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• 29 November 2011

• News: Seagate launches new Momentus XT hybrid drive: 750GB for $245

  Seagate today released the third generation of its hybrid drive, doubling the amount of NAND memory to 8GB and increasing total capacity to 750GB.

• 28 November 2011

• News: AMD introduces branded memory modules for desktops

  Advanced Micro Devices' first branded desktop system memory modules, called AMD Memory, will be available in North America through major retailers, the company said Monday.

• 26 November 2011

• News: USB sticks still being used insecurely, Ponemon study finds

  USB sticks remain a big security weakness for many UK organisations with many employees using drives for data transport without permission and not bothering to report their loss, a Ponemon Institute study has found.

• 25 November 2011

• News: ViaSat UK rolls out secure military communications tech

  Satellite communications vendor ViaSat UK has launched a range of high-capacity satellite-based products, designed for use by the UK military and government, following its acquisition of UK security specialist Stonewood last year.

• 23 November 2011

• News: Intel recasts Pentium chip for servers

  Intel is giving new life to its Pentium processor for servers, and has started shipping the new Pentium 350 chip for low-end servers.

• News: Five Ways to Get the Most Out of Existing Storage

  Recent flooding in Thailand has affected many hard drive manufacturers, resulting in price hikes for hard drives of as much as 50 to 100 percent. How long this will last is unclear, but in the meantime, you can postpone new purchases of storage gear by implementing these methods to help reduce unnecessary files, reduce the space used on the system, and allow for expansion with existing systems.

• News: Western Digital hard-disk drive takeover approved, with conditions

  Western Digital will be allowed to take over Hitachi’s hard disk drive business, but only if it sells off a 3.5-inch hard disk drive production plant.

• News: 2012: The year of 'big data'

  With the amount of information created and replicated expected to surpass 1.9 zettabytes in 2011, now is the time for enterprises to start using big data technology, according to analyst firm, IDC Australia.

• 22 November 2011

• Opinion: BoardX Stacks the Deck Against Arduino

  Arduino is a great microcontroller, but when you want the ability to easily scale your project or exchange components quickly, that's where BoardX really starts to shine.

• News: Dell PowerEdge servers get AMD's new 16-core chips

  Dell on Tuesday said it has upgraded its PowerEdge servers with the just-released 16-core Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices.

• News: Skip data tiering, go directly to all-SSD storage, Forrester says

  Companies may want to skip using a tiered storage architecture and move directly to an all-solid-state-drive (SSD) architecture, according to a new report from Forrester Research.

• News: Apple to return to nVidia graphics processors for 2012 MacBooks - report

  Apple could be about to switch back to nVidia GPUs for its next generation of Macs, according to reports.

• News: Small PC makers hiking PC prices on hard-drive shortage

  The early brunt of a hard-drive shortage resulting from widespread flooding in Thailand is falling on small PC makers, who are raising computer prices to stem losses.

• News: 7 hot storage startups to watch

  From storage for virtual machines to cheap all-flash hardware, here are seven movers and shakers in the network storage market today.

• News: Qualcomm's Mirasol reflective color display debuts on Korean e-reader

  Qualcomm's long-awaited Mirasol reflective color screen technology is on the market, in an e-reader that launched in South Korea on Tuesday.

• News: Nanya fires back at Elpida with patent complaint

  Nanya said on Tuesday it has filed a patent infringement complaint in the U.S. against Japan's Elpida, further escalating the legal battle between the two DRAM makers.

• News: Nanya fires back at Elpida with patent complaint

  Nanya said on Tuesday it has filed a patent infringement complaint in the U.S. against Japan's Elpida, further escalating the legal battle between the two DRAM makers.

• News: S3 Graphics loses a patent fight with Apple

  The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that Apple did not infringe technology patents owned by S3 Graphics and ended its investigation of the matter, the ITC announced Monday.

• 21 November 2011

• News: A high-tech pioneer reflects on the digital revolution

  The man who led the design and development of the first microprocessor 40 years ago said at the time he didn't foresee the extent of the digital revolution he was helping to create.

• News: EMC adds Linux support, metering to Atmos cloud software

  EMC today announced its first upgrade to the Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform, adding metering capabilities and support for Linux.

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