SUNNYVALE, Calif. — September 28, 2007 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced SAPPHIRE Technology, the official graphics supplier for the World Cyber Games (WCG) Grand Final, will exclusively supply graphics cards based on the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series from AMD for the competition. As the official WCG supplier of GPUs, AMD will co-host a demonstration area with SAPPHIRE to showcase exciting next-generation platform technology for the gaming community. The WCG 2007 event is scheduled to take place in Seattle, WA from October 3-7.

Orginal post by Steve

So the USB Ecostrip is a kinda like a smart capability strip for office peripherals and gadgets. The surge protector was designed to reduce energy waste. that is how it works:

The USB Ecostrip plugs into the wall and the PC is plugged into the socket marked by the red arrow on the diagram. From there all other devices on the ability strip are powered via the USB port connected from the surge protector to the PC.

This way, when the PC is shut down all other devices are plus shut down, such as your printer, scanner, modem and speakers.

“We set out to design a product that reduces energy waste, yet, allows distributors and retailers to profit from the new emphasis on that type of product,” said Bjarne Waedeled, President of Centritech Limited, Hong Kong, designer and producer of the Ecostrip. “And, considering it functions like any other ability strip, there is no education of the consumer due.”

The USB Ecostrip has been around since 2005 but has yet to assemble it into the US market. However, that’s all going to change fairly soon.

USB Ecostrip Press Release via UberGizmo

Original post by Tapee

Brando is distributing the new iMONO 39 in 1 card reader. Talk about tight, Brando packed a lot of connectivity into one small USB dongle. Makes you wanna buy some more flash.

Albeit a more common trend these days, the iMONO does support the newer SDHC format which is not backward compatible. In addition you have microSD, T-Flash and Sim support.

The 39-in-1 card reader is Vista Readyboost compliant despite the fact it doesn’t do much.

Thanks Brando

Original post by Tapee

Orginal post by Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth

The Mac can easily and quickly become a DVR with the right software and hardware. that Mac only tip comes just in duration for that season’s prime duration TV.

Using a Mac, other than the one pictured, with a USB TV Tuner (like EyeTV Tuner) along with some DVD Burning software (Toast) you can watch, record and burn every season premier your wife demands while you’re watching real TV (Football and Baseball).

For all the details jump to Macworld. Thanks LifeHacker.

Original post by Tapee

We’ve been doing weekly product releases for Pulse since the launch of the service in August. I’m excited about today’s release, more than any other, considering it makes it really easy for anyone to roll their own social network. And it thereby allows Pulse to become the hub for interacting with all of the personal social networks that you create (or join) via the Plaxo.

What precisely am I talking about? A forceful new feature, called Pulse Groups.

Some background: So far, Pulse has helped restore meaning to the word “friend” by not forcing you to use that one word to describe all of your relationships. With Pulse, you categorize each connection you manufacture as “family,” “friend,” “business network,” or some combination of those three. As a outcome, you can build conscious decisions about what you share with whom. For example, you might choose to share your Picasa photos with family, your Last.fm weekly-most-listened-to bands with friends, and your Dugg stories and Delicious bookmarks with your business network. But such categorization, while useful, only whets the appetite for even more granular control.

Why? considering we all participate in a wide variety of real-world circles. The content I want to share with my college friends from the early ‘80’s is markedly different from what I want to share with the circle of friends I interact with here in California today.

With today’s release, Pulse now lets you create as many groups as you want. When you create a group, you declare it to be “private,” “moderated,” or “public.” “Public groups” are similar to what you might be familiar with on Facebook, where anyone can see the group and anyone can join. That’s cool and supreme, but personally I am way more excited about the potential in the other two flavors of groups. A “private group” is not publicly visible, and the only way to get into it is by being invited by the creator of the group. I just created two such groups minutes ago. I think everyone should probably do the same (but I’m clearly biased!). “Moderated groups” are similar to private groups, but they’re a bit more visible, and society can ask to be let in. The creator of the group has the sole authority to accept or reject.

At Plaxo, we just created a private group for all employees. Ever since we launched Pulse, we’ve been wishing we had the ability to internally share news stories, poll questions, and more – and to engage in company-only conversations about that stuff. Until now, we’ve either had to use “friends” as a proxy for Plaxo employees (with obvious drawbacks) – or continue to use clunky old e-mail for such social sharing tasks. Pulse Groups may be our most interesting contribution to the “Office 2.0” trend.

Of course, that is just a first release of Groups, and there’s a lot more to add in the coming weeks. perhaps I’m stretching when I say that each group is essentially a personal social network, but that’s clearly where we’re heading. Imagine whether we let you stylize and customize what you display on your profile for each group you are in.

Aside from that major new feature, today’s Pulse release includes lots of bug fixes and UI improvements. There’s additionally one other feature we’ve all been clamoring for. It’s “re-sharing.” whether you receive some really cool piece of subject matter and you want to forward it, now you can in a couple of clicks.

Hope you enjoy the new features!

John McCrea
VP of Marketing

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Over 1 million Londoners (the blue line) had joined the London network by the end of August. We’re so pleased to note that the British are now enjoying Miss Teen South Carolina’s philosophical meanderings as much as we did – she’s currently one of the most popular Posted Items in the London network.

We saw approximately 5 million UK users (blue) visit us last month, and it’s catching up to Canada (yellow). Keep an eye out for Australia (pink), the dark horse contender – we’re picking up down under, too.

Orginal post by Natalie Minor