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 Upcoming Apple products tend to be the subject of much speculative talk, but the Cupertino company has made a rare rumor-squashing comment. With much of Appleò€™s most popular products receiving either refreshes or completely new designs, such as the iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G, Cinema Display, MacBook and MacBook Pro, some are still wondering if Apple still has something in store before the end of the year. Apparently not happening, as Apple spokesman Bill Evans told Macworld, ò€œOur holiday line-up is set.ò€ Itò€™s not like Apple to come out and confirm or deny rumors, but in this case itò€™s clear that the company is making sure no one is holding off on a purchase to just wait for something better. outlook express 2gb
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Microsoft has announced a 250GB HDD add-on for the the Xbox 360. Headed to Japan in March, the price for the storage add-on is set at Ò¥15,540, or around $170. However, while the Japanese market will be able to pick up one of these from March 11, Microsoft has yet to name a release date for the U.S or Europe. In fact, the company hasn"t even confirmed if the American or European markets will see the device at all. 
Santa Clara (CA) - Intel said it has developed a new line of motherboards that will enable PCs to retain certain functionality, even when they are in a power saving sleep mode and consume potentially less than 20% the power they normally would. The "new" motherboards, which have not received an official name yet, are planned to begin shipping next month and will come with so-called remote wake technology. It is not an entirely new feature, as it has been previously been available on Intelò€™s enterprise-focused vPro platforms (introduced in August 2007) with slightly different functionality, which allowed system administrators to carry out repairs or updates remotely on PCs within their organizations. 
MSI is showing high-end motherboards using Intel"s X48 chipset. The X48 Platinum board sports 4 PCIe slots with a mechanical x16 coding, although only two of them actually provide PCIe 2.0 x16, while the other two only run at x4. DDR3 memory is supported up to a frequency of DDR3-1600. Should the board ever have trouble booting, a "troubleshooting poster" provides an explanation in the form of a code. MSI"s Circu-Pipe heatpipe solution cools the northbridge, the southbridge and the voltage regulation modules. The VRMs themselves use a "Dual-Channel-Design" that is meant to improve efficiency. The board features 6 S-ATA ports, with the I/O shield adding another 2 eSATA connectors and 8 USB ports.