Sony VAIO TX Notebook

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Sony announces new Sony VAIO TX Notebooks series.

A white LED display and a slick carbon fiber casing bring the weight of the VAIO TX down to three pounds. The Sony VAIO TX features of course wireless connectivity and optional the Cingular EDGE network card.
Battery life is 4 to 7.5 hours. Read more

United Keys 205PRO LCD Display Keyboard Announced

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

United Keys announces a Keyboard with user programmable LCD display keys similar to the much hyped Optimus OLED Keyboard.

We mentioned United Keys in July already as they hold a patent for display keyboards.

The United Keys 205PRO LCD Keyboard Keytop displays are 20 pixels by 20 pixels, in monochrome. The keyboard runs on USB 2.0, and comes with desktop software featuring a real-time Icon Editor and icon-to-hexadecimal Image Converter. Not all keys have the LCD display. Only the function keys sport the cool feature. Read more

Microsoft Fingerprint Reader Review

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Tweak News reviews the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader.

Quote:
"Finger print readers have been around for a long time - in Hollywood, where you most likely see them being used to access high security areas in action movies, but similarly they have been around for surprisingly a long time in army bases around the world. As time went on they found their way into corporate networks protecting vital company data before swiftly moving into our homes. Today you can pick up a good quality fingerprint reader in many shops but there is one that Microsoft is touting to be the best and it is pushing its technology into keyboards, bundling together with mice and as a separate fingerprint reader module, which is what is going to be reviewed here today."
Read the full review. Read more

Panasonic Thoughbook CF-18 Ruggedized Tablet PC Review

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Digit-Life reviews the Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 Tablet PC for extreme environments.

Quote:
"You cannot imagine a demesne, where you can do without computers these days. But what can you do, if the environment conditions are far from tender? What if you need a computer on a race route or geological expedition rather than on an office desktop? Toughbook CF-18 is designed for extreme environment conditions. Besides, it's not just a notebook, it can transform into a Tablet PC. Let's have a look at the specifications. "
Read the full review. Read more

HP Pavilion DV4000 - Now a Gaming Powerhouse

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

We now know that HP notebook designers lack the enthusiasm for gaming (or perhaps they couldn't figure out a way to cool down high-end GPUs without frying HP's reputation). Anyway, PCMag has a review of the HP Pavilion dv4000, which isn't a totally new notebook to those who followed the market. The interesting thing with the review unit is the dedicated ATI Mobility X700 128MB (without the lame Hyper-memory technology). That's a big leap from the integrated graphics. Also encouraging is that the X700 rivals the performance of the same GPU on a $2,100 Acer Ferrari 4000.
Additionally, you get both ExpressCard 34/54 and PCMCIA Type II slot; such combination is a novelty. There are four USB 2.0 ports, which is one more than what you see on similar 15.4" lappy. The dv4000 comes with a remote too. All these carry a price tag of $1,449. Read more

Bright Future: Microsoft Unveils Office 12 User Interface

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2009 is happening right now in LA and one of the things presented today where screen-shots of the new Office 12.

The new UI looks a reduced and cleaner. The new Microsoft Office 12 User interface is supposed to be easier, maximize workspace, contextualization of functionality and document lifecycle (work-flow) integration.

Maybe this time people will use more of the trillions of features available. I am still using MS Word just as a glorified text editor. Read more

Sun Galaxy x86 Servers X4100, X4200 and X2100 Launch Today

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim is back at Sun and led the design of the new x86 based Galaxy Sun servers.

The Galaxy line of servers uses AMD Opteron CPUs. Sun for a long time did not offer x86 based servers and got hit big time by missing the boat on that trend.
Sun is now on 6th place in the x86 server sales. The Galaxy line should help to push Sun further ahead in this market.
Andy Bechtolsheim's return to Sun reminds me on Steve Jobs going back to Apple. It worked for Apple, maybe it does for Sun too. Read more

Slappa Releases HardBody xEVA Bags for Notebooks

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Slappa introduces now bags and backpacks made with their HardBody xEVA material for notebook computers.

We have tested in the past Slappa CD cases. The material used and the quality is quite nice. The new Slappa notebook bags have a cool futuristic look.
Features include: rainproof zippers with double zipper pullers and secure lock zipper heads + combination locks that enable the user to lock each compartment of their case, rubberized name tags to easily I.D. your case, hide-away retractable carry handle (on the HardBody case), new water resistant Buck-Blast material (Metro Case), rain proof scuba-prene (Velocity bag), options of messenger straps OR traditional backpack straps and removable comfort shoulder straps with SmartClips adjustment systems. Also, each laptop case comes with a removable phone/digital music player case (featuring a stainless steel belt clip with epoxy finish).
The Slappa notebook bags are available for pre-order now. Read more

Sony VGP-WMS50 Presenter Mouse

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Sony offers a stylish wireless mouse called VGP-WMS50 that also works as a presentation device.

The 4 button, 2.4GHz wireless Sony mouse has a 800-DPI resolution. It has a joystick instead of a trackball to work the slides.
More details on EverythingUSB. Read more

IFA 2009: NEC HD DVD PC Drive HR-1100A

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

NEC announces a HD DVD drive for PCs at the IFA 2009.

The NEC HD DVD Drive HR-1100A will be shipping in limited numbers in November. The HD DVD drive can play HD DVDs with 2x speeds. It also supports current DVD formats and CDs. NEC developoed a special head that can read red an blue laser light.
Heise.de (German) reports that the HD DVD Drive will cost about 500 Euros (~$615) and ship with a movie software and HD movies. Also the report says that about 100 HD DVD movies are expected to be released in Europe this holiday season.
More details in this NEC press-release (German). Read more

New Sony VAIO BX Series Notebook

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Sony introduces the new VAIO BX notebooks aimed at business users. The Sony VAIO BX notebooks are all about configuration... Read more

New Sony VAIO VGN-TX90PS Announced in Japan

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Sony announced a new tiny and slim notebook in Japan. The new Sony Type T (Sony VAIO VGN-TX90PS, TX90S) notebook is only ... Read more

New Microsoft Mouse 6000 and 3000 and Keyboard 4000 Leaked

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

EverythingUSB reports about two new Microsoft mice and a new ergonomic Microsoft Keyboard. Quote: " Microsoft has ... Read more

Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 5000 Review

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Hardware Pacers reviews the Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 5000. Quote: "In our previous review on the comfor... Read more

IFA 2009: Samsung M70 Notebook with 19 inch Screen

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Samsung will show a giant notebook with 19 inch screen at the IFA 2009 in Berlin. The 19 inch screen has a 1680 x 1050px ... Read more

Intel's Performance Per Watt Future

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

At the Intel Developer Conference, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini, called for "performance per watt" to be the new metri... Read more

OZiQ - Another LCD Monitor with Integrated PC

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Australian Tucana Innovations is offering a all-in-one-PC called OZiQ. DigitalReviews.Net has a couple of photos of the O... Read more

Samsung SyncMaster 930MP 19-inch LCD Monitor Review

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

PCStats reviews the Samsung SyncMaster 930MP 19-inch LCD Monitor. Quote: "The Samsung SyncMaster 930MP is the lat... Read more

Samsung 20 inch SyncMasterMagic CX201TS LCD Monitor

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Samsung announces new 20 inch LCD monitors with a 1600x1200 pixel resolution. The new Samsung 20 inch SyncMasterMagic CX2... Read more

Dual-Core CPU Ready Notebook CLEVO D900K

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

The CLEVO D900K notebook supports AMD Athlon 64, FX-53/FX55/FX57 Single and X2 Dual Core CPUs. AMDBoard has the specifica... Read more

Are You Sick of Using Video Tapes in Camcorders?

JVC offers a line of Video Cameras that use Hard-drives instead of Video Tapes. JVC is still the only company that has Video Cameras on the market that use hard-drives to store DVD quality video. It is in my mind a very obvious solution in a complete digital environment that we are in now.
Nobody is questioning that we stopped use film in digital cameras. So why do still most video cameras on the market use tape? Sure the data volume is much higher for video, memory sticks or SD cards offer to little space to record hours of high quality videos. Now that portable hard-drives are used to store your complete music library it is of course also possible to record hours of high quality video on them.
Right now JVC offers three models with a 4GB hard-drive: The GZ-MC100 ($899.99), The GZ-MC200 ($998.94) and the new high-end GZ-MC-500 ($1,599.95). If you need more storage, JVC will start ship end of August the JVC Everio G-Series camcorders that boast 20 and 30GB hard-drives. That means up to 37 hours of video recording on the 30GB models and up to 25 hours on the 20GB model - Tape just died, as film did. Amazon.com opened pre-order on the new JVC Everio G-Series camcorders. You can get the GZ-MG20 for $799.95, the GZ-MG40 for $899.99 and the GZ-MG50 for $999.99.

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