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It’s a difficult time to be a PC case manufacturer.  As more mainstream users choose notebooks over desktops, and the choice of high-powered gaming laptops gets broader and cheaper, there are fewer customers to go around.  In the end, all you can do is innovate or price your product hard: with their new Conquerer WSL, [...]

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Microsoft keep finding ways to sneak Surface into every-day life, and today the multitouch table put aside such fripperies as hotels and bars and waded into the US presidential elections.  MSNBC have included a customized Surface unit to graphically explain the current political dramas, complete with an electronically tagged Obama and McCain that the touchscreen device can [...]

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Gyration’s motion-sensitive Air Music Remote is now available, promising equally straightforward control of multiple home entertainment devices and a connected HTPC.  Fitted with the company’s gyroscope system, which allows users to control an on-screen pointer using mid-air gestures, the Air Music Remote also has a backlit LCD display that can show track information and other details [...]

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Buffalo have unveiled their latest MicroStation portable storage solution, and this time around the company has used SSD rather than a traditional hard-drive.  Available in three capacities - 32GB, 64GB and 100GB - the MicroStation SSD is USB powered, with no external PSU required, and the cable itself wraps around the drive when not in [...]

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Pinnacle have announced their smallest ever USB HDTV tuners, the PCTV HD mini Stick and the TV for Mac HD mini Stick.  Both feature a retracting USB plug and support digital over-the-air TV (ATSC) and unencrypted digital cable TV (ClearQAM) for SDTV and HDTV with resolutions of up to 1080i.

PVR software is included with both [...]

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While we wait for the first proper English-language review of Raon Digital’s Everun Note, there’s definite interest to be had in the preliminary benchmark testing from UMPC Portal.  If you remember, Raon Digital themselves stirred up some interest pre-launch by announcing some very promising performance figures; at the time there was a collective assumption that [...]

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Intel’s new consumer SSDs - the X18-M and X25-M - have been officially announced, with pricing confirmed for the 80GB model.  Based on MLC NAND flash chips, the two drives differ in form factor (1.8-inch and 2.5-inch), with pricing from 5 (for system builders).  The 2.5-inch SSD is at the heart of HP’s EliteBook 6930p battery-busting 24hr [...]

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HP have fired back at Dell in the latest all-day battery notebook saga, in the shape of their EliteBook 6930p which we first saw back in June.  With a 14.1-inch LED-backlit display, new Intel SSD and extended battery, HP are claiming the 6930p can manage a full 24-hours of continuous use from a single charge.

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A Wearable Motorcycle

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