Tailoring Windows 7 to Solid-State Drives
Microsoft is tailoring Windows 7 to solid-state drives. Mum's the word on the matter as far as the Redmond giant is concerned, but this will no longer be the case come November 2008.
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7.10.2008 SanDisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid-state drives
SanDisk said Monday that Windows Vista is not optimized for solid-state drives, delaying the delivery of optimized drives until next year.
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22.7.2008 The State of Microsoft Beta Programs
Before I kick off this editorial let me just state that I am no big-time tester and I haven’t even participated in a Windows beta (yet), but I do have some knowledge about such beta programs, I have people who may be considered “big-time” testers that I regularly talk to, and at the moment I’m participating in both the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Beta and the Office 2010 Technical Preview, which is really the catalyst for me writing this article.
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20.7.2009 Stallman on the current state of GNU/Linux
Richard M. Stallman is defined by Wikipedia as being an "American software freedom activist, hacker and software developer."
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11.7.2009 New Windows Vista Test Drive Website
"The Windows Vista Business test drive allows you to try this latest operating system from Microsoft..."
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6.1.2007 Test drive the new Windows Live suite
You’ve probably already read about some changes we’re making to Windows Live, and have seen some of your services change over the past few weeks. Starting later today, you'll be able to test out the new suite of Windows Live software at http://get.live.com/wl/all.
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5.9.2007 Free Hard Drive Virtualization for Windows - SteadyState 2.5
Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them.
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13.6.2008 Microsoft may offer Windows 7 on thumb drive for netbooks
Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on netbooks even since it first introduced the operating system, however, helping consumers getting it on there may prove a bit tricky.
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27.6.2009 Test Drive Google Android OS on Windows 7
XDA-Developers forum member xda2_haseeb has managed to extract and run Android Emulator on Windows which comes as a part of Google Android SDK package.
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2.9.2009 Free Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Test Drive
Microsoft has started pressing the acceleration pedal of the marketing of Windows Vista, now complete with Service Pack 1.
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11.6.2008 Terabyte Drive is Coming Now
Having storage problem with your PC? You have downloaded a lot of movies, MP3 songs, games, etc.
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12.2.2007 How to REALLY erase a hard drive
You may already know that “deleting” a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on.
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4.5.2007 How to REALLY erase a hard drive
You may already know that “deleting” a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on.
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18.6.2007 How to REALLY erase a hard drive 2
A new version of HDerase.exe has been released Go direct to
UCSD’s Center for Magnetic Recording Research website to download version 3.2.
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19.6.2007 Download Hard Drive Powerwash to Remove Unused Clutter Files in Windows System
Previously we mentioned about BitFinder that can scan for duplicated files to conserve your hard disk space, but if you are looking for some freeware that can do more than that, then this tiny utility may fit your need.
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29.9.2009 Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive
Overview
The Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive includes essential tools that can help you transform the way you create, share, and manage ideas and information using all four Office 2004 for Mac programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. After you install the Test Drive, you can use it for 30 days. It includes almost all of the features found in Office 2004. For details about the Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, see the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive Read Me.
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4.12.2005 Hard drive price war coming
According to reports, we may witness a price war in the hard drive business industry. At least this is what Seagate Technology CEO Bill Watkins said on Wednesday. Seagate is currently the world's largest hard drive manufacturer and competes with such companies as Western Digital, Hitachi, Samsung and Toshiba.
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13.8.2006 Seagate Confirms 1TB Hard Drive
Seagate has confirmed to the folks over at DailyTech, that they plan to launch a 1TB (Terabyte) hard drive sometime in the first half of 2007.
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5.1.2007 Fujitsu Shows 500GB Laptop Drive
The latest entry in high-capacity notebooks is Fujitsu, which will release a laptop with a 500GB drive in May.
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25.2.2008 Microsoft Hones IE 7's "Drive-by-Download" Defenses
While Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates told security professionals that security is job number one on Tuesday, he's leaving it up to developers like those working up the next version of Internet Explorer to make it happen.
Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7), said Gary Schare, director of product management for IE, will reduce the chance that spyware spreaders can use silent drive-by downloads to infect PCs with malicious software.
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16.2.2006 Microsoft shows off HD DVD drive for Xbox
Microsoft on Monday offered the first glimpse of an external HD DVD drive built for the Xbox 360 game console.
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8.8.2006 Dell Ships Laptop with Blu-ray Drive
Dell on Monday became the latest manufacturer to support Sony's Blu-ray discs in its notebook computers, a move that was largely expected as Dell is a founding member behind the format.
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12.12.2006 Hitachi Ships 1TB Hard Disk Drive
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has started to ship its 1TB hard disk drives (HDDs) introduced early this year commercially. But the hard drive that represents a milestone in desktop data storage costs a little less than two times higher compared to slightly less capacious one, which makes it not very affordable.
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6.4.2007 Hitachi aiming for 5TB hard drive by 2010
Solid-state disks may be eating into the territory of traditional hard drives, particularly in laptops, but that doesn't mean spinning platters are on their last legs – particularly not at Hitachi.
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3.7.2008 Free Gadget: Hard Drive Diagnosis Software
Is there any funny sound generated when your hard drive is in operation? Here I am introducing a free application that can be used to diagnose your hard drive problem.
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27.7.2008 Microsoft eases hard drive capacity restriction for netbooks
Microsoft has officially eased the restriction of the standard specification for netbooks using the Windows XP operation system by increasing the allowable hard drive capacity from 80GB to 160GB, according to sources in the channel.
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3.9.2008 Western Digital launches world's first 2TB Hard Drive
Western Digital haven't officially launched their brand-new WD20EADS 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD, however it is already available for purchase at Australia's Mwave online store.
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27.1.2009 Gateway to Put Quad-core Desktop, Media Drive in Stores
Gateway will be one of the first PC makers to put quad-core desktops on retail shelves. The company announced April 30 deals with Best Buy, Circuit City Stores and CompUSA to sell its FX series at stores nationwide.
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3.5.2007 Microsoft Addresses Xbox 360 100 GB Hard Drive Rumor
Following yesterday's report on a supposed 100 GB Hard Drive for the Xbox 360 being announced at the Korean X06, we contacted Microsoft to confirm the existence of such accessory.
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22.10.2006 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008Toshiba to show 512GB solid-state drive at CES
Toshiba said Wednesday that it will showcase a 512GB solid-state drive at the Consumer Electronics Show next month and begin shipments in the second
quarter of 2009. To date, this would be one of the largest-capacity solid-state drives for use in laptops and come close to matching the size of
mobile hard-disk drives. Toshiba said it is releasing a broad family of "fast read/write SSDs" based on 43-nanometer Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND
flash technology that will be showcased at CES. MLC technology allows solid-state drive makers to deliver higher capacity drives at lower prices.
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18.12.2008Solid-State Drive Industry Leaders Seem to Be Hedging Bets
WINHEC DAY 3 A panel of
four leading figures in the
marketing and engineering of
solid-state drives appeared to
agree that the development of
solid-state disk drives, even
as flash technologies evolve
and NAND prices continue to
avoid bottoming out, will
never result in the
replacement of traditional
HDDs for any market category...
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18.05.2007Samsung to sample 256 GB solid state drive in late Q3
The Korean electronics maker showed off its biggest and fastest SSD in the 2.5" category, bringing its solid state hard drives ever closer to its
HDDs in capacity...
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28.05.2008Solid State Drive Comparison - Round 2
As a follow-up to our previous SSD coverage, today we will be looking at four popular mainstream SSD offerings which include the A-Data S592 128GB,
Corsair P Series 128GB, OCZ Agility 120GB and the OCZ Vertex Turbo 120GB. Although all these products are MLC flash-based and target the consumer
enthusiast market, they do vary in price, on-board controllers, memory chips, and cache sizes, which should make for some very interesting results.
With dozens of manufacturers now offering some kind of solid state drive, you should know there are only a handful of them you should concern yourself
with.
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21.08.2009NeowIn-Focus: Solid-state drives revealed
Welcome to this, a comprehensive guide to understanding solid state drives. The purpose of this article is to help the reader understand how
commercially available solid state drives came into existence as well as clarify some of the terms utilized when talking about these devices and some
advantages and drawback this new technology presents. Once done with this article, the following article should make perfect sense: >Until recently,
solid-state drives were too costly for mobile computing.
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02.12.2008Solid-state Hard Drive Capacity May Soon Double
Among the many miniaturized
technologies that will
condescend upon Las Vegas at
CES 2007 next week like a star
imploding, Samsung is gearing
up to add to the mix the
second generation of
solid-state hard disk drives.
This at a time while users
even today continue to
discover the first generation...
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04.01.2007Intel shows off solid-state drive road map
Intel Tuesday outlined the roadmap for its upcoming line of solid-state drives that will use flash-based solid-state memory to store data - and
replace hard drives in some computers.
Dubbed the Intel High-Performance SATA Solid-State Drive product line, the data storage
devices are aimed at mobile and desktop clients, as well as enterprise server, storage and workstation applications. The first products in the new
line are slated to be available by mid-September.
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20.08.2008Fujitsu Exec says solid-state disk doesn't measure up
While most major disk-drive manufacturers have developed or are already selling solid-state disk drives or hybrid drives, which use a combination of
flash memory and spinning disk, Fujitsu Ltd. has chosen not to develop a product for market. Joel Hagberg, Fujitsu's vice president of business
development, said his company does not plan to launch any solid-state disk-drive products over the next two years because the value proposition of the
technology is not compelling enough and won't be until technology breakthroughs change solid-state disk's performance and reliability.
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09.07.2008Microsoft: Windows 7 to boost solid-state drives
Will solid-state drives thrive on Windows 7? Microsoft is set to address that question at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week.
Microsoft will speak to both overall support for solid-state drives and Windows 7 support for Netbooks in Los Angeles at WinHEC
2008, which kicks off Wednesday.
In a conference abstract titled "Windows 7 Enhancements for Solid-State Drives," Microsoft
states that "PC systems that have solid-state drives are shipping in increasing volumes" and that it is planning "Windows enhancements that take
advantage of the latest updates to standardized command sets, such as ATA."
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05.11.2008It's a more solid-state Sun, embedding flash memory in servers
As the latest step in its gradual move to "end-to-end" flash, Sun has unveiled solid-state drive options for some of its high-end
servers.
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14.03.2009Toshiba's 128 GB solid-state disk plays hide and seek
On Friday, Toshiba's Japanese-language Dynabook dedicated site announced a delay in availability of its 128 GB solid state drive for the SS RX model
ultra portable. Then, on the company's European site, a Portege R500 (the Dynabook's western counterpart) appeared to be configurable with a 128 GB
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15.04.2008SanDisk Launches 32GB PC Solid-State Drive
After Intel unveiled its first
Solid-State Device (8 Gigabyte
2.5-inch SATA), SanDisk has
introduced a 32 Gigabyte,
solid-state flash memory
drive, broadening its
offerings for hard-disk drive
replacements in the notebook
market. The SanDisk drive is
compatible with most
mainstream notebook designs,
and follows by two months the
company's introduction of a
1.8-inch SSD for
ultra-portable notebooks. The
new drive is available to
computer manufacturers for
$350 in large volume
orders. Samsung Electronics
also offers a 32 Gigabyte
SSD.
Advantages of
solid state devices over
hard-disk drives include lower
power consumption, cooler and
quieter. The disadvantages
include a higher price tag per
gigabyte, and far less storage
capacity. Nevertheless, SSDs
have their place in the market
for low-end PCs sold to poorer
nations, which don't need a
large capacity disk drive.
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14.03.2007Analysis: The outlook for solid-state drives
Every year, solid-state storage advances just a little bit further, often just enough to prompt analysts to ask yet again, when will it be time to
declare spinning platters of magnetic data obsolete?..
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11.01.2008WD Enters Solid-State Drive Market with Acquisition of SiliconSystems
Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC), a world leader in hard drive storage for computing and consumer electronics applications, today announced that it
has completed a $65 million cash acquisition of SiliconSystems, Inc., Aliso Viejo, Calif., a leading supplier of solid-state drives for the embedded
systems market.
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30.03.2009Will that Dell solid state drive be regular or ultra?
Regular or ultra? Consumers will now have at least a couple of performance options when they order solid state drives on the newest ultraportable
notebooks from Dell.
Hard disk drives are getting scarcer by the week in the ultraportable notebook market. Dell has officially
started selling its new 2.2-pound Latitude E4200 this week with solid state drives as the only storage option, accelerating a trend in ultraportables
away from hard disk drives.
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17.09.2008Sandisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid state drives
SanDisk said Monday that Windows Vista is not optimized for solid state drives, delaying the delivery of optimized drives until next year.
Solid state drives (SSDs) are used instead of hard disk drives in select high-end notebook PCs today such as the Apple MacBook Air and
Toshiba Portege R500.
The next generation of SSDs will use multilevel cell (MLC) technology, which will require a more
sophisticated controller--a crucial component in solid state drives. These drives will have capacities ranging up to 128GB, 160GB, and later, 256GB.
MLC drives are expected to appear in a wider selection of notebooks later this year.
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22.07.2008Toshiba enters the solid-state disk arena
Nearly a full year after leading flash memory producer Samsung presented its first solid-state drives, flash producer Toshiba plans to follow along
behind with three models that take advantage of its exclusive design...
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10.12.2007Alienware supercharges desktop with 64GB solid-state drives
Alienware Tuesday introduced a 64GB solid-state storage option for its Alienware Area-51
ALX and Aurora ALX desktop computers.
Marc Diana, product marketing manager at Miami-based Alienware said the company plans to
add solid-state functionality to its other desktop offerings by mid-2008.
Diana would not say whether Alienware's parent firm,
Dell Inc., also plans to use the solid-state storage options in its personal computers. Dell officials could not be reached for comment.
Earlier this year, Dell announced a 32GB solid-state option for its Latitude D420 and D629 ATG notebook computers. The PC vendor has been
relatively silent on the solid-state front ever since.
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10.10.2007Apple lops $500 off the price of SSD-based MacBook Air
With the price of NAND flash memory continuing its steady sequential decline, Apple Inc. this month cut the price of its Solid State Drive
(SSD)-equipped MacBook Air by half a grand, AppleInsider has discovered.
The Cupertino-based Mac maker is now selling its
super slim 13-inch 1.8GHz MacBook Air with a 64GB Solid State Drive for $2598, down from the $3098 fetching price that was listed as recently as last
week.
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03.07.2008Hitachi GST and Intel make a solid-state deal
This week's agreement between Hitachi and Intel to jointly develop enterprise-class solid-state drives shows the industry's further movement to
flash-type storage, but disk-based drives aren't dead tech yet...
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