Nokia’s been a real roll of late, pumping out more handsets than we can even keep track of. To that end, the company is dishing out two more higher-end units today in the E72 and 5530 XpressMusic. The former isn’t drastically different than the recently launched E71 and E71x, packing a slim smartphone enclosure with a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone ships with the Symbian S60 operating system, providing users with easy access to IM, email, MMS and all other smartphone amenities. According to Nokia, the E72 is

Hey, Twitter — you know that business model you’ve been searching for? Yeah, this may be it. In a new report from NYTimes’ ‘Bits’ blog, Dell has admitted to generating around $3 million in sales that could be directly attributed to Twitter. $3 million! That’s the amount that Dell has garnered since it began using Twitter in 2007, using its account to serve up delectable coupons and to spread the word on deals and new products. In the last six months alone, Dell’s ‘Outlet’ store earned a cool million dollars

Shuttle, the company famous for crafting small, rectangular SFF PCs for gamer on the move, has just stepped it up big time with the introduction of the H7 5800 Core i7 PC. Obviously based around Intel’s highly potent Core i7 processor, this SFF kit supports NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFireX dual graphics technology along with up to 16GB of DDR3 memory. Shuttle ships the box with an 80 PLUS Bronze-certified 500-watt power supply, its new I.C.Evo (Integrated Cooling Evolution) heat pipe and Vapor Chamber technology

Intel’s pervasive Core i7 CPU has certainly made the rounds at this point, but it has yet to find too many homes within notebooks. Always looking to stay one step ahead of the other guys, CyberPower has introduced the Core i7-equipped Xplorer X7-Xtreme S1, the first laptop from the outfit to sport one of these slabs of silicon. It’s also based around the X58 chipset for handling those intense gaming sessions, and speaking of which, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPU should handle most everything on the market today.Other

We’ve heard before that Bill Gates’ children can’t get iPhones or iPods. Now Microsoft, in a move said to be cost-cutting, yet which will appear as somewhat sour grapes, is apparently cutting off the data plans of MS folks who are not using WinMo devices. In the past, Microsoft has paid for the data plans for the personal smartphones of MS employees, but they will no longer be doing so for iPhones, BlackBerrys, Palm Pres and other non-WinMo platform smartphones, even if the phones are used primarily for business,

Today was a busy one for the good folks at Samsung; they announced a new family of phones, including the upcoming Omnia II, a Windows Mobile touchscreen phone that’ll be sold by Verizon Wireless (at least) later this year.

We have most of the details on the Omnia II: 3.7” AMOLED touchscreen, up to 16GB of onboard flash memory, microSDHC card slot (good for another 32GB once the cards are available), aGPS, 480p (DVD quality) video shooting on a 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, aGPS… it’s loaded.

Availability is expected around September, but device delays are legendary.  We’ll keep you posted.

AMD has released the ATI Catalyst Software Suite 9.6 drivers. As always, there are a number of fixes and enhancements to be had. Check out the list of changes in our forums and see if you should download the updated drivers today!

Performance Changes

• Company of Heroes performance gains of up to 25% for the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, and performance gains of up to 10% for the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
• Crysis Warhead – performance gains of up to 11% for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual configuration.
• Crysis performance gains of up to 13% for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual configuration.
• World in Conflict performance gains of up to 30% for high settings that were previously CPU limited with the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series.

For what feels like forever now, Kensington’s iconic notebook lock slot has become a staple of the PC universe. Regardless of brand, model, size or price, it seems like this little slit finds its way onto practically each and every portable computer that hits store shelves. Now, at long last, Kensington itself is updating the standard, with a slimmer, stronger design aimed at providing higher physical security without compromise.The MicroSaver DS Keyed Ultra-Thin Notebook Lock is certainly a mouthful, but it

An anonymous sender passed along nearly a dozen pictures of the upcoming ASUS ROG P55 Maximus III Formula Motherboard this afternoon, so be sure to head on over to the forums to check this motherboard out. It's rumored not to be out till Q3 2009, so don't get too excited about it!

The red and black color scheme from ASUS really lets the board stand out. The CPU is powered by a massive 19-phase power circuit. It is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots supporting dual-channel DDR3 memory, with its own 3-phase power circuit. A sporty cooler sits atop the board's VRM while a pseudo-heatsink gives it the industrial feel of having a northbridge which it doesn't, while a flat, large heatsink cools the P55 chipset.

The Bluetrek ST1 Bluetooth Stereo Headset delivers outstanding audio quality, extreme comfort, and the convenience of an operation range of up to 10 meters. This lightweight headset offers up to 19 hours talk time and as much as 11 days standby, along with up to 9 hours of music streaming. This deal ends Tuesday at 12:00pm ET.