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Samsung Unveils New High-Capacity, ‘Green’ Enterprise SSD
Solid-state semiconductor maker Samsung revealed Jan. 6 that it has developed a new enterprise-level 2.5-inch, 100GB solid-state flash drive that can handle heavy-duty applications...
Google Named No. 3 Spam Provider
Much has been made of the recent revelation that Google had reached No. 4 on Spamhaus' list of "The 10 Worst Spam Service ISPs."...
Clearwire Debuts Portland WiMax
If not quite coast-to-coast, WiMax is now at least on each coast. Three months after Sprint Nextel carried out the nation's first WiMax rollout...
AMD, HP Combine to Launch ‘Yukon’ Platform for Ultraportable Laptops
Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to launch its much anticipated "Yukon" platform for lower-cost, ultraportable laptops at the 2009 CES, and the chip maker...
Feds Tapped Out of DTV Coupons
The Feb. 17 digital television transition took another stumbling turn this week when the NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration) announced that funding for...
Iron Mountain Extends Enterprise Online Backup to Macs
A recent Yankee Group global survey contends that the use of Macs in the enterprise is on the rise. The researcher reported that approximately...
NHL Shoots and Scores with Video
Click here to see screenshotsnhlvid.jpgThe National Hockey League has performed a hat trick: scoring new video, content management and analytics capabilities at NHL.com.
Just about...
Cops Packing Spyware – Abuse of Power?
An interesting little situation has cropped up across the pond in the UK, where it became public news late last week that new legislation...
Lenovo to Preview IdeaPad Consumer Laptops at CES
Lenovo, which entered the consumer market in 2008 with its IdeaPad line, is previewing three new mainstream laptops at CES in Las Vegas, and...
Freescale Entering Netbook Market with System-on-a-Chip Design
Freescale Seminconductor is planning to enter the "netbook" market later this year with a system-on-a-chip design that uses the next-generation ARM Cortex-A8 processor, which...