Kingston’s already proven itself to be pretty
proud of its
SSDNow V Series drives, but it’s still found some room for improvement, with it now rolling out its second generation batch of drives in the line. Available in your choice of 30GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities, the new drives promise some improved performance (with PCMark HDD 2005 scores of between 18,900 and 20,117), and join the company’s
V+ drives in adding support for Windows 7
TRIM functionality, which should help maintain the speed of the drives over their lifespan. As before, you’ll also be able to choose between either standalone unit or a bundled kit for desktops or laptops, with prices ranging from $109.99 to $377.
Kingston rolls out second-gen SSDNow V Series drives originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A conspiracy! Perhaps. Recently a loose-lipped Microsoft employee blogged up on MSDN some scattered thoughts on what he’s informally calling Windows.next (as opposed to the Windows 8 us know-nothings might assume it might be dubbed). He called the new version “completly [sic] different from what folks usually expect of Windows,” and that it draws on user feedback to create something that will “change the way people think about PCs and the way they use them.” In interesting contrast to recent words by Dick Brass, the anonymous blogger seems particularly stoked about Steven Sinofsky, the president of the Windows and Windows Live devisions, and his ability to “actually bring together dozens and dozens of teams across Microsoft to come up with a vision for Windows.next.” Meanwhile, John Mangelaars, a regional VP at the company, went on record saying “Windows 8 will be mind-blowing.” But while John’s comment will live on in public record, the MSDN blogger’s post is gone without a trace from Microsoft’s site. Of course, it’s lived on in Google cache for the rest of the internet to enjoy. We’re not unfamiliar to Microsoft beating its own drum, but even if it’s completely expected to hear these sort of ravings leak out from the Windows crew, we’re still happy to hear it.
Microsoft employee raves about ‘Windows.next’ in a blog post, blog post quickly disappears originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Remember Motorola‘s decision to pause the sale of its largest division? Change of plans again, folks. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company’s getting ready to reveal a new initiative, whereby it still sells its wireless networking business, but the set-top box and core handset business would instead be spun off into a new, publicly-traded company. That’d invariably leave a pretty small Motorola — less than one-third its current size in terms of sales, selling primarily public-radio system and bar-code scanners. Would the newly-minted company get a new name, logo, and series of catchy, name-inspired puns? Our guess is it’d retain the Moto name — why waste such good branding — but it’s not confirmed either way. Plans are still being finalized, but we’re watching this closely.
Motorola to roll out revised plan, schism not so clear-cut anymore originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Palm still won’t really fess up to it, but AT&T was more than happy to drop the bomb back at CES that it’s picking up webOS for the first time in 2010 — and a little creative connecting-of-the-dots gives us some idea of when we might see the gear hit the streets. The company’s Pre with North American 3G — model number P100UNA — is already in use by Telcel in Mexico, but confidentiality in its US FCC filing doesn’t expire until mid-May. Why does that matter? Historically, Palm’s US releases have come very close to their FCC confidentiality lifts, meaning that we could see this thing on AT&T by the time Summer rolls around. Of course, in light of the Pre Plus, it’d be pretty sweet if AT&T just moved on to the next big thing in Palm’s pipeline, but we certainly wouldn’t put it past ‘em to launch outdated equipment.
FCC paper trail suggests AT&T getting Pre in May? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Get your active shutter glasses ready: your PS3 is going to go 3D this Summer. In conjunction with the release of its 3D BRAVIA LCD sets, Sony is planning to release updates to turn the PS3 both into a stereoscopic 3D gaming platform, in addition to a 3D Blu-ray compatible movie player. Sure, we knew Sony was planning to give us 3D sometime this year, but now that we’ve got a summer time frame we can plan our wardrobe decisions according — jean cut-offs, here we come!
PS3 getting 3D firmware update this Summer originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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