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1. We need Chrome

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... That OS appears to be Chrome. Because Google's OS eschews old-fashioned disk drives, using flash RAM instead, Chrome is said to go from boot to user login in 7 seconds. Seven! Imagine all of the electricity ...

2. SSDs inch toward the desktop

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Wednesday, 21 October 2009

   ... for most desktop users. For the vast majority of us, we'll be happy to use SSDs in the form of flash drives to carry mobile data or for quick, simple backups. But they have a long way to go in price and ...

3. Sun and Fujitsu upgrade SPARC processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 13 October 2009

   ... deliver up to 25 percent "better performance" than previous processors. Sun also announced an enhanced SPARC memory controller, along with a new flash array known as the F5100. The array features up ...

4. Super Talent and Toshiba encrypt SATA SSDs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 05 October 2009

   ... and Toshiba's MLC NAND flash memories. The DX provides best-in-class security and reliability features combined with cutting edge performance in both read and write speeds," added James. The UltraDrive ...

5. 2TB SSDs released

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 16 September 2009

   ... are a quantum leap ahead of existing SSDs in sequential transfer speeds due to our RAID architecture combined with the latest in flash technology and the bandwidth of the PCI Express interface. Super ...

6. Logitech tunes in to Internet radio

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Friday, 04 September 2009

   ... stereo systems. The Touch - which supports sampling rates of up to 24 bits at 96 kHz - includes a standard USB port and SD card slot for flash drives and memory cards. The Logitech Squeezebox Radio ...

7. Intel confirms problem with solid state drives

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 31 July 2009

     Chip giant Intel has confirmed that it is "pausing shipments" of SSD drives because of a password problem on its 34 nanometer NAND flash based drives. Chip giant Intel has confirmed that it is ...

8. Intel lowers SSD prices with 34nm manufacturing process

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 21 July 2009

   Intel has adopted a "more advanced" 34-nanometer (nm) manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) product line. The move to 34nm is expected to lower SSD prices by up to 60 ...

9. The death of the netbook

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Wednesday, 01 July 2009

   ... with a 7” low-resolution screen, a really cheap keyboard and touchpad, but a notebook-like product with a small amount of flash memory and running an operating system (initially Linux based) that was closer ...

10. Solid state drive sales stalled

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    ... low. DRAM Exchange, which tracks NAND flash memory, the use of SSD devices in the regular notebook market will only be a piffling 1%-1.5% during 2009, and will only amount to less than 10 percent penetration ...

11. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... All-Purpose Sealant, Advanced Kitchen & Bath Adhesive Caulk, Advanced Self-Leveling Concrete Sealant, Advanced Gutter & Flash Sealant and Advanced Blacktop & Roof Sealant – the new line offers ...

12. Datacenter SSDs saving a country’s worth of power, sort of

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 May 2009

    ... be saving the (flash) economy, you would also be contributing to saving, over time, enough power to run an entire country. That is, of course, if we believe the numbers iSuppli has come up with.El Segundo ...

13. DDR SSD claims a massive 300,000 IOPS

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 03 May 2009

    ... product to look to. The DDRdrive X1 is a PCIe Gen 1-based hybrid SSD, combining 4 GB of DDR memory and 4 GB of NAND flash memory. The DRAM portion is used to take advantage of speed when needed while ...

14. Wheelchair operates by power of thought alone

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    ... as it moves. As the user looks at the screen, a blue dot flashes in sequence over each possible destination. When the dot reaches the area where the user wants to go, their brainwaves change slightly. ...

15. Nefarious Conficker worm racks up $9.1 billion bill

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    ... flash drives in effort to replicate and then spread over a network. The most recent versions of the code were responsible for the infection of many networks through peer-to-peer communication. The worm ...

16. Latest OCZ SSDs nearing SATA II speed limit

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 20 April 2009

    OCZ announced new high-performance NAND-flash based solid state disk (SSD) drives, which are among the fastest we have heard of to date (if we forget Fusion IO’s drives for a moment.) The new drives, ...

17. The netbook-killing HP DV2

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 April 2009

    Analyst Opinion - The concept of the Netbook was originally based on the idea of a connected device with a few gigabytes of flash memory, a screen in the 7" range, and a price target of $100.  ...

18. Intel phases out Z-P230 netbook SSDs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 06 April 2009

    ... newer generation of 80 GB and 160 GB SSDs, which sell at much higher prices and help contain the losses in the NAND flash business. Z-P230 flash drives sold for less than $15 in 4 GB versions, for less ...

19. Conficker worm believed to have originated from China

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    ... and brute force techniques to infection through flash drives in effort to replicate and then spread over a network. The most recent versions of the code were responsible for the infection of many networks ...

20. Fennec Beta 1 review: The future of mobile browsing is here

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    ... browsing on our desktop computers. The new beta enhances bookmark management and brings notable speed improvements -- thanks to TraceMonkey. Plugins are also enabled, making Flash video, PDFs and other ...

21. Conficker Worm #3: Prepare for April 1

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 26 March 2009

    ... threat which relies on many different attack methods ranging from password-guessing and brute force techniques to infection through flash drives in effort to replicate and then spread over a network.  ...

22. Fusion-io announces fastest 640 GB server SSD, 1.3 TB version soon

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 13 March 2009

    ... may change over time to include faster, different and better abilities, it is exactly this type of product (a direct, high-speed PCI-e based interface and massive flash storage) which marks it as the beginning. ...

23. The coming ARM vs. Intel PC battle

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    ... new ecosystem could have the benefit of both low cost and low energy use.   Still, and at this writing, ARM doesn't do things like full Flash well and has technology constraints not enjoyed by X86 and ...

24. UPDATED: Hacking Safari 4 Beta: Top 10 hidden settings

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    Safari 4 Beta, which Apple unleashed into the wild yesterday, brings several new features that are not everyone's cup of tea. Some would like to turn off the flashy features because they eat up a lot ...

25. Marvell's Plug Computer: A tiny, discrete, fully functional 5 watt Linux server

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 24 February 2009

    Marvell announced today a new type of computer. It's about the size of an AC to DC converting wall outlet plug, but is really a full SoC with a 1200 MHz CPU, built-in 512 MB Flash, 512 MB DRAM, Gigabit ...

26. UPDATED: Google Ocean watchers may have found Atlantis

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Sunday, 22 February 2009

    ... some unexpected images -- like this recent deer collision, as well as what could possible be a new trend -- flashing the Google Street View car as it drives by. Aerial images taken from high orbiting Google ...

27. NEC develops 32 Megabit MRAM for embedded SoCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 12 February 2009

    ... and SRAM I/O. Additional modified protocol transforms are possible making MRAM compatible with any existing form of RAM or Flash. Chicago (IL) - Today, NEC announced the successful operation of a 32 Mb ...

28. Transcend announces 192 GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 February 2009

      Transcend is one of the less visible companies in the SSD space, but in fact has one of the most complete product lines currently available. The company today announced a new 192 GB SSD version ...

29. SanDisk debuts Button Backup USB Flash Drive, other drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

      Today, SanDisk launched some new USB flash drives, including what it describes as the world's first "push button backup USB drive." These new flash drives range in storage capacity from 4GB to 64GB and ...

30. It's time to dump soft limitations

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 02 January 2009

    ... its Top 20 OEMs. It said Windows XP machines: 1) Could not have more than a 16 GB built-in flash drive, and no hard drive larger than 160 GB. 2) Graphics capabilities could not be greater than DirectX ...

31. Flash growth to slow, SSDs not selling as well as expected

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 31 December 2008

      DRAMeXchange has revised its Flash bit growth forecast once again, from 108.2% in September to only 81%, which is less than half the growth rate the sector posted just two years ago. The market ...

32. YouTube changing format, pushes widescreen HD video

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 19 December 2008

    Recently, YouTube released their high-definition video option. They have now created new landing pages in attempt to make finding popular video categories simple. San Mateo (CA) - Recently, YouTube ...

33. Solid-state disks hit half a terabyte

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 18 December 2008

    ... a good reason, since these drives are typically expensive and are not in reach for the mainstream buyer. While Toshiba’s 512 GB drive is based on the firm’s 43 nm Multi-Level-Cell (MLC) NAND flash technology, ...

34. Micron and Sun expand lifespan of flash storage

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 December 2008

    Micron said that it has developed a single-level-cell (SLC) NAND flash technology that increases the lifespan for flash-based storage media to 1 million write cycles. Boise (ID) – Micron said that ...

35. NAND flash set for slower growth in 2009, says DRAMeXchange

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

    Bit growth rate in the production of NAND flash chips will be lowered to 93% in 2009, down from the 125% projected for 2008 due to a slow growth in major NAND flash memory applications, according ...

36. Hitachi and Intel to develop breakthrough enterprise-class SSDs by early 2010

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 02 December 2008

    ... and storage systems by "early 2010," according to Intel. Intel NAND-based The new generation of SSDs will be branded and sold exclusively by Hitachi GST. They will use Intel NAND flash and ...

37. Micron promises supercharged 1 GB/s SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 November 2008

    ... MB/s of SATA II. Instead, the drives have PCIe interfaces and, according to Micron, include flash data management enhancements. During the short demonstration, Micron’s Joe Jeddeloh claims that the two ...

38. Intel, Micron go after Samsung with 34 nm flash

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 24 November 2008

      Leading in flash production technology is a big advantage in cutting losses and perhaps even see a profit in the troubled NAND flash segment. Micron’s and Intel’s joint venture IM Flash Technologies (IMFT) ...

39. Computers: Changing from power to experience

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Sunday, 23 November 2008

    ... smoking triple-card Nvidia-based system running Core I7 and while I missed the flash drives I was blown away by all of the performance. But is technology really all about performance? Analyst Opinion ...

40. Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives

    (Security/Security Brief)

    Friday, 21 November 2008

    Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, ...

41. Samsung upgrades speed and capacity of SSDs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 20 November 2008

    ... a significant bargain and may put pressure on firms such as Intel, which are currently using the profitable SSD segment, to pay for the losses the low-capacity flash business generates. That price tag ...

42. New high-tech spoiler design may increase SUV fuel economy 3.4% at 67mph

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 11 November 2008

    ... flashy and look very nice, they aren't always practical for increasing fuel economy or reducing drag. In the case of this new wave-like spoiler design, of which no images have been released to the ...

43. Developers get a close look at USB 3.0, products expected in 2010

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 06 November 2008

    ... said that it expects first USB 3.0 devices to become available in early 2010 and that first USB 3.0 devices will include flash drives, external hard drives, digital music players, and digital cameras. ...

44. Sandisk promises 4x faster SSDs for 2009

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 05 November 2008

      Sandisk today announced a new flash file management system for solid state disk (SSD) drives, which is capable of accelerating random write rates at a factor of up to 100x. But don’t get excited ...

45. Intel phases out first 45 nm processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 05 November 2008

    ... due to migration to the Santa Rosa platform and NAND flash technology, Intel has also discontinued its 1GB Turbo Memory used in ReadyBoost. Santa Clara (CA) - Yesterday, Intel Corporation announced ...

46. Intel ships high-performance SSDs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 17 October 2008

    ... introduced mainstream drives, but offers a much higher data throughput. Based on single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash technology, Intel promises that the 2.5” X-25E SATA SSD up to 250 MB/s sequential read ...

47. Seagate SSD release date slips into 2009

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 10 October 2008

      The world’s dominant hard drive manufacturer will begin offering flash-based solid state disk (SSD) drives next year. Seagate told Cnet that the drives will be offered to enterprise customers ...

48. Rumor round-up: New Apple laptops

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 10 October 2008

    ... it, especially the latter which has yet to mature and become global. TG Daily’s take: Processor, memory and storage upgrades are a given to maintain hardware competitiveness. New SSDs follow flash memory ...

49. Super Talent pimps Asus’ EeePC with a 64 GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 09 October 2008

    You can purchase an EeePC with up to 20 GB NAND flash storage space, but if that isn’t enough, you can always upgrade to a larger drive. And fortunately, SSD drives have come down far enough so you don’t ...

50. VIDEO – Hands-on with the Fusion-io SSD, 13 World of Warcraft windows in 36 seconds

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 03 October 2008

      We finally got some hands on time with the Fusion-io solid state drive and it definitely doesn’t disappoint.  This PCI Express card contains 160 gigabytes and up of insanely fast flash memory ...