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• 03 June 2011

• News: External disk storage shipments increase 46% in Q1

  Worldwide external disk storage systems posted double-digit growth for the fifth consecutive quarter in the first three months of 2011, according to IDC.

• Opinion: MemTest86+ Tests Memory for Free

  I've been using Memtest86 and its successor Memtest86+ for so long now, it's hard to remember when I started; a decade ago to be sure. Memtest86+, as you might guess from the moniker, is a memory checking program that runs a battery of memory tests including random numbers, moving inversions, bulk writes, etc. What you might not guess is that it's free/donationware.

• News: TI CEO: Intel's PC baggage will hurt mobile aspirations

  Texas Instruments' CEO this week took a shot at Intel, saying the company's history of making power-hungry PC chips could hurt its aspirations to compete with ARM in the handheld device market.

• 02 June 2011

• Opinion: Giant Earth Globe Uses 10,000 OLEDs, Looks Awesome

  I used to think that the Times Square New Years ball was on the cutting edge of lighted spherical technology with its 288 crystal triangles. But then Mitsubishi went and shattered my entire worldview with its 10,000 OLED "Geo-Cosmos" display.

• News: Netbooks not dead as PC makers show off new models

  Tablets may be the hottest gadgets on display at this year's Computex. But netbooks still have a presence at the trade show, and vendors are coming out with several new models that will hit the market this year. Their low cost will continue to drive sales, analysts said.

• News: Micron announces its first PCIe SSD for enterprise data centers

  Micron today unveiled its first PCIe-based SSD for enterprise-class applications, with up to 700GB capacity and 3GB/sec throughput.

• News: Tablets getting quad-core chips, face slow adoption

  Tablets with low power dual-core chips have just started reaching the market, but some chip makers expect the devices to be further supercharged later this year with quad-core chips which were in the spotlight at the Computex trade show in Taipei.

• News: TI tunes latest tablet chip for upcoming Windows OS

  Texas Instruments on Thursday announced a quad-core chip for tablets with features to boost application and graphics performance in Microsoft's upcoming Windows OS.

• 01 June 2011

• News: Intel: Atom's multiple OS feature an edge over ARM

  Intel officials say vendors are beginning to use Atom processors to power tablets not only because the chips can run Windows 7, but also because they allow the devices to run multiple OSes, providing an advantage over rival ARM Holdings.

• Opinion: Intel's 'Museum of Me' is Cool, Creepy Facebook Fun

  If someone decided to make a museum exhibit out of your life--or rather, out of your Facebook life--what would it look like? Now you can find out, thanks to Intel's new "Museum of Me" Facebook app.

• News: Acer to launch tablet running Intel's MeeGo

  Acer will launch a 10-inch tablet at the end of this year using both Intel's Atom processor and its mobile operating system MeeGo.

• News: Intel's new Atom processor to lower netbook prices

  Intel on Wednesday said it has introduced a new Atom processor to bring down the price of netbooks in emerging markets to under US$200, but the lower price may come at a performance penalty.

• News: AMD finally enters tablet market with new chip

  Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday broke its silence around its tablet strategy, announcing its first low-power chip designed for these devices.

• Opinion: HP's Massive Battery Recall: What You Need to Know

  Hewlett-Packard has recalled about 162,000 lithium-ion batteries used in its HP and Compaq laptop computers. The announcement, made late last week by HP and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), adds additional battery packs to a recall program announced just a week earlier.

• 31 May 2011

• News: Intel to add new hibernation features to PC chips

  Intel is adding a pair of new features to chips used in notebooks and netbooks, one of which will allow the devices to turn on within five to six seconds after being put in hibernation mode.

• News: Intel launches new class of 'Ultrabook' laptops

  Intel announced plans for a new class of thin and light laptops at the Computex trade show on Tuesday, its latest move to improve its competitiveness in the mobile computing market.

• News: Sandisk updates SSD line with SATA III models

  Sandisk has updated its line of solid-state drives (SSDs) for tablet and portable computers with models that feature higher performance.

• News: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M Not Just for Gaming

  Nvidia has unveiled details of the new GeForce GTX 560M graphics processing unit (GPU). Nvidia is touting the GPU for "gaming" laptops, but the advanced graphics capabilities of the new Nvidia chip will benefit laptop users who aren't gaming enthusiasts as well.

• 30 May 2011

• News: ViewSonic shows tablet using Intel's new Atom chip

  ViewSonic unveiled a 10-inch tablet running both Android and Windows on Intel's newest Atom processor, Oak Trail, at the Computex trade show.

• News: ARM servers still 'several years' away, its president says

  The president of ARM Holdings has sought to temper the expectations around ARM-based servers, saying those systems might not ship in volume before 2015.

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