hearts.

Buffalo MiniStation Pocket Hard Drive and DriveStation USB 3.0 Storage

Posted in Buffalo by Conner Flynn on March 22nd, 2011

Buffalo has announced some new hard drives, the Buffalo MiniStation Pocket Hard Drive and DriveStation, a desktop hard drive storage solution that also supports Apple Time machine. The pocket sized Buffalo MiniStation will play nice with both PC and Mac and is available in 320GB or 500GB capacities. It appears to be USB 3.0 ready and can be powered by USB, without an extra power supply.

The larger desktop DriveStation comes with either a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port and is available in either 1TB, 2TB or 3TB storage capacities. It also comes with Buffalo’s backup utility for automatic backups. It can be setup to support Apple’s Time Machine using a USB connection as well.

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Alienware M11X R3 notebook specs leak

Posted in Alienware by Reuben Drake on March 21st, 2011

Looks like Dell is going to upgrade its Alienware M11X gaming notebook by offering a new range of CPU options powered by Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture. The R3 edition will come with a 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 resolution LCD display, new Core i5 and Core i7 processor options and clock speeds ranging from 1.4GHz to 1.6GHz.

The M11X R3 will come with a 63Wh battery various hard drive and solid state disk options, and up to 8GB DDR3 RAM. No official word from Dell on when the M11X R3 will launch.

Western Digital 6TB My Book Studio Edition II external hard disk drive

Posted in Western Digital by Conner Flynn on March 17th, 2011

Western Digital has introduced the My Book Studio Edition II. This dual-drive storage system features a huge storage capacity of 6 terabytes (TB) and has been designed for those of us who use our computers to create, store, edit and archive large HD video and photo files. You have plenty of room here.

It has 4 high-speed interfaces (FireWire 800/400, eSATA, USB 2.0) and uses Western Digital’s GreenPower Technology to consume less power, which is good for the environment. Other features include automatic and continuous backup software, an easy to open enclosure that allows users to service the drives easily, an external capacity gauge so you know how much space is left and a 5 year limited warranty.

NES Cartridge Flash Drive with Console USB Port

Posted in DIY by Reuben Drake on March 9th, 2011

We’ve seen the NES modded into many different things and we’ve seen even seen NES cartridges used as cases for external hard drives, but this mod is ridiculous and awesome at the same time. Ed Lewis created this NES cartridge flash drive with a NES console USB port. That’s right, there’s only one USB connector inside that console.

To make one yourself, all you need to do is open up the cartridge, take out the board and make a gap for a flash drive, then glue it inside. Then open up the console, cut a hole in the middle of the cartridge connector for the flash drive to slide in, and another hole at the back of the console for a USB cable.

HP Omni Pro 110 PC All-in-one Business Desktop

Posted in HP by Conner Flynn on March 8th, 2011

HP is all about business with it’s new HP Omni Pro 110 PC. The business-oriented desktop has a 20-inch widescreen display with an HD anti-glare display, and high-performance stereo speakers.

Other features include a webcam with a microphone, a DVD writer and a 6-in-1 media card reader. The HP Omni Pro 110 PC also has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM, up to a 1TB hard disk drive and optional HP Power Assistant software. ENERGY STAR-qualified models are also available. It will be available soon with prices starting at $639.

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Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT Hard Drive

Posted in Seagate by Conner Flynn on March 2nd, 2011

Seagate, who is always rolling out the latest and greatest hard drives now has another new offering. No surprise there. Their newest 3.5-inch hard drive comes equipped with 3TB of storage space.

It’s called the Barracuda XT and the drive features a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, 64MB of cache memory and works at 7200 RPM. The 3TB Barracuda XT is available for purchase now if you have the scratch for just $279.

Active Media Products launches new Predator V3 SSD

Posted in Storage by Conner Flynn on February 28th, 2011

Active Media Products has added a new SSD to its lineup today with the announcement of the new 2.5-inch Predator V3 SSD. It is designed to work with the faster 6Gbps SATA interface and the drive will work with slower SATA ports too. The V3 uses the Marvell 88SS9174 Van Gogh controller, which allows the drive to have great performance. It’s good for transfer speeds up to 410MB/s.

The SSD is also capable of 20,000 IOPS in random sequential read and write. Some other features include 48-bit per 2KB hardware ECC and the SSD even has wear leveling to make it last longer. The NAND flash used is MLC and the drive has 128MB of DDR3 DRAM cache. It will come in 64GB and 128GB versions.

Toshiba Dynabook Qosmio D711 All-in-one with Sandy Bridge CPU

Posted in Toshiba by Conner Flynn on February 23rd, 2011

The new Toshiba Dynabook Qosmio D711 all-in-one PC will save you some space on your desktop and comes with an Intel Core i5-2410M processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard disk drive.

Other features include a digital TV tuner, a super fast USB 3.0 port, an SDXC slot and a Combo SupersEngine with a BDXL+ drive. This all-in-one computer will be available in Japan very soon for 200,000 Yen or around $2,421.

Toshiba STOR.E ART External Color Coded Hard Drives

Posted in Storage by Conner Flynn on February 22nd, 2011

If you use several different capacity storage drives Toshiba has unveiled a new line of STOR.E ART external hard drives that are color coded depending on their storage capacities. The 2.5″ drives will come in 500GB (red), 640GB (green), 750GB (blue), 1TB (white) and 1.5TB (silver).

That should help you keep track of things. Each STOR.E ART drive has a USB 3.0 interface, 256-bit encryption, and comes preloaded with BackupNow EZ software for easy backups. These new drives should arrive in the first quarter of 2011, but we have no info on pricing yet from Toshiba.

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HP TouchSmart 610z and 610xt All-in-one PCs

Posted in HP by Conner Flynn on February 22nd, 2011

HP has introduced two new all-in-one PCs: the TouchSmart 610z and 610xt. Both come with your choice of ATI Radeon or nVidia GeForce graphics cards, up to a 1TB hard drive, a DVD SuperMulti burner, a 6-in-1 card reader and a 23-inch diagonal HD multi touch display, which can recline up to 60 degrees and tilt forward up to 5 degrees.

Both computers also support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and an optional TV tuner. The HP TouchSmart 610z is powered by an AMD Athlon or Phenom processor and up to 10GB of RAM, while the HP TouchSmart 610xt is powered by an Intel Core i5 or i7 CPU with up to 12GB of memory. The HP TouchSmart 610z retails for $899.99, while the HP TouchSmart 610xt is $1,099.99.

GammaTech introduces rugged Core i7 Durabook notebook

Posted in Notebooks by Conner Flynn on February 21st, 2011

GammaTech, the company that sounds like they gave the Hulk his powers, has introduced a rugged notebook in the 15.6-inch Durabook S15C. It sports a magnesium alloy case and conforms to 810G military standards. The hard drive is encased in a cable that will absorb shocks and the keyboard is spill-resistant.

The optical drive bay even has a lock-out that will prevent it from opening when the notebook is dropped. There is also double protection battery circuits to prevent overheating and over-voltage damage. Yes, they went above and beyond with this one.

iRU AIO All-In-One Desktop PC

Posted in Desktop PCs by Conner Flynn on February 13th, 2011

Russian-based iRU has introduced their latest all-in-one desktop PC, the iRU AIO. This All-In-One is powered by either a 2.4GHz Intel Core i3-370 or 2.53GHz Intel Core i5-460 processor and will save some space on your desktop.

It features a 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD display, an integrated graphics card (Core i3-370), a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce G310 graphics card (Core i5-460), up to 4GB RAM, up to 1TB hard drive, a webcam, a DVD writer and it runs either Windows 7 or MeeGo OS.

Sony releases Filmy movie viewing app for the PlayStation 3

Posted in PS3 by Conner Flynn on February 9th, 2011

Sony has just released a PS3 app for those people who watch a lot of video using the PS3. The new app is called Filmy and is designed to organize and play videos recorded in the AVCHD (H.264) format and can be accessed from the PS3’s hard drive or from a device attached through a USB cable.

If the videos are geotagged, users will be able to see where they were taken and sort them by date. The Filmy app is available in the media section of the PlayStation Store. The trial version is free, but it will only be fully functional for 15-minutes, after which you’ll need to pay $5 to access the full features.



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