It is the re-entry of the SSD price

Back on a point on the price of SSD, upon re-entry. In our new point on the SSD prices, we have changed our panel products. We decided to restrict the products to a single capacity: 120 GB (or 128 GB according to the marks). The reason is simple: it is sufficient capacity for many people and the average price is correct. This type of DSS is perfect for a mid-range machine. 256 GB models and more are still too expensive for the majority of buyers...

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Dell: storage arrays EqualLogic faster

It is now several years that Dell has initiated a diversification of its activities, focusing on the enterprise storage market. Giant has thus carried out two strategic buyouts in the middle of 2008 with EqualLogic data storage and Compellent in 2009. More recently, Ocarina Networks and are Exanet which were acquired by Dell.Consistent with this strategy, the constructor has therefore presented two new SAN, the PS4100 and PS6100bays. These two products...

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Thunderbolt to PCI-Express: it happens

The Thunderbolt was launched by Apple early year and apart from a few disks hard external to the professional world, the most interesting announcement is that of... Sony offers external graphics in Thunderbolt, but without using the connector proposed by Apple.Fortunately, finally, move with two interesting solutions. The first is quite specific, it is a 1U rack to integrate a Mac mini in a Bay to the servers. With the Mac mini 2011 "Server" and...

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7 K 1000.D: Hitachi 1 TB per platter passes

Hitachi is still evolving its hard drives of 1 TB. In 2007, the 7 K 1000 was the first hard disk of 1 TB, with a design to five trays (200 GB each, therefore). Then, the 7 K 1000 has evolved to version.(B) and its three 333 GB platters then towards a model.C with only two 500 GB platters. And the company, recently acquired by Western Digital, now offers a version.(D) the disk hard in question, with a single shelf of 1 TB.Should gain in throughput...

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IBM Racetrack memory could be a reality by 2020

IBM gave a Conference of press last Wednesday on his memories of the future and for the first time, Big Blue States that its Racetack could be a reality by the end of the Decade. In addition, by three years of capacity of 1 Po can be stored in a surface equal to a 1U rack, always according to the firm.We presented you the progress of the IBM's Racetrack last December. A reminder, this memory is based on a mechanism different from the current submissions....

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The Strata and Nocti of OCZ mSATA SSD prices

While they have not yet been formalized by OCZ, SSD Strata and Nocti of the Builder are already displayed in preorder among some resellers. It is therefore an opportunity to discover these different mSATA SSD prices.Based on an Indilinx Barefoot ECO controller, the Strata is available in version (STR-MSATA-30 G) 30 GB and 60 GB (STR-MSATA-60 G). It uses MLC flash memory chips and has an interface SATA 3 Gbps. side performance, the model 30 GB reaches...

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Nostalgeek 2001 (50) : dual core, 160 Go

This summer, we will offer you the return of a topic, Nostalgeek. And we decided to dwell on a specific year: 2001. Distant and close both, the year 2001 is interesting to analyze, to show developments in the high-tech in 10 years. Each day, during the holidays, we will offer you a retrospective of a week of 2001, with the news of the day and a small analysis on what there is in 2011.More than two...If current solutions offer only a single CPU, the...

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Quiz of Sunday (S03E10) - the answer

Today, tenth episode of season 3 of our Sunday quiz. And a change in the game: this will be a question for the Nostalgeek. Indeed, find photos of devices that are not referenced by Tineye and Google becomes complicated...The scale remains the same: 2 points for the first correctly responds in comments, 1 point for the other. The question will be asked Sunday, an index will be posted on our Facebook page Monday.The issue: Pierre branch a 1 GB (formatted...

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Windows 8 improves the copy of files

Windows 8, Microsoft is addressing an interesting domain: copying files. Because if well points have changed since Windows 95, the management of the files and copy have not so much evolved. With Windows 8, Microsoft will make a difference.To begin, a few figures: 50% of the copies take less than 10 seconds, which allows to determine that copies rarely exceed 400 or 500 MB (in for wide). 20% of copies in contrast take more than 2 minutes, is - with...

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A 180 GB in Corsair SSD

Corsair offers a new capability in its Force GT range: after 60, 90, 120 and 240 GB models here an SSD of... 180 GB. Based on a now classic controller, SF-2281 at SandForce, he uses - as the Vertex 3 of OCZ - synchronous IMFT memory in 25 nm, gage performance.As often, it is only on compressible data which are given values: 555 MB/s read and 525 MB/s write. In fact, it is of course often below: the majority of large file transfers (where sequential...

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mSATA: OCZ also, SandForce, and Barefoot

OCZ just announced format mSATA SSD two ranges, the Nocti and the Strata. MSATA, let us recall, is a standard used in very fine laptops and some mother cards top of range. It is a SATA 3 GB/s connector in a physical format identical to that of Mini Card (PCI-Express for laptops) cards, but incompatible electrically with the cards in question, no question of replacing a Wi - Fi DSS card, therefore.The Nocti uses a controller SandForce 2100, the entry...

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A hard drive hybrid 7 mm?

On one of the blogs of Seagate, one of the leaders of the firm wondered on the interest of a hybrid in the ultrabooks hard disk, the "concept" of portable PC launched by Intel recently put in place by many manufacturers like Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, etc.What is interesting, out side marketing, it's that he wondered about the possible creation of a Momentus XT with a thickness of 7 mm, while the classical model is in a more standard format, 9.5...

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Store 60 x Internet in a single data center

Want to store all Internet? This is (almost) possible. IBM will indeed build a data center with a capacity of 120 storage... Po. The Po (Petabyte) is the unit above To (terabyte) and a Po contains therefore 1,000 To according to the international system. What store sixty times the biggest "backup" of the Internet known, that of archive .org. Currently, the largest data centers are limited to about 15 inches according to IBM.The set contains approximately...

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USB 3.0 to SATA 3.0 in Renesas

Renesas - formerly NEC - has announced a new chip USB 3.0, the µPD720230. Unlike its best-known chip, it does not place between the computer and the USB 3.0, but between the USB 3.0 device and hard disk. Clearly, it is a chip to be placed in external enclosures.This new chip has two benefits: it supports the third revision of the SATA and can therefore work to 6 gigabits/s, against 3 gigabits/s in the majority of other chips, and it supports the...

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Micron accelerates the NOR flash memory

The Micron constructor recently unveiled a new range of NOR flash memory chips, known as Forté N25Q. Engraved in 65 nm, these chips are available in capacities ranging from 256 MB to 1 GB.Able to use an interface SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface), dual SPI (DSPI) or quad SPI (QSPI), these chips operate with a voltage of 1, 8V and 3V. They display a flow rate of 54 MB/s read with a 108 MHz operating frequency. Programming speed reaches its 500 KB/s....

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A quad-core Samsung tablet to present Windows 8?

In a few days, we know more about Windows 8 and we can also discover a new tablet.The Build of Microsoft Conference, to be held between September 13 and 16, is for some time already pointed the finger as an event which will revolve around a new presentation of Windows 8. New information that goes in the sense just falling, indicating that it is a Tablet Samsung under ARM that Microsoft could use to demonstrate the benefits of its new OS. In any case,...

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Thermaltake Toughpower XT: a 80 Plus Platinum power!

The Taiwanese manufacturer Thermaltake comes to unveil three new blocks of power supplies, including an 80 Plus Platinum certified.Thermaltake has just added three new models to its line of Toughpower XT power supply. These modular blocks provide powers of 1275, 1375, and 1475 Watts, with 80 Plus Platinum for the first and 80 Plus Gold for the other two certifications. The version of 1275 Watts therefore displays performance reaching 94%! These...

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Global failure for Hotmail and Windows Live services

Services connected Microsoft suffered a global breakdown this night. Things are returning little by little in order.On the night of 8 to 9 September, Microsoft online services (Hotmail, Office Live, Skydrive) underwent a global failure. Microsoft, which recognizes the incident, has promised a rapid restoration of all affected services. If any re - works without problem for some people this morning, access to Hotmail or Skydrive is visibly still problematic...

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First 4 TB in Seagate hard drive!

The American manufacturer Seagate unveils the first hard disk up to a record 4 TB capacity.Seagate had launched the first hard drive of 3 To early summer 2010. The American manufacturer today is the first to unveil a 4 TB hard drive. Once more, we are dealing with an external model. The GoFlex Desk adopts a new industrial design that will soon expand to the rest of the range.It is provided with a connector USB 3.0, knowing that declinations in USB...

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AMD launches two new Llano bi-hearts

The California firm AMD has launched a pair of new APU A-Series. These Llano are first bi-hearts of the range!AMD take re-entry to expand its range of APU (Accelerated Processing Unit). You thus discover new Llano in tariff listing of Sunnyvale firm. These A-Series logically take place in a socket FM1. Two new fleas of the day are the first available with two hearts of executions. A4-3300 is running at 2.50 GHz while the A4-3400 reached 2.70 GHz....

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Motorola launches its Bionic Droid

The American manufacturer Motorola launches its first smartphone 4 G/LTE. The Bionic Droid has t - it everything to please?Motorola is finally poised to launch Bionic Droid. The latest smartphone to disembark in the famous American manufacturer's range will be marketed from tomorrow by Verizon. Droid Bionic integrates a 4 G/LTE modem, but it is not its only asset. Indeed, it sports a beautiful touch screen 4.3-inch resolution 960 x 540 pixels, protected...

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€100 for less for the Motorola Xoom

Motorola reviews down the price of his Xoom to better compete with the other tablets.It does not easily compete the iPad Apple 2, King of the Tablet market. Then in the meantime a new generation of competitors, manufacturers continue to increase the attractiveness of their models by lowering their prices. It will not return to the madness wind blown by the TouchPad of HP, whose last copies giveaway from €99 snapped up, nor on the good case that it...

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A new Nexus for Ice Cream Sandwich in October/November?

Between real news and rumours, Ice Cream Sandwich is talking about him...A few time already said the release of the new version of Android approaching great. The rumor was right because a Conference, Eric Schmidt has confirmed that Ice Cream Sandwich will be published between the months of October and November. While this has been confirmed, the numbering of Ice Cream Sandwich could also evolve.If it is said that this new version of the OS would...

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An SSD in SF-2200 expensive steps?

The Taiwanese manufacturer ADATA Unveils in turn a SF-2200 flash disk with asynchronous flash memory.ADATA has announced a new flash drive. The S510 is very logically part of the "500 Series" of the Taiwanese manufacturer. It architecture as S511 around a SandForce SF-2200. This processor is however accompanied by asynchronous MLC flash memory (less powerful and less expensive). It will be proposed in a single capacity: 120 GB. The S510 adopts a...

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Forecasts downwards for the PC market

Finally, it should not sell as much as expected in 2011 or 2012 PC...Cabinet Gartner just revise downward its forecast of PC sales in 2011, taking into account the degraded economic context and sales be conclusive in the first half on the markets of Western Europe and the United States. Even sales of re-entry would not so good as expected. If Gartner had initially expected a market growth of the PC at the global level of 9.3% in 2011, the new forecasts...

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Samsung 850 Series: almost perfect screens?

The Korean giant Samsung unveils two new screens, including a 27 inch in 2560 x 1440 pixels.Samsung is the number one in the global market for monitors since 20 consecutive quarters. The Korean giant has more concern on this segment since 2006, and according to IDC analysis firm, he holds currently a 17.2% in terms of value and 14.7% in terms of elapsed units. Samsung currently flows more than five million screens a quarter. The manufacturer has...

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Offered by GetJar Gold paid Android apps

A new kiosk applications Android puts forward a category that offers free and paid applications on the Market and Amazon exclusive.Not easy to be a place among the distributors of Android applications on the side of Google (the very official Android Market) or Amazon (Amazon AppStore for Android), GetJar think can succeed to intrude on this market with GetJar Gold. How? By passing to propose free and legally the applications which are priced in the...

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The Corsair Carbide 400R available at €89

The Californian manufacturer Corsair has officially launched its Carbide 400R.Corsair had announced its Carbide 400R at the beginning of June. This new case is now officially launched, and it begins to appear in shops from €89. This award provides access to a tower of 520 x 200 x 500 mm, which can accommodate an ATX or Micro-ATX motherboard, and any graphics card. This steel chassis is fully painted in black. Its facade shows four 5.25-inch bays,...

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Antec SOLO II: casing silence to €120

California Builder Antec announces a new silent way-Tower housing.Antec has officially unveil his SOLO II. This means-Tower enclosure is part of the same family as the famous Sonata. It is designed using steel of 1 mm thick, with touches of polycarbonate, which allows to reduce significantly the noise emitted by the configuration. Its façade is designed aluminum and he wears a black paint (bright outside, matte inside) of the most beautiful effect....

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Strata and Nocti: of mSATA in OCZ SSDS

The California manufacturer OCZ will soon propose of new micro-SSD...OCZ is preparing new series of flash drives. The Strata and Nocti are solutions to the mini-PCIe format. They are equipped with a 3 Gb/s microSATA interface and are designed around SandForce and Indilinx controllers. These solutions are 29,85 x 50.9 x 4.75 mm. The Strata architecture a Barefoot, and 30 or 60 GB of MLC flash memory. Displays sequential flow of 125 or 130 MB/s read,...

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Also 4 To Hitachi!

The Japanese manufacturer Hitachi Unveils 4TB external storage via its subsidiary G-Technology.Hitachi has announced, through its subsidiary G-Technology and in the wake of Seagate, a 4TB external storage solution. This G-DRIVE is likely to incorporate a hard disk with four trays of 1 TB. Its speed of rotation would be of 7200 revolutions per minute, which would guarantee a good level of performance. G Technology also launches a version of 8 To (with...

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VLC in beta on Android

The video player all formats VLC prepares his arrival on Android.It is not the VideoLan Media Player, VLC having long managed to settle as one of the best alternatives to drives pre-installed by the systems of the market (including Quicktime and Windows Media Player). A player who landed on Android, but beta version first, and on invitation.This first beta is the result of a fairly long and problematic development, VLC being at the base written in...

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The ex-PDG of Yahoo says his dismissal by phone

Carol Bartz, CEO just be thanked by Yahoo, rather poorly lived his landing.We you announced early in the week the dismissal of the CEO of Yahoo, Carol Bartz, who was no longer the case for the Board of Directors of the Internet portal. We learned that his dismissal had been served to him by telephone. Hard. Today, Carol Bartz back at this painful time and have absolutely no hesitation in the legs of the members of the Board of Yahoo. Deemed to be...

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A 16 GB of DDR3 in Apacer module

The Apacer Taiwanese manufacturer has just announced a new DDR3 DIMM for 16 GB servers...Apacer is to unveil a new module of RAM for servers. This bar of DDR3 offers a capacity of 16 GB. It operates at 1333 MHz, displays latencies 9-9-9 and requires a nominal voltage of 1.35 volt. This module is type LRDIMM, a technology which allows to increase capacity without increasing the load on the memory bus (Apacer mentions a reduction of 50% from a dual-rank...

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NVIDIA offers Batman: Arkham City

For the purchase of a GeForce GTX 5XX, Nvidia proposes to offer you one of the most expected the year end games.Vulcans had marked the spirits with Batman: Arkham Asylum, and we are necessarily eager to discover what they have booked us with Arkham City which looks even better in all. NVIDIA informs us also that we will not necessarily need to pay to live the new adventures of the bat man, as in a promotional operation, GPU manufacturer proposes...

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Google Books: Gallimard, Flammarion and Albin Michel resumed negotiations

Google is more sued for infringement by five large publishers, back to the negotiating table.August had been marked by the change in attitude of two publishing houses vis-à-vis in Google Books, Hachette, and La Martinière which were favourable to a reopening of negotiations. These houses are now joined by three other big names, namely, Gallimard, Flammarion and Albin Michel, who renounce their suits against Google Books in respect of infringement...

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