Toshiba considering products in the Blu-ray format that beat its HD-DVD standardJuly 21st, 2009 Toshiba likely to embrace one-time rival Blu-rayTOKYO — After losing its battle to make the HD-DVD the successor to the DVD, Toshiba Corp. is considering making products in the winning format, Blu-ray.
Toshiba to join once-rival Blu-ray disc camp, plans Blu-ray products like players, computersAugust 10th, 2009 Toshiba to join rival Blu-ray camp, plans productsTOKYO —Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association.
Seagate Releases World's Fastest and Shock Tolerant Hard Drive November 26th, 2008 Leading hardware manufacturer Seagate announced Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500GB hard drive to deliver a "perfect combination of capacity, speed and durability". They will market the manufacture for Acer Aspire consumer notebook PCs, and the blazing on-the-road performance and shock tolerance of the Acer TravelMate professional notebooks.
Seagate Teams up with McAfee, Ships Self-Encrypting DriveNovember 26th, 2008 Powerful, easy-to-use notebook data security is increasingly important as the global adoption of mobile PCs continues to soar and more notebooks are used to store sensitive personal and business information. Lost or stolen notebooks can cost companies millions of dollars in compromised proprietary information and threaten consumers with the high cost of identity theft, yet many computers remain unprotected.
Wal-Mart expands low-price PC offerings for back-to-school season in campaign for new marketsJuly 23rd, 2009 Wal-Mart expands PC offeringsNEW YORK — A move by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to offer more and lower-priced laptops could give it an edge over key rival Best Buy Co.
PC shipments fell 3 percent in 2nd quarter; Dell snatches back top spot in US from HPJuly 15th, 2009 PC shipments down 3 pct., less than expected in 2QSEATTLE — Worldwide personal computer shipments declined at a gentler pace than expected in the second quarter as consumers snapped up inexpensive laptops, two technology research groups said Wednesday. Still, the figures point to 2009 being the industry's first full year in decline since 2001.
Samsung Laptop Replaces Hard Disk with Flash MemoryMay 24th, 2006 Samsung Electronics said that it will launch a laptop computer and a "ultra-computing device," in early June. In these devices the hard drives will be replaced with 32 gigabytes of NAND flash memory.
World's Smallest DVD Writer LaunchedAugust 25th, 2006 Plextor launched what it claims as the world's smallest DVD writer, a slim external unit aimed at notebook users. It weighs 250g, 1.6cm high and barely bigger than a CD.
Create Bootable Windows 7 USB Drive April 3rd, 2009 I am sure you don't want to downlaod and install and run the mammoth Windows 7 yet in your PC. But being a curious techie, you can not leave it unattended either.
Hands On Review of Seagate Momentus 5400.6 (Tested on Windows 7)April 6th, 2009 Today, we were sent a parcel from Seagate with their new Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500 GB hard drive for reviewing purpose. After unpacking the hard drive, it was evident that the product was very lightweight and compact.
Third Dell Laptop Goes For Spontaneous CombustionJuly 31st, 2006 This is the third reported case of Dell Laptops exploding in flames, this time in Singapore. Register reports another Dell notebook, a Latitude D410, has burst into flames.
Samsung CD ROM Drive: Worst BuyOctober 15th, 2005 I have 5 PC's equipped with Samsung 52X (Max) CD-ROM Drives for around 2 years. It was a horrible mistake to make.
How to Get Back Your Lost USBJanuary 8th, 2009 What if you lose your USB drive? It has slipped off your pocket or you have left it somewhere and forgot. All your work is gone.
Dell XPS M1710 Laptop Rocks Mobile Gaming WorldApril 19th, 2006 It is arguably the fastest mobile gaming machine with Intel dual core processor and nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX. Specifications:
Operating System: MS Windows XP Media Center
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo T2600
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
RAM: 2048 MB
Hard Drive Capacity: 100 GB
Graphics: nVidia GeForce Go 7900GTX
Primary Optical Drive: DVD+R DL
Wireless: 802.11a/g
Screen Size: 17 inches
Screen Size Type: widescreen
System Weight: 8.8 lbs
Price: 2558-2902-3474 (base configurations) from Dell Direct
XPS M1710 is equipped with six grills, lacing the laptop's edges, that light up in a myriad of user-definable colors.
Seagate Constellation - World's Highest Capacity and Power- Efficient SED Hard DrivesFebruary 3rd, 2009 Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today introduced its Constellation™ family of new enterprise storage solutions for Tier-2 nearline storage applications. The two new drive models, the 2.5-inch Constellation and the 3.5-inch Constellation ES hard drives, include a combination of features that enable high capacities, increased power efficiency, enterprise-class reliability, and data security.