Clevery announced their new product to the Japan market, the Mini HomeServer SP9C WHS. Retailed for 65,800 Yen (around 490 EUR), this desktop PC is powered by a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom 330 Dual Core processor, a 1GB of PC5300 main memory, a DVD drive, a 2TB of hard drive (2 x 1TB), and pre-installed Windows Home Server. Sounds like a wonderful machine for our home data server…

Stupid Windows Vista has this annoying problem: it doesn’t detect unpopular brand’s mouse easily. When it happened, it will display a pop-up with the following message:

Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it

USB Browser Mouse

An error occurred during the installation of the device

The driver installation file for this device is missing a necessary entry. This may be because the INF was written for Windows 95 or later. Contact your hardware vendor.

If you know the manufacturer of your device, you can visit its website and check the support section for driver software.

According to Techguy forum, the problem occurs because Windows Vista couldn’t find the driver for generic mouse (msmouse.inf). So if you have one (you can search it on your Windows folder / subfolder), you can manually direct the driver installation process to the folder that contain the driver.

I’ve tried that procedure, but strangely, the file doesn’t exist But after a bit of trial-and-error, I finally solve the problem! Here’s what I do:

1. Open Control Panel – System – Device Manager.
2. Double-click on the missing mouse device.
3. Choose Reinstall Driver – Browse My Computer… – Let Me Pick…
4. Choose HID-Compliant Mouse
5. Done!

Isn’t that easy? If I knew about this solution before, I won’t waste several mice on the trash bin…

According to Reuters, Microsoft Corporation is going to cut Windows Vista’s retail price down. In United States, Windows Vista Ultimate’s price will be reduced to $319 (from $399), while the upgrade from Windows XP to Vista will cost just $219 (from $259). These reductions will vary depend on the country.

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PQI currently offers USB DOM (Disk On Module), a UFD with ReadyBoost capability. Incase you didn’t know, ReadyBoost is one of Windows Vista’s innovative feature that lets you use either a flash disk or memory card to enhance the perfomance of your system. Back to the device, measures 7.2 x 27 x 30.4mm, it comes with a capacity between 512MB to 2GB and has a data transfer rate of 22MBps (read) / 17MBps (write).

PQI’s USB DOM key is available for $67 (2GB version) or about €50.

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Windows Live OneCare, the new all-in-one, always-on PC care service from Microsoft. It works quietly in the background on your computer, so you don’t have to worry about nasty interruptions from viruses, spyware, hackers, and other unwanted intruders. It also goes beyond security, regularly backing up all your important files and cleaning up and tuning up your PC to help keep it running at top speed.

More: http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/prodinfo/default.htm?redir=true

Product Requirements

• Windows XP SP2
• 300MHz CPU clock speed.
• 256MB RAM.
• 600MB HDD space
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later.
• A 56 kbps or faster Internet connection
• A disc burner (optional).

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Mark this date, April 28th, on your calendar because, according to SOTEC’s schedule, the company will release 6 new WinBook WH series laptops at that time. One of them is WinBook WH3313. This 15.4-inch (1280×800) notebook is powered by a Celeron M430 processor, a VIA VN896 chipset with integrated graphics engine, a 512MB of main memory (upgradeable up to 2GB), and an 80GB of hard drive. It’ll be pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Basic Edition operating system and can be purchased for just 89,900 Yen or about $760 (€560).

Other configuration is the WH3513P model. For 104,800 Yen (€660/$900), you’lll get a powerful machine with 1GB of RAM, 4 x USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard slot, Windows Vista Home Premium OS, and various connectivity options, including 802.11a/b/g WiFI and Ethernet LAN. As for the battery, it can stand for up to 1.5 hours before recharge. However, if you need to work on your office document or presentation, you’d better check out the WinBook WH3513PC laptop. The specs is similar to WH3513P, except you’d get a pre-installed Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and Office Personal 2007 productivity software package. This one will cost you 134.800 yen (850 Euros/1150 USD).

Finally, all of these six notebooks measure 358 x 263 x 36mm and weight 2.6kg.

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Toshiba yesterday announced the new Satellite laptop, the P205 series. Priced slightly less than $1,000 (base configuration), the multimedia notebook PC features a 17-inch widescreen display with a native resolution of 1440×900, 802.11n wireless connectivity, built-in webcam, and DVD burner with LabelFlash laser inscribing labels technology. Based on Intel’s 943GML and 945GM chipsets, it is powered by either an Intel Pentium, Core Duo (Yonah), or Core 2 Duo (Merom) processors; an integrated Intel GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) 950 graphics engine, up to 2GB of main memory, and up to 250GB of hard disk.

Regarding connectivity, along with Atheron Wireless LAN, Toshiba’s Satellite P205 laptop also provides support for Ethernet LAN and 56K modem. Other features include a keyboard with numeric keypad, built-in Harman Kardon speakers, ExpressCard and PC Card slots, four USB ports, Firewire, S-Video and VGA outputs, and a 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter. It weighs up to 8.1lbs (depend on the configuration) and comes with an Onyx Blue Metallic lids along with slightly rounded body-contour.

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Asus yesterday announced the release of the Vista Edition of M2N32-SLI Premium motherboard. Planned to hit the Korea market in early March, the mainboard is based on AMD processor and fully support the new Windows Vista operating system from Microsoft. Boasting a high-speed perfomance, thanks to the additional memory and ASAP (ASUS Accelerated Propeller) technology, it comes with a remote control in which users can remotely turn on/off their PC, as well as schedule various task or software to run automatically with a simple press of a button.

No words on pricing at the moment.

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Toshiba offers a new configuration for its famous Satellite A100 series laptop. Not sure about the exact sub-model name, but this new config, featuring a 14.1-inch widescreen LCD display, an Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.0GHz) processor, and a 160GB of SATA hard drive, is already Windows Vista-certified. It’ll be release very soon in Korea market, but detail on price and availability have not revealed yet.

One more pic after the jump.

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