Memory and storage provider Kingston has announced its SSDNow M Series Bundle, offering a quick way for folks to upgrade from a standard 2.5- or 3.5-inch hard drive to SSD technology. The SSDNOw M Series drives are available in either 80 GB or 160 GB capacities, and Kingston is throwing in all the accessories and software needed to get data from their current hard drive onto an SSD, including software to clone over the existing hard drives, along with installation hardware to mount the SSD in either a 2.5- or 3.5-inch drive bay.
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Monster Has New HD Cables
Monster Cable, partnering with Gennum Corporation, has introduced the first Long Distance Hyper-Speed products for HDMI. Often, long runs of HDMI would not carry the HD signal at a high enough resolution, so that, over longer cable runs, high-bandwidth HDMI signals can be prone to signal attenuation and timing errors, referred to as "jitter," which can cause aberrations in the picture, from streaks and flashing pixels to inaccurate color.
Nvida Goes Mobile With GeForce 8M
With Nvidia cranking out new versions of the GeForce 8 right and left, it should come as no surprise that their flagship GPU is finally shedding some weight and migrating to notebook computers. The company unveiled the GeForce 8M series on Wednesday, which will bring DirectX 10, HD video processing, and of course – higher performance – to laptops.
While gaming drives the demand for faster GPUs on desktops, notebook users will be able to find other uses for the extra pixel-pushing power. Windows Vista, for one, will take advantage of the GeForce 8M’s DirectX 10 capability with its spiffed-up (and more performance demanding) Aero Premium interface. High-definition movies in the H.264 codec can also use the GPU as a hardware decoder, taking the strain off the CPU.
ViewSonic announces NextVision M2100
The M2100, built on Microsoft’s Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 operating system, brings consumers new functionality, including FM radio, wide-screen 16:9-format viewing, high-definitionplayback, a dual-format DVD +/– RW drive, and improved graphic performance from the nVidia GeForce FX5X00 graphics card.
At an estimated street price of $1599, the M2100 allows users to consolidate a Digital Video Recorder, FM radio tuner, MP3 Music and digital or video photography into one centralized system. PC gamers can utilize the M2100’s multiple front inputs to quickly add or remove their favorite game pad/navigation device for full utilization of the product’s improved 3D-gaming performance. Full featured video outputs – including DVI, VGA, S-Video, and composite – also support the use of two display devices, such as a traditional monitor with a projector or LCD TV, for simultaneous viewing of computing or entertainment content.
Toshiba intros new M-Series digital cameras
Both M Series cameras — the PDR-M500 2.0 megapixel camera (US $349) and the PDR-M700 3.2 megapixel camera (US $449) — are designed to meet the needs of advanced amateur shutterbugs seeking a variety of high-quality photographic and inventive multimedia requirements. They are expected to ship in early July.
“The PDR-M500 and PDR-M700 represent a number of firsts for Toshiba in digital cameras, including our most powerful telephoto zoom with total 40X zooming capability, our fastest continuous shooting, and our largest LCD screen,” said Doug Freck, Vice President and General Manager, Toshiba Imaging Systems. “We are very excited about these cameras as they are a perfect compliment to today’s digital lifestyle.”



