OCZ Technology
Introduces the Throttle eSATA Drive, Offering Enthusiasts
Blazing Performance over Traditional USB Flash Storage
Sunnyvale,
CA—December 4, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide
leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high
reliability memory, today introduced the Throttle eSATA drive,
which offers performance and versatility for enthusiasts that
demand the best hardware. The integration of eSATA connectivity
now extends beyond desktop systems to laptops, offering
increased data transfer rates with extreme portability while
eliminating extra cords and power cables.
“We are excited to introduce the Throttle eSATA drive, which
delivers many of the key benefits of external SATA including
faster transfer rates and a cost effective expansion storage for
high performance computing,” said Eugene Chang, Director of
Product Management for the OCZ Technology Group. “The Throttle
is available in high densities and offers exceptional peak
interface speeds for high performance notebooks, desktops,
consumer electronics and entry level servers. In the case where
an eSATA port is not available, the Throttle has the ability to
connect via USB as well for ultimate flexibility.”
Read more about the Throttle eSATA Drive here!
AMD Lowers 4th Quarter Outlook By 25%
Things are tough all over and even the
global players like AMD are not immune.
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it expects
revenue from continuing operations for the fourth quarter ended
December 27, 2008 to be approximately 25 percent lower than third
quarter 2008 revenue of $1.585 billion, not including process
technology license revenue. The decrease is due to weaker than
expected demand across all geographies and businesses, particularly
in the consumer market.
Microsoft takes action
against alleged “Blue Edition” software scheme and illegal global
online sales of high-quality counterfeit software
REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 4, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced
legal actions around the world against online auctioneers who
allegedly orchestrated international marketing schemes and sold
counterfeit software to unsuspecting customers. Legal actions were
announced against auctioneers involved in numerous schemes,
including the alleged fraudulent sale of so-called “Blue Edition,”
counterfeit Windows XP software and illicit software components on
online auction sites. In one case that demonstrates how global the
trade-in fake software has become, counterfeiters in New Zealand
allegedly sold counterfeit they obtained in China to customers in
six countries.
Read about all the details here.
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Sileo 500:
A True Testament of Silent Computing
Taipei,
Taiwan
– 23th Oct, 2008
- Armed with its long tradition of
technological innovation and impeccable craftsmanship in
stylistic design, Cooler Master is proudly introducing its
latest quiet mid-tower chassis.
Sileo 500 is the supreme embodiment of
silence and elegance.
Read the full
press release here.
XBox360 outsells PS3 by 3-to-1
Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system
kicked off the holidays with record-breaking console sales on one of
the biggest shopping weekends of the year in the U.S. Retailers
reported Xbox 360 console sales over the Black Friday weekend were
on pace to beat previous years, outselling the PlayStation 3 by a
three-to-one ratio and estimating a 25 percent increase from Xbox
360 Black Friday sales figures from 2007. Read more about it
here.
OCZ Technology Announces the CrossOver USB
Flash Drive
Sunnyvale, CA—December 2, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide
leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability
memory, today introduced the CrossOver USB 2.0 Flash drive, the
latest line of flash media that also doubles as a microSD™ and
microSDHC™ card adapter. For the on-the-go student, gamer, or
professional, the OCZ CrossOver flash drive eliminates the need for
card readers and transfers your important multimedia files to and
from your computer, phone, and camera. Check it out
here.
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We're in a recession? No kidding?
The National Bureau of Economic Research
declares the US economy is in a recession. Duh... I don't think
we needed some economic guru to tell us what we already knew...
Read the story over at
CNN.
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Seagate offers firmware update for
Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Drive
Apparently, there are some issues with Seagate's new Barracuda
7200.11 1.5TB hard drive with used with Mac and Linux operating
systems. Here is the official press release:
Some Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
1.5TB hard drives may show uncharacteristic operation when used with
Mac and Linux operating systems in multi-drive configurations. Users
may experiences pauses in video streaming applications or a dropped
drive from RAID arrays. Customers seeing these symptoms should
contact Seagate Technical Support for a firmware upgrade.
In order to assure the
proper application of the new firmware, please email a description
of the issues you’re seeing to Seagate
discsupport@seagate.com. Please
include the following disk drive information: model number, serial
number and current firmware revision. Also, please describe your
system, operating system and the application in use when the issue
arose, and you will receive a prompt response with appropriate
instructions.
As an alternative to the contact email address above please access
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/contact_us/.
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Lexar Media Announces Crucial Three
Channel DDR3 Memory Kits
Fremont, CA and Glasgow, UK, November 25,
2008 — Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for
digital media, today announced the immediate availability of
Crucial® DDR3-1066 (PC3-8500) and DDR3-1333 (PC3-10600) three
channel memory kits in support of Intel's next generation Core™ i7
processors. Users ready to harness the power of three channel memory
can find guaranteed-compatible Crucial DDR3 modules in 3GB, 6GB and
12GB kits at www.crucial.com,
www.crucial.com/uk and
www.crucial.com/eu.
Read the full press release here.
OCZ Technology Introduces New Line of
Fatal1ty Power Supplies
OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide
leader in innovative, ultra high performance and high reliability
memory and components, today revealed the first power supply models
under the Fatal1ty series, offering gamers stable and efficient
power for their mainstream or high-end rigs. OCZ is dedicated to
delivering premium power solutions, and the Fatal1ty series options
are the first step to creating an exceptional gaming system for the
unique power and cabling requirements of today’s gamer.
Read more about it here.
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Intel, Micron Move into Mass Production
with 34nm NAND Flash
Boise, Idaho and Santa Clara, Calif. , Monday, November 24, 2008 –
Intel Corporation and Micron Technology Inc. today announced mass
production of their jointly developed 34nm, 32 gigabit multi-level
cell (MLC) NAND flash memory device. Developed and manufactured by
the companies’ NAND flash joint venture, IM Flash Technologies
(IMFT), the process technology is the most advanced process
available on the market and enables the industry’s only monolithic
32 Gb NAND chip that fits into a standard 48-lead thin small-outline
package (TSOP). The companies are ahead of schedule with 34nm NAND
production, expecting their Lehi facility to have transitioned more
than 50 percent of its capacity to 34nm by year’s end.
Read the full press release here.
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The high-end graphics card market has
really heated up lately with ATI and NVIDIA battling for the
performance crown. That doesn't mean the rest of the market
has been forgotten. Today we will be looking at one of the
latest ATI cards to enter the market, the HD4650. The good
folks over at Sapphire have provided not just your everyday HD 4650,
they make an Overclock Edition.
With a name like that I just
had to see what this sub $70 card can do.
OCZ Technology Introduces Intel
Extreme Triple Channel Memory
Sunnyvale, Calif.—November 21, 2008—OCZ
Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high
performance and high reliability memory, today announced the
first of its Intel® Extreme triple channel memory series,
qualified specifically for the Intel® Core™ i7 processor /
Intel® X58 Express Chipset. Optimized for the Core i7’s triple
channel mode and featuring Intel XMP profiles designed
specifically to enhance the performance of the X58 Chipset,
these new 3GB and 6GB kits ensure optimal performance via an
ideal combination of low voltage requirements, speed, and
instantaneous “out of the box” overclocking with the specialized
profiles.
“Intel’s Core i7 architecture is superior in every possible
way,” commented Dr. Michael Schuette, VP of Technology
Development at OCZ Technology, “and the world’s best CPU
deserves the world’s best memory as a complement. OCZ’s new
Triple-Channel XMP kits are a perfect match for the Nehalem
platform to unleash performance we could only dream of just a
short time ago.”
Read about the details here.
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