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Cooler Master NotePal D-Lite - notebook cooler

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NotePal D-LIte is a high quality, very budget-friendly laptop cooler. It features a large 140mm fan, ergonomic design for better viewing/typing angles, support for up to 15” laptops, and a USB pass-through to ensure that USB ports are available for your devices. In addition, NotePal D-Lite is built from sturdy, yet lightweight, materials that it easy to travel with and store when not in use. This and more make NotePal D-Lite perfect for the home, office, or on-the-go. - Ergonomic design for best viewing / typing angle. - Supports up to 15” laptops. - Silent (21 dBA) 140mm fan to keep your laptop cool. - Lightweight (0.65 kg / 1.44 lbs) material for easy stow away - Easy cable management. - USB (USB 2.0/1.1 x1) extension port... » read more

HP Mini 1104

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The HP Mini 1104: The Mini Educator. The HP Mini 1104 combines a modern lightweight design and enhanced durability with features like a hard drive accelerometer and spill-resistant keyboard. The 10.1-inch diagonal display and 93% full-size keyboard make this mini notebook easy to use. Optimized for Genuine Windows 7 Professional, the HP Mini 1104 supports students no matter where they study with an Intel® Atom™ dual-core processor, long battery life and wireless technologies Operating system Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 32 Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 32 Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32 FreeDOS Processor Intel® Atom™ N2600 (1.60 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB) Chipset Intel® NM10 Express Dimensions and weight Starting at... » read more

Apple iDesk

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Making work much more efficient and immeasurably more fun to do Some of the most exciting new ideas are built upon old concepts, and revolutionize the ways in which we utilize things that have been around for so long that we hardly give them a second thought anymore. Everyone expects continual technological advancement from computers and mobile gizmos, but when you can suddenly check email on the bathroom mirror, entrust your climatic comfort to an intelligent thermostat, or make the refrigerator the digital hub of your household, well, that’s just cool. Improvements to seemingly small and insignificant things can greatly enhance the quality of our daily lives (thank you, Sleep Number bed!), and since many of us spend a large portion... » read more

Fujitsu Lifebook - notebook of the future?

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Steve Jobs once said that people don’t know what they until you show it to them. This is probably why we have independent gadgets now vying for integration with features of mainstream products. Can your tablet take good pictures; is your cellphone smart like a computer; can your MP3 player shoot videos? Not only are we duplicating applications, we are also diluting the individuality of a device. I’m not going to judge on the technology wastage here, instead I’ll update you on concepts like the Lifebook. An idea that integrates a tablet, camera, phone and music player to collectively form the hardware for a laptop! They all work independently to support their unique identity and yet unify to create a magical device. The proposed... » read more

LG Optimus Pad LTE

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Updated from archive 2008 LG today unveiled its first LTE-capable tablet, the Optimus Pad LTE. Initially launching in Korea, LG has equipped the tablet with both LTE technology and True HD IPS display, the two features that have helped LG differentiate its latest smartphone, Optimus LTE, from the competition. Boasting the best-in-class in the tablets, LG Optimus Pad LTE provides the ultimate user environment to enjoy HD multimedia with a 1280 x 720 True HD IPS display and 8 megapixel camera for shooting high definition video. The Optimus Pad LTE is also the world’s first tablet to support an SD memory card expandable to 32GB, recognizing the importance multimedia would play for owners of this device. Along with these features, the... » read more

Thermaltake-BMW Level 10 M Mouse

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The collaboration of BMW Group subsidiary DesignworksUSA and Thermaltake has reached the next level. The design consultancy has developed a design concept for an innovative series of gaming accessories of which the first product, the Level 10 M Mouse, will be launched in spring 2012. As a Think Tank of BMW Group the design consultancy DesignworksUSA works for many industries with only one aim: to transfer design know how between cultures, markets and industries in order to come up with the most innovative, forward thinking and consumer oriented design solutions. In 2009 Thermaltake, the leader and innovator of pro-gaming computer chassis, for the first time partnered with the wholly owned BMW Group subsidiary. The studio had been... » read more

NZXT Switch 810 Hybrid Full Tower Chassis

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Features •Unique hybrid full tower chassis optimized for extreme liquid cooling, airflow, or silence •Supports high-end water cooling solutions up to three fans for push and pull configuration: 90mm of internal top space with top 360/420mm and bottom 140/240mm radiator support for unmatched liquid cooling •Four watercooling cutouts for easy liquid cooling management on the rear panel •Spacious CPU cutout for mounting high-end CPU coolers without removing the motherboard •Removable top 5.25” plates to accommodate wide radiators •Clever hybrid fin design allows the user to choose between maximum airflow or sound reduction •Innovative right-mounted HDDs for easy hard drive replacement •Removable HDD pull-out cages and large storage... » read more

Shuttle XH61 Barebone Desktop

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Sandy Bridge performance packed into a 3-litre case The ultra-compact Shuttle Slim-PC Barebone XH61 is the best choice for those seeking an inexpensive desktop PC which is significally smaller than a tower PC. The XH61's LGA1155 socket supports Intel's powerful Sandy Bridge processors that stand for superior integrated graphics performance and improved energy efficiency. The XH61 also scores with an elegant design consisting of coated surfaces and shiny drive doors. Measuring merely 3.5 liters in volume, around a tenth of the size of a traditional tower PC, it is designed to provide the perfect balance of aesthetics and meeting daily computing demands in homes and offices. Looking to spend about 140-ish Euro ... » read more

HP ENVY 14 Spectre

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HP revealed the HP ENVY 14 Spectre, a premium consumer Ultrabook PC that commands attention with its unparalleled use of glass and stunning performance. Tough yet beautiful, the HP ENVY 14 Spectre uses lightweight, scratch-resistant glass on the lid, display, palmrest and HP ImagePad – an industry first. A full 14-inch screen inside a 13.3-inch body means customers can get more enjoyment from their entertainment. Uncompromising Performance The HP Spectre is blazingly fast, stunningly sleek and boasts up to 9 hours of battery life. Powered by the latest Intel® Core™ processors, the 20-mm-thin HP Spectre weighs less than 4 pounds and includes up to 256 gigabytes (GB) of storage. Intel Rapid Start Technology and support for two... » read more

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 7970

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SAPPHIRE Technology has now released the first in a new family of graphics cards based on the revolutionary new graphics GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture from AMD. The SAPPHIRE HD 7970 is the first graphics card in the world to incorporate the latest generation of GPU’s from AMD built in a new 28nm process and featuring the new GCN optimised graphics processing architecture. The HD 7970 is the most powerful single chip GPU ever built. It has a new internal structure with 32 compute units and a total of 2048 Stream processors. It ships with a core clock speed of 925MHz, but for enthusiasts wishing to maximise performance, a new version of the SAPPHIRE overclocking tool, TriXX will be available from launch. A new 384-bit high speed... » read more