NVIDIA late yesterday put up a video (viewable below) that provides some of the first official performance indicators for the GeForce GTX 480.

At CeBIT on Thursday, chipmaker Intel announced it has released the first Atom-class processor platform optimized for home and small office storage markets. Both single- (D410) and dual-core (D510) Atoms will be offered for this purpose, which will run on Microsoft Windows Home Server and Linux operating systems

Among other product displays shown off by ASUS at CeBIT is this fashionably designed and ultra-thin RT-N56U Wi-Fi router. Despite the reveal, ASUS is not forthcoming with technical details, saying only the router operates on either the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, had dual-band support and can be used to send data to wireless printers and scanners….

Corsair on Thursday introduced a new range of solid state drives with the Force Series. Both the 100GB and 200GB models have a SATA II interface and offer purportedly class-topping 280MBps peak read speeds and 260MBps write speeds. Corsair credits the speed to the use of a newer SandForce SF-1200 SSD processor to help govern traffic…

AT&T modernized its 3G modem lineup on Thursday with two new USB sticks, including its first from LG. The LG USBConnect Turbo focuses mostly on design and has a unique swiveling USB connector that can work horizontally or vertically, fitting into even relatively unconventional ports

Acer as part of a mostly Europe-focused update at CeBIT has added a new pico projector. The K11 still uses DLP and fits in a pocket but gets a boost with an LED lamp

Sonnet says it has launched a new RAID system, the Fusion DP800P2.

Graphics hardware’s Sapphire at CeBIT has shown one of the first ultra high-end versions of the Radeon HD 5970 in a bid to have the fastest video cards in the world. The special model will double the amount of onboard memory to a record 4GB and will carry a custom, three-slot fan and heatsink cooling system.

Super Talent has introduced SuperCrypt, a new USB 3.0 drive with AES hardware encryption.

Western Digital this morning launched into the field of solid-state drives for the home by releasing the SiliconEdge Blue. The 2.5-inch SATA II drive is considered a drop-in replacement to speed up disk performance for notebooks or gaming desktops and has the performance to match. Among other SSDs, the Blue is fast with 250MB per second peak read speeds and 170MB for writes…