EEE PC S101 IS EXPECTED THIS NOVEMBER

Asus' most recent EEE PC, the S101, is slotted to commence in the US on November 1st. The S101 appears smooth and fashionable, with a skinny body (.75"), and it definitely positions above the other EEE variants in terms of aesthetics. The EEE PC S101 will exercise a 10.2" LED exhibit with a self-effacing resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, and will proffer incorporated 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, and a multi-card flash reader. The mechanism will run an Intel Atom N270 processor with 1GB of RAM, and will have an accounted battery life of approx. 5 hours. The arrangement comes packed with Windows XP.

LAPTOP CALL BACK CURFEW HURTS SONY MORE THAN EXPECTED

Shares in Sony were knocked in the recent past after the Japanese consumer electronics assembly was enforced to recall thousands of faulty notebooks for the reason that of a danger that they could scorch and reason burns. The recall influences 440,000 notebooks in Sony's Vaio TZ series that were sold transversely around the world between May 2007 and July 2008. Sony has heard of 209 cases of notebooks overheating, together with 7 in which the users experienced minor burns. A design error means that wires in close proximity to the hinge that attaches the body of the notebook to the display are imperfectly positioned and can short-circuit and overheat subsequent to long-drawn-out use.

T-REX PERSONALITY EXPECTED OF ELONEX-T

Elonex proudly announces the much hyped 2nd Generation One Net book. Owing to well-brought-up sales, Elonex has strong-willed to append a new-fangled UMPC to their net book line. Elonex has revealed a forthcoming 2nd generation variant of their One Net book, dubbed the Elonex One T. The Elonex One T will encompass a 7" LCD with promising clarity levels of resolution of 800 x 480, 1GB SSD, SD card slot, 802.11b/g WIFI, and VGA out, 3 USB ports cater to the expandability variants, and a weight of less than 2 pounds. The price will be a staggering and market shattering $253.

DELL & HP SAYS WE ARE TOGETHER FOR THE BETTER REASONS- NEW BATTERY POWER IS EXPECTED

Dell & HP are whispered to be 1st takers of the new-fangled technology which pledges 10% more in battery sprint time. World's 3rd biggest producer of secondary cells, Samsung SDI, predicts to make available its newest Li-ion power packs to US-located PC producers like HP & Dell beginning from July this year. The innovative 2,800mAh Samsung battery cells under the scanner reveal 7.7% more capability and nearly 10 percent more usage time. They are also equipped to be faster than the regular 2,600mAh (milli-ampere hour) rechargeable batteries mainly utilized in notebook computers.

The company also has sketches to initiate a 3,000mAh rechargeable battery in the in the vicinity of future with 20% longer usage time. Industry sources predict the demand for lithium ion rechargeable battery power packs to sprint up to 2.85 billion unit cells in the year 2008, and a predicted increase of 18 percent from the overall unit cells that’s been on use for the previous year, and the demand for secondary cells for PCs are expected for an overall rise of 22 percent. With so much of prediction and the innovations taking the upper hand, the field of longer battery hours and a successful invention of a prospective notebook battery are definitely on the cards. Only aspect is the market should be ready for the grabs.

WIND PC FROM MSI HOMES IS EXPECTED SOON

Gigabytes are also believed to carry the same trend of their competitors with their own low-cost notebooks. MSI & Gigabyte are together setting up to make public their low-cost notebooks by the end of 2nd quarter this fiscal year. MSI’s much rumored to be Wind PC was 1st showcased at the Exhibit CeBIT 2008 and comes loaded with an 8.9-inch or 10-inch form factor. Very little is known about the much hyped Gigabyte's low-cost notebook model. But more information on the Wind PC from the stables of MSI is expected. The Atom processors from the house of Intel are predicted to start shipping from June. So, the Wind PC agenda makes ideal sense. According to newest reports, Wind PC will be obtainable in the varying price tag of $470 - $1099.

THE MICROSOFT ZUNE IS EXPECTED TO BE AUDIBLE ENABLED SOME TIME THIS YEAR

According to sources, the Zune player will have support for Audible, the audio-book giant, anytime 'before year's end.' With a whooping vast library of 40,000+ downloads build in to it, Audible renders a wing span of a wide array of audio-book, with loaded features in the likes of online radio broadcasts, podcasts, and even audio variants of some of the major news dailies just adds fizz to this new id of Microsoft’s unlimited innovation production line. With Monthly membership plans that are obtainable at a rock bottom price tags that are even flexi rated ranges across sectors, starting at $15 per month for fundamental gold service, $23 for indispensable platinum, $150 for yearly gold, and $230 for yearly platinum.

FIREFOX 3.0 TO BE EXPECTED BY JUNE

Release Candidate 1 (RC1) should be ready by sometime in early May 08, said Schroepfer, supercilious that the Mozilla meets its current schedule for the launch date. "The release applicants will move a little slower compared to the beta," he continued, noting that the company must make grants for public the feedback. Mozilla typically tries to discourage most users from endeavoring betas, calling them fit only for developers and testing users, but it has the history that it has encouraged the public to try out its RC builds. Although plans are stretchy, Schroepfer told that he expects version 3.0 to hold true to past Fire-fox badge and cycle through 3 release candidates before Mozilla signs off on the cipher. The RC tenure is also useful for extension developers, he said, many of whom hang around until the rules are at that stage before twisting their add-ons. If all goes according to plan, Firefox 3.0 will drape up and ship in June, Even if it means to be in a diaper state.