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New AMD GPUs revealed, Nvidia prepares competition

Nvidia is currently shrinking its G92 GPU core from a 65nm process to a 55nm to compete better with AMD’s upcoming RV770. AMD is currently preparing its RV770 series graphics card for the mobile market and it will be released by the end of Q2 this year, which is around the same time Nvidia will release the 55nm G92.

AMD 780M integrated graphics outperforms Intel’s best

In a behind-the-scenes look at CeBIT 2008, HEXUS.net was able to grab footage of AMD’s latest 780M mobile chipset with integrated graphics outperforming a desktop with an Intel G35 motherboard and Penryn CPU by up to 3x in a Half-Life 2 timedemo. The video can be viewed here. AMD launched the desktop 780G last week, which is based almost entirely on a DirectX 10-compliant Radeon HD 2400 graphics core. Many of the desktop 780G’s features and performance have been carried over into the mobile variant.

Expect to see Puma platform-based notebooks appear in the latter half of this year. Intel will offer significant competition with its Centrino 2 platform, which also promises DirectX 10 graphics.

Dell XPS M1530 finally available with Penryn

The new 45nm Penryn Core 2 Duo CPU has finally been made available on the Dell XPS M1530. From the base T5450 65nm Merom processor, the Penryn T8300 (2.4GHz/3MB L2) is a $175 upgrade, the T9300 (2.5GHz/6MB L2) is a $300 upgrade, and the T9500 (2.6GHz/6MB L2) is available for a hefty $575. 

Faster ExpressCard standard on the way

The PCMCIA International Association has announced that a new revision of the ExpressCard format is on the way, ExpressCard Standard 2.0. Transfer rates with the new standard will be between 2x and 10x faster than the current ExpressCard Standard 1.2. SATA and video adapters are two devices that will benefit from the higher transfer rates. The new 2.0 standard will be backwards compatible with all previous versions.

Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 released

Mozilla has released the Beta 4 of its upcoming Firefox 3.0 browser. The new beta is doing well in the real world so far. The appearance of the browser has changed slightly, with a much larger back button and the placement of the Home button has been moved to the left side of the bookmarks bar.
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Acer today unveiled the Aspire 8920 18.4″ screen notebook and Aspire 6920 16″ multimedia notebooks. Together these notebooks are being called the Aspire Gemstone Blue series and offer 16:9 aspect ratio 1080p screens, Intel Penryn processors and Nvidia graphics.

Acer Aspire 8920G

The Aspire 8920G will have the following basic specs:

• Intel Core 2 Duo processor selection (Penryn)
• Windows Vista OS
• 1 or 2 hard drives with up to 320GB each
• Blu-Ray Super Multi double-layer drive or 8x DVD-Super Multi double layer drive
• 6-in-1 media card reader
• 18.4″ Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution 300 nits brightness screen
• Nvidia GeForce 9650m Graphics or 9500m Graphics
• 2nd generation Dobly Home Theater audio, 5.1 audio out, Five integrated speakers
• Intel 4965 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless
• ExpressCard 54 slot, 4 USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, Consumer IR, external monitor port, headphone out, microphone-in
• Fingerprint reader
• Weight - 9.04lbs

Acer is touting the multimedia capabilities of this notebook, obviously the 18.4″ viewing real estate with a 16:9 ratio 1080p screen is a major selling point for media mavens — with this aspect there’s no need for pixel compression. This is the first 18.4″ screen notebook so Acer is definitely differentiating itself here. Also big news is the fact that they are using the Nvidia 9650m 512MB graphics card to handle the playback of Blu-Ray movies so the processor isn’t stressed out, this system is being dubbed “CineReal” by Acer.

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       Hitachi has just announced the availability of its new 320GB notebook hard-disk drive in its TravelStar family. Despite the launch, the company is still way behind its heavy-weigh competitors such as  Toshiba, Western Digital, Fujitsu and Seagate, that have previously released 320 GB versions and now they’re competing for over-500 GB spinning platters.
The new travelStar 5K320 is a 5,400 RPM hard-disk drive and comes with a serial-ATA-II interconnect for 3.0 Gbps data transfer rates. The 320 GB storage capacity has been achieved using 2 platters of 160 GB each with the company’s fourth-generation perpendicular magnetic recording technology. The drive comes with built-in TrueTrack technology that improves the tracking accuracy even while operating in high shock or vibration environments.
The TravelStar 5K320 is Hitachi’s largest 2.5-inch hard-disk drive ever. It has been designed with energy-efficiency in mind, and the drive sucks up only 1.8 watts of power during reading or writing operations and just 0.55 watts while in low-power idle mode.
“The Travelstar 5K320 addresses a growing demand for high capacity hard drives, which are at the heart of today’s notebook PCs, external storage devices, gaming consoles and other mobile computing applications,” said Larry Swezey, director, Consumer and Commercial HDD, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. “And when coupled with our optional Bulk Data Encryption technology, the Travelstar 5K320 offers even greater value to notebook users by helping to guard against data theft.”
The new 2.5-inch offering from Hitachi is available in both single-platter and dual-platter configurations, with storage capacities ranging from 80 GB to 320GB. For instance, the 320 GB disk can store up to 320 hours of digital video, 160 PC computer games or 80,000 four-minute songs. The company has announced that it will soon release an enhanced-availability version of the 5K320 drive, that can work in 24/7 operation environments, such as servers, network routers or video surveillance systems.

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         Most computer Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panels are lit with built-in fluorescent tubes above, beside and sometimes behind the LCD. A white diffusion panel behind the LCD redirects and scatters the light evenly to ensure a uniform display. This is known as a backlight.

          A fluorescent light is most often a long straight glass tube that produces white light. Inside the glass tube there is a low-pressure mercury vapor. When ionized, mercury vapor emits ultraviolet light. Human eyes are not sensitive to ultraviolet light (although human skin is). The inside of a fluorescent light is coated with phosphor. Phosphor is a substance that can accept energy in one form and emit the energy in the form of visible light. For example, energy from a high-speed electron in a TV tube  is absorbed by the phosphors that make up the pixels. The light we see from a fluorescent tube is the light given off by the phosphor coating the inside of the tube. The phosphor fluoresces when energized, hence the name. 

         A typical laptop display uses a tiny Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (CCFL) for the backlight. One of these small tubes is able to provide a bright white light source that can be diffused by the panel behind the LCD. In addition to providing ample light, CCFLs do not rise far above the ambient temperature. This makes them ideal for LCD panels since the light source is in close proximity to other components that could be ruined by excessive heat.  One amazing thing about these lamps is their incredible size. They are very thin and the board that drives the lamp is very small as well. However, it is not that hard to break them, which is why your display may go dark if you drop your laptop.

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      The latest version of Microsoft’s Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 ($49.99) sports just minor design changes and a much smaller wireless transceiver than its predecessor. You’ll still find the same controls, same ergonomic design, same high definition laser and long battery life. Version 2.0 of this mouse is meant to be more portable, with a USB transceiver that can snap into the bottom of the mouse and the fact that it uses 2 AA batteries for power.

Features and Design

The Wireless Laser Mouse 6000, v2 mouse is a 2.4GHz wireless (not Bluetooth) laser mouse. While it’s not a compact travel mouse, it’s definitely geared toward being a “mobile” mouse. The USB transceiver dongle actually snaps into place on the bottom of the mouse (but sticks out from the body of the mouse). In this manner, it turns off the mouse to save battery life, and you can toss the combo in a bag without fear of misplacing the dongle. Also, the fact that the mouse uses AA batteries (and not a charger) makes it more mobile-friendly.

The imaging rate of the laser is “dynamically adaptable to 6000 frames per second”, and it has an X/Y resolution of 1000 points per inch. The mouse can continue tracking at speeds up to 36 inches per second.

The mouse will work on Windows Vista or XP and Mac OS X v10.2-10.5. You can choose to install the Microsoft IntelliPoint software, or you can just plug it in.

By default, the scroll wheel button activates the Vista Flip 3D interface so you can scroll through your open windows. Also by default, the “magnifier” feature gets activated by the front button on the left side of the mouse. When you do this, a rectangle pane appears that magnifies the view on the screen. The magnifier feature may be handy for looking at fine text, but not for much else. When I enabled the magnifier, it would make my screen flicker in ways that weren’t too pleasant.

As I mentioned before, this mouse is not a compact model - it’s an ergonomically shaped mouse that essentially fills up your entire hand (if you’re of average size). Build quality is decent for a mouse in this price category. It feels a little lighter than the Intellimouse Explorer for Bluetooth that I typically use, but the actual weight difference is not that much. The mouse is mostly silver/gray with a black , slightly rubberize thumbrest area and a black bottom. The scroll wheel is the kind that scrolls smoothly, there are no notches or steps that make it “click”. The mouse slides well over most surfaces on its feet.

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     Most users know that Toshiba recently released the Portege M700 Tablet PC. The M700 is the updated model of its predecessor the M400, although it has many similarities to the R400. The M700 has a 12.1″ LED backlight display and is powered by a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor. This business tablet is sure to have heads turning, so we wanted to share our first thoughts and benchmarks on this sleek notebook.

Toshiba Portege M700 Tablet PC specs as reviewed (price as as tested $1,799):

• Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz T7500 processor
• 160GB hard drive
• 2GB RAM
• 12.1” WXGA (1280×800) LED backlit LCD display with both touchscreen and pen/ink capabilities
• 802.11a/g/n, Gigabit Ethernet
• Full Suite of Toshiba 3rd Generation EasyGuard Technology
• Shock absorbing design
• DVD Super Multi Drive
• 2x Sleep and Charge USB ports
• 1x USB port
• PC Card Slot
• SD Card slot
• RGB (monitor) output port
• Headphone and Microphone ports
• RJ-11 and RJ-45
• IEEE 1394
• Integrated webcam
• Fingerprint reader
• Windows Vista Business OS
• Dimensions: 12″ x 9.41″ x 1.47″
• Weight: 4.76 lbs
• 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery (claimed 5 hour life)

Design and Build

I first must comment on how lightweight the M700 feels. It’s not the lightest tablet out there, but it is very comfortable to hold. However, if you get the optional slice battery, which I recommend because it adds much more battery life, it looses the comfort factor in tablet mode. Substituting the weightsaver for the DVD drive is a great option if you don’t need the optical drive as well.

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    Apple’s latest notebook, the MacBook Air, is being hailed as the world’s thinnest. At well under an inch at the thickest point, the Air offers a thin design coupled with an extremely lightweight package for a notebook that has the same basic footprint as the standard MacBook. The flip side to all of this, however, is the (some say inexcusable) list of features left out, with a staggering price tag that has wallets cowering in fear at the cost of the top tier configuration.

Our MacBook Air has the following specifications:

• Mac OS X v10.5.1 Leopard and Windows Vista Ultimate
• Intel Core 2 Duo P7500 1.6GHz (4MB L2 cache, 800MHz frontside bus)
• 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• 80GB 4200rpm parallel ATA hard disk drive
• 13.3″ glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display (1280 x 800)
• Intel GMA X3100 graphics (144MB of shared memory)
• iSight webcam
• AirPort Extreme WiFi (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• Micro DVI, USB 2.0 port (480Mbps), Audio out
• Dimensions : 0.16-0.76″, 12.8″, 8.94″ (H, W, D)
• Weight: 3.0 pounds (3lbs 0.6oz actual)
• Integrated 37-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
• 45W MagSafe power adapter with cable management system (6.5oz)

Conclusion

Apple is pushing the envelope (cough cough) with the MacBook Air … in various ways that some people will love and others will hate. On one hand they offer a super thin, lightweight design, but on the other they take away ports and give you a permanent battery. This notebook also suffers from some early release driver quirks, but those should hopefully be resolved in the near future. Overall I think this is a promising notebook that should force some other manufacturers to wake up and design some lighter and slimmer full-size notebooks.

Pros

• Works out of the box with Windows Vista (even if it does have a few hiccups)
• Thin and lightweight design that manages to stay incredibly strong
• Battery life claims are not far off from being accurate

Cons

• Belches out heat like nobody’s business
• No replaceable battery
• Slow charging speeds
• Almost no ports

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The Asus Eee PC 701 4G is the new affordable ultraportable notebook that’s bound to be on many consumers’ Christmas wish lists this year. Retailing for $399 or less, the Eee PC isn’t exactly a workhorse, but it will do just about every basic task you’d need from a laptop. Our initial hands-on actually proved it does more than we expected, but the more detailed review below helps explain exactly why we’re so excited about a $400 notebook.

First, the specs for the review unit we have on hand, which is the Eee PC 701 4G:

• Processor: Intel Celeron M ULV 900MHz
• Graphics: Integrated Intel GMA 900 GPU
• Storage: 4GB of Flash-based storage (SSD)
• Memory: 512MB of DDR2 RAM (667MHz)
• OS: Xandros Linux (Asus customized)
• Screen: 7-inch screen with 800 x 480 resolution
• Ports: 3 USB 2.0, 1 VGA monitor out, headphone jack, microphone input, SD card reader (SDHC compatible), Kensington lock slot, Ethernet 10/100
• Webcam (0.3 MP)
• Battery: 4-cell 5200 mAh 7.4V Li-Ion (rated at 3.5 hours)
• Wireless: 802.11b/g Atheros
• Input: Keyboard and Touchpad
• Weight: approximately 2 lbs with battery, 2.5 lbs travel weight with AC adapter.
• Two-year warranty

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Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor / CPU T7200, 2 GHz, 4MB L2, 65nm, 667MHz FSB, 478 pin, Supports Dual-Core

The Intel Core 2 Duo processor is Intel’s second-generation mobile dual-core processor designed to deliver breakthrough performance and great power savings. With an Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology-based laptop with the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 MB cache, you can enjoy a greater than 20% performance increase when doing processor-intensive tasks like multitasking compared to previous-generation laptops with Intel Core Duo processors.

Specifications: sSpec Number: SL9SF. Model: BX80537T7200. CPU Speed: 2 GHz. PCG: Micro-FCPGA. Bus Speed: 667 MHz. Bus/Core Ratio: 12. L2 Cache Size: 4 MB. L2 Cache Speed: 2 GHz. Manufacturing Technology: 65 nm. Core Stepping: B2. CPUID String: 0X6F6. Thermal Design Power: 34W. Thermal Specification: 100^oC. Core Voltage: 1.0375 - 1.30V.

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Intel Core 2 Duo Dual Core Mobile Processor T7500, 2.2 GHz, 4 MB L2, 800 FSB, Socket 479

performance desktop and mobile processors. Formerly known by their codenames Conroe and Merom, the Intel Core 2 processors for desktop and mobile computers are based on the Intel Core microarchitecture, Intel’s new industry-leading foundation for all mobile, desktop and server platforms moving forward.

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