EMachines today released three desktops and two widescreen monitors targeted towards the lucrative back-to-school segment. The T3656 is a cheap desktop powered by an Intel Celeron 440 processor (2.0GHz). It ships with Windows Vista Home Basic and offers 1GB RAM (expandable up to 2GB), 160GB 7200rpm hard drive, DVD Supermulti drive, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, keyboard, mouse, and 15-in-1 card reader.

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I just learned that the Napkin PC concept that we reported on six months ago has won a Next-Gen PC Design competition. On a related note, I found this Next-Gen PC concept, and I thought it was just as practical, especially for summer. The Pool PC, aka PC of the Swim-Rings, is a waterproof computer that has a small place so you can attach a swim ring. Then all you need to do is lay back in the ring, let your body float, and you are free to check email, surf the web, or anything else you want to do on your computer.

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Home renovation shows are a regular feature on the airwaves, filling the insatiable demand among homeowners to make their living space unique. For most people that means a mix of colours, new furniture and carefully chosen artwork. But as Canadians begin to think about their next home renovation, they’re starting to include their home computer in their design plans.

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Albatron showcased their multi-touch IR 22" LCD panel at the Computex. The forthcoming Windows 7 OS from Microsoft will introduce multi-touch that allows multiple input detection. Albatron had a special driver made for Vista which allows multi-touch however it still needs brushing up but it does functions pretty well even now. Albatron's Optical Touch Panel is 22-inches in size, has a widescreen resolution of 1650 x 1080, has touch accuracy up to 90 frames per second and uses DVI. Check out the video.

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As expected Acer today released its very own mini notebook computer, designed to make online activities fast, simple and cool. The mini lappie is portable (smaller than an average office diary) enough to carry it on the road; it measures just 9.8-inches x 6.7-inches x 1.14-inches and weighs a little more than two pounds. The Aspire one has an 8.9-inch CrystalBrite LED backlit display with a resolution of 1024x600 pixels with integrated Acer CrystalEye webcam.

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Microwaves are truly an awesome appliance. You could call them the epitome of the bachelor gadget, since so many unmarried men seem to rely on the device for all of their meals. We can’t say we’ve ever thought of using a microwave like this. This excellent PC case mod makes your computer look like a stock-model microwave, complete with a cheap LED layout and a horizontally opening door. The window on the microwave has been ingeniously modded to act as the computer’s display, not to mention the microwave-themed desktop wallpaper.

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We all know duct tape has a million uses—but did you know that the actual figure is a million and one? It's true—a bunch of geeks confirmed it when they succeeded in building a PC case entirely out of the sticky stuff. You laugh because it's stupid, but you have to be impressed with the amount of thought these guys put into the project. They even managed to keep all of the components and the structure itself secure using rolled up duct tape support beams.

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Stealth Computer today released a new rugged LCD monitor "SV-2400" with touchscreen interface. The 24" all steel enclosed touch screen LCD Monitor is built to withstand the demanding effects of harsh environments typically encountered in industrial plant floor and Human Machine Interface applications. The NEMA 4/IP56 LCD front-panel withstands water, dust and dirt intrusion and performs well beyond ordinary commercially available monitors.

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Passports have become a major piece of identification for obtaining many other important documents. You can even use a passport to help get you a drivers license. The problem is that passports have become increasingly easy to forge with the improving technology. In an attempt to halt passport forgery in its tracks, Samsung SDI and Germany’s Bundesdruckerei have been working on the development of a passport with a bendable OLED colored display on a special polycarbonate data page which can be used to display a variety of content, including video.

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What hits you first when you see it is the distinct orange and black form. It mesmerizes you into believing that this is the rig that you have been looking for all your gaming life. The Predator uses NVIDIA's nForce 780i chipset and features a choice of Intel Core 2 Quad processors, and you'll be able to beef it up to 8GiB of RAM. a choice of up to three NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX graphics cards and up to four hot-swappable SATA hard disks, including the new Western Digital Velociraptors will be available.

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In truth, though, the concept hasn't been as quick to catch on as many technology companies hoped. It seems the concept of using a PC or computer as the central hub of a home entertainment network proved a bit much to handle for many consumers, for whom a television, a sound system and a computer were different devices and never the twain should meet. Nevertheless, there were always going to be tech-savvy users who were quick to see the benefits, and the signs are that at last the message is spreading beyond the confirmed technophiles.

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AUO will also demonstrate a series of mobile device technologies at SID (Society for Information Display) Display Week 2008, from May 20 through 22 in Los Angeles, California, in which the world’s thinnest Ultra Thin 1.9-inch TFT-LCD, is expected to grab the spotlight. This ultra thin TFT-LCD, with a thickness of merely 0.63mm, broke AUO’s own record of 0.69mm released at FPD International 2007 in Japan. This 8-inch TFT-LCD uses special glass thinning technologies, shrinking the thickness of related components, to achieve 0.63mm in thickness, 2.1 grams in weight and 400nits in brightness.

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Fujitsu recently displayed its new ultra mobile PC featuring Intel's latest 45nm Atom processor. Not much is known about this 5.6-inch gizmo except that its designed for business professionals. The UMPC offers a 6-row keyboard (compared to five rows in previous generation models), built-in 3.5G and GPS modules, and turnable screen. The 610g portable PC will be available in Taiwan in July for approx $1,300.

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International Business Machine today announced a new addition in its high performance computing (HPC) line up for use in high-end industries such as financial market, digital media creation and medical imaging. The IBM BladeCenter QS22 is an "economical supercomputing technology" inspired by advanced scientific research facilities.

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So lets see now we have the GPS, the security system the foldable LCD screens with 5.1 surround sound inside a humble SUV. if having all this makes you feel a tad bit incomplete maybe its time you throw in the state of the art car visor from Chinavision. This little Visor can play DVDs, audio and video files, it can play retro video games on its 7-inch LCD 16×9 widescreen display.

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