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Report: Toshiba sees 512GB solid state drives by 2009

Toshiba is planning to ship 512GB solid state drives by 2009 when it expects these storage devices to claim one-fourth of the market, according to Japan-based reports.

Toshiba sees SSD capacity increasing to 512GB by 2009

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Toshiba is currently getting set to ship 128GB solid state drives (SSDs), …

Could Hello Kitty finally be slipping?

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We didn’t this was possible–nor did we ever think we’d be writing about it–but the quality of Hello Kitty laptops seems to be in serious decline. In previous forays into portable computing, the Sanrio emissary at least tried to look different in retaining its “…

News Bits: LED backlighting increases, Averatec rugged notebooks, XP availability extended?

HP Japan lineup boasts newest AMD chips

On Monday, Hewlett-Packard’s Japan arm introduced a raft of consumer PCs with plenty of offerings using processors from Advanced Micro Devices in addition to Intel chips.

In the v7000 small-form-factor tower series, HP deployed both the AMD triple-core Phenom X3 processor and quad-core Phenom X4 processors. Models are available …

Toshiba adds five new Satellite Pros

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Apparently, small business is big business. Merely a week after Dell announced that it was refreshing its Vostro line of laptops for very small businesses, Toshiba has unveiled its expanded range of Satellite Pro laptops.

Granted, the Satellite Pros are pitched toward students and government as well as …

Dell Vostro 1000 15.4″ Notebook

Dell Vostro 1000 AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor TK-57 (1.9GHz/256KB) 512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 1 Dimm 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Anti-Glare …

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Price Range: $469

MSI Turbobook GX600: Bringing turbo back

Remember the days of the humble 486 PC? They all had a few things in common, such as being beige, being enormous, and having a button labelled “turbo.” Those days are back, thanks to the MSI Turbobook GX600–the first laptop we can remember to sport a turbo button.

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Notebook Company Tech Support Comparison
Computer problems can be one of the most frustrating situations any person can go through, especially if it is your primary computer for school or work. Downtime can cause missed assignments, projects, or worse if you manage all of your finances through a computer and can’t pay a bill on time. We decided to call up Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, Gateway, and Apple to see who was the easiest to deal with, and how long the average call was.

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