So here it is, the now-famous ( that was fast ) Bloom “Box” Energy Servers — all five of ‘em — working their magic at eBay’s north campus. Not much to look at, but we’re happy to say it retains a low temperature — the only heat we really found was due to direct exposure to the light — and remains quiet while running. There are vents just underneath the sides where cool air was being pumped out
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OWC has launched its OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini 1TB portable drive, which it claims is the first ever 2.5-inch 1TB drive shipped with a quad interface. The bus-powered drive has eSATA, USB 2.0, and FireWire 800/400 connectivity in a brushed aluminum, fanless enclosure. In addition to the new 1TB capcity, the drives are also available with 7200RPM 500GB drives and solid-state drives up to 200GB…
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At CeBIT on Thursday, chipmaker Intel announced it has released the first Atom-class processor platform optimized for home and small office storage markets. Both single- (D410) and dual-core (D510) Atoms will be offered for this purpose, which will run on Microsoft Windows Home Server and Linux operating systems
Corsair on Thursday introduced a new range of solid state drives with the Force Series. Both the 100GB and 200GB models have a SATA II interface and offer purportedly class-topping 280MBps peak read speeds and 260MBps write speeds. Corsair credits the speed to the use of a newer SandForce SF-1200 SSD processor to help govern traffic…
Sonnet says it has launched a new RAID system, the Fusion DP800P2.
Super Talent has introduced SuperCrypt, a new USB 3.0 drive with AES hardware encryption.
Western Digital this morning launched into the field of solid-state drives for the home by releasing the SiliconEdge Blue. The 2.5-inch SATA II drive is considered a drop-in replacement to speed up disk performance for notebooks or gaming desktops and has the performance to match. Among other SSDs, the Blue is fast with 250MB per second peak read speeds and 170MB for writes…
Corsair has released a new range of USB drives with the Flash Voyager GTR. Available in either 32GB, 64GB or 128GB capacities, either sports quad-channel architecture that enables up to 34MBps read speeds and 28MBps write speeds, which is near the maximum for the USB 2.0 interface. During testing, Corsair says its 128GB Voyager GTR outperformed a competitor’s USB drive of the same capacity by a si…
WD on Monday introduced the My Passport Studio portable drives formatted for Macs. Like the desktop-sized My Books, the 2.5-inch disks sport e-paper displays that show information even when the drive is not powered. The Studios also have a fast FireWire 800 interface, a USB 2.0 port and 256-bit hardware-based encryption….
Dell has after some weeks’ delay added hardware HD decoding support for certain models of its Mini 10 netbook. The upgrade is available with the Performance Plus bundle, which combines a Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator card, a 720p-capable display (1366×768), SRS Audio, an extended-life battery and a 250GB hard drive. To enable hardware acceleration, users will also need to download and install a …
There are many of us simple humans who “just don’t get” the Motorola Backflip . Their poor minds can’t fathom this oddest of twists on the QWERTY flip, and now here comes the “MOTOROIA” ME600 from Shenzhen to wrap their brain into ever more elaborate pretzel knots. The phone is a pretty faithful reproduction, but it’s a bit thicker, has a mere VGA camera, and doesn’t run Android — despite that hint of Blur on the home screen.
It’s unclear how the data’s being collected, but a handful of analysts have started backing away from Palm this week on some information that the phone’s webOS debut on Verizon has proven something less than bombastic at the sales counter.
Pentax has released the Optio W90 rugged compact sporting a tougher body than its predecessor, the W80.
About 66 percent of IT administrators from organizations mixing Macs and PCs expect their Mac populations to grow, claims a firm specializing in ways of streamlining Mac integration. The Enterprise Desktop Alliance notes that the figure is based on data from 322 administrators, each of which is from a company with over 50 servers or 100 Macs.
MSI today launched a handful of new systems ahead of its CeBIT appearance, including a new GT series gaming notebook. The GT660 is intended as a desktop replacement and pays unusual attention to sound: MSI claims to have worked with a “leader in sound system design” to tune the enclosure and speakers to provide better than usual notebook audio
Alaska Airlines today said it would bring Wi-Fi to all its flights. The service will on Gogo’s 3G-to-Wi-Fi system and, like with other carriers, will vary in price depending on the device and duration of the flight
Microsoft today launched three mice that finally bring the company’s BlueTrack sensors to entry-level mice. The Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 leads the introductions and should give notebook users a simple blue laser mouse that can work on unusual surfaces. It works as a simple, ambidextrous three-button mouse with scrolling but has an RF-based USB nano transceiver that should give the mouse eight …
Today Intel is officially releasing a pair of new additions to the Core i7 line of processors while slowly removing another pair. On the chopping block are the Core i7-965 Extreme that runs at 3.2 …
Apple on Wednesday released an update to its photography software, Aperture. Version 3.0.1 improves overall stability and addresses a wide variety of issues
