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We know the Mini 1101 is the more business-centric of the new HP netbooks, but unless the company has a sudden change of heart, it looks like you’ll be getting the base configuration or nothing at all. Starting today, HP is enabling eager consumers to purchase one of the $329 machines, but the only “customization” options are external accessories and peripherals. Hit the read link to see if what’s offered fits your bill, and if not, the Mini 110 XP and Mini 110 Mi alternatives should be popping up soon.

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We’ve seen some pretty weird stuff in our years on this planet — heck, we’ve revived our own drenched Sony DAP by burying it in rice for 48 hours — but this is easily one of the most bizarre gizmo resurrections we’ve ever come across. As the tale goes, one valiant NVIDIA GPU owner apparently bit on a myth which suggested that a pinch of time in the oven (quite literally, might we add) would repair faulty GPUs that were throwing up oodles of vertical lines. After purchasing another GPU to replace his ailing 8800GTX, he figured he had zilch to lose and gave it a shot; lo and behold, the temporary warmth seemingly melted the solder points and healed micro-fractures that were causing the unwanted lines. We’ve yet to hear how his attempt at returning the new GPU went, but hey, there’s always eBay. Give the read link a look if you’re still in disbelief.

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Onkyo Japan is going to release its new 21.5-inch LA21TW-01S widescreen Full HD LCD monitor in the Land of the Rising Sun June 1st for 34,800 (about $364). The display boasts a resolution of 1,9201,080 (full HD), color number approx. 1,677 ten thousand colors, speed of response 5ms, brightness 300cd/m2, contrast ratio 1,000: 1 but can be boost to maximum 20,000: 1. Other features include D-Sub15 pin, DVI-D (HDCP), three HDMI input for connectivity, and twin 1.6W speakers.

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With Nilay on a well-deserved vacation and Josh on a whirlwind tour of the left coast for D7, E3 and WWDC, this week’s podcast got reshuffled a bit and won’t be available until late tonight or early tomorrow. For those of you who can survive the wait, you’ll be treated to a totally casual discussion between Josh and Paul of this week’s flood of news and the raw, inside story of a random hallway run-in with Steve Ballmer gone amuck. Read more »

It’s not too surprise that Intel will release the new Xeon Nehalem-EX processor as the company have made available many of high-end processor, that has designed for work dual-processor server and workstation platforms. Promised to deliver a number of new technical advancements and boost enterprise computing performance, the Nehalem-EX Xeon features up to 8 core inside a single chip supporting 16 threads and 24Mb of cache. Other following specification include ;

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mCubed’s RipNAS Statement may be unique, but it isn’t apt to be widely adopted — at least not with price points like this. Hailed as the first SSD-based CD ripping NAS device, the product is also available in a traditional HDD form, though both handle automatic ripping, NAS duties and media streaming. Within, you’ll find a dual-core Atom CPU, gigabit Ethernet, a TEAC DVD drive, four USB 2.0 sockets and a fanless design. The pain? €1,795 ($2,500) for the 3TB HDD version, or €3,295 ($4,590) for the 500GB SSD model. If you’re unfazed by sticker shock, you can pick yours up right now over in Europe.
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Microsoft aims to take a bite out of Apple iPod Touch with its own new multi-touch media player / Internet device called the Zune HD. On the specs department, the Zune HD comes with a 3.3 multitouch OLED wide-screen display at 480 x 272 resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio, an accelerometer, a virtual keyboard and Wi-Fi connectivity, thus allowing the users to streaming of content wirelessly. Furthermore, you can also output supported HD video files via a premium HDMI audiovisual docking station to a HDTV in 720p, however you need to get that accessory separately.

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