News about PC Gadgets:
Digital Storm ODE gaming system
Gamers can be a fussy lot, as they tend to look outwards first if they are on a losing streak. Could it be the mouse? Perhaps the keyboard isn’t quite right, or the standard, age-old excuse of “My computer’s too slow to keep up with the action”. Well, Digital Storm wants to make sure that you no longer have any more excuses the next time you lose, at least not from the processing point of view with their first pre-built gaming system known as ODE.
Panasonic Toughbook 31 series get upgrade
Panasonic knows that their Toughbook 31 series is tough-as-nails, but that does not mean the range does not deserve an upgrade. This fully rugged laptop will be powered by the new Intel Core i5 and i3 processors, not to mention increased RAM, hard drive capacity, and speed as well. Oh yeah, since you will be working in a rather “hellish” condition (otherwise why the need for a Toughbook, no?), why not give you up to 20 hours of battery life as well since you might not be able to find a power outlet wherever you are?
Lexar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader
When you hear the name ‘Lexar’, what goes across your mind? Do you think of the range of flash memory products as well as storage devices that carry that brand, or do you see more of the peripheral? Today, we will look at the Lexar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader which you can tell by its name, is a useful gizmo to tote around if you want to transfer plenty of data from one memory card to your computer in a jiffy.
Xi3 ChromiumPC Modular Computer
Love being in front of the technologically savvy line always? Well, you might want to take into consideration the Xi3 ChromiumPC, which is touted to be the first desktop computer in the world that is powered by Google’s Chrome operating system.
RageGage helps tide you over those temper tantrums
RageGage is one of the more interesting computer peripherals that you will ever find – after all, the company is one of the leading manufacturers where rage-release devices are concerned, so their latest invention – the RageGage, was specially designed to be physically abused (without letting you end up on the wrong side of the law to boot), especially when you’re over your top due to the incompetence of others around you.
Hoyos Eyelock USB Iris Scanner Eye-dentifier
Some of you probably have those biometric readers on your laptops to scan your thumb, but some of you might want more security than that.
I suppose that Eye-dentification is the way to go, as no two irises are exactly alike. This particular Hoyos Eyelock Iris scanner hooks up to the computer via USB.
Aleratec PortaStor Secure USB flash drives – more secure than ever
Aleratec knows that data security is of utmost importance for many people, and this is why the company decided to come up with new additions to their family of 256-bit AES encrypted USB flash drives under the PortaStor Secure guise. Osama bin Laden would have done well to store his porn collection on these, it might just slow down those investigator’s a wee bit before realizing that the man lived differently than he preached. These highly secure flash drives are touted to feature hardware encryption for fast, dependable performance and superior ease-of-use.
Elgato HDHomeRun lets you enjoy wireless HDTV on computer at home
Elgato’s latest device to hit the market, the HDHomeRun, is a dual network tuner that enables you to watch HDTV sans wires regardless of whether you are on the Mac or PC camp. After all, HDHomeRun will connect to a TV antenna or digital cable, where it will go ahead and stream live TV in full HD to any Mac or PC in the house. One more step closer to the wireless lifestyle, we guess.
Fujitsu’s Touchpad keyboard concept
I think Fujitsu’s concept devices have figured out what consumers really want. Last week, we reported on the hybrid notebook/tablet that can fold into quarters, and now this touchpad keyboard.
New HP Pavilion consumer desktop PCs announced
HP, the world’s top PC manufacturer, is back with a brand new announcement concerning a newer range of consumer desktop computers that will come in sophisticated designs – after all, who would want to have boring rectangular looking machines on their desks that seems like a relic from the past? No sir, HP is beyond that, having invested time and money in decent design without sacrificing on the kind of technology within.
Genius Ring Mouse hits North American shores
Genius of Taiwan has been working quietly in the background for years now, as their range of computer peripherals have been functional at best without really breaking any new ground. Perhaps it is time for the company to step out of the shadows, and they might have stumbled upon a winner with the Genius Ring Mouse that picked up an iF award along the way. Now available to folks living in North America, the Ring Mouse is an innovative input device that delivers flexibility in an unprecedented manner, letting you wear it on your finger as a ring.
HP Wi-Fi mouse needs no USB dongle
The evolution of the mouse in the computing industry has been an interesting one over the years. First of all, we have the PS/2 port mouse that while functional, clearly lacked the sensitivity that is found in newer USB powered models. Well, technology has advanced over the years that even USB mice have ended up wireless. Of course, those who lean more towards the gaming segment will know that having a wired mouse will still fare better in an intense firefight or under high pressure gaming environments compared to a wireless model.
TRENDnet 500Mbps Powerline AV Adapter Kit
TRENDnet has just announced another device for those who want to up their home networking game – we are talking about the 500Mbps Powerline AV Adapter Kit that will feature a bonus outlet. Also known by its model number TPL-402E2K, the kit will ship with a couple of 500 Mbps adapters that will boast a built-in electrical outlet and embedded power saving technology. All the better to suit your green lifestyle, no?
Antec soundscience halo 6 LED bias lighting kit
Antec celebrates its quarter century of existence by introducing the soundscience halo 6 LED bias lighting kit, targeting the enthusiast DIY market for gaming nuts as well as PC upgrade fans. The name of this DIY kit is pretty much self-explanatory, but just in case you do not get what it is all about, we are here to help. The Antec soundscience halo 6 LED bias lighting kit will come across as an affordable option for folks who want to outfit PC monitors with professional-grade backlighting.
ThinSink is thinnest heat sink in the world
Novel Concepts really live up to their name, as the company has come up with what they tout to be the thinnest forced convection (fan cooled) heat sink in the world. This successful development has patents pending for it, and you will be surprised to hear just how slim it is. Ready? Take out your wallet from the back pocket, and check out your stack of credit cards. Those are quite thin by any standards, right? Well, the ThinSink is thinner than that just to give you a better idea.
Matrox M9188 Octal graphics card ensures Japan’s first multi-monitor digital arrt board keeps on running
When it comes to the world of video cards, many of us tend to split it down the middle – it is either go with AMD and their ATi Radeon range, or NVIDIA’s GeForce offerings. I remember back in the day where there were other choices, including 3DFX’s Voodoo line, the S3 Virge range (which was rather bollocks IMHO) and for a select few, graphics cards from Matrox.
Plextor PX-LB950UE external 12X Blu-ray Writer touted to be fastest in the market
Plextor lays claim to the fastest external Blu-ray writer in the market today with the recent introduction of the PX-LB950UE external 12X Blu-ray Writer in the US. This drive will sport the latest superspeed USB 3.0 and eSATA connections, where either one of them are able to deliver bandwidth for high data transfer rate – of course, all those will come up to nought if your machine does not support USB 3.0 or eSATA, so make sure your back-end hardware is compatible and no bottlenecks are in place from the beginning.
VIA AMOS-5001 Chassis Kit for Slim Em-ITX Embedded Systems
Anyone who has built their own computer would definitely have come across the name VIA in their pursuit for parts, and the company has not remained dormant or inactive – in fact, they have come up with yet another chassis kit – the VIA AMOS-5001 Chassis Kit for Slim Em-ITX Embedded Systems.
TRENDnet 450 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter
TRENDnet has just rolled out a spanking new 450 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter (also known by the model number TEW-684UB), where it is touted to be the first ultra-high performance 450 Mbps wireless USB adapter in the world. The 450 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter will be able to upgrade both your desktop and laptop to the highest wireless performance that is available today.
Genius LuxeMate T810 Media Cruiser goes wireless
So the modern office and home wants not only to be paperless but wireless as well, and Genius answers this clarion call with their latest release, the wireless Genius LuxeMate T810 Media Cruiser. Of coruse, it will not come with a paperless direction, but this will be an all-new media and PC control device which offers three functions in a solitary form factor.
Engage Keyboard comes with ErgoMotion
Now here is a moving experience for a computer peripheral if we ever saw one – the Engage Keyboard that comes with ErgoMotion. Retailing for £89.99, it intends to help you alleviate the pain that is normally associated with your wrists when you sit in front of the computer keyboard, hacking away (gracefully or not, it doesn’t matter) for hours on end.
Cool Leaf Mirror Keyboard is now a reality
About a year ago, we covered some concept products known as Cool Leaf, a keyboard with a mirrored surface. Generally, I don’t have much confidence in concept technology, but it is refreshing to see that Japanese company Minebea actually is going to sell the Cool Leaf keyboard.
Origin PC offers overclocked processors in EON17-S gaming laptop
Gamers are an extremely discerning lot, and some of them can be more picky than the rest. It doesn’t matter if their gaming skills aren’t exactly up to par with the rest of your clan mates, but as long as you have the best hardware on the market, then that alone is enough for bragging rights. This has led to hardware companies churning out some rather souped up machines that tend to force you to part with your hard earned cash, but it won’t do nuts to improve your gaming skills.
AViiQ Portable Quick Stand
When it comes to the iPhone or iPod, you would surely know by now that there are just too many third party accessories available for either device, ranging from portable speaker docks all the way to cases and skins. Well, we will look at something that is slightly off the beaten path today – the AViiQ Portable Quick Stand. This isn’t any iPod dock, but rather, would be a laptop stand.
AViiQ Portable Quick Stand
When it comes to the iPhone or iPod, you would surely know by now that there are just too many third party accessories available for either device, ranging from portable speaker docks all the way to cases and skins. Well, we will look at something that is slightly off the beaten path today – the AViiQ Portable Quick Stand. This isn’t any iPod dock, but rather, would be a laptop stand.
Alienware unveils M18x gaming machine
Dell, when they bought over the Alienware brand some years back, had many people wondering whether this is going to be the start of the brand going downhill since Dell doesn’t really know much about dedicated gaming notebooks as their lineup had been more of the casual user types. Well, we’re rather pleased to say that Dell has done a pretty good job thus far, leaving Alienware intact in terms of branding without really interfering on what’s going on, so most users would not really be able to tell the difference in the newer Alienware offerings.
This Atari 400 keyboard will bring back early eighties computing
Ah, remember the early eighties? Before everyone had a personal computer, you could always get a computer that you could hook to your television set.
MSI releases new CX640 and CR640 notebooks
MSI has just announced that they will be introducing a couple of mainstream notebooks, namely the CX640 and CR640 models that will arrive at the doorsteps of online retailers in North America. These two will come in the 15.6” form factor, where you will find specifications starting from the Intel Core i3-2310M Processor with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M with Optimus technology powering the CX640′s innards, although there is always the option to go for something of lesser power – Intel’s HD 3000 Graphics chipset instead in the CR640.
MSI X370 notebook begins to ship
Looking for a new notebook as your current one wheezes its day away, having a hard drive which is noisier than your 10-year old car? After browsing around, what caught your fancy? If you’re tired of the usual names like Dell and Lenovo, then you might want to check out what else Taiwan is offering apart from delicious roadside stalls that serve deep fried snacks – we’re talking about MSI and their expertise in rolling out computer hardware, where the company has begun to ship its X370 notebook.
Toshiba Tecra 840 laptop delivers performance and style in a single package
Toshiba has been in the mobile computing business for quite some time already, but that doesn’t mean the Japanese company is resting on its laurels. No sir, in fact they have just announced the Toshiba Tecra 840 business laptop that intends to a lightweight body and superior battery life without sacrificing on performance. Touted to be some of the thinnest Toshiba business laptops to date, the Tecra R840 is rather impressive by being around 25% thinner and 20% lighter compared to its predecessor, the Tecra M11.
Intel has new Oak Trail Atom platform
Intel has a spanking new Atom platform, formerly codenamed “Oak Trail”, where it is now available and will arrive in devices beginning from May onwards – and for the rest of the year as well. There is also more than 35 innovative tablet and hybrid designs which come from companies such as Evolve III, Fujitsu Limited, Lenovo, Motion Computing, Razer, and Viliv among others.
Stealth.Com Introduces a Mini PC
Stealth Computer, a leading manufacturer of specialized computers and peripherals, just released their most powerful and advanced mini PC ever. Please meet the very tiny, LPC-670 LittlePC. This brand new Stealth small form factor PC offers tremendous power in a teeny package that measures around 6.5″ x 6″ and less than 2″ in height. Heck, thats smaller than my checkbook. This micro machine has the power and performance of computers that are a whole lot bigger.
Tobii releases Tobii PCEye to help the impaired use a computer
Tobii has just announced that they will be rolling out the Tobii PCEye – and just in case you’re left scratching your head and wondering what this is, it is one of the most advanced stand-alone eye control device that is currently available on the market, delivering the wonders and magic of eye control over to the standard computer. Of course, it is said to be easy to use, is highly accurate and portable to boot – making it is compatible with a wide range of software in order to offer total access to just about any personal computer.
Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 arrives
For those of you out there who spend plenty of hours sitting in front of the computer, having good hardware is always an advantage. You wouldn’t want to suffer from RSI or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome after giving away your best years to an organization or company, do you? Since having the right hardware is the way to go, chances are pretty good you would have scouted out peripherals from companies like Logitech – and the Swiss company does not disappoint with their latest release, the Logitech Wireless Mouse M325.
Hercules flexes muscles with eCAFE netbooks
Just when you thought that the netbook scene is dying out because of the onslaught of tablets, along comes Hercules to save the day. We’re talking about the eCAFE netbooks that come in 10″ designs, where the two will be known as the eCAFÉ Slim HD and the eCAFÉ EX HD, with the former being one of the smallest in its class while the latter is touted to offer one of the best battery life on the market.
Advantech announces TREK-550 in-vehicle fanless computer
Advantech has just announced the brand new TREK-550 in-vehicle fanless computer which will see action in transport trucks, buses, vehicle fleets and taxis, where it will be able to hook up to a range of monitoring systems. We’re talking about onboard diagnostics (OBD-II), a car area network (CAN), and tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) amongst others.
Nexus Silent Mouse SM-7000B
Are you one who tends to work late into the night? If the answer is in the affirmative, then the Nexus Silent Mouse SM-7000B is the solution that you (and your poor spouse) has been searching for all this while. After all, some of us require complete silence (save for the hum of the air conditioner or heater) to get some shuteye, so the constant clicking of a keyboard as well as mouse clicks (especially if you’re into RTS) might just drive you nuts.
Verizon USB551L announced
Verizon Wireless have teamed up with Novatel Wireless to roll out the Verizon USB551L modem. Obviously, Verizon Wireless will offer the data plan, while the hardware part is offered by Novatel Wireless, where you are able to make an order on March 31 in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores as well as online if you do not want to drive out. The USB551L is said to offer businesses and consumers the download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps, not to mention upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps under the umbrella of their 4G LTE Mobile Broadband coverage areas.
Amazon introduces Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web and Cloud Player for Android
Amazon thinks that the future of computing lies in cloud storage, and hence has announced a trio of new services – Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web and Cloud Player for Android. Basically, any one of the three allows you to buy anywhere, play your tunes anywhere while making sure your digital music collection remains in a centralized place.
NZXT H2 midtower chassis
One computer is definitely different from another, and we all know how serious gamers are with their gaming rigs. Most of them would want something which is souped up, not to mention running all the best hardware possible – or at least, as much as they are able to afford with their budget. NXZT is a company that has pretty much experience with the gaming scene, and their latest offering is the H2, a silent midtower chassis which will drastically reduce the chaotic noise that is produced by powerful gaming PCs.
MacBook Air lock is now available
How many of you spend plenty of time at cafes and public places, sippin’ on a latte while surfing the Internet for the latest news thanks to a Wi-Fi hotspot? Of course, if you’re out with a group of friends, it is easy to just head off to the loo without worrying that someone will nick away your laptop – but if you happen to fly solo, the possibility is very real, especially when you’re a tourist in an unfamiliar area.
Genius has new wireless mice for travelers
Genius, a name that has become familiar for those who budget friendly peripherals that work well enough for years on end without requiring an upgrade too soon. Sure, they will not make an impact like how Razer would in terms of gaming, but for functionality on a shoe string pay packet, you won’t really go wrong with Genius’ offerings.
Cellulon evoMouse is the Mouse without the Mouse
We have reported on special computer mice in the past, like the one from Swiftpoint, but the Cellulon evoMouse claims to be something very different.
