Toshiba battery sized hard disk

OKay, the new MKxx29GSG (yups thats the name of the hard disk) is 5,400rpm SATA 1.8" hard-drive family. The new drive features 120GB and 160GB capacities and can take advantage of the SATA-II controller standard, of which the transfer rate reaches up to 3 gigabits per second.

The world record holder for the smallest hard disk which is 0.85" hard drive and have a capacity of 2GB and 4GB units in 2005. They are about the size of a postage stamp is Toshiba (just for your information). Now its 120 - 160 GB, hooray for Moore's law.

Via - CNET

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What kind of data storage used in jetfighters?

Haha! all of you must be wondering what kind of data storage are used in jetfighters or fighter planes like f-16, B-2 Stealth Bomber, NATO AWACS, C-5 Galaxy, and F-15 now fly with the storage systems and flash cards by SanDisk, and modified by Targa, a leader in providing ruggedized data storage solutions to the military and aerospace markets, with standard, industrial grade Type II flash memory PC cards.



Source - Targa

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Kingston Mini Slim USB Flashdrive

Kingston finally came out with its new trendy mini flashdrive in 3 colors!. The flashdrive holds up to 4GB of you know what a flash drive do and have 2 years warranty.

Dear Kingston, why did u you made in only 3 colors? and flashdrives should have lifetime warranty right? sigh..

Via - CRN

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slotMusic anyone?

"Musicians will find slotMusic cards offer a compelling new way to express themselves to their fans. With 1GB1 (gigabyte) of capacity, slotMusic cards can hold songs, as well as liner notes, album art, videos, and other creative content that an artist may choose. Consumers can also add their own content to a slotMusic card, creating a personal plug-and-play media library."

The 1GB SanDisk slotMusic microSD cards are preloaded with DRM-free 320kbps MP3s, and are aimed primarily at mobile phones.

Okay first of all, would you go to a store and browse the slotMusic micro sd cards with a magnifying glass to choose a music album? secondly, will it look good on your shelf to have micro sd line up for display?, thirdly, these tiny things can easily breaks and misplaced!, fourthly, its not easy to open up a phone and change the micro sd because mostly micro sd are placed inside and behind the phone batteries.

So why SanDisk? Why??

Via - SanDisk

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Store an Elephant in LaCie

Okay, a simple question, if you have 100 million dollars to be spent in one day what would you buy?

Now, if you have 6 TB (Tera Bytes!!!) of storage, what in the world are you going to put in? elephant? good answer! err.... hehe (lets cut the joke shall we). An abnormal (hahaha) user can store about 1,980,000 3MB Mp3s or 6000 movies.

So be it, LaCie is the leader in bulky storage. The 4big Quadra Raid incorporates external Serial ATA (eSATA), FireWire 400/800 and USB 2.0 interfaces. It’s stackable and chainable where you can scale up to four units to operate together at once.

Via - Macworld

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80GB PS3 for Malaysians

After 2 years of delay, finally! PS3 is officially launch in Malaysia. Priced at RM1599 or USD 500 with 80GB.

Naoi Sudo the managing director of Sony Malaysia said; " The introduction of the PS3 coincided with Sony’s vision of delivering full high-definition entertainment to the home. The timing of the PS3 launch couldn’t have been better as the market for high-definition products and broadband infrastructure to support the media was growing rapidly."

Yeah right!, so if you want to play ps3 you are compulsory to buy HDTV? how much does one HDTV cost? another RM1000 or USD 250? so that makes your PS3 RM2599 or USD750. Do you know that is actually damn expensive for Malaysians?.

Via - The Star

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Whats up DAVE?

So this year, DAVE wont be joining your dinner party, halloween party, first memorable kiss, spy shots photo or your first child very first word video. Why? because the CEO of Seagate the number one leader of hard disk company (is it?), Bill Watkins plans to mix hard disk with flash drives in order to make DAVE which is a fancy hard drive that communicates with a cellphone wirelessly. DAVE can make your life easier for you to store your latest photos, videos, any multimedia your phones are able to pick up. That is, if your phone does not have enough memory left of course.

Well, that makes me think, why is the need for this drive anyway? phones have flash cards that can hold up to several gigs now. Haha why dont you just make a flash drive + Backup Battery? Sounds more reliable right? If cellphones, PdA or any portable device ran out of batteries, they can suck the power from the flash drives. (Hey somebody please hire me to work with you big companies, my ideas are really great!)

Source - NY times

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Hey MACbook Air users, here is a good news for you

A perfect match made in heaven indeed! now MAC Book Air users can have their external hard drive as slim as their MACs. Iomega came out with its new line of eGo products, the eGo Helium. Why Helium? because Helium is the lightest element for gas. The 320GB eGo Helium is just .63 inches, and its sleek exterior casing is anodized silver to match perfectly with Inside the chassis, you'll find a slim 2.5-inch portable drive and the whole device weighs a svelte 7 ounces. It prices at around $140 plus.
Nice innit? Hopefully one day, Iomega can come out with a new SSD hard drive as slim as your credit cards. Then they can name it CardDrive! (uh i think i just made a brand name, yups now its copyrighted by me!)

Source - CNET

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