Hardware RoundUp

Memory and Storage:OCZ Vertex 120GB v1.10 MLC SSD Review @ Legit ReviewsOCZ Blade Series DDR3-2000 6GB Low Voltage Triple Channel Memory Kit Review @ ThinkComputers.orgPower:Corsair TX850W Power Supply Review at Overclockers OnlineEnermax Revolution85+ 950 Watt @ Tech-Reviews Systems:HP EliteBook 6930p @ InsideHWCases, Cooling & Misc.:Sunbeam Acrylic HTPC Case Review @ ThinkComputers.orgOCZ Behemoth Gaming Laser Mouse @ ARM3DChecking Out the Targus Netbook Accessory Kit @ FuturelooksCresyn CS-HP500 Headphones

Hardware RoundUp

Memory and Storage:OCZ Vertex 120GB v1.10 MLC SSD Review @ Legit ReviewsOCZ Blade Series DDR3-2000 6GB Low Voltage Triple Channel Memory Kit Review @ ThinkComputers.orgPower:Corsair TX850W Power Supply Review at Overclockers OnlineEnermax Revolution85+ 950 Watt @ Tech-Reviews Systems:HP EliteBook 6930p @ InsideHWCases, Cooling & Misc.:Sunbeam Acrylic HTPC Case Review @ ThinkComputers.orgOCZ Behemoth Gaming Laser Mouse @ ARM3DChecking Out the Targus Netbook Accessory Kit @ FuturelooksCresyn CS-HP500 Headphones

ASUS Gets EPEAT Gold with VH Series LCD Monitors

Five VH Series LCD Monitors Join ASUS Bamboo Series and N Series Notebooks as EPEAT Gold Rated ProductsFremont, CA (April 20, 2009) – Five ASUS VH Series LCD monitors with screen sizes ranging from 20” to 24” have been certified by EPEAT at the Gold level, the highest environmental rating possible. EPEAT is an international organization that evaluates PCs based on their environmental attributes. Designed and manufactured in strict adherence to GreenASUS principles, the ASUS VH202T-P, VH222H-P, VH232H-P, VH236H-P

ASUS Gets EPEAT Gold with VH Series LCD Monitors

Five VH Series LCD Monitors Join ASUS Bamboo Series and N Series Notebooks as EPEAT Gold Rated ProductsFremont, CA (April 20, 2009) – Five ASUS VH Series LCD monitors with screen sizes ranging from 20” to 24” have been certified by EPEAT at the Gold level, the highest environmental rating possible. EPEAT is an international organization that evaluates PCs based on their environmental attributes. Designed and manufactured in strict adherence to GreenASUS principles, the ASUS VH202T-P, VH222H-P, VH232H-P, VH236H-P

Adobe’s Flash Platform Coming To TVs, STBs

Adobe seems to be having a tough time getting its nearly-ubiquitous Flash onto Apple’s iPhone, but evidently the same struggle won’t be faced when looking at the television marketplace. Today at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Adobe Systems announced the extension of the Flash platform to connected digital home devices with an optimized implementation of Flash technology that delivers high definition (HD) video and rich applications to Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other

Five ASUS VH Series LCD monitors Get certified by EPEAT at the Gold level

Five ASUS VH Series LCD monitors with screen sizes ranging from 20″ to 24″ have been certified by EPEAT at the Gold level, the highest environmental rating possible. EPEAT is an international organization that evaluates PCs based on their environmental attributes. Designed and manufactured in strict adherence to GreenASUS principles, the ASUS VH202T-P, VH222H-P, VH232H-P, VH236H-P and VH242H-P successfully met or exceeded the required criteria and at least 75% of the optional criteria necessary to receive a Gold rating from EPEAT.

ASUS VH242H-P LCD Monitor

This is the result of a company-wide green mindset cultivated by the GreenASUS steering committee led by the Chairman of ASUSTek Computer Inc., Jonney Shih. Through GreenASUS, every decision along the design, procurement, manufacturing and service chain is dictated by what produces the greenest outcomerepresented by the four 'home runs': Green Design, Green Manufacturing, Green Procurement and Green Services and Marketing. Specific measures pertaining to ASUS VH Series LCD monitors include utilizing new manufacturing techniques to reduce mercury use as well as the use of post-consumer recycled plastic without affecting product performance and reliability.

Washington D.C. to Receive Free Mobile TV

Later this summer, customers in the greater Washington, D.C. area will be able to take advantage of free digital TV broadcasts designed for viewing on mobile devices like cell phones, laptop computers, and in-car entertainment systems. Washington, D.C. and the surrounding metro area will become the first U.S. metro region to receive the free ATSC-M/H mobile TV broadcasts. ATSC-M/H is a version of the current ATSC digital television standard that will allow for mobile-formatted digital TV broadcasts to be made

FBI Uses Spyware to Capture Cyber Criminals

It doesn’t carry quite the same weight as the Warren Commission report and it might even contain more redactions than the Nixon tape transcripts, but recently-released FBI documents obtained by Wired News via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) prove that the FBI has been using its own version of spyware for years to catch cyber-criminals. The spyware goes by the moniker, “Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier” (CIPAV), and has apparently has been in use by the FBI since at least 2004. CIPAV first

NVIDIA Introduces Quadro FX 4800 for Mac

NVIDIA BRINGS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED QUADRO FX 4800 TO MAC MARKET Advanced Graphics Capabilities Redefine Visual Quality and Application Performance for the Mac Community NVIDIA today brings to Mac Pro users its award-winning NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 4800, the market’s most advanced professional graphics card. With its sophisticated GPU architecture and industry leading features, the Quadro FX 4800 delivers a substantial boost in graphics performance and capabilities, allowing users to continue to push the boundaries

OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via

The One Laptop per Child project's XO laptop will switch to a Via processor as part of a general hardware refresh. Generation 1.5 of the XO machine will have the same industrial design as the original model, but will use a Via C7-M processor, John Watlington, OLPC's vice president of hardware development, wrote in a post on Friday. Currently the XO, which is aimed at educational markets in developing countries, uses an AMD Geode processor.

Watlington said the refresh was separate from the 'Gen 2.0' project, in which OLPC will switch to an ARM-based, instead of x86-based, processor. The first of the XO 2.0 laptops will launch in early 2011, Negroponte said. In the XO Generation 1.5 refresh, the memory of the XO will be boosted from 256MB to 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM. Its flash storage will go up from 1GB to 4GB, with an option for 8GB. The Via processor will have a clock range from 400MHz to 1GHz, resulting in power consumption of 1.5W to 5W, Watlington said. It will be integrated into the XO as part of Via's new VX855 chipset, which will also boost the XO's audio and video performance, he added.