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  • Microsoft bans native code on Windows Phone

    The new hardware specification, mandates just two screen resolutions, a common applications process, separate graphics processing unit, flash and memory minimum requirements. Only applications running in the Silverlight runtime environment or games…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Officials • Kernel • Games • Game • Event • Adobe

  • Intel launches $125 'affordable' SSD

    Equipment manufacturers definitely will," said Michael Yang, a flash memory analyst at iSuppli.The X25-V is a 2.5-inch, 40GB SSD that is being marketed by Intel as an "entry-level" drive for use in netbooks and as a secondary drive in dual-drive…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Ssd • Solidstate • Sec • Microsoft Office • Capacities • Boot

  • Oracle Exadata database engine to integrate Flash storage

    As data grows, queries tend to go slower," he said, adding that the transfer of huge volumes of data through the pipelines create bottlenecks that degrade the performance of the machines in the long run.Aside from Flash memory integration…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Transfer • Sun Microsystems • Processing • Executive • Disks • Compression

  • EMC: Flash could spell end for Fibre Channel

    Fibre Channel storage could be a thing of the past in just a few years as enterprises increase adoption of flash memory for I/O-intensive applications, while storing less-frequently used data on inexpensive SATA drives.
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Tier • Ssd • Fibre Channel • Executives • Disk Drives • Automated

  • Flash makers to shrink chips to 20nm scale

    Lien did not give a timeline nor provide further information about the 20nm technology that his company and Micron are exploring.One company Micron has a part of, IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture with Intel, is using 25nm technology to make…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Samsung • Production • Manufacturing • Lines • Installing • Chips

  • Asus jumps on e-reader bandwagon

    The screen is thin, at 9mm, and is monochrome with 768 x 1024 resolution.The e-reader comes with 4GB of flash memory for storage in addition to an SD card slot for more books, music and more. Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer unveiled its first…
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Pioneer • Ereader • Electronics • Audio • Asustek Computer

Latest Features

  • How to buy a new PC: The specs

    Integrated graphics help keep a system's cost low, and they deliver enough power to run simple games or high-definition Flash video. In general, buy as much memory as you can afford. Budget systems are the most likely to lean toward a 32-bit OS…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Vary • Shopping • Shape • Opt • Hard Drives • Clock

  • Top five ways for VMware to beat Microsoft

    In fact, many Citrix virtual desktop customers are using VMware ESX servers to host the desktops.One of VMware's latest moves on the desktop front was to upgrade VMware View with the PC-over-IP protocol (PCoIP), a server-centric system designed to…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Virtual Machine • Management Tools • Forrester Research • Cloud Computing • Apis

  • Flash storage fixes data centre bottlenecks, for a price

    Rather than put entire databases in the system's main memory, which would be extremely expensive, the company stores data on SSDs for quick access.Using flash memory in this way is about 10 times more expensive than storing it on hard drives, but…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Tier • Struggling • Storing • Hard Drives • Data Center • Accessed

  • Is NAND flash about to hit a dead end?

    As the technology used to create NAND flash memory continues to shrink, bit error rates and production costs are going up. It was really crystal clear.The problem, Weinger said, is that it's becoming difficult to make NAND flash memory denser…
    05 February 2010
    Tags: Silicon • Medium • Flash Memory • Errors • Cell • Bits

  • Is NAND flash memory a dying technology?

    As the technology used to create NAND flash memory continues to shrink, bit error rates and production costs are going up. When IM Flash Technologies (IMFT) announced this week that its manufacturing a 25-nanometer (nm) NAND flash chip, the company…
    04 February 2010
    Tags: Silicon • Programming • Mobile Devices • Medium • Cell • Bits

  • Flash memory battleground is all about speed

    In 2010, however, the watchword will be speed, as vendors start introducing flash memory storage to get around the long-time bottleneck of reading and writing to disk.Oracle has already started shipping its flash-enabled Exadata v2 database…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Scott • Questions • Motherboard • Flash Memory • Cache

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How-Tos

  • How to buy an all-purpose laptop

    Of course, adding a BD-ROM drive often means tacking a few extra bucks onto the price tag.Connectivity Most all-purpose machines offer three or four USB ports, an SD/Memory Stick flash card reader, a webcam, headphone jacks, VGA ports, and…
    28 July 2009
    Tags: Screens • Resolution • Battery Life • Batteries • Road • High Definition

  • How to partition internal Flash memory on Cisco routers

    On most class B Flash file systems, you can partition banks of Flash memory into separate, logical devices so that the router can hold and maintain two or more different software images. This partitioning allows you to write software into Flash…
    05 May 2008
    Tags: Flash Memory • Bank • Images • Command • Banks

  • Case Study: VA installs encryption software on 15,000 laptops

    The agency is working with its hardware suppliers and encryption software vendors -- GuardianEdge Technologies Inc.and Trust Digital -- to sort out the problems that have prevented the encryption software from being installed on the remaining…
    29 September 2006
    Tags: Laptops • Assessment • Owned • Breach • Agency • Organization

  • Case Study: USB flash drive security risk removed

    Flash memory USB devices represent a significant risk with the potential to steal company data or introduce malware, which could render the computer unusable and quickly infect other PCs on the same network.
    12 December 2005
    Tags: Lock • Active Directory • Bank • Branch • Windows Xp • Ports

  • Case Study: Please don't upgrade me!

    For moving data, you also have a new 512MB secure USB 2.0 flash drive.Me: Those are great, but I already had an external DVD/CD-RW combo drive that worked fine for me, and I was doing fine with my Zip disks and even floppies.TS: USB flash drives…
    27 September 2005
    Tags: Hard Drive • Cables • Floor • Suit • Disks • Extension

  • Recovering passwords in Cisco IOS

    Also, if there is no valid Cisco IOS software image in the Flash memory of the router, you can no longer use the ROMMON XMODEM command to load a new Flash image. IOS has a new password security feature.
    12 July 2004
    Tags: Physical • Image • Passwords • Password • Recovery • Command

Reviews

  • Asus Eee PC 1201n review

    An ethernet jack is built into the right side, as are analogue audio in/out and a multiformat flash memory reader.The Asus Eee PC 1201n ships with SRS audio, plus the full Realtek HD audio suite, allowing you to set specific equalisation settings…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Robust • Premium • Nvidia • Netbook • Edit • Audio

  • Toshiba Qosmio X505 review

    In a couple of years, Blu-ray will completely replace the DVD disc format.Supports Memory Stick CardsUsually, a multiformat card reader, such as the one in this laptop, can accept several different types of flash memory cards, including Memory…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Watching • Midrange • Flash Memory • Discs • Disc • Bluray

  • Sony VAIO EB12FX/T review

    Fortunately, web-based video looks quite good, now that Adobe Flash 10.1 Beta 3 incorporates support for the integrated Intel HD graphics. Memory card readers and the headphone/mic ports are along the front edge, making them easy to access even…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Tasks • Style • Plug • Layout • Games • Battery Life

  • Verbatim SSD ExpressCard 64GB review

    Pop it in the slot, and it sits flush so you'd barely know it was there.We alighted upon the 64GB version of the Verbatim SSD ExpressCard, seeing the possibilities of shoehorning the complete and corpulent Windows 7 operating system into a…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Slot • Interfaces • Hd • Flash Memory • Boot • Benchmark

  • Panasonic HDC-HS60 review

    The Panasonic HDC-HS60 is the first of a new generation of flash memory-based camcorders. Tch.The Panasonic HDC-HS60's 120GB flash drive will net you between 15 and 51 hours of video; depending on the selected quality level.
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Sensor • Lens • Jack • Hd • Cards • Capture

  • Xerox WorkCentre 3220 review

    On the front you'll find a second USB port that allows you to print from and scan to USB flash drives. File format support is generous: the printer will recognise JPG, TIFF, PRN, PNG and PDF files already on the flash drive, and can save scans in…
    08 February 2010
    Tags: Scan • Printing • Function • Documents • Destination • Addresses

White Papers

  • Package-on-Package for Logic and Memory Integration

    This increase in performance and continuous miniaturization requires a higher level of integration using advanced packaging technologies.Memory die stacking has been in the industry for more than five years with the integration of Flash and RAM…
    01 March 2007
    Tags: Footprint • Board • Package • Packaging • Logic • Integration

  • Upgrading and repairing Microsoft Windows

    Several factors affect the degree of difficulty you might encounter in recovering your data, including, how the data was deleted; which file system was used by the drive on which the data was stored; whether the drive uses magnetic, optical…
    22 January 2007
    Tags: Opening • Stored • Optical • Affect • Recovery • Degree

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