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10:30AM Nick Broughall | So not only have HP decided to launch their Home Server to Australia, but they’ve also decided to drop about a million new laptops onto Aussie store shelves. We’ve seen most of them from the US, but here’s a rundown of them anyway, including local pricing: More »
HP Launches a Bazillion New Laptops… Here’s The Rundown
10:30AM Nick Broughall | So not only have HP decided to launch their Home Server to Australia, but they’ve also decided to drop about a million new laptops onto Aussie store shelves. We’ve seen most of them from the US, but here’s a rundown of them anyway, including local pricing: More » 
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Voodoo PC Brand Is Basically Dead
8:20AM Matt Buchanan | We’d speculated before that Voodoo was essentially toast, but we really wondered what was up when HP appropriated the “Envy” brand and design into HP laptops. Aaaand it seems from Rahul Sood’s latest that it’s basically dead. More »
Hardware
The Glorious, Hulking History of 3D Graphics
11:00PM Matt Buchanan | From the Voodoo1 in 1996 to the wallet-and-pixel crushing Nvidia GeForce GTX 285, Maximum PC recounts the entire history of 3D graphics in ultra-gory detail. A fantastically nerdy way to kill 30 minutes. [Maximum PC] More »
Computers
Gallery: Check Out the HP Firebird 803’s Liquid-cooled Innards
3:02PM Adrian Covert | News of HP’s Firebird 803 may have leaked out over the holidays, but now that its been officially announced, we have a batch of photos, including the freakishly tidy insides, as well as pricing details. More »
Computers
HP Firefly Has Two Screens, Multitouch, Big Huge Butt
9:18PM John Herrman | HP is finally joining this weird, new multiple display party with the Voodoo DNA-ed Firefly, which carries a secondary screen, an oddly-placed multitouch trackpad and guts comparable to its powerful desktop counterpart. More »
Computers
Voodoo-Designed HP Firebird 803 Is Tiny, Still Has Space for Too Many Lights
3:50AM Matt Buchanan | I loved Voodoo Omen’s steely, austere looks, so the design of HP’s pint-sized Firebird 803 gaming tower with VoodooDNA is kind of disappointing. Oddly, it reminds me of Linkin Park. More »
Computers
Voodoo Envy 133 Review (Verdict: Plenty Thin, Plenty Pricey)
6:55AM Wilson Rothman | VoodooPC’s Envy 133, the world’s thinnest laptop, just started shipping, and we scored one of the first production units straight outta Calgary. It’s a lithe black laptop that keeps cool while running Vista, a super light machine that’s strong as hell thanks to a carbon-fibre frame. It’s the size of a MacBook Air with way more tech crammed inside, including its own second Linux-based operating system. And though it costs a lot more than most laptops that perform similar chores, it does it with a grace that I haven’t seen since Vista’s launch. It’s not a gamer’s system, but the Voodoo team deserves credit for using what they’ve learned to build a laptop that stands out when everything else on the PC market just blends in. Does it have any flaws? Yep, plenty. Here’s the full review: More »
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VoodooPC Will Survive, But Confirms ‘Integration’ into HP
7:02AM Wilson Rothman | I just got off the phone with Rahul Sood, founder of VoodooPC, who confirmed that the rumours of Voodoo’s demise were not just premature but “nonsense,” but said “HP is asking us to integrate into the larger execution engine.” Rahul is comfortable speaking both plainly and in business-ese—what we take this to mean is that Voodoo will merge manufacturing with HP’s core in Asia, unify other non-design aspects of the business, and shut down a good chunk of the operation in Calgary, Alberta. “Typically we don’t comment on layoffs specifically,” says Rahul, who adds that he himself will not be leaving Canada. More »
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Is HP Shutting Down VoodooPC?
10:17AM Wilson Rothman | Techgage is reporting credible evidence to support a rumour that HP is going to shut down the VoodooPC operation, citing both an internal e-mail discussing layoffs, and the fact that the company returned over 300 power supplies to Topower, a hardware partner. It would be strange for HP to be shutting down its boutique hardware shop, given the fact that it is just now ramping up promotion of its newest, totally cool Envy and Omen systems, but stranger things have happened in corporate America, and these are strange times indeed. Say it ain’t so, Rahul. [Techgage] More »
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5:09PM Nick Broughall | HP are one of the biggest (if the not the biggest) seller of notebooks in Australia (and the Asia-Pacific region), yet they don’t have that whole “high-end” PC entry into the premium market. well, they didn’t, anyway. This week they announced their new HDX brand – a high performance label that brings a high-definition experience (HDX, get it?) to their users around the world.
HP admit that they’ve learned a lot from their acquisition of the Voodoo brand in the US, and the HDX is their attempt to bring those lessons to the market. That doesn’t mean we’ll never see Voodoo in Australia, but it’s unlikely in the near future.
Available in a 16-inch and an 18.4-inch model, the HDX range features the new Fluid imprint across the outside front cover and palm rest. Inside the HDX16, you get Vista Home Premium SP1, a 1366 x 768 BrightView Infinity Display (upgradeable to 1080p version), up to 8GB RAM, Blu-ray disc drive, Express Card Slot, integrated HD tuner, Altec Lansing speakers, webcam with microphone, 6-cell Li-ion battery and a fingerprint reader. It weighs in at 3.205kg with battery, and measures 37.85 x 33.5 x 4.32 cm.
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HP Launches HDX Range – Voodoo Quality For The Rest Of The World
5:09PM Nick Broughall | HP are one of the biggest (if the not the biggest) seller of notebooks in Australia (and the Asia-Pacific region), yet they don’t have that whole “high-end” PC entry into the premium market. well, they didn’t, anyway. This week they announced their new HDX brand – a high performance label that brings a high-definition experience (HDX, get it?) to their users around the world.
HP admit that they’ve learned a lot from their acquisition of the Voodoo brand in the US, and the HDX is their attempt to bring those lessons to the market. That doesn’t mean we’ll never see Voodoo in Australia, but it’s unlikely in the near future.
Available in a 16-inch and an 18.4-inch model, the HDX range features the new Fluid imprint across the outside front cover and palm rest. Inside the HDX16, you get Vista Home Premium SP1, a 1366 x 768 BrightView Infinity Display (upgradeable to 1080p version), up to 8GB RAM, Blu-ray disc drive, Express Card Slot, integrated HD tuner, Altec Lansing speakers, webcam with microphone, 6-cell Li-ion battery and a fingerprint reader. It weighs in at 3.205kg with battery, and measures 37.85 x 33.5 x 4.32 cm.
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