Archive for April, 2009

General Electric Develops 500 GB DVD-Size Disc

Technology.am (Apr. 29, 2009) — A 500-GB DVD-size disc with storage capacity equal to 100 DVDs or 20 Blu-rays discs has been developed by GE researchers.
The GE researchers develop a 500-GB DVD-size disc with storage capacity equivalent to 20 Blu-ray discs and 100 DVDs.
The 500-GB disc is a major milestone in producing discs [...]

Seagate Introduces Easy Backup for Windows PCs

Technology.am(Apr. 28, 2009) — Seagate on Monday put in a thin backup appliance for Windows PCs that doesn’t need the user to devote much more time to the backup process beyond plugging in the device.
Replica communicates with a PC and draws power through a USB port. The appliance automatically stores the latest copies of [...]

Google Launches “What’s Popular” Social News Gadget

Technology.am (Apr. 28, 2009) — Google has released a gadget called “What’s Popular” for iGoogle. It is a Web page plug-in that has some Digg-like abilities for finding and voting on Web links.
Google’s “what’s popular” feature use algorithms to find interesting content from a combination of your submissions and trends in aggregated user activity across [...]

HP Launches ProBook Laptop Line

Technology.am (Apr. 28, 2009) — Hewlett-Packard Co today announced its ProBook line of business laptops with fresh features targeting users at small and medium-size companies. It starts shipping globally on Tuesday.
The HP ProBook s-series is the company’s new mainstream business notebook, following the release of its higher-end, lightweight EliteBook line last year.
The ProBook offers an [...]

Cablevision Now Offering Fastest Cable Internet in US

Technology.am (Apr. 28, 2009) — Cablevision Systems Corp. will start offering the fastest home Internet service available from any cable or phone company in the United States next month.
Cablevision has announced today that they will be offering all 3 million of their subscribers the option to upgrade to much speedier new DOCSIS [...]

Google Marks Samuel Morse’s Birthday with Code Logo

Technology.am (Apr. 27, 2009) —Google on a regular basis releases versions of its logo to mark major world events and anniversaries. This time Google is marking the birthday of Samuel Morse by translating its name into dots and dashes for the day.
Visitors to the search engine’s home page this morning were met with the [...]

FlexScan Monitor with EcoView Sense Features

Technology.am (Apr. 27, 2009) —Eizo Nanao has announced FlexScan monitor with EcoView Sense features, these features allow the monitors–using motion detectors–to detect if a person is sitting in front of it.

If it senses for 40 seconds that no one is there, it puts the monitor into sleep mode. When the user returns it then resumes [...]

Expresso Book Machine: Books Replicator

Technology.am (Apr. 27, 2009) —The Espresso Book Machine (EBM) is a self-publishing tool which prints whole books while you wait. There are only three of the second-generation EBM, two in Canada and one in London.

An average book, of about 300 pages, takes about 7 minutes to print and be bound. After it’s bound, it’s trimmed [...]

Samsung Unveils Its First Google Phone

Technology.am (Apr. 27, 2009) —Samsung Electronics has launched its first Google Android-based handset, I7500 phone.

The I7500 will be available in major European countries starting from June, the company said.
The I7500 phone is 11.9 mm thick, which sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera and 8GB of internal memory.
The mobile phone joins two Android handsets [...]

UK Govt to Monitor Every Call, Email

Technology.am (Apr. 27, 2009) —The British government plans to snoop on every call, e-mail or website visited by the public to empower its security forces.

Now the security services will monitor communication traffic, – “who calls, texts, e-mails – when and where – but not what is said”. It means the security agencies will be able [...]