But shies away from NFS EMC has blown a CIFS benchmark away with a result 2.7 times better than the previous record, but why is it bothering? The only other suppliers on the list are Apple, Fujitsu and Silicon Graphics.…

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EMC blows CIFS benchmark away

Sifting through the bit pattern Comment   Earlier this month Toshiba researchers presented a couple of papers concerning bit-patterned media (BPM) and associated head technologies at a Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Intermag conference in Washington DC. They have been working towards an areal density of 5Tbit/sq in for hard disk drives and this was by way of a progress report.…

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Toshiba looks ahead, sees a 14TB disk

Size matters? Review   Nokia’s Symbian-driven N97 smart phone came out in the summer to rather mixed reviews, with most people praising its feature count, but finding it a bit of a pain to use. Now comes the N97 Mini, a little (but not a lot) smaller than the original N97, and with most of its feature count intact, including its 5Mp camera, HSDPA 3G, Wi-Fi and A-GPS, though it now has a smaller screen, as well as reduced memory and battery life.…

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Nokia N97 Mini smartphone

Lawyer cries fraud over Xbox Live download payments Microsoft is facing a class-action lawsuit over the way it charges for digital content served up by Xbox Live.…

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Microsoft hit with cash-for-Points lawsuit

Clouds, browsers can self-debug without help, says prof Federal boffins in Switzerland say they have developed a new, freely-downloadable tool which acts as an “immune system” to fight bugs in cloud software.…

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Swiss computing lab offers free bug-immunity tool

Two-year subs only O2 has zapped the connection fee it charges punters taking out a mobile broadband subscription with a new laptop.…

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O2 axes broadband laptop bundle connection fee

LSI to hop on board alongside Seagate is diving into PCIe-connected solid state drives via a partnership with LSI.…

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Seagate expanding into PCIe flash

Mass-production point reached Samsung has begun punching out 3D TVs en masse , the South Korean giant said today, part of its plan to cash in on what the consumer electronics industry hopes will inspire punters to buy a stack of new kit.…

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Samsung ready to sell World+Dog 3D TVs

The Larry Factor It’s open season on customers running Sun Microsystems.…

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Sun shops unnerved by Oracle Alpha man

Walks into the Sun set One of Silicon Valley’s last true characters has signed off – Sun founder Scott McNealy has sent a final goodbye memo to his staff.…

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Scott McNealy signs off in style