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The folks over at Fudzilla have got their hands on pictures of the MSI Wind U120, also dubbed the “MSI Wind 2.”

One of the major upgrades over the U100 is in the hard drive department.  There is a 120GB hard drive or a solid state drive option at 20 or 40GB.  The U120 also features a built-in 3.5G modem that supports a SIM card. 

Don’t expect this version to be that different than the U100 in other specs.  The U100 features a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor and 1GB of RAM; the U120 will have the same.  Screen size will still remain at 10-inches.  Design-wise, the U120 appears similar to the U100, but looks a little less toy-ish.

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We have seen how LCD technology has revolutionized our daily lives, from cellphones to television displays.  All of this occurred less than a decade ago, when we made our transition from CRT displays to LCD displays.

Recently, researchers from Sony and the Max Planck Institute in Germany have unveiled the result of their research by demonstrating a flexible video screen.  Some have come up with numerous applications of this technology such as foldable computers and reusable newspapers where you can upload the content of a newspaper onto a device equipped with one of these screens.

See what separates this new flexible display from its predecessors after the break.

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The latest collaboration between two renowned brands, Acer and Seagate, has produced an outstanding improvement in notebook hard disk capacity, up to 500GB for new Acer laptops.  I, for one, am glad that Seagate has managed to meet the increasing demand for higher hard disk capacity on laptops.  As a frequent laptop user, I know how limiting it is to find out that I don’t have enough free space to meet my excessive multimedia needs.

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People are using 3G broadband and any other method that gives them the privilege of utilizing the Internet while traveling.  News regarding WiMAX have been popping up sporadically for the past few months.  Now there’s another update on a WiMAX product: The Motorola X24 and it’s meant for your car. 

Motorola X24 WiMAX is a device intended to be installed in your vehicle and it does more than just provide you with Internet access.  What makes this device special is its additional telemetry feature that allows things like measurement and reporting of information remotely and directly to the driver possible. 

See what else the X24 can do after the break.

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As a frequent traveler, boredom frequently haunts you and the movie addict in you hungers for high-definition videos.  If the scenario fits your situation, then the HP HDX16 or HDX18 laptops will be your best travel companion.  Let’s take a look at the HDX16.

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With all the super hectic movie chaos that are taking place these days, one’s monitor can never be enormous enough to feed to our flaming desires for in-house movie screenings.  Well if that’s the case, I’m sure reading the news about this huge 23-inch LCD monitor will make a lot of people a lot happier.  As the title suggests, Dell now presents you with its 23-inch S2309W 1080p LCD monitor, hot from the oven!

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Modern laptop users demand SSDs for their laptops due to their inherently faster seek time and shock-proof nature.  With that in mind, Toshiba has recently announced a boost in its SSD and Flash Modules line-up, satisfying laptop and netbookusers.

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Just after having heard the shocking news about Dell and its most petite LCD projector, Dell has gone and done it again.  Shortly after its sibling’s birth, the 7609WU DLP WUXGA projector is introduced. With its astonishing 1920 x 1200 WUXGA Native Resolution, most people will find it hard to complain about not seeing every detail of the picture.

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If you happen to be a Nokia fanboy, like I am, you will definitely be interested in the following update as to the exact date the Nokia 5800 (The “Nokia Tube") will be launched.

After being put on hold for quite some time (a year and a half, to be exact), some “unknown yet reliable” source has revealed its launching date will be October 2, 2008, just as Reuters had reported. It may or may not be true, but let’s just keep our fingers crossed! (Hey, it’s Reuters reporting it. We should be able to place a certain degree of trust on that information!). Nokia may not be the earliest to jump on the touchscreen-mobile-phones bandwagon, but it certainly isn’t late because there is still demand for touchscreen phones, as can be seen from the craze surrounding the Apple, LG, and Samsung touchscreen phones.

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Yup! You read it right. Albeit this is not the first 8 Megapixel phone from Samsung, the news of Samsung’s 8 Megapixel M8800 Bresson aka Pixon struck all mobile phone lovers when it was announced on September 25th, 2008. As a matter of fact, Pixon is relatively different when compared to the first 8 megapixel Samsung i8510 INNOV8.  The Pixon has no keyboard but instead features a 3.2 inch touch screen display with an on-screen keyboard.  The Pixon is not a smartphone, which probably will irritate some people.  Nevertheless, lacking the features of a smartphone, Samsung has definitely found a way to somehow to make up for this by providing rather amazing specs for a non-smartphone.

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