BenQ Joybook S32/S32W

BenQ new Joybooks notebook models comprise of the joybook S32 and the Joybook S32W. Both feature Intel's Cebtrino Duo Processor, SRS TruSurround XT, built in webcam, a bright 13.3 inch widescreen LCD display with BenQ's UltraVivid technology and a chic looking lid exclusively designed by BenQ's Lifestyle Design Center. Featuring svelte and smoothly contoured casing adorned by a silver strip with a chic diamond cut logo, you'll be the talk to the town. With fancy Laminated Color Metal, the S32W is by itself a mist motif on its aluminum lid. It seems there's no end to the fun since both sport 1.3 megapixel QEye webcam and internal microphone and a rated battery life of up to 4 hour.

D-Link DIR-450/DIR-451

Are sad because you can't get your internet in your area? Is because there are no dial-up or broadband connections available? Well rejoice as D-Link has just come up 3G Router Series : D-Link WVDO wireless router and UMTS/HSDPA wireless router (DIR-451). The devices are capatable of sharing a 3G internet connection via a EVDO or UMTS/HSDPA PCMCIA card. With support for IEEE 802.11g and a built in 4 port 10/100 switch, users able wired and wireless speeds, witout sacrificing their past invesmwnts. The new series supports the latest wireless security feature such as WPA and WPA2 for encryption and dual-active firewalls (SPI and NAT)

D-Link DIR-450

Epson Printer

Epson has unveiled its new printer, scanner an projector line-ups recently at its corporate office. These include the V200 photo scanner, Stylus C90 printer and Stylus CX5500 all-in-one printer as well as a slew of projectors for both corporate and education settings.

As an entry level scanner for home users and enthusiast photographers, the V200 offers up to 4800dpi optical resolutions with 48 bit co lour depth. The scanner also comes with film holder that allows six frames of 35mm filmstrip to be scanned at one go.

Both C90 and CX5500 allow to use of Epson's low cost ink cartridge in addition to the standard cartridge. With the INKdidual sytem, user only have to replace the colour. The cartridge also use the DURABrite Ultra inks that water-resistant and protect against fading and smudging.
epson printer

Cecube HD2600/HD2400

Both CECUBE HD2600 and HD2400 card support DirectX10 and Universal Video Decoder (UVD) technology, with the recent launch of the AGP 8X versions for these series, the CECUBE R&D team promises to deliver unmatched graphic card prowess. The HD2600XT and HD2600PRO make use of GDDR4, GDDR3 and DDR2 (256MB or 512MB) high speed memory to give the best performance. The third generation cecube Gemini technology has also been unleashed with the dual core RV630XT architecti=ure with 1GB of memory offers four DVI output for 4 simultaneous displays.

The proprietary low profile HD2400 PCI-E series uses ATI Radeon RV610 chip with the DDR 256MB memory and comewith native HDMI support for crystal clear high quality graphic. All CECUBE Radeon HD2600 and HD2400 series support the latest UVD video processing technology.

HD2600

Foxconn 8600GTS

New operating systems always mean upgrades. The biggest operating system upgrade in the recent times was the much heralded and even much more delayed Vista. With it came the much touted security and visual different from its older brother XP.

Foxconn has been around since 1974. Nvidia is a name synonymous with performance graphic since storming on the graphic card scene. Both of these big names combine to bring some of the best graphic card available on the market today. The Nividia 8600GTS which is the faster cousin of the GT card is the one that I managed to get my hand on there. The GTS boast 25% faster core clock speed and 35% increase in memory clock speed.

The 8600GTS has a list of features that reads like the performance specifications of an exotic sports car. Designed from the ground up for the much awaited Direct X10 and packing the new and faster CDDR3 memory. The 8600 series graphic engine has been optimized for more than just gaming. The 8600 card has also been optimized with help of nVidia pure video HD technology to give exceptional playback performance of Blue Ray and HD Video.

PowerColor HD2600/HD2400

PowerColor HD 2600 and HD2400 range of graphic card offer DX10 support, HD 1080p, Ubiversal Video Decode and HDMI with surround sound for next generation gaming and HD video viewing capabilities. PoweColor's HD 2600 comes in 4 flavours : HD2600 XT GDDR4, HD2600 PRO 256MB. While the HD2400 comes in 5 : HD2400 XT GDDR3 with HDMI dongle, HD2400 XT, HD2400 PRO Passive Edition, HD2400 PRO DDR2.

Burning at Lightning Speeds - LG GSA-H62N

It's that time once agains for the DVD burning speed wars to pick up speed as many vendors jump on the bandwagon to produce yet another high speed DVD burning optical drive. Case in point, LG sent over an 18X SuperMulti DVD-RW drive to the labs of PC.com for a review a run. Your truly got his grubby hand onto it soon as it arrived through the front entrance. When I dug it out of the box I expected the usual plethora of connectors. What greeted me instead were, to my delisght, two SATA port. For this review, I used two different Imation DVD-Rs, one Ritek DVD-R and one Mitsubishi DVD-R.

All the discs, which have a burn rating range of 8X to 16 X, had their entire capacity filled up. From the lot of DVDs used, the Imation DVDs locked in a record burning of 3 minutes while the Ritek and Mitsubishi ones scored a burn time of 5 minutes. Verifying and randomly checking the written data showed little to no write errors. At high-writing error, but with LG burner their none. That, in itself is surprising, since the memory buffer on the LG burner is a miniscule 2MB, Leading me to assume that there would be some writing erros when burning at max speed.

Acer TravelMate 6921

The TravalMate is a series that Acer’s had around for some time. True to the name, the TraverlMate range is made to be lugged around whiter you will and we had one model travel to us, the Acer TravelMate 6921

No nonsense from this machine. On the outside it has no unnecessary frills and is not particularly easy tell apart from the rest of the business centric notebook crowd. Black, not shiny, business like and well, that is what most business user want. Not to mention the funny looks you get from McLaren fans if you decided to do a business presentation with an Acer Ferrari notebook instead.

On the specs side of the scale, its heart is intel’s Centerio Duo T5500 running at 1.66Ghz and a decent 1 GB of Ram to properly run the copy of Vista that was installed on the machine. Graphic Wise, it does also recommend this for games with high graphic requirement. But as far as basic specifications go, office application and nothing too taxing will run just fine on this machine.

Beside the processor and RAM, you also get a decent amount of USB ports - three to be exact. If any of you quibble about not having more, do remember you’re getting portability for the price of saving.

Apart from that, you don’t really feel short- changed because the notebook comes with all the standard WiFi, BlueTooth, a card reader, Firewire port as well as S-video/Tv out. Event better, they slapped on the web camera as well which is certainly a space saver.

Samsung AV Line UP

Samsung Electronic demonstrated its passion for enriching consumers lifestyle, at last unveiling its latest audio-visual product at the Samsung Art of Experience AV Launch.

Showcasing a comprehensive range of cutting edge High Definition (HD) and mobile multimedia offerings, the company aims to extend its leadership in the TV market and rise to become the number one MP3 player brand in the region.

Samsung is passionate about leveraging our innovations in technology and design to enhance consumers lifestyles. We will deliver to consumers TVs with rich colors, sharp picture, advance features and superior, timeless design. Music enthusiasts can also look forward to sleek, precious MP3 player that pack a complete portfolio of multimedia feature and applications.

HP Inspired Fashion Line

HP added powerful addition to their Pavilion notebook line-up with a mammoth of a machine codenamed " the Dragon". The well deserved nickname is due to its 20.1 inch diagonal screen. Officially called the HP Pavilion HDX Series Entertainment Notebook PC, the Dragon launched with six other exclusive HP imprint finish.

HP continues to drive innovation in consumer notebooks by combinning stylish, thoughtful design with leading mobile technology. Hp also introduced a new look and logo for their Compaq brand. The HP iPAQ 512 Voice Messengger also made . With Windows Mobile 6 onboard, its other feature include convenient voice control, VoIP, push email and a very healthy battery life.