Tag archive: Express

Electronics retailer Best Buy has announced a partnership with Zoomsystems to introduce self-serve gadget kiosks in a handful of major U.S. airports. Described as a pilot program, the kiosks will operate under the name “Best Buy Express” and carry small electronics items like portable storage devices and memory cards, chargers, headphones, travel adapters, gaming devices, digital cameras, and cell phone and computer… Read More

Dash Navigation has opened up pre-orders for its Dash Express automotive GPS system. What sets the Dash Express apart from other vehicle-based GPS systems is that it builds in two-way Internet connectivity via Wi-Fi and GPRS networks, enabling a new set of capabilities not normally seen in GPS systems. For one thing, users can create routes and send them to their GPS wirelessly fro any Web browser. But, perhaps more intriguingly, it… Read More

While professionals wrestle with powerful video editing solutions like Final  Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere, Apple gave amateur video enthusiasts a new option on Thursday with the release of Final Cut Express 4. The latest version of Apple’s consumer-level video-editing suite keeps the same simplified interface as its predecessors, and adds more flexibility in handling HD video, access to hundreds of plug-in effects, and the ability… Read More

If you haven't heard of social networking sites, we have only one question: What type of rock have you been living under for the last couple of years? They've currently become the biggest of Internet businesses, with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. snapping up MySpace and Google dipping into its seemingly bottomless coffers to purchase YouTube. Honestly, you can barely turn around without hearing about social networking. In… Read More

Online auction giant eBay today launched a new Web site which allows U.S. shoppers a way to find new items at fixed prices from qualified eBay merchants. Dubbed eBay Express, the site is in a preview phase right now in which the company is gathering user feedback and making enhancements. eBay Express is more akin to an Amazon.com in terms of shopping then the traditional eBay auction model. Consumers who typically buy new items, said… Read More

Quote from the review: “The D410 is actually based on Intel's latest mobile Centrino platform, codenamed Sonoma. This offers a number of benefits over the first iteration of Centrino, such as support for PCI Express, SATA hard disks, DDR2 memory, and the new Express card format. However, the D410 employs only two of these – PCI Express and DDR2. There's also a D400 available, based on the older 855 chipset, but… Read More

This leading-edge graphics card features: — PCI Express 16X technology with 16 parallel pixel pipeline utilization — 256-bit quad-channel GDDR3 memory interface — Power-throttling technology for cooler running temperature “We're in the midst of what could be described as a high-end PC revolution,” said Mike Sanor, Crucial Technical Support Manager. “If you combine the latest hardware options… Read More

NVIDIA Corporation today announced that its top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics processing units (GPUs) are now being offered with the industry's leading PCI Express motherboards from AOpenInc., ASUSTeK, Gigabyte Technology, and MSI. Together with its partners, NVIDIA is helping to push the visual envelope and deliver seamless multimedia experiences with cinematic-quality graphics atits core. "We believe PCI Express bundles… Read More

Apple today announced it has begun shipping AirPort Express, the world's first 802.11g mobile base station that features wireless Internet connections and USB printing that can be used at home or onthe road to bring wireless freedom to hotel rooms with broadband connections. AirPort Express also features both analog and digital audio outputs that can be connected to a home stereo, and togetherwith AirTunes music networking software gives… Read More

From the company's press release: Rambus Inc. today unveiled its Turbo PCI Express physical layer (PHY) platform which supports data rates of 5.0-6.4Gbps, as well as the 2.5Gbps data rate for today's PCI Express applications. This dual-mode capability allows system developers to increase bandwidth without re-architecting their current PCI Express-compliant system designs. The Turbo PCI Express platform includes a full-featured,… Read More

The chipmaker's preview of its Intel 915 Express and Intel 925 Express chipsets, at events set up specifically to show them off, comes just a few days ahead of their official debut in desktop PCs, which sources say is scheduled for Monday. The previews of the chips are the latest in a string of smaller unveilings Intel has orchestrated in recent months. The company also discussed the chips earlier this month at the Computex trade… Read More

Apple today unveiled AirPort Express, the world's first 802.11g mobile base station that can be plugged directly into the wall for wireless Internet connections and USB printing, or thrown into alaptop bag to bring wireless freedom to hotel rooms with broadband connections. Airport Express also features analog and digital audio outputs that can be connected to a stereo and AirTunes musicnetworking software which works seamlessly with… Read More

Nvidia will initially ship bridge chips for its existing graphics processors, while ATI  is announcing this week a new line of graphics controllers with native Express support. Riding the sametrain of the first Express-based PCs, Agere Systems separately announced a new Gbit Ethernet controller. Ultimately, the move to putting graphics in digital consumer gear will be a more significant factor for the head-to-head competition between… Read More

From ATI's press release: ATI Technologies Inc. today announced MOBILITY RADEON X600, the industry's first mobile PCI Express graphics processor, along with AXIOM, a modular design innovation for PCI Express notebook upgradeability. ATI's mobile PCI Express solutions will be employed by more than sixteen of the industry's leading OEM and ODM designers including, Acer, Arima, ASUS, Clevo, ECS, eMachines, FIC,… Read More

From TI's press release: Further strengthening its commitment to PCI Express architecture development and deployment, Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced today the demonstration of a Split-Chassis PC platform at the Windows Hardware Engineering 2004 Conference (WinHEC 2004) in Booth #207. The Split-Chassis PC platform is made possible by TI´s new XIO2000 PCI-Express-to-PCI Bridge device. At the heart of the demonstration, is… Read More