BMW unveiled its four-passenger convertible ‘135i Convertible’ during NAIAS 2008, which is powered by 6-cylinder Twin-Turbo engine with 300 horse power. It can accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in 5.6 seconds.

The BMW 135i convertible was unveiled to North American fans at the Detroit Auto Show on January 13, 2008. BMW also officially announced was the long awaited pricing for the BMW 1 series convertibles:

• 128i convertible list price - $33,875
• 135i convertible list price - $39,875

Toshiba has introduced several new external hard drives, in a bid to upgrade both capacities and appearance. All the drives now have a smaller footprint, and in some cases the option of three different wave-like color patterns: red, gray and green. Currently out is a new 2.5-inch drive, boosting the capacity of the series to 320GB. 160 and 250GB versions remain available; the 320GB model is $200.

The company is also debuting completely new 1.8-inch drives, sized at 60, 80 and 120GB. These will be ready in the spring at unannounced prices, though it is known that they will come with backup and encryption software

Optoma introduced the latest ultra-portable projectors EP1691  and EP7155.At 3.2 pounds and a native 16:9 aspect ratio, the Optoma EP1691 delivers the picture quality and widescreen pixel matching for today’s 16:9 notebooks. Stylish and lightweight, the EP1691 takes laptop content to large screen presentations easily without having to re-adjust notebook settings.

The Optoma EP7155 also weighs 3.2 pounds and boasts 2500 lumens of brightness. With native XGA(1024×768) resolution, the EP7155 is the brilliant presentation travel tool.

With a DLP® chipset by Texas Instruments, the Optoma EP1691 and EP7155 project the high-impact, high-quality images needed to make presentations stand out. These powerful projectors deliver higher brightness levels and provide truer, more vibrant colors to the picture on display.

Kia Motors Corporation announced the world debut of the all-new Borrego midsize SUV (to be known as “Mohave” in some markets) at the 2008 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, further bolstering its ever growing product line-up.

Inspired by Kia’s “less is more” design philosophy, Borrego was intended to convey a pure and functional look. It joins Kia’s versatile and stylish range of cars and SUVs for those who enjoy active and energetic lifestyles. Set to go on sale this summer in overseas markets (domestic Korean sales commenced in early January), Borrego houses Kia’s first-ever V8 engine, making it the most powerful Kia vehicle to date

As Kia’s most powerful vehicle, Borrego is offered with a 3.8-liter V6 as well as Kia’s first 4.6-liter V8 DOHC engine in some markets including North America, the latter producing more than 300-horsepower. Also unique to Borrego and new to Kia is the six-speed automatic transmission mated to the V8 engine. Offered in two- and four-wheel drive, with class-leading towing of 7,500 pounds when partnered to the V8 and 5,000 pounds with the V6, the midsize SUV offers unmatched capabilities for a weekend of camping and off-roading, just as much as a sophisticated night on the town.

Time Capsule runs with any Mac system running on Leopard. It has the ability to back up the files of ALL your Mac computers within one home, automatically, every hour of the day. Even if you had deleted files, the Time Capsule would be able to retrieve, them, even giving your Macs the functionality to restore software when needed. The Time Capsule works with the Time Machine which is included in the Mac Leopard operating system update. Other than being a back-up device, the Time Capsule could also serve as a WiFi base station equipped with 802.11n technology. It comes with built-in power supply. The Time Capsule comes in two variants — the 500GB version which will sell for US$299 and the 1TB version which will sell for US$499.

Additional Time Capsule features include: — dual-band antennas for 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz frequencies; — three Gigabit LAN ports; — one Gigabit Ethernet WAN port; — one USB 2.0 port; — Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA-2), 128-bit WEP encryption; and — a built-in NAT firewall supporting NAT-PMP for features like Back to My Mac.

Microsoft is releasing the new Red Zune 80GB for Valentine’s day! Aside from the fact that it looks lovely, Microsoft is also offering 20 new artworks for your Red Zune design which would only be available until February 14. The featured artworks for the Valentine’s collection are from four artists: Studio Play Pretend, Colorblok, PSYOP and Friends With You. You can also choose not to have laser-engraved graphics and go for five full lines of text instead. Zune even offers free gift-wrapping promo for a limited time! Other than the Zune itself, the Zune Marketplace online store presents Valentine offerings. You can now download various love songs to share with your loved one.