Pioneer has announced a Blu-ray burner / player drive for PCs, model BDC-S02, for the Chinese market. The $300 combo will compete with China's popular EVD format.

The BDC-S02 can playback high-definition movies on BD-ROM, BD-R (recordable), BD-R DL (single-sided double-layer), BD-RE (rewritable) and BD-RE DL discs as well as common DVD and CD discs, according to Pioneer's Optical Disc Drive Sales general manager Shannon Yu for the Asia-Pacific region.

Nicholas Negroponte's latest prototypes of the $100 PC will sell for about $130 to $140 reports ZDnet. The ruggedized, two pound Linux desktop (Fedora) system, due April 2007 will come down in price by the end of 2008.

The colorful system can turn into a tablet, and Negroponte said that it "will run like a bat out of hell." Pricing depends on how much RAM, but key is the display, he added. "It has to be sunlight readable. That won't be done until August/September."

Dell has announced the Dell XPS 700, a new high gaming desktop, with a silver finish and sleek vent

XPS 700 System Specs

Processors
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition with Dual-Core

* Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition Dual-Core 965 with HT Technology - (3.73GHz,1066MHz FSB, 4MB Cache)
* Intel Pentium D with Dual-Core Technology - Up to 960 (3.60GHz,800MHzFSB, 4MB Cache)
* Intel Pentium 4 with HT Technology - 670 (3.80GHz, 800MHzFSB, 2MB of L2Cache)
* NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI, up to three 500 GB hard disks and up to 4 GB of DDR2 memory reports Gizmodo

Alienware(R) has announced the AMD LIVE!(TM) branded Aurora(TM) 7500 and Aurora ALX desktop systems, enabling users to consolidate their photos, videos, music, and movies in one place while accessing all of it through their TVs, game consoles, MP3 players, cell phones, and other common digital devices. In addition, Aurora 7500, Area-51(R) 7500, and ALX desktop systems are now featuring Blu-ray storage technology, a breakthrough optical disc format that delivers a maximum storage capacity of 50GB on a single dual-layer disc.

As part of the AMD LIVE! experience, Aurora 7500 and Aurora ALX systems come equipped with AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 dual-core processors and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Media Center Edition operating systems. AMD64 dual-core technology ensures a seamless entertainment experience when running applications and background tasks simultaneously as well as when playing graphics-intensive games and editing video or audio.

PCmag reviews, the Sony VAIO XL2 Digital Living System ($2,699.99 direct) their update to the VAIO XL1 system introduced last year.

The Sony VAIO XL2 Digital Living System continues the company's path toward Media Center nirvana. Like the XL1, the new XL2 is a MCE PC that easily replaces your TiVo, CD changer, DVD player, and more. It's perfect addition to your home theater, particularly if you own an HDTV with an HDMI port.

t3.co.uk points to the World Cup workstation for all you soccer fans out their.

The latest innovation from furniture firm Powerdesk packs in a 19 inch LCD, PC and sound system to make this the wackiest workstation ever, plus it receives TV, so you’ll never miss a match.

8,000 price tag

Alienware MJ-12 7500

Alienware has unvelied the MJ-12 7500 desktop line, featuring Intel and AMD's dual core chips.

* With dual-core processors, you can experience the blistering power of two processing cores on a single chip and enjoy improved performance when running multiple data-intensive applications.
* Delivers extraordinary processing power for cutting-edge 3D content creation applications.
* Improves digital media performance by an average of 34% over single-core processors.
* NVIDIA Quadro FX takes the leading CAD, DCC, and visualization applications to a new level of interactivity by enabling unprecedented capabilities in programmability and precision.

Systems start at $1500

In addition to the new LaVie LR700D , Nec Japan also announced the VW970/EG & VW900/EH HD TV, DVR and PC systems . The VW970/EG features a Pentium D 820 (2.80GHz) & two 300GB HDDs. The VW900/EH features a Celeron D 346 (3.06GHz)processor & a 400GB HDD. Memory 512MB - OS: Windows Media Center Edition 2005 - HD TV Ready
A startup time of only 2 seconds for the TV mode (after a complete shutdown)

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Acer has introduced its new business desktop, the Acer Veriton 6800, powered by Intel's dual-core processor. The Veriton 6800 is powered by an Intel Pentium 4 processor with 533/800/1066 MHz FSB and an Intel Celeron D processor with 533 MHz FSB. It is equipped with a system memory which supports up to 4GB of DDR2 400/533/667 RAM. Also integrated is graphics capability with DVMT 3.0 and a 16X slot. The desktop is equipped with two external 5.25" drive bays and six 3.5" drive bays (four internal, two external).

The Veriton 6800 has two PS/2 ports, one Ethernet (RJ-45) port, one Serial port, one VGA port, one parallel port, six audio jacks and eight USB 2.0 ports. Well-equipped for I/O expansion; the Veriton 6800 also has two PCI slots. The desktop also comes equipped with additional features like a USB multimedia keyboard, embedded Intel HD Audio CODEC audio system and an Acer eLock and intrusion alert.

Thursday, Intel Corp unveiled its new dual-core processor Pentium D for use in desk-top PCs. Intel Corp. vowed to sell millions of them by the end of the year reports Business Week.

"We're shipping 100,000 this quarter, and we're going to ship millions by the end of the year," said Gerald Holzhammer, vice president of Intel's Digital Home Group. "This is a big deal for us. It's the first time dual core will make a real impact on the marketplace."

Fujitsu, Japan has announced the FMV-DESKPOWER TX90L/D PC featuring TV-like functionality with its integrated 32"widescreen LCD and inclusion of a digital tuner. Digital broadcast support is limited to the upper level "FMV-DESKPOWER TX90L/D" model with a Pentium 4 530J (3GHz) and 500GB hard drive. The lower level model in this series, the "FMV-DESKPOWER TX70L," omits the digital tuner and takes a CPU and hard drive capacity hit for a price of about 340,000 yen.

HP yesterday, introduced a new, fresh look for its HP Pavilion and HP Media Center Desktop PCs and monitors, providing consumers with a PC that offers enjoyable digital entertainment experiences and functional design that fits effortlessly into the home. The new look has taken a few pages from the Mac mini design book.

HP's new desktop PC design offers simple lines and light colors unifying the PC with the company's consumer product portfolio. HP's advanced design and functionality make it easier than ever to enjoy digital entertainment and digital photography from the PC. For example, select models provide an easy connection to an R-series HP digital camera(1) or the Apple iPod from HP via a removable docking station located on the top of the PC chassis. models include the HP Pavilion d4000 Series Desktop PC,(2) the HP Pavilion a1000 Series Desktop PC, and the HP Media Center m7000 Series Photosmart PC .

via Mac Mini Gear

Alienware will start offering an Acoustic Dampening System configuration option on all its high performance desktop systems reports ehomeupgrade. Starting at $99, consumers can add the ADS option and have their PCs outfitted with acoustic absorption matting and low-noise system fans to decreased internal chassis decibel (dB) levels

"PC noise levels have become an increasing concern for computer users. As computer components become progressively faster, the mechanisms used to cool them have become exponentially louder," said Nestor Villalobos, Product Manager for Workstations for Alienware Corporation. "Alienware has worked with several partners in order to develop the Acoustic Dampening System to significantly reduce overall system noise levels"

ADS Highlights:
4mm soft cellular foam pad matting
Ultra-quiet 92mm, 120mm and 80mm chassis fans (Operating at noise levels as low as 21 dBA)

Soldam, Japan, recently announced a 5.25" bay-type PC status display panel, the "Visualizer," and has begun accepting orders via its website reports TechJapan. Store sales will start from 18 March and the display panel is priced from 13,629 yen.

The Visualizer uses a Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) and the "WiNDy Visualizer Control Center" software to display a wide range of information on the PC's status.

In addition to such things as the CPU ID, operating system, current time, alarm, CPU/Memory/HDD usage, incoming email and WinAmp/Windows Media Player visualizations, custom graphics can also be displayed.

The Visualizer is available in 11 different colors -- ivory, silver, black, white pearl mica, super gun metallic, creamy ivory, aquamarine, pale rose, blue, red and deep purple. Dimensions are W149.3 x D58 x H42.5 mm. Supported operating systems are Windows 2000 Professional and XP.

Sharp Corporation, Japan has announced the Mebius PC-TX23H desktop PC set for release in Japan on March 5. Expected to be about 260,000 Yen (Windows XP Home Edition SP2 included).

The PC-TX23H features a 23" wide monitor with 1366x768 (WXGA) resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, 16M colors, approx. 500cd/m square brightness, 550:1 contrast, 16ms response, and 176 degrees viewing angles (all sides) - a built-in TV tuner, can able to record movies using its MPEG-2/MPEG-1 hardware encoder, analog RGB, 15-pin D-sub, S-video, Video-in (RCA pin), L/R audio-in (RCA), TV antenna input (VHF/UHF), microphone jack (3.5mm monaural), line-in/out (3.5mm stereo jacks, optical digital audio output, 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x 6-pin IEEE1394 and 1 x 4-pin IEEE1394 ports.

The main PC specifications include Celeron D 330 (2.66GHz) CPU, 256MB RAM (2GB max.), Intel 865G (with built-in graphics), DVD multi-format drive, 250GB Ultra ATA/100 HDD.

Measures 439x326x61mm, and weighs 7.8kg. Source: Sharp

Taiwanese company BenQ is set to unveil the FP91V a new 19" LCD monitor with 6ms of response time. Key features include a 19" LCD Screen Size with 140/140 Viewing Angle, 1280 x 1024 resolution, a display area of 376.3 by 301.1mm, power consumption of 60W, 450:1 Contrast, 0,294 Dot pitch , 400 cd/m2 Brightness, 6ms GTG and 16.2million colors display.

- Seen at Ubergizmo

Security company Sophos advises on a computer worm lurking in mass emails asking you to help the victims of last month's Asian tsunami disaster. The worm appears with the subject line: "Tsunami donation! Please help!" and invites you to open an attachment called "tsunami.exe" -- which, if opened, will forward the virus to other Internet users.

Sophos added that it had so far only received a small number of reports of the worm, which it said was not the first to try to take advantage of the Indian Ocean catastrophe in order to spread.

Sophos recommends recipients delete the mails and do not open the attachments.

The state of Texas has filed a civil lawsuit in the federal court of Austin against Ryan Samuel Pitylak, a University of Texas student, and Mark Stephen Trotter of California for just spamming non stop. Texas is seeking millions of dollars from two men it says are responsible for sending illegal messages on the Internet. The two are suspected of controlling companies -- PayPerAction LLC, Leadplex LLC and Leadplex Inc. -- that sent millions of Spam messages pitching fraudulent services. An attorney for the defendants said the suit was groundless and the pair would defend themselves vigorously. The suit charges the operation with using misleading subject lines in e-mail messages and making misrepresentations in the body of the e-mail. No criminal charges were filed. Assets of the spammers in question have been frozen and a temporary injunction put in place preventing them from sending any emails, ahead of a hearing and a possible permanent injunction.

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LeapFrog Enterprises has announced "The Fly" a talking computerized pen designed for children that can translate words into other languages, and help with math and spelling homework. The product uses special "Fly paper" that kids can write on which translates the writing into audio, in English or different languages. It also enables children to create interactive calculators that will work by touching the hand written digits and functions. The pen will then read back the answer to the writer.

The FLY pentop computer will be available in fall 2005 at a MSRP of around $99.

Computer security software vendors Symantec and McAfee both saw a drop in shares on the heels of Microsoft announcing their free Windows Anti-virus software built using GeCAD technology, which Microsoft gained through its acquisition of the Romanian antivirus company GeCAD Software Srl in 2003. The tool eliminates common viruses.

The antivirus software will be available for download from 11 January and will be updated with virus definitions on the second Tuesday of the month. Microsoft said the virus-removal program will not prevent computer infections and is not intended to replace the need for traditional Anti-virus software, such as products from McAfee Inc. or Symantec Corp.

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Fujitsu Siemens has been ordered by the Munich District Court (Germany) to pay 12 Euro copyright tax for each new machine it sells. The court believes that since the machine could be bought by pirates Fujitsu Siemens should pay the same tax that the makers of blank audio and video cassettes have to pay. This ruling brought some joy to the VG Wort rights society who has been fighting for more than two years to get money from PC companies. VG now plans to take the copyright levy to every other computer company in Germany.
The landmark case means that Germany will become the first EU country to impose a copyright levy on new PCs.

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The Phel Trojan horse is a new Trojan infecting computers running Microsoft's Windows XP. Phel.a attempts to exploit a vulnerability found in October in how Internet Explorer and Windows XP Service Pack 2 handle help files called from Web pages. If Phel.a successfully executes, it downloads additional code from another server including a backdoor component that can be used by the attacker to later access the infected PC remotely.

No patch is currently available. The code in Phel is currently being examined by Microsoft analysts. You can stop the Trojan with Anti-virus software or by disabling IE's Active scripting.

Surprise. Three new vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft's Windows operating system, leaving computers using that OS open to possible hacker attacks - extends to PCs running the recently released XP SP2 (Service Pack 2). Antivirus company Symantec Corp. confirmed that unpatched Windows vulnerabilities could pose a serious risk for exploits via malicious Web pages and e-mail messages after security researchers published the details of the heap overflow vulnerabilities in messages posted to online security news groups. The flaws affect most supported versions of Windows, Microsoft has not issued a patch for the newly disclosed holes.

One of the three security vulnerabilities involves image handling. The other two risks are found in the Help system and in Window's ANI authentication.

Symantec suggested you make sure virus definitions include the Bloodhound.Exploit.19 signature and that you should block e-mail attachments with an .hlp extension, avoid untrusted sites or e-mail messages from unknown sources, and read messages in plaintext format.

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King Young has released an update to their Sumicom line of small-form computers. The 5.7"(W) x 9.8"(D) x 1.65"(H) system (about the size of a CD-ROM drive bay, looks like one too) it is apparently the worlds smallest umm PC. Features include Intel's Pentium M and Celeron M. CPUs support, 2.5in HDD drives which the company claims are the world's smallest. A barebones unit will cost you about $439 which gets you 1.3GHz processor, USB 2.0 interface, Built-in high speed Ethernet 10/100Mbps LAN controller, Intel Extreme Graphics 2 and Support DDR 266/333 MHz DIMM. The Big factor about this PC is that it is small, and can be modified to fit your needs.

- Seen at Engadget

E-lets JP has announced the Sv10 a new miniature personal computer to the Be Silent Series. The Sv10 goes on sale in Japan January 2005 for around 71,400 Yen. Measures 168x160x64mm & weighs 1.4 kg. That is about the width of 4 ping pong balls.

Features includes 4 USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, PS/2x2, built-in video function - maximum resolution 1,400x1,280 dot (32bit color), C3 1GHz processor and one SO-DIMM slot supports up to 1GB of memory.

- MORE via impress.co.jp

NEC has announced the development of interchangeable technology which will can read HD DVD/DVD/CD with one optical head, in addition to bringing the HD DVD format to your PC, this technology should make way for smaller PCs. NEC is currently testing technology. MORE news on this as it becomes available.

- Seen at imnpress.co.jp(jp)

Green House has announced the addition of the white "GH-CATG150SW" model to their 15" cat frame liquid crystal display "i-Mii" series. The white model will be available later this month - 39,800 Yen. Joins the Orange & Green Models announced in September

The display has a resolution of 1024x768 (XGA) with 1,619,000 colors. It connects to a computer via a D-Sub 15 pin cable. The size of the unit is 433x61.8x425.1mm with a weight of 3.2 kg.

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Stockist - VoodooPC has a new line of PCs for the gaming enthusiast I must say there is something I find very attractive the VoodooPC dual SLI Rage f:5, maybe it's that "you cannot afford $5000" factor or maybe it's the liquid-cooling technique which should keep things real quiet - plus less cleaning worries. I will get back to you on that.

The new Rage f:5 uses two Nvidia graphics cards incorporating the company's Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology & can run its Athlon processor 15 percent to 20 percent faster than its rated speed (based on VoodooPC engineer test).

Available now - Starts at $5000

via Engadget

Canadian artists Marc Bohlen and J. T. Rinker have developed the Universal Whistling Machine(U.W.M.) -- in an attempt at developing a new language communication system that computers can understand, the system is a tone-based interpreter of whistles. Using a computation system similar to the chips in mobile phones, the U. W. M. can extract whistles from other sounds, and exchange passages with humans, each other, and animals. Over time, it builds a database of every whistle its ever heard, increasing its vocabulary and range.

- MORE via We-Make-Money-Not-Art

Dell JP has a new TV Tuner equipped with a 19 inch LCD display or the other way around - . The Dell W1900 as it will be called features include 1,280x768 dot (WXGA) resolution, the built TV Tuner allows you to use the LCD as a TV, you can also use without starting up your PC. The W1900 incorporate "DCDi" technology which is supposed to give high quality pictures , 600:1 contrast ratio, 450cd/square m luminance, 170 degrees visibility.

The W1900 measures 604 x 168 x 424 mm and weighs approximately 9.7 kg. Available from November 29th - price 88,200 Yen

- MORE via impress.co.jp

And the USB craziness creativity continues, Thanko will introduce the USB Flowerpot Speaker on Nov 29th for 2,980 Yen to the Japan market place. If you are looking for a speaker that will brighten up your work space this holiday season -- this could be the answer, and hey it even has the Christmas colors. Connect the flowerpot to your computer and you are on your way to great sounds via your flowerpot, no water required, the USB Flowerpot speaker is powered through the USB port. Works on Windows 98 SE/Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 9x ( Mac OS X) . Measures 11.5x11.5x120mm & weighs 620 g.

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Via Ubergizmo.com

Gateway has recently launched its M210 Series of laptop. The M210S is the higher end model, starting at $1100.

Highlights
- Pentium-M up to 1.6Ghz
- 512MB RAM
- 40GB hdd
- Wifi (centrino)
- Full-size keyboard
- 14.1" Wide XGA screen
- Intel Integrated Graphics 9

MORE ubergizmo.com

More at Gateway

Sony has announced a new one-inch Microdrive available in 4GB and 2GB sizes. The 4GB "RHMD4G" - 279 dollars & the 2GB "RHMD2G" - 179 dollars.

So now you can take more pictures and not have to worry about storage for a few more mintues. When I see stuff like this I wonder why the Treo 650 for example could not have 2 built in 4GB hard drives. I mean these things are small enough to fit into the treo. Both cards are compatible to the Compact Flash+ Type II Standard. With a PC adapter and the Microdrive can also be used in devices that have a PC card type II slot (Windows Me and 2000 or XP are required for use with PC).

- MORE via Sony

Creative JP has announced some new speakers to help you make more noise - First up the "travel sound series" as the new suggest this is a portable line of speakers. The 8,680 Yen "TravelSound Notebook 500 [TSN500)" & the 4,179 Yen "TravelSound Notebook 200 (TS200)" white model "TS200-W." The new models will be in middle of December.

The TSN500 unit can be clipped onto the top of your notebook with the SnapAttach feature it has. Playback frequency zone of 150 Hz - 20 kHz. So your laptop could provide music for your entire dorm room. Measures 213 X 33 X 47 mm and weighs 243 g.

The TS200-W is a combination of looks think ipod, ibook & MuVo2 series rolled into one. Measures 157x57x68mm and weighs 294 g.

- MORE via impress.co.jp

Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to support the blu-ray disc format come the end of 2005 on their PCs and notebooks. One Blu-ray disc could hold just about everything for a 50GB hard drive - (2 layer blu-ray disc) the single layer blu-ray disc can store about 23GB - Could this be the end of Portable Hard drives - just think why carry around a hard drive when you can have everything on one disc ? ah but then again the disc requires a blu-ray supported computer so you might end up having to lug around with you Hp computer until the format goes universal, anyway still good blu-ray news

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Sometimes you could be in the middle of a game of solitaire, AOL, yahoo IM & looking at Jenna pics - when your boss beacons you, you have no time to close anything -- not even time to press and confirm a shut down -- pcProx -Sonar could be the answer to such a dilemma, it attaches to your PC via the USB port and is configured by the system as a keyboard.

When you step away from your computer, pcPROX sends keystrokes to the PC that engage a self-locking mechanisms such as a screen saver or your single sign-on lock. When you approach your computer, pcProx sends keystrokes to the PC that pull up your logon or identification dialog box. All individual keystrokes, detection range (1-5 ft.) and specified delays are user-definable. - MORE

If you are scared that some bad guy will swoop into your office and just swipe all your "really" private files -- or if you simply want to guarantee that your boss never gets onto you computer (sans a chain saw) after you leave work here is a little device to keep unwanted access out a true and tried way.

Kokuyo has introduced a computer lock box of sorts -- where you keep you PC and your accessories. Priced from 29925 - 134400 Yen

- via impress.co.jp

WebSideStory Inc., a San Diego Web metrics company is reporting that Firefox is hot , so hot in fact that Microsoft's internet explorer market share has dropped 2.2 % since July because of the open-source Web-Browser.

via InfoWorld

The FragBox 2 is a new powerful gaming box from Falcon Northwest . The FragBox 2 is two inches wider and deeper than the older FragBox Pro, but it is the same height. Features of the Falcon Northwest FragBox 2 include the latest nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics card, 520-watt power supply, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition CPU, PCIe graphics, and dual 300GB drives. This baby will set you back a mere $6000

Via Engadget

E-Lets has introduced the Be Silent "PC-Mt6600" -- a new personal computer with a Efficeon TM8600 1GHz processor. In addition running on the Efficeon processor, the low noise Mt6600 is a space saver & it conserves energy. Other features include Transmeta Efficeon TM8600 1GHz processor, 16MB on board display memory, USB2.0, IEEE 802.3U interchangeability & Maximum 1GB DDR-SDRAM ,

Measures 204 x 197 x 73 mm & weighs 2.6 kg.
The MT6600 will be available in Japan in November for about 92,000 Yen.

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Armari has a new PC Media center server designed to be hidden under your bed (assumption) forgive me for being under the impression that if I am going to have a media center on display in my living room that is should be at least display worthy, but that is just my jaded opinion, I like sleek.

Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled the low cost Personal Internet Communicator (PIC). We are talking low cost as in $185 & $245 with a 15 inch monitor, so by 2015 if AMD has its way 50% of the world will have access to Jenna Jameson in addition to other internet things. Granted by 2015 you will probably be wearing a computer implanted in your brain, it is still good to see AMD trying to help out.

The PC features a 366MHz AMD Geode x86, 128MB RAM, 10GB drive, USB, 56k modem, and Windows CE with XP-extensions (for XP app compatibility)

Initially, the PC will be sold in India, Russia, China, Mexico and Brazil.
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Water cooling for PCs has been done a thousand times before, (exaggeration), none have managed however in my little head to match the function with beauty, until the Aquabox a new water cooler by Korean Aquapack Corp. The RESERATOR1 did come close but it was circular, the Aquabox has many of the fanless water cooler traits but it is prettier because of it's square body. The Auabox measures 140 x 140 x 500 mm & weighs 4.3kg More via sorobangeeks(french)

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DREAMSYS has announced a new cube type personal computer called the DREAMSYS KLA2285 with AV function. The AV functions allow the KLA2285 to be used for TV viewing/video recording, DVD playback and radio listening etc.. You can playback/fast forward/rewind all from the front panel. Other features include ,120 GB HDD, tv/fm tuner (NTSC correspondence) with PCI connection, mpeg-2 encoding with appropiate software, intel 915G chip, 256MB RAM, runs on Celeron D 335 , speep 2.80GHz ( "silent mode" (1.56GHz), "normal mode" (2.80GHz), "turbo mode" (2.96GHz)- you can select different modes from front panel. The Dreamsys KLA2285 has a "7-in-1 card reader" which supports (the Compact Flash/ micro drive /SD memory card /MMC/ memory stick (PRO)/smart media correspondence).

Size w 223mm x depth 304mm x height 221mm.
The KLA2285 will be available later this month in Japan. - MORE Dreamsys JP

PBJ Corporation JP. has announced the "Slate" series of touchpanel PCs. ">The new "Slate" series includes the SAT-P13 model which has a Pentium M 1.3GHz processor, 40GB hard drive, 802.11b/g wireless LAN, 256MB of memory, and two USB ports . Measures 293 x 220 x 24mm
& weighs 1.45Kg
All new models run on Windows XP Professional. - PBJ via Gizmodo

Sharp has announced the introduction of a Windows-based computer that can double as a TV and a digital video recorder.

The PC-TX26GS by Sharp

The PC-TX26GS is a Windows XP based personal computer with all of the standard software and a series of applications aimed at consumer electronics-type applications which can be accessed by pressing the "IT" button on the unit's remote control. The PC-TX26GS is quipped with a wireless keyboard control and, a 26-inch monitor that looks like a television

The VPC-1000 Multimedia Hub by Asour can be described as a DVD/CD/MP3/FM-Receiver that fits into a drive bay. The VPC-1000 integrates audio/video entertainment as "home appliance computer." You insert the unit into a standard 5.25" drive bay of the regular desktop PC.

VPC-1000