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Computex 2009: the World's First Windows XP-Powered Phone

A Chinese manufacturer came to the Computex show in Taipei on Friday with a mobile phone that it claimed to be the first handset in the world to run under Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. Basically, said device comes as a combination between a mobile phone and a pocket-sized computer and has been develop...

5 June 2009
08:14 GMT

Cyberlink Collaborates with NVIDIA and AMD for Performance Optimization

Cyberlink, a leading provider of multimedia software applications for computer systems, has just announced that it has been successfully collaborating with AMD to optimize their multimedia solutions for the ATI Stream technology. The partnership between the two companies will enable Cyberlink applications to take ful...

5 June 2009
07:56 GMT

Gigabyte GSmart S1200 at Computex, Comes in June

The Mio Explora K75 GPS phone was only one of the Windows Mobile-powered devices that were present on the floor of Computex 2009 show in Taiwan. Manufacturers like Acer, Asus or Gigabyte also showcased their products in the area, and one of the WinMo phones that were spotted and caught on camera was the Gigabyte GSma...

5 June 2009
03:14 GMT

Mio's Explora K75 Awarded 'Best Choice of Computex 2009'

Mio Technology announced yesterday that its Explora K75 GPS Phone had been awarded the Best Choice Award of Computex Taipei 2009. The handset received appreciation at Asia’s most influential global IT event due to the combination between its GPS sensitivity and the Mio Spirit Mobile navigation software, which d...

5 June 2009
02:36 GMT

ASUS to Roll Out New Eee Top Desktops, Eee PC 1005HGo

ASUS has prepared an extensive lineup for this year's Computex computer show, showcasing a series of products that are yet to be officially announced. Such is the case with three new systems that are on display at the company's booth, including a new version of the slim and light Eee PC 1005H, which is part...

4 June 2009
11:11 GMT

Acer F1 Caught on Video at Computex

Acer announced back in February that it planned to move quickly into the mobile phone market, and already came out with a series of handsets, with a few more to hit the shelves during the ongoing year. Among these, there are three handsets that were unveiled at the MWC show in Barcelona, and which were present on the...

4 June 2009
03:45 GMT

Intel's Lynnfield Is 5GHz-Capable

According to recent reports, citing sources at the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer, the upcoming Lynnfied processors from Intel will provide an excellent overclocking platform. These CPUs will reportedly be able to hit clock speeds of 5GHz, using air cooling solutions. Although the rumors are yet to be officially ...

3 June 2009
10:47 GMT

Kingston Announces Its New Line of V-Series SSDs

Kingston Technology has just announced the expansion of its SSD offering with the introduction of its new SSDNow V 'Value' Series, designed to provide mainstream users with an alternative choice for their system's storage solution. According to the company, one of the leaders in memory products, these ...

3 June 2009
07:56 GMT

VIA Promotes Nano-Powered Light Notebook from Tonfong

The success level of netbook devices and the netbook form factor have enabled a number of companies to provide their supporting solutions for said segment. Such is the case with VIA Technologies, which is actively promoting the low-power specifications and features of its Nano platform as a potential solution of ligh...

3 June 2009
01:17 GMT

AMD Demonstrates World’s First DX11 GPU at Computex 2009

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has just announced the world’s first demonstration of a DirectX 11-capable graphics processing unit, featuring the company’s next-generation 40nm GPU. The world’s number two chip maker has taken the opportunity offered by Computex to demonstrate its...

3 June 2009
01:02 GMT

Computex 2009: Ubuntu Moblin Remix Announced

Computex Taipei, the second largest computer exhibition in the world, starts today and Canonical is enjoying a lot of attention for the third year in a row. On this occasion, the company made several exciting announcements regarding its popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. First of all, it appears that the Ubuntu fam...

2 June 2009
09:01 GMT

Acer Selects Broadcom's Media Accelerator for Aspire One Netbooks

Acer, one of the world's leading vendors of computer systems, has just announced that it has selected Broadcom's latest Crystal HD solution to enable high-quality, high-definition media playback on a new line of ultraportable PCs, part of the company's Aspire One series. With the addition of the new Cr...

2 June 2009
08:49 GMT

SanDisk Starts Shipping High-Speed SSDs for Netbooks

With netbooks becoming a mainstream choice for most computer enthusiasts, leading hardware providers are presenting their latest solutions for the netbook market. On that note, SanDisk has just announced that it has begun shipping its next-generation flash memory-based Solid State Drives (SSDs) for the netbook comput...

2 June 2009
06:58 GMT

Acer Plans to Unveil Android Netbooks in Q3

At the opening of this year's Computex edition, Acer, one of the world's leading vendors of portable computer systems, took the opportunity to announce its plans for an upcoming Aspire One netbook that would be launched with Google's Android operating system. The announcement comes after the company�...

2 June 2009
06:11 GMT

NVIDIA Tegra Devices Showcased at Computex

NVIDIA is looking at a bright future, as the Santa Clara, California-based graphics chip maker is trying to expand its portfolio and consequently its overall image beyond the GeForce lineup. At the opening of this year's Computex edition, NVIDIA announced that its industry partners would soon unveil about 12 new...

2 June 2009
05:32 GMT

NVIDIA ION Products Take the Stage at Computex

The NVIDIA Ion platform, which combines a low-power Intel Atom processor with NVIDIA's own GeForce motherboard GPU, has been making the headlines ever since the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker announced it back in late 2008. However, the industry has been so far late to adopt it, with just a couple of s...

2 June 2009
04:56 GMT

Intel Updates Core 2 Duo Lineup, Adds New CULV Products

Although we are approaching an inevitable release of Intel's next-generation Nehalem-based Core i5 processors, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker appears to have grown really attached to its previous Core architecture, which it has made good use of in its latest processors. On that note, Chipzilla has ...

2 June 2009
04:27 GMT

Eee PC Seashell 1101HA Makes Surprising Appearance

ASUS seems to have some more surprises waiting for those attending this year's Computex computer show, as the Taiwanese company is rumored to be preparing the launch of a new Eee PC 1101HA Seashell netbook. One of the main features of this new Eee PC is that it will provide users with an 11.6-inch LCD and a form...

1 June 2009
11:00 GMT

MSI's Single-PCB GTX 295 Early Pictures

Partners of the Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA will soon announce the debut of their new single-PCB GTX 295 graphics cards, which will provide users with the same clock speeds as on the company's initial dual-PCB reference model. One of these partners is Taiwanese manufacturer MSI, which is expected to ann...

1 June 2009
10:32 GMT

NVIDIA and Supermicro Deliver High-Performance 1U

Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA and Supermicro have just announced the availability of a new SuperServer 6016T-GF-TM2 based on NVIDIA's Tesla GPU architecture. Designed in a single 1U rack-mountable chassis, this new server system is said to be capable of providing enterprise-class users with up to 12 times...

1 June 2009
05:52 GMT

Snapdragon-Based Eee PCs Running on Android

One of the biggest surprises at this year's Computex computer show, which is just hours away from the official debut, will be seen at ASUS' booth, where the Taiwanese company will display a couple of Eee PC computer systems featuring the recently announced Snapdragon platform. These new systems appear to bo...

1 June 2009
05:16 GMT

MSI N275GTX Lightning Is On Its Way to Official Debut

MSI plans to update its graphics card lineup with the introduction of a custom-built version of the GeForce GTX 275 graphics accelerator, which the Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA announced early back in April. Due to be showcased during next week's Computex show, the N275GTX Lightning card from MSI appears...

29 May 2009
10:12 GMT

ECS Plans Three Netbooks for Computex 2009

With Computex just days away from debut, reports about some of the new products that will be showcased during the show are starting to surface. On that note, a recent piece of news indicates that ECS is about to expand its netbook lineup with the unveiling of three new products, which will be showcased during next we...

29 May 2009
06:03 GMT

AMD's Upcoming Opterons to Be Announced Early Next Week

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices is currently planning the release of its much anticipated six-core Opteron processors, codenamed Istanbul. Set to become an upgrade option for today's Opteron-based server systems, the Istanbul chip will be officially introduced next week, prior to the debut of ...

29 May 2009
05:16 GMT

ECS P55 Motherboard Is Ready for Computex 2009

One week from now, during the much-anticipated Computex 2009 computer show in Taiwan, we are going to know more about the upcoming wave of P55-based computer systems, which will be powered by Intel's Nehalem-based Core i5 processors. Although these new processors are to become available sometime during September...

28 May 2009
10:03 GMT

ASRock's P55 and 785G Motherboards Previewed Before Computex

ASRock has a few surprises for those attending the upcoming Computex 2009 show, as the company is prepared to showcase its latest designs of the yet-unannounced P55 and 785G chipsets. The two boards just made an appearance on the Internet, providing us with various details on the technical specifications of upcoming ...

28 May 2009
04:40 GMT

AMD RS880-Based Motherboard from ASUS Revealed

Motherboard maker ASUSTeK will reportedly showcase an upcoming motherboard dubbed M4A785-M EVO, which features AMD's next-generation RS880G chipset. Pictures of the new mobo have just surfaced the Internet, just days away from the show that will kick off on June 2. One of the main features of AMD's upcoming...

27 May 2009
06:41 GMT

VIA Wins 'Best of Computex' Award for Nano Platform

VIA Technologies has just announced that its Nano platform, featuring a Nano processor and the new VX855 Media System processor, and the Pico-ITXe form factor it has developed, have just received the “Best of Computex” award from the Taiwan Computer Association and the Taiwan External Trade Council, which...

26 May 2009
08:06 GMT

XFX Planning Its Own Power Supply Line

XFX, one of the world's leading manufacturers of discrete graphics cards, is expected to further diversify its product portfolio with the introduction of its first line of power supply units. The company, which recently turned from an NVIDIA-only partner to one that offers graphics cards based on both GeForce an...

25 May 2009
06:07 GMT

Shuttle Launches Its First VIA Nano-Powered SFF PCs

Shuttle, a leading designer and manufacturer of small form computer systems, has announced today the introduction of its first VIA Nano-based line of PCs, featuring two new models, the XS29 and the XS29F. The company's new Embedded Slim series will take advantage of the performance and power consumption features...

25 May 2009
04:57 GMT

VIA to Showcase Cryptographic Security Solutions at Computex

VIA Technologies has been making the headlines recently, thanks to a partnership with system builder Dell, which has spawned a new series of energy-efficient servers built on the performance and features delivered by VIA's Nano platform. However, the company now wants to draw your attention to an upcoming event ...

22 May 2009
10:15 GMT

Cooler Master Unveils Full Lineup for Computex 2009

Cooler Master, a world leading supplier of computer cooling products, accessories and peripherals, just announced its partners and fans that it would be showcasing a number of new products during this year's Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan. The company also mentioned that it would be demonstrating a series of cu...

18 May 2009
03:41 GMT

AMD Reportedly Plans to Showcase Tigris During Computex 2009

World's second largest vendor of computer processors, AMD, is expected to unveil its highly anticipated notebook platform, codenamed Tigris, during this year's Computex show. The Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker will target this next-generation platform at mainstream portable systems featuring screen ...

18 May 2009
02:58 GMT


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