Jan 7, 2010

Gigabyte shows off a line of motherboards

H55 and H57 as well as a new high-end P55 model

GIGABYTE HAS DISPLAYED its range of H55 and H57 motherboards at CES and we’ve got a few pictures of the boards along with a picture of the  high-end P55 model. The GA-P55A-UD7 is Gigabyte’s latest addition to its already solid range of P55 motherboards and it builds on the legacy of Gigabyte’s Extreme series of motherboards by utilizing a similar cooling solution, among its many high-end features.
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Jan 6, 2010

ZiiLABS announces the SiVO 1080p digital home platform

CES 2010 Will be demoed at CES, might run Android

ZiiLABS HAS YET to get a single retail product based on its StemCell Computing Arrays or System on a Chip (SoC) that most other companies refer to them as. This doesn’t seem to have weakened the company’s resolve as the Creative Labs spinoff has announced a new platform for its 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 based ZMS-08 SoC. The SiVO digital home platform is set to offer 1080p video playback at “Blu-ray quality with bit-rates of up to 40Mbps”.
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Jan 6, 2010

CyberLink announced PowerDVD for Moblin

CES 2010 Forgets that netbooks don’t have DVD drives

CYBERLINK MIGHT VERY well be selling the most well known DVD playback software with its PowerDVD, but the company seems to have finally decided that it want more than just the Windows market and has as such announced PowerDVD for Moblin version 2.1. As you might know, Moblin is Intel’s own Linux version for netbooks, but hang on a second, how many netbooks can you buy with a built-in DVD drive?
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Jan 5, 2010
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Marvell outs Plug Computer 3.0

Gets upgraded CPU, WiFi, Bluetooth and more

MARVELL’S PLUG COMPUTER has been given an overhaul just in time for CES and the new model looks set to be the greatest one yet. Marvell has moved away from its 1.2GHz Kirkwood SoC to the new 2GHz Armada 300 SoC. The Armada 300 is still based on Marvell’s Sheeva core, but Marvell hasn’t disclosed if the Armada 300 is based on the ARMv5 or ARMv7 architecture. Other new additions include WiFi, Bluetooth and an “internal hard drive”.
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Jan 5, 2010

Skype goes HD video calling

Adds support for selected HDTVs

SKYPE HAS ANNOUNCED not only support for HD video calls in Beta 4.2 for Windows, but the company also intends to bring Skype to HDTVs from LG and Panasonic. HD in this case is 720p video and currently there aren’t any webcams on the market that seem to be compatible with the new HD video service. This is despite the fact that there are manufacturers out there with 720p capable devices already.
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Jan 5, 2010

Kingston to show off water cooled memory at CES

Triple channel kits likely

WE DON’T HAVE any specific details as to what speed these new water cooled DDR3 HyperX memory modules from Kingston will run at, but judging by the picture posted on twitpic, Kingston will offer them in triple channel kits for the X58 platform. Unlike similar products from its competitors, it seems like Kingston has come up with a very low profile design for its water cooled modules.
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