Wonder when will the DDR3 memory technology starts to dominate PC market? If you are looking to purchase a new PC system and still considering what chipset to bundle with, then this piece of research study report may able to give you some hint for better decision. Just recently, iSuppli, the famous market research company has disclosed the projection that the DDR3 shipment will overtake existing DDR2 memory for the first time in PC market by second quarter of 2010.

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Sometimes it is hard to decide if you want a smaller form factor smartphone or need a relatively larger device with bigger screen so that you can enjoy the media playback with greater visual experience. Similarly to Apple iPhone and iPod, in order to resolve this dilemma, now there is a docking accessory that can easily transform your iPod or iPhone device into an 9-inch widescreen LCD panel so that you can playback and display the media contents directly on a much larger screen.

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Have you ever wondered that one day you will be able to operate remote control without the need of any power source? It seems to be impossible by harnessing energy from solar cell unless you plan to put it outdoor for recharging before using it indoor and obviously there is another way. Just recently, NEC Electronics and SoundPower Corp has announced the collaboration project to co-developed a new remote control prototype that intends to get rid of battery requirement targeted for digital home.

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if you are an Apple’s iPhone user and would like to turn the powerful smartphone into RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) or NFC (Near Field Communication) capable device, then this tiny iPhone/iPod accessory will be able to help you with simple plug-and-play so that it can be used for specific usage models. Named as iCarte, it is specifically designed to be used for iPod and iPhone by plugging directly at the bottom connector of the iPhone/iPod products without any hardware tweak or troublesome setup.

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Portable thumb drive usage is so common nowadays that almost every computer users will have one for file storage and transfer. With the technology advancement, it has been evolved from ‘thumb’ size into smaller form factor so that it can be handy to be carried around. In order to compete against Super Talent which is famous for its tiny USB flash drive series, the recent release named as Active Media Wink has replaced it as the world’s tiniest USB flash drive in consumer market.

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We mentioned about TransferJet technology since early last year and if you wonder what kind of Sony products will have this technology integrated in, the recent FCC filed by the Japanese company may able to give you some hint. Just recently, Sony submitted a FCC application for its Sony Memory Stick Duo, MS-JX8G and as you may aware, FCC is only required for those products that occupy certain radio spectrum for data transmission and that is a bit weird for this new submission unless there are wireless technology being designed into it.

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Do you have extremely important data to be archived with the hope that they can still retrievable after few hundreds years? Personally I don’t and I think this newly developed DVD could be too reliable for public use. However, in case you are looking for one and if money is not a huge concern, the recently announced specially made DVD media may able to suit your needs. Named as DiamonDisc, it is claimed to be able to last and usable for 1000 years, which is a bit unbelievable to be true.

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Lithium Ion is currently the most famous battery technology that has been widely used in mobilephones, portable media devices, laptop and other handheld devices. Although it seems to be trouble free and quite reliable for use, but there will be occasion that the Lithium-Ion based battery can overheat and explode and that is one of the key reasons that triggers for next generation Zinc-Air battery technology besides prolong battery life. However, it may take some times before Zinc-Air really come in and as an interim solution, a team or researchers led by Alex Pang has invented a new material named as Stoba that is claimed to be able to prevent explosion incident when it is overheated under any extreme situation.

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