A slip of the tongue from memory card maker SanDisk revealed that Microsoft's Monday announcement will, in fact, be its Project Pink phones. So what do we know about them?READ»
Company recognized for developing and applying highly transformational and innovative technologies that bring video to any 2.5G/3G mobile phone, PCs and set top boxes.READ»
DoubleTwist, a fantastic little alternative to iTunes, has just become a big alternative. The Mac app is no longer just a stand-in library app: it now features music buying courtesy of Amazon, and lets you sync that music to pretty ...READ»
Is the tech sector weaker than we think?
Just last week, analysts were abuzz over buoying technology stocks: The tech-heavy Nasdaq hit 2,000 points on news that chip demand was once again rising. Philadelphia's Semiconductor Index, ...READ»
It's 1979 all over again: The economy's tanked, New York's getting gritty, and Apple has a hammerlock on the high end of the personal computer business.READ»
"Everyone's surprised by it," admits Eric Bone, a retail VP at SanDisk, the leader in SD cards, when I reached him just after Apple's keynote address wrapped up. Bone did a double take--along with the rest of ...READ»
With news that two new Sony Ericsson phones will ditch the MemoryStick Micro card for the standard SD format, rumors are swirling on the 'net that Sony will kill off the format. If true, then the MemoryStick Micro card will follow a ...READ»
The format of future memory cards, SDXC, just announced by the SD Card Association -- of which Panasonic is a founding member -- allows data storage in capacities between 32GB and 2TB.
That's 2 terabytes, folks: about as much ...READ»
Apple's dropping of DRM in iTunes means full freedom of choice for music fans to do what they wish with their MP3s. But SanDisk's newest SlotRadio device just doesn't work like that: It comes pre-loaded with 1,000 songs...which you ...READ»
Toshiba and Sandisk had plans to increase production of NAND flash memory chips as part of their Flash Alliance fab partnership, after both companies opened new 300-mm wafer fab plants last year. But the recession has taken two bites ...READ»
SanDisk [SNDK] is betting that you miss going into a store and buying music the old fashioned way. Well, not the "old-fashioned" way, exactly -- but on memory cards instead of CDs. Memory cards packed with DRM-free music, ...READ»
Samsung [005930] had a few billion laying around, so the company decided today to make an unsolicited offer to purchase Flash memory maker SanDisk [SNDK]. In what was apparently an attempt to broaden its influence as the ...READ»
Let's say you take a lot of photos. A lot of photos. Like, tens of thousands. Well, SanDisk [NASDAQ:SNDK] announced the CompactFlash card of your dreams this week: a 32GB card, double their old max capacity of 16GB. The new 32GB ...READ»
Sandisk [NASDAQ:SNDK] has a nifty little technology called Extreme III that the company says improves speed and reliability in its data storage cards. The only problem with Extreme III, until this week, was that it wasn't present in ...READ»
It seems like every new drool-worthy notebook these days -- from the MacBook Air to the VooDoo Envy -- is sporting solid state hard drives instead of traditional hard drives. If you don't know the particulars of what solid state ...READ»
Microsoft has just announced that it will expand that functionality to work with its Windows Mobile platform, placating the numerous Windows power-users who've been following rumors of the crossover for months.READ»
Seeing the incredible consumer interest in "netbooks" -- aka UMPCs, sub-notebooks, or "nettops" -- Intel [NASDAQ: INTC] has announced it will begin production of solid-state hard drives with the "value ...READ»
Open Season on Apple
We knew we'd get a spirited response to our December 2007/January 2008 cover story on the future of Apple. And the iAcolytes didn't disappoint, reading our assessment of the company's multifront battles line by ...READ»
Are the laptop's days numbered? On your next trip, you might be leaving your notebook at home and carrying a gadget that stores your entire computing environment--software as well as files. Known as smart drives, these USB 2.0 devices ...READ»
Sometimes, the best way to help people get the picture is to take one. Now that digital photography is finally ready for the world of work, we've assembled pixel-perfect tools for outfitting your digital darkroom.READ»
