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Intel's next-gen memory closer to reality
News Intel and Numonyx announced practical advancements they believe will make phase-change memory meet its performance and capacity promise.
Tags: Memory, Personal Computers, Processors, Intel Corp., Computer, Chip, Storage, Memory, processor, hard drive
Fujitsu LifeBook S7220
Reviews Fujitsu's LifeBook S7220 is a solidly built 14.1in. notebook with integrated mobile broadband, a comfortable keyboard and decent performance, so long as you don't need fast graphics.
Tags: Battery, Graphics, Broadband, Notebook, Fujitsu LifeBook, Lid Section, Modem, Touchpad, Display, performance
Fusion-io ioDrive (80GB)
Reviews The Fusion-io ioDrive is in a performance field of its own. Home users are much better off RAIDing a few SSDs together; however, for those running servers that need extra throughput now, the Fusion-io represents an expensive, but justifiable, saviour.
Tags: Gamer, PCI Express, Chip, Card, Ubuntu, NAND, operating system, Fusion-io, firmware, hard drive
Samsung launches two-platter 1TB disk drive
News Spinpoint F3 increases platter capacity to 500GB, which translates to faster operation and fewer moving parts, according to Samsung.
Tags: Storage, Western Digital Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, Storage, hard drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, disk, Toshiba Corp., disk drive
Western Digital releases 1TB laptop hard drive
News Company's new hardware significantly shrinks the storage-capacity gap between notebook and desktop drives.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Storage, Western Digital Corp., Storage, hard drive, Laptop Computer, disk, desktop, Consumer Technology
Sony announces US$299 PS3 Slim
News In Germany, Sony unveils a new game console with the same features and functions as the "old" PS3, but smaller and lighter.
Tags: Games, Game players, Gamer, Cell, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Power Supply, processor, hard drive, CEO
Virtual PC 5.0 for Windows
Product Reviews Virtual PC 5.0 for Windows
Tags: Microsoft Virtual PC, Virtual Machine, computer, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98, PC
Storage goes through the looking glass
Techguide Almost overnight, storage has evolved from being rather limited and expensive to something remarkably cheap and virtually without limit.
Tags: Storage, Storage software, Backup, Storage, Apple Macintosh, Storage software, performance, hard drive, disk
Researchers tout 'wimpy nodes' for Net computing
News Carnegie Mellon researchers believe flash memory and feeble processors can do what conventional servers can't: power Internet sites at low power and low cost.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Computing, FAWN, David Andersen, Storage, Server, Intel Atom, Carnegie-Mellon University
How Intel's supercomputer almost used HP chips
News In the 1990s, Intel seriously considered building the world's fastest supercomputer with a rival's processors, but the Pentium Pro arrived in time after all.
Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Chip, Server, processor, supercomputer
Norton Ghost 2003
Product Reviews Norton Ghost 2003
Tags: Norton Co., Acronis, Storage, USB, hard drive, DOS, Microsoft Windows, disk
Time to drop netbook label?
Insight commentary As cheaper, ultrathin notebooks hit stores, the term netbook no longer offers much distinction.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Product development and design, Battery, Notebook, processor, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Dell Inspiron
US National Archives offers reward for missing hard drive
News Missing external hard drive at the National Archives contains names and Social Security numbers of White House visitors and staffers during Clinton administration.
Tags: Storage, Data security, Staff, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, social security number, Social Security, personally identifiable information, hard drive, White House, agency
Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)
Reviews Intel's X-25M solid-state drive enjoys several advantages over both conventional disk drives and other SSDs, including improvements to data throughput, boot time and notebook battery life. If you can forget about the cost, this is by far the fastest data drive available.
Tags: Battery, Intel Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Notebook, notebook hard drive, Gist, hard drive, flash memory, desktop
Norton PartitionMagic 8.0
Product Reviews Norton PartitionMagic 8.0
Tags: Norton Co., operating system, NTFS, phone, Symantec Corp., hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, PC
