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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

HDD Stage Rack gets even better: now with 300% more FireWire

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/246220306/

Filed under: Storage

Just like fine wine, the HDD Stage Rack keeps getting better with age. On its third iteration now, the latest version of the external HDD cradle not only includes the obligatory USB and eSATA ports, but it also boasts a 6-pin FireWire 400 connector and two FireWire 800 sockets. 'Course, this thing isn't slated to be available for US hands until the end of this month, but that'll give you a few weeks to swallow the lofty $165.33 price tag, at least.

[Via AkihabaraNews]

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Ripserver NAS Makes CD Archiving Easypeasy [Archiving]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/246158202/ripserver-nas-makes-cd-archiving-easypeasy

Okay, so the CD is maybe slowly on its way out but for a while there'll be enough around to make the Ripserver NAS gadget useful. In use it's as simple as its case design: slot in a CD, and it automatically rips it, archives to its hard drive, and spits the CD out again. Linking up to your home network is then handled by gigabit connection. It rips in MP3 or FLAC format, syncs with leading home music streaming systems and even has USB ports allowing you to make backups or add on yet more storage. Available now in black or white, $1,200 for 500GB or $1,400 for 1TB. [Ripfactory via Techdigest]

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

NVIDIA's GeForce 9800 GX2 gets official courtesy of Albatron

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/245646556/

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming

Okay, so it's not like we were oblivious to the fact that NVIDIA's 8800-smashing GeForce 9800 GX2 was just around the bend, but we're getting that much closer to seeing it on store shelves judging by a finished product shown off at CeBIT. The Albatron card you see pictured above is most certainly proof that the mythical GPU is indeed a reality, and while no one in Germany will spill the beans on this thing's specifications, price or release date, feel free to check out a few more snapshots in the links below while clutching any spare change you can.

[Via PC Perspective]

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AMD demonstrates 45nm quad-core processors at CeBIT

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/245580181/

Filed under: Desktops

In a woefully unstimulating press release, AMD has meekly trumpeted the fact that it's demonstrating its "first 45nm quad-core chips running multiple operating systems and a range of processing intensive applications" at CeBIT. Unfortunately, little is known beyond that -- aside from the fact that the processors showcased ("Shanghai" for servers, "Deneb" for desktops) were produced in Germany at the firm's Fab 36 300mm manufacturing facility, that is. Still, AMD managed to reiterate that "this milestone" would be "the first of many" as it moves toward the release of 45-nanometer products later this year. Huzzah?

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AMD unveils DirectX 10-compatible 780 Series motherboard GPU

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/245630254/

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming

AMD's deliverance of two 45-nanometer CPUs wasn't the only thing new from the company today, as now we're getting wind of an all new motherboard GPU that's DirectX10 compatible. The AMD 780 Series is hailed as "the industry's most advanced" mobo GPU, and is slated to be "widely available" in a variety of boards in Q2. Essentially, AMD's hoping the chip will enable casual gamers to join in on the fun without having to fork out big bucks for pricey discrete graphics cards, but for those that eventually do pick up such a device, the ATI Hybrid Graphics technology ensures that the power from both will be harnessed in order to boost overall performance. Check out the read link for all the nitty-gritty, and head on past the break if you're scouting a couple of educational videos.

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