Dell Mini 10 – News from CES

January 7, 2010

With the CES convention currently ongoing there’s plenty of news coming out in the tech world. Dell are talking of releasing a beefed up version of its very popular Mini 10 Netbook.
With the same 10.1” screen, Atom processor powered, and 1GB RAM the newer version will be HD and have a TV Tuner. You’ll be [...]

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Alienware M11X

January 7, 2010

“The most powerful gaming laptop for its size” says Dell of the new Alienware M11X gaming laptop. At a mere 11.6 inches, this tiny baby packs some real power and some nifty specifications.
Firstly its obviously packed with all the top end stuff you only get with Alienware, but if you’re just surfing or doing a [...]

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OCZ Vertex 2 and ultraslim USB 3.0

January 6, 2010

OCZ is getting ready to show 2 very impressive products at CES this year.
First up is the hotly anticipated Vertex 2 line of MLC-based internal SSDs which utilise SATA 3.0 allowing it to write at up to 480MB/s and read around 550MB/s, depending on the size of the files.
Next up is a ultrathin USB [...]

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Nvidia to delay Fermi until March 2010

December 29, 2009

Nvidia’s next DirectX11 graphics base Fermi, which we discussed a couple of months back, was being delayed until January. Now it seems we’ll have to wait longer.
The Fermi GPU has hit a couple more problems and the release has been said(Digitimes Report) to have been put back till March 2010 after it was scheduled [...]

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USB 3.0 to SATA Adaptor

December 29, 2009

Peripheral manufacturer Brando has come up with this adaptor to turn your old SATA HDDs into useable external ones, using USB 3.0. The Unitek USB 3.0 adaptor slots into the back of your HDD (can be used on IDE based drives too with an IDE to SATA adaptor) and allows the drives to transfer [...]

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Moore’s Law near physical limits: 16nm chip developed

December 18, 2009

A group of Taiwanese scientists claim to have successfully developed the world’s first 16nm chip.
National Nano Device Laboratories said it managed to create the first 16nm chip, though it is unlikely to be used in consumer tech anytime soon.
Yang Fu-liang, the lab’s chief, told AFT that the development could lead to tiny cellphones and [...]

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Small Form Factor Dell OptiPlex

December 16, 2009

Dell has recently announced an update to their popular commercial Optiplex systems.
These systems are designed to be as small as possible saving valuable space and avoiding clutter in the workspace.
Not only are the new OptiPlex PCs small, but Dell says its new OptiPlex 780 USFF is the smallest fully functional commercial desktop PC [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13

December 13, 2009

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The next grade of Wireless Internet

December 12, 2009

802.11ac the next WiFi standard is currently being talked about by the IEEE. This new standard will be bring speeds of over 1Gb/s over wireless networks.
802.11n has only just been made official and they haven’t taken much time to start on development of the next level of WiFi and plans to have it out [...]

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Dell Vostro V13 cheap ultra-slim laptop

December 9, 2009

Dell has recently made a major addition to its Vostro range of laptops with the Vostro V13. This is meant to be a budget alternative to an Adamo and measures just as thin at 0.65 inches, but actually weighs less at 3.5 pounds. Room is still available for one each of eSATA, Ethernet, USB and [...]

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