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  • 02 November 2011

  • News: TI conservative on quad-core chips for mobile devices

    Concern about how well quad-core processors will work in mobile devices like smartphones and tablets means that Texas Instruments will focus on releasing chips with dual-core ARM processors for these applications, a company executive said this week.

  • News: Hard drive shortage expected to hurt consumers most

    While flooding in Thailand is affecting hard disk supplies worldwide, the customers most likely to be hit hard by price increases will be consumers in the retail market as manufacturers put enterprises and PC system manufacturers atop their lists.

  • News: Nokia picks new chip vendor for dual-core Windows Phones

    Nokia will use ST-Ericsson's dual-core NovaThor chips in future Windows Phones, the companies said on Wednesday.

  • 01 November 2011

  • News: AMD gains processor market share over Intel in Q3

    Worldwide processor shipments went up during the third quarter this year and Advanced Micro Devices gained market share from Intel over last year despite being hurt by manufacturing problems, according to a study released by Mercury Research on Tuesday.

  • Opinion: For Simple Hard Drive Imaging Needs, Macrium Reflect Free Fits the Bill

    For free drive imaging, you can hardly beat Macrium Reflect Free Edition--as long as you don't use dynamic (Windows software RAID) or GPT (GUID (Globally Unique IDentifier) Partition Table) disks. Most users use basic and MBR disks, so Reflect Free Edition should do nicely where Windows won't. Drive imaging means making a sector by sector copy of the data on your drive or partition and storing it in a single file.

  • News: BC/DR spending not a top budget priority

    Organizations continue to spend on business continuity and disaster recovery, but BC/DR is still not a budget top priority, according to newly-released data from Forrester Research.

  • News: Calxeda's chip boosts ARM's server fight with Intel

    Calxeda on Tuesday announced its EnergyCore, an integrated server chip with an ARM processor that could provide the groundwork for ARM to challenge Intel's dominance in the server market.

  • News: Seagate standardizes Barracuda drive line on 7200 rpm

    Because of incorrect information from the vendor, an earlier version of this story, headlined "Seagate kills 5400 rpm desktop drives, all Barracudas now 7200 rpm," had incorrect information about Seagate's 5400rpm drives. The drives being eliminated are 5900rpm drives. The story has been updated with the correct information, and the headline has been changed.

  • Opinion: iPhone 4S Battery Woes: Where is the Outrage?

    The iPhone 4S is just the latest example of a phone's battery life falling short of some users' expectations.

  • News: How to Set Up RAID on Your PC

    Configuring two or more hard drives in a RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) setup can increase performance and/or provide automatic protection against data loss from drive failure. RAID used to be expensive, hard to implement, and limited to businesses with dedicated IT departments. Now, motherboards in most desktop PCs support RAID, and Windows 7 provides software RAID that requires no special hardware at all. The technology is easily within the reach of the wallet and skills of any reasonably tech-savvy PC user.

  • News: Thai floods hit Q4 hard drive production, says research firm

    The devastating floods in Thailand will cause a 28 percent quarter-on-quarter drop in hard disk drive (HDD) production in the fourth quarter, potentially affecting notebook production in early 2012, research firm IHS iSuppli said on Monday.

  • News: Seagate kills 5400 rpm desktop drives, all Barracudas now 7200 rpm

    Seagate announced that it's bumping the platter rotation speed in all of its Barracuda hard drives from 5400 rpm to 7200 rpm.

  • 31 October 2011

  • News: LSI: SandForce buyout won't affect other system makers' SSDs

    LSI said its planned purchase of flash chip maker SandForce will not affect other equipment makers that use the company's products.

  • Opinion: Apple iPhone 4S Battery Drain: Guessing Game Continues

    Waiting on an expected fix from Apple, iPhone 4S users complaining of rapid battery drain are coming up with their own witches' brews to keep their new handsets from dying before the end of the day. Users started complaining of the poor battery life shortly after the iPhone 4S debuted, but recently the gripes have grown louder.

  • News: New $89 open-source hardware runs full Linux OS

    An open-source hardware group on Monday announced a US$89 credit-card sized motherboard based on an ARM processor that could be used for robotics, gaming and medical devices.

  • Opinion: Tips to Keep iPhone 4S Battery From Draining Fast

    Apple iPhone 4S users worried about the device’s battery draining rapidly can take steps to prevent the problem.

  • 28 October 2011

  • Opinion: Prices Going Up on Laptops and Hard Drives Thanks to Flooding in Thailand

    The severe flooding in Thailand is causing a ripple effect in the electronics industry, as hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers based there have been forced to close down. Thanks to HDD shortages, prices on hard drives are going up--and at least one PC manufacturer, Acer, is planning on raising laptop prices accordingly.

  • News: Brocade once again for sale?

    According to a published report, Brocade is again making it known that it has placed itself on the selling block, hoping to drum up interest in suitors with enough money to cover its more than $2 billion market cap.

  • News: Thai floods unlikely to cause hard drive price rise soon

    Thailand’s worst flooding for half a century is unlikely to cause significant hard drive price rises despite shortages revealing weak points in the global supply chain, drive vendors have indicated.

  • News: Three Surprising Things About Hard Drive Defragging

    Back in the bad old days of computing, hard-drive defragmentation was a big deal. You needed a quality third-party “defragger,” and you needed to run it regularly—at least once a month—to ensure optimal system performance.

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