Patriot Stellar 64GB Review (Page 1 of 8)

When you buy a new device nowadays like a laptop, tablet, or even a smartphone, there are quite a number down the specifications list to keep in mind, such as the processor speed, amount of RAM, and its weight. Of course, none can overlook the capacity of the system -- this is especially true for smaller devices. Multimedia hungry users of the twenty first century want to cram more and more into them, while hoping we will still have enough space...

SK Hynix, Others Benefit From DRAM Shortage

From EETimes: The worldwide semiconductor market grew 5% last year to a record $315 billion, despite a nearly 10% drop in PC sales and a smartphone market whose viral growth appears to be slowing for the first time in several years.

The $315 billion figure, which Gartner reported Thursday, is...

Office for iPad apps top 12 million downloads in one week

From PC World: It looks like Apple's free iWork suite for iOS just wasn't enough for many iPad users. One week after landing in Apple's App Store, Microsoft's Office for iPad has already seen more than twelve million downloads, the company tweeted from its Office account on Thursday. The Office apps...

EU votes to abolish throttling Internet bandwidth

From PC World: Blocking and throttling Internet traffic will become illegal in the European Union following a parliamentary vote on Thursday.

Members of the European Parliament voted to close loopholes in a proposed law that some believed would have created a two-tier Internet. The so-called...

Yahoo turns on encryption between data centers

From InfoWorld: Yahoo said Wednesday it was encrypting traffic flowing between its data centers, several months after leaked documents revealed the government had been sniffing those links.

Traffic moving between Yahoo data centers is fully encrypted as of March 31, the company announced on its...

Intel plans new Braswell chip for PCs, over 20 Chromebooks

From PC World: Intel is preparing a new “Braswell” chip to succeed its power-efficient Bay Trail processor found in PCs besides working on bringing over 20 Chromebook designs to the market this year.

“Last year, we had only four designs on Chrome. Today I can announce that we will have over 20...

Nokia's $55 MD-12 Wireless Speaker Uses Hard Surfaces to Boost Bass

From DailyTech: In addition to a few new Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones, Nokia has unveiled a new portable speaker called the MD-12 that's small, yet promises big sound. Nokia says that the speaker is about the size of an apple and has a built-in vibrating actuator that can produce bass when placed...

Budget Minded Lumia 630 ($159/$169) and 635 ($189, w/LTE) Announced

From DailyTech: As anticipated, the Lumia 630/635 were announced at Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) BUILD conference by Nokia Oyj.'s (HEX:NOK1V) Nokia Devices.

Nokia's strongest traction has been on the budget end. That success hasn't exactly been an accident. While lower-end hardware at lower cost is...

SanDisk Optimizes SSDs for Enterprise Workloads

From EETimes: SanDisk has expanded its CloudSpeed Serial ATA (SATA) product family with four new solid state drives (SSDs) to meet demands of enterprise workloads. The new SSDs leverage software to address endurance challenges, particularly those created by write-intensive application workloads...

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