While magnetic hard drives have been the mainstay of storage for the better part of the modern computer’s history, there has been foreshadowing of the demise of using magnetic spinning platters to hold information. It was years ago that pundits said the hard disk drive would be phased out in favor of new solid state technology. The idea was simple; Remove the mechanical components from the computing experience and replace it with something that could be manufactured like a traditional electronic component.
The advantages touted were saving power, saving space, and having greater reliability along with a proper failure curve. The draw back to the SSD technology as it lives today is the storage space offered by the drives on the market as well as the cost. The latter problem is going away as manufacturers ramp up production and the former seems to still be slipping away as traditional magnetic storage reached the 2 Terabyte milestone just last month. Regardless, SSD technology is the future of computing. Traditional magnetic storage will most likely be relegated to high capacity backup instead of tape.
Mtron MOBI 3500 32GB SSD Review
Philips Gogear Aria, Opus, Vibe And Mix Hands-On, Launch Info
Philips announced its GoGear Aria and Opus players for Europe back in February, but they’ve finally got around to showing off the units Stateside, along with offering prices, a timeframe, and a bit of company. The 2-inch screened Aria lands this month in 8GB and 16GB versions for $80 and $100, respectively; the 2.8-inch QVGA Opus does 8GB at $100, with a 16GB model in the wings; the teensy new ViBE has a 1.5-inch screen and comes in 4GB and 8GB flavors for $50 and $60; and there’s a new little thumb DAP called the Mix, which is short on details. All the DAPs have FM radio and mics, and all but the Mix can do video. They also include trial subscriptions to and support for Rhapsody and Audible, along with a little browser widget to download YouTube videos and load them to the player — a nice touch. Still, the line is pretty lackluster; we played with the players briefly, and while the design is getting better, there’s still a lot of wasted space, mundane controls and ancient-seeming software — we suppose you get what you pay for. We did appreciate Opus’ inclusion of FLAC and OGG support, and its build quality really puts the rest of the line to shame.
Source : Engadget
Apple Releases New Xserves With Intel Nehalem Xeon CPUs
Apple has announced the release of a new generation of XServe servers which comes with Intel’s newest Xeon processor based on the award winning Nehalem Core. The single processor version of the server starts at £2339 in the UK and $2999 in the United States while the 8-core, dual socket model costs £2879 or $3599 across the pond.
Both Xserve are rack mounted models - as it is usuallly the case - and comes with one or two 2.26GHz Quad Core Xeon (supporting up to 2.93GHz models), 3GB RAM, a 160GB SATA hard disk drive (Up to 3TB can be stored in a 1U package) and Mac OSX Server 10.5 Unlimited Client Edition. Users will be able to add a 128GB SSD (for an additional $500/£375) to the Xserve without having to take up a drive bay which will not only provide the system administrator with much faster random access seek time but also consumes way less power than traditional spinning hard drives.
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Nokia 6210s WCDMA 3G Launches In Korea
Nokia announced today to launch WCDMA 3G mobile phones in Korea. The first available 3G phone from Nokia in Korea is the Nokia 6210s. The Nokia 6210s is a smartphone based on S60 software. It features a 3.2 megapixel camera, an MP3 player, video playback and a stereo FM radio. Photographs can be taken in panoramic mode and can also be uploaded to Flickr. The Nokia 6210s comes with a 1GB memory card in box. While the Nokia 6210s is Nokia’s first WCDMA device to be sold in Korea, Nokia has a long history in Korea having had manufacturing facilities in Masan since 1984.
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Clinton Fitch On Tweaking The HTC Fuze
If you are evaluating the purchase of an HTC device with the Touch Flo 3D user interface, or you just can’t get enough of modding your own, Clinton Fitch’s piece entitled “Tweaking your HTC Fuze or Touch Diamond or Touch Pro - Part 1″ will be useful. The article is about a free configuration tool called Diamond TF3D Config, that will allow you to modify the Touch Flo 3D user interface you can find on some high end HTC smartphones.
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Acer’s 18-Inch Emachines EZ1600, 24-Inch Multitouch Aspire Z5600 All-In-Ones Unveiled
Some more tidbits from the Acer event: new all-in-ones. The eMachines EZ1600 (pictured) boasts a 18.5-inch 16:9 screen and up to 720p resolution, an Intel Atom N270 processor with 945GSE chipset, 2 slots of SO DIMM memory, up to 160GB HDD, DVD-RW, Wi-Fi and a card reader. No price or availability, but you’ll be able to pick one up in either silver or black. On the classier side of things, we’ve got Acer Aspire Z5600 AIO with a 24-inch multitouch display that outputs a 1080p picture. It’s got the “latest generation of Intel,” up to 2TB hard disk space, a TV tuner, webcam and DVD/Blu-ray writer combo drive. Color us intrigued, but we’ll await judgment until we see some price points — if the Timeline’s any indication, we might be in a for a pleasant surprise.
Source : Engadget
SPARKLE Announces High-End GeForce GTX 285 1GB/2GB Graphics Card
SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., announced the availability of SPARKLE GeForce GTX 285 1GB/2GB graphics card for high-end gamers, delivering 30% faster performance than competing single GPU graphics card solutions.
Specifications
- Model Numbers : SXX2851024D3-VP, SXX2851024D3-VM, SXX2852048D3-VP, SXX2852048D3-VM
- Graphics Processing Unit: GeForce GTX 285
- Core Clock : 648MHz
- Memory Type : 1GB / 2GB GDDR3
- Memory Interface : 512-bit
- Stream Processors : 240
- Shader Clock : 1476MHz
GSkill Releases DDR3-2000 “Trident” Tri-Channel Series
G.Skill today launches Triple Channel DDR3 2000HMz “Trident” series for Core i7 processors and X58 chipset rated at CL 9-9-9-24 and 1.65V. It comes in 6GB kit (3 x 2GB) capacity and has some nice looking heatspreaders tested for best cooling effectiveness. Best suited for enthusiasts, overclockers and extreme gamers, it comes with G.SKILL Lifetime Warranty.
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MSI Entertainment Series Notebook: MSI EX300 Review
We had the opportunity to check out the MSI’s EX300 Entertainment series notebook, based on the Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform.
MSI claims that this laptop has a unique fashionable style by incorporating some elements of athleticism into it. As seen in the image below, the top of the EX300 has a slight curvy bulge-out design, which serves to differentiate it from the rest of the laptops in the field with flat tops. In addition to that, buyers can choose between a blue- and red-colored top.
Although the EX300 was launched last year, our review unit is updated with the latest hardware components. Here’s a quick look at the EX300 specifications:-
SilverStone RAVEN SST-RV01B-W Full Tower Case Review
In my short time with PC’s I have always looked to see what other people were using to house their hardware in. Some of the cleanest and sexiest PC builds were done in a couple of cases that caught my eye. These are the FT01 and the TJ09 cases from SilverStone. The only issue was that I always tended to opt to buy a cheaper case and spread my dollars elsewhere in the build. Nothing against SilverStone, I just couldn’t afford that kind of luxury at the time.
SilverStone has now released a new revolution to the ATX community by designing a chassis that allows the heat to naturally rise through the case by orienting the motherboard tray 90° to the right. This essentially lays the board on its side and then has the CPU fan and video cards exhausting out the top of the case. This concept seems so obvious now, but it took SilverStone to throw all their eggs in a new basket and run with it to actually bring this to the market. And still, this isn’t all of it! - SilverStone took another step outside the box of the “average” case and created stealth inspired panels and covers to make the RAVEN RV01 shaped like no other.
- Introduction
- Specifications, Availability and Pricing
- Packaging
- The SilverStone SST-RV01B-W Extreme Enthusiast Chassis
- Inside the SilverStone SST-RV01B-W Extreme Enthusiast Chassis
- Inside the SilverStone SST-RV01B-W - Continued
- Inside the SilverStone SST-RV01B-W - Continued Again
- Accessories and Documentation
- The Build
- Fit and Finish
- Final Thoughts
