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Toshiba has come up with two new versions of its 1.8-inch HDD line up, one with 8GB and one with 160GB of storage capacity. Especially designed for media players as well as ultra-mobile PCs, the hard drive is the first Toshiba product to run on the new CE-ATA (Consumer Electronics ATA) interface. The 160GB model — codenamed MK1626GCB, will have to battle with Samsung’s1.8-inch 160GB hard drive that has been announced recently. Toshiba claims that the power consumption of their 100GB drive is approximately 33%. This HDD comes with a pair of 80GB platters with just 0.3-inch thick, 52mbps transfer rate and 3,600 rpm speed as well as 15ms seek time. Read the rest

Sony rolls out a couple new versions of its VAIO TP1 media center PC, codenamed the VAIO TP1V and TP1DTV. The former come equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo T5500, DVD burner, HDMI and WiFi connections. Sony offers more storage capacity than the previous model, 250GB hard drive. Meanwhile, the second features Intel Core 2 Duo T5800, TV tuner, 500GB hard drive disk and an improved compatibility with the Bravia TV range Read the rest

Shuttle has recently announced its new SP35P2 Pro - line of XPC Prima series which is targeted towards hard core gamers. The Shuttle XPC Prima SP35P2 Pro supports the newest Intel multi-core CPUs that can run up to 1333MHz front-side-bus, up to 8GB of dual channel mode DDR2-800 RAM and can be overclocked to 1066MHz. It offers an advanced fingerprint recognition security (that ensures all data and personal details are in safely protected) and standard 8-channel HD audio solution (that allows users to enjoy the game from any direction). Read the rest

MSI has updated its product’s portfolio by releasing the new GFX card, dubbed as ‘NX8600GT Twin Turbo’. It comes equipped with 2 separate vBios chips, allowing the GFX card to provide two sets of core as well as memory clock settings (normal and turbo). On the back plate of the card, there’s a Turbo button which overclocks the card into Read the rest

ASUSTEK has launched two new graphics cards, codenamed ‘EAH2600PRO/HTDI/256M’ and ‘EN8600GT/HTDI/256M’. As the name suggests, the former is based on ATI Radeon HD 2600PRO and the second is based on Nvidia GeForce 8600GT. Both of them feature high-quality HDMI adaptors which allowes users to hook up their PC to an HDTV. Consumers can now enjoy convenient home multimedia system Read the rest

Sony has just announced the new VAIO LT19U which is possibly a true iMac Killer. According to Crave, Sony’s new all-in-one offers a few things the iMac can’t, including a Blu-ray burner and a pull-out sled for adding another HDD as well as a VESA-standard wall mount input. Furthermore, it also sports an external ATI Digital Cable Tuner. The following is the full specs list: Read the rest

The Optiplex 755 is Dell’s latest desktop PC which is claimed as “the most manageable and energy efficient commercial desktop ever in the world”, while still maintaining high performance. It qualifies for an Energy Star 4.0 standards well as an EPEAT “Gold” rating. Check out what it offers: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, ATI Radeon 2400 (256MB of memory), max. 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD are all included. Read the rest

Stealth Computer announced the launch of its new mini PC, under the name of ‘LPC-350PCI’. The Little PC is so small and can fit on the palm of your hand. Its robust anodized aluminum chassis measures just 2-inch and weighs at 6 lbs.

The ‘LPC-350PCI’ comes with Intel Celeron M370 processor (for standard configuration), but can optionally be replaced with 1.73GHz Intel Pentium M740 CPU. Read the rest

The ‘Ripple Mini’ Barebone PC has just been presented by Bei-Hai in Korea market, at moderate price. Powered by Intel Celeron M215 processor (BGA type), this mini PC is able to work under the 27W electric power and supports PS/2, six USB ports, parallel port, and PCI Expansion slot as well as 2 channel audio. Read the rest