Nikon today made announcement regarding its AF-S DX 35mm f1.8 G lens, which is basically a “fast-fifty” for DX shooters and a fast aperture prime lens with a DX equivalent focal length of 52mm. Thus it replaces the classic 50mm focal length, long a standard in photography for having a field of vision similar to the human eye.
 

ASUS has come out with the latest Eee PC 1000HE that would provide the users with a revamped chicklet style keyboard and the new Intel Atom N280 processor. Though the exterior and interior look is quite familiar to the 1000HA and 901, it could be said that if the users liked the old style; they will definitely love this one.

It should be noted that in the new Eee PC 1000HE, battery life has been extended to 9.5 hour. The credit for longer battery uptime goes to 30% larger battery and improved power management.

Here are some of the specifications of ASUS Eee PC 1000HE:-
   

These days, the market has been flooded with new and novel Netbooks. To fit the pocket of the consumers, the companies are coming with smaller screen Netbooks, which carry a reasonable price tag. But still users prefer at least a 10-inch screen when it comes to choosing Netbook with small screen; and keeping this thing in mind, Acer that owns a huge chunk of the growing Netbook market and had the Acer Aspire One with a 9-inch screen, is coming out with a 10-inch model.   

The Phenom II lineup by AMD was updated by the company on Monday with latest quad-core and its first triple-core Phenom II processors, across the DDR-3 memory transition in the process.

Other than this, five new Phenom II processors, three of which are quad-core chips: the 2.5-GHz, Phenom II X4 805; the 2.6-GHz X4 810; and the 2.6-GHz X4 910, were also launched by AMD. The 2.6-GHz Phenom II X3 710 and the new 2.8-GHz X3 720 "Black Edition", included in others, are basically the maiden triple-core Phenom II microprocessors by AMD.  

Mobile manufacturers are trying to beat slowdown by launching more models with interesting features. Consumers were provided a glimpse by LG of its new flagship multimedia cell phone, dubbed as Arena on Sunday. It has been learnt that the set would make its debut at next week's Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona.

Hyundai, the second-biggest car maker in India by sales volume, has launched the all new Verna with luxurious interiors and improved exterior features to lure domestic customers.

The newly launched Verna range includes two petrol variants - 1.6 VTVT & 1.6 SX VTVT - and two diesel variants - 1.5 CRDi VGT & 1.5 SX CRDi VGT, which will be available with both - a 5-speed manual and a 4-speed automatic transmission.