Coming to help those in need of a cut and compact optical drive for their netbook, Buffalo has now announced the DVSM-PN58U2V series DVD writers. Set to be available in black and white, the new burners measure 137 x 142 x 20 mm, weight 340 grams, have USB 2.0 interfaces (can connect via one or two ports, the latter option not requiring the drive to be hooked up to a power socket) and can write DVD-R/+R SL and DVD+RW at 8x, DVD-R/+R DL at 6x, DVD-RAM at 5x, and CD-R, CD-RW at 24x.

Set to ship in Mid-March, the DVSM-PN58U2V series drives will cost about $85.5.

Source: VRZone Forum

Kingston, world’s largest memory manufacturer, has decided to expand its HyperX line to include modules for notebooks as well. Kingston’s HyperX 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM module is specified to operate at 533MHz with 3-3-3-8 memory latencies and Kingston does mention the fast growing netbook market as a possible target group. Netbooks are often poorly endowed on the memory front and Kingston’s new module will adjust automatically to its more aggressive timings even with a netbook platform.

Source: VRZone forum