Hitachi announced that ships the world?s first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD), the colossal, 2TB Deskstar 7K2000.

Leveraging a solid track record for reliability, the new Deskstar 7K2000 is now in its fourth-generation using the company?s unique five-platter design with relaxed bit density and proven perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology. Couple this with an ultra-quiet operation, a 32MB cache and a 3Gb/s SATA interface, and the new Deskstar 7K2000 is the ideal desktop drive for power users, gamers or anyone looking for a big, fast hard drive.

?The new Deskstar 7K2000 reflects our ongoing commitment to provide customers, channel partners and OEMs with proven, reliable solutions for enabling desktop computers, gaming systems, workstations and desktop RAID arrays,? said Brendan Collins, vice president of marketing, Hitachi GST. ?At Hitachi, we continue to offer one of the broadest product lines in the world with a focus on delivering industry-leading hard drives that meet the reliability, performance, capacity and power needs of a variety of traditional and emerging market segments.?

?The demand for higher capacity disk drives is being fueled by the persistent growth of digital information generated by consumers and organizations alike,? said John Rydning, research director for hard disk drives at IDC. ?With the introduction of the industry's first 7200 RPM, 2TB HDD, Hitachi GST is building a tradition of time-to-market leadership for delivering the biggest and fastest disk drives for capacity-hungry PC users, given it was also the first HDD vendor to ship a 1TB HDD, the Deskstar 7K1000, in early 2007.?

In addition to the new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000, Hitachi GST is also refreshing its high-volume desktop hard drive family. The new 7200 RPM Deskstar 7K1000.C family will deliver up to 500GB per platter, and will come in capacities of 160GB to 1TB, hitting the capacity and performance sweet spots for mainstream desktop applications. Like previous generations, both the 7K2000 and 7K1000.C Hitachi Deskstar drives feature industry-standard 512-byte sector formatting, a patented ramp load/unload design to increase shock protection, and Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC) to maintain a consistent fly-height during the read/write process for added data reliability. Volume production and worldwide availability of the new Deskstar 7K1000.C will begin in the current quarter.

Leveraging the company?s eighth-generation power management technology, including power-saving innovations like the Hitachi Voltage Efficiency Regulator (HiVERT), the Deskstar 7K2000 and 7K1000.C deliver outstanding power management and thermal emissions to help manufacturers meet energy compliance targets for their computer systems and storage-based solutions. For example, the new Deskstar 7K2000 offers 10 percent idle power savings over previous generations, and on a watt-per-GB basis, idle power has improved more than 120 percent. The new Deskstar 7K1000.C is expected to deliver best-in-class power efficiency at 4.4 watts or less idle power, which is the best in the industry when compared to current generation, competing desktop drives.

In addition to being RoHS compliant and low in power, all new Deskstar drives are now Halogen free across the entire family, earning both the Deskstar 7K2000 and 7K1000.C the Hitachi EcoTrac classification.

Intel Launches New Low Power Xeon 5500 Series Chip

Intel has today announced a new low voltage version of the Intel Xeon 5500 series processor - the Intel Xeon L5530 processor improves the frequency of 60W LV Xeon 5500 SKUs running at 2.40GHz providing performance per watt improvements in blades and high-density computing. Additionally a dual-socket workstation chip was announced: The Intel Xeon W5590 processor running at 3.33GHz; and two single-socket workstation chips, the W3580 running at 3.33GHz and the W3550 running at 3.06GHz, all improving performance in threaded and non-threaded workstation environments.

The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series automatically and intelligently adjusts server performance according to your application needs for an up to 9x performance gain over single-core servers¹ at 18 percent less operating power. This enables you to achieve a 9:1 server consolidation ratio, reducing operating costs by up to 90 percent resulting in an estimated 8-month return on a new server investment.

IBM SYSTEM STORAGE N6000 SERIES

• Meet diverse and changing needs. Consolidate diverse data sets onto a unified storage platform that provides simultaneous block and file services for business and technical applications.
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• Perform when your applications need it most. Outstanding file-based and transaction-based performance with high bandwidth, 64-bit architecture, and the latest I/O technologies.
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• Respond to growth. Thin provisioning helps you eliminate stranded storage. Preserve investments in staff expertise and capital equipment with data-in-place upgrades to more powerful N series systems while running the same OS and using the same management tools.
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• Maximize your resources. Highly efficient storage utilization makes it possible for you to dramatically reduce your consumption of raw storage, power, cooling, and space.
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• Improve your business efficiency. Clients with different storage subsystems in their SAN environments can now take advantage of the N6000 series Gateway capabilities to help improve business efficiency and reduce data management complexity.

Today’s business environment demands innovation and increasingly flawless execution. You are asked to manage and protect valuable data to enable business growth and success. Change can be continuous and your IT operations have to evolve while adhering to hard limits on budget, staffing, and infrastructure. Virtualized computing, the latest wave of change, is quickly becoming the norm. It calls for networked storage systems that you can use to consolidate diverse data sets and unlock the full potential of virtualized servers.

Now you can simultaneously meet your diverse needs—SAN and NAS, primary and secondary storage—and provide high levels of application availability for your critical business operations to technical applications. With IBM N6000 series systems, you get outstanding value: our flexible systems offer excellent performance and impressive scalability at a low total cost of ownership.

World’s top ten most valuable brands

Once again its Google, the most valuable brand in world business. According to Interbrand’s annual audit the internet search giant, Google has become world’s first $100 billion brand beating other old players like Microsoft, Coca Cola, GE and McDonald’s. Google’s value has been estimated to be around $101.4 billion which is 25 percent more valuable than computer software giant Microsoft which is at $77.3 billion. Whereas Coca Cola ($68.5 billion) managed the third place in the list. This is the complete list of World’s top ten most valuable brands.

1. Google Value: $101.4 billion
2. Microsoft Value: $77.3 billion
3. Coca-Cola Value: $68.5 billion
4. IBM Value: $67.5 billion
5. McDonald’s Value: $67.3 billion
6. Apple Value: $63.9 billion
7. China Mobile Value: $62.2 billion
8. GE Value: $59.9 billion
9. Vodafone Value: $50.2 billion
10. Marlboro Value: 50.1 billion

IBM emerge top in Non-x86 UNIX Server market in India

IBM today announced that it had emerged as the leader in the India non-x86 UNIX Server market in terms of Factory Revenue in Quarter one of 2009 as per IDC's Asia/Pacific Enterprise Server Tracker.

IBM was the only vendor to attain a positive year-on-year revenue growth of 4.3 per cent (Q1 2009 over Q1 2008) in the India non-x86 UNIX Server market. It had gained a market share of 39.2 per cent in terms of factory revenue, a company release said.

Meanwhile, the company announced that it had emerged as the leader in the India External Disk Storage Market in terms of Factory Revenue in Q1 2009 with a market share of 33.1 as per IDC's Asia/Pacific Enterprise Disk Storage Tracker release.

Commenting on these achievements, Mukul Mathur, Director, Systems and Technology Group, IBM India/South Asia, said, ''Clients today are increasingly looking at forging a long-term relationship with IBM to derive true value from their IT investments.''

IBM launches Android application for Wimbledon

IBM introduced a pair of new mobile applications in support of Wimbledon 2009. According to IBM, this new Seer Android augmented reality application features location-aware visualization technology developed for the T-Mobile G1, promising real-time guide and interactive map services for this year's tournament as well as up-to-the-second scores.
The Android app takes a live video feed from the handset's camera, and superimposes content and data associated with various points of interest into the video stream--the G1's digital compass and GPS capabilities pinpoint what the user is looking at, bolstered by additional live data and reports from across the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Broken Computer? Should You Fix It Or Fling It?

Okay, so your computer has stopped working for whatever reason. What is the cause? is it the hard drive, the processor, are adware, or the problem? Maybe a Trojan, a virus? Has a chip on the RAM blown or the CPU overloaded?

Should you hire a computer repair service, or should you buy yourself a new computer?

It can be a very difficult decision, one you will base upon your finances and the age of your computer.

If your computer is more than a few years old it may not be cost effective to repair it. For example, if the motherboard blows then unless you can find one of a similar age on ebay you will have to replace the processor, heat sink and memory as well because your originals are not likely to work in your new motherboard.

The cost factor should also be taken into account when thinking about computer repair. Buying a new computer could cost you up to ten times more than repairing your existing computer.

There is also the environmental impact of buying a new computer – what do you do with the old one? Do you throw it out to go rot in a landfill and pollute the environment or do you pay to have it properly disposed of? Or do you do what so many of us do and shove it in the back of the attic or garage and forget about it until it becomes an antique.

The final consideration is your technical skill. Whilst computers have become easier for the novice to use and work with, they are still technical concerns. Many of us have enough trouble programming the VCR let alone changing the processor in a computer.

You need to also realise that a computer is, after all, a delicate piece of equipment and is still sensitive to dust and static – in fact you can seriously damage your computer if you do not take the appropriate precautions. I have many customers who have tried to fix their own computer and inadvertently blown their processor or memory because they failed to take the proper anti-static precautions.

You should never touch the connectors or chips on any computer card. Ideally you should always store memory and computer cards in proper anti-static bags to avoid this damage. Again, I get people coming to me with some memory they bought out of a bucket at a computer fair or boot sale wondering why it doesn’t work.

It really is worth taking the time to hire a professional computer repair service to fix your computer, not only can they probably do the job quicker than you could, but they will do it properly and without any risk of damaging your computer.

Hiring a professional computer repair service will ensure your computer is fixed quickly, easily and efficiently – with the least cost to you. Not only that, but you can get advice from a professional about how to keep your computer running efficiently and free from viruses, adware and Trojans.


Tony Roberts has worked extensively for the last 15 years for several Blue Chip companies providing technical support and training to on-site support staff, enabling them to support a variety of software/hardware platforms.

Dell Computers

Dell Computers are one of the leading brands for laptops and desktop computers online. The Dell.com store offers a wide range of computer products, catering for all home, gaming and business needs. Dell computers are purchased directly from their Online Store or via Internet or telephone. Dell has educational and student discounts Dell is one of the biggest home and business computer retailers in the US. Dell specializes in building high quality, high specification computers and they supplying direct. Also, Dells are available at a discount to nonprofit organizations through a program sponsored by the Tech Foundation.

Dell computers are excellent for gaming, too, with a system called XPS, the latest in gaming technology. Dell sells all the accessories and components you need – there is even a mouse and keyboard designed especially for game players!

Dell provides coupons for deals on their computers. Each week they offer different deals though there affiliates. Just go to your favorite search engine and type in “dell coupons” or “dell stackable coupons” (sometime they have stackable coupons which means you can use more than one at a time) and you will find a plenty of websites that provide the coupons for you.

Just make sure you read everything and know exactly what you want and what you are getting and the price before you buy.