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NVIDIA Introduces NVS Business Graphics Solutions
By Tara Foster
Written on 2 December 2010 | 0 Comments
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 NVIDIA announced today the immediate availability of the NVIDIA NVS 300 Business Graphics Solution, a graphics processor designed for the enterprise that delivers exceptional visual fidelity across up to eight displays while consuming minimal power. With nearly 25 percent more efficient power utilization, the NVS 300 graphics processor is designed for mission-critical applications ranging from command and control centers, to securities trading floors, to digital signage installations.

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ASUS Intros "All Round" Wireless Mouse with Touch Surface
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 0 Comments
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 No, it's not a mini-disc music player, it's not a powder compact either, but a new wireless mouse by ASUS, which intends to take on Apple's Magic Mouse, which gives users a touch surface apart from being a pointing device. ASUS' WD-XL, as it's called, sports a perfectly round shape, with a slight tilt when placed on its tracking surface. One of its lead designers is Danish design house David Lewis, which also worked on ASUS' NX90 designer notebook.

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Lenovo Introduces ThinkCentre M75e AMD-Based Desktops
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 0 Comments
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Need a new tower for your desktop or workspace? Lenovo has a new one to consider. The ThinkCentre M75e Small Form Factor and ThinkCentre M75e Tower have just been announced, both of which are generally aimed at enterprise customers but could definitely work in just about any place of business, including your home office.

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Nvidia Announces 3DTV Play Software
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 0 Comments
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 With NVIDIA 3DTV Play software, any compatible NVIDIA GeForce® GPU-powered system can be connected to a HDMI 1.4 3D HDTV.  The combination enables users to view 3D photos and videos, and play nearly 500 games in breathtaking 3D environments, including StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Mafia II, and Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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Asus Announces Eee PC 1015PN With Ion 2, Atom N550
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 0 Comments
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 Asus is the netbook king. Does anyone deny it? The company's Eee PC line has been around for as long as the term "netbook" has been around, and while computer fads come and go, the Eee PC line keeps right on growing. The "Seashell" group has been joined by another member today, with Asus introducing the Eee PC 1015PN as their latest miniature notebook.

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MSI launches Big Bang XPower
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 0 Comments
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THE SUPER HIGH-END motherboard market doesn't seem to have an upper limit when it comes to slots, features and gimmicks, and MSI's latest model, the Big Bang XPower is no exception to that rule. Some of you might be disappointed to know that it doesn't feature Lucid's Hydra chip, but on the other hand, it doesn't have an nForce 200 chip either, yet it has no less than six PCI Express x16 slots.

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ColorFire Designs Custom Radeon HD 6850 with Zalman VF-3000 GPU Cooler
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 0 Comments
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Chinese graphics card manufacturer ColorFire designed a new non-reference design AMD Radeon HD 6850 graphics card that that uses a stronger VRM and a Zalman VF-3000 GPU cooler. The PCB sets the red color-scheme, and the cooler keeps up with it, using a hot rod looking shroud. The card uses a 7+1 phase VRM that draws power from two 6-pin power connectors, facilitating high clock speeds. The PCB also holds two CFBI fingers, indicating the card to support 3-way and 4-way CrossFireX. Low-latency (0.5 ns) GDDR5 memory chips by Hynix are used.

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Dell XPS new14 Notebook
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 1 Comment
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Break out your party hats and spike the punch, we're throwing a 'Welcome Back' party. The guest of honor is Dell's XPS brand, whose return is marked by a new family of laptops built around Intel's Calpella platform and featuring Nvidia's Optimus technology. At this point you're probably scratching your head and wondering if we've been drinking too much punch ourselves, because the XPS brand never went anywhere, right? That's both true and false. The XPS moniker never died off completely, but it was relegated to Dell's Studio line and XPS One all-in-one (AIO) desktops for a time.

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AMD Reveals Radeon HD 6800 Series, Demos Llano Fusion-Based Processor
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 0 Comments
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 While attending a press event out in Los Angeles, California last week, to discuss the impending Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 launch, we had the chance to get an early look at some of the first, fully functional samples of AMD’s upcoming “Llano” processor, or APU (Applications Processer Unit).

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Western Digital launches 3TB
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Written on 16 November 2010 | 0 Comments
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Western Digital, the famous name in hard drive maker has launched the largest capacity SATA hard drive available till date. The new Caviar Green HDD line includes the world’s first 3 TeraByte SATA drive. The new 5400-rpm drives uses less energy and are therefore more eco-friendly storage solution provided by WD GreenPower Technology. This will ensure lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and decreased noise without electrical amplification for quiet operation.
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