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Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Preview – HotHardware

May 24, 2010

Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Preview – HotHardware: “The Seagate Momentus XT mates 4GB of solid state storage with a traditional 2.5’ hard drive in an attempt to bridge the current gap between hard drives and SSDs. “ (Via Hot Hardware .) I think that if you want performance from your massive storage device [...]

MacBook Unibody Model A1342 Mid 2010 Teardown – iFixit

May 20, 2010

MacBook Unibody Model A1342 Mid 2010 Teardown – iFixit: “We wanted to see what’s inside Apple’s updated MacBook! This machine bears the exact same model number ‘A1342,’ but includes a longer-lasting battery and the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor. We got this unit from the Apple Store on May 19th, 2010.” (Via iFixIt .) [...]

Google To Launch Amazon S3 Competitor ‘Google Storage’ At I/O

May 18, 2010

Google To Launch Amazon S3 Competitor ‘Google Storage’ At I/O: “Amazon’s cloud storage services are going to be getting another major competitor this week: Google. We hear that this week during its I/O conference, Google will be announcing a new service that is a direct competitor with Amazon’s S3 cloud storage.” (Via TechCrunch.) While some [...]

AMD calls Vision line-up its ‘strongest ever’, HD across the range | News | TechRadar UK

May 12, 2010

AMD calls Vision line-up its ‘strongest ever’, HD across the range | News | TechRadar UK: “AMD has introduced its new Vision platforms at a launch event in Cannes today. AMD has promised full top-to-bottom 1080p HD support, promising ‘at least two thirds’ of the video performance of rivals at the same price point.” Why [...]

Seagate Announces GoFlex External and Network Hard Drives for Mac and PC

May 7, 2010

Seagate Announces GoFlex External and Network Hard Drives for Mac and PC: ” With the introduction of Seagate’s new series of GoFlex storage solutions, even non-believers will be intrigued by the line of external drives that add a level of flexibility and speed to the way you work and play on your computer. “ I’ve [...]

Avoid iPad lockouts when using Bluetooth keyboards | Accessories | iPhone Central | Macworld

May 7, 2010

Avoid iPad lockouts when using Bluetooth keyboards | Accessories | iPhone Central | Macworld MacWorld writes: If you’re planning on taking the same approach for some of your travels, and if you’ve enabled a passcode lock on your iPad (which you definitely should if you leave the house with it), let me save you a [...]

Typing on the iPad | Tablets | iPhone Central | Macworld

May 5, 2010

Typing on the iPad | Tablets | iPhone Central | Macworld: “After a month of living with the iPad—and an intensive weekend spent reviewing the 3G models—I’ve had a chance to to type more than a few words on it and figure out whether or not it lives up to expectations. The verdict? It’s better [...]

Use those old Portable Hard Drives as Network Storage.

May 5, 2010

If you are anything like me you have a large number of portable Hard Drives taking up space in your office. What do you do with them? I’d like to connect them together and use them as Network Storage. At first I thought of Drobo, but that its a bit expensive, and my Portable Hard [...]

Don’t like the Cloud Servers?

April 27, 2010

Yesterday, I did a scathing review of using the Cloud servers for syncing files between two or more computers. What is my solution, if I don’t like the control I give up over “my” files? The answer is interesting, and I present it after the break.

Sony to end floppy disk production | Storage & Backup | Macworld

April 26, 2010

Sony to end floppy disk production | Storage & Backup | Macworld Good bye Floppies, it was nice, but now you’re too small. There are children alive today who do not know what a floppy disk is, or they teethed on one. I am running out of floppies to demo to kids what a floppy [...]

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