Thecus tell us about the N5200 Pro that can be three different things all at the same time...
Thecus show us their new Media Server NAS box... that dispenses with the need for a PC in your home digital media loop.
Inno3D has traditionally been seen as a value-added (read - budget) brand but now the company says that's changing. Nick investigates Inno3D's stand, claims and products at CeBIT 2008.
Ian McNaughton, AMD's Senior Product Manager for Product & Platform Marketing and Patrick Moorhead, AMD's VP for Advanced Marketing exclusively invited the HEXUS.tv film crew behind the scenes at CeBIT 2008, to shoot an AMD Puma-powered MSI notebook taking on an equivalent Intel notebook head-to-head. AMD claims the software set-up was identical and that pricing on the AMD Puma-powered unit is expected to be lower than for the Intel notebook.
Trekstor sells the most external HDDs, flash drives and MP3 players in Germany and it’s coming over here.
Taiwan's External Trade Development Council, TAITRA, was on hand at CeBIT 2008 to declare the on-going growth of Taiwan's Tech elite who now occupy a huge share of the annual trade show.
You can always trust Belkin to come up with the little gadgets you never think you'd need but often end up wanting, and that's exactly the kind of stuff the California-based manufacturer had on show at CeBIT 2008.
At the show, Taiwan-based Edimax, provider of networking solutions since 1986, was demonstrating its EZView and IP-Free setup.
GETAC Inc, maker of all-things-rugged, showcases its notebooks, tablet PC and PDA - all rugged, of course.
What do you do when your courier fails to deliver any of the products you were hoping to exhibit at your booth in CeBIT 2008? That's the predicament that faced AVerMedia.
We've seen our fair share of adult tech-toys at CeBIT this year but few have drawn crowds quite like the small but adorable toy-dinosaur, Pleo.
Graphics industry guru Jon Peddie tells HEXUS.tv that Larrabee spells trouble for NVIDIA and AMD.
2,048x1,152. Strange indeed.
Could something as simple as a side panel really bring about a transformation of the Cosmos S chassis?
Save the planet one light bulb at a time. GlacialLight's new LED light technology for the home goes beyond the standard bulb size.
There is nothing quite like a new cooler from Scythe - except this one is truly HUGE.
Nova gaming, the French maker of cutting edge mouse pads and peripherals for professional users, is introducing the NOVA B4L bag, designed to hold all the goodies you to take to esports events.
Ever since Michael Bay brought Transformers back to our cinema screens last year, Megatron-type PC cases have been all the rage. This one from Frontier is about as Transformer-ish as you'll find.
Amazing sound and style with an ingenious iPod speaker system that responds to the wave of your hand - that's how Logitech describes the Pure-Fi Dream.
Fancy a sexy-looking router with an easy set-up mode that requires little technical knowledge to install? Perhaps you need look no further than the stylish Linksys WRT160N, due for release in the UK in April.
If you're willing to fork out around £150 for the privilege, the Neural Impulse Actuator from OCZ is only one month from retail and may change the way you play games. And, the company is looking to bring the technology to Xbox 360 and PS3 after the initial launch.
On show at Hauppauge's CeBIT stand are a selection of new WinTV-HVR (hybrid video recorder) models.
Here's a quick photographic tour of the gaming arena at CeBIT. We've got some pics that give you a brief glimpse of the companies in attendance and the events that are going on. We've even got some of the booth babes beckoning gamers to the booths with their goodie bags.
Philips introduced its amBX range back in 2005 - a group of interlocking technologies that it hopes will revolutionise the gaming experience and extend the gaming world out of the screen and into the real world. Now, Philips is preparing to add 'smell-o-vision' to the mix.
A pocket-sized media player with built-in Freeview TV sounds like a good idea but, unfortunately for Hauppauge, there's one major problem with its PMP - it's truly ugly.
Intel Silverthorne-powered notebook on display at Clevo's CeBIT 2008 stand.
G45 shoehorned into mini-ITX by Intel.
Huge, huge cooler on top of Inno3D GeForce 9600 GT.
Samsung's UMPCs are on show at CeBIT alongside the company's small, portable UMPC keyboard. We've seen the keyboard before but only now are we starting to like it.
CoolIT's Jason Myers takes us on a tour of its very latest high-end cooling solution. The intelligent system balances CPU workload with cooling - before that load even occurs! Nick investigates.
With the original GX600 already established as the world's first overclockable notebook, MSI is now bringing something new to the LAN party with the '08' version - featuring a second 'turbo' mode - this time for the battery.
In a special cabinet at the back of its exhibition booth, MSI had a complete range of next-gen notebooks on show - including some smart models in leather, wood and carbon fibre - as well as a notebook it did not want to discuss!
Part two of our interview with Jon Peddie sees the industry guru tackle a range of tough issues, from who will win the console war, to the upcoming challenges faced by CPU makers as OEMs look to reduce their BOM costs.
Famous for ultra-high-end enthusiast's overclocking kit, CoolIT also has some affordable solutions on show at CeBIT 2008 - including one that costs the same as a (big) tank of petrol in the UK. Nick investigates.
Game control devices are a really personal thing. Saitek looks set to attract a broad cross-section of gamers with its latest multi-function keyboard - it carries a 'Windows key lock' to prevent in-frag disasters
Trashing the Intel P45 specs, MS is adding an extender chip that allows two eight-lane PCI Express 2 slots for use under CrossFire or one 16-lane slot if using a single graphics card.
Does your graphic card actually need to be actively cooled if it isn't hot? MSI thinks not. Its latest VGA cooling technology on the 8800 will only kick in when you need it - leaving you in peace the rest of the time.
MSI looks set to give the Asus eeeeeeePc a swift kick in the tech-z with this great looking, Diamondville-powered ultra mobile PC. Richard Stewart takes Nick through the key details - we can't wait to see how the final production version performs...
We finally managed to get to the Sapphire stand while Bill was occupied - and what a revelation we were in for with kimono-clad Dominique on hand...
They say that sometimes, in order to go forwards, you need to go backwards - and that is exactly what MSI is looking at with this device. Based on some age-old principals, the chipset cooler uses no power and only comes on when needed.
Not satisfied with the performance levels delivered 'out of the box' by the new kit on display at this year's CeBIT, Foxconn has decided to pull out the liquid nitrogen (LN2) and really GO FOR IT!
Sensational in all senses and forms? A touch of spiritual warmth? Refreshing fragrance? These are just some of the qualities that ASUS designers are hoping to achieve with their concept designs.
Running four Radeon HD 3850 cards' DVI ports concurrently.
Bigger than some readers' hard drives.
We let you decide.
ASUS' new Centrino Atom-based UMPC, the R70, makes its debut at CeBIT, its Taiwan-based maker claiming the device is 'the corporate warrior's stealth fighter!'.
Check out these two new joysticks from Genius. Each boasts an air-control function to keep your hands cool during gameplay. Kool!
In the 10th anniversary year of Saitek's Cyborg range of peripherals, the company has revealed its first gaming mouse - due to be released next month alongside the Cyborg gaming keyboard.
We've seen plenty of weighted gaming mice at CeBIT this year - you know, the kind where you have a collection of weights that you can swap and change depending on how light or heavy you like your mouse - but this is the first coin-weighted mouse we've seen behind the scenes.
VP and overall head of consumer sales and marketing at AMD tells HEXUS.channel at CeBIT 2008 what his plans are.
Whether it is breakfast, lunch or dinner, there's one thing that you can always rely on at CeBIT to get you through the day - a humongous German sausage.
You've got to have something else to do at CeBIT apart from ogle booth babes, eat sausages and stare glassy-eyed at yet another booth showing off the latest all-singing, all-dancing gaming mouse, so AMD has devised a clever idea to keep show visitors amused while also improving their partner relationships.
Well, them on a wafer, anyway
2,133MHz with CAS8. Not too shabby, but wonderfully expensive, no doubt.
And a whole host of other stuff, too.
Useful for desktop-replacement laptops, the £50 Aeolus may well be a good investment.
Jon Peddie is one of the world's leading experts on the graphics market. Here is the first of a very special two-part interview in which he shares his vision for the future of graphics with the HEXUS.tv audience. We covered everything from PlayStation 4 to XBox 720 and Larrabee through to Fusion... can you afford NOT to watch?
China's biggest native mainboard manufacturer, J&W, has remained relatively unknown in the rest of the world - but that's about to change. In addition to new product, Kenny Wu explains his ambition for the company.
AMD's latest triple-core Phenom processor on J&W's latest mainboard with integrated DX10 graphics (Radeon HD 3200) - boosted by the addition of a Radeon HD 3450 - and all running in harmony with the help of CrossFireX.
Every year, CeBIT throws up something that gets the crowds buzzing - and this year's winner seems to be AMD with an interesting take on the whole 'Quad Experience'. Nick dons special clothing for a rough session in the dirt...
R&D teams across the globe work tirelessly around the year to create new and innovative product. CeBIT often gives the industry a 'first chance' to sample the fruits of that work. Nick gets to grip with Sapphire's latest product.
Unable to get inside Bill's sealed flaps, Nick makes his way around the more public areas of the Sapphire stand at CeBIT 2008 to see just how many flavours of 3870 Sapphire is happy for him to see...
Nick does his 'black ops' bit, heads under the barrier tape on the Sapphire stand and tries to get a quick look inside the flaps of a rather special machine that's on show. But will he succeed?
Nick cruises to the Inno3D stand at CeBIT and ends up with an eyeful of the company's latest and greatest products - see them here first on HEXUS.tv.
The board of choice for your HTPC? Well it's got HDMI, DVI and D-Sub on the back, so maybe.
So GIGABYTE doesn't have the three graphics cards in there for this piece. But it does work, honest!
Slot three NIVIDIA cards into the M70 for plenty of graphics oomph.
Jackson Shu takes HEXUS.tv through the latest features on the P45 PS4 mainboard
GIGABYTE's X48 mainboard is a power-user dream but will it save the planet with its dynamic power-saving technology?
GIGABYTE gives us a glimpse at Eagle Lake with integrated graphics acceleration for High Definition Blu-ray playback
Finding your full size keyboard a bit too big for your HTPC sofa experience? The Logitech diNovo Mini might the answer- and you can lose it down the back of the sofa, too!
Despite using the new Logitech Driving Force GT, Nick still manages to crash frequently in Gran Turismo 5, the game the wheel was made for.
Nick gets all excited by the Harmony One while Logitech's Ben Starkie tries to keep the discussion on track and away from Nick's misogynistic tendencies...
We're all going to Shanghai, it seems.
Scores 1,100 marks in 3DMark06's default test, apparently.
Take one fridge, one chassis and a couple of bits of copper and it all becomes something a bit special.
An after-market memory cooling solution suitable for those of us who use four DIMMs? Yes please!
Power on the move, it's small, clever and you never know just how useful it will be until you have it.
Has the tie-up resulted in something special? The first power supply since OCZ acquired PC Power & Cooling hits the market.
Small-time company turns out to be bigger than we expected. Chances are you already own one of its coolers and don't even know.
Freezer range expands at CeBIT 2008 with two new coolers.
BFG opts for Planet Reseller to show off its 9800 GX2 and new PSU.
We've all been expecting the new generation of ASUS' Eee PC to land any moment now and land it has - with an 8.9in screen and improved resolution.
Who's hot. Who's not? Do tell us.
Over in the main gaming hall in CeBIT, it’s not just the larger companies who are making an impact, but a young guy called Rob Leuchtenberger has been impressing the crowd after he was awarded his own space at the show to demonstrate his impressive concept art.
Planet Reseller sees a big uplift in attendance from, mainly German, distributors.
Logitech's latest 2.1 speaker system, the Z Cinéma, was on display at CeBIT today and we asked the question; where's Logitech's love for 2.0?
The latest addition to Razer’s gaming peripheral range is the new Razer Salmosa gaming mouse, which has made its debut at CeBIT today.
FSP's Everest and Epsilon 80PLUS set 80 per cent power efficiency as the standard for PSUs.
Here at HEXUS, we've wanted to get our hands on the Harmony One since we put the remote through its paces at CES earlier this year. We've just toyed with the remote again and we definitely still want one.
Logitech's Squeezebox Controller can already handle Internet radio with ease, is Internet video next in store for the device?
One thing I’ve seen a lot of at CeBIT 2008 this year, is useless gaming peripherals. I’ve seen a dozen different takes on boxing gloves, a hundred and one accessories for Wii sports and even a Wii car charger…who’s going to use that? One accessory, I did quite like was the Wii sniper rifle.
Those guys at General Mobile are at it again, now they're claiming the smallest mobile phone in the world in the form of their GM500 watch.
To be honest, there’s not much more than can, or should, be said… the pics say it all.
Ever fancied a Windows Mobile handset that can easily utilise two SIM cards? General Mobile's DSTW1 could be the perfect solution.
Chip and platform unveiled at CeBIT.
Roll up, roll up, grab yer NVIDIA mobo at Gigabyte United.
Bash-proof Toughbook now has a teeny-weeny Silverthorne chip inside.
Silent and overclocked? Surely that's an oxymoron, right?
GIGABYTE is claiming to have the "Worldwide 1st Mechanical Gaming Keyboard" with the GK-K8000, which is based on Cherry MX technology and has loads of useful features for gamers.
ASUS made official its P320 Windows Mobile handset at CeBIT today and declared it to be the smallest Windows Mobile GPS PDA phone in the world. We're inclined to agree, it's pretty damn small.
Succesful gaming clan, Team Dignitas has sent 10 of their global team members to CeBIT this year to carry out a variety of gamiing duties, including competing in Command & Conquer 3 at the Samsung Euro Championships and giving away motherboards at the abit stand.
In addition to the new Cyba Sniper Sonar 5.1 Headset that Cyber Esport were showing off a CEBIT we also took a look at the new Cyber Snipa Stinger gaming mouse that launched a couple of weeks ago.
Over at the Cyber ESport booth, the company were showing off its new range of Cyba Sniper gaming peripherals, including the Sonar 5.1 headset, designed to improve the gaming experience.
Wii Fit has yet to launch in Europe, so we have no idea whether this accessory is necessary, yet one manufacturer has designed a peripheral to add extra stability, just to save you from slipping off it and breaking your neck on the Wii balance board.
If you want to get yourself noticed at CeBIT this year, you’ll have to do more than have a couple of booth babes in short skirts handing out fliers at the front of your stand. Warning, mild nudity.
RS780G and Nforce 750 SLI spotted on Biostar stand, with NVIDIA in attendance.
Arachnoid imagary is ubiquitous, while Spider Hunt partner promo promises even more visibility.
Cool Rain independent liquid cooling system for memory makes its first public appearance at CeBIT.
Two 7U enclosures, one with 14 blades and the other with 'world's highest' power efficiency.
HEXUS.tv was on hand during the CeBIT build up to film the very first public appearance of NVIDIA's next-generation GX2 card. Wolfram gives David Ross the beanz...
GIGABYTE shows off the 'world's first mechanical keyboard for gamers'. It features a built in USB sound chip and is based on the Cherry MX. Sorry, but it won't play your games for you.
GIGABYTE's advanced 'Cool Rain' cooler offers a complete all-in-one liquid cooling solution for your memory.
Or, at at any rate, strange if you look at things the way Nick does!
FOXCONN gives us an early peak at the NVIDIA triple SLi mainboard for overclockers.
Corsair, well known for its high-performance RAM, is previewing an NVIDIA-branded, SLI-certified Dominator pack. We should see this on the market in around six weeks.
FOXCONN's Optimus-Prime look-a-like of a case can power more screens than the Transformer himself.
Nick takes a trot around Cooler Master's CeBIT showing, avoiding the debris of a booth under construction.
We were too busy staring to catch the name – Gigabyte introduces new mini water cooling for memory.
A few new series added to the Zalman CPU cooling portfolio at CeBIT 2008
Something somewhere doesn’t add up, although it still looks pretty cool!
Is it really as big as everyone said it was?
Cooler Master is back with more creations for their CSX series, the thoroughly expensive, but beautifully finished chassis range.
Over on the Foxconn booth, we spotted the new Dreadnought mainboard fitted with Foxconn's 9800GX2 graphics card. But the poor thing looked so sad on its lonesome, especially as that Dreadnought board is capable of running three 9800GX2 cards!
Over on Zalman's stand, we spotted the FG1000 gun-styled mouse, a gaming peripheral that is apparently optimized for first-person shooter gaming. Sweet!
Foxconn is steaming ahead with the Dreadnought, a mainboard based on the NVIDIA 790i chipset and offering triple SLI for fans of the green GFX cards.
Panasonic's 150in plasma screen may be the biggest of the big but at CeBIT 2008, the smallest of cracks could steal the show.
Tyan's first ever blade server can mix AMD and Intel boards.
ASUS is taking its Lamborghini range into the mobile phone market with the ZX1. We've got a sneak peek from CeBIT and take the handset for a drive.
Just when you thought the shell-shaped special edition was the last of the craziness, Lian Li proves it really doesn't like rule-books.
We'll be meeting up with Cyber Esport later in the week to see its new range of gaming peripherals but as we stumbled over the boxes being unpacked by the store prior to the opening of CeBIT, something sexy caught our eye.
World's first three-way SLI-certified 1000W PSU spotted - but on a CrossFire system.
SilverStone unveils an early pre-production sample of its latest mid-range chassis at CeBIT 2008.
It isn't really a surprise to see that Samsung's CES displays have made their way to CeBIT too, but boy, that 31-inch OLED screen still looks super-thin.
It wouldn't be a Samsung stand if it didn't feature a man-sized LCD screen, right? Well, don't worry, it's here at CeBIT, too.
Thermaltake goes BIG with new CPU coolers at CeBIT 2008.
Zalman go after the mainstream chassis market with its brand new GS1000 chassis - it looks promising...
Why bother with two product when you can just have one? Zalman gets out the scalpel and pieces together the GT-series chassis with the pretty Reserator XT.
Thermaltake introduce its new range of LED lights for the home - an odd departure from their normal product range but they might just be onto something here...
On display at CeBIT this year are Samsung's impressive LFDs. No relation to Liquid Crystal Display, these are Large Format Displays that'll be ideal for indoor advertising - of the expensive sort we're sure.
MCP78 slower and hotter than AMD's 780G
HD DVD is well and truly dead, but it's still rearing its head. Someone at CeBIT is either trying to be funny or simply had its banners made before Toshiba pulled the plug.
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Nick Haywood came early to CeBIT and was first to see Lian Li's hottest little product - a brand spanking new XBox 360 aftermarket chassis that promises an end to the dreaded RED RING OF DEATH!
As companies from around the world are rushing to complete their CeBIT stalls for tomorrow's opening day, which do we think has the best array of LCDs? It's not who you'd think...
Three of Electronic Art's titles are featuring in this year's World Cyber Games, including Need for Speed: Pro Street, and Command & Conquer 3, so it's no surprise that the company has brought their tour bus along to this year's CeBIT.
Not only does the World Cyber Games dominate Hall 22, but there's also a presence from Razer, Electronic Arts, Roccat, AMD and Microsoft, all of whom are planning to make an impact amongst the gaming crowds.
Gamers from around the world will be descending on Hall 22 at the CeBIt annual trade show on Thursday as the World Cyber Games kicks off.
Big, brash and bold, welcome to GeForce 9800 GX2 land.
EVGA straps on a waterblock to cool the hot-running, twin-GPU behemoth that is the GeForce 9800 GX2
Lian Li has broken cover with an all-new enclosure for your Xbox 360
Fresh from its award-winning showing at CES 2008, Wolf King’s Warrior XXtreme will be making an appearance at CeBIT 2008.
Albatron shows off a reference card on pre-show day.
Kind of like the BLACKOPS, this will be one expensive, expensive motherboard. Want to know what all the fuss is about?
J&W - a little-known motherboard manufacturer - shows us a naked MCP7A.
On pre-show day at CeBIT 2008, we stumble upon an Intel-based MSI P45 motherboard that supports four-GPU CrossFire.
Lots of power and no cooling noise? This one has to make sense.
The GMA X4500 promises DX10 graphics but can Intel and Foxconn deliver?
Albatron has the answer, apparently, even though the naming leaves a lot to be desired.
abit to manufacture and market mobile internet devices based on Intel's Menlow platform
Green is very much the 'in' thing right now and MSI today announced the "world’s first powerless air cooler on a motherboard".
Razer, developer of gaming hardware for gamers, by gamers, has opened up a teaser website for its forthcoming Speed of (The) Light mouse.
Corsair announced today its 16GB high performance "GT" Flash Voyager USB 2.0 drive, claiming it to be up to four times faster than standard USB 2.0 drives.
Corsair's forthcoming 1000 watt addition to its HX Series of power supplies is now official and it will be available to the power-hungry among us as soon as next month.
UK-based High Performance Group, a.k.a. Hiper, has today announced its second ATX case; OSIRIS.
As HEXUS prepares to launch a full-scale invasion on CeBIT next week, our friends over at Enermax provider a little teaser as to what they'll have in store for us.
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