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Top Hard Drive Manufacturers Cutting Back on Warranty Terms
Seagate and Western Digital have reduced their warranties to one to three years
Hard drive prices were at an astounding level, with weekly deals for 2TB SATA drives being sold for sub-$100 prices. Then prices shot up – in some cases..doubled – after Thailand got hit with major flooding. While the situation in Thailand is still having major affects on the world hard drive supply, a new development...
Worldwide Hard Drive Market Feels Massive Impact From Flooding in Thailand; Shortages & Price Hikes Result
As you’ve likely seen on the news, the severe monsoon flooding in Thailand has been a tragedy for families and businesses across that part of the globe. Thailand’s disaster has shut down 14,000 factories, flooded hundreds of thousands of homes and put more than 660,000 out of work. The industry most affected by the flooding is the hard disk drive manufacturing companies and their supply chain....
Micron, Samsung Launch Consortium For New Open Interface Memory Technology
Samsung Electronics and Micron have announced the creation of a consortium for OEMs, enablers and integrators that will collaborate in developing and implementing an open interface specification for an innovative new memory technology called the Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC).
Micron and Samsung are the founding members of the Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium (HMCC), and will work closely with fellow developers...
Asus Launches Zenbook to Compete Against MacBook Air
The Asus Zenbook offers a seamless and smooth look, embedded keyboard and oversized, integrated touchpad all encased in a compact form factor of the machine
They say Windows-based laptop PCs can never compare to the quick-on, sleek and technical specs of Apple’s MacBook models, specifically the thinnest of the lines, the MacBook Air. ASUS is trying to change that stereotype as they launched their...
Electronics Recycling at the Rochester Public Market
Rochester Public Market Now Accepts Electronics For Recycling To Benefit The Sunnking/Foodlink We-Cycle Donation Program
If you haven’t been to the Rochester Public Market to shop around for the freshest produce and other unique foods in Rochester, here’s yet another reason to swing by. Sunnking has teamed up with the Public Market to offer free and convenient electronics recycling on select Sundays...
GIGABYTE Unleashes G1.Sniper 2 Gaming Motherboard
GIGABYTE recently launched their new G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, the latest G1-Killer Series motherboard designed for extreme gaming on the latest Intel Z68 chipset and Intel i7 Core “Sandy Bridge” processors. Featuring several state-of-the-art onboard solutions from renowned industry leaders Creative and Bigfoot Networks, as well as many additional and exclusive GIGABYTE features, the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper...
Back To School Gadget Must-Have’s
If you’re headed back to college or sending someone back to school this Fall, Apple wants to remind you they still have the goods, with their annual back-to-school new product launches.
Launchpad gives you instant access to all the apps on your Mac in OS X Lion
Mac OS X Lion Launchpad
OS X Lion (v 10.7) has landed for the low price of $30. You can pick up the newest installment of the Mac operating...
Seagate Ships 3TB Desktop Drive
Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT hard drive
Seagate has begun shipping one of the industry’s most elegant, easy-to-install 3TB desktop drives – the Barracuda XT hard drive – a product that eliminates the need to purchase extra hardware or software to overcome the 2TB barrier. The Barracuda XT hard drive delivers the highest available capacity for home servers and workstations, high-definition video editing...
Asus Eee Slate EP121: The Most Powerful Tablet
Asus Eee Slate EP121
With its large multi-touch display and Intel Core i5 processor, the ASUS Eee Slate EP121 delivers the ultimate combination of performance and portability in a tablet design. Powered by Windows 7 Home Premium, the Eee Slate runs the same software as any desktop or notebook PC, so it’s perfect for mobile users who need to run resource-intensive applications.
The Eee Slate EP121...
Quad Displays: 4 LCDs For One PC
My quad display graphics setup
Whoa, you might be thinking, why would anyone need 4 displays connected to one PC? The quick answer is I’m a graphic designer and can use all the screen real estate I can get to help me be more efficient and streamline my workflow of producing marketing materials. Yes, lots of designers do get by with a single display, but I’ve found that having a dual display setup...
