Selected Nvidia partners will unveil Nvidia's next-generation GF100 based flagship, the Geforce GTX 480 at Cebit, which runs from March 2nd to March 6th. Official release is expected towards the end of March, though widespread availability might slip to April, assuming there are no more mishaps.

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The new ASUS laptops are going to be equipped with NVIDIA Optimus Technology that allows seamless transition between discrete and integrated graphics for enhanced viewing and longer battery life. The notebooks are scheduled to be available from March.

Today, Korean manufacturer LG unveiled their new LG Mini touchscreen phone, which claims to be the world's smallest and slimmest. The LG Mini (LG GD880) sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, 5-megapixel camera, HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, and A-GPS.

I-O Data is preparing the DVDP-U8S, an external 8X DVD drive, for release.

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Thermaltake, well-known amongst enthusiasts for its high performance thermal solutions and PC cases, has announced its next generation “Toughpower XT" family of high-performance PC PSUs.

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Singapore telecommunication service provider, Starhub, has introduced their new mobile bundle of the popular Guitar Hero 5 Mobile and Diner Dash: Flo on the Go with every purchase of HTC HD2 or Touch2 (from any of the participating StarHub shops). The new HTC smartphone owners also stand to win an Xbox 360 Arcade console in the exclusive lucky draw.

The GPGPU revolution is well underway, and the next stop seems to be the lucrative server arena. From an information point of view, a vast majority of servers are the ideal applications for GPGPU acceleration, as they are often required to perform repetitive processing. There is no doubt GPGPUs can accelerate specific server processes several times over CPUs.

However, so far, the only drawback has been the form factor of server systems. Servers are clearly designed for CPU usage, with no real space to fit in graphics cards. It is possible to replace the form to fit in PCI-e GPUs. This is not an option many server data centers are likely to opt for, however. Instead, the two year timeline given by AMD might simply allude to the availability of Fusion APUs.

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Intel's next generation Sandy Bridge, arriving in Q1 2011, is rumoured to have up to 2 GPUs on die. What is most impressive is that the entire package will be a single monolithic die. Thus, we are talking about a quad core CPU + 2 GPUs on a single die.

It is not clear as to why Intel would use 2 GPUs on one die, however. Though the next generation Intel IGPs are rumoured to be far superior, they will still pale in comparison to mainstream discrete GPUs from ATI or Nvidia.

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Samsung Korea has announced their new full touchscreen device, the Samsung Monte (GT-S5620), which claims to offer superior functionality, social network integration and stylish design. Other features include 3.0-inch WQVGA LCD screen, 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, Geotagging, optional Wi-Fi connectivity and Exchange ActiveSync for access to Outlook email accounts.

The EOS Rebel T2i / EOS 550D (naming depends on market) popped up today with a whole list of new features. These include full manual 1080p HD video recording, a new 3-inch 1040k LCD screen, 63-zone metering system that first featured in the EOS 7D, redesigned buttons, 5-stop exposure compensation... and a 18-megapixel CMOS sensor.

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