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Verbatim Announces Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 Flash Drives
Verbatim today announced its latest USB 3.0 offerings, in the form of three Store 'n' Go flash drives. The drives feature incredible transfer speeds of up to 70MB/s (write) and up to 120MB/s (read) via the USB 3.0 interface. As always, the drives are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports, albeit with slower data rates. The Store 'n' Go drives have a 'push and pull' design, helping to protect the USB connector and eliminating the need for a cap.
Hans Christoph Kaiser, Business Development Manager Flash Verbatim EUMEA, went on to say that "USB 3.0 drives make a lot of sense because they are 100 percent compatible with USB 2.0 and offer far superior speeds to devices that have USB 3.0 ports. We are expecting the bulk of the premium USB flash storage market to migrate to USB3.0 within the next 18 months."The Verbatim Store 'n' Go flash drives will be available this month in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants.
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Silicon Power Unveils Blaze Series USB 3.0 Flash Drives
Flash memory vendor Silicon Power today unveiled the Blaze series of USB 3.0 flash drives. The new series offers read speeds of up to 70MB/s, perfect for accessing data such as videos, images or music. The drives are finished in blue with rounded edges and also feature a unique colour-changing pattern. The colour of the drive changes from blue to red depending on the operating temperature, using heat-sensitive ink. Weighing in at 9.5g and measuring 72.4x17.4x10.0mm, the Blaze series is both portable and stylish. The Blaze series will consist of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB models, to suit all budgets.
The new drives will be backed by a lifetime warranty and include free access to Silicon Power's widget software, featuring applications such Norton Internet Security (60 day trial).
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Apple Releases Q2 Earnings, Continues to Print Money
Intel released its quarterly earnings today, with an impressive $3.2 billion profit. Not to be outdone, Apple announced profits of $5.99 billion on revenue of $24.67 billion. Apple reported sales of 18.6 million iPhones, 4.69 million iPads, 9.02 million iPods, and 3.76 million Macs. Sales of iPhones and Macs were up from last year, while iPod sales continue to drop. iPhones were well ahead of estimates, while supply issues caused the iPad to miss. No numbers were released for the iPad 2, but Apple claims it has sold all that were made.
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Win a New PC From NVIDIA for Duke Nukem Forever
NVIDIA is teaming up with Maingear to give one lucky winner a new 3D capable PC for Duke Nukem Forever. The system will be optimized to take full advantage of NVIDIA 3D Vision, using multiple GeForce GTX GPUs. Also included will be an Intel i7 processor and Maingear LiquidX cooling. In order to give the winner something to do, a copy of Duke Nukem Forever and a 3D Vision kit will be included. Two second prize winners will receive a 3D Vision kit and a copy of Duke Nukem Forever. Entries will be accepted here until May 31.
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Sony PSP Go No Longer in Production
What creeped up as a rumor late yesterday has now been confirmed. The Sony PSP Go, a slim download-only PSP, is no longer being produced. The PSP Go is said to have "completed" its production and sales in Japan, which means that worldwide distribution will also cease. According to Impress Watch which cites an official announcement from Sony, the PSP Go will still have support, firmware updates, and repair service from Sony Computer Entertainment, just no more stock of the handheld. The PSP Go seemed to be doomed from the start with its high system price, lack of UMD support, and relatively high price for the downloadable games. Sony did say that this will not impact the PSP-3000 as it fully intends to meet demands of that unit until the NGP can launch.
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PlayStation Home Updated
Sony has just let loose its latest PlayStation Home update to the masses, which brings a few exciting new features and enhancements such as improved physics, more realistic graphics, along with real-time multiplayer support. Another addition to the PlayStation Home system in this update, which falls under version 1.5, is improved furniture management within the system. Sony has also promised and announced support for first person shooter and racing titles in the future that will take full advantage of the real-time multiplayer support. A recent minigame that has been released alongside the update, named TankTop 1.0, is a new title that showcases the new graphics that have been introduced with the update, which seems to be one of the few flagship game title with the new update.
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USB Atari Keyboard
Remember the Atari? Probably not, but a company called Niyari does and it designed a keyboard to mimic the Atari's keyboard. The keyboard has the same iconic brown color as the original Atari and features a modern twist with chiclet keys instead of membrane keys. This new addition offers a sign of relief for fingers around the world that have been pained by the previous membrane keys. Be aware that some keys have Japanese characters on them that steal from the Atari likeness.
The keyboard comes in at $148.55 which isn't cheap for a regular USB keyboard and is currently out of stock and discontinued in many online stores so it may be hard to find. Any vintage tech lover should try to get their hands on this. If you enjoy spending lots of money for vintage tech, you can also check out the Commodore 64 comeback.
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Yahoo Holds On to Personal Search Data 6x Longer
As outlined in Yahoo's typical usage policy, it is supposed to retain personal user search criteria for a maximum of 3 months, after which the data is purged from the system. Recently, Yahoo has announced that it plans to extend the search records up to 18 months time. Oftentimes very sensitive topics may be searched through Yahoo or other popular search engines pertaining to financial or medical aspects of one's life. Yahoo's primary defense as to why it has extended the data retention is to "...support the innovative products we want to deliver to our consumers," says Anne Toth who is Yahoo's policy executive. Back in December 2008, Toth ironically was completely behind the the 3 month cap on searches as it seeks to promote a greater trust from its users. Based on company research, Yahoo's user base actually dropped from 16% after instating its 3 month policy and then dropped another 20% later that year. Yahoo seeks to follow in the footsteps of search engines like Bing and Google which both have an 18 month limit on personal search collection.
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Electric Car Drivers Receive New Ways to Find Charge Stations
Google, along with many other companies, are banding together to create what is to be called the GeoEVSE Forum. The goal of the group is to provide support for those who drive any type of plug-in electric vehicle, more specifically to help them quickly locate charging stations nearby. Any EVSE compliant charging station will even have its own GPS and mapping available to the user. Google Maps will provide the basic backbone for the location system, though all the major upkeep and management of the database will be entrusted to DOE itself. Users will be able to sort by the charging speed of individual stations from their search results. The system will also include listings for hydrogen, natural gas, or other petroleum alternative fuel sources. So far some Best Buy locations as well as charging station manufacturers, like Coulomb for instance, have signed on to the project. The new online infrastructure should most certainly improve the general population's opinion of the sustainability of alternative fuel source vehicles.
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Guardian Project: Open Source Mobile Security
The Guardian Project, while still in the early stages of development, has already provided apps to the privacy-conscious user. What is the Guardian Project? Guardian Project is an open source project based off of Google's Android OS and the goal of the project is to bring privacy and security to your mobile device. The idea is to give mobile users anonymous Web browsing, full disk encryption, and secure instant messaging. Smartphones store as much personal data as your PC and laptop, but phones can be carried everywhere and are easily lost. Smartphones also connect to a variety of networks and can determine where you have been using your GPS. These awesome features make security a complete nightmare. The Guardian Project not only wants to help protect your device but make you aware of privacy tradeoffs, so you learn to make good privacy decisions in the future.
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Intel Posted a Profit of $3.2 Billion, Shatters Estimations
Intel has done it again. It seems that every quarter the company posts new record numbers and this time it is no different. Intel has just posted a $3.2 billion profit for the first quarter of this year, an increase of 29% compared to last year. Overall revenue was at $12.2 billion, an increase of 23%. Earnings were listed at 56 cents a share, something the analysts predicted would only be at 46 cents. Intel definitely crushed the estimates by all the analysts, especially since last year's first quarter profit was at $2.4 billion and revenue at $10.3 billion. Intel's $12.2 billion revenue for the first quarter is a new record for the company and shows just how popular the chip giant really is. With these results, Intel expects an annual revenue growth of 20% which is pretty impressive when you consider everything.
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iPads and iPhones Running iOS 4 Track and Store Your Location Data
At today's Where 2.0 conference, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden will announce that the Apple iPhone and 3G-capable iPad have been recording your location data ever since iOS 4 launched. What's more is that the iOS devices store a list of the location and time stamp which can be easily read by anyone, including Apple. The file containing the information is called "consolidated.db" which stores your latitude and longitude coordinates, plus a timestamp of when those were stored. However, the recording of the location appears to vary and could possibly be triggered when you go between cell towers or use certain apps. Allan and Warden are convinced the tracking is intentional, though it isn't clear why iPhones and iPads running iOS 4 track your data in the first place. If you have an iPhone or iPad running iOS 4, you can access the tracking data whenever your sync the device to your computer and use a free program developed by Allan and Warden. The two do say that even if you encrypt the data through iTunes, it doesn't stop the data on the device itself from being accessed.
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RFID Chips In Hotel Towels
Are you the type of person who keeps hotel towels for souvenirs? You may want to reconsider doing this since Miami-based company Linen Technology Tracking has created a washable RFID chip that can be sewn into the hotel's towels for tracking. The idea behind the RFID chip is to alert the hotel staff when a towel is being taken off the premises. I could only imagine seeing someone walking out of the hotel with a towel stuffed away and some sort of alarm going off like at the super market when the thief is walking through the door. That could be quite humiliating if caught or confronted. While this does seem silly, a Honolulu hotel said it has already saved $15,000 since adding the RFID tags to the linen. Currently only some hotels in Miami, Honolulu and Manhattan are using RFID chips in the linen, but the hotels wished to remain unnamed so swipe at your own risk!
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