A-DATA 640GB 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drive

A-DATA today announced the addition of the industry-leading capacity of 640GB to its 2.5-inch portable hard drive product lineup. Aiming the recent global boom for mobile computers, the new 640GB portable hard drive provides an ideal solution to meet such growing demand for higher storage capacity.

A-DATA 640GB portable hard drive

Embedded with the latest technology, the new 640GB high-capacity solution, available for all A-DATA portable hard drive series, offers a tremendous upgrade on the storage size without sacrificing portability of the device, which is perfect for notebook users or business professionals who are constantly on the go. With 640GB of capacity, users can easily access and share photos, music files, high-definition videos or other digital contents without having to worry about insufficient storage space. The use of high-speed USB 2.0 interface provides a much more efficient data transfer across platforms. Coupled with the stylishly-designed external casing, A-DATAs 640GB portable hard drives are the brilliant choice for consumers who look for both performance and sleek looks on their storage device.

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September 11 News from Around the Web

Corsair Dominator 2×2 GB DDR3 1600 Cas 8 Review @ OCC and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

Much like with the Kingston memory the Corsair Dominators were able to make it above the 2000MHz mark. However, they didn't make it quite as far. The Dominators were able to reach speeds of 2026.6MHz with timings of 9-9-8-24. With Corsair's DHX cooling, these modules should be able to run at these settings without any problems. I know some of you skeptics are wondering why you'd need memory that runs at 2000MHz. The answer is you really don't, but having memory that can achieve these higher speeds is a good thing. This means you'll be able to overclock your CPU farther then you would have been able to with a generic memory kit.

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VIA ARTiGO A2000 Barebone Storage Server

VIA ARTiGO A2000 Barebone Storage Server

With the ARTiGO A2000 storage server, VIA aims to attract a wider audience to the idea of network attached storage by offering this small, low-power network storage server. A barebones system based on the VIA C7-D processor and a custom Nano-ITX motherboard, the ARTiGO A2000 was designed from top to bottom to be an easy, long-lasting solution for the average user's storage requirements.

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AMD Demonstrates the PCs Next Act – Eyefinity Multi-DIsplay Technology

At experience events on three continents this week, AMD and its industry partners introduced ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology, a revolutionary feature in the upcoming next generation ATI Radeon family of DirectX 11 enabled graphics processors. Legit Reviews is at one of the experience events this very second, so check out our coverage of Eyefinity here. The full press release can be read by following the link below.

ATI Eyefinity multi-display Logo

ATI Eyefinity technology brings AMD closer to delivering true eye-definition experiences, where the display of a virtual environment is so detailed that it seems optically real to the human eye. Using ATI Eyefinity technology in a single PC, it is now possible to power displays with a combined theoretical resolution of 268 megapixels,2 roughly equivalent to the resolution of a 90 degree arc of what the human eye sees.3 For reference, todays average 19 inch LCD display typically has an image quality of only slightly more than 1 megapixel.

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ASUS Introduces the Designo MS Series LCD Monitors

ASUS today unveiled the brand new ultra-slim Designo MS Series LCD monitors MS246/ 236/ 227/ 226/ 202. Inspired by the binary state, the Designo MS Series incorporates contrasting elements like the numbers 1 and 0, and black and white into an ultra-slim 0.65 inch profile. A unique cylindircal ring stand lets viewers adjust the monitors tilt angle with just one finger. The Designo MS series delivers crisp visuals in Full HD 1080p, 50,000:1 contrast ratio, 2ms response time and ASUS Splendid Video Intelligence Technology for amazing visuals in a head-turning package.

ASUS Designo MS Series LCD monitors

The Designo MS Series LCD Monitor features class-leading specifications such as Full HD 1080p, 50,000:1 high contrast ratio, 2ms quick response time, ASUS Splendid Technology, and an HDMI port to deliver high quality entertainment from Blu-ray movies and console games. The Designo MS Series doubles productivity levels when paired with a notebook via a DVI/VGA cable connection, and has been ergonomically designed to sit at the users eye levelthus matching the height of the notebook screen.

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AMD Shows off 24 Panel Eyefinity on DirectX 11 Graphics Cards

AMD Shows off 24 Panel Eyefinity on DirectX 11 Graphics Cards

AMD is showing off a brand new technology today called Eyefinity. AMD's next-generation of DirectX 11 graphics cards come with support for up to to six independent displays, which allows you the ability to connect anywhere from one to six displays to just one video card. AMD says that the experience is unlike anything you have ever seen before.

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Free VoIP Service with Google Voice & Intel Atom

Take a look at our latest how-to article to be able to send and receive phone call from your Google Voice phone number with your traditional analog phone number. With an ATA and an Intel Atom PBX server running open source PBX in a Flash, you can have free VoIP service in your home!

Intel Atom PBX Server

To satisfy my performance needs, I am now going to put together a low-power server built around an Intel Atom 230 processor in order to install PiaF natively to get the best performance I can out of my homebrew VoIP solution using Google Voice. With a budget of about $225, this article is going to give step-by-step instructions on how to build your Atom-based server, install and configure PBX in a Flash, and finally configure your Linksys SPA-3102 ATA…

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VISION Technology from AMD Announced – See, Share, Create

AMD today announced a new way to help consumers select the PC that best meets their needs. Working with retailers and PC manufactures, VISION Technology from AMD breaks the model in how PC benefits are communicated. Rather than the traditional model, which focuses on the technical specifications of individual hardware components, VISION communicates the value of the whole system and demonstrates the combined processing power of both the CPU and GPU to deliver a superior visual experience to mainstream PC users. It emphasizes how an AMD-based PC is optimized for video, digital media and content creation activities. VISION guides the industry past the era of CPU-centric marketing and describes the PC capabilities in terms of what can be enjoyed on the system see, share, create. This helps consumers to make better informed buying decisions and they have broken VISION down into four categories.

  • VISION – Basic is for people who use productivity tools like Microsoft Office and who surf the web, maybe listen to music and look at their photos
  • VISION – Premium is for those who also want to watch High-definition and Blu-rays, edit photos and play some games
  • VISION – Ultimate is for the video editor and 3D game player
  • VISION – Black is for high-end users

AMD VISION Technology Logo

Notebook PCs with VISION Technology from AMD are expected to be widely available on retail shelves and online during the holiday buying season timed to the release of the Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft. Complementing VISION, Windows 7 supports DirectX 10, Direct X10.1, and Direct X11 for richer 3D detail on games and other media apps, and a Unified Video Decoder to free up the CPU so that users can have a superior visual and more responsive computing experience while converting video for use on hand held devices. This last activity is greatly simplified and much more rapid with the new Drag and Drop feature of Windows 7.

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ASUS Launches The P7P55 WS SuperComputer Motherboard

ASUS today unveiled the ASUS P7P55 WS SuperComputer motherboard. Built around the Intel P55 Express chipset, it features the new LGA1156 socket for next-generation Intel Core i5 processors and DDR3-2133 (O.C.) memory for outstanding yet cost-effective performance. To enable multiple-GPU rendering, the motherboard supports both 3-way and 2-way graphics card configurations based on SLI or CrossFireX technology. Additionally, it leverages the NVIDIA CUDA parallel computing architecture to support three NVIDIA Tesla cards and one NVIDIA Quadro card for 250* times more computing power.

ASUS P7P55 WS SuperComputer motherboard

With NVIDIA Tesla GPU support, the ASUS P7P55 WS SuperComputer provides the foundation for users to build a cost-effective personal supercomputer. The system leverages the NVIDIA CUDA parallel computing architecture for a massive performance boost from four graphic cards: three NVIDIA Tesla cards and one NVIDIA Quadro card. This generates four teraflops of computing power250 times of a standard PCfrom 960 parallel processing cores. Thus, the P7P55 WS SuperComputer is suited for virtualization and heavy workload computing in the life sciences, engineering, financial modeling, and electronic design automation fields.

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WD Unveils Redesigned My Book Essential and My Book for Mac Users

WD today introduced its new, smaller, sleeker My Book Essential and My Book for Mac desktop external hard drives equipped with the new WD SmartWare software and hardware-based encryption. The new appliances visually present consumers' data in a software control center, providing them peace of mind that their precious photos, videos and files are securely protected. The new My Book Essential drives are offered in capacities of 500 GB, 1 TB, 1.5 TB and 2 TB. My Book Essential drives are available now at select retailers and online at shopwd.com. MSRP ranges from $99.99 to $249.99 USD depending on model.

WD My Book

“Keeping an extra copy of your digital life used to be a painstaking, manual task undertaken only by the most expert and diligent of users. WD's new My Book Essential and My Book for Mac external hard drives, powered by WD SmartWare, have finally made it easy enough so that anyone can do it,” said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD's branded products group. “WD's new drives combine massive storage capacity, visual backup, and hardware encryption, so consumers can now actually see their digital life, safe in one place.”

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