Voltaic Systems, the company that launched the original solar backpack, announces the release of a new line of solar chargers. Each charger features two rugged solar panels that generate up to 4 Watts of power, more than enough to run a smartphone and thousands of other handheld electronics. One hour in the sun will provide about three hours of talktime and four to five hours will fully charge a typical phone.

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today announced its first embedded motherboard based on the ultra low-power Intel® Atom™ processor-based platform, also announced today by Intel®.

The NITX-300 is a Nano-ITX (120 mm by 120 mm) form factor motherboard with a low-height profile to fit into most enclosures, passive cooling capability for reliable operation, and extended temperature capability for use in a wide variety of applications. It features the Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx series at 0.6 GHz to 1.3 GHz and Intel® Platform Controller Hub EG20T supported by up to 1 GB soldered DDR2 memory.

NVIDIA today introduced the NVIDIA® GeForce™ 400M series of graphics processing units (GPUs) -- the building blocks for the next-generation of NVIDIA Optimus™ and NVIDIA 3D Vision™ notebooks that are coming onto the market from leading vendors, including Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba, with others set to announce soon.

VisionTek Products, LLC today announced the North American launch of the CandyBoardTM their wireless mini keyboard with integrated touch pad, with plug & play 2.4GHz frequency USB dongle. The keyboard is slightly bigger than the classic American candy bar and complements your collection of typical home remote controls. It features 69 keys and a "capacitive-sensing" touchpad that's comparable to a real notebook touchpad, which eliminates the need for a separate mouse. The media center PC is becoming the in-home library for movie storage and play back, creating a need for smaller and more efficient remote navigation. The VisionTek CandyBoardTM features backlit LEDs keys to use in low-light environments, making it a perfect complement to any home theater PC or family room game console.

G.Skill International Co. Ltd., manufacturer of extreme performance memory and solid-state storage with solid quality, has today released its series of 24GB (4GBx6) triple channel memory kits at an extreme 2,000MHz CL8 1.65V.

Here an overview of the latest downloads at Microsoft Download Center:

Here a roundup of today's Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition reviews

Here a roundup of todays Radeon HD 5670 reviews

Here the first round of AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition CPU reviews. HotHardware, PC Perspective, Elite Bastards, Neoseeker, The Guru of 3D, OCC, Legit Reviews, Techwarelabs, The Tech Report, Benchmark Reviews, and TechSport posted a review on the latest AMD Quad Core processor.

Windows 7 is now supported in the free CompatDB compatibility database

The second round of Intel Core i7 articles

The first Intel Core i7 reviews are in

For the last few years we have heard the term “desktop replacement” used to describe notebooks 15.4-inches and larger.

WD just released a network-attached storage (NAS) device. While the the consumer-centric My Book line already has networked devices, the ShareSpace is intended to take WD into the level of something like a NetGear ReadyNas, Buffalo Technology TeraStation, or one of the many other four disk NAS units currently available.

It this post Geek.com offers a walkthrough of the building of a powerful, yet affordable workstation. Each of the parts was carefully chosen and the build was extensively detailed. There were some problems, but those were worked around and the end result was an impressive 64-bit workhorse.

PugetSystems posted top 10 things you should be doing to maintain your computer

PC Magazine published an article on the best USB keys

playREACTION published a review of the Wolfking Warrior XXtreme gaming keyboard

Here's how to add TV and stereo streaming to your home's data network using Windows Home Server.

There is a new article dedicated to explaining, in simple layman's terms, the differences between Blu Ray and HD DVD. In spite of the recent rumours of Toshiba retiring from the race, the article provides technical insight and understanding in key concepts of the format war that are not easily understood by less tech-savvy people. The site's Glossary explains most of the terms, with illustrations.