Sans Digital may not be the first name that comes to mind when you think Network Attached Storage, but it’s a solid company with a solid background in the field. The latest device to spring up from the company is the 2-bay MobileNAS MN2LP — a NAS device that’s geared towards home users and small businesses that can get away with just a pair of bays (as opposed to 4+ bays in more SMB/SOHO-based devices). The 2-bay design still enables users to setup a RAID arrangement, which provides redundancy in case one drive

As is typically the case, there are plenty of hot, upcoming new products being showcased at the Computex event, currently going on in Taipei. And although Intel is yet to nail down a specific launch date and official product name, Asus is already showing off motherboards that will support Intel’s upcoming mainstream Nehalem processor derivatives, codenamed Lynnfield–and sometimes referred to as Core i5, perhaps incorrectly.             Asus P7P55 Pro Lynnfield LGA-1156 Motherboard

After teasing up with a nice wafer in April, Intel has kept rather quiet about its return to the graphics market but as the release of the first Larrabee cards closes in, more info about them are starting to come about. The latest Larrabee rumor is that the current samples can deliver performance comparable to Nvidia's highest-end single-GPU offer, the GeForce GTX 285.

Since Nvidia and AMD will most likely have new, DirectX 11-ready high-end cards by the time the Larrabee debuts then the reported performance won't be enough to challenge them. This would still be in line with some previous mentions that Intel will not target the performance crown with Larrabee but rather take on the mid- to upper mid-range segment. Larrabee is expected to make its way into stores late this year or in early 2010.

ASUS recently announced the first member of its new O!Play Series digital media player line: the O!Play HDP-R1 HD Media Player. Aimed at providing stunning 1080p Full High Definition entertainment across a wide variety of media formats, the O!Play HDP-R1 HD Media Player boasts several exclusive featuressuch as a Music Shuffle feature and ultra-fast eSATA interfacefor the best living room digital entertainment experience. The ASUS HDP-R1 HD Media Player supports HD video playback in a variety of codecs including MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, and RM/RMVB in a multitude of packages including .mp4, .mov, .avi, .divx, and .mkv just to name a few. Not bad and the only major thing lacking on the O!Play HDP-R1 HD Media Player is the missing wireless connection.

The O!Play HDP-R1 is the first high definition media player to provide a music shuffle function via a dedicated button on the remote control. With a simple touch of a button, the O!Play HDP-R1 collates all the music files in storage and then starts playing the music in random order. With the music shuffle function, users can enjoy their tunes both instantly and effortlessly without having to manually import any music files into the O!Play HDP-R1.
Exclusive eSATA Support6 Times Faster than USB 2.0

Today, we’re looking at the very first Asus Eee PC netbook that looks nothing at all like its predecessors. In fact, we’d wager that Asus included this machine in its Eee PC line simply because of the brand recognition.Although, Asus isn’t content with labeling this only an Eee PC. The Eee PC 1008HA is the first member of the burgeoning “Seashell” line, a family that already includes this machine and the to-be-released 1005HA. The 1008HA was originally unveiled in March at the CeBIT conference in Germany, but

Currently, there aren’t very man netbooks (or notebooks, for that matter) out there with both an HDD and an SSD within, but those systems just got a tiny bit less rare. NEC has today announced its LaVie Light line of machines, making it the first Japanese PC maker to craft a netbook with an SSD + HDD system. A grand total of three machines will be launched in the LaCie Light line: the BL350/TA is the big winner, with the operating system loaded onto the SSD (for speed) and the HDD left empty for applications,

Over in Los Angeles, Logitech is getting in on the E3 action by introducing an all new flight stick that’s definitely one of the most realistic we’ve ever seen. The Flight System G940 is far more sophisticated than the joysticks of yesteryear, and it’s actually the company’s first-ever stick with force feedback. If you’re doubting the authenticity of this, have a listen: the design and controls were inspired by military and commercial planes and helicopters.Ruben Mookerjee, Logitech’s director of product marketing

We wanted to see the hottest hardware that this year’s E3 Expo had to offer. There was a huge buzz about the new Sony Playstation Portable introduced called the PSP Go. We tracked the PSP Go down and got some great video footage of it and much more!

If you think LaCie is only about hard drives, DVD burners and flash drives, think again. Today, the outfit has extended its LaCinema Black Series by introducing the LaCinema Black PLAY and LaCinema Black RECORD. Both of these HD media streamers are definite high-end devices, with pretty much every feature you could imagine on a streamer and even a few you wouldn’t typically expect. These boxes can pull in content from UPnP networked computers (Macs and PCs), and the custom user interface makes it easy to navigate

It’s not as though the Internet is totally open in China, and in fact many users don’t realize what they are missing, just that they can’t reach certain sites. However, as the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, or what China likes to refer to as the June Fourth Incident, approaches, China has pumped up its censorship of the Web. According to multiple media sources, China has blocked Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, and other sites, starting on Monday. According to the Associated Press, China has been