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Intel and Hitachi GST today announced plans to jointly develop and deliver enterprise-class solid-state drives (SSD). The new SSDs will be branded and exclusively sold and supported by Hitachi GST and use Intel NAND flash memory and SSD technology.
Intel Corporation and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced plans to jointly develop and deliver Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Fibre Channel (FC) enterprise-class solid-state drives (SSDs) for servers, workstations and storage systems.
The combination of a leading Enterprise drive supplier with a NAND technology and manufacturing leader will produce world-class solutions in terms of reliability, performance and system compatibility. The two companies will work together exclusively to deliver enterprise SSDs with SAS and FC interfaces, with the first products expected to be available in early 2010.
The new generation of solid-state drive technology complements existing enterprise-class hard disk drives (HDDs) and is intended for use in storage applications that require extremely high Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) performance and power efficiency.
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Since SlySoft's beginnings in 2003, all Slysoft product licenses have been sold with free product lifetime updates included. While standards, technologies and SlySoft's product range have changed significantly since 2003, only now has Slysoft's free lifetime update policy been reviewed with respect to converting to an annual subscription fee format for new license purchases.
According to SlySoft CEO Giancarlo Bettini, this change is justified and will ensure first class products and future development: "Our portfolio already contains eight products, and there is another program in the pipeline. Each product is continuously being enhanced by first-class developers; each product gets 24/7 top-notch multilingual support. Our premises became a bit crowded in the last couple of years, and, to be honest, we may not have reached our limits yet. Something needs to be done in order to not only ensure Slysoft's continued commitment to excellence but to also promote future improvements: namely, growth and development. With respect to current financial challenges the current economy presents, modifying our update policy seems to be the only fair and reasonable step in lieu of a substantial price increase. Details are yet to be determined and will follow."
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CyberLink announced this morning that PowerDirector 7 has been optimized for Intel's new Core i7 processor. With these optimizations, CyberLink claims that they've achieved a 112% performance gain in overall HD video editing performance.
CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), an innovative solution provider for the connected digital lifestyle, announced today that CyberLink PowerDirector 7, the HD video editing software, is optimized for Intel's latest quad-core Core i7 "Nehalem" microprocessor to boost overall performance gain in HD video editing performance.
CyberLink PowerDirector 7 optimized for Intel® Core™ i7 processor-based PCs, achieves 112% of performance gain in overall HD video editing performance, from previewing, rendering to burning to a DVD or Blu-ray Disc. As a HD video editing solution, PowerDirector 7 takes great advantage of Intel Core i7 platform features such as Simulate Multi Threading(SMT) technology, triple-channel DDR3 and Intel® QuickPath technology to boost its performance, while the 8MB L3 cache further speeds up its memory access speed.
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Plextor Europe has launched a new series of Pocket hard disk drives. These credit card sized external drives are available in 60GB and 120GB capacities and can be powered off a computer's USB bus.
Personal storage expert Plextor unveils the first truly pocket-sized external hard disk – one of the smallest 1.8-inch drives in the world. Weighing just 90g, this miniature device enables home users and business users to carry and share important data with them anywhere.
Perfect for PC and Mac users who find memory sticks too limiting, yet don’t want the bulk of a full-sized external drive, the Plextor Pocket HDDs are only about the size of three memory sticks, yet offer much larger capacities - up to 120GB of storage.
Plextor’s pocket HDDs come in two sizes, the 60GB PX-PPH60U and the 120GB PX-PPH120U.
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With Black Friday only a few days away, U.S. retailers have slashed the price of entry-level Blu-ray players in an attempt to bring shoppers into their stores. With these players being channeled to the Japanese and American markets, media research firm Screen Digest expects that affordable Blu-ray players will be in short supply in Europe this holiday season. Screen Digest also stated that this shortage, combined with the recession, will slow the adoption of Blu-ray in the European market.
"A shortage of cheaper Blu-ray players means that the sub-$300 machines that are already appearing on U.S. shelves are unlikely to materialize in Europe this Christmas," Screen Digest analyst Richard Cooper said in a report.
"Combined with the recession, this means the format is unlikely to move much beyond the early adopter market this year," he said.
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Advanced Media announced today that its RIDATA USB Drive with microSD slot is now available in 8GB capacity. Using the built in microSD slot, users can plug in a microSD or microSDHC card and download their data directly to the drive. The drive also features partition and security functions to create a private partition with password protection.
Advanced Media, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of the popular RIDATA brand of recordable CD and DVD media, electronic storage products, and digital media accessories, is pleased to announce its RIDATA USB Drive with Micro SD slot is now available in 8GB capacity. The drive allows users to securely store and transfer data from a cell phone or other MicroSD or MicroSDHC enabled device.
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Hammer Storage recently announced the release of its new morespace Portable hard drives. These affordable, pocket sized drives are available now in capacities up to 500GB and can be customized through the use of personalized skins, which also protect the drive against scratches.
Hammer Storage, a division of Bell Microproducts Inc. (Other OTC:BELM.PK - News), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, today announced the release of its latest storage solution: morespace(TM) Portable. Hammer's morespace Portable is a compact, lightweight portable hard drive that allows users to instantly add more space to both PCs and Macs. Complete with easy to use back-up software, morespace Portable is available now. Priced below comparable offerings, morespace Portable costs under 26 cents per gigabyte (GB) of storage and can be found at select retail stores and online retailers listed at www.hammer-storage.com.
For on-the-go consumers, the new morespace is small enough to fit into a shirt pocket and offers users the ability to make their morespace exclusively their own through the use of customizable skins, which will also protect it from scratches. morespace Portable sets itself apart by offering more than just the standard color choices available from its major competitors. By simply visiting http://www.hammer-storage.com/skins/, users can purchase completely custom skins that feature a favorite photograph, color scheme, artwork, or other fashionable design. One skin is included with the morespace Portable unit to get consumers started, which can easily be removed and replaced with a custom skin of the consumer's choice.
