CyberPower adds USB 3.0 and SATA 6G to entire Gamer Xtreme desktop line

While we wait for the big boys to get their acts together and standardize around USB 3.0 and the newest SATA protocol, the more nimble outfits are already looking to capitalize. Take CyberPower, for instance, who has just announced that its entire Gamer Xtreme desktop range will soon boast USB 3.0 and SATA 6G as standard features. In fact, prospective buyers can customize a rig right now with both of those features onboard, and of course, both are backwards compatible in order to work with your existing slate of accessories and peripherals. The Gamer Xtreme line gets going at $749, and yes, we too hope this introduction sparks a revolution across the board.

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Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm hit Xbox 360 today

We’ve already had some time with the new Xbox Live Dashboard update, but now we have an official release date. The new firmware, which will bring Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm to the console, will be available for download today.

Vizit touchscreen photo frame demonstrated for your edification (video)

What can we tell you about the Vizit 10.4-inch touchscreen photo frame that you didn’t know before? It’s not half terrible looking, sure — but it’s still unavailable, still a little pricey at $280 (plus whatever AT&T will end up charging you for data), and still sports 800 x 600 screen resolution. But we do have a pretty sweet (if poorly lit) hands-on demonstration for you. And wait — is that The Edge we see in the first few seconds of the video? We sure hope he’s OK with the commercial endorsement. Peep for yourself after the break.

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Nintendo’s Dunaway: What, Wii worry?

b style=”color:#900;”qa/b Despite a rough several months for Nintendo, sales and marketing exec Cammie Dunaway maintains an upbeat attitude about her company. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10399425-235.html” class=”origPostedBlog”News – Gaming and Culture/a/p

Leica M7 Hermes, a $14,000 Film Camera

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Leica’s latest price-pumped promo comes in the form of the M7 Hermes Very Special Limited Edition, a calfskin-clad version of its M-series 35mm film camera. It will cost you £8550, or almost $14,400.

Just 200 will be made, in two colors. One, “etoupe”, is just brown and soft. The the other is orange. Make no mistake — these are collector’s cameras, and should never be removed from the box. As such they are labeled with a serial number between one and two hundred.

If you do dare to run a film through the camera, you can shoot with the supplied Leica Summilux-M 35 mm ƒ1.4 ASPH and ratchet the film through the gate at a teeth rattling pace with the Leicavit M rapid winder, a mechanism which clamps onto the bottom and lets you wind-on with a lever, and is also included in the kit.

A few other tweaks have been added, lest you think you’re not getting your money’s worth: the red logo is now black, to avoid unsightly color clashes, and the red “auto” on the control dial now matches the leather cladding. Finally, Leica has thrown in a matching leather strap and a lens hood to sweeten the deal.

Available in the UK from December. And yes, it is on my Christmas list.

Leica M7 Edition “Hermes” announced [Pocket Lint]


PrimeDTV further saturates HD media streamer segment with PHD-HM5

Look, we’re all for competition, but it’s about time for some of these guys to stop copying and start innovating. As if your noggin’ wasn’t already spinning enough as you attempt to whittle down your laundry list of HD media streamers, in flies PrimeDTV with yet another hopeful. The PHD-HM5 looks to be fairly standard in terms of features, with HDMI / component outputs, a lengthy list of supported formats, an Ethernet socket and a pair of USB 2.0 ports. You won’t find WiFi or any internal hard drive, and you’ll have to live with the fact that this thing is akin to some lackluster AV component from the early 90s. Oh, and then there’s the chore of actually finding one for sale (not to mention an MSRP), which should probably be just enough to push you towards Popcorn Hour.

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Trade CDs, DVDs for an iPod or iPhone

Analog media (even if it’s digitally mastered) is dead. Why not swap those old, dust-gathering discs for a cool gadget? iPodMeister makes it free and easy. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10399435-58.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Cheapskate/a/p

Addonics Mini NAS: when RAID is too much to ask for

If you’re in the market for a single bay network drive, your options have certainly been piling up lately — and now the kids at Addonics are premiering their aptly named Mini NAS. Billed as “the world’s smallest,” this guy is roughly the same size (and roughly as attractive) as a small hub, and it sports 10/100Mbps Ethernet, a 2.5-inch drive bay, a USB port for printer sharing, and support for SMB, Samba, and iTunes music sharing, FTP access (up to 8 simultaneous users), and a BitTorrent client. Yours now for $69. PR after the break.

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Verizon Hits Back Against ATT

Verizon and its army of magical Christmas elves aren’t taking the latest lawsuit from AT&T lying down. The carrier issued a memorandum of law responding to AT&T’s temporary restraining order attempting to block its coverage map-based ads.

The statement reads, in part, “AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s ‘There’s A Map For That’ advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued because Verizon’s ads are true and the truth hurts.”

Verizon insists that its claims are entirely true, depicting a 3G network that cover five times the area of its competitor. “Despite the far smaller size of its 3G network,” Verizon wrote. “AT&T has spent tens of millions of dollars making its 3G network, which it dubs the ‘Nation’s Fastest 3G Network,’ the centerpiece of its national advertising since at least the summer of 2008. AT&T now is attempting to silence Verizon’s ads that include maps graphically depicting the geographic reach of AT&T’s 3G network as compared to Verizon’s own 3G network because AT&T does not like the truthful picture painted by that comparison.”

Sony applies next-gen snowflake tech to boost VAIO W’s appeal

Sony applies next-gen snowflake tech to boost VAIO W's appeal

When Sony’s VAIO W netbook was released, we said the company would “have to do better than put a pretty face on a vanilla set of innards to get our next five Benjamins.” So what has the company done to raise the appeal of its little netbook? Boosted the processor? Added a big SSD? Lowered the price? Nah, it went ahead and painted some snowflakes on the lid. Pretty though they may be they still hide the same 10.1-inch, 1366 x 768 LCD, 1.6GHz Atom, and 1GB of RAM. There are some improvements: storage is upped a bit, a 250GB HDD instead of 160, and it now includes Windows 7 Starter instead of XP. And there are snowflakes. Still $499. Get yours before they melt!

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