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  • Hitachi unveils super-fast, super-slim HDD for laptops

    Hitachi unveils super-fast, super-slim HDD for laptops

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced the Travelstar Z5K320 today, a new line of 2.5-inch mobile hard drives that are just 7mm thick. The HDDs will be available in capacities of 160GB, 250GB or 320GB. Hitachi says the new HDDs are the slimmest, lightest, and fastest in the industry (at least in this combination).

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  • Panasonic’s new VIERAs boast built-in Skype support, HDDs and Blu-ray recorders

    Panasonic’s new VIERAs boast built-in Skype support, HDDs and Blu-ray recorders

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Panasonic announced [JP] a set of two new VIERA TVs for the Japanese market today, the 37-inch TH-L37R2B and the 32-inch TH-L32R2B. And they somehow managed to squeeze quite a few features and functions into the LCDs, most notably Skype support, a 320 GB HDD and a Blu-ray recorder.

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  • Buffalo Japan to release four new SSDs, six HDDs and two NASes

    Buffalo Japan to release four new SSDs, six HDDs and two NASes

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    Buffalo announced a slew of new SSDs [JP], HDDs [JP] and NASes [JP] in Japan today, all of which might soon be available outside this country, too. Available with 32GB ($160)/64GB ($230)/128GB ($440) and 256GB ($840/build-to-order) on board, the four 2.5-inch SSDs are part of the Buffalo SHD-NSU2 series (pictured above). All of these SATA devices support Windows XP/Vista/7 andMac OS X 10.5, are equipped with 64MB of DRAM cache and come with a USB 2.0 interface.

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  • Toshiba announces 750GB and 1TB HDDs for notebooks

    Toshiba announces 750GB and 1TB HDDs for notebooks

    Posted on March 25, 2010 | No Comments
    Toshiba is releasing one high-capacity HDD after another lately. Today, the company announced [PDF] two new hard discs, which are poised to find their way into our notebooks very soon, the MK7559GSXP (750GB/pictured) and the MK1059GSM (1TB). The 750GB model is the world's most capacious 2.5-inch/9.5mm high HDD. Toshiba released its predecessor (holding 640GB) back in September last year.

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  • Not 3D but pretty, too: Sony’s seven new LCD TVs

    Not 3D but pretty, too: Sony’s seven new LCD TVs

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Granted, the seven new LCD (non-3D) TVs Sony announced [JP] in Japan today are not as sexy as their 3D counterparts, but they are worth mentioning, too. The new BRAVIAs break down into three series, the NX800, the HX700 and the HDD-equipped BX-30H. In contrast to the 3D TVs presented today, Sony didn't go into details regarding international sales plans for their 2D models.

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