INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
HGST’s Helium-Filled Hard-Disk Drives (HDDs) Are Not Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Helium-filled HDDs will sharply reduce costs for data-centers, with substantial improvements in cost-per-terabyte (TB), TB-per-square-foot, TB-per-system-weight, and watt-per-TB.

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
Samsung to Inject $4-Billion Tech Investment Into Austin Texas – Silicon Hills

Samsung Electronics will be the largest foreign investor in Texas, with more than $13-Billion with a "B" invested since 1996.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
USB Flash Drive in a Bottle is Probably Just a Flash in the Pan

The Hum "blank" USB flash drive is more about art than data storage & a few things may have been lost in translation.

 

AMD
Intel’s Thunderbolt vs AMD’s Lightning Bolt or Just an Open Source Standard?

Don't ever think for even a minute that the best technologies always win. They frequently don't. A gorilla at the playground can often beat-up the smaller, but very intelligent so-called "nerd". Intel may know their Thunderbolt will fade from the scene in the same way that FireWire has diminished, but it may still be used to keep the smaller "nerd" from getting a decent meal at the cafeteria. Right about now AMD could really use a good, hot meal.

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
SSD Price Trends – Solid-State Drive Price Trends Synopsis

Some solid-state drive (SSD) prices have fallen as much as 73% and are available at less than one-dollar per gigabyte.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Fanless, Passively Cooled, Mini / Nano PCs in YOUR Life

Ultra-low-power, passively-cooled, fanless, mini / nano PCs are hiding out just about every place you go, as well as so many locations you will never see.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
$36,900 $parkly Mushroom USB Flash Drive Jewelry Gadget

One of Mohamed's & Majdy's products was the world's first $70-million, 150-carat ring, made entirely of a faceted diamond, & cut with a laser. Their online video & brochure both feature the date "12.12.12".

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
World’s 1st Voicecode Security USB Drive – Voicelok Specs

What you say, and how you say it, is your key to data security. Voicelok™ is the world's first and smallest, voice-code, dual-security, USB flash drive.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
LG LSM-100 Mouse Scanner is a Gadget that Scans to the Cloud

When time is of the essence, the LG LSM-100 Mouse Scanner may help create a forecast of completely sunny, with a 100-percent chance of cloud.

 

HP
After Cloud Computing – Artificial Intelligence – HP Austin

David Smith referred to a "common-collective", using "artificial-intelligence", & mentioned the Star Trek TV series Borg-collective as an example. His point seemed to be that all CPUs in all devices will, in the near future, be put to use as components of the cloud common-collective, even when the device itself is not being used by its owner.

 

DELL
Dell Computers Technology News & Developments – Silicon Hills

The bright spot for all computer manufacturers is an IDC report that: ...."end user surveys tell us that few people consider media tablets as replacements for their PCs, so later this year when there is a new Microsoft operating system, available in sleek new PC form factors, we believe consumer interest in PCs will begin to rebound".

 

DELL
Dell Aims at Corporate IT Depts with SonicWALL Acquisition

It should come as no surprise that Dell's announcement of the pending acquisition of the SonicWALL firewall company, will address some enterprise security concerns relating to the 'Consumerization of IT' trend.

 

LAPTOP TRENDS
7mm HDDs Spin Down Prices on Ultrabook & Ultrathin Notebooks

It seems as if pundits, analysts, industry observers, and perhaps tablet and Apple product lovers have declared the notebook PC dead countless times. Apparently, laptops are not such a corpse after all.

 

STORAGE & CLOUD
HDD vs SSD, Hard-Disk Drive vs Solid-State Drive – A Primer

This report is strictly a condensed reference guide of basic solid-state drive information that laymen end-users may need when selecting a new notebook.

 

AMD
What is the Consumerization of IT Trend? – Executive Digest

A trend is developing in which employees will bear substantial costs associated with owning and operating computing devices which serve the interests of corporations. The "wireless" device will prove to be stronger than a leash made of steel wire. That trend is the IT-ization of Employees.