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Sony RDR-HXD995 - The All-in-One Box

sony_rdr_hxd995 Sony RDR-HXD995 comes as a breath of fresh air to our living rooms, which is crowded with so many boxes and that strange smell from those boxes, not to mention the heat from them. Sony made an attempt to combine all those boxes into one, and came successful. The Sony RDR-HXD995 is a DVD Player with DivX support and also a 250GB Freeview PVR(Personal Video Recorder).

Price: Just under $600.

Elpida makes world’s first 16 GB Fully Buffered Memory Module

elpida-16gb-fully buffered-dimm-memory Elpida claims to have developed a 16GB fully buffered DIMM RAM module. The module is DDR2 based and is twice the existing still-rare 8GB modules. The RAM stick is unusually thin a  0.3-inch deep and needs the same power as that of an 8GB RAM module. This is done by using an unique integrated packaging that fit the memory without creating any excess.

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Samsung unleashed world’s first 2.5" 500 GB hard drive and 22X DVD Burner

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Soon Samsung will start shipping its world’s first 500GB hard drive Spinpoint M6 that is just 2.5 inch slim and a DVD burner SH-S223 that enables burning of data at 22X speeds. The Spinpoint M6 is a mobile hard drive that consists of three platters, each 167 GB, packed in a 9.5mm case. The hard drive is suitable for high end notebooks and slim PC’s. The hard drive meets the Microsoft’s fast boot design, comes with 8MB cache. It runs at 5400rpm and transfers data at 3.0Gbps. MORE »

LG XPION R10 Series / S10 Series

LG-XPION-R10 LG unveiled its new range of slim desktop PC Systems based on Intel Turbo Memory technology. The shiny black case with a glossy mirror coating resembles the Sony PS3.

Both XPION R10 Series and S10 Series features Intel’s new Turbo Memory Technology, where flash-based memory MORE »

Dell XPS 630 Gaming PC

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Dell rolls out a Gaming PC that follows the Nvidia’s Enthusiast System Architecture. XPS 630 is a entry level model that follows the styling of the expensive 700 series, but uses a smaller chassis. The system includes a Core 2 Quad 6600(2.4 GHz) CPU, NVidia 650i SLI chipset, 2 GB memory, 320GB hard drive, GeForce 8800 GT graphics card.

All this for $1249. There is also a $1299 version that comes with an extra GeForce 8800 GT graphics card.

Everex gPC vs Mac Mini

everex_gpc_mini Since Everex gPC Mini is official now, lets see what it has got.

Hardware Specifications
1.86GHz Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Mobile Processor T2130 (1MB L2 Cache, 1.86GHz, 533MHz), 120GB Hard Disk Drive, 512MB DDR2 667 SDRAM, DVD+/-RW, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator GMA950, Realtek ALC268 High-Definition Audio, (1) 10/100/1000 Ethernet Port, (1) DVI-I Port, (1) S-Video Port, (1) IEEE 1394 Port, (4) USB 2.0 Ports, (1) 4-in1 Media Card Reader, (1)

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Callpod Dragon Bluetooth Headset with 100 meter range

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Callpod’s Dragon Bluetooth headset for mobile phones, PDA’s, and computers offers a range of 100 meters, which is a very good distance indeed. A standard Bluetooth headset has 10 to 30 meter range till now.

The device also has features such as Noise Suppression technology that cuts off the background noise, ability to connect with PC for taking Skype calls, ability to MORE »

[CES 2008] BlueAnt - World’s Most Powerful Bluetooth Speakers

BlueAnt BlueAnt is a company with very strong name in the Bluetooth industry. The company here at CES 2008 announced that they’ll start shipping the world’s most powerful Bluetooth Loudspeaker sporting same characteristics like any high quality traditional speakers available in the market.

The speakers will be compatible with all the bluetooth enabled devices, including PCs and Macs, PDAs and cellphones. It seems the speakers will comsune 28W of power.

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Gateway One - All-in-One PC

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Another product that resembles Apple iMac, it’s Gateway One. The “industry’s most stylish and slimmest computers yet”, comes with Lovely specifications. The glossy looking computer did not compromise on the features and guess what its almost wire-free. It requires only one cable. Coming to display, it has a 19 inch wide screen capable of displaying 1400×900 resolution, 850:1 contrast ratio and 8ms response time.

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