New BMW Combines Improved Power and Efficiency - BMW 3 Series Touring

BMW 3 Series Touring Arrives at Cooper Dealerships - Cooper BMW announces arrival of new BMW 3 Series Touring in September at 16 UK dealerships.

It is time to book a test drive in the BMW 3 Series Touring as it arrives at Cooper BMW dealerships in the UK. The new offering from BMW combines improved power and efficiency and also boasts an unrivalled amount of space, out-performing other cars in its class.

The BMW 3 Series Touring is available from September 2012 in a range of models including Modern, Sport and Luxury, and TwinPower Turbo engine sizes including 320d, 328i, 330d 316d, 318d and 320i. Other features that make the 3 Series Touring this year’s must-have high performance luxury estate are:

495 litre load capacity
1,500 litres of overall space with 40:20:40 split rear seat allows
under the boot floor to store the parcel shelf
Rear-wheel drive
near 50:50 weight distribution for agile handling

When it comes to performance, the 320d achieves 0-62mph in 7.6 seconds, combined fuel consumption is 60.1mpg and just 124g/km emissions.

Cooper BMW offer an exclusive ‘Drive It Your Way’ test drive programme, taking the test drive to a new dimension for its customers. Using the uniquely tailored programme, you can now test drive the BMW 3 Series Touring where and when you want, allowing you to take it for a drive on the motorway to experience speed and ability, or in your local area to for testing cornering, agility and urban prowess.

The Cooper Group is one of the largest BMW dealer groups in the UK. All their dealerships are known for providing outstanding customer service from point of enquiry right through to after sales care, with a number of excellent options and packages for its customers to choose from.

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PC Liquid Cooling Comes of Ages from Asetek Sealed Systems

PC Liquid Cooling Comes from Ages with Asetek Sealed Systems: PC Liquid Cooling Comes of Age with Asetek’s Sealed Systems - Asetek Sealed Liquid Cooler Shipments Pass the Half-Million Unit Milestone - Asetek, the world’s leading manufacturer of liquid cooling solutions for personal computers, announced today that it shipped its 500,000th sealed liquid cooler in December 2010.

Liquid has long been recognized as a superior cooling medium, having a thermal capacity four times greater than that of air. However, early liquid cooling systems were bulky, low performance, expensive and largely unreliable. Asetek revolutionized liquid cooling for the computer industry with the development of the world’s first factory sealed liquid cooling solution for PCs. Asetek sealed liquid coolers are highly reliable, maintenance free, easy to install and easy to afford. Asetek innovation made liquid cooled PCs practical.

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New High Capacity SD and USB Interface Portable Memory - Datakey Electronics

Datakey Electronics Releases New High Capacity Line of Portable Memory Tokens - Provides Embedded System Designers a Rugged and Unique Alternative to Consumer Memory Products

Datakey Electronics’ new High Capacity Line of portable memory tokens combines the high capacity and high throughput of consumer memory products (like USB flash drives/thumb drives and SD cards) with Datakey Electronics’ rugged packaging, reliable operation, unique form-factors, and high cycle-life/harsh environment receptacles.

These features allow embedded system designers to incorporate high capacity memory devices into their designs, without the shortcomings that consumer-focused solutions bring.

The High Capacity Line of re-programmable memory devices includes two families of memory tokens: the DFX Series, which delivers a high-performance Secure Digital (SD) interface (including SPI); and the UFX Series, which delivers a USB 2.0 High-Speed interface. Both series come standard with 4GBytes of non-volatile memory, with larger capacities (up to 32GBytes) available.

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Sound Blaster® X-Fi® MB2 Enhance's Gaming Audio of Onboard Audio PC Systems

Creative Announces Sound Blaster® X-Fi® MB2TM Software Suite Equipped with THX TruStudio ProTM and EAX® Advanced HDTM 5.0; Cutting-Edge Audio Enhancement Technology Debuts on the Latest ASUS ROG Rampage III Formula and Gene Series of Gaming Motherboards

Creative Technology Ltd. today announced the Sound Blaster® X-Fi® MB2 software suite - a powerful audio platform equipped with cutting-edge audio technologies designed to enhance ordinary PC systems limited by only basic onboard audio. The Sound Blaster X-Fi MB2 software suite builds on the success of the original Sound Blaster X-Fi MB, bringing enhancement of onboard PC audio to even greater echelons. Through THX TruStudio ProTM audio technology and the latest Creative EAX® Advanced HDTM 5.0, users get to enjoy premium audio quality, effects and features on their PC systems.

Gamers can anticipate being blown away by the amazing realism from the unrivalled headphone surround and gaming sound enhancement technologies delivered by the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB2. Creative EAX Advanced HD 5.0 features state-of-the-art multi-environment rendering and reverb modelling, delivering an ultra-realistic and incredibly immersive 3D gaming experience for powering the next generation of cutting-edge PC games. The additional audio cues provided by EAX can also give gamers a competitive advantage in early detection of enemies.

“We are extremely excited to see the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB2 software going into ASUS Republic of Gamers motherboards, with ASUS being the top manufacturer of motherboards in the world and constantly committed to delivering the most innovative and best performing PC solutions to enhance the gaming experience of power users. Our partnership will continue to push the boundaries of PC gaming audio, providing the much-needed realism and immersion in game-play that modern PC games demand,” said Steve Erickson, Vice President and General Manager for Audio and Video at Creative.

Creative EAX Advanced HD 5.0 allows greater detail and speed in gaming audio and adds a dedicated bass feed for 128 voices, so gaming audio becomes more cinematic

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NextWindow™ New Large-Format Touch Screen Kits (30" to 52")

NextWindow™ Introduces New Large-Format Touch Screen: New touch screen kit provides thin frame, low profile and simplified integration. NextWindow, a subsidiary of SMART Technologies, announces the 2500 Large-Format Optical Sensor, a new large-format optical touch screen kit for use by systems integrators, OEMs and ODMs.

The 2500 optical touch screen kit features thin borders and a low profile, making it attractive for commercial applications and is available in sizes ranging from 30" to 52" (76 to 132 cm). The optical sensors use a passive illumination system, improving reliability and simplifying assembly for interactive digital signage, directory displays, kiosks and education settings. The 2500 is on display this week at InfoComm 2010 at the NextWindow booth (N2552).

The 2500 Large-Format Optical Sensor kit includes all of the components necessary to

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