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ASUS shipping illegal keygen crack and confidential docs with some laptops

September 18th, 2008 at 11:29 pm » Comments (0)

Asus is accidentally shipping software crackers and confidential documents on the recovery DVDs that come with its laptops.
The startling discovery was made by a PC Pro reader whose anti virus software was triggered by a key cracker for the WinRAR compression software, which was located on the recovery DVD for his Asus laptop.
He discovered a [...]



Lexar Announces Shoot-n-Sync Wi-Fi SD Card Powered by Eye-Fi

September 18th, 2008 at 10:54 pm » Comments (0)

Lexar Media today announced the Shoot-n-Sync, a 2GB SD card with Wi-Fi capability powered by Eye-Fi. Available in a 2GB capacity, the aptly named Shoot-n-Sync will be available in October for $99.99. Shoot-n-Sync works just like the Eye-Fi Card; once you configure it with your home Wi-Fi network, it will automatically transmit [...]



Toshiba confirms NB100 netbook for UK in November

September 18th, 2008 at 7:19 pm » Comments (0)

Toshiba’s recently spotted netbook for Latin America, the NB105, is getting a UK cousin in the shape of the NB100.  The company has confirmed today that the 8.9-inch netbook will make it to shelves in October, with an Intel Atom 1.6GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 120GB hard-drive.
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Memorex intros $269 MVBD-2510 Blu-ray player

September 18th, 2008 at 7:13 pm » Comments (0)

It was bound to happen. But it happened quicker than I thought. Join the sub $300 club.
Memorex, a portfolio brand of Imation Corp, announced today the availability of the Memorex MVBD-2510 Blu-ray Disc Player featuring advanced Blu-ray Disc (BD) entertainment technology at an outstanding value of less than $270.  It features audio decoding for Dolby [...]



ASUS and Skype launch dedicated AiGuru SV1 videophone

September 18th, 2008 at 6:54 pm » Comments (0)

Following in the dubious footsteps of Creative, ASUS just announced a dedicated videophone all its own. The AiGuru SV1 followup to the voice-only S1, enables virtually unlimited video calls without a computer — a world’s first to get a big thumbs-up from Skype.



Virgin New Shuttle Mobile Phone with EV-DO connectivity

September 18th, 2008 at 6:10 pm » Comments (1)

Virgin’s Shuttle will be the first Virgin Mobile phone to feature EV-DO connectivity while still supplying standard features such as a 1.3 megapixel camera, 2 inch display, video capture capability, built-in video player, Bluetooth and SD memory card slot.
If you cant live without the internet and multimedia then the Virgin Shuttle might be for you [...]