Blog of Tushar Phadke

Want to upgrade your notebook PC? If it is not capacity, but it is performance you are interested in, then Sandisk should soon have an option that could make you think twice: The company will be offering a NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD) in a traditional 2.5″ form factor and 32 GB capacity for $350.

The 2.5″ SSD joins a 32 GB 1.8″ version that was announced during this year’s CES tradeshow. According to the manufacturer, the 2.5″ SSD integrates a SATA interface that is compatible with “most” mainstream notebook designs and therefore allows either notebook vendors to offer the SSD as an upgrade option or allow consumers to swap their old hard drive for this SSD. (more…)

Intel has marked its foray into solid state drives with the Z-U130 Value Solid State Drive (SSD) based on Nand flash memory.

With industry standard USB interfaces, the Z-U130 Value SSD offers cost-effective, high-performance storage for a wide variety of computing and embedded platforms. Intel says its SSD delivers faster boot times, embedded code storage, rapid data access, and low-power storage alternatives for value PCs, routers, servers, gaming, and industrial applications. (more…)

Viacom Inc., owner of MTV Networks, sued Google Inc. and its YouTube online video-sharing business, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for copyright violations.The suit, brought in federal court in New York, alleges “massive intentional'’ copyright infringement, Viacom said today in a statement.

The claim escalates a dispute between Google and Viacom, which has complained that YouTube users are posting video clips of Viacom shows without permission. YouTube last month agreed to remove more than 100,000 clips after the companies failed to reach an agreement on compensation for the use of the shows.

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At the TED Conference in Monterey on Friday, AMD and Architecture for Humanity founder Cameron Sinclair, is expected to announce a new open architecture award that will be handed out for the best design of a computer lab that can be adapted to meet local needs in underserved populations and connect them to the Internet.

According to AMD, the $250,000 prize is to be the largest prize in existence for the field and is expected to attract design teams from around the world. In December, AMD awarded $20,000 prizes to Latin American students in an effort to improve rural computing. (more…)

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( ya people still use it )

last 2 days have gone in lookin for a theme does

i found this hope it works ok