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• 11 January 2012

• News: Intel enters smartphone market after uphill battle

  Intel on Tuesday announced its first smartphone customers, signaling the arrival of Intel Inside smartphones after years of uphill struggle by the chip maker.

• 10 January 2012

• News: Quad core-chips boost tablet price vs. performance battle

  Attendees at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week are seeing the tablet market splitting in multiple directions as the price and performance battle intensifies.

• News: Qualcomm targets PCs, takes aim at Intel's ultrabooks

  Qualcomm wants a piece of the PC market with its upcoming Snapdragon S4 chips as the company looks to jump out of its traditional stronghold market of smartphones and tablets, CEO Paul Jacobs said on Tuesday.

• News: Thunderbolt peripherals gather steam

  It wasn’t so long ago that Apple observers were wondering why it was taking Thunderbolt peripherals so long to get to market. This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may be putting an end to that conversation.

• News: CommVault to combine backup, archive functions

  CommVault plans to announce an upgrade to its flagship Simpana software in the next several weeks that will allow backed-up data to be archived while still leaving end users will an easy way to retrieve that data.

• News: Elgato announces Thunderbolt SSD

  Elgato has announced the launch of the Thunderbolt SSD at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

• Video: Video: CES 2012: Intel demos DX11 on Ivy Bridge based Ultrabook

  Coming clean in the end, Intel attempted to demonstrate DirectX 11 running on an Ivy Bridge based Ultrabook. It was recorded, rather than live game play though.

• News: Windows 8 to tame storage hassle with 'Spaces' technology

  Windows 8 will tame data loss and storage bloat on PCs by offering a simple form of the thin provisioning and virtualisation technology more commonly found tin data centres, Microsoft has said.

• Opinion: DigiSafe DiskCrypt Does Ultra-secure Notebook Disk Encryption--At a Price

  How much are you willing to pay to encrypt every bit of data on a notebook disk drive--without compromising performance? AT CES 2012, Singapore-based ST Electronics is showing its new DigiSafe DiskCrypt, which does the heavy lifting before you even boot up: It puts a hardware encryption module into an enclosure that will accept any standard 1.8-inch micro-SATA hard disk. It’s relatively easy to set up, but it’s also very expensive--the enclosure alone costs $450.

• News: Corning readies new Gorilla Glass for 20 percent thinner screens

  Corning is shipping samples of an updated version of its popular Gorilla Glass product, that will allow screens to be 20 percent thinner at the same strength.

• 09 January 2012

• Opinion: SpareOne: This Mobile Phone Holds Its Charge...for 15 Years

  If this CES announcement makes you a tad skeptical, well, you're certainly not alone. XPAL Power, a manufacturer of mobile phone accessories, has announced the SpareOne, a new cell phone that the company says can hold its charge for up to 15 years.

• News: 3M Demos 46-inch multi-touch display

  3M today is demonstrating a 46-inch coffee-table like multi-touch display at the Consumer Electronics Conference.

• Opinion: Boost Case Hybrid Two-Piece Extended iPhone Battery Keeps Things Light

  Are two pieces better than one? Boost Case is betting that they are with its $79.95 Boost Case Hybrid extended iPhone battery.

• News: Intel says future ultrabooks will come with touchscreens, voice recognition

  Future ultrabook laptops will have touchscreens, voice recognition, longer battery life and lower prices, an Intel executive said Monday, as he also took a swipe at tablets during a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show.

• News: Iomega unveils StorCenter ix2 network storage device

  On Monday, Iomega announced a new desktop network storage device for small offices and homes, the StorCenter ix2.

• News: New Iomega Network Storage Gear Starts at 1TB, $220

  Iomega brings two new network storage devices to CES this year. The Iomega StorCenter ix2 targets small businesses in search of a flexible product that supports PC-free video surveillance and major cloud backup services as well as general data storage and backups, while the Iomega EZ Media & Backup offers an array of more consumer-oriented features such as built-in support for Torrent, Time Machine, and easy posting to popular social media sites.

• News: Lenovo unveils new IdeaTab tablet, S2 smartphone

  Lenovo unveiled at CES the IdeaTab S2 10, a 10-in. tablet that weighs just 1.1 pounds, and latest S2 smartphone

• News: SSD prices will fall below $1 per GB in 2012, says IDC

  The price for SSDs (solid state drives) that are going into PCs are expected to fall below US$1 per gigabyte during the second half of 2012, further boosting adoption, market research company IDC said on Monday.

• Opinion: Clean An Overcrowded Hard Drive

  Arther needs to make room on his hard disk drive. He asked the Desktops forum for advice.

• News: Samsung's New Optical Smart Hub Wirelessly Streams DVDs

  Samsung has come up with an interesting approach to wireless NAS and media playback on tablets and smartphones. At the Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas today, Samsung took the wraps off of its Optical Smart Hub SE-208BW, a wireless hub that distinguishes itself in several ways. First and foremost: It has a built-in 8X DVD burner. Yes, it has a disc drive to give you a way to use all of those movies and TV shows you still have on DVD.

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