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Altec Lansing Speakers & Dolby Home Theater for True-to-Life Audio Performance

Taipei, Taiwan, March 18, 2008 – With its new infusion technology in design, the ASUS M50 notebook is magnificently stunning at one glance and the interior is equally exquisite. Incorporated with Blu-Ray capability, Altec Lansing speakers and Dolby Home Theater, the M50 provides a high definition digital video and audio experience for exceptional digital entertainment enjoyments. On top of that, the touch pad doubles up as a multimedia control panel for easy control of video or music files, allowing the user to play, stop, pause and do much more at the touch of a finger.

Grand Piano Gloss with High Tech Sophistication
Like the smooth, glossy finish of a grand piano, and as classy as one, the ASUS M50’s cover is built using ASUS’ exclusive Infusion technology. This not only gives the cover a superb polished shine but also creates a tough coat, highly resistant to abrasions. Stylishly integrated are the icons on the brushed control panel and the speakers with diamond cut rims, the ASUS M50 is a classic new tech in its entirety. Read the rest of this entry »

Lenovo is planning to outsource its entire consumer-based IdeaPad notebook manufacturing to Taiwan notebook makers, according to industry sources.

Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron are expected to benefit from the outsourcing.

In addition to initial orders for the announced Y510, Y410 and U110 models, Lenovo is expected to release more orders in the second half of the year, with all future IdeaPads likely to be outsourced to the three makers. Read the rest of this entry »

Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) is believed to have received new notebook orders recently and has adjusted its notebook shipment goal in 2008 from the original 3.8 million to five million units, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Gigabyte Technology also said it expects to see its annual notebook shipment growth double in 2008. Market watchers predict the company’s shipment volume will be around 200,000-400,000 units, noted the paper.

The Round Rock, Texas-based company has two factories in Xiamen, a southeastern Chinese city, and a design center in Shanghai that the company says is its biggest outside the United States. Dell said the company expects its purchases of components and other products in China to rise by 27 percent this year to $23 billion.
Dell Inc., the world’s No. 2 PC maker, is developing new models aimed at Chinese and Indian consumers to drive sales in fast-growing Asian markets, CEO Michael Dell said Thursday.Personal computer makers increasingly are designing products with Chinese buyers in mind. Both Dell and China’s Lenovo Group unveiled low-cost PCs last year for rural and novice users.

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Do you remember the Optimus Maximus keyboard? Yeah, that’s right, it’s that keyboard based on the OLED technology. Now it’s available for laptops for a price of $1,000. Too expensive for your tastes? Well, if you dispose of this amount of money and you want to configure your keys, than you won’t refuse the OLED technology for your laptop.

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In it’s New York international press conference, Aces has just unveiled the second generation Gemstone laptop, coming in blue. The laptops feature 16-inch and 18.4-inch displays, with 16:9 1080p resolution, 1.5Ghz Intel Penryn CPU, 512MB Nvidia 9650m GS graphics card and Blu-ray drive. Read the rest of this entry »

A designer named Kyle Cherry has developed the laptop of the 21st century. The futuristic concept is called Canvas and is supposed to provide a better quality for the designer and also it’s said that it will raise the productive rate of the artist. The laptop will feature a very thin touchscreen and the other components will look just about the same but they will be better adjusted. Check out the gallery below and prepare to be amazed. Read the rest of this entry »

Recent reports say that Dell is preparing to replace the D830 and the D630 with a new series of Latitude E laptops. The new models are E6500 with a 15.4 inch display and the E6400, a 14.1 incher. The leaked laptops are scheduled for release in June and it’s also said that these lappies will be the first to make use of Montevina / Centrino 2 machines. The 6500 is supposed to feature integrated GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, mobile broadband, UWP, LED back-lighting, 84WHr batteries and some multiple options for the disk drives. Read the rest of this entry »

The rumors that Intel is going to release a low-end laptop got true and the 2go PC is going to be aimed at the educational market. The 2go sports an Intel Celeron M Processor, a 915GMS graphics chipset, 512MB of RAM with the option to upgrade to 1GB, 40GB HDD, 800×480 9-inch LCD, 802.11b/g WiFi, SD / MMC memory card reader and full option of jacks and ports.

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ASUS made an official announcement about the next generation of Eee PC of which we already know that is going to feature an 8.9 inch display. What we didn’t know about it, is that the Eee PC is going to be a touchscreen. The 8.9 incher will be available as of May or June and will come in 8GB up to 12GB options and it will have a $500 starting price. For May, ASUS also plains to start shipping an Eee Desktop called E-DT and it will cost $200. In the same statement it is said that the Eee PC might support GPS which makes us to anxiously wait for it.  Read the rest of this entry »