This week marks the beginning of Comcast’s month-long experiment with protocol-agnostic network management practices in Chambersburg, PA and Warrenton, VA. Comcast has come under fire recently for throttling certain types of traffic on its network, such as with data for P2P clients. This alternative approach focuses purely on how much bandwidth is being consumed, and not the type of data being transmitted. “This new technique does not look at particular protocols or applications. Instead, it will focus on the

HTC has just announced the HTC Touch Pro, a device we’ve known for the past few weeks as the Raphael. The Touch Pro is the keyboard-less sibling of the Touch Diamond, and is built is similar styling.

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With the prices of Solid State Drives (SSDs) dropping rapidly, how does this new entry level SSD stack up? These drives consume up to 85% less power than a typical spinning hard disk drive so users can enjoy an extended battery life and less heat build-up. MasterDrive MX SSDs use MLC NAND Flash to offer the best possible price/performance value to mobile enthusiasts. Read on to see how it performs!

ASUS today at Computex unveiled the worlds first HDMI 1.3a compliant audio/video enhancement combo card the Xonar HDAV1.3. Capable of outputting uncompressed multichannel high definition audio from Blu-ray movies, the Xonar HDAV1.3 also enhances incoming HDMI video with an onboard Splendid HD processor.

ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 is capable of decoding Blu-ray movies and takes full advantage of lossless digital audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio for professional, high-fidelity sounds at 24bit, 96-192Khz. The PCI Express based Xonar HDAV1.3 is designed from the ground up for next generation home theater PCs (HTPC); delivering the highest quality 7.1 channel 192K linear pulse code modulation (LPCM) audio and high definition video through the HDMI port.

A recent FCC filing gives us our first glimpse at the upcoming Pantech C820, or Pantech Duo 2, which is thought to be the successor to the current Pantech C810, also known as the Pantech Duo.  Little is known at this point, but you can probably expect to see the new Pantec Duo in an AT&T Mobility store near you before the end of the year.

ASRock A780FullDisplayPort AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review by ocinside and other reviews from around the web can be found in our forums!

The ASRock A780FullDisplayPort Socket AM2+ Micro ATX motherboard is based on the AMD 780G chipset
and offers especially fantastic connection options for the graphics output.
VGA, DVI-D, HDMI and also the latest DisplayPort graphics output is possible with this brand-new ASRock board.
The review will show, if this reasonably priced motherboard is suitable for a HTPC living room PC
and if it can be overclocked for High-End PCs and underclocked for low power consumption PCs.

Corsair announced today that 4GB of overclocked DDR3 memory is now officially ready for prime time. Using Corsairs DOMINATOR memory modules, Dells XPS 730 gaming desktop runs with rock-solid stability at the overclocked memory frequency of 1600 MHz.

The performance computing community is very aware of the improved game play that 4GB of memory offers, as well as corresponding improvements in task switching and program load times, stated Andy Paul, President and CEO at Corsair. Dell and Corsair completed many hours of testing and tweaking over many hardware and firmware revisions, and the result is a platform that is exquisitely tuned for performance and stability. The XPS 7XX-series platform is the ideal place for Dell to showcase the best that PC performance hardware has to offer, said Patrick Desbois, Dell XPS Gaming Engineering. We had very aggressive performance goals for this platform, including the ability to run 4GB of overclocked main memory with rock-solid stability. Corsairs DOMINATOR DDR3 modules were the only logical choice for the best-in-class performance memory required for the Dell XPS 730.

As the global demand for better visual experiences makes its way into the notebook
market, NVIDIA Corporation continues to address that demand with the introduction of a new line-up of notebook GPUs, the NVIDIA GeForce 9M Series of graphics processors, and a new graphics innovation, NVIDIA Hybrid SLI technology. These new technologies enable customers to optimize their notebooks to power today's visual applications, such as: the latest operating systems, photo editing, mapping software, games, and HD movies.

“Beginning this summer, GeForce 9M GPUs and Hybrid SLI, paired with AMD
and Intel CPUs, will enable a new breed of notebooks,” said Jeff Fisher,
senior vice president of the GPU business at NVIDIA. “These new notebooks
will be optimized to deliver a visual experience and raw computing
performance that traditional cookie-cutter notebooks with integrated
graphics simply can't touch.” “With the recent addition of advanced features to Blu-ray and the complexity of DirectX 10 games like Crysis, PC users need more graphics processing performance than today's generic integrated graphics can
deliver,” said Rene Haas, general manager of the notebook business at
NVIDIA. “The new GeForce 9M series meets this need while also delivering
processing muscle for applications beyond gaming and graphics.”

Intel announced the second wave of Atom processors at Computex 2008 one CPU for Netbooks and one for Nettops during a keynote this morning. Both of the new processors are based on the Diamondville single-core, a slightly modified version of the original Silverthorne chip and are aimed at mobile Internet devices (MIDs). The Intel Atom N270 and 230 processors both run at 1.6GHz, with 512KB of L2 cache and a 533MHz front side bus in a 22mm2 package. The difference is that the N270 is intended for laptops such as the MSI Wind and the upcoming Eee PC update. The N270 supports Intel's Enhanced SpeedStep Technology, with the a deeper C4 sleep state than what the Intel Atom 230 is capable of. The Intel Atom N270 has a 2.5W TDP, rather than the 2W of the Z5-series. The Intel Atom 230 is for desktops (Nettops), and has a slightly higher TDP of 4W. The original Silverthorne based processors used Intel 915 Express based SCH chipset, but with the new Atoms announced today Intel has paired the 230 and N270 with the Intel 945 Express chipset (945GC for Nettops and 945GSE for Netbooks) since the features of the chipset better fit the demands for the devices they will be used in. We had a chance to talk to Intel's Erik Reid and he informed Legit Reviews that pricing on
netbooks using the N270 would range between $249-$349 and nettops using the 230 would be $199-$299.

During the opening keynote speech at one of the world's largest technology trade shows, Maloney also unveiled new chipsets that make high-definition (HD) images on a desktop computer's screen look more realistic. He also announced the availability of new versions of Intel Atom processors for an emerging class of compact, easy-to-use devices called netbooks and nettops that will bring the Internet to new users. Netbooks are compact mobile devices that children, first-time Internet users and people who desire an extra PC can use for basic computing applications, listening to music, e-mailing and surfing the Internet. They can also be used for playing basic online games, social networking and making voice over IP phone calls.

Western Digital recently announced they are now shipping a new line of WD Scorpio Black 7200 RPM 2.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for high-performance notebook computers and portable storage devices. Available in capacities up to 320 GB, WD Scorpio Black hard drives are designed with ruggedness, reliability, and data-protection features that actively monitor and protect valuable data. WD Scorpio Black hard drives will be available at select distributors and resellers. MSRP for the WD Scorpio Black hard drives are up to $249.00 USD (depending on capacity and features).

The WD Scorpio Black family of hard drives is destined for use in OEM notebook systems as well as by users who want to upgrade the speed and performance of their current notebook system. As one of the fastest and most efficient hard drives on the market, WD Scorpio Black drives combine desktop-class 7200 RPM spin speed with a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache to deliver maximum notebook performance.