Western Digital has released new information about its first hybrid drive, revealing that it is using NAND flash technology from SanDisk. The drive is now shipping. WD?originally announced?the solid-state hybrid drive (SSHD) – the ...
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As you pore over the technical features built into Ford's latest vehicles, one spec you'll notice in those that include a SYNC entertainment system is the 10GB hard drive for storing music. No, they didn't drop a zero. That's a 10. Ford ...
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Most of us enjoy getting extra content on our living room TVs, but not everyone has a set with that built-in capability. One popular way to add this feature is through a streaming media player, such as a Roku 3 or Apple TV. But there's ...
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ARE you confident about working on a notebook that stores your documents straight to the cloud? Are you happy to forgo Microsoft and Apple applications you have used for years, such as Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Excel, and Apple's iWorks ...
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What do you do with your photos after you capture them on your smart phone? Beyond posting them on Facebook or Instagram, or texting them to your friends and family, you may want to print some choice shots or use them in slideshows. Here ...
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Thanks to a winning combination of solid performance, lots of content, and affordable prices, Roku streaming media players have become a favorite choice of many staffers at Consumer Reports—including me. That's why we were especially ...
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You'd think that treating yourself to a shiny new $42,000 upscale sedan would be enough of a gift. But some car companies now give you a present at delivery—one that you pay for. So, do you want a black walnut presentation box or an ...
For those of us fortunate enough to have both lots of wall space and deep pockets, a new wave of pricey Ultra HD TVs—with four times the resolution of a regular 1080p sets—promise ever bigger screens and more detailed pictures ...
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ams AG (SIX: AMS), a designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs for consumer and communications, industrial and medical and automotive applications, today introduced a new intelligent LED driver for mobile phone cameras that ...
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Looking to turn a plain-Jane television into an Internet TV? The new Roku 3 flagship streamer ($100) has an updated user interface that should make finding movies and TV shows easier, plus a new motion-sensing remote control with a built-in ...
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Ultra HD TVs—a new breed of higher-resolution sets that promise even sharper, more detailed images than the best 1080p models can deliver—were all the rage at CES last month, but we've been wondering if they can can live up to ...
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With smart features developed specifically for simple operation and quick response time, Adam Equipment’s PMB moisture analysers offer the top value in their class. Two PMB models are available: PMB 53 provides results at 0.01%/1mg ...
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Western Digital, one of the few companies to offer a streaming-media player with a built-in hard drive (the WD TV Live Hub), is taking a different approach with its new entry-level model, the WD TV Play. Given its hockey-puck design, $70 ...
Fingernail printers that paint photos of your family, pets and favourite designs on your nails will be in Australia this year. In a venture that turns nails into social media, Nebraska start-up Fashion Tec USA said its nail printer, which ...
Today is the last day customers can purchase an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for the discounted price of $39.99. Starting tomorrow, Feb. 1, Microsoft will quintuple the price of the upgrade to $199.99. An upgrade to Windows 8, a less-capable ...
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