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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Samsung Electronics unveils new SSD

Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest computer chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new solid-state drive which is expected to replace hard disk drives in laptop computers.

Samsung said its 256-gigabyte solid state drive (SSD) for data storage is 2.4 times faster than traditional hard drives. The company plans to begin production of SSDs this year.

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EU eyes hi-tech systems to cut road deaths, fuel use

The European Commission said Friday that it wants to make advanced braking systems and hi-tech tyres obligatory on cars and trucks in an effort to reduce road deaths and greenhouse gas emissions.

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e-Government

Solon says free texting not workable, warns of crashed networks, wholesale dumping of unwanted promotional messages

Free text messaging may be music to the ears of millions of mobile telephone subscribers, but Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago said, "this is simply not workable."

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TECHBYTES

Sun Microsystems opens up opportunities in Manila with Sun Tech Days

Sun Microsystems, the leading Open Source company, in its ongoing commitment to the local developer community today announces that it will bring Tech Days to Manila from 17 to 19 June 2008.

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TECHSTUFF

Apacer's Aeolus DDR3-1800MHz overclocking memory module awarded the Taiwan Excellence 2008

Apacer Technology is proud that its Aeolus DDR3-1800MHz overclocking memory module has been selected as one of the Taiwan Excellence Products, out of a field of 601 entries in 2008, the greatest honor for products made -in -Taiwan.

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HARDWARE

We got three cores!

Tech Times is proud to announce that, again, we have built a new test lab computer.

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DIGITALLIFESTYLE

- Canon Ixus 80
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5
- Kodak EasyShare V1073

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