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Asus Eee Monitor photos leaked

News A webcam is integrated, as are an SDHC slot and LEDs to show Wi-Fi and disk activity. It is hard to tell at this point what components are inside the machine, but it's likely that they will not be dissimilar to those inside the Eee Box, which is...

Tags: machine, wi fi, ports, asus

3 July 2008, 8:34

Photos: Ceatec's consumer electronics

News A set-top box sporting IVDR (information versatile disk for removable usage) technology. Basically, it's a portable hard drive. Panasonic has shown off similar wall TV concepts, so this shouldn't be too far away from being seen in living rooms.

4 October 2007, 9:32

Microsoft: Vista does support Turbo Memory

News David Spaeth, product specialist for the Vaio range, claimed the omission of support for Turbo Memory and hybrid hard disk drives (H-DDs) in the current release of Vista arose during the finalisation of Vista.

8 June 2007, 10:22

Sony steers clear of Intel's Turbo Memory

News Sony also claimed that hybrid hard disk drives (H-DDs) -- hard drives that are partly traditional hard disk and partly solid-state -- are also not currently supported by Vista. Similarly, the company said, decisions about hybrid disk drives were...

6 June 2007, 9:17

Samsung brings 32GB solid state disk to UK laptops

News They also cost over five times more, with the 32GB Samsung unit priced at £350 plus VAT, compared with £65 for a regular 100GB hard disk. Given that prices of flash memory and hard disk drives experience a similar downward trend, the price...

23 May 2007, 9:22

Storage giants push hybrid hard drives

News The flash chips are used to store certain data that would otherwise be written to disk. Several major hard-drive vendors have announced that they will work together to promote and develop a new type of storage: hybrid hard drives.

5 January 2007, 9:26

Fujitsu prepares 300GB laptop drive

News Fujitsu is planning to release a 300GB hard drive for laptops, which it says will set a record for SATA (serial ATA)-based 2.5-inch drives. The vendor argues that the capacity of these kind of drives is now so high that they can replace the need...

14 December 2006, 9:55

Microsoft sees Zune as opening act

News For example, users sometimes get confused between songs that can be played versus those that are transferred to a player only as a file in disk mode. Even a feature as basic as the disk mode, though, adds complexity, Microsoft said.

15 November 2006, 10:57

Hitachi plans laptop drive revolution

News Hitachi's largest 7,200rpm laptop disk now holds 100GB, while the 5,400rpm model goes up to 160GB. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, the hard-drive division of the Japanese electronics giant, will sell hybrid hard drives that cut battery...

1 November 2006, 10:26

Photos: Hitachi and Panasonic's DVD tech

News By contrast, disk recording in Japan, if DVD recorder sales are any evidence, is big. Yes, that's what Hitachi ships with its DVD burners with hard drives. Design prototypes for future Hitachi camcorders are on display this week at the CEATEC trade...

4 October 2006, 9:57

Smart phones that scream when stolen

News The same kind of test is often done on used hard-disk drives. That ear-piercing ring you hear in a restaurant might not be somebody who forgot to set their mobile phone to vibrate. A new service called Mobile Manager, from Synchronica, can remotely...

30 August 2006, 9:02

Canon releases two new HD camcorders

News In early July, Sony announced two camcorders that record to DVD discs and hard-disk drives slated for retail release this autumn. Canon has released two new high-end handheld HD camcorders aimed at broadcasters and cinematographers.

31 July 2006, 9:29

Photos: Top ten holiday gadgets

News As well as watching movies on the 102mm (4-inch) widescreen LCD, you can connect it directly to your digital camera and download your photos to the hard disk. If you're happy to wait until you get home to catch up on two weeks of Deal or No Deal...

26 July 2006, 10:55

Ricoh could be peacemaker in hi-def war

News It basically sits between the laser and the lens and adjusts the light beam so that it focuses on the proper portion of the disk. Negotiations for unity broke down last year in acrimony, according to sources, and its hard to say if the leaders of...

11 July 2006, 10:22

Microsoft rethinks Vista's PC rating tool

News It looks at the processor, hard disk drive, memory and graphics capabilities and gives each a score, as well as a prominently displayed overall score. Microsoft is retooling a PC rating feature in Windows Vista following criticism from hardware...

30 May 2006, 10:04