November 01, 2006
Lite-On IT communicated that the news article announcing Lite-On IT exiting the consumer ODD business with its own brand on DigiTimes, has lead to an unfortunate misinterpretation of facts. Being the world’s 2nd largest ODD manufacturer, Lite-On IT will definitely not stop ODD products, DVD- and CD burners. The news release on DigiTimes will only affect the company’s standalone DVD recorders product line. The ODD products will follow up the original promotion plan to co-work with the current distributors or retailer channels as usual.
October 30, 2006
Prestigio Digital Media Adapter DMA-301 is an innovative device which bridges the home PC with the existing home TV and audio system via wireless local area network connections. This wireless state-of-the-art product is intended for home users who want to access digital media files through the existing entertainment system, and without drilling holes in the wall for setting up a local network connection.
October 26, 2006
ASBIS Romania moved to expand its in-country operations by appointing two new sales representatives in the Romanian regions of Moldova and Banat. This expansion, due to include also Transylvania in the future, is part of a long-term corporate development strategy. This move follows the enlargement of the company’s warehouse area by 350 sq. m. in downtown Bucharest. To prop up the expansion ASBIS Romania also hired additional staff which now counts a total of 40 employees.
October 24, 2006
Hitachi GST announced that its Deskstar T7K250 3.5-inch hard drive has been named the “Best Hard Disk Drive 2006” by Computer Shopper magazine in its annual award ceremony held in London. Judged by a panel of storage experts against 11 other Parallel-ATA (PATA) hard disks, the Deskstar T7K250 was declared the best among its peers in reliability, value and performance. It produced the best result in the large file read test and scored consistently well elsewhere.
October 19, 2006
TUL Corporation announced the PowerColor X1950 PRO 256/512MB with ARCTIC COOLING. The X1950 PRO features the first-ever GPU manufactured at 80nm fabrication process and the new CrossFireTM Bridge Interconnect. The new product is targeted at gamers needing a graphics card that runs graphic-intensive games with quiet cooling at a reasonable price.
October 17, 2006
The 16GB JetFlash 2A combines large capacity, performance, and style in a device that slips into your pocket and can help you manage your active work life. Transcend’s 16GB JetFlash 2A is a hi-speed USB 2.0 Flash Drive, thus it has superior Read/Write speeds that is up to 25/20 MB per second. The JetFlash 2A not only performs brilliantly and looks great, it also comes bundled with some very useful software applications that can help you increase your productivity.
October 13, 2006
Seagate announced that it will ship a 1.5 terabyte version of its Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo Edition external hard disk drive. The new drive ships this month for $799.99. The Onetouch III Turbo Edition is pre-formatted for Mac users and comes with FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces. Inside the drive enclosure are two 750GB hard disk drive mechanisms configured together in a RAID array for a total capacity of 1.5TB.
October 02, 2006
Following the latest trend in personal audio, Canyon Technology unveiled a state-of-the-art Multimedia MP3 Player CN-MPV1. This lightweight and attractive device supports mp3, wma, wav, jpg, amv and txt files. Its 65K colors CSTN display makes it perfect for viewing photos and playing movie files (amv). The super slim housing is made of stainless steel. Canyon claims to be the first vendor to offer such a complete multimedia MP3 Player at an affordable price.
October 02, 2006
Following the latest trend in personal audio, Canyon Technology unveiled a state-of-the-art Multimedia MP3 Player CN-MPV1. This lightweight and attractive device supports mp3, wma, wav, jpg, amv and txt files. Its 65K colors CSTN display makes it perfect for viewing photos and playing movie files (amv). The super slim housing is made of stainless steel. Canyon claims to be the first vendor to offer such a complete multimedia MP3 Player at an affordable price.
September 27, 2006
Kingston Technology Company announced it will begin producing the new Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Class 2 card and enhance the function of its existing 15-in-1 Reader to support the growing storage demands of high performance digital still cameras, digital video cameras and other high resolution image recording devices. The new SDHC memory cards are available now in 4GB capacities with a retail price of $199.00 USD through Kingston’s global network of resellers.
September 25, 2006
Prestigio has a new offering for its technologically advanced customers – its 15.4-inch widescreen Nobile 1522W notebook based on the latest breakthrough Intel® Core™2 Duo technology. This cutting-edge mobile technology provides twice the multitasking performance while using 28 percent less power so you get the benefit of a powerful dual-core notebook plus all the benefits of mobility.
September 25, 2006
Prestigio has a new offering for its technologically advanced customers – its 15.4-inch widescreen Nobile 1522W notebook based on the latest breakthrough Intel® Core™2 Duo technology. This cutting-edge mobile technology provides twice the multitasking performance while using 28 percent less power so you get the benefit of a powerful dual-core notebook plus all the benefits of mobility.
September 20, 2006
Promise Technology announced its new Ultra 320 SCSI to Serial ATA (SATA) RAID 6 storage systems for Small to Medium Business (SMB) deploying direct attached storage for various high capacity applications. Available immediately through the company’s distribution network, the Promise VTrak™ M210p and M310p U320 SCSI to SATA RAID 6 2U 8 and 12 bay rackmount storage systems deliver resilient and advanced data protection features that proactively monitor drive status and reduce RAID rebuild time.
September 18, 2006
Hitachi GST announced an areal density achievement of 345 gigabits per square inch (Gbits/sq. in.) using perpendicular magnetic recording technology. This areal density represents an increase of more than two-and-a-half times the areal density of today's highest-capacity products. By 2009, Hitachi predicts that 345 Gbits/sq. in. would result in a two-terabyte (TB) 3.5-inch desktop drive, a 400-gigabyte (GB) 2.5-inch notebook drive or a 200-GB 1.8-inch drive.
September 17, 2006
Prestigio Technologies unveiled a new product line targeted at mainstream consumer and corporate markets – Network Storage products. Prestigio line of Network Storage will focus primarily on Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions which will combine products that provide multi-user data access via local network. NAS enables users to share large amounts of various data between different devices in Digital Home or Office environments with a high level of security.
September 07, 2006
Transcend Information, Inc. announced the release of the world’s highest performance 512M/1GB DDR2 1066 MHz Non-ECC Unbuffered DIMM memory modules. With only 1.18” in height, this module can easily fit in any desktop and computer system. This super memory is specially designed for computer gamers and high-end users, and it supports Intel and AMD platforms that use DDR2-1066 modules.
August 31, 2006
Prestigio Technologies unveiled today a new product line targeted at mainstream consumer and corporate markets – Network Storage products. Prestigio line of Network Storage will focus on Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions which will combine products that provide multi-user data access via local networks. NAS enables users to share large amounts of various data between different devices in Digital Home or Office environments.
August 29, 2006
With IT and PC spending forecasts outpacing other EMEA regions, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies sees the Russian market for hard disk drives as the number one growth opportunity in the region. To capitalize on this opportunity, Hitachi has increased resources for an aggressive push to extend its presence and sales volume in Russia’s desktop and enterprise hard disk drive segments.
August 29, 2006
Prestigio Technologies announced the release of a unique digital entertainment product for mobile users - Prestigio Portable Multimedia Recorder PMR-701. The new device enables users to watch videos and listen to entire music albums no matter where they go. With the PMR, you can watch movies or view photos «on the go», record video or static frames from external A/V sources such as TV, VCR, or camcorder, and much more.
August 29, 2006
With IT and PC spending forecasts outpacing other EMEA regions, HGST sees the Russian market for hard disk drives as the number one growth opportunity in the region. To capitalize on this opportunity, HGST has increased resources for an aggressive push to extend its presence and sales volume in Russia’s desktop and enterprise hard disk drive segments.