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Comdex '99: Spotlight On PC 'appliances'
News Using the Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology to connect peripherals such as the keyboard and speaker, even novice PC users should be able to have an Easy Now PC out of the box and set up in less than 15 minutes, said Tim Wright, director of...
[November 15, 1999, 9:26]
Small PCs Feel The NForce2
News As integration increases -- networking, USB, Firewire and sound as well as graphics are all now routinely built into the latest motherboards -- small form factor PCs have increased in popularity. Use of the nForce2 chipset enabled Shuttle to build...
[January 8, 2003, 10:39]
Via Brings Hi-fi To The Low End
News The chipset also integrates 2D and 3D graphics, DDR266 SDRAM memory support and a six-channel surround-sound implementation called Smart5.1, as well as connectivity features such as USB 2.0. The MicroATX form-factor board is optimised for Via's C3...
[January 6, 2003, 13:35]
Photos: MacBook Air review
Reviews Apple will sell you a USB-to-Ethernet adapter, but the lack of FireWire is a surprise in any Mac computer, no matter what the form factor.Photo credit: Apple Or buy a USB-to-Ethernet adapter. Along the right side of the MacBook Air, you'll find...
[January 16, 2008, 8:46]
VIA VT6010 Mini-ITX Motherboard review
Reviews You also get two USB 1.1 ports, a standard serial port and parallel port, plus audio inputs and output. This reference design board has been created to show off the new Mini-ITX form factor, created by VIA.
[April 24, 2002, 7:54]
Via Motherboard Keeps A Low Profile
News The board supporte IEEE1394 FireWire connections, up to four USB 2.0 ports, an ATA-133 IDE interface, 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet, S-Video and RCA TV-out, S/PDIF digital audio connetions, and a PCI slot.
[April 15, 2003, 13:57]
HP Launches Four Systems For SMEs
News These features include virtual DVD-ROM support, which allows businesses to access DVD-ROMs remotely, and virtual USB 2.0 media support, which allows remote data transfer. It can carry up to 12 large form factor hot plug drives and has 9TB of storage.
[January 14, 2008, 16:04]
BlackBerry Pearl 8100 review
Reviews Finally, RIM packages the device with a travel charger, a pair of earbuds, a USB cable and a desktop companion software CD. With the jog dial and Escape key relocated, you'll now find volume up/down buttons and a customisable convenience key on the...
[September 12, 2006, 16:45]
Motion LE1600 review
Reviews The LE1600 also offers the type of ports and slots you'd expect to find on any ultraportable notebook, starting with two USB 2.0 ports, a mini-USB connection, standard headphone and microphone jacks, Gigabit Ethernet, and both DVI and VGA ports.
[July 21, 2005, 11:35]
Transmeta Chip To Power Microsoft Tablet PC
News Aside from the Transmeta chips, they will likely include 128MB of RAM, a 10GB hard drive, a docking cradle, a USB (universal serial bus) keyboard and mouse, along with built-in local-area networking based on the 802.11.
[March 26, 2001, 14:37]
VIA Cranks Out The Hi-Fi PC
News The new chipset also supports USB 2.0 and Firewire. VIA invented the mini-ITX motherboard form factor to take advantage of its low-power processor line, its chipsets and graphics cores in a market where similar efforts from Intel have failed to...
[October 21, 2002, 12:45]
What's New With Notebooks In 2004? review
Reviews Meanwhile, rumour has it that a wireless USB standard is in the works. Slim form factor As always, there will be faster processors, more efficient chipsets, larger (and wider) screens as well as slimmer form factors.
[January 6, 2004, 15:15]
Compaq Hopes To Do An IMac
News Besides the toaster-like design, the new PC also promises to follow the best-selling iMac's lead by eliminating old-style components in favour of a universal serial bus (USB) interface for connecting peripheral devices.
[December 16, 1999, 8:44]
Toshiba Portégé M200 Tablet PC review
Reviews It lacks an integrated optical drive, but you can buy it bundled with a slim USB DVD/CD-RW combo drive that runs on either battery or AC power. The back panel harbours a VGA port for an external display, two USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet port, and an...
[June 8, 2004, 15:35]
Apple Unwires Laptops
News Another first, Apple claims, is the inclusion of a USB port on the Broadband Edition base station, allowing users to wirelessly share an inexpensive printer. This is the only base station on the market with a USB port," Russell said.g allows for...
[January 9, 2003, 15:25]
HP Dx5150 review
Reviews You can also connect a near-endless supply of external components, thanks to the dx5150's eight USB 2.0 ports, two of which are located at the front (along with headphone and microphone jacks). The monitor comes with a pair of USB 2.0 ports...
[June 15, 2005, 9:35]
PalmOne Tungsten T5 review
Reviews On the left side, there's a slot to slide on the included screen cover, while the bottom of the device has a connector for the power adapter and USB HotSync cable. In a new twist, the USB dongle features a one-touch button to activate a HotSync...
[October 20, 2004, 9:40]
Apple Mac Mini (1.25GHz) review
Reviews We were less than happy to find only the pair of USB ports; unless your monitor or keyboard provides such ports, you'll need to get a USB hub. Also on the back of the Mac mini, you'll find two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400 port, a 10/100BaseT...
[February 2, 2005, 7:35]
Dell OptiPlex GX260 review
Reviews The front of the GX260 houses a 48-speed CD-ROM drive and a floppy drive, along with a prominent power button and a less prominent grey-coloured flip-open door, behind which lurk a pair of USB 2.0 slots and a headphone jack.
[July 9, 2002, 11:24]
Incredible Shrinking PCs Appear At LinuxExpo
News GCI sells all systems without an operating system, but the spokesman said the Geode-based PCs could easily be booted from a CD-Rom connected to the USB port. Like many of the smallest form factor PCs, the Sumicom spurns Intel and AMD processors in...
[October 14, 2002, 16:20]
