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• 26 August 2011

• Opinion: IBM Builds 120-Petabyte Storage System

  IBM is shattering world tech records again, this time the company's researchers have built the largest ever storage system setup. Coming in at 120-petbytes (120 million gigabytes), the ludicrous data storage rig is made up of 200,000 conventional hard drive disks set up at IBM's Almaden, California, research lab.

• News: With new CEO, AMD could fix missed opportunities

  With a new CEO finally at the helm, AMD can begin to move forward in what has become an Intel world.

• 25 August 2011

• News: NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout

  As part of an enterprisewide upgrade and data center consolidation, NYSE Euronext has rolled out 10Gbps Ethernet throughout its data centers, increasing aggregate throughput for trades from .5Tbps to 2.4Tbps.

• 24 August 2011

• News: Apple issues updates for Boot Camp, iMac graphics firmware

  Apple on Thursday released a pair of updates to exterminate lingering bugs: one for Boot Camp, and one for the firmware in iMacs' graphics processors.

• News: Iomega releases new 12-bay NAS array

  EMC's Iomega subsidiary this week announced a new top-of-the-line network storage array, which ratchets up the power and performance.

• News: Electricity-Harvesting Device May Put Power in Your Steps

  Two researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison have discovered a novel way to generate enough energy from walking to keep small electronic devices powered.

• How-Tos: How to upgrade a PC's motherboard

  If you want to keep your PC current, sooner or later you'll have to replace its motherboard. PC Advisor explains how to relieve the pain of that process.

• How-Tos: How to upgrade a PC's processor

  Upgrading a desktop processor might sound intimidating, but it's an easier (and cheaper) way to boost your PC's speed than you think. PC Advisor explains how to upgrade your PC's processor.

• News: Aging East Coast infrastructure a concern after quake

  The earthquake that struck the East Coast on Tuesday should serve as a wake-up call about the frailty of our aging infrastructure, and it shoud stir businesses to create or update business continuity plans.

• 23 August 2011

• News: Telcos assess response to Canterbury quakes

  Members of the Telecommunications Carriers Forum are considering a satellite contingency plan following the two earthquakes in Canterbury.

• News: Microsoft throws support behind USB 3.0 with Windows 8

  Microsoft is incorporating a software stack in its upcoming Windows 8 OS to natively support devices based on the USB 3.0 interconnect, which is in a battle for adoption with Intel's Thunderbolt.

• News: HighPoint unveils USB 3.0 expansion card for Mac Pro

  If you have a Mac Pro (which have yet to be updated with Thunderbolt) and a USB 3.0 hard drive, you can take advantage of USB 3.0 speeds by installing HighPoint's new RocketU Quad USB 3.0 PCI-E card. The RocketU features four USB 3.0 ports, with each port rated at 5Gbps (USB 2.0 is rated at 480Mbps). The RocketU can be used with USB 2.0 drives, but there isn't any added speed benefit.

• News: Start-up Pure Storage emerges with all-SSD array

  Pure Storage, a start-up that just received $30 million venture funding, has announced an all-NAND flash storage array that it said can compete with traditional hard drive-based systems on price.

• News: HP releases 3Par storage system, federated storage software

  As part of its Converged Storage portfolio, Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced new federated storage software, Peer Motion, which enables admins to transparently move application workloads between disk systems in virtualized and cloud computing environments.

• News: Major backlight unit supplier for Apple's iPad 3 revealed

  Taiwanese firm Radiant Opto-Electronics will be the biggest supplier of backlight units (BLUs) for the iPad 3, it has been reported.

• News: Texas Memory Systems challenges high-end hard drives with new flash product

  Texas Memory Systems broke out of its uber-high end mold and introduced a flash-based array that it says will compete with Tier 1 hard drive systems on a price-per-gigabyte basis.

• 22 August 2011

• News: AMD Updates CPUs to Boost Laptop Performance, Battery Life

  While competitors Intel and Nvidia are racing off to make smartphone and tablet chips, AMD is standing steadfast to the PC market, announcing today updates to its C- and E-series processors for laptop and desktop PCs.

• News: Dell unveils next-gen EqualLogic arrays

  Dell today announced new versions of its midrange EqualLogic SAN arras, the PS4100 and PS6100, which are now qualified with VMware's vSphere v5.0 and offer the use of 2.5-in drives and solid state drives.

• News: Health Insurer Encrypts All Stored Data

  BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, responding to the theft of 57 hard drives in 2009, has completed a $6 million project to encrypt all of its stored data.

• News: Disaster hits Japan's semiconductor demand

  The March earthquake and disaster in Japan are still affecting the global semiconductor market and may continue to do so for months to come.

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