Friday, July 31, 2009

E-Waste Recycling at Elks - Alameda Sun


E-Waste Recycling at Elks
Alameda Sun, CA
... laptops, printers, mice, hard drives, fax machines, microwave ovens, DVD players, VCRs, cables and cords, telephones, cell phones, radios, shredders, power supplies, oscilloscopes, PC board, lab equipment, optical drives, batteries and more. ...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Corel Launches Netbook Office Suite - I4U


Corel Launches Netbook Office Suite
I4U
Netbooks are great but one of the biggest problems users of netbooks run into when they need to install software is that netbooks lack optical drives. That means that digital software is needed unless the user has an external optical drive. ...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Review: macbook Air - The Age


Review: macbook Air
The Age, Australia
So, I am here to defend the right of several dozen hardware reviewers around the world who have, with faint praise, damned Apple's sexiest, slimmest-ever notebook computer, the macbook Air, because it lacks an optical drive, has a hard drive that by ...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Last minute tech gifts for Father's Day - Canada.com


Last minute tech gifts for Father's Day
Canada.com, Canada
Next is the Nikon Coolpix L19, which shoots at 8 megapixels and has a 3.6 optical zoom, and sells for $129.99, also at Best Buy. Finally, Future Shop has a Canon PowerShot 10 megapixel, 3.3 optical zoom camera for $149.99. Many dads love their video ...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Films buffed - Sydney Morning Herald


Films buffed
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
AVCHD is based on the H.264 codec and is used by tapeless camcorders that have optical drives and DVDs or hard drives rather than miniDV tape cassettes. The suite includes 50 or so special effects, ranging from Light Rays to weird stuff such as Insect ...
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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Engraved USB Flash Drives and Computer Mice at Things Remembered - Chip Chick


Engraved USB Flash Drives and Computer Mice at Things Remembered
Chip Chick, New York
If you do intend to use it - the mouse is both optical, has a scroll wheel and wired. The Memory Stick Key Chain retails for $25 and the Computer Mouse retails for $20. If you want it personalized, it will cost you extra.
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

An unassuming device - Hindu


An unassuming device
Hindu
Equipped with two USB ports and a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), along with an optical audio port (TOSLINK), the player allows two USB storage ...

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Lite-On iHOS104 BD-ROM - ComputerShopper.com


Lite-On iHOS104 BD-ROM
ComputerShopper.com
(That may make the iHOS104 a poor fit for small-form-factor cases that can accommodate only one optical drive.) But both novice and veteran PC users should ...

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

eTDU108 DVD-ROM: Portable Playback For Mobile Users - TMCnet


eTDU108 DVD-ROM: Portable Playback For Mobile Users
TMCnet
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Lite-On have today announced the first of a new range of optical drives, the external slim DVD-ROM, eTDU108. ...

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Gateway SX2800-01 - CNET News


Gateway SX2800-01
CNET News
The interior space allows for plenty of expansion room, with many internal and external bays for both optical drives and hard drives. ...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Chillblast Fusion Katana - PC Pro


Chillblast Fusion Katana
PC Pro
There's room for additional RAM, hard disks and optical drives, but the graphics cards limit motherboard upgrades: there may be two free PCI slots and a ...

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Monday, July 20, 2009

Bespoke music - Business Standard


Bespoke music
Business Standard
It would be built-in optical drives. Although you might still need a DVD or CD drive to actually get information onto your computer but most software are ...

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

CNET editors' buying advice - CNET Reviews


CNET editors' buying advice
CNET Reviews
The interior space allows for plenty of expansion room, with many internal and external bays for both optical drives and hard drives. ...

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Windows 7 for Netbooks priced - PC Advisor


Windows 7 for Netbooks priced
PC Advisor
... 7 has slightly lower hardware demands than Vista and the main barrier to netbook upgrades will be that most such machines don't have optical drives. ...

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Friday, July 17, 2009

Apple macbook Air A1304 - Washington Post


Apple MacBook Air A1304
Washington Post
It omits many features that are standard on other Mac laptops, such as multiple USB ports, FireWire ports, an ethernet port, and an optical drive. ...

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

The ultimate guide to updating firmware - PC Advisor


The ultimate guide to updating firmware
PC Advisor
Components such as hard drives and optical drives are open to firmware updates, but the device manufacturers tend not to release fixes unless they correct a ...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Southwestern University students help old computers find new life ... - Collegenews.org


Southwestern University students help old computers find new life ...
Collegenews.org
"The roads down there are pretty rough, so some of the optical drives don't make it," Williamson said. Other donors to the project include the Trull ...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Cooler Master HAF 922 finds its way to our lab - Fudzilla


Cooler Master HAF 922 finds its way to our lab
Fudzilla
Mounting optical drives is done in the same way as on the HAF 932, whereas the removal of the front optical drive grill will have to be done differently. ...

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Optical disc drive supplies to remain tight in 3Q09 - DigiTimes


Optical disc drive supplies to remain tight in 3Q09
DigiTimes
The supply of optical disc drives used in notebook and desktops will remain tight in the third quarter of 2009 due to a shortage of pick-up heads (PUHs), ...

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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Firmware and You: A Comprehensive Guide to Updating Your Hardware - PC World


Firmware and You: A Comprehensive Guide to Updating Your Hardware
PC World
Components such as hard drives and optical drives are open to firmware updates, but the device manufacturers tend not to release fixes unless they correct a ...

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Shocking discovery: Cheap laptops have cheap build quality - Liliputing


Liliputing

Shocking discovery: Cheap laptops have cheap build quality
Liliputing
In particular I'd argue that the 4g and 900A are considerably more robust due to the lack of moving parts and fragile HDDs and Optical drives. ...

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Friday, July 10, 2009

Latest PS3 and Xbox 360 price cut rumors - CNET News


CNET News

Latest PS3 and Xbox 360 price cut rumors
CNET News
The PS3 at the same price comes with Blue Ray, Wifi, web browser, Optical out port for digital sound and free PSN. the Elite is a rip off. ...

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

LG GH22LS30 - Maximum PC


Maximum PC

LG GH22LS30
Maximum PC
Our new disc-ripping test involves copying the contents of a dual-layer movie disc to a hard drive (a read operation, as far as the optical drive is ...

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

HP Aims for the Suits with New ProBook, HP Mini - Digitaltrends.com


Digitaltrends.com

HP Aims for the Suits with New ProBook, HP Mini
Digitaltrends.com
... 160 to 500 GB of hard drive storage, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 or Intel GMA graphics, DVD and Blu-ray optical drives, ExpressCard and SD slots, ...

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

DVD rewritable drive makers keep prices level with improvements ... - Global Sources


Global Sources

DVD rewritable drive makers keep prices level with improvements ...
Global Sources
DVD rewritable drives have been the mainstream optical drive for notebook and desktop PCs since 2006, when prices for the product line began to fall. ...

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Monday, July 6, 2009

Shooting with media in mind - msnbc.com


Shooting with media in mind
msnbc.com
The "traditional" camcorder market â€" think advanced features such as rotating LCD screens and optical zooms of at least 15x â€" has been "flat for quite a ...
Storage Media Key in Choosing Camcorder NBC Chicago

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Seagate K HDMaxLineII 300GBUATA133 5400 20pkbulk - CD Freaks.com


CD Freaks.com

Seagate K HDMaxLineII 300GBUATA133 5400 20pkbulk
CD Freaks.com
MaXLineâ„¢ drives provide large-capacity ATA disk storage so reliable, fast and cost-effective, it leaves traditional near-line tape and optical solutions in ...

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Saturday, July 4, 2009

PLDS eTDU108 External DVD Drive - Pocket-lint.com


PLDS eTDU108 External DVD Drive
Pocket-lint.com
"External DVD-ROM drives slowly disappeared from the market when the DVD-writer market emerged. Now that notebooks without optical drives on board are ...
Lite-On Announces the eTDU108 USB-Powered External Slim DVD-ROM Drive EMediaLive.com
Slim DVD drive designed to complement netbooks V3.co.uk

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Friday, July 3, 2009

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Dell's Adds Ultraportable Notebook To Its Vostro Line For SMBs - bMighty.com


CNET News

Dell's Adds Ultraportable Notebook To Its Vostro Line For SMBs
bMighty.com
With prices starting at $800, the Vostro includes an Intel Celeron 900 chip, a DVD writer (some ultraportables lack optical drives), 2GB RAM and a 160GB ...
Dell makes Vostro 1220 official Electronista

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Imagine Windows 7 on a Flash Drive - New York Times


PC World

Imagine Windows 7 on a Flash Drive
New York Times
“The market is definitely pushing for apps on portable drives like these.” But, he said, “I don't think optical drives will go away. ...
Microsoft Windows 7 On Flash Drives? TweakTown
7 things you need to know about Windows 7 Examiner.com
Microsoft might offer Windows 7 on USB Drives! TechWhack
IT PRO  - Inquirer
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