Hardware RoundUp

Video:Radeon 4800 & GeForce 200 Series Value Guide @ [H]Sapphire Radeon 4870 TOXIC 512 MB review @ AMDZoneAsus EAH4870x2 TOP (2Gb GDDR5) @ CPU3DFoxconn 9500GT-256FR3 OC Video Card Review @ FuturelooksMotherboards and Chipsets:Biostar TPower I45 Motherboard Review @ PCStats”Dark” Mainboard: DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS Review @ X-bit LabsAbit IX38 Quad GT Motherboard @ TechwareLabsIntel Atom/ECS 945GCT-D Motherboard @ t-breakMemory and Storage:IronKey Personal 2 GB Secure Flash Drive Review @ TestFreaksOCZ DDR2

Documents To Go Now Available for Windows Mobile Touchscreen Devices

If you own a touchscreen Windows Mobile device and find the Word, Excel and PowerPoint Mobile applications on your Windows Mobile device lacking, we have good news.  Documents To Go, one of the most popular MS Office document applications for mobile devices, is now available for Windows Mobile 5 for Pocket PC Phone and Windows Mobile 6 Professional touchscreen handhelds.

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This latest version of Documents To Go supports Office 2007 file formats and includes the ability to view, edit and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, PDF viewing, ZIP file management and more.

Documents To Go Now Available for Windows Mobile Touchscreen Devices

If you own a touchscreen Windows Mobile device and find the Word, Excel and PowerPoint Mobile applications on your Windows Mobile device lacking, we have good news.  Documents To Go, one of the most popular MS Office document applications for mobile devices, is now available for Windows Mobile 5 for Pocket PC Phone and Windows Mobile 6 Professional touchscreen handhelds.

doc2go

This latest version of Documents To Go supports Office 2007 file formats and includes the ability to view, edit and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, PDF viewing, ZIP file management and more.

Jammie Thomas to Get a Retrial

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Michael Davis of Duluth, Minnesota, declared a mistrial in the case of Jammie Thomas (pictured), the only person to take an RIAA lawsuit to trial (all others have settled out of court).  She lost her trial last year, but Davis, who presided in that trial, ruled that he erred during jury instructions and set aside the judgment, calling it a mistrial.In his ruling, Davis said:”Jury Instruction No. 15 was erroneous, and that error substantially prejudiced Thomas’ rights. Based

OCZ Introduces the HydroFlow CPU Waterblock

OCZ Technology Introduces the HydroFlow CPU Waterblock for Liquid-Cooled Systems Sunnyvale, CA – September 25, 2008 – OCZ Technology Group, Inc. a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the “HydroFlow” HF-MK1 Waterblock for superior CPU watercooling. Designed with the highest possible exchange rate between the block and coolant, the HydroFlow can be easily integrated into any enthusiast system and help efficiently lower the processor

SanDisk 16GB microSDHC Card About to Ship?

We’ve been expecting a 16GB microSD card for months, and it looks like they’re about to burst onto the scene.  MemorySuppliers.com has recently added the SanDisk 16GB microSDHC flash memory card to its web store (part #SDSDQR-16384), and although the product is not in stock, this development means that we may see 16GB cards in days or weeks.  The MSRP on this card is expected to be somewhere between $60 and $80.

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In recent years, microSD cards have become the standard removable storage medium for Windows Mobile devices, and microSDHC cards (those above 2GB in capacity) are now widely supported in Windows Mobile Smartphones. 

For more information on SDHC cards and Windows Mobile handhelds, take a look at our list of SDHC-Ready Windows Mobile Devices.

SanDisk 16GB microSDHC Card About to Ship?

We’ve been expecting a 16GB microSD card for months, and it looks like they’re about to burst onto the scene.  MemorySuppliers.com has recently added the SanDisk 16GB microSDHC flash memory card to its web store (part #SDSDQR-16384), and although the product is not in stock, this development means that we may see 16GB cards in days or weeks.  The MSRP on this card is expected to be somewhere between $60 and $80.

16gb_microsdhc

In recent years, microSD cards have become the standard removable storage medium for Windows Mobile devices, and microSDHC cards (those above 2GB in capacity) are now widely supported in Windows Mobile Smartphones. 

For more information on SDHC cards and Windows Mobile handhelds, take a look at our list of SDHC-Ready Windows Mobile Devices.

TSMC bracing for gloomy prospects in 4Q08, say investment banks

A number of investment banks, including Friedman Billings Ramsey (FBR), HSBC and Merrill Lynch, have issued a conservative guidance over the prospects for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the fourth quarter of this year.

FBR expects an 8-10% sequential decline in TSMC shipments in the fourth quarter due to order cuts from a number of sectors, including games consoles, digital video equipment, STBs, DVDs, flat panels as well as Bluetooth chips. TSMC is likely to see its shipments continue to decline 5-10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2009, FBR added. HSBC expects TSMC's capacity utilization rate to fall to 75% in the fourth quarter and further decline to 65% in the first quarter of 2009 the lowest level in recent years.

IBM Opens Four Cloud Computing Centers

IBM Opens Four Cloud Computing Centers to Meet Growing Demand in Emerging MarketsWorld’s Largest Network of Cloud Computing Centers Brings Skills Closer to Clients and Opportunities ARMONK, NY – 24 Sep 2008: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today opened four new cloud computing centers in emerging markets. They are in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; and Hanoi, Vietnam, where there is an increasing demand for Internet-based computing models and skills to help companies compete in highly competitive environments.

September 25 News from Around the Web

Find reviews from around the web by visiting our forums! The following exerpt is from Tweaknews.net's QNAP TS-509 Pro Turbo Five Bay NAS Network Attached Storage System Review.

“Even excellent products usually have some minor issue that I come across during a review, but it was difficult to find anything negative at all to say about the TS-509. Everything about the setup was easy, from installing drives to configuring RAID to setting up the many additional features it offers. Once it was up and running, finding what I wanted was also easy due to the neatly organized interface.”