We caught up with DeviceVM at CES and took a look at their latest implementation of Splashtop on an ASUS F8 notebook. New to the environment is DVD playback support, photo viewing, music listening, NTFS support and more.

Link: http://techgage.com/article/ces_2008_devicevms_splashtop/

Quote: We caught up with DeviceVM at CES to see what’s new with their Splashtop embedded Linux environment, which we first saw on the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe motherboard. As we found out, development has been steady with many new features implemented and ready for deployment with notebooks.

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CES is finally over.

” Trust is a company that makes input devices and other peripherals. They have a huge presence in Europe and just announced the American launch of their products at CES. Trust is on the same tier as Logitech in terms of support and products offered. They offer many products that are extremely well designed and it really looks like they will give Logitech great competition which the market always needs. ”

Link: http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=232

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Title: Perixx Periboard-704 Keyboard Review on Technic3D

Quote: “The Perixx Periboard-704 Keyboard arrived Technic3D. Optical Trackball for Easy Control of Mouse Function, Wireless 2.4GHz (up to 10m) and  One-touch 10 Hot Keys with Control of Audio, Video, Email, Internet for Media Center & Various Home Entertainment PC. Technic3D will see the functions in the following Review.”

Link: http://www.technic3d.com/article-611,1-perixx-periboard-704-htpc-in-reichweite.htm

Icemat Audio Black Siberia Multi Headset Review

Author: Jon Russell Date: 01-10-2007

The Black Siberia headphones represent a good midrange option when it comes to gaming headsets. The extra long cord, detachable microphone as well the independent controls are great additions that set these headphones apart from most. Add to that the quality of construction of the headphones and you have setup that is well worth your money and probably outlast most other headsets in the same category. While the sound from the speakers could have been better for the price they are well within the accepted standards.

Winners Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/1737_1.html

* Title: Vizo Milano 3.5″ Media Hard Drive Enclosure @ APH Networks

* Description: In the digital home, there are many ways to play media that’s physically located on your computer on your home stereo system. From the classic method of using a high end sound card such as the Asus Xonar D2 (Or an Asus Xonar U1 if USB is your only choice), to using a Slim Devices Squeezebox to stream media using a network, the possibilities are endless. One to add to this combination is the Vizo Milano. This unique hard drive enclosure allows you to simply pop in a hard disk drive, and the enclosure does the rest. It supports digital out to your receiver for audio, and hooks up to your TV using major analog formats to play video and display pictures. It even comes with a remote control! Will this media enclosure change the way we play digital files on home theater setups? Let’s have a detailed look at the Vizo Milano media player and hard drive enclosure today.

* Link: http://aphnetworks.com/reviews/vizo_milano

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Majority of new PCs ship without Windows Vista, Gates (unintentionally) reveals

Posted: 10 Jan 2008 08:59 AM CST

Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system is proving far less popular with new PC buyers than Windows XP did during XP’s first year on the market, if statements by company chairman Bill Gates at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show are any measure..

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Microsoft apologizes to Corel

Posted: 10 Jan 2008 08:59 AM CST

Microsoft Corp. yesterday apologized to rival software vendor Corel Corp. for saying that Corel’s file format posed a security risk. Microsoft also issued new tools to let users of Office 2003 SP3 unblock a host of barred file types.

In a posting to his own blog, David LeBlanc, a senior software development engineer with the Microsoft Office team, admitted the company’s mistake in attributing security problems to certain file formats, including the one used by CorelDraw.

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OLPC with both Windows and Linux

Posted: 10 Jan 2008 08:59 AM CST

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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and Microsoft Corp. are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday.

“We are working with them very closely to make a dual-boot system so that, like on an Apple, you can boot either one up. The version that’s up and running of Windows on the XO is very fast, it’s very, very successful. We’re working very hard to do both,” said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC.

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We made it back from CES and as promised will be posting our various days coverage. This evening we have CES 2008 Day 1 (continued). Pretty much what the (preview) should have been.

Subject: CES 2008 Day 1 (Continued) @ Ninjalane
URL: http://www.ninjalane.com/display.aspx?docname=ces08-1

Quote: “Welcome back to the Ninjalane coverage of CES 2008. We normally have daily show coverage the evening after but several technical difficulties prevented this from happening. So to wrap things up we’ll be posting 3 additional articles that will dig deeper into the sights and sounds of CES 2008, Lets get started!”

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TITLE: Benchmark Reviews Experiences 2008 International CES

DESCRIPTION: This is my short story of a first year visit to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which began in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 7th, 2008.  Prior to starting Benchmark Reviews in March 2007, I had only heard of the aftermath and accolades from the stories handed down from affiliate webmasters from the previous years’ CES.  Since I am a resident of Nevada, I feel the gravitational pull of Las Vegas more than a few times per year; most in part to my competitions twice per year in the Grapplers Quest National Tournaments.  But this year I was on a mission: meet the manufacturers, ask the important questions, and attend the parties.  This is a diary of the most interesting experiences while I attended the 2008 International CES convention, and the lessons I learned the hard way.  This article is dedicated to anyone who is considering, planning, or just slightly curious in joining the crowd in Sin City.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140&Itemid=38

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Zalman computer products have been advertising the silencing factor of their products for many years. Most of their heatsinks are even packaged with their “Fanmate” to let the user adjust the fan’s RPMs, thereby reducing the noise the fan produces. To achieve a virtually silent computer, some users have used several Fanmates or other rheostats to reduce noise, but since these devices are inside your computer they cannot be easily accessed to dynamically adjust.
This is where Fan Controllers come in, as they allow you to control several different fans from the front of your computer, and usually have an indicator of their performance. Zalman has released their ZM-MFC2 Multi Fan Controller, which is the evolution of their previous fan controller the ZM-MFC 1.

Zalman’s has updated everything about this Fan Controller for the 21st century. The device not only supports 4 seperate fans and temperature sensors, but also tells you how much power your PC is using, and displays it all on a very bright, multi-colored VFD display, and each fan is controlled digitally via a jog dial and buttons!

Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1049

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