KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – December 10, 2008 – WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced a simple way for consumers to play their stored digital content on their HDTV in Full-HD 1080p resolution. The WD TV™ Media Player connects to a user’s TV or home theater and plays digital movies, music and photos from WD’s My Passport™ portable drive or other USB mass storage device. The WD TV Media Player is available now at select retailers.


According to research firm IDC, nearly 334 million GB of photos and more than 3.1 billion GB of video will be stored on consumer desktop and laptop computers in 2008. The research firm expects that to increase to 400 million GB and 5.8 billion GB, respectively, by 2010.

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Kuala Lumpur, 31 Oct Friday - Gamers and electronic sports enthusiasts once again geared up for one of Malaysia's most prestige gaming events - the World GameMaster Tournament 2008 Malaysia Final. One of th emost renowned electronic sports tournaments in Malaysia, WGT is back again this year, occurring on a bi-annual basis and second year in running, WGT 2008 Malaysia Final with focus set especially on gaming aims to gather gamers around the country to compete for the title of country game master. This time around with ASUS featuring its new energy saving EPU Motherboard, gamers can game and save more at the same time.


Among the games that were played included, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Half-Life: Counter Strike 1.6, FIFA 08 and Need for Speed: Pro Street. It was held in one of the biggest shopping malls in Kuala Lumper, which is Mid Valley Megamall. Close to 300 gamers took part in this 3-day tournament as they tried their level best to be the GameMaster. Prizes (including cash prizes) worth RM50,000 were up for grabs, so the gamers were pretty serious on their gaming. ASUS also had their very own roadshow going on at the Center Court, Midvalley Megamall where they exhibited their newest technology in computer hardware. Overall, WGT 2008 was a huge success for ASUS and also help realizing pro-gamers in Malaysia. More pictures below:



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HONG KONG – Nov. 4, 2008 – ZOTAC International, today is shipping three new NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO based graphics cards – the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, GeForce 9600 GSO 1GB and GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB AMP! Edition. The new ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GSO models usher in a new era of affordable high-performance graphics solutions that are ready to take on the latest Microsoft DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1 enabled games and NVIDIA CUDA enabled applications.

The ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB AMP! Edition takes performance to a whole new level with its supercharged NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO graphics processor. The ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB AMP! Edition features fine-tuning to extract every extra ounce available from the graphics processor and high-speed GDDR3 memory for a fast-paced and highly detailed gaming experience. The ZOTAC GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB AMP! Edition will have a core clock rated at 700MHz, 1725MHz shader clock and 2000MHz memory clock.

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Sunnyvale, Calif.—October 30, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, components, and systems, today unveiled their latest 15”Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Gaming Notebook based on the Intel® Centrino™ 2 platform. This next generation laptop offers enthusiasts and gamers and incredible options to perfect their own mobile powerhouse. OCZ continues to expand on their lineup of DIY solutions for users that want to build a notebook that is configured and built for their very own unique application in mind.


OCZ’s new 15” DIY notebook solution delivers an optimal balance of gaming performance and portability. Featuring the acclaimed Intel® Centrino™ 2 platform, the OCZ DIY notebook provides a breakthrough in mobile computing for higher performance, advanced connectivity, and longer battery life and can accommodate the latest CPU technology including the all-new Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme mobile processor. In conjunction with this state-of-the-art processing power, the 15.4-inch DIY notebooks come equipped with ATI® Raedon HD3650 integrated graphics to provide a premium gaming experience that lets gamers power through all of today's most advanced and graphic-intensive games and applications with DirectX 10.1 compatibility.

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SINGAPORE — NOVEMBER 4, 2008 — NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies, announced it is accepting applications for the NVIDIA® Fellowship Programme for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Dr David Kirk, Chief Scientist at NVIDIA, stated, “The NVIDIA Fellowship Programme is designed to stimulate and support excellence in visual and parallel computing research in universities worldwide, and to promote communication between NVIDIA’s R&D team and outstanding students and professors. Since its inception in 2002, the Programme has awarded over $1.6 million in funding to assist 65 PhD students with their research.”

The Programme provides funding to PhD students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in the graphics and high-performance computing industries. Recipients not only receive crucial funding for their research, but are able to conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology, and some of the most talented minds in the field.
For information on eligibility and how to apply, please visit: http://www.nvidia.com/page/fellowship_programs.html or email: fellowship©nvidia.com.

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – (August 13, 2008) – Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the launch of the Kingston Blog (www.kingston-blog.com), a platform where end customers can get access to the latest information about Kingston and share their experiences of using Kingston’s products. Kingston officially joins the blogosphere to directly talk and listen to the end customers. From August 11th, the Kingston Blog will be available in English and Traditional Chinese language versions and targeted at online users in APAC region.

Kingston is even taking a bold move on the marketing strategy by offering virtual currency on Kingston Blog, K-Bi, to encourage cyber citizens to share their thoughts or comments on Kingston products and services. Any effective posts or threads on Kingston Blog will be rewarded by its administer with “K-Bi”. “K-Bi” is not exchangeable and refundable and only can be used to claim valuable items listed on Kingston Blog.

For more detailed information, please visit the Kingston Blog at: www.kingston-blog.com

CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA – July 8, 2008 – MSI Computer, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, has begun shipping all the pre-ordered Wind U100 notebooks. The Wind, with its speedy new Intel Atom™ 1.6GHz processor, is also on sale at Fry's and online at www.newegg.com, www.amazon.com, www.frys.com, www.zipzoomfly.com, www.mwave.com, and www.buy.com. These first notebooks sold will feature Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and a 3-cell battery.


In September, MSI will begin selling a Windows version of the Wind with a 6-cell battery , as well as the Linux version with a 3-cell battery. MSI will also carry a 6-cell battery for customers who wish to upgrade their 3-cell battery in late September.

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El Monte, CA – July 1st, 2008 – NZXT, a company built on realizing the dreams of gamers worldwide, is proud to announce the Sentry LX, a high-performance aluminum fan controller. Sentry LX boasts a robust feature set providing gamers and PC enthusiasts with the optimal setup for monitoring and adjusting temperatures throughout the PC.


“For power users and silent users alike, Sentry LX is a phenomenal way to achieve full control and monitoring capabilities for your PC’s entire cooling system , ” said Johnny Hou, Chief Designer at NZXT.

Retailing for $59.99 (RM200), the new Sentry LX high-performance fan controller will be available in July.

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Sunnyvale, CA—July 7, 2007—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the all-new DDR3 SODIMM modules as its next generation notebook memory to support the impending Intel® Centrino® 2 mobile platform. These latest memory offerings for notebooks help reduce power consumption and increase speed and bandwidth, resulting in a higher performing laptop. As next-generation laptops are introduced in the upcoming weeks, OCZ is prepared to deliver high-performance DDR3 for these advanced gaming and professional systems.


The benefits of DDR3 memory now extends beyond desktop systems to laptops, offering increased frequencies at lower voltage requirements. OCZ’s PC3-8500 and PC3-10666 SODIMM kits support enthusiast-grade performance and bring speeds to notebook systems that were previously unimaginable. Early-adopting gamers and professionals will benefit from the more productive computing experience that the combination of the new Centrino 2 technology and OCZ DDR3 modules can provide.

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HONG KONG – Jul. 9, 2008 – ZOTAC International, a leading NVIDIA partner, today announces a new high-performance value platform for AMD Socket AM2+ processors – the ZOTAC GeForce 8100. The ZOTAC GeForce 8100 unleashes the full potential of AMD Phenom processors with HyperTransport 3.0 compatibility, allowing AMD Phenom processors to operate with maximal performance.

A programmable Shader Model 4.0 compatible graphics processor empowers the ZOTAC GeForce 8100 with DirectX 10 support for compatibility with the latest 3D games and applications. NVIDIA CineFX 4.0 architecture and Intellisample AA technologies enable the ZOTAC GeForce 8100 platform to render brilliant, life-like 3D visuals in DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.1 enabled titles.


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Today, AMD (NYSE: AMD) released the AMD Phenom™ X4 9950 Black Edition quad-core processor featuring Clock Multiplier Control. Combined with AMD OverDrive™ software – the industry’s most comprehensive Windows-based performance tuning utility – the latest Black Edition processor enables customizable platform performance and tunability. For energyconscious users, the energy-efficient AMD Phenom X4 9350e and AMD Phenom X4 9150e processors are now available. These processors, under the most extreme operation, consume no more than 65 watts, delivering the performance of four independent cores at a low wattage – ideal for development of small and sleek form factors that can help cut down on energy consumption, take up little space, and operate with low noise.


With regards to the AMD Black Edition Phenom X4 9950 unlocked processors. It also outlines AMD's energy efficient AMD Phenom X4 9350e and 9150e processors which provide great performance whilst keeping power consumption levels at a mere 65 watts. AMD would also like to remind media about the coming price drop for Phenom X4 9850 Black Editions. For now their prices will remain at $235 for one week, but will be reduced, as promised, to $205 (RM676) on July 7th.

Recommended Retail Price
AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition - 2.6GHz; $235 (RM775)
AMD Phenom X4 9350e - 2.0GHz; $195 (RM645)
AMD Phenom X4 9150e - 1.8GHz; $175 (RM577)