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Now Gresso is to diversify and has announced a collection of ultra-exclusive Mp3 players, to be called Symphonia, and the idea to create an Mp3 player that is dedicated to create a device for those customers who demand the ultimate craftsmanship and exceptional design. Four Symphonia models will be released in Q2, 2007, being made from Blackwood and White Gold, Blackwood and Pink Gold, White Gold and Pink Gold respectively, with the same ancient blackwood and 18 carat gold in each case, with prices ranging from EUR 3000 (US$4000) to EUR 5000 (US$6500).
      All models of the Gresso Symphonia Collection have the same tetrahedral case, which measures a diminutive 39 x 39 x 10.5 mm, allowing the device to be worn as jewellery.
      The innovative flat keyboard of the player has special patented scratch-resistant covering, that the company claims is as hard as diamond. The figures and letters on the keyboard are cut by ultraprecise laser. The Gresso Mp3 player has a built-in FM tuner and just 1 Gb of internal flash memory. It supports Mp3, WMA, ASF and OGG music formats.

With the PMA 2007 show coming up the first PMA rumors are showing up in the numerous Internet forums and blogs. One of the rumors is a possible new Sony Cybershot digital camera introduction; the Sony Cybershot DSC-W80. Although the information is not official yet, the image of the Sony W80 seems to be an official product shot. Since we are not working under NDA with Sony nor have we given any inside information, we feel free to share our findings, like the unofficial news of the Sony DSC W80 camera, with you. It seems that the new Sony Cyber-shot W80 incorporates a 7.2 effective Megapixel CCD image sensor and a 3x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 35 - 105mm (equivalent with 35 mm camera).
       First information learns that the new Sony Cybershot W80 has a very slim housing and compact dimensions. Normally we would expect a Cybershot camera to use Memory Stick media as their main storage medium so it would be logical to claim the Sony W80 is using Memory Duo or Memory Stick Pro Duo for storage. The new Cybershot camera looks very similar to that of the Sony Cybershot W55 camera that was introduced in January, but well we may see some innovative features hidden inside the Sony W80.

Albatron Technology is hot for Hannover, Germany for this year’s CeBIT 2007 Exhibition, one of the top three computer tradeshows in the world. As always, Albatron is eager to showcase its major product lines to the world and will arrive full force with top performing VGA cards, Mainboards, Memory Modules and Mini-PC Systems.
      This year’s Mainboard and VGA products will include the latest wave of technology sweeping through the market including mainboards supporting CoreTM 2 Duo, CoreTM 2 Quad and CoreTM 2 Extreme CPUs. Also displayed will be a full line of AMD based AM2 mainboards, an MXM graphics module and the latest DirectX 10 VGA cards. Several product demonstrations will be on hand giving customers an up-close look at Albatron’s reliable quality and top performance.
      No doubt that all eyes will be on a much anticipated AMD based Mini-ITX Mainboard (model name pending late Feb. release date) capable of supporting the latest AMD technology and a full range of AMD’s latest Dual Core and 64-bit processors. This diminutive Mini-ITX mainboard is no bigger than your outstretched hand (17×17cm) but brims with power, versatility and capability. It boasts ferocious performance with HyperTransportTM technology supported by 2 GB of Dual Channel DDR II memory using two SO-DIMMs. It will boast one of the market’s most powerfully integrated graphics engine. Also, SATA II with RAID and GBit LAN will allow users nonstop surfing and downloading. This board is also very well connected with 8 possible USB ports, IEEE1394 and even an HDMI connector.

The newest, smallest, and what will become the most often used appliance in the kitchen has finally arrived! SmartShopper Electronics, Inc. announced today that their revolutionary new product “SmartShopper” is now available for sale to both consumers as well as retail partners. “We just returned from the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with the ‘design and engineering’ award and we were named one of the top ten new products at the show,” stated company President and co-founder, Rick Brindisi. The SmartShopper is a voice activated shopping assistant. Any member of the family can simply walk up to it, press a button and say the name of an item they want at the grocery store. Their list is displayed in large, easy to read text on the LCD. When you are ready to shop, simply press “print” and your list comes right out of this unit!
     Are you ready for the best news yet? The printed list is categorized for you! When you get to the store you can see exactly what you need in each section of the store.

A Bartow County couple will go before a magistrate judge today to see if they will be arrested for allegedly stalking a Kennesaw police officer by installing cameras to track neighborhood speeders.
     Lee and Teresa Sipple spent $1,200 mounting three video cameras and a radar speed unit outside their home, which is at the bottom of a hill. They have said they did so in hopes of convincing neighbors to slow down to create a safe environment for their son.
     The Sipples allegedly caught Kennesaw police officer Richard Perrone speeding up to 17 mph over the speed limit. Perrone alerted Bartow authorities, who in turn visited the Sipples’ home to tell them Perrone intended to press charges against them for stalking.

The Killer K1 is priced as low as $149.99 after rebates, and will be “available for a limited time from selected e-tailers,” the company said.
     The card features a 333-MHz version of the company’s N1 network processing unit and 64 Mbytes of on-board RAM. The card lacks the “Flexible Network Architcture” capability of the original Killer card, although consumers can pay $30 to “upgrade” to this feature, the company said, apparently with a downloadable firmware upgrade.
      However, the original Killer card did not come highly recommended. In an ExtremeTech review, consumers were recommended to spend their money elsewhere. “Honestly, there’s just no way we can recommend the Killer NIC,” Jason Cross wrote. “It’s an incredibly interesting idea, and it makes academic sense, but we’re just not seeing the benefit. Even if it worked really well and we saw big benefits, you have to ask yourself if you would be better spending $279 on other computer components that would benefit every game you play and even other general tasks.”

The VP-6500VHD features IntelliWide™ for viewing 4:3 content in widescreen without appreciable picture degradation, as well as ISF™ calibration modes for optimum viewing under diverse lighting conditions.
     The included VHD Controller/Processor with our exclusive Imagix™ video processing maintains a pure digital signal path from input to output, and includes a broad array of video input choices. Your home automation interface includes IR and RS-232 capabilities with discrete input selection, power on/off, aspect ratio control and more.
      The VP-6500VHD not only represents a leap forward in high definition flat panel technologies, but the engineering advances in plasma design ensure long life in virtually any installation, with operational life extending to as much as 60,000 hours.
      We also offer the VP-6500VHDa, which is identical in all respects. However, this version is high altitude compliant to over 9000 feet.

OMG! This is just what we geeks need, another USB flash drive that holds a smell in addition to flash memory. Debreu has a new high speed flash drive that uses USB 2.0 sporting not only storage space from 128MB to 1GB , but a bamboo motif cleverly hiding a disk that holds your favorite scent for up to two hours of use. This may be the perfect valentine’s gift for the aunt that smells like cabbage. At least for a few hours anyway she will smell better. That is assuming she knows what a flash drive is.

An affordable 320MB edition of nVidia’s GeForce high end 8800 GTS is the card making the headlines and with an RRP of well under £200 it should bring cutting edge gaming to a wider audience.
     As for the specs they make good reading: 500MHz core clock frequency, 96 unified shaders zipping along at 1.2GHz and 1.6GHz effective memory. All this equates to a mighty 26.4bn texels per second and a massive 64GBps of memory bandwidth. For multimedia fans you’ll be pleased to know the card is HDCP enabled and offers up dual DVI-I and is VGA capable via a DVI to VGA converter. As for gamers they obviously get Vista-friendly DirectX 10 compatibility.
     Naturally all the usual suspects have made an appearance with offerings from ECS (£155 ex VAT), EVGA (349 euros), PNY (£174.90), Albatron, XFX and Leadtek (the last three withheld pricing). Meanwhile Foxconn is releasing vanilla and overclocked versions of the card. It claims the latter provides between 10 and 15 per cent more performance and will retail for £210 excluding VAT.

InPhase Technologies has begun bulk shipping of its 300GB holographic storage disks and drives, the firm said yesterday. The Tapestry HDS-300R drive costs $18,000, with the 1.5mm-thick platters running to $180 a piece. The firm already claims a series of high profile customers, including Turner Broadcasting, the US Geological Survey, and Lockheed Martin.
      InPhase marketing VP Liz Murphy said: “We’ve also tried to make it as easy to integrate as possible from a software perspective. So it can emulate a DVD, CD-R, magnetic optical disc or tape drive. So software companies don’t have to do any major changes to write to it in native mode.”