ASUS 8.9 Inch Eee PC 900. Oh Yeah

ASUS has captivated the UMPC world with their nifty little Eee PCs. I can’t recall a more eagerly awaited item than the followup to the original Eee. Here it is. The 900 PC is filled with all sorts of win, in more or less the same little package:8.9″ 1024×600 resolution displayIntel® Mobile CPU (Celeron) running at 900 Mhz1 GB DDR memory12 GB SSD with Windows, 20GB Linux versionHD audio with built-in speakersBuilt-in 802.11b/g wireless1.3M pixel webcamBig, “FingerGlide” multi-touchpadMobility is one of

Apple May Fight Psystar with Tech

Most people have been expecting Apple to wield the sharp stick of a lawsuit against Mac clone maker Psystar, but it may not be so easy.And while Psystar may be violating Apple’s end user license agreement, or EULA, by doing this, legally there’s not much Apple can do about it, says Raj Abhyanker, a patent lawyer who used to write patents for Apple.”Basically, when people go to a store or download software, they have a license with Apple to use this patented software on their computer. But breach of contract

The Insecurity of Chocolate

A report released Wednesday by Infosecurity Europe revealed that not only is chocolate good bait for getting someone’s password, so is an attractive appearance.576 office workers in total were polled by the fake researchers in a bid to raise awareness about information security.  Infosecurity Europe hired attractive “researchers” to hand out surveys at the train station.  Those that completed the survey received a chocolate candy bar.  Seems like a decent deal to me!The same group performed a

Fake DFI Boards Spotted

If you’re looking to buy a motherboard from DFI then be on the lookout for signs of a fake board.  Apparently an unknown company has decided to rebrand a few of their own motherboards, and even ship them in boxes that resemble authentic DFI boxes.“Two models have been discovered so far; MCP73V and MCP68V.  They are not made by DFI and will not be covered by any kind of warranty or support, and we can only recommend you to stay away from these boards.”Currently the boards are circulating around Indonesian vendors,

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Hardware Round-Up

Video:Gigabyte GV-NX96T512HP TurboForce @ HT4U.netHIS HD 3870 IceQ 3 Turbo @ Bjorn3DSapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Graphics Card Review @ Bigbruin.com   Palit GeForce 9800GTX Review @ Motherboards.org         Motherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte MA790FX-DQ6 review @ TWEAK.DKECS A780GM-A AMD 780G Full ATX mainboard @ OCWECS A780GM-A v1.0 @ PhoronixMSI P7N Diamond Motherboard @ CPU3DProcessors:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Review @ OCCMemory and Storage:Thermaltake BlacX Hard Drive

Toshiba Delays $4k SSD Notebook

Toshiba has announced that they are delaying the release of their Dynabook SS RX1 notebook which has been heavily advertised as featuring a 128GB SSD.Toshiba cited parts delays.  It’s not clear whether the delays are SSD-related, but Toshiba postponed the launch of a notebook last year with a 64GB SSD due to flash memory chip “procurement” delays.Originally due to ship this month, the SS RX1 is now due to ship to the Japanese market sometime in June.

Wii Gets Interactive Softcore Porn In Japan

Well, we are trying to imagine just how the Wii’s innovative controller could be used in this case, but we would prefer to … make no comment.Within a game display in a random Japanese game store an ad for Osouji Sentai Clean Keeper reads “worldly desires are completely open.” Whenever you see something like that used to advertise a game in Japan you’re usually in for a graphic adventure novel on a disc and low and behold that’s what it is.In Osouji Sentai Clean Keeper you basically save underage looking scantily

Hardware Round-Up

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VIA Moves into COM Express Embedded Market

VIA Moves into COM Express Embedded Module MarketVIA to introduce first COM Express modules with VIA processor platform, enabling cost effective, flexible customization and faster time to market Taipei, Taiwan, April 14th 2008 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of embedded silicon and platform technologies, today announced the extension of embedded board portfolio to include COM Express modules that will be the first to harness the power and thermal advantages of VIA’s processor platforms.