New Alliance Touts Hybrid Storage for Laptops

New Alliance Touts Hybrid Storage for Laptops

Hitachi, Samsung, and Toshiba are among the founding members of a new group promoting the use of hybrid hard drives in notebook computers.



Best Buy’s Same-Store Sales Increased 7% in December

...same-store sales, boosted by heavily discounted sales of flat-panel television sets and sales of digital-music players and notebook computers.



Microsoft, AMD Send Free High-End Laptops To Select Bloggers (TechWeb)

TechWeb - Giveaway triggers debate over ethics and whether the companies are really offering bribes. The ensuing publicity reportedly has prompted Microsoft and AMD to reconsider the gift.



Matsushita Builds a Better Laptop Battery (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - After a year of exploding laptop batteries making explosive headlines, Japanese manufacturer Matsushita, owner of the Panasonic brand, has announced plans to produce a battery with better protection against short-circuits.



SanDisk Launches 32-Gigabyte Solid State Drive Targeting Hard Disk...

SanDisk Corporation today introduced a 32-gigabyte (GB), 1.8-inch solid state drive (SSD) as a drop-in replacement for the standard mechanical hard



Press Release: Circuit City Stores, Inc. Announces Record December...

...by high-single digits as a double-digit increase in notebook computers was partially offset by a single-digit decline in desktop computers.