* Intel hails local firms at processor family launch Nov 18, 2008
Huang praised Asustek Computer Inc (q), Micro-Star International Corp Ltd (MSI, LP), Elitegroup Computer Systems Co (^q), Foxconn International Holdings Ltd (Ihd), Gigabyte Technology Co (), CyberLink Corp (Ts) and Mitac International Corp (F) for their contributions. Releasing the latest shipment figures at yesterdays launch, Intel said it had already shipped 100,000 units to 70 countries. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Review: Posh Sony Ericsson X1's options overwhelm Nov 15, 2008
The X1 has minimal included memory, so you'll need a sizable microSD card if you want to access lots of songs, videos and photos on it; I used a 4 gigabyte card during my testing, which was enough for plenty of content. But even before I turned it on, I started to get nervous about the whopping number of choices I'd have to make. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Lewis: The ACTION 5! Nov 13, 2008
AppleTV with 40 gigabyte hard drive, $229 ... 4 AppleTV with 40 gigabyte hard drive, $229. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Wi-Fi on Wheels Is Steady, but Has a Speed Bump Nov 13, 2008
The $29 plan gets you just 1 gigabyte of data a month, while the $59 plan gets you 5 gigabytes. That should be plenty for most typical users, but not for those with large appetites for data. (All Things D Blogs, CA)
Storage Startup Goes All Out With SSD Nov 12, 2008
High-end disk-based systems still carry price tags in the neighborhood of $4 to $5 per gigabyte, while Violin said its SSD price is about $50 to $60 a gigabyte of data, Brian Babineau, senior analyst with , told InternetNews ... While Violin said its SSD price is about $50 to $60 a gigabyte of data, compared to competitive offerings that still average $300 a gigabyte. (Datamation)
Fujitsu Launches Half-Terabyte Mobile Class Hard Disk Drive Series Nov 11, 2008
(1) One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on the operating environment and formatting. (2) Halogen-free: Halogen free as defined by levels of chlorine (CL) and bromine (Br) or a compound in which they are combined reduced to be less than the standards of IEC61249-2-21:2003, as stated below: Chlorine: less than 900ppm Bromine: less than 900ppm Chlorine + bromine: less than 1500ppm Copyright 2008 Fujitsu Computer Products of America,... (PR Newswire)
Test Center review: Specialty Linuxes to the rescue Nov 11, 2008
By comparison, running a full-blown Windows OS in a virtual machine can consume upward of a gigabyte. Finally, because small-footprint Linuxes place minimal burdens on memory and processor, they stand a good chance of working on older hardware. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Is our Internet future in danger? Nov 11, 2008
The Internet's "free ride" culture has led to more people downloading gigabytes of data at practically no cost ... It costs $1 for every gigabyte of usage over the cap. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Stories from the bricks Nov 10, 2008
There are more than 1 million kilobytes in a gigabyte, the standard measure of home computer hard drive memory now. It was tiny, Higbee said. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
OWC Announces Memory Upgrades up to 6GB for Apple MacBooks and MacBook Pro Models Nov 8, 2008
Up to $30 Rebate for 33% lower cost than factory 4GB option: OWC allows MacBook and MacBook Pro owners to trade-in Factory Standard memory modules for up to $15 per Gigabyte rebate. Cash back for original factory modules makes it even more economical and increases the savings of upgrades from OWC.. (IGN Gear)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5 Motherboard Launched in India Nov 8, 2008
Gigabyte has rolled out two new motherboards from the X58 Series, namely the GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5, in the Indian market ... In addition, the GIGABYTE X58 Series also provides 3 PCIe x16 Gen2 ... The Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME motherboard also sports the revolutionary new Gigabyte Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2, fusion thermal solution that combines Gigabytes proprietary screen cooling technology, external heat sink and liquid cooling with chipset water block. (TechGadgets.in)
New Rage at Work: Used, Revamped IT Gear Nov 7, 2008
Inside are newly refurbished Dell () OptiPlex GX280s sporting Intel () Pentium 4 processors and 1 gigabyte of RAM all for a modest $299. When these desktop computers were introduced in 2004, they cost almost $800 and were considered a respectable corporate PC. Now, for a budget-conscious business owner who needs features like Microsoft () Windows XP but not a top-of-the-line machine they'll still do just fine. (BusinessWeek)
AT&T to test monthly cap on broadband users Nov 6, 2008
The trial, which began Saturday, at first will affect only new DSL users, who will be limited to 20 to 150 gigabytes of monthly downloading and uploading, depending on their account. Users who go over eventually will be charged $1 per gigabyte, but only after they continue to exceed their limit after two months of warnings ... If, after the second monthly warning, users continue to go over, AT start charging $1 per gigabyte of data transferred. (San Francisco Chronicle)
TM to boost capacity due to higher demand for Internet services Nov 6, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) plans to increase its Internet infrastructure capacity by 30% to 130 gigabytes per second (Gbps) next year due to rising demand for online services. It would also increase the capacity to 100 gigabytes by year-end from the current 90 gigabytes, said Rozaimy Rahman, chief operating officer of TM Global, a subsidiary of TM. ... A gigabyte, which is equivalent to one billion bytes, is a unit of measurement for the bandwidth or network throughput of... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Scientists gear up to tackle 15 mn GB data Nov 6, 2008
London (IANS): The four huge detectors of the new Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, when fully operational, are expected to generate up to a staggering 15 million gigabytes of data every year ... When CERN staff first considered in the mid-1990s how they might deal with the large volume of data that the vast circular contraption would produce when its two beams of protons collide, a single gigabyte of disk space still cost a few hundred dollars and CERN's total external connectivity was... (Hindu)
Netbooks Come Into Their Own Nov 6, 2008
It comes with a 120-gigabyte hard disk and 1 gigabyte of memory ... This costlier version also boosts the hard disk to 160 gigabytes ... 9-inch screen, is compact and has a big battery, but it lacks a hard disk and offers just 8 gigabytes of flash memory. (All Things D Blogs, CA)
AT&T to Try Limits on Monthly Internet Traffic Nov 6, 2008
Starting in November, AT limit downloads to 20 gigabytes per month for users of their slowest DSL service, at 768 kilobits per second. The limit increases with the speed of the plan, up to 150 gigabytes per month at the 10 megabits-per-second level ... For example, subscribers who get downloads of 3 megabits per second have a monthly cap of 60 gigabytes, which allows for the download of about 30 DVD-quality movies. (Newsmax)
AT&T is testing ways to limit Internet downloads Nov 5, 2008
The test, started Nov. 1 in the Reno area, limits customers to between 20 and 150 gigabytes of uploads and downloads a month, depending on their service, spokesman Michael Coe said yesterday. Customers who exceed the limits will be charged $1 per gigabyte ... has said subscribers who exceed 250 gigabytes of data may get a warning call and could lose their service. (Boston Globe)
Pizza and movies coming soon to TiVo Nov 5, 2008
Seven, the parent of Hybrid Television, which markets TiVo in Australia, will also sell a one terabyte (1024 gigabyte) hard drive add-on to expand the size of the internal 160GB drive. Minicola said only this official TiVo-branded hard drive add-on would work with the device. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Apple overhauls entire iPod line Nov 5, 2008
The touch screen iPod comes in two versions that have 8 or 16 gigabytes of memory ... Apple also announced that the full-sized iPod will now only be available in 80 or 160 gigabyte versions ... The price of the iPhone with eight gigabytes of storage is being cut by $200 to $399. (Yahoo News -- Apple Computer)
Which Mobile Operating System you are using? Nov 5, 2008
The iPhone uses an operating system, which is derived from Mac OS X. The operating system takes less than half a gigabyte (GB) of the device's total memory storage. The discussion cannot be completed without mentioning the recent launch Android operating system by Google. (ITvoir)
BlackBerry Bold Goes on Sale Today in the U.S. Exclusively at AT&T Stores, Other AT&T Sales Channels Nov 4, 2008
On the inside, a powerful new 624 megahertz (MHz) mobile processor that provides impressive performance, more storage memory than ever before -- 1 gigabyte (GB) on board and up to 16 GB via its microSD/SDHC expansion slot -- and a rich set of multimedia capabilities, including an advanced media player for music, videos and photos and a 2 megapixel camera with built-in flash, zoom and video recording, as well as an optimized Web-browsing experience with desktop-style depiction. And of course, the... (PR Newswire)
Company will charge heavy Internet users extra Nov 4, 2008
NEW YORK - Phone company Frontier Communications Co. will probably charge its subscribers a dollar or two per gigabyte of Internet traffic if they go over the monthly allotments the company plans to introduce next year, Frontier's chief executive said Friday ... The company caused confusion and some dismay among customers earlier this year, when it said it would charge for Internet use above 5 gigabytes per month, starting next year ... A traffic allowance of 5 gigabytes is enough for thousands... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Apple's Secret Weapon Nov 4, 2008
iSuppli predicts unit shipments of 1gigabyte NAND chips will rise by 126% this year and 71% in 2009 ... iSuppli predicts the average selling price of that 1 gigabyte of memory will fall by 62% this year and by 50% next year. (Forbes -- Technology)
Heavy Internet users to pay more Nov 1, 2008
NEW YORK: Phone company Frontier Communications Co will probably charge its subscribers a dollar or two per gigabyte of Internet traffic if they go over the monthly allotments the company plans to introduce next year, Frontier's chief executive said Friday ... The company caused confusion and some dismay among customers earlier this year, when it said it would charge for Internet use above 5 gigabytes per month, starting next year ... A traffic allowance of 5 gigabytes is enough for thousands of... (India Times)
Review: Mini Camcorders Cheap, Simple and Flawed Nov 1, 2008
There is no memory card slot on the Flip Mino, but the device includes 2 gigabytes of internal memory, which provides 60 minutes of recording time ... If you want to make videos in high definition you'll need a big card; the device's box recommends a 4 gigabyte one, which I found adequate for numerous short videos. (Fox News)
Shopping for Basics and Saving Money on Your Next PC Oct 30, 2008
The store is currently selling a version with a 250-gigabyte hard disk more than enough for an average user and 2 gigabytes of memory, generous for XP, for just $400 after instant rebate ... This machine runs Vista Basic, with 1 gigabyte of memory and a 120-gigabyte hard disk, and costs $380 ... Memory: For XP, or a Mac, I suggest 2 gigabytes of memory, but you can get away with 1 gigabyte for light use. (All Things D Blogs, CA)
Microsoft to test Windows 7, a successor to Vista Oct 29, 2008
Sinofsky, who previously led the development of the company's Office application, plans on showing Windows 7 running on a low-priced Lenovo notebook computer equipped with just one gigabyte of memory and an relatively low-power Intel Atom microprocessor. This suggests that the new version of the program will require far fewer resources than its predecessor, although Sinofsky declined to make specific performance promises. (International Herald Tribune)
20 Cloud Computing Startups Oct 28, 2008
50 per gigabyte, including hardware. Compared with a monthly rate of 15 cents per gigabyte for cloud storage services, ParaScale would pay for itself in 10 months in a corporate data center. (InformationWeek)
Buying a computer for Christmas? Here's some tips Oct 28, 2008
You ll find its white 13-inch MacBook for about $1,000, with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a gigabyte of RAM and a 120 gigabyte hard disk ... Get at least 2 gigabytes of RAM; 4 is better ... And now that most of us are storing photos and music on the hard disk, you ll need at least a 300 gigabyte drive. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
1 Seven Ways that GNU/Linux Tops Vista Oct 26, 2008
As a bonus, GNU/Linux installs all these things in less than half the space needed for Vista: a Vista install of over 20 gigabytes is common, while a 10 gigabyte GNU/Linux install includes every imaginable category of software, and often several programs for the same function. Tags: , , , , IT Offers On the Forums. (Datamation)
Broadband users reach their limit Oct 25, 2008
Data published at the beginning of 2008 by broadband provider TalkTalk showed that half of its customers used less than 1GB (gigabyte) per month. This is the equivalent of two standard movie downloads, 200 five minute music files or 225 minutes of TV from a service such as iPlayer. (BBC News -- Technology)
Rackspace, Microsoft Bid For Their Slices Of The Cloud Oct 25, 2008
Rackspace also renamed its CloudFS online storage service Cloud Files, with replicated storage starting at 15 cents per gigabyte. Jungle Disk, which provides consumers and businesses with online storage, will fall within this division. (InformationWeek)
AMD Shows Off Its Sub-$150 Graphics Card Oct 24, 2008
The product is supported in motherboards from ASUS, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, Force3D, Gecube, Gigabyte, Hightech Information Systems, Jetway, MSI, Palit Multimedia, PowerColor, Sapphire Technology and VisionTek. In the HD4830 was found to fit between AMD's HD 4670 and HD 4850 cards in terms of price and performance. (InformationWeek)
BigPond makes shaped wireless broadband the new standard? Oct 23, 2008
iTWire - BigPond makes shaped wireless broadband the new standard. BigPond makes shaped wireless broadband the new standard. (iTWire)
New Nvidia Motherboard GPUs Pack More-Than-Entry-Level Power Oct 23, 2008
Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, Foxconn, and other manufacturers will soon ship motherboards starring 's new desktop graphics processing units (GPUs) -- the GeForce 9 mGPU Series, designed to let mainstream users enjoy the latest games and smooth Blu-ray video playback without emptying their wallets. Both the GeForce 9300 (450/1200MHz clock) and 9400 (580/1400MHz) feature 16 cores for handling DirectX 10 games -- complete with PhysX physics acceleration -- and visual computing applications based on... (HardwareCentral)
IBM Takes Notes in the Cloud Oct 23, 2008
"You get antispam, antivirus filtering, or backup and restore, and each mailbox has a gigabyte of capacity. It's very competitive.". Better yet, the service has the IBM name behind it and is hosted in IBM datacenters, "so a customer sees reliability -- it's a brand you can trust," DiDio said. (CIO Information Network)
AMD Launches ATI Radeon(TM) HD 4830 Graphics Card for Cutting-Edge DirectX(R) 10.1 Game Play at less than USD$150 Oct 23, 2008
Partners include ASUS, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, Force3D, GECUBE, GIGABYTE, HIS (Hightech Information Systems), Jetway, MSI, Palit Multimedia, PowerColor, SAPPHIRE Technology and VisionTek. It is expected to be available immediately. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Toshiba Expands Industry-Leading Automotive Storage Line With 80GB Serial-ATA Hard Disk Drive Oct 22, 2008
One Gigabyte (1 GB) means 10(9) = 1,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1 GB = 2(30) = 1,073,741,824 bytes, and therefore shows less storage capacity. (PR Newswire)
VMware ESXi vs. Hyper-V Server Oct 21, 2008
Hyper-V Server is a little less than one gigabyte in size, the vast majority of which is required for its Server Core underpinnings. Unfortunately though there's only so much you can get for free, so Hyper-V Server doesn't arrive without its limitations. (SearchNetworking.com)
Unboxing a Beast Oct 20, 2008
Gigabyte X48 GA-X48-DS5 Motherboard. Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Processor overclocked to 3. (IGN Gear)
Review: Google-powered G1 mobile Oct 18, 2008
There's also an adjacent microSD card slot that comes loaded with a 1 gigabyte card ... If you want to invest in more space, the G1 supports cards up to 16 gigabytes. (The Age, Australia -- National)
Google Steps Into The Cell Phone Market Oct 17, 2008
The G1 comes with only one gigabyte of memory compared to eight gigabytes for the $199 iPhone or 16 GB for Apple's $299 version. However, the G1's memory is on a removable microSD card, making it very easy and reasonably affordable to expand the memory up to 8 gigabytes now and, probably, 16 or more in the future. (CBS News)
Obama in the game Oct 17, 2008
Inside the metallic shell is a 250 gigabyte hard disk, 2 gigabytes of memory, Nvidia hybrid graphics, an Intel dual core CPU and all the regular mobile computing gadgets. Pretty run of the mill when compared with any PC laptop at half the price for the same specification, but Mac machines have always sold for the software so no surprise there. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Google phone Oct 17, 2008
And at 1 gigabyte, T-Mobile might have been more generous. The card can be expanded to 16 GB.. (USA Today -- Tech)
Users Give Dedupe High Marks Oct 16, 2008
He said no backups have failed since the center deployed the technology, and storage costs have dropped to less than 60 cents a gigabyte while being easier to manage. Backups are now 90 percent faster, he said. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Samsung re-enters U.S. laptop market Oct 15, 2008
But Samsung's X360 is priced at $2,499 and carries 128 gigabytes of flash memory, twice the 64 gigabytes that comes with the Apple Air selling for $2,598 ... Samsung's hard-drive version, the X460, starts at $1,899 for a 160-gigabyte hard drive, twice the capacity of Apple's existing MacBook Air model that is priced at $1,799 for an 80-gigabyte drive ... 2-inch display and 160 gigabyte hard drive. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
slotMusic Cards Now Shipping: More Than 40 Top Artists Available from Nearly Every Genre of Music Oct 15, 2008
More than just your typical music albums or single downloads, slotMusic cards boast 1GB1 (gigabyte) of capacity to offer artists a compelling new way to express themselves to their fans ... 1 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
SanDisk Introduces the Sansa slotMusic Player--the Easiest Way to Listen to Music on the Go Oct 15, 2008
1 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. 2 Approximation based on 4 minute songs at 128 kbps MP3. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Oracle database in the cloud floated at Harvard lab Oct 15, 2008
Amazon storage costs 15 cents per gigabyte per month in the United States and 18 cents per gigabyte per month in Europe. Bandwidth costs are 10 cents per gigabyte per month incoming and 10 cents and 17 cents for the U.S. and Europe, respectively, for outgoing ... Amazon storage costs 15 cents per gigabyte per month in the United States and 18 cents per gigabyte per month in Europe. (SearchOracle.com)
Consider these MP3 players for tight budgets Oct 14, 2008
Budget music players generally feature 1 or 2 gigabytes of built-in storage. But you'll be able to store about 500 songs per gigabyte of storage ... Those that do can store about 10,000 JPEGs per gigabyte of storage. (USA Today -- Tech)
Amazon S3 Latest in Cloud Storage's Falling Fees Oct 10, 2008
As of Nov. 1, customers now paying 15 cents per gigabyte (GB) a month for storage used will pay that only for the first 50 terabytes (TB) of data. As usage increases, the fee drops: to 14 cents per GB for the next 50 TB, and to 13 cents from 100 TB to 500 TB, after which users pay 12 cents per GB. Those costs don't include separate charges for bandwidth. (CIO Information Network)
More Southern California Consumers Now Can Say 'So Long' to Cable as Verizon Expands FiOS TV Availability Oct 10, 2008
At 50 Mbps, downloading a 5 GB (gigabyte) file, such as 112-minute, high-definition movie purchased online, takes approximately 13. 3 minutes, while a 50 MB (megabyte) or 60-minute Web video takes 8 seconds, and a 5 MB MP3 music file takes less than eight-tenths of a second. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dell Remote Access Keeps Your Files at Your Disposal Oct 10, 2008
I m only paying 20 cents a GigaByte for hosting and now accessing my S3 through SMEStorage I can view my files on my iPhone - for 20 cents a month. A little cheaper than $9. (All Things D Blogs, CA)
Oracle enters the appliance market with Exadata Oct 3, 2008
Two Infiniband 20 gigabyte pipes can move one gigabyte per second ... Two Infiniband 20 gigabyte pipes can move one gigabyte per second. (SearchOracle.com)
Toshiba Introduces Industry's First Quarter-Terabyte 1.8-Inch HDD in High-Performance Configuration for Mobile PCs Sep 25, 2008
(1) One Gigabyte (1 GB) means 10(9) = 1,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1 GB = 2(30) = 1,073,741,824 bytes, and therefore shows less storage capacity. (PR Newswire)
T-Mobile uncaps data plan ahead of Google phone Sep 25, 2008
Bloggers had spotted a 1-gigabyte monthly download limit in T-Mobile's user agreement and were concerned that it would apply to the G1 ... com Inc., which could make a user quickly exceed a gigabyte of traffic. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Store those files online with Mozy Sep 24, 2008
65) per gigabyte of storage per month ... 95 (RM23) per machine and 50cents per gigabyte monthly. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
IRIS offers online backup service for 5 a gigabyte per month Sep 24, 2008
IRIS offers online backup service for 5 a gigabyte per month - 22 Sep 2008 ... IRIS offers online backup service for 5 a gigabyte per month ... 92 per gigabyte thereafter. (Accounting Web, UK)
Mossberg: Google G1 Powerful Alternative To iPhone Sep 24, 2008
The base $199 iPhone comes with 8 gigabytes sealed in, but the G1 comes with just a 1 gigabyte memory card. Comment by 1 gigabyte GPhone - September 24, 2008 at ... $179 for 1 gigabytes. (Barron's Blogs)
SanDisk Plays a New Tune With Memory Cards Sep 23, 2008
However, the cards provide 1 gigabyte of capacity -- more than needed for a full CD -- which does open the door for future applications, according to telecom analyst Jeff Kagan. "There's the opportunity to put on other content such as videos and audio clips in addition to music so this isn't going to be just a fad option," Kagan said. (CIO Information Network)
SanDisk launches memory card with MP3 music Sep 23, 2008
1 gigabyte cards don't have digital rights restrictions. Reader Comments. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Cos to push music on memory cards Sep 22, 2008
Schreiber said slotMusic albums will be sold on 1 gigabyte microSD cards, which means they will be able to hold a full album and 00004000 related content such as liner notes and cover art. Buyers will be able to use extra space on the cards to hold songs and photos from their own collections. (India Times)
Apple overhauls entire iPod line Sep 22, 2008
The touch screen iPod comes in two versions that have 8 or 16 gigabytes of memory ... Apple also announced that the full-sized iPod will now only be available in 80 or 160 gigabyte versions ... The price of the iPhone with eight gigabytes of storage is being cut by $200 to $399. (Yahoo News -- Apple Computer)
How RAM, hard drives collaborate on your PC Sep 22, 2008
The cost of hard drives continues to drop in terms of dollars per gigabyte, and PC manufacturers like to install large-capacity drives as a selling point. 120 gigabyte to. (Missoulian, MT)
