News written by Kaarlo Räihä (March, 2007)

CeBIT 2007 ended so it is time to sum up the expo. The first thing is PC hardware which didn't bring any new products. AMD/ATI and Intel focused more on their own gaming events and neither one released any new products.






NVIDIA didn't even show up officially even though there were some rumours before the expo that NVIDIA would launch the new GeForce 8000 series (8600 and lower) display adapters for consumers in CeBIT. Luckily a few manufacturers saved their face by introducing display adapters that don't follow the regular patterns. Specially multi monitor and small form factor display adapters were positive surprises.

AfterDawn was invited to CybeLinks product presentation where CyberLink representative talked about the current state of the company and also about the future.

Most people associate CyberLink with PowerDVD but CyberLink also makes other video and media related softwares like PowerDirector and PowerProducer. Most of their software goes to OEM manufacturers which get over 80 percent of CyberLink sales. This also is their strategy on global markets because it is easier to reach consumers through OEM manufacturers.

One of the main targets of CyberLink in media sector is Windows Media Center which CyberLink enchants with additional plugins. Media Deluxe Pro package comes with MagicDirector, PowerDV, Media Server, SoftDMA, MakeDisc and MagicSports plugins for Windows Media Center.

With MagicDirector you can easily edit your own videos directly from Windows Media Center.


With PowerDV you can capture DV and HDV material to harddrive or to DVD.


With Media Server you can share media files in your computer to local network and watch them from another computer with SoftDMA software.

CeBIT is the world's largest computer expo and it is held each spring on the fairground in Hanover, Germany. This year's CeBIT will be held between March 15th and March 21st, and AfterDawn will be there to bring you news from the expo. With 310,000 square metres of expo area and over 6,000 exhibitors, the CeBIT will hopefully gather over 450,000 visitors from all over the world.

CeBIT was first held as the computing part of the Hannover Fair, but in the 1980s the information technology and telecommunications part was straining the resources of the industry fair so much that it was given a separate trade show in 1986. Each year CeBIT has shown us new and innovative products and hopefully this year doesn't break old traditions.

I (Agent_007) will be at CeBIT throughout the expo reporting happenings from the event. The reports will include news, photos and videos of new products and from the press conferences. You, the readers of AfterDawn, can participate by giving feedback and by discussing the CeBIT expo in AfterDawn.com's CeBIT pages. You can also ask me questions and make wishes regarding stories, photos or videos CeBIT. In addition to the official material, I will also be keeping a blog about my time in Germany in general.

If you or your company are present at CeBIT, feel free to come and chat with me. I'll be the blond guy in the AfterDawn.com T-shirt.

More info:
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