Thus far AMD has been out of the game when it comes to performance market and the fight of the top dog. Their new Fusion chips are all about the low-end market performance and miniature setups. However, AMD has not given up the throne just yet, as they believe their new Accelerated Processing Units may be able to give Chipzilla a good punching session.

AMD has shown off their new quad-core Llano APU by pitting it up against Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge platform in the video below. Well, a simple test can’t really show the performance of a certain platform, but it’s still a good comparison. A 3D game, HD video playback (plus post-processing on the Llano rig), Excel calculations, and some 3D modeling, all running simultaneously — is handled most impressively by the A8-3510MX APU, which even manages to use less power than Intel’s 2GHz Core i7-2630QM.

This is probably for those beach boys, or some people that has leaking house. Toshiba has launched a new speaker in the Japanese market, and it sure is a unique one. The new TY-WSD9 from Toshiba is a multifunction wireless (2.4GHz) speaker with a unique waterproof design (IPX4), so you can use it in your bathtub, swimming pool, or on your personal yacht.

The Toshiba TY-WSD9 features a couple of 1.2W speakers and a transmitter that allows you to use the speaker within 25 meter radius. This waterproof speaker will be available in the middle of March 2011 for 13,000 Yen ($158).

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Full HD monitors, they’re everywhere and they just won’t stop coming. AOC has geared up for yet another Full HD monitor, this time called the e2795Vh. Yes, it’s a 27-inch LED-backlight monitor that delivers 1920x 1080 Full HD resolutions. The monitor adopts the new MVA (multi-domain vertical alignment) panel, which has 5ms response time and 300 cd/m2 brightness, very standard stuff here. The extra point would be the built-in stereo speakers which would be good if you’re in an office and don’t want to buy extra speaker system. There’s even a USB hub with four ports out and one port in. Connectivity wise, there are a DVI port and an HDMI port. The AOC e2795Vh is scheduled to go on sale in April for unannounced price yet.

3TB might not be something new, but it’s still a rare sight to see a 3TB brick lying around. Seagate has announced that their Barracuda lineup will now have 3TB capacity too. Called the Barracuda XT, the drive is equipped a SATA 6.0Gbps interface, a 64MB of cache memory and works at 7,200 RPM. The 3TB Barracuda XT is available for purchase now for $279.

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Yes, here it is; the Intel SSD 510 series. This is a new SSD from Intel that the company say is for demanding gamers, media creators, performance-intensive workstation users and any technology enthusiast who wants to significantly increase performance of their systems. Fair enough, since SSD does provide a huge speed boost over conventional spinning bricks.

Performance wise, it features fast SATA 6Gbps performance, supporting read speed of 500MB/s and write speed of 315MB/s. A decent speed with support for 6Gbps SATA interfaces, but not as superior as OCZ Vertex 3 which is capable of speed of over 500MB/s for both read and writes speed. The Intel SSD 510 series is currently available in 120GB and 250GB of storage capacities for $294 and $583, respectively.

Good gracious. I feel like making a big ‘TIDAK’ sticker and stick to the signboard. You might disagree, but letting people hogging the road and wasting my time on the road is a big ‘no-no’. Either you ‘potong’, or let people ‘potong’ you first.
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It was known that when Mercedes was busy building their SLS AMG supercar, Koenigsegg knew about it and went back to the drawing board. Same goes for Pagani, and we know what came out from the drawing board of Pagani. Even Lamborghini took part in this supercar war with the new bull Aventador LP700-4, and now Koenigsegg has officially thrown into the pool their version of supercar, the all new Koenigsegg Agera R, unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show 2011.

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Performance rams with black heatsink, fancy that. Seen before on Corsair Dominator and A-Data XPG ram, now it’s here on Kingston’s HyperX T1 DDR3 ram. Here’s the new kit on the block in Kingston’s HyperX lineup, the Black kit simply called the HyperX T1 Black DDR3 triple-channel memory kits.

Designed to meet the performance requirements for the new Intel Core i7-990X chipset and X58-based motherboards, these memory kits are available in capacities up to 24GB (4GB x 6 modules). The Kingston HyperX T1 Black DDR3 Triple-channel memory kits have a frequency of 1600MHz and timings of CL9-9-9-27, and very overclock-able if you’re the thrilling type. The 6GB, 12GB and 24GB configurations are priced at $104, $190 and $379, respectively.