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Virtually Indestructible Keyboard

Juniper Foo | Dec 09, 2004

If you don't mind the rather sinuous and silicon feel of the keys, this is one keyboard that'll banish any dust ball from creeping into those hard-to-clean grooves. Plus it's also the perfect X'mas stocking filler for klutzy friends with a habit of accidentally baptizing their keyboards with their favorite roast blend. And what do you know? There's a Mini Me variant at just 12 inches long as well as a PocketVIK for PDA users.

Click to see the keyboard close-up

Price: US$29.99
Availability: Smart Home
Device: Spillproof keyboard
Basic specs: 109-key unit, PS/2 or USB connector, 516 x 149 x 10mm, Windows HotKeys and Windows 98 Power Management HotKeys, LED indicators for number lock, caps lock and scroll lock

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Sony VAIO Type X

Juniper Foo | Dec 03, 2004

If we had a dollar for every product labelled X, we'd be singing our way to the bank. Tra-la-la. Of course, pigs can fly, too. But we digress. Even a boxy home server blandly named Type X looks yummilicious in the hands of style meisters Sony. That's not all. This Sony VAIO beats with the heart of a Pentium 4 3.6GHz chipset, a 1GB DDR memory and a whopping 1TB (4x250GB RAID 0) of storage wow. Sony says the 500GB dedicated to TV is good to record six channels for five-and-a-half days non-stop. Navigating is eased by a special interface that lets consumers see thumbnails of what they've recorded. Oh, don't hold your breath, though, as Sony has no plans beyond its home shores.

Price: US$5,000
Availability: Japan only
Device:Home server
Basic specs: Pentium 4 Processor 560 (3.6GHz), 1TB hard drive (4x250GB in RAID 0), 1GB (512MBx2) DDR2 533 memory, 128MB ATI Technologies Radeon X600 XT, Intel 915P Express chipset, 1000/100/10 BASE-T, 2xUSB 2.0, i.LINK, 19.5kg, Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

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S-presso Deluxe (S1-P111)

Juniper Foo | Dec 01, 2004

What is it about barebone PCs and caffeine-induced names? Taiwanese manufacturer Saintsong gave the world the Expresso, Latte Mini PC, and the Cappuccino. Now fellow rival Asus has unveiled its S-presso Deluxe. Insofar as this can be labelled a barebones PC, the S-presso is not only brewing with features like TV tuner and remote control, it touts a touch-control color display panel. There's power aplenty with a Prescott-ready 3.4GHz+ Pentium 4 processor and AGP 8x graphics cards to run those 3D games. Plus this all-in-one claims a sibilant 29db level at idle mode that should be just quiet enough to avoid annoying. Café Americano next?

Price: N.A.
Availability: End month, Singapore
Device: Barebones PC
Basic specs: Intel 865G chipset, ATA 100 IDE interface, Intel Extreme Graphics Integrated chipset, 512MB shared memory, 1 AGP and 1 PCI slot, 6 audio channels, 2 USB 2.0, S/PDIF optical out, 1 mic, 1 headphone port, parallel port, VGA out, RJ45 LAN connector, 7-in-1 memory reader, 9.5 x 7.1 x 13 inches

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