Corsair have announced a new 850W power supply intended for gamers and overclocking enthusiasts. The Corsair TX850W is built using industrial grade components and can operate at 100-percent load at an ambient temperature of 50-degrees centigrade. It also has a dedicated +12V rail that can deliver 70A (840W); that’s a full 98.8-percent of the PSU’s total output.
Images of Dell’s latest laptop have leaked, the Dell Studio XPS 13, complete with a slick leather, brushed metal and gloss-plastic casing. Full specs on the 13-inch notebook are unknown, but going by the press photos we can see that it has two USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA port, HDMI output and VGA output, together with wired ethernet.
In an effort to prevent everyone from leaving their products back in the 90’s, Sonic Chair has added a 20-inch “touchscreen” iMac to their popular Sonic Chair. The Sonic Chair Touch features the same built-in speakers and input jacks that we have grown accustom to with the addition of a computer that is quickly growing in popularity.
Ericsson announced on Thursday that they will be working alongside Intel to equip mobile broadband notebooks with secure anti-theft solutions. This solution is meant to protect data with encryption software and make notebooks a less attractive target for thieves.
NComputing today announced that Mark Beckford, a former Intel executive, has joined NComputing as Vice President of Global Business Development. Beckford brings with him 11 years of Intel experience, including bringing affordable computing to more than 40 countries. He was also the original architect and driver of the Intel “World Ahead” program.
Intel has completed its preparation for 32nm manufacturing process and it is on track to start production of the new chip in fourth quarter of 2009. With this, Intel’s “Medfield” Atom CPU is expected to be available in 2010. Tom’s reported that Intel will be making two flavor of Medfield; one for mobile Internet devices and the other one for netbooks.
Features on Medfield includes the integration of graphics core and I/O controller hub. It is rumored that the the netbook version will be using better graphics core based on Intel’s own design while the MID version will use PowerVR graphics core.
Most laptop batteries will have tear and wear over the time of usage and recharge; HP is offering its customers Sonata batteries, a like-new performance battery from Boston Power that would perform as well as it was brand new even after several hundred charges. The battery is manufactured with a refined version of lithium-ion.
Well, it looks like HP is working hard to sell their products despite the recession. Their HP Mini 1000 netbook got a price drop today, bringing the cost down from $400 to $360. This makes it more competitive to similar netbooks that cost less and makes it a more realistic buying option for many on a budget.
But the price drop isn’t the only news. In fact, now you can up the RAM to 1GB for free. What this means is that the typical upgrade option has been removed and made standard. This has also made it so the shipping price decreased.
That’s pretty much all that’s new about the HP Mini 1000, but it’s still pretty cool anyway. Other options include a 16GB SSD or a 60GB HDD. You can also choose between an 8.9-inch display and a 10.2-inch one. 3G and Bluetooth were also added as options. The new price drop on the Mini 1000 will be available for shipment starting on December 17th.
We reported to you yesterday that Coby Electronics Corporation was developing netbooks that would be available for less than $100 by March 2009, but it seems this was a mere fabrication. In fact, the original article, which appeared at Arkansas.IndyMedia.org, has now been debunked by Coby themselves.
Even though it was announced last month, the Cosmos Black case bundle from Cooler Master just got an addition that is definitely worth mentioning. In fact, it got a HyperZ600 CPU cooler added to the package, which suddenly makes it much more worthwhile.
This new case is, of course, all black and the HyperZ600 CPU cooler is meant to keep the latest high performance processors running cool without drowning you in noise. The cooler itself features a 120mm fan capable of 800 to 2200 rpm. It also has a spacer that goes between the fan and the top of the cooling fins to better channel the air. This also has the benefit of reducing noise greatly.
We don’t know what CPUs this cooler would be compatible with, but it does seem to be rather universal. If the HyperZ600 cooler sounds interesting to you, then you should take note that it is only available as a part of the Cosmos Black bundle.
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