This is the type of stuff media like us are just not supposed to find out about, but it always has a way of finding its way to the surface it seems nowadays.

Engadget has a story via Eee PC News in Germany that not only one but two large Taiwanese companies were caught out using photoshopped Apple MacBook advertising to promote their Eee PC (ASUS) and Wind PC (MSI) sub-notebook products.

In an affort to make buying a PC gaming system and parts easier for all the grandmas and grandpas out there, as well as parents and the youth who don't follow the latest in new CPU and GPU technology closely, AMD has just introduced two new badges which aim to make the buying decision easier.

The first badge is called simply "AMD GAME!" and will be featured on system that carry a minimum of an Athlon X2 5600+ CPU, ATI Radeon HD 3650 graphics card and motherboard based on AMD's 770 chipset. AMD GAME! platforms give you a system that's balanced and designed for people who want some of the latest and greatest technologies to enjoy cutting-edge games and HD entertainment.* An AMD GAME! PC platform combines AMD's award winning processor, graphics, and chipset technologies to deliver a great gaming experience at a great value. And by allowing evolving game needs to dictate new technology, AMD GAME! systems can keep you at the front end of the technology curve.

Creative has extended their X-Fi lineup this week with the introduction of two new models under the Fatal1ty branding scheme. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card is PCI-E x1 based with Dolby Digital encoding support, EAX 5.0 effects and 3D positional audio. Creative's ALchemy is also included to restore EAX and surround sound in DirectSound game titles under Vista.

If you're looking for something with even more bells and whistles, Creative are also offering the new Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series which is indentical to the Professional Series card but also includes an internal I/O drive for more convenient front panel port access and volume control. The drive can fit into a 3.5" bay and features mic-in and headphone-out connections, or you can slide the unit into the included 5.25" bracket which adds RCA line-in connections into the mix.

Just as ASUS issues a statement on its website stating that Gigabyte made false claims to media at a press event held last week regarding some of its new technology, the ASUS EPU vs. Gigabyte DES power saving wars battle on. I think personally we are in for a good show as both motherboard giants battle it out.

At its press event in Taipei this afternoon, ASUS demonstrated two Intel X48 based motherboards using the exact same components and software (and a couple of models that went down rather well with the men in the crowd). There are no prizes for guessing which other brand board was involved in the exercise. Of course, it was Gigabyte's X48-DQ6 (DDR2) and the ASUS P5E Deluxe (also DDR2). ASUS tested EPU and DES in a live demonstration to attending press and the results surprised us a little.

ASUS held a rather upbeat press event this afternoon here in Taipei city at the fancy Westin hotel.

While it was a little hard at first to get the event address details confirmed, we eventually made it and got a glimpse of ASUS' P45 lineup which will officially launch next month at Computex.

With a bit of experience in the watercooling market now under its belt, Thermaltake has bettered its existing lineup of internal Liquid Cooling Systems with the launch of the new ProWater Series; the first DIY kit to show up in the new series being the PW 850i.

Looking over some of the specs listed on the supporting product page, the P500 pump used for the kit is capable of pumping 500 litres per hour and should have a very good lifespan with its hard-wearing ceramic bearing. Thermaltake has also gone with their exclusive Dimple Dimpled Tubes (DDT) technology instead of using traditional round tubes and an aluminum radiator with adjustable 120mm fan (1300 to 2400RPM).

The pure copper waterblock with reliable Brazing technology can be attached with a universal mounting system suited to all current-gen platforms, and Tt has also included their "Flow TX", a flow meter that allows one to monitor the movement of the coolant through its transparent cover for peace of mind.

The folks over at DeviceVM certainly have something to grin about - ASUS has just announced that it will include its Splashtop instant-on Linux OS software as part of its Express Gate feature on all upcoming motherboards starting with the P5Q family.

While Express Gate is not entirely new, it has seen some changes now. Instead of having to run the software off a HDD or pen drive (where you might as well just use Ubuntu), this time the boards will have a dedicated memory chipset linked to the BIOS. Turn on your system and within a second or so, you have an OS to play around with.

The type of setup is probably more suited to notebooks, but if you are only interested in web browsing, you could save a bucket of cash not having to pay for Vista or waste time setting up another Linux operating system, as it is there ready to go. The video below which was uploaded to YouTube below explains how Splashtop works.

Aliph has just unveiled its Jawbone 2 (or the sequel, as we should supposedly call it) and the folks over at Engadget were on hand to give it a hands-on preview and unboxing.

It is said to be roughly half the size of the original Jawbone headset and has a more comfortable fit. The somewhat complicated ear hook is now also gone in favor of a flexible fit design which impressed.

We are back over at TG Daily this story and Theo Valich offers a short story as to why he thinks Intel's upcoming Nehalem based processors will play nicely with expensive and ultra fast enthusiast RAM.

His argument says that on Intel based platforms, it's rather difficult to fully utilize modern high-speed memory such as DDR3-2000. If you wanted to fully utilize it and obtain the 32GB/s theoretical maximum bandwidth, your CPU would need to be running an FSB of 4000MHz. This is of course is not possible as you'd need a multiplier setting of 1x or 0.5x - let alone not mentioning the system being able to handle such an insane bus speed.

In the lead up to Computex Taipei next month we are seeing things really starting to spice up from our Taiwanese computer company buddies.

Just yesterday news leaked out about MSI's ASUS Eee Box competitor featuring an Intel Atom processor as well as full pricing details for MSI's Wind PC and now today we see reports that ASUS is preparing yet another Eee PC sub-notebook with model name 901.