Nokia to Cooperate on Flash Memory Cards

Nokia Corp. said Thursday it's teaming up with competitors — including Samsung and Sony Ericsson — on a flash memory card that works with a variety of cell phones and other gadgets, regardless of maker.

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"The economy may be tanking, but innovation is alive and well. When it came to products, incremental improvements were the name of the game this year.

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Flash memory chips with a potential lifetime of hundreds of years have been developed by Japanese scientists.

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If SanDisk Chief Executive Eli Harari has his way, CDs will indeed have a physical replacement: tiny flash memory cards that already plug into many cell phones and other devices.

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The prospect of iPods that can hold millions of songs and PCs being able to turn on instantly, rather than taking minutes to "boot up", comes much closer today.

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Intel vowed Wednesday to reverse the financial hemorrhaging it has seen in recent months due to falling prices for NAND flash memory chips - even as it hastens its move into new markets for computer chips.

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While other companies see the Internet as the answer to that question, Armstrong has another idea. PortoMedia is setting up kiosks that will let consumers download movies to a flash memory key or portable hard drive.

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The Windows Vista has brought with it many new features that have enabled better performance of the system. Yet, it isn't perfect and can be improved, even by you.

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Over the past decade, flash memory has changed the electronics landscape, giving us robust storage in tiny devices such as iPods and cell phones.

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SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Dec. 14 introduced a new, thumbnail-sized solid state storage drive that it says will serve as a key component for next-generation mobile, digital entertainment and embedded applications in numerous portable electronic devices.

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Micron Technology, the Boise, Idaho-based maker of DRAM and flash memory, this week unveiled its plans to come out with solid-state drives.

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Researchers have developed a low-cost, low-power computer memory that could put terabyte-sized thumb drives in consumers' pockets within a few years.

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The latest incarnation of the classic iPod appears to be a stopgap measure targeted solely at consumers who make extensive use of storage capacity, but at the same time signals the beginning of the end for hard disk drive (HDD)-based iPods, according to a new report from iSuppli  …

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Intel will begin building flash-memory drives into servers in 2008, starting with 32GB models that the company promises will boost system performance.

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Seagate Technology, best known as a maker of magnetic hard drives, plans to make storage components based on flash memory as well, according to CEO Bill Watkins.

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Flash memory is in nearly every handheld gadget, from digital cameras to iPhones.

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Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPod music players may use enough flash memory to create a shortage of the chip this quarter and extend a three-month rally in prices, according to Dramexchange.com.

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Jesus or Gandalf? You decide.

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ReadyBoost is a feature of Windows Vista which makes a big difference to performance. If you plug in a suitable USB key, Vista can be instructed to use it as an extension to RAM when needed. It is much quicker than using the hard disk as an overflow memory.

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Apple Inc. may begin transitioning its flagship iPod models away from hard disk drive (HDD)-based storage and towards solid-state NAND flash memory by the end of year.

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Hitachi, Seagate, Fujitsu, Toshiba, and Samsung have joined forces to form the Hybrid Storage Alliance. The group will promote new "hybrid" drives that combine traditional hard drive technology (platters and spindles, oh my!) with massive quantities of flash memory.

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Flash-memory-aided hard drives and software that harnesses the full power of multi-core CPUs will make PCs speedier and more convenient in 2007.

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Your corporate data is at risk during even the most mundane business activities. Consider the examples in this feature to ensure your company stays secure Just because specific threats haven't surfaced doesn't mean you can afford to let down your security guard.

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Samsung has successfullly developed 40 nm technology NAND chip technology. With applications for laptop HDD and especially for MP3 players and other personal multimedia technology, we may soon look foreard to faster data access and greatly improved battery life.

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SanDisk will acquire competing flash memory developer M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers for US$1.6 billion, the two companies said late Sunday.

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Hailed as "the most significant memory invention of the decade", magnetoresistive random-access memory or Mram could one day overthrow hard discs and flash memory.

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