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Following their motto of “storage redefined,” pureSilicon introduced a 1TB, 2.5-inch solid-state drive (SSD) called the Nitro at CES 2009. The drive tips the scale of impressiveness based on its size and capacity. The Nitro combines maximum density with high performance and low power demand.

Four of these drives offers 4TB of storage in the same space as a standard 3.5-inch hard disk drive. It only uses 4.8 Watts of power when active and 0.1 Watts of power when idle.

Amazingly, the drive contains 15.40GB per cubic centimeter. Sustained read speeds are measured at 240MB/s and sustained write speeds are measured at 215 MB/s. The drive includes a SATA II interface.

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The new Palm Pre has an ergonomic curved body with a slide-out vertical QWERTY keyboard and multi-touch screen. Slick in appearance and efficient in function, its webOS aims to bring together all of the facets of your life into one seamless application. And from what we’ve seen, the Pre looks like it could be a major threat to the iPhone and Android-based G1.

Palm has not set an exact availability date or a price for the Pre, but it will be on Sprint’s 3G network.

Here’s what we know about the specs on the Palm Pre:

• High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA, depending on version)
• 802.11b / g WiFi with WPA, WPA2, 801.1x authentication
• 3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display
• Dedicated gesture area below display
• Slide-out portrait QWERTY keyboard (banana slider)
• Integrated IM, MMS, and SMS messaging
• Email: Microsoft Outlook with Microsoft Direct Push Technology POP3/IMAP (Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc). So it does push exchange email, but the rest is not push.
• Built-in GPS
• Bluetooth 2.1 EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
• High-performance browser
• 3 megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• 8GB of internal storage (~7.4GB user available)
• USB mass storage support
• Phone as laptop modem – Bluetooth tethering
• MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face
• Light sensor to automatically dim display
• Audio Formats: MPS, AAC, AAC , AMR, QCELP, WAV Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 Image Formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
• Ringer mute switch
• Removable rechargeable battery
• Width: 59.5mm (2.3 inches) Height: 100.5mm (3.9 inches) Thickness: 16.95mm (0.67 inches)
• Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces)

Source : treocentral.com

The Cell CPU is best known for being the computing guts inside the PlayStation 3, but Toshiba has also integrated it into its Qosmio laptop line as well. It has a more exciting use in store for it, however, as part of your home theater setup. The company is displaying a prototype at CES that combines a 3,840×2,160-pixel (or 4k) LCD along with a set-top box that can record up to six HD programs at once. Yes, you read that right: a half-dozen high-def streams at the same time. The box’s is larger than others of its ilk, but that’s the price you pay for HD nirvana.

Toshiba plans to release the Cell TV system later in the year. Cable companies and Tivo can probably breathe easy for the time being, since the units will no doubt cost an arm and a leg: $5,000 to $10,000 according to the EE Times. But the days of only being able to record a limited number of shows (especially in HD) at the same time on a set-top DVR could thankfully be numbered.

Dell launched a new gaming PC that’s all about having AMD inside. The Dell XPS 625 desktop PC supports the so called AMD Dragon platform.

That means the PC has the newly released AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition processor alongside two ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards in CrossFire mode. AMD’s own OverDrive program also allows for overcloking the processor as well. Pricing for the new XPS 625 PC starts at $999 and it’s available now on Dell’s web site.

It’s Robbie Bach’s turn at the mic as the Microsoft keynote turns to content. Among the highlights:

New content: Xbox Live will launch its own channel, Primetime, with a real-time game show called 1 vs. 100—all live. A sort of virtual Who Wants to be a Millionaire? without money. “It’s all about the mob …” They’re also adding a game developers channel and shipping a new product called Kodu for creating games that can be shared on Xbox Live, now being demoed onstage by a kid who is beyond adept.

Netflix:  Xbox Live added Netflix streaming late last year. “A very easy way for people to get HD content”—over 12,000 movies and episodes.

Xbox Live: Xbox Live grew more than 70 percent last year and now has more than 17 million subscribers, with three million added in the last quarter of 2008. Bach claims XBL accounts for 75 percent of all music downloads across platforms.

Media Center: Bach says Media Center has over 10 million unique users a month, averaging about 90 minutes a session.

Zune: No mention of that pesky leap year bug, but Zune doubled social use to more than 2 million.

IPTV: The pace of IPTV is accelerating. Media Room is adding an Anytime feature that will literally let viewers go backwards to watch their favorite shows.

Report by Engadget : here

CELL TV capabilities: capable of recording form six HD tuners simultaneously. 3D Graphic user interface, streams HD video to several TV’s in the house and it will be "marketed" in 2009 – but will it be sold? The CELL box doesn’t just process images, it also does network video. finally these HDTVs are coming. Multiple Regza models with CELL set-top box that lugs into the 4k x 2k panel.

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Yahoo Inc unveiled on Wednesday a list of partners to aid its push to bring the Internet and television together, hoping their joint effort will finally connect with consumers.

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yahoo said it has forged deals with companies including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , LG Electronics Inc , Sony Corp  and Vizio, which will make high-definition TVs that support Yahoo’s online service.

Ever since the dawn of the Internet Age, tech companies have been promising to bring "convergence" of the online and TV universes, but those efforts have failed to take off with consumers who have found such products difficult to use.

The new TVs announced on Wednesday will be in the market as early as the spring and will support widgets — small Internet applications — that run alongside broadcast TV content, but not over it.

Source : http://uk.reuters.com

Check it out in the following links : and see what Ballmer is up to.

Live from steve ballmers ces keynote { Engdaget } – I love to see those photos taken by Engadget.

Live Blogging the Ballmer CES Keynote – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com

CES ’09: Steve Ballmer Keynote | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily …

So here is new in Mini Storage Industry. SanDisk just announced "Ultra" versions of their 16GB MicroSD and M2 memory cards, which fit into mobile phones. The new Ultra cards transfer files to and from PCs faster than existing non-ultra cards.

The new card’s ultra speeds seem to only come into play when you’re using them with a dedicated, PC-based card reader – not if they’re plugged into a phone already. That’s because the speed of transferring files directly to a phone is usually limited by the phone, not by the memory card.

The new 16GB Mobile Ultra MicroSD will cost $119.99 and the 16GB M2 card (which works with Sony Ericsson phones) will cost $129.99. Both will go on sale this month.

I believed it will be great to those Mobile users like me. Taking pictures kills my 2 GB Memory in my cellphone.

Source : gearlog.com

Here is what new from MSI

The MSI U115 will be available with 8 GB or 16 GB SSDs, which will be combined with 120 GB or 160 GB hard drives, respectively. The operating system runs from the SSD, while the hard drive is primarily intended for file storage. Equipped with a 6-cell battery, the U115 is promised to last about 12 hours on one battery charge.
Including a 10” widescreen LCD and an integrated 1.3 or 2.0 megapixel webcam,  the U115 weighs just over 2 pounds. Availability and prices were not announced.
Also new is the U120 netbook that can be equipped with 3.5G or WiMax connectivity. No word on pricing yet. 

Really CES has lots to show

Pics and news Source : tgdaily

The Wireless Induction Chargers by Powermat.

It has been estimated that the Powermats will hit store shelves this fall. The mats will come in five versions: family mat for charging up to six gadgets, a smaller fold-up mat for travel, PC mat for charging laptops, desk mat that comes with a wireless speaker and a bedside mat with a rechargeable clock.

Each mat will cost around $100. But that’s not all. You’ll also have to buy receivers — doodads that connect your devices to the mats and conduct the charge. Those will set you back around $30 a pop. So waving goodbye to wired chargers might also mean parting with a good chunk of change.

So HP is introducing new Line of Netbook and HP 2140 is their latest one. More about this New HP Mini 2140 at my Main Blog.

Latest innovation in Video Camera. It is what they call 3D Video Camera called Minoru which means “ Reality “. Check them out at my Main BLog. “ { Minoru 3D Webcam “ Reality “ }

This morning the peripheral maker announced a number of gaming PC products they were showing at CES including the following gadgets :

G19 keyboard with a color LCD screen for game and PC stats and even video and pictures. It’s due out in March for $199.99.

G35 headset with features like "voice morphing" to make you sound like a "cyborg, giant, mutant, space squirrel, troll and alien". It’s also due in March for $129.99.

G9x mouse, a revamped version of the earlier G9 mouse that increases its maximum DPI to 5000. It’s due in April for $99.99.

All of the new products join the previously launched G13 gameboard.

So need to say any about the your new Gaming Gear.