Asus UL50AG-A2 And UL80Vt-A1 Notebooks With $100 Gift Card Offered On Amazon

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Gift card bundle deals seem to be a hot trend again this holiday shopping season. Walmart is offering the Xbox 360 Arcade with a $100 gift card tomorrow and Amazon just launched a gift card deal on three Asus notebooks from their UL series.
You get a free $100 Amazon gift card with the purchase of the Asus UL50AG-A2 or Asus UL80Vt-A1. If you buy the Asus UL20A-A1 you get a $75 Amazon gift card.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pics of ATI 5970 Dual-GPU video card leak

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Some information and pics of an upcoming video card from ATI have been leaked, it's called the 5970 with dual GPUs on one card. The card in the leaked images has an 8-pin and a 6-pin power connector to give it enough juice.

The card is a whopping 13.5-inches long, which means that many cases won’t be able to fit the card inside thanks to its length. Apparently, AMD already forced the site to remove the performance specs listed. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

$20 eGift Card With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Available On Walmart

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launches on November 10th. Walmart has a great deal offering a $20 eGift card with the purchase of Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2.
Which basically means you pay only $39.82 instead of the $59.82 price for the highly anticipated game for the Xbox 360 and the Sony PS3.
The eGift card can only be used online. More details about the Walmart Bonus eGift card Video game deals are available on Walmart. Read more

Posted on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series Graphics Cards Get Official

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We already know all there is to know about AMDs new Radeon 5700 series video cards including the 5770 and the 5750. The details and even pictures were leaked last week ahead of the official announcement today.

AMD has gone official with the cards that both fully support DirectX 11 and Eyefinity multi-monitors from ATI. The video cards deliver over one teraflops of computing power. The GPUs are built on 40nm technology and have up to 800 stream processors. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Samsung Premium Plus Memory Cards Launched

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Samsung today announced that this month in Taiwan, it is introducing premium Samsung memory cards for sale. In previous years, Samsung manufactured 'white-label' digital memory cards for a variety of leading electronics companies and memory card companies.

Samsung's new premium Plus memory cards, which comply with the Secure Digital class 6 ratings for performance, are available in SD, microSD and Compact Flash (CF) formats with densities of 4-gigabytes (GBs) and 8GBs, with a 16GB density for an SD Plus card. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:47:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SanDisk Ships First 4BPC Memory Cards

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Not every step forward for technology is announced with fanfare, huge product roll-outs, and a gigantic media blitz. Some advances are very quiet, like the shipment of the very first line of memory cards based around the new X4 technology. SanDisk (via Electronista) just started sending out their new line of standard SDHC and Memory Stick Pro Duo cards, which use 4 BPC storage as opposed to the standard 2 or 3 BPC.

BPC stands for "bits per cell". The increase to 4 BPC should allow for smaller 8 GB and 16 GB chips, and will scale to allow for 64 GB and larger capacity SDHC chips in the near future. The coming of 4 BPC technology will also have reprecussions in the world of solid state drives, as SSDs also use multi-level cell storage.

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:54:08 CDT | by Robert Evans

XFX Unveils GeForce GT 220 and 210 Video Cards

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XFX has launched a couple new low-end NVIDIA video cards called the GeForce 210 and GT 220. The lower-end GeForce 210 is a budget offering that is clocked at 589 MHz on the core and has a 64-bit memory bus. The card has 512MB of DDR2 RAM that runs at 800 Mhz. Outputs include VGA, DVI-D, and HDMI.

The GT 220 is available in two versions. The GT-220X-ZNFC has a GPU clock of 625MHz and a memory bus that is 128-bit. The 1GB of RAM is clocked at 800MHz and the card has VGA, HDMI, and DVI-D outputs. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:33:40 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Dymo Unveils CardScan Mobile

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Dymo has unveiled a cool new app for Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones that is now available on the Windows marketplace for Mobile called Dymo CardScan Mobile. The app allows business users to scan a card into their contacts by simply taking a picture of it with their camera phone.

The app was offered alongside the launch of the new Marketplace for Mobile and promises to instantly transfer contact information from a business card to the correct fields in a contact list of a windows smartphone. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

SanDisk Unveils Line of Memory Cards for Gamers

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SanDisk has unveiled a line of memory cards that it is marketing towards gamers. The products are aimed at users planning to purchase a PSP go or already owning a PSP-2000, PSP-3000, or Nintendo DSi. The cards are really just plain memory cards with higher capacities with labels so gamers know they work with their portable game systems.

The new products include a 16GB M2 card for the PSP go selling for $142.99. SanDisk is also offering a 32GB Memory Stick Pro Duo and Pro-HG Duo memory card for the PSP-2000 and 3000 user. An 8GB SDHC card is also being offered for the Nintendo DSi system as well. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Wii On Sale for $199.99 And Free $25 Gift Card Now On Amazon

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The announced Wii price-cut is effective today, Sunday 27th in the United States. You can buy now the Nintendo Wii console on Amazon for the new low price of $199.99.
Amazon throws in a $25 Gift Card with a Wii Purchase, making this even a more tempting offer. The free gift card with Wii purchase is only available for a limited time.
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Posted on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:07:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

USB 3.0 ExpressCard From Fresco Logic

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USB 3.0 gets a lot of attention the Intel Developer conference IDF this week. You almost get the feeling USB 3.0 is finally here for the masses, but in reality it is just starting.
To benefit from upcoming USB 3.0 enabled gear you could upgrade your notebook with the USB 3.0 ExpressCard from Fresco Logic that The Register (via ExpressCard-Info) spotted at the IDF. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:23:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/sec 8GB SDHC Card Review

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Today I am checking out the new SanDisk Extreme III SDHC card. The SDHC card can be had in 4GB to 32GB capacities and the unit I am testing is 8GB. The card promises write and read speeds of 30MB/sec.

The memory card offers lots of speed, but the downside is the cost of the memory card, which is far from cheap. SanDisk offers the card that I tested for $119.99. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:35:35 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

SanDisk CompactFlash Cards: Extreme Speed, Unholy Price

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Looking for a high-quality, high-capacity, ultra-fast SD card for your DSLR? If so, the SanDisk Extreme Pro CompactFlash card is pretty much the king of the market. With a 90 MB/s write speed, these new cards won't slow your high-end camera down. Their models are sized in 16, 32, and 64 GB models.

The catch to these cool new cards is the price. For the 16 GB model, you're looking to pay $304 . If that seems a little expensive to you, don't even bother checking out the 32 GB ($507) and 64 GB models ($811), you might end up with an aneurysm. Yes, SanDisk's new cards are the top of the line. With prices that ridiculous, they have to be.

Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:03:15 CDT | by Robert Evans

AMD ATI 4800 Series Video Cards in iMac and Mac Pro Computers

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AMD has announced that its line of HD 4800 video cards is being used inside of some of Apple's iMac and Mac Pro computers. Apple has been using NVIDIA video cards and GPUs in many of its systems, but they GPUs have been failing in many of its computers.

AMD says that its GPUs complement Snow Leopard's fully OpenCL Verison 1.0 implementation. The specification is a key enabler of ATI Stream technology that allows developers to balance application workloads across the GPU and the CPU. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

HIS Unveils Radeon 4890 iCooler x4 video Card

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It's been quiet on the new video card front over the last few months and HIS has finally broken that silence with the introduction of a new ATI Radeon video card called the HIS HD 4890 iCooler x4. The video card sports 1GB of GDDR5 Memory.

The card has a special cooler to keep the high-performance card cool while playing your favorite games that HIS calls the iCooler x4. The card has a core clock of 850 MHz and the memory is clocked at 3.9Gbps. I have never seen a card that clocks memory that way, HIS offers no MHz speed for the memory on its website. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:08:10 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Tritton Offers Two External Video Cards at Best Buy

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Tritton has announced that a pair of its external video card solutions are now available at Best Buy. The two products are the See2 UV150 and the See2 Extreme. The UV150 is a cheap external video card solution that needs only a USB port to add an additional monitor to a computer.

The UV150 is a VGA external video card while the See2 Xtreme is an external DVI video card solution. The Xtreme also uses a single USB port for power and connectivity. Both external video solutions are used to add a new display to your PC without having to add a new internal video card. Read more

Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4770 Video Card Review

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Today I am checking out one of the latest XFX ATI video cards called the XFX HD 4770. The video card is a budget offering that still manages to impress with its performance.

If you are looking to build up a budget gaming machine, the XFX HD 4770 is a fantastic option. The card can be had for under $120 online. Read more

Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:34:03 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New Trekkie Plastic: William Shatner Bullies On Priceline Rewards Visa Card

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Rewards Credit Cards are aimed at stripping the last bit of privacy away from you, but if you are a Trekkie you might be tempted by the new Priceline Rewards Visa Card. Captain Kirk, known now as the Priceline Negotiator still looks as tough as ever.

The Priceline Negotiator, aka William Shatner. "Cardmembers save twice – once on their money saving priceline.com reservations and again when they use those powerful points to cut their credit card bill to ankle height." Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:40:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card is World's First

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Today Toshiba announced the launch of the world's first 64GB SDXC Memory Card capable of operating at the world's fastest data transfer rate for reading and writing to a flash memory card.

The new 64GB SDXC Memory Card is compliant with the new SD Memory Standard, Ver. 3.00, UHS104.
Toshiba also unveiled 32GB and 16GB SDHC Memory Cards compliant with the world's fastest data transfer rate. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone Credit Card Reader Becomes a Reality

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I heard about the idea of making a small accessory for the iPhone to swipe credit cards a while back. Now a store in New York is actually testing such a credit card reader for the iPhone.
According to Cool Hunting (Via Engadget) the Self Edge store is using a small credit card reader that plugs into the iPhone headphone jack. After typing the amount on the iPhone credit card reader app, the customer just signs with his finger and provides an email address where the invoice should be sent to. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Aug 2009 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple To Kill DVDs For SD Cards?

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Optical drives are so last century. Between flash drives and SD cards we've got all the removable, portable storage we could possibly need (at least for right now). At 1/10 the size a 32GB SD card holds about as much data as 8 DvDs. They're way more convenient to store or carry around and, while slightly more expensive per gigabyte, they're substantially more durable and way easier to store. SD cards are so superior to DvDs that it's really only a matter of time before optical drives are a thing of the past.

Seth Weintraub, of Computerworld, wrote today about his expectations that, within a generation or two, Apple will try to phase out optical drives on their MacBook line. He cited the overall superiority of SD cards as a storage platform, as well as the simple fact that removing optical drives from laptops frees up an enormous amount of space. Without a DvD player, Weintraub points out that the 15” MacBook Pro could become a 15” MacBook Air.

Posted on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:20:00 CDT | by Robert Evans