Dell Studio 17 Review
July 31, 2008
Last year Dell finally realized that consumers don’t want another nameless, faceless black and gray laptop that gets lost in the crowd. Today’s mobile generation wants notebooks that are as unique and stylish as possible. The result was the amazingly attractive and amazingly popular 13.3″ XPS M1330 and the 15.4″ Dell XPS M1530. Taking things one step further, Dell announced the highly customizable Studio 15 and Studio 17 notebooks.
Dell Shrinks the Desktop With Studio Hybrid
July 29, 2008
Dell on Tuesday introduced an ultra-small desktop that the company says is 80 percent smaller than standard minitower desktops.
The Studio Hybrid mini-desktop also uses 70 percent less power than a typical desktop, the company claimed.
Space is at a premium these days, so the goal behind Hybrid was to make it fit anywhere in an office or home, Dell said in a press release.
Google counts more than 1 trillion unique Web URLs
July 29, 2008
In a discovery that would probably send the Dr. Evil character of the Austin Powers movies into cardiac arrest, Google Inc. recently detected more than a trillion unique URLs on the Web.
This milestone awed Google search engineers, who are seeing the Web growing by several billion individual pages every day, company officials wrote in an official blog post last week.
Seagate Freeagent Pro Hard Drives Reviews
July 22, 2008
External hard drives tend to be the sort of components that are inherently useful, but rarely differ much in terms of features or functionality. Pounds per megabyte is surely the most important consideration, and while performance does vary it’s rarely to an extent that makes a big difference to the average consumer.
Sata Hard Drive Samsung 500GB SATA Hard Disk Drive
July 22, 2008
This Samsung 500GB 16MB HD501LJ Spinpoint SATA Series Hard Disk is the ideal storage solution for data, movies, photos and more. Featuring a Serial ATA 3.0Gbps interface, SATA native command queuing, staggered spin-up support, device initiated power management and much more, you can replace your existing hard disk or add it to your existing system for a whopping 500gb of additional storage space.
FEATURES:
* Samsung HD501LJ Serial ATA Series Hard Disk Drive.
* 500GB Capacity.
* 16MB Buffer Memory.
* SATA 3.0Gbps Interface Support.
* ATA Native Command Queuing(NCQ) feature set.
* Device initiated power management.
* Staggered spin-up.
* High speed dual DSP(Digital Signal Processor) based architecture.
* ATA S.M.A.R.T compliant.
* ATA automatic acoustic mangement feature set.
* ATA 48-bit address feature.
* ATA device configuration overlay feature.
* SilentSeek.
* ImpactGuard.
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Sata Hard Drives | 750GB SATA Hard Disk Drive
July 22, 2008
A 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb-per-second Apple Hard Drive operating at 7,200 revolutions per minute. Works with Mac Pro.
Overview
Mac Pro supports up to four 3Gb/s Serial ATA hard drives for up to 3TB of storage. The cable-free, direct-attach drive solution lets you install and remove drives in a snap. To install a drive, you connect a simple drive carrier to the hard drive, then just slide it into place — no cables or connectors to hassle with. Removing the drive is just as easy. Every Mac Pro ships with four hard drive carriers. This solution is perfect if you ever share drives among different workstations at home or the studio.
Requires Mac Pro and Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later.
Note: Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple’s Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.
Reviews
I bought 3 Seagate drives from an online vendor and saved a ton by buying out of state. Then one drive failed after 30 days and the n…Read moreext after another day. I managed to get a return authorization from the vendor and spent $18 shipping back to the vendor. Had I purchased an Apple drive and one failed I could have gone to any retail store to get a replacement and they could have formatted the drive on the spot. As it was I took my Mac Pro in, they found the bad drive and I purchased a replacement on the spot and had it formatted. Yeah the only difference was it says OEM on the Apple drive but there is probably a bit more to it than that since 2 drives failed from the same batch. Not to mention downtime lost and having to reinstall all the sound files stored on the failed drive…you choose. I bet and lost. Stay with Apple drives. Worth it in the long run!
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External Hard Drives Reviews
July 22, 2008
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini (250GB, 7,200 rpm)
Small enough to snuggle comfortably inside a coat or even a suit pocket, the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini (250GB) ($129.99 direct) has received a nice speed boost (from 5,400 to 7,200 rpm) over last year’s Editors’ Choice 160GB model. Suitable for transporting and syncing data between multiple machines (laptop and home PC, or home and work PC), the OneTouch 4 Mini stands out from rivals like the Toshiba HDDR320E03X and the Western Digital My Passport Elite, Read more
Shopping on your mobile (m-commerce)
July 22, 2008
Using your mobile phone to buy products and services is becoming a part of everyday life. Examples of this kind of trade—sometimes called m-commerce—include voting for reality TV shows, downloading ring tones and paying for car parking, and airline and concert tickets.
Know your mobile data usage ?
July 22, 2008
Smartphone mobile data usage – consumers warned to check plans for usage caps/excess charges
The emergence of new smartphone technology, such as the recent release of the Apple iPhone 3G, has led the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to issue a note of warning to consumers.
7 iPhone Applications to Boost Your Productivity
July 22, 2008
The iPhone has been out for more than a week and the hubbub has started dying off and the realities are starting to set in. Not to try and put more fuel on the fire of hype, but I always think the point when the Reality Distortion Field effect starts wearing off* is the best time to look at the technology objectively as well as the application options available to you.
