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- Intel's flash drive strategy
- "Sure the margins are low - but well make it up on volume!" At first glance it didnt make much sense to me why Intel announced flash drives last week. Going up against Samsung in flash, a company that has been reducing flash cost per bit at about 70% per...
- Tags: strategy, GB Max, Intels, USB flash drive, SLC, USB, Intel Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- Intel's flash drive strategy
- "Sure the margins are low - but well make it up on volume!" At first glance it didnt make much sense to me why Intel announced flash drives last week. Going up against Samsung in flash, a company that has been reducing flash cost per bit at about 70% per...
- Tags: strategy, GB Max, Intels, USB flash drive, SLC, USB, Intel Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
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- Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboard
- Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboardXandros lite is OK ...For the average user the Xandros Lite OS is fine, but it does have some shortcomings:1) Asus for some reason has a ram limit compiled into the kernel of 1GB. The machine has a max limit of 2GB, but...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, laptop computer, ASUS, real keyboard, kernel, Linux laptop, Xandros, Intel Celeron, distro, keyboard, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installerPerformance?Let alone the installer size, does anyone else out there have kind of mediocre performance with iTunes in Windows Vista? I've had a number of times where it just seems to come up black, or respond slowly, or syncing just slows my PC to...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, installer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- JVC KW-NX7000 navigation/DVD receiver
- The JVC KW-NX7000 isn't cleverly named like its sibling the El Kameleon, but it is just as cleverly designed. With its smart features, such as the proximity-based interface or the flash-memory-based navigation data, we found the KW-NX7000 extremely easy to use. However, it was the fun little touches, like the...
- Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, add-on module, JVC, JVC KW-NX7000, SD card
- Product reviews 2008-10-01
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal waveStallman sounds panicIf FOSS folks believe they can compete with proprietary software, why not build their own FOSS cloud and then take the battle right to the other proprietary cloud platforms?Ever been in a restaurant kitchen ?How old is the food ? Where have...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, cloud computing, tidal wave, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveaway
- Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveawayRE: Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveawayOdd way to grow share by limiting the number of people who can join. You're assuming that you need to pay them to search with you a dangerous precedent and by limiting...
- Tags: SEARCH, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, search engine, Microsoft Tries, giveaway, searcher, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- 2009 Mazda MAZDA5 Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:2009 Mazda5 Grand TouringIt seemed like everyone who we spoke to about Mazda's Mazda5 said the same thing: "It's a mini-minivan." As cheesy as that sounds, there isn't really a better way to describe what Mazda has created with the Mazda5. As fuel prices soar and its full-size MPV...
- Tags: GPS, Mazda5 Grand Touring, Mazda Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-09-29
- Apple TV: End of an error?
- Apple TV: End of an error?Microsoft crushed Apple in the living room.First off, AppleTV was only called a hobby by Jobs AFTER it was clear that it was going to be an unmitigated disaster. Has he EVER released any sales figures on this thing? Second, the combination of Windows Media...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Apple cuts iPhone 3G build plan; Suppliers to take a hit
- Apple reportedly plans to build 14 million to 15 million iPhone 3Gs from a previous target of 18 million for 2008, according to a report from Pacific Crest. Citing "supply chain channel checks" Apple's is cutting its iPhone 3G buildout. However, analysts reckon that the lower build-out...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Supplier, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Cellular Phones, Channel Management, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- The mother of all notebook hard drives: Scorpio Blue
- I'm totally psyched that someone has finally released a 500GB hard drive that fits in my MacBook Pro. That someone is Western Digital. WD just announced its WD5000BEVT mobile hard drive, a.k.a. the Scorpio Blue with a huge 500GB capacity. The 500GB barrier was broken earlier this...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Slingbox PRO-HD now shipping with HD streaming capability
- Slingbox PRO-HD now shipping with HD streaming capabilityre: HAVAThe HAVA box actually does not stream *in* HD (720x480 max), but it will accept HD sources and down converter them. HAVA also has a true HD product in the works, though it's been delayed from this year until according to the...
- Tags: Slingbox PRO-HD, HAVA
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- EA threatens to ban users who talk about DRM ... or not
- EA threatens to ban users who talk about DRM ... or notSeems people do sue EA over this DRM....Did I already mention that EA will have SecuROM in all it's future games in one form or another?If the article hyperlink below has any truth to it I forsee alot more...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, Electronic Arts Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with database
- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday unveiled its first ever hardware product--a storage server with embedded software designed to work with the company's databases and be used in a grid. The Exadata programmable storage server aims to put database intelligence next to each drive. Oracle and HP also launched a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Server, Larry Ellison, Storage Server, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Fast, tough pocket storage
- Fast, tough pocket storageRe: Corsair Voyager GT> And it would be nice to see a 32 GB version.They do come in 32GB version, at about twice the price of the 16GB version (cheapest on eBay ~$90 for 32GB vs. ~$50 for the 16GB model).Right you are!Didn't see it on the...
- Tags: Corsair, storage
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Fast, tough pocket storage
- I've owned a couple of dozen flash drives starting back when they were a dollar a megabyte. Several of them have broken - usually when most needed. But I've found a flash drive that not only handles the rigors of my car-keys-and-change pocket, but has also...
- Tags: Storage, USB Flash Drive, CVGT, Flash Memory, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown
- T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdownWhy extra charge for messaging ?If its unlimited data, isn't a message just data ? Why the extra charge ?If someone did a app which avoided this, would it be available via store ?But what of storage?The only unclear specs and not mentioned in the article...
- Tags: Pricing, GPS, Marketing research, Street View, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, pricing breakdown, pricing strategy, street view, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?
- Network neutrality advocates are taking contrasting views towards Comcast's new network management plan. The new plan de-prioritizes heavy users in 15-minute chunks. If your upload traffic is more than 70% of maximum bandwidth or your download traffic is more than 80% of max, you'll be de-prioritized. Free...
- Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Network Neutrality Advocate, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- One Month with Windows Vista
- One Month with Windows VistaSuperFetch, that is."SuperFetch monitors which applications you use the most and preloads these into your system memory so they'll be ready when you need them."http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/windows-vista-superfetch-readyboost-analyzed/http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/The-Advancement-of-Windows-Michael-Fortin-Windows-Vista-SuperFetch/Windows XP has PreFetch the precursor.Doesn't Vista allow the user to distinguish between the two?Using RAM as cache is a very old...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Microsoft Windows, RAM, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
- Photo gallery:Adobe Dreamweaver CS4Some veteran users to the Adobe Creative Suite may find that version 4 offers few extraordinary updates to justify the high cost. However, designers and editors who lean on Dreamweaver for complex dynamic Web sites will find plenty of tweaks for editing code more easily within its...
- Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Cs3, Creative Suite 4, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
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