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Samsung invest millions into Fusion-io SSD specialists

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 No Comments

Samsung have invested "millions" of dollars into SSD storage firm Fusion-io, with the two companies looking to work more closely on solid-state memory applications in future. Fusion-io are responsible for a range of SSDs that slot into a desktop PCI slot rather than using a SATA channel. While not usually intended for use as a primary, e.g. boot drive, they make for incredibly fast serving of data: the ioDrive Duo, for instance, offers 1.28TB of storage and read rates of up to 1,500MB/sec.

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Active Media Predator X7 SSDs: speedy, afforable & a mini-USB too

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 20th 2009 No Comments

Active Media are becoming known for pairing reasonably performing solid-state drives with reasonably affordable price tags, and that's a combination we can't find much to argue with here at SlashGear. The latest series, the Predator X7 SSD line, is no different: capacities start at 32GB, then rise through 64GB and 128GB before topping out at 256GB.

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Sony VAIO X gets reviewed: engineering marvel, pricing madness

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 16th 2009 1 Comment

Say what you like about Sony – their machines might be expensive and their customer service might throw the occasional wobbly, depending on who you speak to – but they certainly know how to put together a slick, appealing notebook. The Sony VAIO X has fallen lightly into the hands of T3, and they’ve been putting the carbon-fiber marvel through its paces.

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HP ProBook 6445b and 6545b notebooks & Elite 7000 desktop break cover

By Vincent Nguyen on Monday, Oct 12th 2009 1 Comment

HP have also updated their business notebooks and desktop range today, in the shape of the HP ProBook 6445b and ProBook 6545b laptops and the HP Elite 7000 Business Desktop PC. The two notebooks each offer a choice of AMD Turion II, Athlon II or Sempron processors, together with up to 8GB of RAM, up to 500GB HDD/128GB SSD, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 graphics. The ProBook 6445b has a 14-inch display running at 1,366 x 768 while the ProBook 6545b has a 15.6-inch display running at either 1,366 x 768 or 1,600 x 900.

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ASUS Eee Keyboard manual, photos, UWB details arrive on FCC site

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 12th 2009 1 Comment

We’ve been waiting for the ASUS Eee Keyboard for a very long time, at least that’s how it feels, so it’s good to see some movement happening over at the FCC. They’ve just published the Eee Keyboard’s user manual, together with a whole batch of external, internal and wireless-testing photos. Among the details there’s a fair few shots of the media-centric nettop/keyboard hybid’s UWB (ultrawideband) system.

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Corsair P64 64GB SSD Review

By Ewdison Then on Thursday, Oct 8th 2009 No Comments

Having long been the preserve of expensive ultraportables or performance intensive media processing and gaming machines, SSDs are beginning to trickle down the price ladder. There’s still more GB for your dollar in a traditional platter-based hard-drive, but switching to solid state is cheaper than ever. On the SlashGear test bench today we’ve got Corsair’s 64GB P64 CMFSSD-64GBG2D SSD.

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Sony VAIO X gets official: live photos & specs

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 8th 2009 2 Comments

Sony have officially announced their VAIO X ultraportable, the super-slim 11.1-inch notebook first debuted back in September. The Sony VAIO X has a 2GHz Intel CPU, 2GB of RAM and Intel GMA500 graphics, together with an optional 128GB SSD and optional integrated Verizon EVDO Rev.A. SlashGear Japan caught up with it at CEATEC this week for a few hands-on shots.

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Gateway One ZX6800 and ZX4800 multitouch Win 7 all-in-ones

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 6th 2009 No Comments

Gateway have unveiled two new all-in-one PCs, which each run Windows 7 and offer multitouch-capable touchscreen displays. The Gateway One ZX6800 and ZX4800 have a 23-inch 1920 x 1080 and 20-inch 1,600 x 900 display respectively, and as well as Windows 7’s finger-enhancements the company has also loaded them up with various music, photo, memo and other custom apps.

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Super Talent unveils UltraDrive DX branded Toshiba SSD

By Shane McGlaun on Tuesday, Oct 6th 2009 No Comments

Super Talent has added a new SSD to its storage line called the UltraDrive DX. This SSD is a branded Toshiba product with MLC NAND technology to provide fast read and write speeds. The UltraDrive DX has two levels of security on the drive to protect data.

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Active Media Aviator 312 SSDs use SuperSpeed USB 3.0

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 5th 2009 No Comments

“SuperSpeed” USB 3.0 isn’t expected to make a mark on shipping devices until next year, but that hasn’t stopped Active Media from unveiling their latest range of external SSDs. As you might imagine, the Active Media Aviator 312 line each supports USB 3.0 connectivity, as well as offering 16, 32 or 64GB of high-speed storage space.

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