Intel Corp. the proverbial Chipzilla has released news of the latest marketing name for its new family of ultra-small CPU's.

The brand name "Atom" for the ultra small chips which are designed to give end-users an entirely new design, built for low power and designed specifically for a new wave of Mobile Internet Devices and simple, low-cost PC's.

Last week we attend a small CeBIT preview for the press in Taiwan were MSI talked a bit about ECOlution, which is MSI's take on being more environmentally friendly among other things. Possibly the most exciting of the things shown in terms of what was easy to make out was their prototype CPU fan which uses a technology similar to a sterling engine which we told you about here. Now we've gotten around to uploading a short video we shot at the event which will give you a better idea of what it looks like in action.

The noise you're hearing is actually from the fan itself, but MSI reassured us that this was only a prototype issue and that production fans should be quiet, due to different materials being used and a better manufacturing process being applied. This was of course far from the only thing on show and we've got pictures of a fair few other things to show you. First up we have a couple of pictures of MSI's EFI BIOS and it looks like a cracking way of access and changing all the BIOS options. Our Editor, Cameron Wilmot had a quick go as you can see from the picture below, although we weren't allowed to change any of the settings.

Well, we really thought we had seen it all when it comes to insane tech toys but obviously not quite yet.

During the CeBIT trade show a local German company "Bling My Thing" is showcasing an Apple MacBook Air notebook computer which will set you back a staggering $20,000 pounds which is equal to just about $40,000 USD - we are not kidding you here.

It seems as if no graphic card is safe at the moment - there is no hiding - especially during the CeBIT trade show in Germany.

Curtsey of some folks from China, we get a up-close view of the upcoming Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card which should release before the end of this month if we are not mistaken.

Nvidia's upcoming single GPU monster is based on a 65nm G92 chip and will replace the current GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB as the fastest single GPU card on the market. There are no details on pricing yet but it is stripped naked for public viewing right here.

AMD has released details about its forthcoming ATI Catalyst 8.3 display driver which is due out anytime now for users of Windows Vista. Keep an eye on the AMD Game website for more.

Whilst AMD allowed certain members of the press to preview the driver, it has not yet been released to the general public. Notably the 8.3 version of the driver will bring official CrossfireX support which allows for up to four GPU's to be linked in Crossfire mode.

Sony Australia have announced three new, hard drive based, 1920x1080 high definition handycams for the Australian market. The three will be available from late March at Sony Central stores Australia wide and all good camera retailers.

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Sony has announced that Skype services will be available to all Japanese PSP users from March 18.

After Sony confirmed that the Playstation portable (PSP) will incorporate a Skype Web phone function that will allow users to phone Skype contacts the world over provided they have the Skype software installed on a PC, or a similarly setup PSP earlier this year, there were issues with the microphone. The move is seen as an attempt to boost sales which are flagging behind Nintendo's DS sales.

Acer announced that it will acquire E-TEN Information Systems, a well known and respected manufacturer of smartphone mobile and handheld devices.

The acquisition has been accepted by all parties involved, and the undisputed takeover (to date) will go on, subject to the usual takeover procedures such as approval from shareholders and of course if the government regulators approve.

Acer over the last year has had a strong showing, with its acquisition of Gateway, and Packard Bell strengthening capabilities across their entire range of products, but in particular the mobile technologies. The acquisition of E-TEN will be another feather in the cap for the synergies of the hotly contested mobile devices arena.

AMD's first DirectX 10.1 technology demo has found itself out in the wild wild Web over in China.

Ping Pong demo is said to be the world's first DirectX 10.1 demo with the intention of demonstrating DX10.1 Cube Map Array technology derived from the real-time global illumination technology. It teams up with the work of dynamic environment blocking technology to correct reflection of space technology and delay rendering technology. Did you get all that?

Maybe we should have booked thought plane tickets to Germany after all. Nevertheless, the news continues flooding in and we find ourselves back at German website PCGH who scored exclusive pictures of an upcoming and improved AMD Radeon HD 3870 X2 which has been rumored for the past week or so.