BenQ dips its toe into the all-in-one PC waters

Hard to believe there are still enough novice computer users still out there that a company would develop a whole line of computers specifically geared to them. Hard for me to believe I should say because BenQ sees things differently.

This week during CES BenQ unveiled its first ever PC, the nScreen. The nScreen is being tailored for novice computer users, specifically senior citizens and children. They are offering three nScreen models in its first Blue Ocean series: 18.5-inch widescreen i91, 21.5-inch widescreen i221, and the 18.5-inch wide-format i92. All three will be in the sub-US$600 range when they debut in either the second or third quarter of 2009 according to BenQ.
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Add GPS functionality to Wi-Fi devices with G-Fi

On the last day of CES, I ran into an unusual networking device called G-Fi from PosiMotion. It's the first router I've known that doesn't have the ability to share access to the Internet. Instead, it receives the satellite signals and shares the GPS information to any Wi-Fi-enabled device.

According to PosiMotion, other than the lack of support for the Internet, the G-Fi works just like any other wireless router. It allows for creating a Wireless LAN you use to share resources between up to 254 wireless networking computers and devices.
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Windows 7 beta now available

Microsoft has apparently decided that it has enough server capacity and has made the code available for the Windows 7 beta.

I don't see a posting on the Windows 7 blog, but when I went to the Windows 7 page Saturday morning, I found the following message and was directed to this site to get the code.

"The Windows 7 Beta is now available for download," Microsoft said on its Web site. "Thanks for your interest and help with the beta."

The software was supposed to be made available on Friday, but the company delayed the release after a day filled with Web site problems.

Update: Microsoft offered up some recommended specifications for the beta, but cautioned those could change for the final release. It called for a 1GHz processor (either 32-bit or 64-bit), 1GB of system memory, 16Gb of disk space, support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory, as well as a DVD burner and Internet access.
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"Full HD" is the new black (and white) with BenQ

At a separate hotel showing away from the main CES show floor, BenQ showed off their new monitor lineup. The buzzword this year seems to be "Full HD" for many vendor and BenQ is not an exception. "Full HD" simply refers to monitors that have a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080.
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Viewsonic says it can do 120Hz, too

In a room much too dark to use my iPhone camera to take decent pictures (my main camera's battery died and I could not find a charger) Viewsonic showed off its answer (or perhaps question depending on which began conception first) to Samsung's 22-inch SyncMaster 2233RZ, the 22-inch Viewsonic FuHzion VX2265wm.
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