Toshiba Unveils New 2.5 inch 500GB, 7,200 RPM HDD

From DailyTech: Toshiba has unveiled a new high-performance 2.5-inch hard drive in the MKxx56GSY series. The new drive has 500GB of storage with only two platters. The drive spins at 7,200 rpm and is aimed at notebooks and netbooks needing a lot of storage and high-performance...

Microsoft Offers Students Windows 7 Pro for $30 Until January 2010

From DailyTech: Windows 7 is getting closer to its October 22 launch date. With improved security, better compatibility, and a slick new look, the OS should please owners of both powerful and underpowered machines alike. Microsofthas already offered hot pre-order deals, but now it...

Eee PC maker Asus goes gadget

From CNET News.com: It made a splash with the Eee PC. Now Asus, once known chiefly as a components maker, is looking to make the leap to consumer gadget maker.
One of the largest manufacturers of motherboards for two decades, albeit it a largely unsung one, the Taiwanese company...

Google rolls out revamped DoubleClick Ad Exchange

From CNET News.com: Having conquered the Web's text-based ad market, Google is setting its sights on graphical display ads--a market dominated by rival Yahoo.

The search giant on Thursday took the wraps off a revamped DoubleClick Ad Exchange, a public exchange that allows...

AMD to Align Release of Triple-Core Athlon II with Windows 7 Launch

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices plans to release its first AMD Athlon II X3 microprocessors with three cores on the day of Microsoft Windows 7 operating system launch, on October 22, 2009, sources with knowledge of the matter revealed. The new chips will be based on the code...

AT&T to offer remote PC repairs without system booting

From InfoWorld: AT&T is upgrading its remote PC repair service that will allow technicians to resolve issues without a customer fully booting a computer, the company said on Thursday.

Technicians from AT&T's Tech Support 360 service were previously able to remotely fix customers' PC...

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