ECS A790GXM-AD3 Discloses Extraordinary Gaming Performance of AMD Dragon Platform Fremont, California, January 6, 2009 – With innovative products that span multiple target market, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world’s leading motherboard, graphics card, barebone system and notebook manufacturer, today releases the A790GXM-AD3 Black Series motherboard disclosing the extraordinary gaming performance of AMD’s latest Dragon platform. Supporting the latest AMD Phenom II processors, ATI CrossFireX technology,

ECS A790GXM-AD3 Discloses Extraordinary Gaming Performance of AMD Dragon Platform Fremont, California, January 6, 2009 – With innovative products that span multiple target market, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world’s leading motherboard, graphics card, barebone system and notebook manufacturer, today releases the A790GXM-AD3 Black Series motherboard disclosing the extraordinary gaming performance of AMD’s latest Dragon platform. Supporting the latest AMD Phenom II processors, ATI CrossFireX technology,

DivX, Inc. today announced that the latest version of the Company’s flagship video software package, Version 7 of DivX(R) for Windows, is available for download on the company’s newly redesigned website at www.divx.com.The new release of the popular video software is based on the cutting-edge H.264 video compression standard, which allows for high-performance, high-quality digital video at up to 1080p HD resolution. The software is available in two versions, the free DivX for Windows download which supports

VIA To Demonstrate Innovative Notebooks and Small Form Factor PCs during CES 2009VIA redefines PC user experience with stylish desktop, notebook and ultra mobile systems based on the high performance, low power VIA Nano processor Taipei, Taiwan, January 7, 2009 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced that it will participate in the annual Lunch@Piero’s media event, to be held during CES in Las Vegas on January 8th and 9th. Attendees will be able

Apple today announced something rumored for a long time, and something several other music stores have already had: DRM-less music.  Of course, Apple was already selling DRM-less EMI music via its iTunes Plus store but now, according to Apple, everything will be DRM-free (well, as of the end of the quarter, anyway).Eight million of iTunes’ ten million songs are currently available DRM-free, with the remaining to be “cleansed” by the end of Q1 09. Make sure you note the “iTunes Plus” label to make sure the

iLuv, a maker of iPod and iPhone accessories, is showing off its new i1166 9-inch Portable Multimedia Player for iPod and DVDs. As this year’s CES Best of Innovation 2009 award winner in the Portable Multimedia Accessories product category, the i1166 provides hours of multimedia entertainment. The i1166 supports a variety of file formats, including DVD, DVD±R/RW, VCD, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3, MP3 CD JPEG, Kodak, DivX, and MPEG4. It also has a built-in DVD player and an iPod dock that supports iPod video capabilities.

Sapphire Technology has announced the availability of their new 1GB version of its highly acclaimed HD 4870 TOXIC Edition graphics card featuring Vapor-X, a Vapor Chamber cooling technology pioneered by Sapphire. The HD 4870 Toxic Edition comes out of the box already overclocked with an unique cooling system already in place.

The SAPPHIRE HD 4870 TOXIC has 1GB of high performance GDDR5 memory, clocked at 1000MHz (4Gbps effective) and the GPU core is pre-overclocked at 780MHz. Supporting AMD CrossFireX technology, two high speed connectors on each card allow multiple cards to be daisy-chained together for enhanced performance when installed in a suitable CrossFireX mainboard.

Phoenix HyperSpace(TM) for Consumers Debuts at CES, Las Vegas – Delivers Instant-On and Always-Connected Computing – Notebooks and Netbooks can now be as Fast, Fun and Friendly as Mobile Phones – Consumers can now take advantage of PC 3.0(TM) Vision MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:PTEC) , the leader in PC 3.0TM products, services and embedded technologies, today introduced HyperSpace for consumers, a revolutionary new instant-on and always-connected computing

The days of DRM seem to be quickly dwindling as more and more legitimate DRM-free music is available for sale; now more available on iTunes as well. In addition, they have lowered some of the prices, undoubtedly to help to stay ahead of place like Amazon.com who has been offering DRM-free music for $0.99 for quite some time now.

Apple is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online music store to 69 cents and plans to begin selling all tracks without copy protection.

At the Macworld Expo trade show Tuesday, Apple's top marketing executive, Phil Schiller, said iTunes songs would come in three pricing tiers: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29, depending on the recording company they come from.

He also said Apple worked with all the major record labels to get songs free of “digital rights management” technology that limits people's ability to copy songs or move them to different devices.

In addition, iPhone users will now be able to directly download music from the iTunes Store to the phone's iPod, using the phone's data network. Until now, iPhone users could only get to the iTunes Store using Wi-Fi access, which is available on the iPhone.

New Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Brings Cost-effective Storage, File Sharing and Media Streaming to Your Home For a Small Cost Above an External Hard Drive and in Under Five Minutes, You are Streaming Digital Files Throughout Your Home. SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Jan 5, 2008 — Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection, today announced the debut of the Iomega® Home Media Network Hard Drive, a new standard in easy-to-use network storage for the digital home. With EMC’s acclaimed