OWC INTRODUCES USB 2.0 DISPLAY ADAPTER — EASILY ADD ADDITIONAL DISPLAYS TO MACS & PCs Increases Productivity up to 50% For Spreadsheets, Multi-Tasking, Photoshop, Presentations, Research, TV/Video Viewing, & Emails Bus Powered — Connects to any USB 2.0 Desktop or Laptop Computer Other World Computing, a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today the new OWC USB 2.0 Display Adapter, the easiest way to add an additional display to Macs and PCs via any standard USB 2.0 port. Functioning like

Xbox 360 Elite is the premier console package with a massive hard drive, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port, a high-definition cable, and a premium black finish. Also includes a black wireless controller and Xbox LIVE headset. This deal ends Wednesday at 12:00pm ET.

You know, now that we really sit back and think about it, USB flash drives have been around for ages. Somehow, these minuscule storage devices have survived (and even thrived) for years while chip technologies have arrived and vanished, optical media formats have been born and buried and DRAM prices have precipitously fallen. Now, rather than facing imminent irrelevance, USB drives are simply innovating in order to please the next generation of users. On the same day that we heard that Kaiser Permanente was

For those familiar with consumer electronics at all, we’re certain that NEC isn’t a name lost on you. Renesas Technology, however, is likely to be entirely less familiar. Nevertheless, it’s about to get a lot closer to being a household name — even if it’s name isn’t the one being used. What gives, you ask? NEC and Renesas have just announced a plan to merge, and when all the paperwork is complete, the resulting entity will easily be Japan’s largest semiconductor maker.The two are hoping to combine into one

Global notebook shipments are expected to reach 200 million units in 2010, of which, netbooks will account for 25% or 50 million units, according to Acer chairman JT Wang. Wang said he believes the decline in market demand brought on by the economic downturn will end by the middle of this year and that the IT industry will see better performance in the second half.

Wang forecast global notebook shipments will reach 170 million units in 2009, a growth of 32% on year, while netbook shipments will reach 25-30 million units, up from 13.5 million units in 2008. Of the netbook shipments, Acer will own a 40-50% market share, Wang estimated.

Seagate yesterday introduced a new backup appliance that completely eliminates the need to manually learn, manage, or dedicate any time to the backup process. Unlike most backup utilities, the new Seagate Replica backup appliance is a complete PC backup system, which automatically and continuously stores up-to-date copies of everything on a PC, including installed applications, operating system, e-mail, pictures, music, movies, Internet bookmarks and settings. Available in two configurations, the Seagate Replica solution delivers seamless backup for either a single PC or multiple PCs in a household.

The multi-PC version of Seagate Replica backup appliance includes a dock and is available for homes with two or more PCs for a manufacturers suggested retail price (MSRP) of $199.99. A single-PC version of the Seagate Replica is recommended for use with individual laptop or desktop computers and is available for a manufacturers suggested retail price (MSRP) of $129.99. Seagate Replica Backup System will be available in May.

Today, Albatron announced the Albatron Radeon HD 4770 graphics card, which performs better than the Radeon HD 4830. Compared to competitor mainstream products, its price and performance are competitive. Albatron claims that the $109 Radeon HD 4770 becomes a new paragon of performance and price.

Adapted with 640 stream processorsAlbatron Radeon HD 4770 combines with advanced GDDR5 memory to boost its intensive graphics power. Its performance goes beyond Radeon HD 4830 and approach to Radeon HD 4850. With an affordable price, Albatron Radeon HD 4770 is rather competitive and threatens to Geforce 9800 series. For game enthusiasts, ATI CrossFireX Technology with dual GPU support offers superior scalability to level up its performance and redefine HD gaming experience.

Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the first calendar quarter of 2009. According to JPR the graphics card companies did better in Q1 2009, but AMD and SiS lost market share. JPR claims that AMD video card sales are down 27.5%, which is much higher than I expected.

In Q3 and Q4 of 2008 the channel stopped ordering GPUs and depleted inventory in anticipation of a long drawn out worldwide recession. But, no recession, no matter how severe results in zero sales. The world continued to turn and the consumers continued to buy, albeit they bought less. So by Q1'09, inventories were depleted and the channel and OEMs had to start buying. The net result was Intel and Nvidia were the big winners, breaking an eight year seasonal trend that dictated negative sales from Q4 to Q1.

Dell’s Studio One 19, which officially broke out of its shell back in March, is now available to consumers in the United States and Europe. Starting today, folks in the market for a swank new all-in-one PC can look Dell’s way, as this here system is certainly amongst the most stylish and well polished that we’ve seen.Aside from the totally futuristic look, the Core 2 Duo CPU options and NVIDIA GeForce 9200 or 9400 graphics options ensure that basic users will have plenty of power. Sure, gamers are left out in

AMD Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition AM2+ CPU Review @ OCC and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

“While the AMD Athlon X2 7850 might not be as fast as the triple and quad core processors in raw power, it does hold its own – beating out the Athlon X2 7750 in the majority of the tests, as well as the Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 in some as well. Overall, I was impressed with the increased performance of the X2 7850 in the dual core sector. With all of the top end processors released lately, the mid-range has been forgotten, and it is nice to see a refresh available for those who need a budget conscious processor. If you are in the market for a dual core processor, or looking for a great priced processor for that family computer, then the AMD Athlon X2 7850 will fit that bill nicely.”