By Douglas Cebik, on September 13th, 2006
Some dueling disk-drive makers are claiming new records for storing data, extending a technology that is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Silicon Valley this week.
A unit of Hitachi Ltd. plans to announce today that its researchers have demonstrated the ability to store 345 gigabits — or billions of bits — of [...]
By Douglas Cebik, on September 12th, 2006
CNET Coverage: Movies can be downloaded in near-DVD quality, Jobs said during his presentation at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Consumers with broadband speeds of 5 megabits per second will be able to download movies from iTunes in 30 minutes, he added.
Apple also plans to introduce a product in the first quarter [...]
By Douglas Cebik, on September 12th, 2006
Apple introduces the New iPod
Apple Unveils the New iPod shuffle
Apple Introduces the New iPod nano
Apple Announces iTunes 7 with Amazing New Features
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By Douglas Cebik, on September 12th, 2006
Industry’s Highest Capacity Card For Cellphones Will Enable High-Resolution Photography, Digital Video, Music, Games and Data Storage
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 12, 2006–SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK – News) today announced a 4-gigabyte (GB)(1) miniSD High Capacity (SDHC(TM)) flash card at the CTIA Wireless Show, where the company is exhibiting in Booth #1147. SanDisk Press Release [...]
By Douglas Cebik, on September 11th, 2006
SEOUL, South Korea – Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday unveiled a new type of memory chip that it said will allow digital devices to work faster by saving new data more quickly.
The phase-change random access memory, or PRAM, chip is nonvolatile, meaning it will retain data even when an electronic device is turned [...]