After the success of its LIVE Services on the premium TomTom GO line of GPS devices, the company has announced plans to make LIVE Services available for worldwide travelers through the new TomTom XL LIVE. This new GPS device will bring LIVE services to the mass market with recommended retail price of €219 for a regional version and a recommended retail price of €249 for a European version (availability will differ per market). In addition, TomTom will extend the use of LIVE Services to all ‘LIVE’

Only days after Sony introduced a trio of new entry-level Alpha DSLR camera, Pentax has delivered one of its own — though, this one is definitely not low-end. Aimed to take on the likes of Nikon’s D300 and Canon’s 50D, the Pentax K-7 features a 14.6MP CMOS sensor and is the first Pentax DSLR to shoot HD video.The mid-range device is fully compatible with every Pentax lens ever made (ever!), and it boasts a new, compact chassis that’s built to be banged up. There’s also a 77-segment metering system, an HDMI

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Real World Gameplay CPU Scaling – Four processors; Intel Core i7 920, Intel Core 2 QX9650, AMD Phenom II X4 810, & AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE. Seven games. REAL WORLD GAMEPLAY at stock clocks and all overclocked to 3.6GHz, head to head, & apples to apples.

Microsoft took a gigantic leap into online entertainment this week with a new partnership with Netflix, the online/mail-order movie rental service. More than 12,000 movies and television episodes from Netflix can now be watched immediately on a PC that has Windows Media Center and runs Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. Of course, you have to be a Netflix member first, but once you are, all you have to do is launch your Windows Media Center and click on the “Netflix” tile under “TV+Movies” to start watching

Panasonic announced plans to launch the world’s first Class 10 series of SDHC cards in Europe and other markets at the end of this month. Class 10 is a new speed specification developed by the SD Card Association. This specification is designed to meet the needs for high resolution consecutive shooting and high definition video recording. Panasonic’s new Gold series Class 10 cards inherit the attributes of the current Panasonic Class 6 line with enhanced speed performance of up to 22MB/s. With Class 10, you’ll

VIA Offers Customized Security Solution Service to Embedded Customers VIA demos end-to-end cryptographic security solutions at Computex 2009 Taipei, Taiwan,  May 21, 2009 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced that it will be showing examples of its customized security solution service at Computex 2009, helping customers to employ a comprehensive and effective security infrastructure in all segments. VIA Nano, VIA C7 and VIA Eden processor

Make phone calls and listen to music in style and convenience with the Lubix NC1 Stereo Bluetooth Headset. With support for Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and four built-in 3D sound modes, the Lubix NC1 headset makes a great pair of wireless headphones for listening to music in high-quality stereo.

D-Link introduced its first commercial grade 802.11n WLAN solution that targets small and medium-sized businesses. This new offering has a built-in heater and rugged exterior chassis so that it can be used in outdoor environments. The new D-Link AirPremier N Selectable Dual-Band Access Point (DAP-3520) features integrated 802.3af PoE support so the device can be mounted in locations where power outlets are not easily available. The new access point provides maximum wireless signal rates of up to 300Mbps in either

If a new research report from Pyramid Research is correct, the number of Long Term Evolution (LTE) subscriptions worldwide will grow 404% from 2010 to 2014. This pace is faster than any previous mobile standard to date. The report identifies the main technical and business drivers as well as many of the challenges LTE is likely to encounter. For the first time, the majority of the major wireless players, operators, and vendors are all supporting the same mobile standard. This will help spur the rollout of LTE

Corsair Dominator GT DDR3 Memory Hits 2533MHz, Sets World Record for DDR3 Memory Frequency Fremont, CA, May 20th, 2009 – Corsair, announced today that Corsair Labs has set the world record for DDR3 frequency on a Core i7 system.Corsair Labs achieved an astounding speed of DDR3-2533MHz with the aggressive memory timings of 7-8-7-20 using a triple-channel 6GB memory kit. This new world record, verified and validated by CPU-Z, the industry-standard tool for verifying overclocking results, is the first time this