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Samsung to Mass Produce High Speed SSDs

Samsung announced earlier this week that they will begin mass producing their high speed 64GB 1.8″ solid state drives. These drives are a step above the common drives currently launching as they are capable for 100 MB/s reads and 80 MB/s writes which is a considerable jump from the average 40MB/s reads and 25MB/s writes. [...]

Wal-Mart Goes Blu

In an expected move, Wal-Mart has declared it will migrate exclusively to Blu-ray in the coming months. Wal-Mart, America’s largest retailer, will shift it’s 4,000 combined Wal-Marts and Sam’s Clubs from a mixed format to Blu-Ray exclusive over claims that they are responding to their customer desires and best interests at hand. Given the sheer [...]

Electronic Arts Admits Error When Handling Developers

It is a known fact that whenever EA swallows a company, rather than assist the developers to create a masterpiece, EA manages them into the ground resulting in lackluster titles. One of my favorite studios, Westwood Studios, was absorbed by EA and the resulting Command and Conquer games were so pathetic I chose to transport [...]

BiTMICRO Goes Big With SSD

BiTMICRO has stepped ahead of the competition again with the launch of their 1.6 Terabyte Solid State Drive. This drive will initially launch on the Ultra320 SCSI interface and be capable of bursting data at 320MB/s, the limitation on the Ultra320 connection, while maintaining sustained transfers of 230MB/s. Given that BiTMICRO’s drives are primarily used [...]

Yahoo To Slim Workforce Amidst Dropping Profits

As per the title, it looks like Yahoo was weathering a rough winter and I imagine this trend will only continue as Google continues to take over more and more of the web. Dropping 1,000 employees to trim their budget sounds like a start in making the company more efficient but this is only a [...]

Nvidia Delays Chipset and GPU Launches

Delays are becoming the standard it seems with product launches. First Intel pushes back it’s Yorkfield, E8500, and X48 launches and now Nvidia is pushing back it’s chipset and GPU launches for un-disclosed reasons. These companies must all be conspiring to assist AMD in it’s time of need as this leaves the HD3870×2 as the [...]