Electronics giant Sony has been avoiding the netbook market, once describing the popularity of low-powered, low-cost, teeny form-factor notebooks as a "race to the bottom" that it just wasn’t interested in running. While Apple may still be avoiding the netbook market, however, Sony has officially thrown in the towel with its new Vaio W netbook…and while the specs put it right in line with most other netbooks on the market, Sony did roll in one feature that sets it apart: a 10.1-inch screen with a native 1,366 by 768-pixel resolution.
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Axiom W Series Speakers Go In-Wall
Loudspeaker company Axiom Audio yesterday said they were unveiling a new line of in-wall/on-wall hybrid speakers called the W Series. Three pairs of models make up this line and are priced from $220 to $325.
Axiom said the W Series are “carefully tuned enclosures†that come in five finishes, recess into the wall and keep the speaker’s drivers away from any potential sound issues with possible sound degrading problems in the wall. The enclosure uses a porting system which allows the speakers to deliver “neutral, wide-range transparent sound with tonal balanceâ€. The speakers have a slim profile which is designed to compliment flat screen TVs and the like.
WinBook Reveals WinBook W362
The launching of the $1,899 WinBook W362 marks the appearance of an impressive new level of functionality in WinBook’s widescreen notebooks. WinBook W362 models feature enhanced graphics with the ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 GPU and quicker performance from the Intel Pentium-M processor 755 (2.0 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB).
WinBook also is introducing the $1,399 WinBook W322 model with Intel Pentium-M 725 (1.6 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 400MHz FSB). Both new models will be shipping in time for holiday deliveries.WinBook W362 models make creating DVDs, CDs and MP3s is easy with the standard DVD/+R/RW. Gaming and DVD playback are enhanced by the standard 15.4-inch WXGA (1,280 x 800) widescreen LCD and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics with 64 MB video RAM.
B&W Adds New Flat Panel Monitor
According to B&W the FPM family is widely considered to be one of the few high-end solutions available where ultra-low-profile speakers are required, such as to complement flat-panel plasma TVsand monitors. Now, the B&W Series grows with the FPM 2, a compact yet high performance two-way model.
Of course, the FPM Series is not exclusively for plasma-based systems. The FPM 2 is a good choice in multiroom systems where architectural in-wall speakers are not practical or desirable. And ofcourse, the FPM 2 is a surround-channel speaker for plasma or other flat-panel or projection systems, or wherever a sonically excellent, compact, unobtrusive speaker is needed.

