Eee PC 901, 1000, and 1000H to Hit Shelves in North America — Experience the New Generation of Eee PCs with Faster Connectivity, Longer Battery Life, Bluetooth Capability, Web Storage and a Brand New Design — FREMONT, CALIFORNIA (July 8th, 2008) -ASUS today introduces the new generation of Eee PC™. The new models include revolutionary features that are designed to enhance efficiency and connectivity. With up to 7.8 hours of battery life, Eee PC users can enjoy portability while work, learn and play on-the-go.The

Eee PC 901, 1000, and 1000H to Hit Shelves in North America — Experience the New Generation of Eee PCs with Faster Connectivity, Longer Battery Life, Bluetooth Capability, Web Storage and a Brand New Design — FREMONT, CALIFORNIA (July 8th, 2008) -ASUS today introduces the new generation of Eee PC™. The new models include revolutionary features that are designed to enhance efficiency and connectivity. With up to 7.8 hours of battery life, Eee PC users can enjoy portability while work, learn and play on-the-go.The

Eee PC 901, 1000, and 1000H to Hit Shelves in North America — Experience the New Generation of Eee PCs with Faster Connectivity, Longer Battery Life, Bluetooth Capability, Web Storage and a Brand New Design — FREMONT, CALIFORNIA (July 8th, 2008) -ASUS today introduces the new generation of Eee PC™. The new models include revolutionary features that are designed to enhance efficiency and connectivity. With up to 7.8 hours of battery life, Eee PC users can enjoy portability while work, learn and play on-the-go.The

A recently published study on the DVD movie copying habits of consumers in the U.S. and U.K. finds that roughly one third of the survey respondents admit to copying commercial DVDs within the last six months. The survey was conducted by Futuresource Consulting and was sponsored by Macrovision–a company that has a vested financial stake in convincing DVD distributors that they are losing revenue by people making copies of discs.The demographic group that is most likely be a DVD copier is 18 to 24-year old males.

A recently published study on the DVD movie copying habits of consumers in the U.S. and U.K. finds that roughly one third of the survey respondents admit to copying commercial DVDs within the last six months. The survey was conducted by Futuresource Consulting and was sponsored by Macrovision–a company that has a vested financial stake in convincing DVD distributors that they are losing revenue by people making copies of discs.The demographic group that is most likely be a DVD copier is 18 to 24-year old males.

A recently published study on the DVD movie copying habits of consumers in the U.S. and U.K. finds that roughly one third of the survey respondents admit to copying commercial DVDs within the last six months. The survey was conducted by Futuresource Consulting and was sponsored by Macrovision–a company that has a vested financial stake in convincing DVD distributors that they are losing revenue by people making copies of discs.The demographic group that is most likely be a DVD copier is 18 to 24-year old males.

ASUS today introduces the new generation of Eee PC. The new models include revolutionary features that are designed to enhance efficiency and connectivity. With up to 7.8 hours of battery life, Eee PC users can enjoy portability while work, learn and play on-the-go. The all new Eee PC 901 and 1000 are equipped with built-in SSD (Solid State Drive) while the 1000 H adopts a 3.5 Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

This new generation of Eee PCs features built-in Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11n. Data transfer over the 802.11n wireless protocol is up to 4.5 times faster than traditional 802.11a or g standards. The ASUS Exclusive Super Hybrid Engine enables battery life on the Eee PC 901 and 1000 of up to 7.8 hours. The new Eee PC 901 and 1000 also mark the first entry of the Intel Atom processor in NetBooks Intels smallest processor built with the worlds smallest transistors.

Microsoft has announced it will upgrade Windows' update mechanism later this month, a warning that comes nearly a year after the company issued a similar upgrade without informing users. Last September, reports of Microsoft conducting a “stealth” update of its Windows Update (WU) service angered users and put the company on the defensive.

“Beginning at the end of this month and continuing over the next few months, we'll be rolling out an infrastructure update to the Windows Update agent,” said Michelle Haven, a product manager in the Windows Update group, in a posting to the team's blog late last Thursday. Haven went on to say that the update, which would affect both Microsoft's back-end update infrastructure as well as the client-side software necessary to use WU directly or access it through a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server.

Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd has launched the PC-C36 & PC-C37 HTPC chassis. Both have slim, low profile form factors at 435mm x 94mm x 378mm (W, H, D) , incorporating outstanding quality which has been designed to align with standard audio equipment dimensions, giving the slim look, but allowing room for a standard size 5.25″ ODD and two 3.5″ HDDs. Lian-Li informed Legit Reviews that local availability will be the end of July and the MSRP will be $219 on the PC-C36 and $159 on the PC-C37. The Lian-Li PC-36 can be seen below.

The PC-C37 will support a micro-ATX motherboard, as well as a standard ATX PS/2 power supply and can only use low profile cards. However, the PC-C36 supports the Micro-ATX form factor and will be shipped with a 300W TFX power supply as standard. The TFX power supply which has an 8cm internal fan as well as the usual exhaust fan has been aligned to assist in venting the hot air trapped inside the case. In addition, because of the slim line TFX PSU, the PC-C36 has the extra room internally to cater for two different back panels, which can fit between either 4 low profile cards, or two full size PCI/PCI-e cards via the riser card.

OCZ Technology Group today announced the all-new DDR3 SODIMM modules as its next generation notebook memory to support the impending Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform. These latest memory offerings for notebooks help reduce power consumption and increase speed and bandwidth, resulting in a higher performing laptop. As next-generation laptops are introduced in the upcoming weeks, OCZ is prepared to deliver high-performance DDR3 for these advanced gaming and professional systems.

OCZ PC3-8500 SODIMM modules feature latencies of 8-8-8-27, and PC3-10666 SODIMM modules will feature 9-9-9-24 timings at a low 1.5 volts to keep power consumption at minimum levels. Both speed series will be available in 2GB modules and 4GB (2x2048MB) dual channel kits for maximized productivity with the latest games, applications, and operating systems. OCZ DDR3 SODIMMs are built to provide optimal compatibility using the highest quality components by using sophisticated screening and hand-testing to deliver exceptional system performance.