8 business card apps for smartphones: Scan 'em and store 'em
If you can't keep track of your business cards, one of these 8 smartphone apps will help you scan and store all those new contacts.
Stories by Melissa Perenson
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Barnes & Noble, Amazon push ahead with e-readers
Now that tablets are all the rage, it's easy to think e-readers may no longer have a market.
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New QNAP storage servers boost speed
We're used to seeing a processor as an integral part of the specs for a PC, but not so for network-attached storage (NAS). And yet that's how manufacturers, including QNAP, are boosting the performance of NAS devices. The company today introduced several servers in its Turbo NAS line with Intel's 1.66-GHz Atom D-510 Dual-Core processor.
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Sony Walkman turns 30: memories of an iconic gadget
The Sony Walkman turns 30 today, amazing as much for the passage of time as it is for the fact that the Walkman brand persists today in digital audio players and cell phones.
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Western Digital launches 2TB hard disk drive
Interesting times among hard disk manufacturers. Western Digital continues to solidify its role as a leader in the drive industry. Though the company is not normally known for being at the forefront of capacity jumps, today it became the first manufacturer to announce the jump to 2TB in a single drive. The previous capacity high-point was Seagate's Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB drive.
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Faster Serial ATA coming this year
The SATA 6Gbps standard is coming in the second quarter, says Conrad Maxwell, SATA-IO marketing chair.
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CES - Microvision projector will fit in shirt pocket
The concept of ultraportable, pocket projectors isn't new: Mitsubishi and Samsung both have models they refer to as "pocket" size. By comparison with Microvision's new prototype projector, those models are boulder-sized rocks.
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CES - Fujitsu launches slick P8000 Series ultraportable PC
As a fan of ultralight, ultraportable PCs--I'm typing on one now at CES--I'm always interested in seeing what Fujitsu has on deck. More often than not, Fujitsu introduces new features and innovations in the ultraportable space, always packing in something more.
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CES - Why movies sold on disc still matter
Over the course of the past couple of years, as the Blu-ray Disc vs. HD DVD smack down continued, I've often seen postulating in the press and among the public that neither disc format is going to matter in the future.
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New iPod rumors fly--including release date
The latest word around the Internet is that Apple will have an event on September 5, and the long-rumored new iPods will be a part of that.
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Toshiba announces first HD DVD recorder
Toshiba announced Friday that it will ship the first HD DVD recorder, RD-A1, on July 14--but don't get too excited: The recorder will only be available in Japan at launch.
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Sony, Panasonic Blu-ray disc player announcements
Sony initially targeted July for shipping its Blu-ray Disc player, the US$999 BD-SP1. That date shifted by a few weeks into August, reportedly to coincide with the company's launch of its 1080p. Now, Sony's site is reporting a ship date "on or about October 25."
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Seagate's giant hard drive expands HD capacity universe
Seagate announced Wednesday that it is shipping its 750-gigabyte Barracuda 7200.10 drive. This drive represents an increase in capacity of 50 percent over the previous industry maximum of 500GB and is the first 3.5-inch internal drive in the industry to achieve 750GB using perpendicular magnetic recording technology.
