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SanDisk Announces 16GB microSD and M2 Cards
SanDisk announced what it claims to be the world's largest capacity microSD and M2 cards today with 16GB of storage each. The card will be available from Verizon Wireless stores and Best Buy Mobile stores.
The 16GB microSDHC card retails for $99.99 and the 16GB M2 card retails for $129.99. Both cards will be available in November and Best Buy and Verizon are the only two stores that will carry the card in 2008. Read more
Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:37:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
ATI Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon HD 4350 Cards announced
AMD today announced the ATI Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics cards, the latest additions to the ATI Radeon HD 4000 series graphics line up.
Both cards are based on the same technology found in the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series, including support for the latest DirectX 10.1 games and HD multimedia capabilities.
The ATI Radeon HD 4550 graphics card plays demanding game titles previously unplayable by cards in this price segment, and for less than $59 for a 512MB memory configuration. The ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics card is the ideal introduction to the ATI Radeon HD 4000 series, priced for less than USD $39 for a 256 MB memory configuration, giving gamers and multimedia enthusiasts more features than products available from the competition today.
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Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:03:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Pretec 64GB and 100GB CF Cards
Pretec has announced two new high capacity CF cards it claims to be the highest capacity cards in the world. The cards have 64GB of storage and 100GB of storage. Despite the high capacity, both CF cards are still fast at 233x speed.
The cards use a metal housing and ruggedized construction making them ten times more durable than the typical CF card. Pretec also introduced high-speed 333x 32GB and 50GB CF cards. The 233x 64GB card will retail for $399 and the 333x 32GB card will retail for $630. Read more
Posted on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:46:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Lexar Introduces Shoot-n-Sync Wi-Fi SD Card
Lexar introduced a new SD card today called the Shoot-n-Sync Wi-Fi Memory Card. The card has 2GB of storage space and can send images wirelessly to your PC. The card can eliminate the need for a card reader at your PC or connecting your camera to the PC via USB.
The Shoot-n-Sync is an Eye-Fi Connected product and uses Eye-Fi technology for sending images to the PC. The card ships with a USB card reader that is needed for a one-time set up process. The card works with both Mac and Vista computers. The photos upload automatically as soon as the camera is in range of your wireless network. Read more
Posted on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:30:53 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook Sound Card and Wireless receiver Announced
Creative has announced a new notebook sound card called the Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook sound card that is aimed at making your mobile music sound better. The device fits the ExpressCard slot on some PCs. The card also improves the quality of movie sound and comes with Power DVD software.
Other features of the sound card include X-Fi CMSS-3D and EAX Advanced HD audio for gaming. Creative also announced a Creative Wireless Receiver that sends audio from your notebook wirelessly to other speakers in your home with a 100-foot range. The sound card will retail for $99.99 and the wireless receiver will sell for $69.99. Read more
Posted on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:45:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
XFX GTX 280 XXX Video Card Review
Today the XFX GTX 280 XXX video card is up for review. This is the factory-overclocked version of the GTX 280 we looked at a few months back. The card shares the same features in common with the factory clocked GTX 280.
Support for NVIDIA PhysX, CUDA, and HDCP are standard. Of all the versions of the GTX 280 offered by XFX, the XXX has the highest clock speeds. Read more
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:58:14 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Lower Your Radeon Video Card Temps without spending a Penny
ThinkComputers explains how you lower Your Radeon Video Card Temps without spending a Penny.
Quote: "While researching HD 4850 card prices at NewEgg for a review, a line on a user review caught my eye: "after I did the fan speed mod in CCC.". Huh? Fan speed mod? "The" fan speed mod? Hmmm..someone knows something that I don't.
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Posted on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
SD Card Association Introduces Embedded SD
One of the most common forms of storage for many consumer electronics devices like cameras and camcorders is the SD card. The association that promotes the SD standard is called the SD Card Association. Today it announced a new Embedded SD standard for internal memory that will launch in November.
The specification promises double the device storage capacity and easier platform design. Embedded SD will separate flash management from the host and provide the ability to add up to 32GB of onboard memory along with up to 32GB of removable memory with an external SD card. Read more
Posted on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:25:08 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
SanDisk Extreme III 32Gb CF Card Launches
Today SanDisk announced its latest large capacity, high-performance CompactFlash memory card for DSLR cameras and video cameras. The new Extreme III CF card has 32GB of storage space and promises a write speed of 30MB/s.
SanDisk says that the new high capacity CF card can store 80 minutes of 100 MB/sec, 10-bit 4:2:2 HD video. The CF card is ideal for photographers who shoot exclusively in RAW mode. The 32GB CF Extreme III card will be available in October for $299.99. Read more
Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:45:55 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Hi-Fi USB Sound Card Debuts
Andrea Electronics has introduced the PureAudio USB High Fidelity External Sound Card to improve the quality of PC sound. The sound card uses Andrea's patented noise cancelling technology for dramatic sound improvements.
The Andrea USB-SA device replaces the onboard sound system of a notebook or desktop computer, eliminates external sound, and increases the stereo microphone input and stereo speaker output. Andrea says that the device will help improve the quality of speech recognition in applications like Dragon Naturally Speaking. The USB sound card retails for $44.95. Read more
Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:36:28 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
ATI Radeon HD 4600 Video Cards unveiled
AMD today announced the ATI Radeon HD 4600 video cards for mainstream gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard light bulb.
Comprising the ATI Radeon HD 4670 and the ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics cards, the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series leverages the technology found in the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series, including support for the latest DirectX 10.1 games.
The ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics cards feature AMD’s TeraScale graphics engine, with 320 stream processing cores, and are based on AMD’s advanced second generation 55nm process.
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Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:40:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen and Super OC Video Cards unveiled
MSI announces the MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen video card with the highest clock setting on the market and micro channel water cooling solution.
MSI also tunes up the clock settings of the original fan cooling N280GTX series and makes MSI N280GTX-T2D1G Super OC the highest clocked GeForce GTX 200 series in the world.
The MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen series runs the world highest core clock setting at 700MHz, but has 10 Celsius lower temperature level than normal fan cooling GeForce GTX 200 series even at full workload.
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Posted on Wed, 3 Sep 2008 01:41:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
ExpressAdapt Makes PCMCIA Slot into ExpressCard Slot
If you have a computer that doesn’t feature an ExpressCard slot, but you have an ExpressCard device you are dying to use Synchrotech has an adapter that is perfect for you. The ExpressAdapt will turn your old PCMCIA slot into a USB mode ExpressCard slot.
The maker claims the adapter needs no drivers to operate and uses USB 2.0 speeds, which are fast enough for mobile broadband modems to be used in the adapter. Read more
Posted on Mon, 1 Sep 2008 01:42:44 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
OneSimCard Launches GPRS International SIM Card
OneSimCard has launched a new international sim card that features GPRS service. Using the sim card, GPRS data service will be available to users without having to subscribe to additional data plans.
OneSimCard says that usage of its products has increased in the Middle East and Asia thanks to extended coverage in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan in addition to the traditional European destinations. Read more
Posted on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
BFG GTX 280 OCX 1GB Video Card Review
Hardware Canucks published a review of the BFG GTX 280 OCX 1GB Video Card.
Quote from the review: "Through the last few years, BFG has always been at the forefront of the pre-overclocked craze and with their OCX cards, they take things to the next level.
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Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
ATI All in Wonder HD Card returns
AMD is slated to release the ATI All In Wonder HD video card reports Hothardware.
Quote: "When ATI was acquired by AMD a few years ago, one product that seemed to fall off of the new corporate radar was ATI's All-In-Wonder line of Graphics/TV-Tuner hybrid cards. This was an area of the market where ATI had exclusivity, yet we haven't seen a new All-In-Wonder offering since May 2006.
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Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:01:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Foxconn NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT G96 Video Card Review
Benchmark Reviews published a review of the Foxconn GeForce 9500 GT G96 Video Card.
Quote from the review: "Not everyone can afford the bleeding edge of graphics hardware, and not everyone needs it. NVIDIA has already made headlines with their high-end GeForce GTX 280 video card, which offers high performance at a premium price. Most enthusiasts have seen so much coverage for the high-level graphic products that it might feel like nothing exists for the lower consumer segment.
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Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Cardboard Table is Perfect for Mobile Use
When I was a kid, my cousins and I played our fair share of Dungeons & Dragons. We tended to find isolated places to play because we didn't want mom looking on as we hacked our way through ogres and other such nonsensical creatures. Then there was the real reason -- we didn't want any of the cute girls in the neighborhood to know we actually played the game.
The problem was my cousin was very attached to his Dungeons & Dragons rulebook and was known to scream like a little girl if we placed it on the ground. What we needed was something like The Cutting Table No. 1 from Birkiland. The table is made from corrugated cardboard and all the various parts store inside the tabletop when not in use. Read more
Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:01:32 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Kingston Adds Super High Capacity 32 GB SDHC Memory Card
It wasn't so long ago the 2 GB SD card was considered to be really large. Then we moved to 4 GB, then 8 GB, and finally 16 GB capacities. With many of today's digital HD camcorders being able to record to SDHC cards, even 16 GB wasn't enough capacity for some users.
To meet the demand for even more capacity Kingston Technology has announced a new 32 GB Elite Pro SDHC memory card. Kingston says that the new 32 GB card can capture more than 6000 full resolution 10 megapixel images or over eight hours of HD video at 6 Mbps. The card is rated as a speed class 4, guaranteeing 4 MB per second minimum data transfer rate. All that storage capacity doesn't come cheap though, the suggested retail price for the 32 GB memory card is $308. Read more
Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:56:07 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP Video Cards announced
Asus announces new ATI HD 4870 X2 based graphics cards with the ASUS EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G and the ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP.
The ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP/HTDI/2G and EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G are slated to be upgraded soon with a specially designed fansink for efficient heat dissipation.
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Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:56:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
ATI FirePro V5700 and ATI FirePro V3700 Cards announced
AMD announced two new professional graphics accelerators with the ATI FirePro V5700 and ATI FirePro V3700. As a part of that announcement, AMD also introduced a new brand for the company’s professional graphics accelerators, ATI FirePro, reflecting AMD’s continuing and evolving commitment to the professional graphics market.
The ATI FirePro V5700 graphics accelerator delivers the perfect balance of price and application performance for CAD and DCC professionals.
With the new card, users will experience increased performance for shader-intensive applications, up to two times more than the previous generation. ATI FirePro V5700 also features 512MB of frame buffer memory, dual link DVI and DisplayPort connections, and its true 30-bit display engine produces more than one billion colors at any given time−empowering designers to see more of their data. Unified Video Decoder 2.0 provides full Blu-ray feature support including dual-stream and picture in a picture (PIP) capabilities, and handles decoding of various formats in the graphics processing unit (GPU), which helps free up the CPU to handle other tasks.
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Posted on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:40:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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