Seagate today announced it is now shipping its technology-leading Cheetah 15K.7 enterprise-class hard drives into the worldwide distribution channel. As the highest performing, highest capacity 3.5-inch mission critical hard drive with best-in-class reliability for Tier 1 environments, the Cheetah 15K.7 drive is ideal for a wide range of server and storage applications. With the Cheetah 15K.7 hard drive, Seagates technology leadership moves firmly past the competition as it delivers the industrys first 15K-rpm drive to reach the 600GB capacity point while providing record reliability of 1.6 million hours MTBF.

The Cheetah 15K.7 drive is available with the latest 6Gb/s SAS or 4Gb/s FC interfaces, and includes Seagate PowerTrim technology, which dynamically reduces power consumption. Together, these features enable system builders to deliver lower-cost, multi-drive servers and storage systems, making the Cheetah 15K.7 ideal for use in environments ranging from small and medium-sized businesses to the largest enterprises.

Whatever you can do, I can do better. That’s the saying that Samsung and Blockbuster have evidently taken to heart, as the tandem has joined up to match Sony and Netflix’s streaming announcement with one of their own. The Blockbuster movie services are slated to go live this fall, the same time in which Sony BRAVIA TVs will be able to stream Netflix movies if they’re of the Internet-connected variety. This deal involves a far less popular alternative in Blockbuster, but the premise remains the same. Starting

ASUS P7P55D EVO: First look in pictures @ Elite Bastards and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

“The first thing of note is, of course, the new CPU socket, with support for Intel's LGA-1156 CPUs as we've just mentioned. While Intel's “Turbo mode” will only be available on certain processors which utilise this socket, that functionality is supported here by the P7P55D EVO.

From the corner of the image, you might also notice the presence of four DIMM slots – As we've already covered, triple channel memory support is stripped from Intel's new mainstream offerings in lieu of a more traditional dual-channel memory controller (which sits on the CPU itself, incidentally). The P7P55D EVO supports up to 16GB of DDR3 memory, at speeds of up to 1,333MHz normally, or 1,600MHz in an overclocked configuration.”

On Monday, the first day of the Worldwide Partner Conference 2009, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010 have all reached the technical preview stage. That means that some (probably not you or me) will be getting invites to try out the nascent productivity software. At the same time, Microsoft announced that the Web version of this suite, lightweight Web browser versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote will be

Despite the general hubbub surrounding Windows 7’s launch (Oct 22), it seems that businesses are less than thrilled at the idea of parting with their money to upgrade to Windows 7.According to Reuters, a survey carried out by ScriptLogic Inc. shows that 6 out of 10 businesses will pass over upgrading to Windows 7 – mostly in an attempt to save a buck and avoid any loss of productivity due to software issues. With a tightening budget and Vista’s track record, this is all too expected, and will have Microsoft

Tomato, to-mah-to. Netbook, Mini-Note. Despite the fact that DisplaySearch refers to the well-known netbook as a Mini-Note, we still catch the research outfit’s drift: shipments of these mini notebooks are expected to surge this year.With the economy forcing consumers to take a closer look at just how much they spend on their next mobile PC, and with emerging markets looking to finally secure notebooks they can afford, the netbook sector is expected to boom throughout the rest of this year. In fact, DisplaySearch

Is the stock SSD in your netbook so slow it's driving you nuts? Well, Super Talent has the cure with their new SATA Mini 2 PCIe SSD. Their new line of SSDs were designed to be a drop in replacement for the ASUS Eee PC S101,900, 900A and 901 netbook PCs. Join us as we take a look at the 64GB MLC version and how it performs in an ASUS Eee PC 900 netbook.

While the rest of the world moves to court Android, Nokia seems pretty content with Symbian. As the handset maker looks to up its market share in the North American segment, it has today introduced a new “smartphone” on AT&T that pushes the boundaries of what a “smartphone” really is.Sure, the Surge has a pull-out QWERTY keyboard, a Web browser with Flash support and a built-in JuiceCaster application for easy access to Facebook and Twitter, but the relatively tiny screen and lackluster user interface makes

Verizon Wireless and Sprint both launched the BlackBerry Tour today. This smartphone from RIM offers support for both CDMA and GSM networks, making the phone compatible with various networks around the world. The Tour operates on Verizon’s and Sprint’s EVDO Rev. A mobile broadband networks and can also roam on other high speed HDSPA networks. When roaming, the phone offers 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as support for 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA networks. The Tour offers a variety of business and personal

SAPPHIRE Technology has just announced a new variant of the SAPPHIRE HD 4890 Vapor-X sporting 2GB of on-board GDDR5 memory – offering users even more versatility from this series featuring SAPPHIRE Vapor-X cooling technology for quiet and cool operation. A source inside SAPPHIRE informed Legit Reviews that the card will be officially released on the 17th of this month.

The SAPPHIRE HD 4890 Vapor-X model is a new SAPPHIRE original design. It has SAPPHIREs Vapor-X cooling module on the GPU together with a heatsink and profiled fan venting heat out of the case. It is quieter and significantly faster than the standard reference model