Enthusiasts and power users will want to pay attention to this: PhotoFast announced its fastest solid state disk to date. Reportedly, the new G-Monster-Promise SSD can reach speeds up to 1000MB/s. The drive connects to an x8 PCI-Express slot and comes in capacities of 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. The drive supports MLC flash and features a ECC DDRII and 256MB of SDRAM memory for local cache. PhotoFast bills the new SSD as ideal for high-end digital and video editing as well as for a high-capacity data server. With

It’s easy to sit at your desk at home, telecommuting and think how much you’re saving the environment by not driving one of those fossil-fueled cars on the Interstate.Today, New Scientist had this to say about that: Not so fast. Estimates quoted by the magazine were that it may take 152 billion (yes, with a B) kilowatt hours per year to power just the data centers that keep the Internet from turning off. That doesn’t include the energy used by, say, your laptop and router and printer and everyone else’s computers,

Phoenix Technologies has just released a free application for Windows XP and Vista systems that uses the proximity of your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to tell your computer when you are away from it and therefore when to lock access to your system. This new app is called Phoenix Freeze, and Phoenix is billing it as security, power-saving, and productivity tool, all rolled into one. When you install Phoenix Freeze onto your system, the installation wizard automatically looks for Bluetooth mobile phones to

The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Unlocked GSM Cell Phone is one of the world’s smallest smartphones and packs all the Blackberry power you expect. Small and chic, it’s complete with a digital camera, multimedia capabilities and expandable memory, so you’ll have a number of features to uncover that will constantly keep you busy. This deal ends Thursday at 12:00pm ET.

It’s no huge secret that AMD hasn’t been shattering sales records or blowing away Wall Street pundits of late. In fact, it’s been years since Advanced Micro Devices had the kind of steam behind it that firms like MSI, Intel and Apple are enjoying right now. In a late-breaking report, the Sunnyvale-based company has just announced an all new operating model that centers the organization on four equally critical functions: products, technology, marketing and customers.From an outsiders perspective, we can’t help

Believe it or not, RIM’s BlackBerry App World — which is basically the App Store for BlackBerry smartphones — has been ticking now for a solid month. Thus, it’s fitting to see one of its most promising bits of software go live today. QuickPlay Media, a provider of mobile video, has just announced that its PrimeTime2Go premium mobile TV service is now available in the U.S. for the BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 handsets.The service requires that users pay a monthly subscription fee to receive unrestricted

Just as the rumors insinuated, Amazon has indeed launched a new Kindle. And yes, you’re right in remembering that Amazon just launched a new Kindle right around three months ago — crazy, right? In a very atypical manner, the e-tailer with a flair for making hardware has issued its second e-reader in three months, with the newest version boasting a larger screen, an unbelievably high price tag and little else. Called the Kindle DX, the device looks and feels almost exactly like the refreshed Kindle 2 from February.

AMD Releases WHQL Certified Graphics Driver For Windows 7 on Day One of Windows 7 Logo Program WHQL Certification Delivers the Stamp of Approval to AMD Graphics Drivers, Ensuring that the Combination of ATI Radeon Graphics Cards and Drivers Delivers an Incredibly Stable, High-Performance Windows 7 Experience Underlining the company’s leadership in developing hardware and drivers to support the Windows 7 operating system, AMD today announced that its Windows 7 driver has received Windows Hardware Quality Lab

In early April, passed along a TmoNews report that the HTC Snap, aka S522, and Touch Pro 2 Windows Mobile smartphones would arrive at T-Mobile USA in July.  That information was based on a loose-lipped tipster, but now the good folks at Tmo have a little more to go on.

According to what appears to be a new T-Mobile roadmap, the earlier report has it right; both devices appear to be scheduled for a July 2009 release. 

The HTC S522, which the document refers to as the T-Mobile Dash 3D, is scheduled for a July 1st release, while the HTC Touch Pro 2 is slated to be released three weeks later on July 22nd.

No word yet on pricing, but we’re just glad to see that the Wing is finally going to be able to ride off into the sunset.

To cope with the future demand for the up-and-coming Intel socket 1156, the Swiss low noise cooling solution provider ARCTIC COOLING today announced the launch of the new Alpine 11 series. This new CPU cooler series consists of three models Alpine 11 Pro, Alpine 11 and Alpine 11 GT to target different purchasing groups.
The Intel Core i5 for socket 1156 is expected to be released in Q3.

The Alpine 11 Pro features a more sophisticated acoustic design than the stock cooler. Thanks to the patented vibration absorption and fan holder, the cooler is barely audible only 0.4 Sone at 2,000 rpm a standard that the stock cooler cannot compete. With a 92mm PWM fan and a bigger heatsink design, the maximum cooling capacity of the Alpine 11 Pro achieves 95 Watts.