SlashGear JapanToshiba has launched a new series of 2.5-inch high rotational speed (7200rpm) with capacities up to 400GB. The 400GB MK4058GSX uses two platters and Toshiba managed to reduce its noise level by 2dB compared to its predecessor.
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Toshiba MK4058GSX 2.5-inch drive hits 400GB – spins at 7200RPM
By Satsuki Then on Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 No CommentsBelkin Powerline AV – Ethernet over power at 200Mb/s
By Satsuki Then on Monday, Jul 14th 2008 2 CommentsBelkin is about to put a 200Mb/s powerline Ethernet adaptor in the market. The Powerline AV+ uses an integrated hub to share the connection between the three devices plugged in. These three ports however are not gigabit ports, they are 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet ports.
Apple sold over one million iPhone 3G over the weekend
By Satsuki Then on Monday, Jul 14th 2008 1 CommentApple has the right to brag – it has sold over a million iPhone 3Gs during the first weekend (It was launched on Friday). The first generation of iPhone took over two months to reach one million sales number, but it takes only three days for the second generation to reach that pinnacle.
iPhone 2.0 Firmware (5A347) final leaked – available for download
By Satsuki Then on Thursday, Jul 10th 2008 No CommentsApple’s XML files unveiled the URL to the iPhone 2.0 Firmware. It is available for download here. The latest iPhone 2.0 firmware is build 5A345, the one shown in the XML file is build 5A347. I would recommend people to wait until Apple officially post an announcement about the 2.0 firmware release, but those who are dare devil at heart and won’t mind bricking their first generation iPhone might try to leap ahead.
Drobo 2 sports Firewire 800 ports
By Satsuki Then on Tuesday, Jul 8th 2008 1 CommentData Robotics announces the availability of its latest version of its storage robot, Drobo 2. The new version of Drobo features two FireWire 800 Ports and newly upgraded core processor.
.Mac users can now receive emails on Me.com domain
By Satsuki Then on Monday, Jun 30th 2008 No Comments
Apparently Apple has enabled the ME.COM domain name for most .Mac subscribers. Email sent to username@me.com should be arriving to username@mac.com inbox by now. Apple plans to migrate the email services from mac.com to me.com domain soon, but will also keep the mac.com as an alias domain. MobileMe will be replacing .Mac as Apple’s web-based services that provide address book, email, and calendar services. Apple has set MobileMe to launch in early July.
JVC NX-PN7 – Dual Docks for your iPod and iPhone
By Satsuki Then on Monday, Jun 23rd 2008 No CommentsThere are many people out there who own both an iPhone and an iPod. JVC is trying to bank on the idea of satisfying these consumers by unveiling its latest speaker docks for both iPhone and iPod. The JVC NX-PN7 features two docks for both devices to sit on the docking speaker system.
Centrino 2 processors arriving mid-July rather than August
By Satsuki Then on Monday, Jun 23rd 2008 No CommentsCentrino 2 processors were slated for August, but it might not be that long until we see the new chips in some upcoming mainstream notebooks. Intel is now anticipated the chip to be available to manufacturers as early as mid-July.
Mozilla releasing FireFox 3 tomorrow – aim to set Guinness World Record
By Satsuki Then on Monday, Jun 16th 2008 1 Comment
FireFox 3 will be release tomorrow and Mozilla team is planning to set a Guinness World Record for most downloaded software in 24 hours with this release. So far, 1,361,323 million people around the world have pledged to download FireFox 3 during its 24 hour “download day”. You have to complete the download to be accounted to the download counter.
AT&T 3G wireless to hit 20Mbps by 2009
By Satsuki Then on Wednesday, May 14th 2008 2 Comments
AT&T plans to upgrade its 3G wireless network to improve data transfer speed to 20 megabits per second by 2009. AT&T claimed to have a version of HSPA 3G network up and running in their labs with 7.2 megabits per second speed.
The current HSPA network peaks at 3.6 megabits per second when it comes to download, and AT&T said the current wireless cards are capable of delivering 7.2Mbps speed, so to get the speed boost, users only need to do software upgrade.
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