Reports and news has been on-going for quite sometime that the USB 3.0 is expected to ship out before the end of 2009 from Taiwanese manufacturers.

USB 3.0 is also dubbed as SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB), and is the next generation of USB interface. The conference held in Tokyo last May 20-21, 2009 indicates that USB 3.0 is full speed ahead and computers would carry this new interface.
What does faster USB mean? Faster file transfer? One of the things industry is expecting is the proliferation of Video streaming since the USB 3.0 is capable of streaming 1080i …read more

The F88 netbook is an odd name for a computer but it surely ties in with the F8 functionality of a computer. The F88 netbook which looks like an Asus Eee PC 1002HA is powered by a VIA Nano processor, 1.6 GHz, 800 MHz frontside bus and a S3 chrome graphics. Also, the netbook is capable of 1080P playback on the 10.1 inch LED display.

This small beast is already a class above the standard netbooks as it can upgraded to a maximum of 4GB DDR2 – 667 memory chip and a 160 GB hard drive.
You would experience better and …read more

It’s the rumor that won’t die.
For almost five years, it’s been believed that Apple is working on a touchscreen tablet PC, thanks to patents filed by the company for just such a device dating back to 2004 and 2005. Rumors had swirled since long before those dates, though, that Steve Jobs was planning to unleash the first Mac Tablet in the near future.

Fast forward to 2009, and in the wake of the iPhone and iPod Touch, which could be considered small scale versions of that same patented device, and we’re still waiting for the iTablet to appear. We now know …read more

There were a lot of innovative products in the past 18 months which include netbooks, netbooks with swivel, ultra-portable computers, etc. How about a two in one desktop and laptop?

The Gigabyte M1022 Booktop is a two in one functioning machine. It is both a netbook and a desktop. On travel, take the netbook out and when using it as a desktop, just put it in the base.
The specs are as follows:

10.1" LED screen, Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 1.6GHz(M1022M/G) / N280 1.66GHz(M1022X)
Genuine Windows® XP Home
10.1" TFT-LCD WSVGA, 1024×600(M1022M/G) / 1366×768(M1022X)with LED backlit
Mobile Intel®945GSE Express Chipset+ ICH7M
92% …read more

There’s a new mobile netbook in town and this one has a little bit of an additional component up it’s tiny sleeves to make it even that much more interesting. The Gdium Netbook from EMTEC has everything you’d except from the smaller form factor with some additional features that may make it even more appealing to other uses.
The Gdium has the smaller form factor, light-weight and a 10″ screen that displays 1024×600 resolution. It’s also completely based on open source software. What makes the Gdium unique though is that it also comes with the G-key to allow users to travel …read more

I’ve realized that my last Tech Channel Roundup was nearly a month ago and I’m guilty of it. So, bear with me as I overload you with a number of interesting links that I found in some of the sister blogs.
Milo discovered a product especially useful for enterprises of all sizes called Nightwatchman, a good news that Microsoft didn’t lay off anybody in the Vista team. I knew that they didn’t touch the Silverlight team, but frankly I’m surprised about this because Vista hasn’t been very profitable to Microsoft. Or has it? One bad news is the Windows 7 minimum …read more