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Sony VAIO Z Series – Notebook Plus Booster Pack

Remember how cool Optimus Prime was when he was all geared up and flying around Chicago battling the Cybertronian driller in Transformers 3? Well, jet pack and power pack seems to be all the rage among the machines these days and Sony’s very own VAIO series gets to have fun with its “power pack” too. If the other bots are envious of Optimus Prime and his ultimate armour jet wing then other notebooks will be envious of the new Sony VAIO Z Series ultra light notebook with Power Media Dock. The new VAIO Z Series weighs less 1.2 kg and just about 16.64 mm thin, just the perfect dimension for those who wants maximum portability out of their notebook. Although the notebook features an ultra slim full-flat body, it’s far from flimsy for this notebook is encased in durable carbon fibre. The Z Series’ 13.1-inch 1600×900 screen does not only come with HD resolution but an anti-reflective coating as well to cut glare.


Inside the Sony VAIO Z Series lie a powerful standard voltage Intel Core i7 processor and an ultra-fast DDR3 memory. For an even faster performance, it uses a 256GB SSD RAID storage and has Quick Boot technology for up to 50 percent loading times of Windows 7 Professional. The Z Series can operate non-stop up to 14 hours thanks to its dual sheet technology. The internal lithium polymer battery can power the notebook for 7 hours; an optional secondary sheet of battery can instantly add another 7 hours without turning off the unit. The removable battery can then be charged while the primary one is in used for continuous usage.

The new Sony Power Media Dock is the Series Z’s jet pack – it’s an expansion module that connects to the notebook using an optical cable. Using a high-speed I/O data transfer based on Light Peak architecture, the Power Media Dock can enhance the graphical performance of the Z series and add a host of connectivity options while at it. The dock is powered by an AMD Radeon HD GPU with 1GB VRAM.

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Universal GPS Nav-Mat 2 – The Smarter Way to Hold your iPhone and Satnav

March is soon coming to an end and two days more, April’s here – more spring getaways are soon coming your way. So, are you planning to go on a road trip anytime soon? If yes, well it’s a good idea to bring along your satnav or iPhone to direct you to your desired destination. But it’s sure not fun holding it while you drive, nor balance it on your curvy dashboard. And so before you hit the road, you got to have this portable dashboard-hugging mat – the Universal GPS Nav-Mat2.

Using Bracketron TemperBond Technology, this portable mat is effective at holding fast on any dashboard surface, may it be textured or smooth. There’s also no need to use extra glue or foamy adhesive pads just to stick it to your dashboard, so you won’t have to worry about tell-tale marks that this glue or adhesive pad leaves. Simply connect your satnav’s windshield mount to the flat disc at the center of the Universal GPS Nav-Mat2 and then freely adjust it to your desired viewing angle. Now, your hands can focus on driving while your eyes can view your satnav or iPhone with so much convenience.

And since it features ultra-thin, flexible design, this will easily blend into your car’s dashboard. Plus, you do have an option to fold it in your glove box if you’ve already reached your destination. This is to keep it away from prying thieves which are lurking around the corner.

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Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 – The Evolution of Hard Disk Drives


In the battle between hard disk drives and solid state drives, the former isn’t showing signs of backing down as it keeps on the fight to dominate over the storage solutions market especially when Hitachi gave customers another reason to stick to HDDs. The new Travelstar Z5K500 is industry’s first 7 mm z-height 5,400 RPM single platter 500GB hard drive that features thin, rugged and innovative design made for consumer electronics, laptops, netbooks and other compact systems like the new G-Technology G-DRIVE Slim external HDD.

The new Z5K500 is also designed to directly replace standard 9.5 mm, 2.5-inch drives. With its slim profile and high capacities, the Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 drive offers the best cost per gigabyte and gigabyte per cubic millimeter when compared to solid state drives, and 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch 9.5mm disk drives. It also features the right balance between power and acoustics, the drives feature 1.8 watts read and write power and a measly 0.55 watts when idle, and deliver a nearly perfect quiet operation at 1.9 idle and 2.1 seek bels, which is more silent than most ambient noise in a household.

All Travelstar Z5K500 drives have an 8MB cache and a Serial ATA 3Gb per second interface. They are also equipped with Hitachi’s second generation Advanced Format drive that increases the physical sector size on HDDs from 512 bytes to 4,096 (4K) bytes, in so doing, improves drive capacity and error correction capabilities. Every Hitachi Z-series 7mm drives features standard connectors and mounting points for easier integration into existing and flexibility.

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Shuttle XS35 Slim PC – What’s Your Flavor?

They say that life is full of choices and Shuttle, and industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance small form factor PC solutions and inventor of the XPC, couldn’t agree more. Shuttle is now offering its new XS35 slim PC in three “ready to ship” configurations namely Everyday, Media, and High-Definition, at leading retailers in the U.S. and Canada. All of the three nettops come with a built-in 802.11n WiFi, a dual-core 1.66GHz Atom D510 CPU, 5 USB ports, and a 4-in-1 media card reader, while the pricier two XS35 models also include DVD-RW drives.

Designed for your day to day use, the Shuttle XS35 “everyday” edition is a meager 1.5 inches thin, but nevertheless features a dual-core Intel(R) Atom(TM) D510 processor, on-board Intel(R) GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of memory expandable up to 2GB and a 160GB hard drive. The Shuttle XS35 “media” edition features more performance, more space, and more capabilities than the previous configuration. It has the same processor and GPU as the everyday edition but its memory is upgraded to 2GB, and the hard drive is extended to a 320GB. It also features a built-in slim DVD burner for entertainment.

Finally there’s the Shuttle XS35 GT “high-definition” edition. This top of the line nettop is outfitted with the latest next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics with true 1080p HDMI output. Performance is tricked-out with 2GB of memory, a 500GB hard drive, and a built-in slim DVD burner that may be upgraded to support Blu-ray.

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New Multi-Screen Display System from Sharp

Sharp Corporation is proud to announce its newly-developed multi-screen display system that’s recognized for achieving the world’s thinnest system frame width of 6.5mm. The said display system will be released in the Japanese market August of this year. Built on the new PN-V601 60V-inch professional LCD monitor, which is aimed to make the seams between bezels unobtrusive and make way for large multi-screen displays. The width of bezels between adjacent displays is 6.5mm. This allows practical applications like single large-screen video wall displays and makes new possibilities in presentation spaces that can’t be achieved through conventional methods.

The system’s PN-V601 comes with a full-array LED backlight. These LED elements are arranged in an evenly spaced line to achieve uniform brightness. This results to even brightness in the display area when making multi-screen configurations. When you combine the optional PN-ZR01 Control Kit with multiple PN-V601 LCD monitors, you will have the ability to control all displays via a single remote control unit. The unit also promises high energy efficiency by controlling the brightness of the backlight through a brightness sensor in order to match the lighting at the installation location.

You can also choose to avail the optional Interface Expansion Board which offers additional inputs including component video, DVI-D, and LAN. Sharp won’t stop in this unit. It will continue to build remarkable, one-of-a-kind units based on the company’s proprietary LCD technologies. This company will also work to put up network-based content distribution systems which deliver optimum solutions to meet the demands of its customers.