Toshiba announced its Slim Series PORTéGé notebook PCs, the Toshiba PORTéGé T110 and PORTéGé T130. Measuring less than one inch thin at its slimmest point and starting at 1.58kg, the ultra-thin PORTéGé series does not cut corners on features or performance. With Windows 7, power-efficient Intel ultra-low voltage processors, and hard drive protection with 3D motion sensors, the new ultra-thin Slim series Notebook PCs have the performance, flexibility and functionality that consumers have come to expect from standard-sized Notebook PCs, yet in a highly portable package. The Slim series are engineered to feature the comfort and convenience of a standard Notebook PC yet in an ultra-thin package. The PORTéGé Notebook PCs feature full-sized keyboards and full-sized Multi Touch Pads with Gesture Control, enabling greater flexibility to browse and control what’s happening on-screen with gesture commands. Equipped with Windows 7, ultra-fast DDR3 memory and lots of expansion ports, including HDMI-out, the new Slim series of PORTéGé Notebook PCs have the horsepower to handle the day’s tasks or evening’s entertainment. Built-in Wireless LAN and Bluetooth keep users productive, online and in touch.
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Panasonic launched the world’s first portable Blu-Ray player enables HD video viewing on the go, the Panasonic DMP-B15. At a time when more consumers are taking to HD – largely because of falling prices of Blu-Ray players and the disappearance of the competing Toshiba HD format – this somewhat expensive portable Blu-Ray player could well be the first in a trend that is similar to the current proliferation of portable DVD players. The latter were also very expensive (costing more than $2,000) when they were first launched. Now, they can be purchased for $100 plus. The B15 can be connected to a HDTV via HDMI cable and comes equipped with an SD card slot (for viewing pictures, camcorder movies in AVCHD and MPEG2 format and downloaded DivX content) and a LAN port. With the Viera Cast function, users can access YouTube, Picasa and other websites from the Viera Cast screen. The B15 is also backward-compatible and plays CDs and DVDs.
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MSI introduced the successor of its PR200 ultraportable notebook, the MSI PR201. It measures 303 x 231.5 x 16-29.5 mm with 1.8kg (including battery) with ultra lightweight design with Magnesium Alloy Casing in Black and Silver color theme. The PR201 is powered by Intel Core2 Duo processor and Intel GM45 Express Chipset, to deliver innovative mobile solutions with unrivaled processor performance, stunning new HD capabilities, great wireless connectivity, and long battery life. It also features Fingerprint Reader for Data Security, HDMI for best video quality, and built-in 2.0 megapixel webcam.
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Sony announced its plans to release new firmware for its PlayStation 3 video game console, PS3 Firmware 2.20. PlayStation 3 users would be expecting a firmware update on their consoles to enhance the capabilities of its existing Blu-ray player. The updated firmware enables Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0, or BD-Live, to be supported on the PS3. BD-Live enables Blu-ray Disc makers to incorporate additional interactive features including downloadable video content, ringtones, games and more.
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Sony has unveiled four home theater systems featuring the new S-AIR? technology, Sony BRAVIA DAV-HDX576WF, Sony BRAVIA DAV-HDX277WC, Sony BRAVIA DAV-HDX279W, and Sony BRAVIA DAV-HDX275 systems. The S-AIR technology delivers a practical wireless multi-room solution without complicated set-up requirements, such as IP addresses, WEP keys and pin codes. Wireless audio can be transmitted from the main system in the living room to multiple rooms throughout the home — up to 164 feet — simply by connecting a separate S-AIR Air Station receiver/speaker into a power outlet. S-AIR technology also delivers audio wirelessly to rear surround speakers without interfering with other household devices.

The DAV-HDX576WF model includes one S-AIR Air Station receiver/speaker (AIR-SA10) and a wireless rear speaker kit (WAHT-SA10). The theater system offers height adjustable floor standing speakers designed to match the style and height of BRAVIA televisions. The DAV-HDX277WC model includes one S-AIR Air Station receiver/speaker (AIR-SA10) with an option to add a rear wireless speaker kit (WAHT-SA10, sold separately), while the DAV-HDX279W model includes the rear wireless speaker kit (WAHT-SA10) with an option to add S-AIR Air Station receiver/speakers for multi-room audio. And the DAV-HDX275 system is equipped with S-AIR-Ready technology with an option to add a rear wireless speaker kit (WHAT-SA10) and an S-AIR transmitter (EZW-T100) with S-AIR Air Stations (AIR-SA10).
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Fujitsu introduced a new LifeBook range that is already renowned for its compact, power-packed notebooks, the Fujitsu LifeBook P8010. The business-oriented notebook is an ideal companion for professionals constantly on the go or even for premium home users who want the flexibility of not being pinned down to a particular spot at home. The LifeBook P8010 is powered by the next generation processor - Intel Core 2 Duo Processor SL7100 (1.2GHz/800MHz/4M L2 cache) with a Mobile Intel GS965 Express Chipset and Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN network connection. This personal companion has an impressively high storage capacity of up to 250GB, supports up to 4GB in memory size and is built with 1GB Intel Turbo Memory to turbo charge the responsiveness of the system. Doubtless, the P8010 will win the hearts of the businessman who needs his many documents on hand in soft copy as he shuttles from meeting to meeting and the MP3-loving premium leisure user who craves huge disk capacity.

This ultra-light Fujitsu LifeBook P8010 at 1.3kg is made by Fujitsu’s SlimEdge Design innovation, with a briliant 12.1-inch WXGA SuperFine TFT 1280×800 resolution display, a brightness rating of 250nits, 250:1 contrast ratio and 45% color Gamut. It also features an integrated 1.3-megapixel camera, Dual Layer DVD Super Multi Writer, internal microphone, Bluetooth, built-in SD memory slot, USB ports. The LifeBook P8010 makes complex security simple with its Fingerprint Sensor for fast access and data protection and the 3D Shock Sensor for decreasing the risk of damage to the Hard Disk Drive, thus prolonging your notebook’s lifespan and pre-empting the possibility of unnecessary and potentially expensive data loss. No worry of having drink near by with the Spill-resistant Keyboard. The P8010 offers a long battery life of up to 6.1 hours, so you certainly have the option of taking a mundane flight to new heights with a truly cinematic experience.
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The war of High Definition format between Blu-ray and HD DVD has come to the end. Toshiba just announced that they will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video. “We concluded that a swift decision would be best,” Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida told reporters at his company’s Tokyo offices. The move would make Blu-ray ? backed by Sony Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products, and five major Hollywood movie studios ? the winner in the battle over high-definition DVD formatting that began several years ago. Nishida said last month’s decision by Warner Bros. Entertainment to release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format made the move inevitable. Warner joined Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Co. and News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox in that move.

“That had tremendous impact,” he said. “If we had continued, that would have created problems for consumers, and we simply had no chance to win.”

Both HD DVD and Blu-ray deliver crisp, clear high-definition pictures and sound, which are more detailed and vivid than existing video technology. They are incompatible with each other, and neither plays on older DVD players. But both formats play on high-definition TVs. HD DVD was touted as being cheaper because it was more similar to previous video technology, while Blu-ray boasted bigger recording capacity. Nishida said his company had confidence in HD DVD as a technology and tried to assure the estimated 1 million people, including some 600,000 people in North America, who already bought HD DVD machines by promising that Toshiba will continue to provide product support for the technology.
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After releasing a Nova P22 compact size PC, ASUS plans to release a new sexy design of Nova PC, the Nova P20. This portable PC is powered by an Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 1.8GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 120GB of hard drive, Intel GMA X300 integrated graphics card, DVD burner and Vista Home Premium OS. The computer can be positioned vertically or horizontally; it has touch-sensitive power and optical drive eject buttons, which help to keep the front looking uncluttered. One the back side you get four USB ports, DVI, and three audio jacks that support surround sound.
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