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• 23 May 2012

• News: Seagate to acquire storage company LaCie

  On Wednesday, hard drive manufacturer Seagate announced that it will acquire a controlling interest in LaCie. Seagate has agreed to purchase 64.5 percent of LaCie's outstanding shares, according to a LaCie press release.

• News: Seagate to buy external drive maker LaCie

  Seagate today announced plans to acquire LaCie, a French maker of external consumer hard drive products, in an all-cash deal worth about $186 million.

• 22 May 2012

• News: Windows 8 touchscreen devices to be priced higher, Dell says

  Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, Dell's CEO said on Tuesday.

• News: 60TB disk drives could be a reality in 2016

  Advanced technologies such as HAMR could mean disk drive capacities from 30TB to 60TB by 2016, according to a new report by IHS iSuppli.

• News: AMD launches embedded Trinity APUs

  AMD has launched its R-Series of embedded ‘Trinity’ Accelerated Processing Units (APUs).

• News: EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management

  EMC has acquired Syncplicity, an enterprise file-management service provider, for an undisclosed sum.

• 21 May 2012

• News: Thunderbolt cable options open up for Apple Mac users

  The number of options available for Mac users to buy Thunderbolt cables from outside Apple is growing, with companies announcing longer and competitively priced cables that will also work with upcoming Windows PCs with Thunderbolt ports.

• News: AMD aims for better graphics in casinos, hospitals with new chips

  Advanced Micro Devices aims to improve the quality of high-definition video and 3D graphics on equipment in casinos and hospitals with its new R-series processors, which the company announced on Monday.

• News: EMC unveils slew of product upgrades, new VMAX array

  EMC today announced upgrades across all of its product lines, including a doubling of capacity and performance in both its high-end VMAX array and a 50% performance boost to its midrange VNXe line.

• News: Plastic Logic pulls out of e-reader business

  Plastic Logic, the Cambridge-based company that makes plastic electronic displays, is closing its US operations and abandoning plans to manufacture its own e-readers.

• 18 May 2012

• News: AMD Trinity APUs to compete with Intel Ivy Bridge processors

  The story "AMD Trinity APUs to compete with Intel Ivy Bridge processors," which ran Thursday, was attributed to the wrong publication. The story was published by PC Advisor.

• News: AMD launches Trinity APUs to take on Intel's Ivy Bridge

  The story "AMD launches Trinity APUs to take on Intel's Ivy Bridge," which ran Thursday, was attributed to the wrong publication. The story was published by PC Advisor.

• News: Apple patent points to Retina display Macs -- report

  A new Apple patent filing could add further evidence to the speculation that next-generation Macs will have Retina displays.

• News: Smartphone boom drives market in hybrid processors

  Hybrid processors that include two or more types of core now account for half of all processor revenues, driven by growth in smartphones and tablets, according to new research by IMS Research.

• News: Retina display MacBook is on its way, but could be pricey -- analyst

  An analyst has said that the rumoured Retina display MacBooks are already in the supply chain, but could cost $100 (£63) more.

• News: Apple: We're preparing for 'hardware specific special features'

  Apple’s AppleSeed program allows a select group of customers to test out Apple software before it’s even released to Apple’s registered developers. These select customers received an email from Apple on Wednesday, informing them that the company is preparing for ‘hardware specific software updates’.

• 17 May 2012

• News: New mobile DRAM standard for 4G networks offers 50% performance boost

  The specification for next-generation mobile DRAM was published, offering smartphone, tablet and ultra-thin notebook makers a 50% increase in memory performance.

• News: Paging Mr. Phelps: This SSD will self-destruct....

  SSD maker RunCore's InVincible SSD can wipe your data using one of two methods: overwriting the entire disk with meaningless code or frying it with voltage.

• News: 3 Factors Pushing Indian IT Infrastructure Market to $3 bn by 2016

  Gartner recently announced that the Indian IT infrastructure market comprising of servers, storage and networking equipment will reach $2.05 billion (approximately INR 13,500 crore) in 2012, a 10.3 percent increase over 2011. It also mentioned that this is expected to reach $3.01 billion (approximately INR 16,200 crore) by 2016.

• 16 May 2012

• News: Pure Storage's next-generation flash array offers high-availability option

  Pure Storage today announced the second generation of its all-flash array, which can now be configured for high availability.

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