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While the overall market was up based on Ben Bernanke's hints at another rate cut, Dell's lackluster outlook killed the rally and hit the tech sector hard.
Hewlett-Packard's strong market share was bolstered by a strong network of resellers and focus on notebooks, analysts with iSuppli said.
OMTP wants operators and suppliers to speak the same language. A consortium of mobile operators has produced a new conformance scheme to make mobile data services easier and safer to use.
Memory maker Micron Technology on Wednesday introduced a line of solid-state drives (SSDs) and said it would plug the technology into portable storage devices by mid- to end 2008.
Micron's new RealSSD hard drive, announced at an event in San Francisco, will come in sizes of 1.8 inches and 2.5 inches with storage capacities of 32GB and 64GB. Micron also announced embedded SSD modules for blade servers with storage capacities of 1GB to 8GB.
Purported by many to be the future replacement of hard drives, the growth of SSDs has been stymied by high pricing, longevity, and storage issues. However, the power-efficient and ruggedness of SSDs may attract users, said Dean Klein, vice president of memory system development at Micron.
RealSSD is 50 percent lighter than standard hard drives, and at under 2 watts of power consumption, the drives will be ideal for laptops, Klein said. The drives also support the SATA II interface, a standard typically used to connect hard drives to computer systems.
With no moving parts, RealSSD drives also have a rugged design and store data reliably. They handle vibrations and resist shock better than rotating media, Klein said.
Despite multiple advantages, SSDs may not replace hard drives as storage devices in the near future, he said. SSD technology is under development, and some markets are sensitive to price-per-gigabyte of SSDs, Klein said.
SSDs currently cost between $7 and $10 per gigabyte, making them much more expensive than hard drives, which cost $0.20 to $0.30 per gigabyte, according to data from research firm iSuppli.
Initial consumers for RealSSD could be OEMs or enterprises, which look for reliability and high data throughput, and laptop consumers, which require portability and power efficiency, Klein said.
RealSSD drives could reach consumers in the form of portable storage devices or ExpressCards by mid- to end 2008, depending on consumer demand, Mark Adams, Micron's vice president of digital media said in an interview. An ExpressCard fits in a laptop's PCMCIA slot.
Sending SSDs to consumers immediately is questionable as the emerging technology hasn't proven itself yet, Adams said. There is a risk in being first-to-market if the product doesn't sell, which will build up unnecessary inventory of SSDs. Instead, Micron will try to get feedback from OEMs that include SSDs in their products and develop devices accordingly, Adams said.
Micron sells portable consumer storage devices through Lexar Media, which it acquired last year.
There are already a few vendors that include SSDs in their hardware. Aurora, a gaming systems manufacturer, includes them in its Area-51 ALX and Aurora ALX desktop PCs, and Toshiba includes SSDs in its laptops.
This new Japanese poster for 20th Century Fox's Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem has been revealed online. Opening Christmas Day and directed by the Brothers Strause, "AVP-R" stars Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, John Ortiz, Shareeka Epps, Johnny Lewis, Sam Trammell and David Paetkau. In the film, the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town – with the residents caught in the middle.
Michael Pachter expects improved hardware sales over last year, led by the Nintendo DS and followed by the Wii.
Some guy on a dirtbike thinks he can pass through the deep mud. It turns out he can not.
eldavojohn writes "The BBC is running a story on problems with the Xbox 360's HD video service that went live a few days ago. I have wondered quite a bit how Microsoft runs the proxy caches for this service and how they are ensuring that their end consumers are not creating high amounts of internet traffic while downloading HD video." From the article: "Gamers can buy TV programmes but the movies are rented and are automatically deleted from the console's hard drive after a fixed period. 'We've made progress over the past 24 hours, and the team is dedicated to fixing the issues and continues to work as fast as they can around the clock to get the service running as seamlessly as you have come to expect,' wrote Mr Hryb, who is Xbox Live's director of programming, on his Major Nelson Xbox blog.
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Sony's having a rough week. After shootings on launch day and a harsh review from the New York Times, Bloomberg is now calling Sony out as having completely missed its shipping targets. The analyst company says there may have been as few as 50% of aimed-for units available, and that the company may only get about 200,000 units to stores by the end of the year (something Sony flatly denies). PS3 fans now also have to deal with the fact that Koei is cross-platforming two previously exclusive titles. Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm are now in development for the 360 as well, marking the latest in a string of titles that have slipped away from Sony. There is some consolation for the company to take away from this week, though. They did better than Microsoft last week in Japan, with around 81,000 PS3s, 19,000 PSPs, and 16,000 PS2s sold to a mere 4,000 Xbox 360s and ... 4 Xboxes.
"As we approach the end of another successful year of Xbox 360® and Xbox LIVE®, let's take a look back at some of the features that make Xbox 360 the best entertainment platform on the planet. We couldn't stop at 360 though, so here are more than 360 reasons to love Xbox 360":
382. Xbox 360 Fanboy (Congrats to X3F for making the list)
The eclipse is on its way! Sylar learns more about his abilities and moves one step closer to having a babymomma. Lines are further drawn and more post-humans choose their sides. Claire is like a transformer - more than meets the eye, unless the eye meets a self-centered cheerleader with delusions of grandeur. Okay, so maybe they're not delusions.
In his weekly column on all things MMO, Jeff Hollis looks at the Lich King launch, geeks in space and virtual betrayal.
By comparing the hippocampus of a patient suffering from episodic memory to that of a healthy person of the same age, Professor James Brewer can determine whether the patient is suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. Trouble is, to manually assemble the 256 hippocampi MRI images, it can take an entire week. Or he can run NeuroQuant on his iMac and get a statistical report in about 8.5 minutes.
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Bulent from Shiny Media chats to Charles Martinet, The actor behind the voice of Mario.
Is this LEGOfilled action game the perfect title for the kiddies?
With the PS3's launch late last year, 2007 marks the system's first full year of existence. But it was no ordinary year for games, as several killer "must-have" titles have shown what the PS3's extra muscle can do. But what's a user to do with so many pieces to choose from? IGN's picked 10 of the biggest and best releases of the year that everyone with a PlayStation 3 should play.
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Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead at a Portland hotel early yesterday morning. He was 62.
Some new screenshot's of the game for the PS3 version.
Delta 7's Arantix bike frame is see-through and weighs just 2.75lbs but is so strong there's no rider weight limit. It's made of Isotruss, a material consisting of carbon fiber strands bent into a wide mesh to emulate the sturdy geometry of steel truss structures. That tech ain't cheap: Expect to pay $7,000 when it ships next spring (frame only—the other parts will run you $4K more). We are a little creeped out, though. If it's all about sports, why this talk about how well it withstands shrapnel hits? When we asked about military applications, one of the Delta 7 dudes said, simply, "Rapid deployment." Kinda alters the significance of "light artillery."–Video by Richard Blakeley [Delta 7 Sports]
Beauty for Mary Claire is low key, but she takes great care of her hair by using Dr. Hauschka Neem Hair Oil once a week.
This is one really happy baby
Capcom confirms when the online mayhem begins.
Mr. Skin fast forwards to the good bits. This week Rachel Weisz is very nice, Jessica Biel makes you squeal and Lisa Bonet will get you horn-ay.
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Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Viva Pi?ata PC, Koei's Bladestorm, Sam & Max: Season Two, and Super Mario Bros. 3 on the VC all part of November's opening fusillade.
Week in review. Stories include:
The PS3 80GB SKU was a top-seller this week at Circuitcity.com. The SKU, which includes a copy of Motorstorm, was discounted in Oct. to $499.
Sales for Microsoft Corp.?s Xbox 360 were up in the latest retail data prior to a price cut in Japan. The hardware ranked No. 6 in overall video game sales.
Sales for Sony Corp.?s Playstation 3 stayed behind Wii in the latest retail tally. The PS3 ranked as the No. 4 video game hardware in overall sales.
Those of you who have chosen to decorate your kitchen with an eye toward all things Apple will delight in Williams-Sonoma's iPod-lookin' Triple Timer. The basic kitchen timer allows you to set three alerts for different dishes, using what looks like a handy iPod clickwheel. (Somebody's patent's getting infringed.) The Triple timer also has a clock on its LED-backlit display. Unlike any new iPod, the Triple Timer includes a dock, runs on AA batteries—and costs just $20. [Williams-Sonoma via Gadget Lab]
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The rumor -- PlayStation 3 pre-orders sold on eBay will be cancelled by EB-Gamestop -- was a stretch when it first surfaced two days ago, and now EB-Gamestop's director of public & media relations Chris Olivera has officially debunked it. "Are we canceling pre-orders that appear on eBay? The answer to that is no," Olivera confirmed.
eBay will continue to moderate PlayStation 3 (and Wii) pre-order auctions using
these guidelines:
- Only one of each console can be listed per eBay account prior to the launch of the console
- The seller must only accept payment through PayPal, and have at least 50 feedback with a 98% or greater positive rating so that they qualify for PayPal Buyer Protection
- The pre-sale item must be listed in the 3, 5, 7 or 10-day formats, and cannot use Buy It Now
- The listing must include a photo of your pre-order receipt in the description
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BioWare and LucasArts have announced a new collaboration.
Midway will deliver classic kombat to Nintendo's handheld in November, and we took an early build for a spin.
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Panic has announced that CandyBar 3, the forthcoming update to its system icon customization software for Mac OS X. CandyBar 3 brings users the ability to customize some of the look of Mac OS X Leopard's new Dock, according to Panic, and as always features CandyBar's easy system icon customization engine. Users can change the trash can icon or repl...
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Apple on Monday reported its best September quarter in history, beating many analyst estimates as well as Wall Street consensus to send company shares soaring more than 2.3 percent after the market closed. Apple earned revenue of $6.22 billion with the help of more than 2.16 million Mac sales -- which broke the company's record for the most Mac sal...
T-Mobile today formally began shipping the G1, the first production Android-based device and the carrier's first full-touchscreen phone poised to challenge the iPhone. The launch sees the HTC-built handset available online to non-T-Mobile users for the first time and also makes the phone available in retail for those regions that carry T-Mobile's HSDPA- or UMTS-based 3G service; the company claim...
AT&T wireless subscribers will soon be able to download music over the air from Napster, the telecom company announced Monday. The new service, which will begin in mid-November, will allow AT&T customers to select from more than 5 million full-track songs, representing all major recording labels, available from Napster.
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