Western Digital pays $65M for SSD market

Western Digital has bought SiliconSystems corporation for 65 million dollars, informs Computerworld. This transaction will allow Western Digital to start release solid-state (SSD) disk drives under an own brand. Company SiliconSystems has been created in 2002. She is engaged both release of solid-state disk drives, and development of technologies for rise of their reliability. In particular, SiliconSystems has created program PowerArmor preventing appearance of errors by operation of the disk drive. While representatives Western Digital have not sounded any schedules on release of SSD-stores under an own brand. SiliconSystems before absorption released various disk drives on the basis of the flash-memory. Among them SSD-stores in 2,5 and 1,8-inch form factors which can substitute the hard disk in notebooks and netbooks. Western Digital is the second-large manufacturer of hard disks in the world. The leader of this market - company Seagate. It should start release of solid-state disk drives till the end of 2009. The main advantages of solid-state disk drives before hard disks are low power consumption and an operation high speed. Besides, SSD-stores do not rustle. However their cost price considerably above, than for hard disks.
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Zeebo- New game console

On action Game Developers Conference of 2009 companies Qualcomm and Tectoy announced the new game console under name Zeebo, writes GamesIndustry. The device will be oriented to emerging market economies. Developers calculate that the console will be in demand in Brazil, Russia, India and China. Prefix Zeebo can output a picture in the permission 640 on 480 pixels. The device will be equipped by three USB-exits and the slot for memory maps of format SD. All games for Zeebo will extend through networks 3G and EDGE. Specially for this console network tools under name ZeeboNet will be created. The device will be supported by such publishers and developers as Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, Capcom, id Software, Namco and THQ. Games for the new console will cost on 10-20 percent (approximately for 2-3 dollars) more expensively, than piracy copies. By word creators Zeebo, the prefix will quit in Brazil in the end of May - the beginning of June of current year. Console cost in this country will make 199 dollars. On an official site of the device it is informed that complete with Zeebo four games will be delivered: FIFA 09, Need for Speed Carbon, Brain Challenge and Prey. One more project (the first part Quake) can be downloaded free of charge through a network. Further the library of games will be enlarged as the games which have quitted rather recently (such as Resident Evil 4), and old enough projects (for example, quitted in 1996 fighting Tekken 2). In the end of 2009 Zeebo should appear in Mexico, and in 2010 start of game system in India will take place.
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IBM intend to buy Sun Microsystems

IBM intend to buy Sun Microsystems, informs The Wall Street Journal referring to the information received from own sources in these companies. IBM calculates that this transaction will allow to increase its share in the market of servers. According to The Wall Street Journal, IBM has offered about 6,5 billion dollars for Sun Microsystems. It approximately twice more than cost of Sun Microsystems market. Negotiations between Sun Microsystems and IBM have started recently and while are far from end. Analysts do not eliminate that the transaction will not take place. According to company IDC, IBM inspects 31,4 percent of the market of servers. Companies HP and Dell occupy 29,5 and 11,6 percent of this market accordingly. Share Sun Microsystems in the server market makes 10,6 percent. It is not eliminated that between Sun Microsystems and IBMs can prevent the transaction regulators. Both companies dominate in the market of Unix-servers. Besides, for Sun Microsystems and IBM is some the same products in segments of the software and data storage systems.

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Nvidia spent 40 million dollars for replacement of faulty graphic chips

The Manufacturer of video cards Nvidia, which the last financial year has ended on January, 25th, has spent for replacement of the rejected chips with weak isolation of 43,6 million US dollars. About it writes PC World. In total in July, 2008 Nvidia has reserved on additional guarantee cases and replacement of the rejected chips of 196 million dollars. Thus, not spent there are 78 percent of this sum. The part of failures Nvidia managed to be prevented. The company has let out a patch which forces to work more actively fans of laptops. It allows to cool more effectively a videosystem overheating in usual conditions. Nvidia not for the first time faces marriage in the chips. Last time on failures was informed by owners Apple MacBook Pro 17 "in the beginning of March. At them more powerful of two established videosystems overheated Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT.

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200$ for useless Android application

Developer Mike DG has created the application I am richer for Android platform, says TG Daily. The program, which costs $ 200, is the most expensive Google Phone application. However, it only shows the blue crystal in a sign that it had bought, and will not do anything.
I am richer Cost could be higher than 200 dollars, but it is this amount is the maximum that can be requested for the program in a store Android Market.

I am richer is a clear imitation of the program I am rich for the Apple iPhone, which developers have asked almost a thousand dollars. This program consisted of only one picture in which a picture of Ruby.

Creators I am rich earned nearly six thousand dollars before their program was banned Administration Apple App Store. I am richer is unlikely to share its fate, as Google does not moderated applications to set up his platform.

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