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Flash Memory

04 March 2009

Patriot Memory, a global provider of premium quality memory module and flash memory solutions, today announced their 256GB Warp SSD v3. Patriot's newest Warp will be showcased at Cebit Germany.

"Our new 256GB Warp SSD v3 now gives the consumer the fastest data-transfer rates plus all the storage space large enough to quench their multimedia thirst," says Meng Jay, Flash Product Manager for Patriot Memory. "With games and applications becoming larger all the time, for the hardcore gamer, some of the smaller SSDs would make poor investments, as they would quickly run out of space."

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Home Entertainment

03 March 2009

Sony announced this week that it has added four new Blu-ray devices to its product lineup. Along with two home theater systems, Sony unveiled two new stand-alone players. The BD-Live capable BDP-S360 and BDP-S560 deliver full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output and can decode the latest advanced audio codecs. The BDP-S560 also features built-in Wi-Fi capabilities and is DLNA ready.

Sony is adding four new Blu-ray Disc(TM) devices to its line-up today, including a stand-alone player with Wi-Fi® capability for easy BD-Live(TM) access and Blu-ray Disc home theater systems with S-AIR(TM) wireless audio.

The BDP-S360 and BDP-S560 stand-alone players and BDV-E300 and BDV-E500W BD home theater systems deliver full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema(TM) output, decode the latest advanced audio codecs and are BD-Live capable with your broadband internet connection and purchase of external memory.

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Network Storage

03 March 2009

Western Digital sent out a press release this morning, announcing a new version of its WD ShareSpace network storage system. Along with a whopping 8TB of storage, the new WD ShareSpace system is 30% faster when reading and writing large media files and offers DLNA media streaming capabilities.

WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in external storage solutions, today announced that WD ShareSpace™ network storage systems now offer 8 TB (terabytes) of capacity, up to 30 percent faster transfer speeds, and DLNA media streaming capabilities. Combined with its ease-of-use and small footprint, WD ShareSpace is now a more compelling solution for small offices and digital media enthusiasts who want to store, protect and share massive amounts of content.

Responding to small-business customers' needs for increased shared storage, WD incorporated its industry-first 2 terabyte WD Caviar® Green™ drive into WD ShareSpace's flexible four-bay design, creating a massive 8 TB's of storage in a small footprint.

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Software

03 March 2009

Nero, creators of liquid media technology, today previewed the latest version of Nero Move it, which now features support for the NVIDIA® CUDA™ architecture, at the CeBIT trade fair. Available as a free update to current Nero Move it customers in April, this new version includes impressive accelerated video encoding times and a decrease in CPU usage to enable users to enjoy even faster file transfer time. By using CUDA technology to tap the massive parallel processing power of NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Nero Move it makes tasks such as customizing an HD video for an iPod, go from hours to minutes. Even more time can be saved when creating full HD video content in the H.264 video compression standard.

"Nero Move it is designed to allow consumers to effortlessly convert and share digital media content among a variety of popular entertainment devices. Shifting specific video processing tasks from the CPU to the GPU enables consumers to complete their content transfers in a fraction of the time," said Michael Steele, general manager of visual consumer solutions, NVIDIA. "People now expect to interact with technology in a more natural and visually appealing way. Whether it's with photos, video, or 3D graphics, the GPU is the perfect processor to enable the best experience."

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Flash Memory

03 March 2009

Pretec continues today its record breaking history in the field of speed and capacity by unveiling the extraordinary 666X CF card, the world’s fastest CF card and the new SDXC 32GB, the world’s first, highest capacity and fastest SD card at CeBIT booth Hall21/D83 and at PMA CFA booth at LVCC South Hall K286 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Also, Pretec unveils today the rechargeable 16MB SRAM PC card and 64GB/128GB ExpressCard SSD, the largest capacity and world’s first ExpressCard SSD with hardware-based AES256 Encryption/Decryption at CeBIT and Embedded World Exhibition & Conference (Booth Hall9, Stand128) at Nuremberg.

Pretec 666X CF’s dazzling 100MB/s speed is the largest speed boost in CF history. Pretec’s CeBIT booth is featuring “Double 100” this year, with dual breakthrough of CF capacity in 100GB, and CF speed in 100MB/s. Pretec 666X CF card will start sampling by April from capacities of 4GB to 64GB.

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Software

02 March 2009

CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), innovative solutions provider for the connected media lifestyle today launched the latest in its award-winning DVD player software CyberLink PowerDVD 9. PowerDVD 9 enriches the movie experience, providing HD-like quality from standard-definition DVD movies.

PowerDVD 9 feature highlights include:

• TrueTheater™ Technology, offering DVD up-scaling to HD-like quality
• Cinema Mode for watching Blu-ray Discs via Windows Media Center
• FancyView for browsing DVD chapters and titles stored in Movie Collection
• High-definition home theater audio, including HDMI 1.3 compatibility and support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio formats
• Blu-ray Disc playback even on low-spec PC

Working together, the companies are ensuring an excellent, intuitive consumer experience designed to drive mass market adoption.  This attention to individual interaction is crucial as more consumers apply it to everyday uses on their computers.

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Flash Memory

02 March 2009

A-DATA Technology, a worldwide leader in high performance DRAM module and flash memory products, announced today its new C902 Super Thin Mini USB Flash Drive.

A Super Thin Mini USB Drive
With the ever advancing technology today, electronic devices are becoming highly sophisticated in function and miniaturized in size. Capacity ranging from 2GB to 16GB, the new C902 not only is compact in size, but also light only 2 grams in weight, Weighting only 2 grams, C902 enables one to access or backup important data whenever and wherever needed. In addition to all the features you can expect from a regular USB 2.0 flash drive, C902 offers value-added software such as UFDtoGo.

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27 February 2009

Sony Corporation today announced a major reorganization and a new management team. The changes, effective April 1, 2009, will fundamentally reorganize the company's electronics and game businesses to improve profitability and strengthen competitiveness in the midst of the continued global economic crisis. They will also accelerate the production of innovative networked products and services by strategically integrating these two business groups.

"Consumers want products that are networked, multi-functional and service-enhanced utilizing open technologies, and user experiences that are rich, shared and, increasingly, green," said Mr. Stringer in announcing these changes. "This reorganization is designed to transform Sony into a more innovative, integrated and agile global company with its next generation of leadership firmly in place. The changes we're announcing today will accelerate the transformation of the Company that began four years ago. They will now make it possible for all of Sony's parts to work together to assume a position of worldwide leadership and, together, achieve great things."

The Board of Directors has endorsed a reorganization of the Company naming Mr. Stringer as President of Sony Corporation in addition to his current responsibilities of Chairman and CEO. Working with his newly appointed electronics leadership team, he will directly oversee the electronics business to enable faster implementation of his strategic direction.

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Optical Storage

26 February 2009

Sony Optiarc Europe announced today that it will begin shipping its new 24x DVD writer, the AD-7240S, in March of this year. While there aren't a lot of details yet, Optiarc has stated that the Serial ATA equipped AD-7240S will be capable of 24x DVD±R, 12x DVD±R DL and 12x DVD-RAM writing speeds. The drive will also support Optiarc's Auto Strategy and Adaptive Self Tuning technologies which optimize writing quality and performance by compensating for disc and drive variations.

While Optiarc America has not made any official announcements regarding the AD-7240S, sources at the company indicated that the drive will be hitting the North American market about the same time as Europe.

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