Here comes the Pegatron Tegra 2 home theater PC that comes in the size slightly bigger than an external USB hard drive. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset and the exterior looks like it’s covered by some bamboo.

The Pegatron Tegra 2 HPTC has HDMI outs, Ethernet, microphone and speaker plugs on its back. The Tegra Chip 2 should make this home theater capable of decoding full HD 1080p and Flash video. It either runs Windows CE or Android. No price has been announced yet but should be somewhere around $100+.

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The HP EliteBook 8740w notebook has gone official and comes equipped with a number of latest technologies; such as offering choices of processors including Core i5, i7 processor and up to the quad-core 1.73GHz Core i7 and also the USB 3.0 ports for high speed data transfer.

The HP EliteBook 8740w also includes powerful graphics chips which is either a Quadro FX 2800M, Quadro FX 3800M or FirePro M7820. The EliteBook 8740w will come a 17-inch display with resolution of 1440×900 but can scale up to HP’s signature 1920×1200 DreamColor screen, that provides screen quality as good as desktop computer’s, best used for image editing etc.

The base system of the EliteBook 8740w should come packed with a Core i5 processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, a DVD drive and start at a price of $1,999 and be available worldwide in April. Other higher-end options include goodies of maximum RAM of 16GB in quad-core variants, Blu-ray drive, built-in EVDO- or HSPA-based 3G etc.

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Magnetic tapes are still the major backup mediums used by many businesses. Therefore, there is a need to keep increasing the storage capacity of magnetic tapes in order to cope with the increasing amount of data. Imation has announced their new magnetic tape, Imation LTO Ultrium Generation 5 tape which comes with native storage capacity of 1.5 terabytes.

When works in compressed mode, you can even have it to store up 3TB of data. The new Imation tapes can write data at up to 280MB/sec and supports data encryption. It even supports hardware encryption to protect more sensitive data and is compatible with write once read many functionality.

Other goodies include the use of TeraAngstron tech for smooth surface to reduce errors and the tape spool is three pieces which can more evenly distribute stress over its surface.

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Farstone’s TotalRecovery USB comes in a little USB flash drive which allows you to backup or restore all the data of your PC. You just need to plug the TotalRecovey USB key into the USB port of your computer, and reboot. You’ll then be able to choose to backup or recover a copy of the data on the entire hard drive to or from any locations such as an external HDD, networked drive, CD/DVD etc.

The TotalRecovery USB key runs a Win-PE system which is able to mount to any attached drives or networked resources in a matter of minutes. The little USB key makes it easy for you to clone the hard drive to any external resources such as hard drive, CD/DVD and networked drives etc. In the case of disaster, you can easily recover the data from the external or networked drives.

The little TotalRecovery USB key also has data wiping software loaded(meets the DOD data destruction standards), which you can use to wipe out all the data on your computer; in the case that you want to sell your computer on eBay, you can be sure that all your confidential data are properly destroyed before passing it to the buyer.

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Acer has announced two new models of their Acer Aspire netbooks, the Aspire 1825PT and Aspire 1825PTZ, which will come with 11.6-inch capacitive touchscreen displays. Both models will come loaded with the Windows 7 Home Premium. The capacitive touchscreen displays definitely make them appealing and they’re the kind of netbook tablet convertibles, which we’ve seen a couple from some other companies.

The Acer Aspire 1825PT and Aspire 1825PTZ netbooks look pretty much like the updated models of the earlier models, Acer 1820PT / 1820PTZ that were rolled out during end of last year. The Acer Aspire 1825PT has higher specs, which is packed with 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor, 4GB RAM and 250GB HDD. Whereas the 1825PTZ has a lower-end 1.3GHz Intel Pentium SU4100 processor, 3GB RAM and 250GB HDD, which should bring down the total cost.

The Aspire 1825PTZ has shown up in Italy for a price of 693 Euros or about $942 USD but no pricing information for the 1825PT. These two models of Acer netbooks are expected to be widely available in the next one or two months.

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Apple fans could be expecting new products from the company sometime in June. Currently, Apple is working on their second LED backlit Cinema display and new updates for their Mac Pro desktop.

The new Cinema Display will come with a 27-inch size which is larger than the 24-inch that the firm already has. This 27-inch Cinema Display has been in Apple’s labs for quite some time and it’s more commonly called with the name K59. This new display is able to reach a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1440, close to the 2560 x 1600 that what a typical 30-inch usually offers.

The update of their 6-core Mac Pro is adding the choices of Intel Xeon 5600 series CPUs to the mix. The new Mac Pro will be launched and offer the 6-core chips in 2.66, 2.8, 2.93, and 3.33GHz configurations. Some rumors also claim that Apple would drop the Xeon and adopt two Intel’s $999 3.33GHz Core i7-980X Extreme Edition for a 12-core Mac Pro.

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Digital Storm Black OPS gaming desktop computer also has an upgrade, which now lets you have an option to have the Intel Core i7-980X processor extreme edition configured for the Black OPS PC. The Intel Core i7-980X processor is the world’s fastest desktop processor, which allows gamers to run up to 12 parallel computing threads at once.

The Intel Core i7-980X processor also has a 12MB L3 cache, which reduces a lot the frequencies of the CPU needing to fetch data from the DDR3 RAM. This Intel processor now offers normal clock speed at 3.33 GHz but hardcore overclockers or gamers can have it overclocked up to a record-breaking 4.4GHz.

The Digital Storm Black|OPS gamer PC with the Intel Core i7-980X processor is now up for sale at www.DigitalStormOnline.com. The Black OPS PC with the Core i7-980X Extreme will start with a base price of $5,642 and backed by 3-year part and labor warranty.

NVIDIA has announced their 3DTV Play software technology which allows you to hook up your GeForce GPU-powered PC or notebook to a 3D TV for more comfortable and exciting game play.

The 3DTV Play technology works on HDMI 1.4 connection. Similar to other 3D technologies, you need to wear the appropriate 3D glasses (either active-shutter or passive polarized glasses) for that brand of 3D TV in order to enjoy the full 3D high-def images or video. The 3DTV Play software is able to convert in real time for any of the supported 400 game titles into 3D.

Game titles such as World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King and Battlefield Bad Company, can now be played in 3D and on a smuch bigger screen i.e. your 3D TV.

The NVIDIA 3DTV play software will be available this Spring for $40. For those who’re NVIDIA 3D Vision customers will get the 3DTV play software free.

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MainGear , the company that targets its computers at gamers, has now had an upgrade for their Shift everyday supercomputer with the super fast Intel processor, Core i7 980X.

The MainGear Shift supercomputer is also equipped with USB 3.0 ports, which are meant to cope with many of the newly rolled-out USB 3.0 SSDs and flash drives on the market. The new MainGear Shift also packs with a 6GB Crucial c300 SSD that is able to reach speeds of 335 MB/s on sustained reads.

Since the new MainGear Shift is now packed with a number of new and high-performance hardware, the company has also taken effort to keep it as quiet as possible; the upgraded Shift is now integrated with AcoustiPack sound dampening that keeps the system with ultra low noise.

The Intel’s Core i7 980X processor used in the Shift, is said to be the fastest and smartest desktop processor on the planet. And it allows up to 12 parallel threads, making multiple CPU intensive tasks possible at once. Read more on the review by PCMag. The MainGear Shift starts at a base price of $1,799 and you can order it from MainGear.com

Lenovo has announced three new monitors, L2461x Wide, which are 23.6-inch monitors that offer lots of goodness including full HD (1920×1080) and capacitive multi-touch capabilities.

The Lenovo L2461x Wide monitors also include 2-megapixel camera, a 4-port USB hub, full HD support from its white LED backlit panel, and a 170-degree horizontal viewing angle. These new Lenovo monitors are also Energy Star 5.0 certified, which should not add too much to your electricity bill.

Lenovo has also rolled out other new models, L2361p Wide, which come in the same size of 23.6 inches but they neither have multi-touch nor camera but they also offer full HD quality. And another lower range, the L2261 has a 21.5 inch display but has neither multi-touch nor webcam.

No official pricing has been announced, but the L2461x is available online in the link below for a price of $646.

Buy online, Lenovo L2461, $646

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