Seagate Upgrades Your Laptop To USB 3.0

Want to upgrade your laptop to accept a USB 3.0 external drive? Seagate makes it a possibility with the BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 kit, packing a 500 GB 7,200 RPM 2.5" portable hard drive, power cable, and PC ExpressCard. Just plug the adapter into your ExpressCard slot and you're ready to go.

Mad Catz's Cyborg RAT Is A Mouse

Could a mechanical rat beat up a gaming mouse? If you think so, then perhaps you'll want to employ the services of Mad Catz's upcoming line of Cyborg R.A.T. gaming mice. If you ever wished that your gaming mouse had more buttons and that they could all be fully configurable, then this is the mouse for you.

Sony Caves, Makes SD Cards

If you've ever owned a Sony electronics device, then you'll know that your device isn't fit for any mere SD card standard. Instead, you'll have to stay within the family and use Memory Stick Pro Duo to save your games, movies, music, and pictures. However, that may all change as Sony appears to finally be relenting by releasing its own brand of SD memory flash cards.

ATI Brings DirectX 11 To Notebooks

AMD was first to the market with its DirectX 11 desktop part and now it's also the first to bring the API to the mobile space with the introduction of the ATI Mobility Radeon 5000 series, which includes the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5700, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5600, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400.

For the time being, AMD has the monopoly on DirectX 11 parts for desktops and notebooks.

152" Panasonic HDTV Is Huge And Awesome

Panasonic has taken its biggest plasma HDTV ever and made it bigger and badder. The old 150" 4K plasma, which we'd all still happily welcome into our living rooms, is now officially old hat with the introduction of the 152" model. Besides being two inches bigger, this new one can do 3D, which is surely the wave of the future—or maybe just a really cool way to watch Avatar.

Intel's 32nm Westmere Chips Are Finally Here

We've been talking about the new Intel Nehalem CPU architecture for a couple of years now, and at CES, the architecture made its way through the mainstream portions of the chip giant's lineup.

All the new Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 chips debuted at CES are a sneak peak at all CPUs that you'll find in new laptops throughout 2010, bringing Intel's new 32 nm manufacturing process and the integration of high-definition graphics capabilities inside the processor.

WiDi Connects Your Laptop To Your TV Without Wires

One of the coolest things to do on a laptop is to hook it up to an HDTV and sound system to watch a movie with big picture and big sound.

The hard part is getting them hooked up and then trying to operate the laptop while it's tethered to the TV. Intel believes it has the answer to that hassle with the Wireless Display or WiDi. All you need is one of the new Intel Westmere-based laptops and a compatible TV adapter box (which you can pick up from Best Buy) and you can wirelessly stream your video and audio output over an 802.11n connection. Slick.

Razer Makes An Xbox 360 Controller To Improve Fragging

Razer's been among the top of the gaming-peripheral food chain for PC gamers and now it's dipping itself into the console waters with the introduction of an Xbox 360 controller and headset. Although you'll be tethered to the console through a wire for "virtually lag-free gameplay," you will gain the added benefit of being able to adjust the tension on your control sticks to suit your sniping needs.

Alienware Makes 11.6" Gaming Laptop

It's an 11" laptop from Alienware, and yes, it can play Crysis. Nuff said.

Ron Jeremy, The Hedgehog, Speaks Out Against Technology

Porn star legend Ron Jeremy made the long trek from one Las Vegas convention to another to speak at a panel at CES. Guess what? He hates the Internet and believes that video games are worse for kids than watching porn.

49 Comments Comment from the forums
  • sunzeal
    cmon! good tech for PC would be better
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  • yoy0yo
    @sunzeal, sad thing is, you've got the new, fresh off the boat stuff.. and its already inferior to something else.
    computer hardware has come to a very mature point. (with he exception of SSD's they're evolving quick)
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  • In typical Tom's style, Nehalem 32nm refresh and Tegra get a nod, but not Bulldozer and Fusion. I'd venture as far to say that neither of the former are all that exciting, Nehalem will consume less power(not that most TH readers care), and perform about the same. Tegra will marginally improve the performance of your Zune, while still being unable to do the work of a real computer.
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  • wira020
    "OLED and AMLOED displays are promising, but they're still too expensive. LED displays are actually cheaper to make than traditional panels on the same scale, but still cost a premium"

    Thats AMOLED right?.. btw... the 2nd sentences doesnt make much sense to me.... it's cheaper to make but also expensive at the same time???
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  • wira020
    6nm_Phenom_6_BEIn typical Tom's style, Nehalem 32nm refresh and Tegra get a nod, but not Bulldozer and Fusion. I'd venture as far to say that neither of the former are all that exciting, Nehalem will consume less power(not that most TH readers care), and perform about the same. Tegra will marginally improve the performance of your Zune, while still being unable to do the work of a real computer.
    Moving to smaller node might also mean less heat and better oc... that's interesting enough to me... tegra not meant to be a computer.. bulldozer, fusion and bobcat is planned for next year.. maybe that's why it doesnt appear in this year's expected tech...
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  • wira020: Higher OC? Typically, OCing has tapped out at 4ghz (or less) SINCE THE 130nm node!!!! Why on earth do you think that you'll somehow get a higher OC this time? You'll have an easier time getting to ~4ghz, but that'll be about it.
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  • And just the other week Toms was running articles on all the things that are wrong with the iPad and how they would fix it. Hilarious and ironic.
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  • enzo matrix
    How does a different technology for the backlight in the LED LCD vs CCFL LCD displays give you better contrast and faster response time?
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  • nukemaster
    enzo matrixHow does a different technology for the backlight in the LED LCD vs CCFL LCD displays give you better contrast and faster response time?That is what I was about to ask. +9999 for you
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  • tuannguyen
    an0nym0useAnd just the other week Toms was running articles on all the things that are wrong with the iPad and how they would fix it. Hilarious and ironic.
    Nothing ironic about it really. I said originally that I felt the iPad is gimped. I still feel the same about it--but it doesn't change what's inevitable.

    As time has proven again and again, not all superior products are successful. Often, the inferior devices with great marketing are the ones to dominate. That was my point here.

    / Tuan
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