With Computex 2008 warming up nicely, Asustek have been busy dishing out more details on their shiny new products including the ‘mini desktop’ Eee Box B202.
We’re liking the look of these shiny boxes very much indeedy, with Asus’s engineers creating a light (2.2lbs) and portable 8.5″ x 7″ x 1″ unit that is small enough to be dwarfed by a paperback book.
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We’re liking the sleek lines of the new X-NX10A audio system from Onkyo, which packs a built-in HDD.
The attractive looking mini hi-fi bears a strong resemblance to the well received Onkyo CS515DAB micro system, with the addition of the hefty LCD colour screen now parked on the front of the unit.
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Already on a roll with the success of their Eee series of cheapo ultraportable laptops, Asustek Computers have offered a preview of their new Eee PC 901 which is based on Intel’s soon-come Atom processor.
Punters were given a peek at the Eee PC 901 at the WiMax Expo, and the laptop is expected to be officially launched tomorrow – the same day that Intel’s Diamondville version of its Atom processor becomes available.
RIM’s attempts to widen the appeal of their smartphones beyond their traditional business base seem to be paying dividends, with the company’s market share increasing from 35.1 percent at the end of 2007 up to 44.5 percent for the first quarter of this year.
The great dust storms generated by extended bouts of enthusiastic synergetic backslapping in Japan have finally cleared to reveal the fruits of a Walt Disney and Sharp mobile phone collaboration.
Being prepped for a June 7th offensive into adolescent handbags all over the Land of the Rising Sun is the new Walt Disney/Sharp DM002SH phone, known as the Cinderella phone.
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High Street shoppers will no longer be able to pick up CD singles from Woolworths from August this year, after the chain announced plans to stop selling the format.
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US lawyers are busying rubbing their hands together with glee as Viacom’s one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube is submitted to a Manhattan court.
Viacom are suing the owners of the popular video sharing service because of their failure to keep copyrighted material off the site, claiming that they have spotted no less that 150,000 unauthorised clips on YouTube. And that’s a lorra clips.
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More details of the new Palm Treo 850w Windows Mobile smartphone have appeared on the Internet, and we have to say that finally it’s a bit of a looker to our eyes.
Following the recent list of what PC Magazine claim are the 10 most commonly used passwords by computer users, in part one we started to look at how you can protect your passwords and keep your booty safe.
Microsoft Password Checker
Microsoft offers a handy Password Checker application that lets you input text to test the strength of your passwords, from weak, medium to strong to best (it’s not that we don’t trust Microsoft, but we still changed our passwords around a bit when were testing them).
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Passwords are a necessary evil in the online world. We’re going to give you some tips on keeping your all important passwords private.
PC Magazine recently released a list of what they claim are the 10 most commonly used passwords by computer users.