HTC’s original Advantage X7501 was a virtual treasure trove of mobile technology, and the first Windows Mobile device to include an internal multi-gigabyte internal hard drive, a detachable keyboard, a 5″ VGA display and more.
Corsair just announced what they claim is the the worlds first high performance memory modules for the MacBook noteboks. The new Corsair memory modules are the industrys first low latency modules specifically tuned for the new MacBook and MacBook Pro laptop computers. Testing has demonstrated that the CAS Latency 4 memory kit shows as much as a 28% overall system performance improvement versus standard Mac upgrade memory. Legit Reviews took a look at the 3GB MacBook Memory Kit last year and found it to be a great kit. 
Memory bandwidth has a critical impact on the performance of many of the advanced computing applications used by Mac consumers. Corsairs Mac Memory features special Serial Presence Detect (SPD) profile characteristics, so that Macs can self-configure for optimal performance for critical applications. The Corsair brand is synonymous with high-performance PC memory modules, said Jack Peterson, VP of Corporate Marketing at Corsair. These Mac Memory SODIMMs featuring new SPD settings in conjunction with our high-quality standard chip screening process allows Corsair to offer the first ever enhanced performance laptop memory for Mac, added Peterson.
Japan's Toshiba is likely to book a $986 million loss in its high-definition DVD business and post a full-year operating profit of about $2.44 billion, falling short of its outlook, the Nikkei business daily said Thursday. Shares of Toshiba opened down 2.3 percent at 717 yen ($7) on the report.
Toshiba's decision to pull the plug on HD DVDs will entail production line changes and other charges that would double the 50 billion yen ($488.5 million) loss the electronics group had previously expected this business year on next-generation DVDs, the Nikkei said. “We did not announce this, and therefore we cannot comment,” a Toshiba representative said.
Electronic Arts on Thursday launched a tender offer for rival video game maker Take-Two Interactive at $26 a share, indicating its $2 billion bid is turning hostile. EA's tender offer will expire at midnight on April 11, but could be extended. Take-Two's annual meeting is scheduled for April 10.
“We believe Take-Two investors will see our tender offer as the best way to maximize the value of their investment in Take-Two,” EA Chief Executive John Riccitiello said in a statement. Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick has said the bid was “the wrong price and the wrong time,” arguing that EA was trying to buy his company on the cheap just before the April 29 launch of “Grand Theft Auto 4.”
Although Intel has not yet officially announced its high-end X48 chipset, some first-tier motherboard makers started shipping boards in small volumes a few days ago. Mass shipping will start in the middle of March, according to sources in the channel.
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology both started shipping the motherboards this week. In additional to the X48, Intel will launch a P45 chipset in the second quarter of 2008, while the first-tier motherboard makers have already started showcasing their P45-based motherboards.
There have been whispers of a new addition to the Motorola Q family of Windows Mobile smartphones since late 2007. A new image (seen below) has given new credence to these rumors, and now we’re getting word that Motorola may actually announce the new Q, which many are referring to as the Q10, at CTIA in early April 2008.
Toshiba Corp. is expected to see total HD DVD losses balloon to as much as 100 billion yen (985.61 million dollars), the Nikkei business daily said, without identifying its sources.
Toshiba declined to confirm specific figures.
“The company is currently assessing the possible losses,” a Toshiba spokeswoman said. “If we need to revise an earnings report, we will make an announcement at an appropriate time.”
Toshiba conceded defeat last month in a long-running DVD format war, clearing the way for the Blu-ray format developed by Sony and its partners to become the industry standard for next-generation discs.
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Home Theater PC aficionados will surely be interested in this one. In January of this year, during the Consumer Electronics Show, NVIDIA disclosed details regarding their nForce 700a series of chipsets, the GeForce 8200 IGP, and Hybrid SLI. Motherboards based on the chipsets haven’t stormed the market just yet, but we wanted to show you something ASUS has in the works that’s slated to arrive very soon… ASUS M3N78-EMH HDMI What you see pictured here is the ASUS M3N78-EMH
Apparently the mourning period for HD DVD is over and everyone is falling into the BluRay line!
Microsoft is developing software that will add native support for devices that play Sony's Blu-ray high definition movie format to the Windows operating system, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said.
“We've already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like,” said Ballmer, speaking at the Microsoft's Mix '08 conference. Ballmer also said that Microsoft is “going to support Blu-ray in ways that are important,” according to a transcript of his remarks posted on the company's Web site.