A-Data Technology and Transcend Information enjoyed on-month revenue growth of 24.5% and 25.6%, respectively, in June 2009. Both memory module makers have seen growing sales contributions from NAND flash products.

A-Data's June revenues reached NT$2.054 billion (US$63 million), with the on-year drop narrowing to 13.5%. The company saw May revenues drop 29.5% on month and 37.1% on year. The company said it intends to focus its efforts on NAND flash devices, which grew 44.1% sequentially in sales last month. As for DRAM modules, sales generated from the segment increased 3.6% on month in June. A-Data posted unaudited revenues of NT$6.05 billion for second-quarter 2009, up 4.0% sequentially but down 22.8% from NT$7.83 billion a year ago. NAND flash products accounted for about 56.9% of second-quarter sales, whereas the remaining 43.1% was contributed by DRAM modules.

Google Inc. is preparing to launch an operating system for personal computers, a direct assault on the turf of software giant Microsoft Corp., which has long dominated the market for software that runs PC applications. The Silicon Valley Internet giant announced the new move in a blog post late Tuesday night.

It said the software, which will initially target low-end portable PCs called netbooks, would be based on its Chrome Web browser and available to consumers in the second-half of 2010. The was made by Google's Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, its engineering director.

A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime. Suspected cyber assaults also paralyzed Web sites of major South Korean government agencies, banks and Internet sites in a barrage that appeared linked to the attacks in the U.S., South Korean officials said Wednesday.

The Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the holiday weekend and into this week, according to officials inside and outside the government. Some of the sites were still experiencing problems Tuesday evening. U.S. officials refused to publicly discuss details of the cyber attack. But Amy Kudwa, spokeswoman for the Homeland Security Department, said the agency's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued a notice to federal departments and other partner organizations about the problems and “advised them of steps to take to help mitigate against such attacks.”

We’ve certainly heard of Fusion-io’s bleeding edge PCI Express-based SSD solution but to date haven’t yet gotten the chance to check it out on the test bench here at HotHardware.  In addition, though we’ve put Intel’s wonderfully fast X25-M SSD through its paces in stand-alone testing, imagine what it would be like with up to four drives in RAID 0.  You see where we’re going here, a battle royal of what is arguably some of the fastest SSD storage technology money can buy right now.  So the stage

Shock of the month? The year, even? Out of absolutely nowhere, Google–the search engine champ at the moment and the developer of Android–has announced its first full-fledged operating system. Of course, maybe we shouldn’t be so surprised. After all, it’s not like Google hasn’t been dabbling in applications for awhile now.In fact, this announcement came just hours after Google removed the “Beta” label from its entire application suit, Gmail and Gdocs included. The company has also introduced its own browser

Have you picked yourself off the floor yet? It’s no lie, Google Apps, which includes Gmail, is finally out of beta. Gmail had been in beta for five years. In fact, Gmail had been in beta for so long we wondered if Google simply forgot it was in beta. Here’s what the company said on the official Google blog:Ever since we launched the Google Apps suite for businesses two years ago, it’s had a service level agreement, 24/7 support, and has met or exceeded all the other standards of non-beta software. More than

Ars has learned that Google is preparing to deliver a Chrome-focused operating system that targets netbooks.

Two separate sourcesone inside the company and one outside ithave confirmed to Ars tonight that Google plans to launch an operating system built in some fashion around its new web browser, Chrome. One source says that the new OS will be launched soon, perhaps as early as tomorrow. Tentatively called “Google Chrome OS,” the project appears targeted at netbooks, the tiny portable computers typically used only for such light tasks as web browsing and e-mail. Chrome, of course, isn't an operating system, but a quick-booting OS built around a single application like Chrome would be a natural fit for a netbook. With such an OS, Google could obviously make it extra easy for users to access the full range of Google cloud applications through the browserGoogle Docs, Gmail, Google Maps, etc.

The Avantalk BTSP200 is a Bluetooth portable speaker that features a full duplex speakerphone, excellent battery life, long wireless range and even a remote control. It can connect with any Bluetooth device, which makes it great gift item or something you can purchase for yourself.

Interested in attending Blizzcon 2009? Interested in attending Blizzcon 2009 for free? Now that we’ve got your attention, here’s the red tape and fine print. NVIDIA is offering gamers a shot at securing an ll-expenses paid trip to Blizzcon 2009 for two and receive World of Warcraft Classic for free. The catch? You’ll need to buy yourself a new NVIDIA GeForce GPU and enter your name into the drawing.The contest is open until August 1st, and the trip is valued at $2400. For all the specifics, have a peek at the

OCZ Technology today released the latest addition to their premium Vertex solid state drive series, the Vertex Turbo Edition. The tried-and-true architecture and performance of the original Vertex has been upgraded to meet the demands of enthusiasts and other performance-seeking users who benefit from SSD technology. The Vertex Turbo Series maximizes the potential for ultimate productivity and state-of-the-art computing experience, by increasing both the host clock-speed and the SDR DRAM Cache to 180MHz versus 166MHz on the original series.

OCZ Vertex Turbo Series provides a cutting-edge design for enthusiasts looking to transform their desktops or laptops. Enabled by a proprietary firmware and 64MB of 180MHz DRAM cache, the Vertex Turbo Edition ramps up performance levels to new heights, while providing the snappy computing, longer battery life, and shorter boot-ups users have enjoyed from the original. The Vertex Turbo delivers best-in-class read and write speeds clocking in at up to 270MB/s read and 210MB/s write along with the lower power consumption and superior durability compared to conventional hard drives.