Fujitsu this week added several upgrades to its FMV-Deskpower rigs, most of them minor but collectively adding up to a beefier spec sheet. The company's FMV-Deskpower F/D90D gets a Blu-ray drive, while it and the rest of the F-series (F/D70D and F/D60) have been outfitted with 4GB of RAM instead of 2GB, 1TB hard drive instead of 500GB (minus the F/D60), 4GB of RAM instead of 2GB, and now include MaxxAudio software. Other specs, which remain unchanged, include a 19-inch LCD dislapy, Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 processor, memory card slot, 1.3MP webcam, WiFi, and five USB 2.0 ports.

Fujitsu also made its LX/D90D PC a bit more appealing by upgrading the 22-inch monitor to a 23-inch full HD LCD display. Other specs include an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 CPU, 4GB of RAM, 1TB hard drive, Blu-ray, WiFi, and six USB 2.0 ports.

No word on whether Fujitsu plans on offering any of these PCs in the U.S.

In what sounds like a simple formula for success, Dell plans to combine one good thing with another good thing for what it hopes will turn out to be a great thing. Or to be less vague, Dell, who offers both SSDs and encrypted drives, will start adding encrypted SSDs to its notebook lineup sometime this summer.

Samsung will manufacture the drives, which will come in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB capacities to start. The self-encrypting drives will automatically encrypt data as it is being saved, "an industry first" for SSDs, according to Samsung and Wave Systems.

"Benefits of hardware encryption over today's software-only encryption approaches include faster performance, better security, and an 'always on' feature," Samsung and Wave Systems said in a statement. "Because encryption keys and access credentials are generated and stored within the drive hardware, they never leave its confines and are never held in the operating system or software."

No word yet on exactly when Dell will implement the new SSDs or at what price points.

Looks like Acer has been busy readying all kinds of portable PCs to hit the market at once and today announced a whirlwind of new laptops and netbooks. In this case, a whirlwind consists of at least 10 new mobile PCs.

Give credit to news site Engadget for tidying up the entire spectrum of new releases, which includes the Aspire 5935 and 8935, both of which are 18.4-inch laptops with support for up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, biometric fingerprinting, WiFi, Bluetooth, and WiMAX. The 8935 adds 1080p output and up to two hard drives totallng 1TB, whereas the 5935 nixes full HD and can hold only one 500GB hard drive.

Then there's the Aspire 3935, a 13.3-inch ultraportable with a 1366 x 769 LED display, Intel Core 2 Duo processor, WiFi, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, biometric fingerprinting, and an 8-cell battery.

Other models include three eMachines, a pair of Gateway-branded netbooks, and Gateway's ID series, which sports a 15.6-inch LED backlit display, slot-in DVD drive, webcam with a curtain, multi-gesture touchpad, and more.

Get the full scoop here.

Apple earlier this month began taking orders for its new Mac Pro workstations with Intel's Xeon 3500 and 5500 quad-core processors, so technically, Lenovo isn't the first major PC maker to announce Nehalem-based workstations. Unless, like us, you demand a real PC (oh burn!).

Due for release next week, Lenovo's ThinkStation D20 and S20 workstation will also come configured with Intel's Xeon 3500 and 5500 dual- and quad-core processors. Intel is expected to launch the new CPUs next week as well.

The lower-end S20, which will start out at $1,070, is a single-socket system with support for up to 12GB of memory. The higher-end D20, which will start out at $1,550, comes with two sockets and ups and ante with support for up to 96GB of memory. Both systems will offer up to 1TB of storage.

End-users will be able to choose between Windows Vista Business and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the OS, and an Nvidia Quadro or ATI FirePro workstation videocard for graphics chores.

Both models are expected to be available before April.