Sony Vaio TZ90

Sony parties down on the original Vaio 505's 10th anniversary by unveiling the extremely sleek Vaio TZ90 ($2,300-$3,000). This ultra-thin (10.9 x 7.8 x 0.88 inches), super-light (2.26 pounds) mobile is made of Carbon Fiber and has a 11.1-inch widescreen WXGA TFT screen. You get several casing colors to choose from, all powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 CPU running at 1.2GHz. Storage options include a 160GB hard drive or 32GB solid-state drive.

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Microsoft Surface

Imagine being able to actually touch your digital photos and drag them around by hand, or use your finger as a Photoshop paint brush. You can do that and much more with Microsoft's first surface computing product, imaginatively named Microsoft Surface ($10,000; Q4 2007). The Minority Report-style computing environment allows you to directly interact with a touch-sensitive 30-inch tabletop setup using nothing but your fingers. Its multi-touch interface gives you hands-on control of content such as photos, music and maps. Microsoft Surface can also sense objects that you place on the tabletop. Sit down a Wi-Fi enabled digital camera, for example, and all of your recently captured photos magically flow out of the device onto the computer screen, ready for quick emailing or saving. The technology won't be available for home use right away, however. Hotels, retail stores, and restaurants will get them first.

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Mac OS X Leopard

After a slight delay, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard has been fully revealed. Having used every version of Mac OS X ever released, we're counting down the days until Leopard ($129; Oct. 2007). The ultra-advanced operating system includes over 300 new features, including a new Desktop and Dock with Stacks, an awesome new way to organize files; an updated, iTunes-like Finder with Cover Flow view; Quick Look, a new way to preview files without opening an application; Time Machine, a new system that automatically backs up and restores lost files; enhanced iChat and Mail applications; and full native 64-bit support for blazing fast performance.

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Safari 3

Being devout Mac users, we've enjoyed the benefits of Safari, Apple's super fast web browser, since 2003. Windows users haven't had it so good. Sure, Firefox is better than Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but it's no Safari. Today, you Windows users can join us in basking in some Safari goodness — Apple has released a beta version of Safari 3 (free) for both Mac and Windows. In addition to full support of open Internet standards, Safari 3 sports a streamlined interface, easy-to-manage bookmarks, integrated Google search, pop-up blocker, advanced security, tabbed browsing, and a built-in RSS reader. Oh, and did we mention it was fast? Safari 3 is up to twice as fast as IE 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2.

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Nokia N95

Don’t call the new Nokia N95 a phone — it’s “an all-in-one multimedia computer,” according to the company. And the N95 ($880) has the specs to back up that description. The headset features the S60 software on Symbian OS with web browser and email client, a 2.6″ QVGA display, integrated GPS functionality, and a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, giving you the ability to capture print quality photos and DVD-like video clips. Designed for HSDPA networks (with support for WLAN, EDGE and WCDMA networks), the N95 also offers built-in stereo speakers, a standard 3.5mm audio jack, and a slick 2-way slide concept — a numeric keypad slides out from one end while dedicated media keys slide out from the other, converting the display into full screen landscape mode.

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8-Core Mac Pro

If a measly four cores isn’t enough for you, take a gander at the new 8-core Mac Pro ($4000 and up). It boasts two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, up to 3TB of internal storage, up to 16GB of fully buffered ECC RAM, and graphics options including the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500. Of course, it also includes the latest version of Mac OS X along with the complete iLife software suite. That said, the machine can get expensive: a fully tricked out 8-core Mac Pro with maximum drive capacity and RAM, a Quadro FX 4500 graphics card, two SuperDrives, and both Bluetooth and Airport Extreme will run you $12,178.

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US$50milsubmarine cable system to link Asia, America

PUTRAJAYA: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is leading a consortium of 17 international telcos to set up the US$500mil Asia-America Gateway (AAG), the first submarine cable system linking South-East Asia directly with the US.The consortium members include US-based AT&T Inc, Bharti AirTel (India), Brunei Government, British Telecom Global Network Services, CAT Telekom (Thailand), Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc (Philippines), Indosat (Indonesia) and Pacific Communications Pte Ltd (Cambodia). TM group chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Wahid Omar said the 20,000km cable system would provide a capacity of up to 1.92 terabits per second of data bandwidth.

Upon its completion in 2008, the system would initially have a capacity of 480 gigabits per second (Gbps) to meet present and future requirements for telecommunication services, he said.

“Cable construction will begin immediately and, when completed, the cable system will connect 10 locations in eight countries across the Asia-Pacific region, namely Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii with the US West Coast,” he said at the agreement signing to establish AAG yesterday.

Alcatel Submarine Network and NEC Corp have been awarded the contract to jointly construct the submarine cable.

TM, which holds 9% equity in the project, would be investing US$50mil, Wahid said.

“While we are present in 13 countries in the region and involved in seven existing major submarine cable consortiums, this initiative is still one of the biggest we have undertaken. It will provide TM with additional 60Gbps of capacity, which will help reduce any future potential congestion we may face,” he said.

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