When it comes to technology nowadays, a few of the essential features consumers are constantly looking for include portability and style. The trend now is not making new equipments at all but is more leaned towards improving the current ones we have.

It's because of this that we often hear gadget news boasting about the latest innovations. Sharp Corporation would now like to be a part of that list as it has just successfully engineered the world's thinnest LCD for mobile devices. Their "world's thinnest" LCD is named Mobile Advanced Super View LCD.

Sharp's Mobile Advanced Super View LCD is scheduled to be displayed at the event FPD International 2007 at Pacifico Yokohama from today until October 26. Sharp also added that the resolution power of Mobile Advanced Super View LCD is comparable to today's LCD TV. Here are other specifications provided by the company:

• Screen size: 2.2 inches
• Pixel count: 240x320 (QVGA)
• Module thickness: 0.68 mm
• Contrast: 2000:1
• Viewing angle: vertical, horizontal, and diagonal: 176 degrees
• Response speed: 8ms (black - white display)
• Applications: mobile phones, digital cameras, and other mobile devices

Here's something to use for your ultimate gaming rig: Samsung has just manufactured an impressive 40-inch full high definition LCD television panel. And the best part? it's only 1 centimeter thick. Or make that thin.

The more conventional 30mm bezel is thinned out into only 14.6mm, making for a sleek and slim display. This display also uses an LED backlight. Those who don't want to use power-hogging displays may want to take a look at this new LCD monitor, since this panel has a low power consumption of 90 watts or less.

Not yet released for public consumption, Samsung will first launch this impressive LCD monitor in the FPD International 2007 event in Yokohama, Japan, on October 24 to 26. We do hope that the launch price for this nifty display won't be too pricey for any of us to have to trade-in any of our gaming gadgets.

A new, thinner LCD TV panel is being prepped for launch by LG.Philips LCD. This new 42-inch panel will reportedly be 40 percent thinner at only 19.8 mm and 10 percent lighter than conventional 42-inch panels.

Despite the slim frame, LG.Philips LCD still managed to cram a few impressive features into the panel. It uses 120Hz technology to eliminate motion blur and full HD resolution. Costs were also kept low with the use of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) backlight.

LG.Philips LCD will launch its ultra-slim 42-inch TFT-LCD TV panel in the first quarter of 2008. The panel will be on display at FPD International 2007 in Yokohama, Japan, from October 24 to October 26.

Over two years ago, Apple Computer stunned the world with the introduction of its XServe G5 with 30 GigaFLOP Processor.

Researchers at Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research are developing a machine that will leave it in the dust.

The MDGRAPE-3, aka. the "Protein Explorer," will be able to perform calculations at the rate of one "petafFLOP," or over one quadrillion FLOating Point operations per second.  This number is equivalent to 2⁵⁰, or 1,125,899,906,842,624.  This computer will be used to perform simulations of molecular dynamics and non-bonding interactions between atoms. The entire system consist of 24 of the Institute's LSI chips, connected to a total of 101 parallel servers - 64 of which are equipped with 256 Intel 5000 cores, and the remaining servers with 74 Xeon 3.2 GHz cores.

While this computer cannot presently be compared directly with other top supercomputers around the world, it's theoretical top processing speed is at least three times that of the current #1, IBM's "BlueGene."

The system was presented to the public last Saturday at the Institute's lab in Yokohama.