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Asus' 8.9" Eee draws crowds at CeBIT: Here in CeBIT 2008, crowds descended on Hannover Germany to see the latest technologies. Germany is certainly a lovely country but there's nothing lovable about the 5.60 Euro per gallon gas prices. CeBIT is certainly one of the more unique conventions I've been to since everything...; Tags: ASUS, Webcam, CeBit, Bottom Line, Flash Memory, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-03-07
Photos: Samsung bets big on Flash Memory: While it continues to push high-capacity hard drives, company also says HDD, optical drives, solid-state drives, and hybrid drives will remain. by CNET News.com; Tags: Hard Drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Photograph, Flash Memory, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-03-04
Coming soon: Movies on Flash Memory cards: Coming soon: Movies on flash memory cardsA dead duckAny time I see "proprietary", it just reminds me that people will use it because they have to, until the next big thing comes along. Theres also the issue of cost.Speaking about the reality, there is a lot of internet movie copying...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Memory, Digital media, digital-rights management, movie, memory card, flash memory, video store; Discussion threads 2008-03-03
Flash Memory Toolkit (exe): Flash Memory Toolkit combines a wide range of functions which allows you to get the most out of your flash memory card or USB stick.Measure the performance, scan for errors, securely delete all data, recover files and create a bit-for-bit identical backup with a quick and easy to use interface....; Tags: Flash Memory, Flash Memory Toolkit, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2008-02-11
Beware fake memory cards: If it sounds too good to be true, maybe it is Counterfeiting is a huge business. Handbags we know about. Car parts, maybe. But flash memory cards? It's true. Flash is a brutally competitive business Real flash cards - Compact Flash (CF), SD and the...; Tags: Memory Card, eBay Inc., Flash Memory, Chip, Memory, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-10-25

Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000: While Microsoft isn't usually the first brand name that springs to mind when you think of computer hardware (software's another story), the tech giant wants to be your peripheral provider of choice, offering a variety of mice, Webcams, and keyboards. Microsoft has a handful of new laptop mice, including the...; Tags: Mice, Notebooks, cable, mouse, laptop computer, battery, Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, flash memory, receiver, Microsoft Corp.; Product reviews 2007-09-21
Toshiba says subpoenaed over Flash Memory: Toshiba says subpoenaed over flash memorylooolpWnt!Yet another stupid investigation...That will go absolutely nowhere. Why doesn't the government spend more time and resources investigating and prosecuting crimes it can 1. prove and 2. genuinely affect peoples' lives and safety. For example, a 7 month old infant was shot execution...; Tags: Government, Memory, flash memory, Toshiba Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-09-15
.NET Micro Framework Firmware Deployment Tool (MFDeploy) (zip): The MFDeploy tool communicates with the bootloader on Micro Framework-enabled devices, and provides you with an extensible, flash memory management tool. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., Firmware, Flash Memory, Tool, MFDeploy Tool, Productivity, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2007-09-07
Flash Memory Technology Direction: A number of key new computing system initiatives - including Windows Vista ReadyBoost and Windows ReadyDrive technologies - exploit the performance, economy, power efficiency, and high reliability of NAND Flash memory. System designers implementing NAND Flash-based traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) or newer Hybrid Hard Drives (HHDs) and Solid State...; Tags: NAND Flash, NAND, Flash Memory, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2007-05-02
Intel moves closer to Flash Memory replacement: Intel moves closer to flash memory replacementNot CD-ROM. That's Read Only.CD-RW and CD-RAM are based on phase-change. Not CD-ROM.It's not optically based - it uses electrical resistancePhase-change memory doesn't use optics - it reads the change in resistance to determine a "1" or a "0". Rather than...; Tags: Consumer electronics, cell, flash memory replacement, programming, flash memory, Chalcogenide, Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-04-17
The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: ReadyBoost stands alone: Last time, we looked at RAM usage by the Windows Vista and Mac OS operating systems. Now, we turn to memory enhancement, something that is unique to Windows Vista, because it includes a technology called ReadyBoost, which uses flash memory to supplement available system RAM. Its a feature that will...; Tags: Vista/Mac showdown, Business &, Technology; Blog posts 2007-02-27
The big marketing lie on flash drive performance: The big marketing lie on flash drive performanceWhat's the point of Readyboost?Why not just buy more RAM memory and stick it in? USB devices already show up ok in most OSs (as a drive admittedly) but why would I want my "main" memory to be external to the box?The performance...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Performance management, flash memory, ReadyBoost, Microsoft Windows Vista, performance, marketing, USB flash drive; Discussion threads 2007-01-18
CloneDisk (exe): Fast clone all operation system. Repair bad hard disk, partition of fixed disk, floppy disk, flash memory, CD or DVD. Backup and restore information. Copy or clone hard disk, partition of fixed disk, floppy disk, flash memory.; Tags: Floppy Disk, Disk, Flash Memory; Software downloads 2007-01-18
Photo: SanDisk goes flash with hard drive: Unlike traditional hard drives, flash memory drives do not contain moving parts, making them less prone to breaking down.; Tags: flash memory, hard drive, photograph, SanDisk Corp.; Image galleries 2007-01-04
Flash Memory Trends and Technologies: This presentation presents an overview of technology trends driving changes in NVM and Intel's approach to meeting NVM requirements. The presentation explains NVM opportunities in Consumer Electronics, Wired Communications, IA platforms and other embedded applications and provides future direction of NOR and NAND from Intel. The presentation provides technology scalability...; Tags: Flash Memory, Intel Corp., Presentation, Memory, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology; Presentations 2006-09-27
Perfect RAM Flash Memory opens the way to faster devices: Perfect RAM flash memory opens the way to faster devicesLooks good but...[b]PRAM has greater read/write lifespan, by up to 10 times![/b]I will take this part with a grain of salt. When CD-R's first came out they touted something like a 100 year life span, then backpedaled and said it was...; Tags: Memory, PRAM, flash memory, Perfect RAM flash memory, Perfect RAM; Discussion threads 2006-09-12
Perfect RAM Flash Memory opens the way to faster devices: Yesterday Samsung announced a working prototype of what it calls Phase-change Random Access Memory (PRAM) flash memory, nicknamed "Perfect RAM", amid claims that they expect PRAM to replace high-density NOR flash memory within a decade. The prototype has a capacity of 512 Mbit (64MB) so it doesn't represent any kind...; Tags: Memory, Phase-change Random Access Memory, flash memory, Perfect RAM; Blog posts 2006-09-12
Autorun Creator (zip): Create autorun file for any kind of removable drive, such as CDs, DVDs, and Flash-Memory.; Tags: Creator, Flash Memory, Memory, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment; Software downloads 2006-08-31
Big Flash Memory drives on the horizon: Big flash memory drives on the horizonIf they make IDE flash drives, I'd buy them!It was only last month when I first saw 1GB flash memory on the market. Now I've seen upwards of 4GB out there, maybe. Looks like flash memory is growing as fast, if not...; Tags: Memory, flash memory, hard drive; Discussion threads 2006-03-22
Big Flash Memory drives on the horizon: The Wall Street Journal has a story about Samsung developing low power, 32-gigabyte NAND flash memory chipsets that will sell for $200 to $250 in 2008. That's far more expensive the hard drives, but the idea of not having to wait while disks spin and draining less battery on a...; Tags: Memory, flash memory; Blog posts 2006-03-21