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Acer step-it-up a notch by expanding its Aspire G Predator Gaming PC series. The new Acer Aspire G Predator ASG7750-A64 gaming PC is basically a small update to the ASG7710-A41. The Predator ASG7750-A64 sports a black chassis an Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz processor, 6GB RAM, dual NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 GeForce GTX 260 graphics card, a 1TB hard drive, a Blu-ray drive, a ten-in-one card reader, two Gigabit Ethernet LAN, four DVI-I, two eSATA, two IEEE 1394 and USB 2.0 ports. With limits to just 100 units, each will costs 289,900 yen available (about $3,228).

AMD announced today that its family of ATI FirePro professional graphics has been certified by Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. for SolidWorks 2010 on Microsoft Windows 7. The ATI FirePro is used by millions of engineers, designers and other creative professionals worldwide. The SolidWorks software is optimized to work in tandem with ATI FirePro professional graphics and the latest Microsoft operating system to deliver fast performance and advanced stability for professionals working with mechanical designs.

The ATI FirePro 3D family of workstation graphics cards combine a new ATI OpenGL optimized driver with the award-winning ATI FireGL graphics technology, delivering a new level of graphics performance and reliability for professional 3D graphics users.

Ideal for Computer Aided Design (CAD), Digital Content Creation (DCC) and simulation markets, ATI FirePro 3D workstation graphics accelerators deliver industry leading features and price performance.

• DisplayPort output for superior 30-bit image quality1
• Scalable ultra parallel processing architecture with up to 800 unified shaders
• AutoDetect instinctively optimizes performance for multi-application workflow
• Dual Link DVI output for driving ultra high resolution widescreen monitors
• High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering with 8-bit, 10-bit, and 16-bit per RGB color component support
• Hardware acceleration of DirectX® 10.1 and OpenGL® 3.0 advanced features
• Optimized and certified for many CAD and DCC applications

PCI Express® 2.0 compliant

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Toshiba new 18.4-inch gaming laptop name the Qosmio X505-Q860, X505-Q870 and X505-Q880 comes with the Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors, and the latest NVIDIA’s graphics (NVIDIA GeForce GTS360M 1GB GDDR5 gaming-class video card).The Intel Core i5-430M power X505-Q860, and the Intel Core i7-720QM power X505-Q870 and X505-Q880.

The Qosmio X505-Q860 and X505-Q870 comes with 4GB of DDR3 memory, 500GB hard disk storage, and a 1680×945 pixels resolution display, whereas the X505-Q880 goes up to 6GB of memory, a 64GB solid state drive plus a 500GB HDD, and a full HD 1920×1080 display.

The Qosmio X505-series features includes: ExpressCard slot, Firewire, HDMI and VGA outputs, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a Gigabit LAN port, DVD burner on the X505-Q860, Blu-ray Combo drive and Bluetooth on the X505-Q870 and X505-Q880, an ExpressCard slot, Firewire and other standard features. All systems run Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS and cost $1,200 – $1,900

The new iRU Corp Nettop 110 compact PC from iRU boast the Intel Atom D510 with a clock speed of 1.66 GHz, an integrated graphics Intel GMA 3150 chipset, up to 320GB of hard disk storage, up to 2GB memory and two USB 2.0 ports and runs on Windows XP Home OS. It supports video playback up to 720p but is able to play videos in 1080p mode if a decoder from Broadcom (mini PCI card) is installed.

The iPad is Apple’s most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device for reading and sending email, browsing the web, playing games, listening to music, enjoying photos, watching videos, reading e-books and much more. The iPad has a responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch screen that allow its users physically interact with applications and content. It features 12 next-generation Multi-Touch applications and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store (including those purchased for iPhone or iPod touch), weighs just 1.5 pounds and 0.5 inches in thickness.

The iTunes Store gives you access to the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store with a catalog of over 11 million songs, over 50,000 TV episodes and over 8,000 films including over 2,000 in stunning high definition video. Apple also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. The iBookstore will feature books from major and independent publishers.

The iPad comes in two versions—one with Wi-Fi and the other with both Wi-Fi and 3G. iPad includes the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi, and the 3G versions support speeds up to 7.2 Mbps on HSDPA networks. Apple and AT&T announced breakthrough 3G pre-paid data plans for iPad with easy, on-device activation and management.

It starts at $499 for 16GB, 32GB for $599, and $699 64GB. Adding 3G costs a $130 per model, so the most expensive model (64GB / 3G) is $829. The WiFi-only model will ship in 60 days, and the 3G models will come in 90.

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The Chroma Wristwatch is the most creative wristwatch I’ve seen so far; the Iron Samurai Red LED Watch has nothing against this. What makes the Chroma Wristwatch so unique is the kaleidoscope Munsell measurement (Munsell Measurement is the standard measure of three dimensions of color: tone, value and color purity) and while the numerals change color every second, the hour hand colors merge from one color palette to another more gradually creating beautiful hues of the color spectrum

The Chroma Wristwatch comes with the selection of two bands: Stainless Steel Mesh Band (made of all brushed stainless steel and is water resistant to 150ft) and Black Leather Band.

See how this watch displays time at the top-left of this blog.
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Mexican private investor Tresalia Capital, who has held a minority stake in Artega since October 2008 and is represented in Germany by AB 15/08 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH, now takes over 100% of the shares in Artega. The present majority shareholder and managing director Klaus Dieter Frers will resign and concentrate on his tasks as CEO of paragon AG. A new Artega advisory board will be set up and chaired by Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Ziebart. For the time being he will also act as managing director of Artega.

In 2006, Frers founded Artega Automobil GmbH & Co. KG for developing and producing the new German sports car Artega GT. Danish designer Henrik Fisker, who inter alia was responsible for the BMW Z8 and the Aston Martin Vantage, designed the car body. The result was a two-door coupe with an aluminium support structure, a carbon fibre reinforced body shell and a v6 engine which due to its good power-to-weight ratio combines high performance with low fuel consumption. The car will be manufactured, according to Frers’ concept, in a plant in Delbrück, Westphalia, which was built exclusively for this purpose.

In September 2008, Frers won AB 15/08 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH from Kriftel near Frankfurt as partner for Artega. Artega is part of the Mexican investor Tresalia Capital, which is one of the major shareholders in the Mexican Modelo brewery (brand name “Corona”). Tresalia Capital is also invested in other lifestyle businesses, like the fashion chain Tory Burch, which are now complemented by Artega. AB 15/08 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH, so far holding a 48% voting stake in Artega, now takes over the 52% stake of Klaus Dieter Frers.
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The Nokia X6 which has been announced is running the Symbian software and boasts up to 18 days standby time, 4.5 hours of video playback, 11.5 hours talktime (GSM) and a 35 hours of music playback. Even though it has half the storage capacity of its 32GB sibling, the 16GB version doesn’t Come with Music (you’ll have to load tunes onto the device the old fashioned way) its on board storage have enough space for 5,500 tracks. The new X6 16GB handset offers many similarities to its older brother, including a 3.2-inch widescreen capacitive display and 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a dual LED flash.

Shooting videos is a joy, not just because of the camera but the TV-out function enables you to watch your masterpieces on the big screen, too. And of course, you can edit your videos right there on the device.

The new Nokia X6 is compatible with the all-new Ovi Maps, offering free walk and drive navigation and tons of extras including Michelin and Lonely Planet guides.

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