http://www.hardware.info/ Hardware.Info give you the most information about the newest hardware Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:00:04 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpmacZY/Conceptronic_presents_CFULLHDMA_successor/ The Full HD Media player (CFULLHDMA) manufactured by Conceptronics will soon be followed up by the company's new CFULLHDMAi. Though the product appears to be the same on the outside, several features have been added such as SAMBA server support, a BitTorrent download client and compatibility with Conceptronic's Wireless 300 MBps 11n USB adaptor.  Like its predecessor, the CFULL ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpmacZY/Conceptronic_presents_CFULLHDMA_successor/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:13:41 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpmacJY/New_LaCie_DVD_burner_with_FireWire_and_USB/ LaCie introduces a new external DVD-burner. The product features a USB 2.0 and a FireWire-conntector. It writes DVD- and DVD+ media at speeds of 22x. LaCie has also implemented the LightScribe technology, which makes it possible to print labels on the discs. This does require special coated discs in combination with the right software. LaCie bundles the Toast 9 Basic software (Mac OS ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpmacJY/New_LaCie_DVD_burner_with_FireWire_and_USB/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:02:27 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiacZY/Barracuda_720012_has_500_GB_platters/ Seagate has announced the Barracuda 7200.12 hard disks, a series of 3.5 inch drives that will bring the company's new 500 GB platters to the consumer.   These new Barracuda's feature a data density of 329 GB per square inch. Theoretically, this means that the disks will perform better whilst consuming less energy. Seagate claims a writing speed of 160 Megabyte/sec on the 1 T ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiacZY/Barracuda_720012_has_500_GB_platters/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:29:23 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiacJY/PQI_introduces_four_new_SSDs/ PQI reports that it will show its entire line of solid-state products during the CES 2009, later this week. There will be four new solid-state disks: the 1.8-inch microSATA SSD S518, 2.5-inch SATA2 SSD S525, the Express Card SSD S520 and lastly, the eSATA Combo Card S530. PQI's 128 GB 2,5-inch SATA2 SSD S525 PQI's S518 and S525 will feature a maximum storage capacity of ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiacJY/PQI_introduces_four_new_SSDs/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:22:04 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiab5Y/116_and_133_inch_netbooks_upcoming/ Initially, HP had an 11.6-inch netbook planned for the end of 2008. Due to the effects of the credit crunch however, the company postponed this release until the first half of this year. Acer has also reported to be working on an 11.6-inch netbook, which is to be released in the 2nd half of 2009. Digitimes posts that Acer has already ordered its 11.6-inch panels at AU Optronics. The 11.6 inch ne ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiab5Y/116_and_133_inch_netbooks_upcoming/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:03:05 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiaapY/MSI_Media_Live_Diva_HTPC_motherboard/ MSI just released their latest HTPC Motherboard, the Media Live Diva. The board feautures a unique enhancement in the form of an intelligent digital amplifier, the D2 Audio DAE3. This expansion produces purely digital sound and supports THX, and because of the optional 5.1 or 7.1 add in card does not take up a lot of space in the media PC or generate a lot of heat.   Apart from ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiaapY/MSI_Media_Live_Diva_HTPC_motherboard/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:00:02 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiaaZY/Winfast_GTX260_extreme_released/ Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-fami ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpiaaZY/Winfast_GTX260_extreme_released/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:11:03 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpaab5Y/New_Voodoo_PC_gaming_laptop/ HP will release a new loptop under its "Voodoo PC" brand that will squarly be aimed at gamers. The codenamed "Firfefly" is still in a experimental phase, however Laptopmag already managed to get hold of a test sample and has taken some pictures of the newest addition. The laptop has two displays, the main display is a 17,1 inch screen with a resolution of 1920 x ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpaab5Y/New_Voodoo_PC_gaming_laptop/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpaabpY/New_Crucial_Ballistix_DDR3_Memory_Kits/ Lexar Media today announced the immediate availability of Ballistix DDR3-1333 (PC3-10600) and DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) three channel DDR3 memory kits. These new kits support the latest Intel chipset technology, based on the CoreTM i7 processors. Ballistix three channel DDR3 memory kits are available in 3GB and 6GB kits through select resellers and in the crucial online store The new three c ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpaabpY/New_Crucial_Ballistix_DDR3_Memory_Kits/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:03:22 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpaaapY/XFX_First_Radeons_are_at_hand/ Last year, XFX announced that it would be starting to sell AMD Radeon graphics cards. At this point, the brand has a complete line-up of HD4000 cards ready to hit the shelves. All models featue 512 MB of memory, the HD4650 and HD4870 will also get a 1GB version later. It's remarkable that the high-end HD4870X2 graphics card isn't on the list.  XFX kicks off slowly with ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpaaapY/XFX_First_Radeons_are_at_hand/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:57:58 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpWabZY/Two_new_DFI_X58_motherboards/ DFI has officially launched its earlier-announced LANParty JR X58-T3H6, a MicroATX motherboard based on Intel's X58 chipset. With the additional launch of an X58 motherboard in the LANParty DK line-up, as well as the existing X58-T3eH8 board, DFI will have three X58 motherboards on the market for now.   The DFI LANParty JR X58-T3H6 seems unique, a MicroATX motherboard with In ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpWabZY/Two_new_DFI_X58_motherboards/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:59:52 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpWabJY/ASUS_Xonar_HDAV13_with_Dolby_TrueHD/ Last year's Computex showed us an ASUS Xonar HDAV soundcard. ASUS claims that this Xonar HDAV 1.3  is the first soundcard to process Dolby TrueHD bitstream, making it the perfect soundcard for an HTPC with a Blu-ray player. ASUS reports that this Xonar is equipped with a C-Media AV200 soundchip and comes bundled with the ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre software package. This co ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpWabJY/ASUS_Xonar_HDAV13_with_Dolby_TrueHD/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:50:16 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpWaa5Y/VIA_Nano_dual_core_processor/ Tech Connect Magazine reports that VIA is working on an Intel Atom competitor. A post has appeared on a Chinese website which talks about a very efficient dual core processor, called the VIA Nano 3000. Is VIA working on an Atom-killer with its Nano dual core processor? It's rumored that the chip will be produced on the Fujitsu 45nm process, but a 40nm version is also possib ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqSwpWaa5Y/VIA_Nano_dual_core_processor/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:40:11 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwp6ab5Y/ASUS_shows_its_first_AM3_motherboards/ ASUS has shown its first AM3 motherboards, It´s possible that additional boards will be revealed during the CES, later this month. The ASUS M4A78 Pro is based on AMD´s 780G chipset, the ASUS M4A79 Deluxe will use the AMD 790FX chipset. The ASUS M4A78 Pro motherboard ASUS M4A79 Deluxe with FX790 + SB750 chipset One of the new features of AM3 is the support ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwp6ab5Y/ASUS_shows_its_first_AM3_motherboards/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:39:14 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwp6abpY/Mushkin_4GB_DDR2_memory_kit_with_gold/ Muskin bundles two 2GB memory modules with golden contact feet in the 996580X2 DDR2-memory kit. In combination with the black eight-layer PCB, the company claims that the modules will not only perform better, but are also more efficient and feature a longer lifetime than regular ones. Despite the usage of gold, Mushkin claims that the price of the DDR2-kit will not be ridiculously high and that ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwp6abpY/Mushkin_4GB_DDR2_memory_kit_with_gold/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:20:49 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwp6abZY/Creative_reveals_Zii_processor_during_CES/ Rumor has it that Creative is working on a new chip. The company has created an official website on the domain www.zii.com but is rather vague about what Zii actually is. The term "Stemcell computing", with a corresponding copyright, doesn't really make things any clearer either. According to epizenter.net, the Zii cannot be compared to the X-Fi audiochip. The Zii proces ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwp6abZY/Creative_reveals_Zii_processor_during_CES/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:10:27 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwpmabZY/AMDs_Mobility_HD4800_in_early_2009/ Fudzilla reports that AMD's latest mobile high-end videochip -based on the RV770- is ready for production. The new mobile graphics card will be called the HD4870 and like the desktop version it will feature 800 shaders and GDDR5 memory. The chip has the codename M98 and will be produced at 55nm. Later on, a slower version -codenamed M97- will also be introduced. This card will have a slightl ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwpmabZY/AMDs_Mobility_HD4800_in_early_2009/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:30:50 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwpmabJY/First_socket_AM3_Phenom_II_spotted/ Computerbase has published images of a Phenom II processor with a socket AM3 pin-configuration. Initially, the new 45nm quadcore will be released in Januaryin an AM2+ version. In February, AM3 models will be added to the line-up. The Phenom II processors that use this new socket have an integrated memorycontroller that works with both DDR2 and DDR3. This makes it possible for the AM3 Phenom II t ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwpmabJY/First_socket_AM3_Phenom_II_spotted/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:14:06 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwpmaa5Y/nVidia_GeForce_GTX_295_specifications/ nVidia's revision of the 65nm GT200 chip and the die-shrink to 55nm made the chip more efficient and smaller than it its predecessor. The company has use the new chip to develop a new dual-GT200 graphics card, the GeForce GTX 295, which has been announced recently.  Image source: Guru3D.com The overview below shows the card's specifications:  Specific ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwpmaa5Y/nVidia_GeForce_GTX_295_specifications/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:56:42 +0100 http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwpiaaZY/EVGA_completes_55nm_GTX_260/ EVGA has completed its 55nm GeForce GTX 260 graphics cards. Initially, an all-stock and a Superclocked version will be released. Both cards feature 216 stream processors, a 448-bit memory bus, 896 MB of GDDR3 memory, DirectX 10 support, Triple-SLI compatibility and dual-DVI connectors.    The stock card is clocked at 576/1242/1998 MHz for respectively the core/shaders/memory. ... http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclZqRwpiaaZY/EVGA_completes_55nm_GTX_260/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:44:20 +0100