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ZOTAC International has announced their next-gen mini-ITX platform motherboard called the ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi. The new ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi combines the powerful GeForce 9300 graphics processor with Intel processors for high-performance platforms.

The powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9300 graphics processor that forms the heart of the ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi packs 16 high-speed stream processors that are configurable for DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1 and CUDA-enabled applications. The ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi also features a high-performance NVIDIA PureVideo HD video processor that decodes Blu-ray high-definition video formats in hardware and enhances standard-definition content to near-high-definition quality levels.

Palm’s latest smartphone is the Pre, featuring a 3.1-inch touchscreen, 8GB internal storage, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, slide-out full QWERTY keyboard and 3-megapixel camera. …

Palm has a new smartphone and it comes in the form of Pre. It features a 3.1-inch touch screen display, 8GB storage, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, slide-out full QWERTY keyboard and 3-megapixel …

Microsoft has made the Windows 7 Beta available to the public. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised attendees during his keynote speech at this year's CES that the beta will be available soon. Keep your eye on the Microsoft Download Center since the download will be available to only the first 2.5 million people who want it. Microsoft will also be releasing Windows Server 2008 R2 sometime today as well.

After its disastrous Windows Vista operating system was panned near-universally, the company has spent many months and hours talking to businesses and consumers about what theyd like in the new operating system. There certainly are a lot of nifty new features, including the ability to perform touch-based tasks. And the new OS will be a kindler, gentler force to your PC, taking up less resources after Microsoft engineers jettisoned legacy code and rebuilt the OS as a much cleaner piece of software.

Tigerdirect's Annual Charity PC Race was an action-packed competition as usual with the UNLV Cheerleaders keeping the crowd rooting for their favorite contestant. With 30 competitors, only 3 seconds that separated the 1st and 2nd place winners who each won money to be donated to their favorite charity. Check out this youtube clip we took of the competition in action!

“Build Your Own PC Race” is a fun charity event for the PC editorial community supporting elementary and secondary schools and promoting Systemax PCs based on AMD Phenom CPUs. Public Relations opportunities for sponsors' products are created by matching them up with members of the related trade press giving the opportunity for exposure and story pitches. Over the course of its 12-year history, the event has raised more than $2 million in cash and computer equipment for needy schools and organizations. Systemax and AMD donate the computers used during the event to schools and non-profit organizations designated by the participants. Systemax is also donating $13,500 in cash to the charitable organizations chosen by the top three winners.

During CES this week we found out Yubz is producing 20 of limited edition retro Bluetooth handsets with 5,400 grade A Swarovski crystals! These Bluetooth handsets look like a replica of the Western Electric 500-series model, which was the classic phone handset for several decades. With a price tag of $1,800 this Bluetooth handset is not for everyone, but we can always look and dream right?

As you’ll have seen from other Internet news sources, Palm have launched their long-awaited next generation platform and flagship, the ‘Pre’ [pronounced pree]. Having been propped up again and again by venture capital money, we’ve all been wondering what was there to keep the investors excited, and now we know. It’s non-Symbian but very much of interest, see the details and comment below.

At CES 2009 Dirk Meyer gave a Keynote about the future of computing and what AMD is doing to get there. During the Keynote they demonstrated how “Lightstage” technology is used by Hollywood to render special effects. After that, they then showed off their new Dragon platform rendering Will Smith in real time! Check out this you tube video…

ASUS has launched the brand new M4 Series motherboards to fully support the AMD Phenom II AM3 processors and up to DDR 3 2000MHz memory speed. …

Casio has recently introduced their latest Exilim compact digital cameras - EX-FS10, EX-FC100, EX-Z400, EX-Z270, EX-S12 and EX-S5. …