Renesas Now Shipping Tiny, 1080p-Capable Cell Phone Processor

Just this week Renesas Technology Corp. announced
their SH7370, a SH-Mobile HD1 application processor for mobile phones.
The tiny processor is the first to support full 1080p (1920 x 1080)
video playback and recording potential, and can support H.264/MPEG-4
video compression at 30 frames per second.

This processor also
has two 24-bit dedicated audio digital signal processors that help
lower the CPU’s load, while lowering power consumption. This allows for
audio to stream at up to 5.1-channel Dolby Digital quality.

The
whole thing is currently shipping with 512Mbits of synchronous DRAM,
integrated onto a single package. Said package measures in at a
compact, 10nm x 11mm.

Registering for the StarCraft II Beta

It’s true.
If you missed out on Blizzcon ’08 or hawked your beta code because you
(wisely) anticipated that Blizzard might pull something like this,
now’s your chance to register for StarCraft II’s upcoming beta test.

“The StarCraft II beta-test period is coming in the months ahead!
If you’d like a chance to participate, now’s the time to let us know,”
reads the World of Warcraft website.
   
Just sign-in over at Battle.net,
wow Blizzard with your PC’s bleeding-edge specs (or even
middle-of-the-road specs; really – this is Blizzard we’re talking
about), and start F5-ing your inbox. Better still, even if Blizzard
doesn’t deem you worthy of participating in this beta, the opt-in
process still nabs you a spot in line for future Blizzard betas.
Opportunity is knocking. Are you just gonna stand it up? Go on now. Go!

One semi-major stipulation, though: You must have at least one game
registered under your Battle.net account in order to opt-in for
StarCraft II’s beta. But hey, it could be worse. At least you didn’t
have to fly out to California for a geek-tastic weekend of game-filled fun like those other suckers. Who in their right mind would want that?

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RipNAS Launches SSD-Based NAS with Built-In CD Ripping

RipNAS this week announced two new storage devices, the Statement SSD and Statement HDD. Both come capable of ripping CDs, leading the company to claim the former as the "world's first Solid State Drive Ripping NAS." And as far as we know, they're right.

The
aptly named Statement series also challenges traditional NAS design in
aesthetics. Instead of a bulky box, RipNAS chose a svelte silver
enclosure that would fit right in with a home theater setup. Combined
with its media streaming capabilities and dead silent operation (SSD
version), RipNAS might be on to something.

On the hardware front,
both boxes come an Intel Atom dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and four
USB 2.0 ports. The SSD version will come configured with 500GB
(2x250GB), and 3TB (2x1.5TB) of storage in the HDD version.

No word yet on pricing or availability.

SolidLogic Launches GS-L10 Fanless Mini-ITX System

SolidLogic’s latest release, the GS-L10 is completely covered in heat sinks. Why? Well, to put it simply, it features no fans whatsoever.

The GS-L10 is built off of a Serener case and features an MSI
MS-9818 motherboard. It’ll also support up to three different Intel
Montevina processors, with the highest available model being the
2.53GHz Core 2 Duo T9400, can pack up to 4GB of RAM, gives you the
option of HDD or SDD storage, and provides the choice of Windows XP,
Vista or Ubuntu.

The base model will only run you roughly $860, but if you’re
looking to deck this bad boy out with all the fixings, it can go up to
$1,900.

 

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