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Updated MacBook Airs Could Get Speedy 400Mbps Flash Storage

5:40PM July 5, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

It’s expected that Apple will update the MacBook Air line this July, but with what, exactly? According to components manufacturers that the Japanese website Macotakara.jp spoke to, they’ll include the latest 19-nanometer NAND chips which have been soldered right onto the motherboard, as opposed to using an mSATA connector to fuse the SSD to the motherboard. More »

Computing

So SDXC Cards Go To 128GB Now

12:00PM January 4, 2011 | Brian Barrett

We’re still a long ways from the 2TB SDXC cards we were promised. But that doesn’t mean my jaw’s not dropping a little to see Lexar’s 128GB SDXC card. And then dropping a little lower at the price. More »

USB Cigar Puts Your Laptop One Martini Away From Benderhood

11:40PM July 1, 2009 | Mark Wilson

We appreciate a good electronic cigar, but we never imagined that we could roll our own with USB storage. More »

WD’s SiliconDrive III Lineup Is Their First Crack At The SSD Market

8:00AM June 17, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Western Digital just made their first move into the SSD world by announcing that their now shipping the SiliconDrive III lineup (presumably to OEMs), promising storage capacities up to 120 GB and read/write speeds of 100 and 80 MB/sec, respectively. More »