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The Gateway NV-series is a line of affordable multimedia notebooks offered in both AMD and Intel configurations. They offer a 15.6″ screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio, designer looks, and low power consumption to help with extended battery life. The NV-series starts as low as $529 and easily fits into most budgets. In this review we see how well the AMD-based NV5214u performs in our multimedia tests, and if it deserves a spot in your home or office. … More Info

December 10, 2008 – WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced a simple way for consumers to play their stored digital content on their HDTV in Full-HD 1080p resolution.

The WD TV™ Media Player connects to a user’s TV or home theater and plays digital movies, music and photos from WD’s My Passport™ portable drive or other USB mass storage device. The WD TV Media Player is available now at select retailers.

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Switching from a desktop computer to a laptop doesn’t always mean you have to sacrifice quality speakers. In fact, if you aren’t happy with the weak performance of your notebook’s built-in speakers Altec Lansing has two impressive options for you with their new “Expressionist” series of desktop speakers. We took a close look and an even closer listen to the Expressionist Bass and the Expressionist Plus to find out whether these attractive speakers sound and good as they look. … More Info

With 3.2-inch LCD display

D-Link has announced a new product that attempts to bring a little excitement to the world of network routers with the launch of the DIR-685. D-Link dares to call the router “stylish, even chic”.

The router has all the features of a 802.11n Wi-Fi router combined with Network Attached Storage, USB SharePort technology for sharing printers and scanners – and – a 3.2-inch LCD monitor for displaying photos, streamed video, weather forecasts, desktop applications and network performance.

The NAS feature supports both UPnP server functions and BitTorrent downloads while a built-in FTP server allows users to access media through the home network or remotely over the internet.

In addition, there are eco claims for the new device, with D-Link’s “Green” tech that adjusts power according to use and has an idle mode to kill the LCD screen.

The content for the LCD screen is powered by FrameChannel, a free web service used in digi-frames, that allows users to customise content displayed on the screen.

The DIR-685 is available now exclusively on Play.com for £194.99.

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Hardware Routers D-Link Networking NAS Storage Digital photo frames FrameChannel Play.com Wireless Wi-Fi Eco

D-Link launches all-in-one DIR-685 router originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:03:08 +0100

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Averatec introduced its latest notebook, the 13.3-inch N3400 featuring aluminum build materials and an MSRP of $799. … More Info