Based on a similar chassis design to the M3800 Multimedia NAS, the new N3200PRO takes what was good in their previous product, N3200, and slaps a shiny new AMD Geode Processor into it. According to Thecus…

“The N3200 brought RAID 5 to the realm of home NAS units, and the N3200PRO is our follow up to this groundbreaking device,” says Thecus General Manager Florence Shih. “With an AMD GeodeTM processor at its core, users are really going to love the improved performance and system response of the N3200PRO.”

Well, of course no one likes a laggy NAS so I’ll definitely agree that improved performance and system response is a god thing. In addition to better performance, the new AMD Geode Processors are supposed to be better on the utility bill as well.

The N3200PRO will continue to offer a built in iTunes Server, DLNA Media Server, Photo Web Server and a built in Surveillance Server when paired with a compatible webcam. No price or released date was available from Thecus at this time, but they did tell me to send you to the Thecus Website. Another option would be their new RSS Feed Service in multiple languages.

The other day, SuperTalent went all luxury on us with the release of their new Luxio USB Flash Drives sporting up to 64GB’s of luxurious storage. Well, the folks at SuperT have decided to one up themselves once again with a bling bling gold plated version of their tiny Pico-C USB Drive.

Unlike the original Pico-C, which was merely gold plated, the new Limited Edition PIco-C drive has a casing that is actually made of solid 18-carat gold and comes with its own Certificate of Authenticity. Unfortunatley, it’s still only 8GB’s so you aren’t gaining any performance benefits. However, you can say that your USB drive is made of gold though.

Expect to see this drive available for around $599 US if you want to pre-order it. I don’t think we’ll be seeing these in stock anytime soon. Included in that price is laser etching of anything you want at no charge, a black velvet jewelry box so you’ll end up never using it, and a matching 18-carat gold keychain, which you will also never take out of the house.

For more information on this product, head on over to the SuperTalent Website. I’m expecting to see a diamond encrusted drive of some sorts next week. More pictures after the jump.

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If you were one of the unfortunate few that got stuck with the gimped Xbox 360 Arcade help is on the way courtesy of Microsoft. A new bundle retailing for $109 CDN will give you all the Xbox Live action that you’ve been missing out on. That’s right. You no longer have to play with yourself.

The bundle includes…

• 60 GB hard drive… Download HD movies and games from Xbox LIVE directly to your 60GB hard drive
• Xbox 360 wired headset… Strategize with team mates or chat with friends over Xbox LIVE
• Three-month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription… Play your favourite games online with your friends
• Ethernet cable… Plug your Xbox 360 in and start enjoying Xbox LIVE

In other words, pretty much everything that you should have bought in the first place, before you were duped into the Arcade Bundle. I know that some of you were victims of uninformed gift givers. Simply buy the bundle, do the stealth install, and then tell people that the reason you didn’t join them on Xbox Live was because you didn’t have Internet (anything but the truth). They’ve shipped today so expect to see them soon at a store near you.

Although benchmarks seem to be conflicted as to real performance increases with extra memory, ZOTAC has decided to keep up with the status quo by releasing their own one gigabyte powered products. Based on the 9800GTX+ core, it’s pretty much the same old same old, but of course, with 1GB of memory vs the usual 512MB. According to ZOTAC…

“Packing our ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ with 1GB of graphics memory allows ZOTAC to deliver higher performance to our mainstream customers, especially with new demanding DirectX 10 games,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International. “The added graphics memory will be most beneficial to gamers that play at higher-resolutions in high-quality modes.”

If we were all running 30 inch monitors, then I think the memory might come in handy, but at those resolutions I’d be more worried about frame rates than higher quality. For more information, check out the ZOTAC Website. More pictures of this one gigabyte powered beastie after the jump…

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Just as Playboy has said goodbye to optical media in the form of their DVD business, FUSION Electronics has told the CD to take a hike in their latest car audio receiver unit. 

The CA-IP500 is the first car audio receiver to fully integrate iPod docking into the head unit itself. It not only plays audio from the iPod, once docked inside the head unit, but it will charge the iPod as well. Once the front faceplate is closed, you can’t even tell that this head unit has no CD player and that it relies soley on your iPod as its source material.

The unit supports iPod Classic (Gen5 and Gen6), iPod Nano (Gen2 and Gen3), and all of the recently announced generations of iPod Touch and iPod Nano systems. Full iPod control is realized using the head units own controls so you never have to touch your actual iPod controls. If you get sick of your playlist, you can turn on the receiver’s AM/FM Tuner with RDS while SRS WOW provides cabin filling sound. The CA-IP500 is also ready to pimp your ride with 4-Channel plus subwoofer line out, auxiliary in, 7 band equalizer with 11x presets and 3x users, and subwoofer level control. For more modest installs, the head unit does feature a 50W x 4 MOSFET amp onboard.

The unit is backed by a 3 year warranty with a 2 year flat extension and can be had for a price of $249.99 USD. It’ll be available at your local Best Buy soon. For more information, check out the FUSION website.