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CES 2008: DeviceVM’s Splashtop @ Techgage

Comments: 0January 11th, 2008 by Kristofer

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.

Title: CES 2008: DeviceVM’s Splashtop @ Techgage

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 2008 Day 4 @ ASE Labs

Comments: 0January 11th, 2008 by Kristofer

 

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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Perixx Periboard-704 Keyboard Review on Technic3D

Comments: 0January 11th, 2008 by Kristofer

 

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

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Icemat Audio Black Siberia Multi Headset Review

Comments: 0January 11th, 2008 by Kristofer
Icemat Audio Black Siberia Multi Headset Review motherboards.org

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

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Vizo Milano 3.5″ Media Hard Drive Enclosure @ APH Networks

Comments: 0January 11th, 2008 by Kristofer

 

* 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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Latest from TechTalk 1-11-08

Comments: 0January 11th, 2008 by Kristofer

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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