Micron: Thailand causing demand pick-up for SSDs

From CNET News.com: Micron Technology said today that demand is increasing for solid-state drives in the wake of the flooding in Thailand.

Since late summer, the prices of traditional spinning hard disk drives have been steadily rising because of shortages due to flooding in...

OCZ Speeds Up Enterprise-Class Talos 2 Solid-State Drives

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group this week introduced Talos 2 solid-state drives (SSDs) that use dual-port SAS 6Gb/s interface, support OCZ Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0 technology and increase performance over Talos SSD launched earlier this year. The Talos 2...

HP's WebOS decision expected within the next two weeks

From CNET News.com: The fate of WebOS will be decided in the next couple weeks.

"We should announce our decision in the next two weeks," HP CEO Meg Whitman told French newspaper Le Figaro in an interview (Translate) published today. "This is not an easy decision, because we have a...

Samsung Announces 2GHz, Cortex A15-based 5250 SoC for Tablets

From DailyTech: The mobile market is heating up with consumers flocking to smartphones and tablets in record numbers. Samsung is looking to strengthen its position in these markets thanks to the new Exynos 5250 SoC which is the follow-up to the Exynos 4210 used in the popular Galaxy...

Google Launches Indoor Mapping with Google Maps 6.0

From DailyTech: Google Maps has unveiled a new type of mapping service for Android devices and allows you to find out where you are and what's around you indoors. The app supports several different types of locations.

If you travel a lot, it will be a very nice update. The app...

Intel Reveals Ivy Bridge Chip Performance Numbers to Partners

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has revealed official performance advantage expectations for its next-generation microprocessors code-named Ivy Bridge. Thanks to new micro-architectural improvements, the world's largest chipmaker expects Core i 3000-series processors to deliver up to 25...

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