HP Mini 1000 hands-on

If our overly fannish announcement post didn’t give it away, we’re pretty excited about the HP Mini 1000. It has little to do with the specs –

pureSilicon’s rugged Renegade SSD touts hardware-based encryption

pureSilicon Unveils Secure, Ruggedized, High-Capacity SSDs — 128 GB, PATA and SATA II
First Solid-State Drive With FIPS-Approved Encryption Technology That Meets MIL-STD-810F Standards
CLIFTON, NJ–(Marketwire - October 28, 2008) - pureSilicon Inc. unveiled the Renegade Series Solid-State Drives (SSD), the first SSDs to integrate hardware-based encryption approved by the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). The Renegade [...]

Thecus debuts N3200 Pro NAS: now with more AMD Geode CPU

Thecus Technology has retooled the N3200 and come up with the aptly named N3200 Pro — a brand new NAS now featuring an AMD Geode CPU. The device boasts a veritable cornucopia of features, including three SATA drive bays for up to 3TB of storage, the option of RAID 5 striping, and an LCD display.

Motorola expected to cut more jobs as it simplifies around Android

Ugh, it looks like Thursday is shaping up to be another sad Moto day. The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Sanjay Jha, former Qualcomm exec and Motorola co-CEO tasked with resurrecting Motorola’s mobile-devices division, is about to slash jobs in an effort to bring costs and production under control. Though obviously unwelcome [...]

Sony on PS3 price: We’ve a business to run

Sony has rejected calls for a PS3 price cut in time for Christmas, claiming the perceived high price of the console won’t be an issue during the crucial holiday season.

Audi’s A1 Sportback hybrid concept surfaces

Audi confirmed its pure electric automobile plans earlier this month, and now the automaker’s back with yet another green vehicle based on its A1 hybrid concept. In hybrid mode the five door “sportback” (sporty!) will go from 0-62 MPH in 7.9 seconds, reach a top speed of 124 MPH and squeeze up to 72.4 miles [...]

LaCie intros 5big Network drive array to RAID junkies the world over

The LaCie product roof has been raised to 7.5TB with the new 5big Network — an Active Directory and gigabit Ethernet-friendly array of storage drives that supports several RAID configurations for up to five hot-swappable hard drives. You can try it on in four different sizes — 2.5TB for $899.99, 5TB for $1,399, or the [...]

Acer’s AX3200 is the little Blu-ray PC that could, has a 1080p LCD friend

Acer believes you’re seeking a PC with a Blu-ray drive and formidable storage space so you can watch hours and hours of high definition video. That’s why it’s introducing the AX3200 desktop (suggested retail: $679.99) to go with the P244W 24-inch 1080p LCD display ($399) — to fill that consumer electronics-shaped hole that you didn’t [...]

T-Mobile launches BlackBerry Pearl 8220, available today for $149.99

The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 runs neck-and-neck with the Storm for the title of “most leaked RIM device of 2008,” but for what it’s worth, T-Mobile is just now getting around to announcing a date and price for the most fliptastic phone in Waterloo’s ever-expanding lineup. That’s good news — but perhaps the best news is [...]

Nokia shocks no one, confirms N-Series touchscreen handset

Nokia shocks no one, confirms N-Series touchscreen handset
Hey, it’s not like you really expected Nokia to ride the coattails of its N95 / N96 forever without adding in a dash of innovation, right? At a recent Nokia event held in New Delhi, Devinder Kishore (the director of marketing for Nokia India) was quoted as saying [...]

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