Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to provide small businesses with solutions that meet both current and future storage needs, Seagate (Nasdaq: STX), the world's leading provider of storage solutions, today announced a complete portfolio of products designed to protect data for sustained business continuity and optimum uptime. First introduced in 2008 as a portable Full Disk Encryption drive, the new Seagate?xAE; BlackArmor?xAE; product line is the family name for a suite of network-attached, workstation and portable storage solutions designed to meet the digital asset management needs of small business professionals.
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Seagate Introduces BlackArmor for Small Business
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S and Q9550S 65W CPUs Review
Since the launch of their latest processor architecture in the form of the Core i7 processor line, Intel has been busy slowly reorganizing their desktop CPU offerings. While the Core i7 line-up currently takes a performance leadership position, it only covers the high end of the market at this time, and a new Core i7 capable platform can be a bit on the pricey side. This means the aging but trusty Core 2 line-up still has a place in Intel's front-line battle plans.
AMD's recent release of the refined Phenom II processor line has put quite a bit of pressure on Intel's Core i7 plans. While Phenom II can't compete toe-to-toe with Core i7 in pure performance, it's certainly very competitive when it comes to overall value, as we found out in our evaluation recently. However, in terms of performance for your dollar, Core 2 still holds the line for Intel and a series of price cuts over the last few months have positioned Core 2 to better compete in the mainstream and value segments.
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AMD Launches ATI FirePro V7750, Sapphire Intros Own Version
AMD announced the availability of the ATI FirePro V7750 graphics accelerator for the high-end market, ideally suited for graphics professionals working in engineering, digital content creation and scientific fields. These professionals need a 3D graphics accelerator that can quickly handle large models and shader-intensive applications, while delivering accurate color reproduction and superior visual quality. The ATI FirePro V7750 delivers features that matter most to these users at $899 MSRP.
In line with this, Sapphire Technology also announced the availability of its own version of the ATI FirePro V7750 workstation graphics accelerator.
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Nokia Intrigue review
I’ve had the opportunity to spend some time testing out Nokia’s new clamshell phone on Verizon Wireless. It’s a sleek design, and probably one of the better looking clamshells out there. The device is nice and thin, measuring at .55″ thick. If you want to check out our unboxing of the Intrigue, you can hear our first impressions of the device and the new Eco-Friendly initiative of Verizon and Nokia.
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VIA's P710-HD module brings 1080p to EPIA-P710 Pico-ITXe board
We've got to hand it to 'em -- VIA sure knows where the weak spot is in the netbook / nettop market, and it's doing an impressive job bringing 1080p to areas where it was once thought impossible. After trumpeting its Surfboard concept and VX855 chipset, the company is striking yet again from the Embedded Systems Conference with its P710-HD module. Said device, which works in conjunction with the EPIA-P710 Pico-ITXe board, brings full HD playback support to a mainboard that's almost small enough to fit in your oversized cargo pocket. The expansion module includes S3 Graphics' 4300E embedded GPU, 256MB of GDDR2 memory and support for dual DVI and HDMI outputs. Sadly, there's no mention of a price or release date, but we'd bet NVIDIA, Intel and the rest of the gang are definitely paying attention.
Source : Engadget
Panasonic VIERA Regional Launch
Till Ultra High Definition becomes a commonplace theme in our homes, you can be sure that HDTV manufacturers will continue to jazz up their tunes in order to stay on top of the competition.
Perceptibly, Panasonic's latest rejuvenation of their VIERA PDP (Plasma Display Panels) and LCD line-up attests to that observation. We were at Kuala Lumpur recently to grace the company's regional launch, a media event that showcased an ambitious breakout of 11 new Full-HD and 12 HD-Ready TVs. Totaling up to 23 new displays in all, it's an anticipated augmentation to last year's lineup of 15 VIERA TVs.
Consumers in Asia can look forward to possessing these new toys for their living spaces real soon, since the new VIERAs are expected to flood the Asian scene from April 2009 henceforth. If you want to know what the Panasonic engineers have been busy with all winter, read on to find out.
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HTC Touch Diamond2 launching mid-April for Europe?
The HTC Touch Diamond2 is widely expected to continue the success that HTC has seen with its original HTC Touch Diamond smartphone. A new rumor has be circulating that hints at a European and Asian launch of the HTC Touch Diamond2 in mid-April. The new rumor falls in line nicely with a previous report that T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) Germany would be the first carrier to offer the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 in the first half of 2009.
We’re also hearing that the HTC Touch Diamond2 will sport a roughly $600 price tag at launch, although it’s not clear how much the US-spec HTC Touch Diamond2 will actually cost.
There isn’t much to go on at this point, but we’re keeping the hope alive for T-Mobile USA launching the HTC Touch Pro2!
Source : IntoMobile
Silverstone SG05
Silverstone is pretty well known as a manufacturer of casings, power supplies and other peripherals. One area in which they have a strong presence is the small-form factor market. Over the years, Silverstone has built up a pretty impressive ensemble of casings to cater to those who prefer their computers small.
Today, we're looking at their latest small form factor offering - the SG05. The SG05 hails from the Sugo series, which is aimed at those looking to pack as much performance as possible into a small space.
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Anandtech Explores The Virtues And Woes Of Today’s SSD
If you’re interested in SSD, chances are you’ve been paying attention to the allegations of performance degradation in Intel’s X25-M drives. AnandTech dives into the issue (and many, many more topics) in 31 page exploration of the state of solid state. It’s a spine-tingling read, in part explaining how write-speed degradation is largely thanks to partially used pages containing portions of deleted files. We all know deleted files typically aren’t really gone until they’re overwritten, a problem in SSDs because to clear a section of a page the entire page needs to be cleared. That entails moving anything you want to keep to the cache, wiping the whole page, then re-writing that good data from cache. The hope is that a new delete command dubbed TRIM (set to find support in Windows 7) will speed up writes by forcing the system to perform this work during deletes, but ahead of that the article still recommends Intel’s drives; even at their worst they’re still generally faster than the comparably priced competition when it comes to average use — not to mention faster than your platters.
Source : Engadget
Aarlogic C10/3 - The Matchbox Sized Linux PC
The AarLogic C10/3 is a Linux PC which is the size of a box of matches. Not only is it v small, it also contains a quad band GPRS module and a GPS chipset for all your satnav loveliness. Ethernet and USB ports, 4MB of memory and an SD card slot round out the major specs, and it’s powered by twin ARM processors. €192.00 with SIM card holder.
The heart of the PC is two ARM processors, responsible on one hand for the GSM component, and on the other for applications executable under Embedded Linux. The processor module, including the GSM component, is also available for purchase separately. Despite its small surface area - roughly the size of a matchbox – its 160-pin socket provides a wide array of connectivity options. Aside from keyboards, digital cameras and reading devices, this also includes WLAN, Bluetooth and GPS components.
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