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Asetek showed off with a 5.46GHz PC at CeBIT. The jointly configured system based on, VapoChill® LightSpeed CPU cooling, WaterChill® graphics and motherboard chipset cooling, Kingston Technology HyperX KHX7200D2K2 DDR2 RAM, WD Raptor® X hard drives and Intel P4 3.8GHz CPU, forms the basis of the ultimate Dream Machine for PC enthusiasts and gamers. More info in this 38KB PDF.
ASUS sent over info about their notebook range, including one designed with the help of Lamborghini, and another which is clad in leather. The ASUS W1J, W2J and A7J notebooks with cutting edge built-in DVB-T feature offer wireless digital TV reception wherever the service is available. Catch live TV shows right out of the notebook for a complete digital entertainment experience. More info here and pics of the leather one below:
 
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ATI have a new "Avivo Video Converter" feature in their latest drivers. The Avivo Video Converter is available today, as a wizard found within Catalyst® Control Centre 6.3, a software package designed to enhance ATI’s Radeon® X1000 series of graphics cards. The Avivo Video Converter simplifies the conversion of digital video from one file format to another and enables even a novice user to quickly and easily convert their videos to play on an industry standard DVD/DivX® player or portable media devices such as the Apple® iPod®, Sony® PSP, Creative® Zen and many others. More info in a 156KB doc file, and a 2MB PDF brochure.
Corsair claim to have the world's fastest production DDR2 and DDR1 memory, unveiled at CeBIT. Rated at 1066MHz, the new TWIN2X1024-8500 from Corsair delivers the highest memory frequency currently available to Intel users. Simultaneously, the new TWINX2048-4400PRO takes the lead with its rated 550MHz speed to unleash maximum performance on the AMD platform. More info in this 244KB PDF.
Game On Interactive announced a new Xbox Gaming Lounge in Sydney. Game On Miranda currently has 24 networked Xboxes displayed on 20 x 58cm Samsung 8ms LCD Screens and 4 gigantic 155cm Samsung DLP rear projection screens. Each of the LCD screens has its own executive high back leather chair, and each 155cm screens has its own suede two-seater lounge. They also have Xbox 360's available. More info in the 80KB doc press-release.
Matrox have what they're calling the first "remote graphics unit", in the form of their Matrox Extio F1400. With this solution, the user interface of the computer - the keyboard, mouse, monitors, audio peripherals, and graphics hardware - are separated from the rest of the computer by up to 250 meters (820 feet) of fiber-optic cable. More info in the 177KB doc file.
Sapphire have a new liquid-cooled model in their X1900 video card range. Taking up a single PCI slot in addition to the PCI-Express slot occupied by the graphics card, the new Blizzard cooler is a sealed and silent liquid cooling solution. Maximum efficiency is achieved by the use of a Pure Copper Water Block on the GPU for superior heat conductivity together with a Pure Copper Radiator in the Blizzard cooler for great heat dissipation. More info here and pics below:
  
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