SSD Per-GB Cost to Fall Below $1 in Second Half of 2012

From X-bit Labs: The $1-per-GB price has been for a long time considered as a holy grail for solid-state drives as it is widely believed that at such price points SSDs will start to be adopted by mainstream users. According to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce market research...

Apple Finally Adds Full-HD Support to Apple TV, iTunes

From X-bit Labs: After years of waiting, Apple on Wednesday finally announced support for full-HD (1920*1080) video by its third-generation Apple TV set top box (STB), adding fuel to rumours about the company's own TV set, as well as to its iTunes digital media store. Customers can...

Facebook Goes Down Temporarily in Parts of Europe

From PC World: Facebook was down temporarily in parts of Europe on Wednesday, with users in some countries outside the region also reporting problems.

CERT.be, the federal cyberemergency team for Belgium, said Facebook was hit by a DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack.

The...

OCZ debuts faster SSD, previews Thunderbolt-based Lightfoot

From CNET News.com: Germany--OCZ unveiled a new solid-state drive here, its higher-performance Vertex 4, and said it'll ship an SSD called the Lightfoot using the Thunderbolt interface later this year that'll be even faster.

Many SSD makers use a controller chip from Sandforce, but...

SimCity to Make a Comeback in 2013

From DailyTech: Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that the popular city building game "SimCity" will be making a comeback in 2013.

"SimCity" is a city-building simulation video game that originally launched in 1989. It was designed by Will Wright and developed by Maxis. The point...

Micron Develops World's First 2.5" PCIe Enterprise SSD

From X-bit Labs: Micron Technology, a leading maker of DRAM and NAND flash products, on Tuesday said it had developed the industry's first 2.5" solid-state drive (SSD) based on a PCI Express interface that is hot-swappable and supports enterprise server performance scalability and...

Apple TV Shortages Fuel Rollout Rumors

From PC World: Shortages of the Apple TV are being reported across the country, fueling speculation that Apple will reveal a new Apple TV at its media event this week.

But are the reports of shortages accurate? MacRumors makes the bold claim that 98 percent of Apple’s retail stores...

Nokia's 41-megapixel 808 PureView won't be coming to US

From CNET News.com: Nokia's highly anticipated 808 PureView is getting a global release. The only issue is, there's one big continent it's leaving out.

According to the device's homepage, the 808 PureView will not be made available to North America. It will, however, be available to...

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