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Super Talent Readies 256GB SSD for Laptops
(News) A developer of memory devices expects to ship in April a high-capacity solid-state disk drive for notebooks.
Flash Price Drop Spurs Innovation
(News) Analysis: Low flash memory prices could mean lower cost solid-state devices and bigger storage in gadgets.
STMicroelectronics, Intel Delay Launch of Joint Venture
(News) Companies agree to extend the deadline to launch joint flash-memory venture Numonyx.
Toshiba Readies Flash-Based Notebook Storage
(News) The fast, quiet solid-state drives could appear early next year.
Mtron unveils faster flash-based disk drives
(News) South Korea's Mtron Co. Ltd. is adding to its line-up of already speedy solid-state disk drives with new models that offer faster reading and writing of data.
iPhone, new iPods to spur flash prices
(News) Sales of Apple Inc.'s iPhone and new iPods slated for release later this year will mark the end of cheap flash memory for a time, and that means users may see fewer bargains on older digital music players or bundled flash memory cards.
Samsung begins producing 1.8-inch SSDs
(News) Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun producing a flash memory-based solid-state disk drive for mobile computing applications.
Flash guys show certified ReadyBoost drives
(News) Flash memory stick makers are showing off USB (Universal Serial Bus) drives at Computex that have been certified to work with Windows Vista's ReadyBoot and ReadyBoost functions, which improve boot-up times and the software start-up speeds in PCs.
ReadyBoost Flash Drives Lack Significant Boost
(Reviews) Kingston, Lexar, and Ridata devices provide USB flash storage but don't consistently speed up Vista applications.
Samsung making bigger, faster flash memory chip
(News) Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has started mass producing flash memory chips that both hold more data and work at higher speeds than competing chips, it said on Sunday.
Virtualization now comes in a USB drive
(News) Virtualization software leader VMware Inc. is testing a desktop virtualization program that can be stored on a USB drive and moved from one computer to another.
The Petito Flash Drive
(reviews) The smallest storage device yet.
Watch for 16GB USB Flash Drives this Year
(news) Watch for 16GB USB Flash Drives this Year
Tech Trend: Big Storage, Small Cards
(reviews) Tech Trend: Big Storage, Small Cards
CeBIT: A World of Uses for USB Drives
(news) CeBIT: A World of Uses for USB Drives
CeBIT: Samsung Shows Flash-Disk-Based Laptop
(reviews) CeBIT: Samsung Shows Flash-Disk-Based Laptop
23 Things to Do With a Thumb Drive
(reviews) 23 Things to Do With a Thumb Drive
Ringing in the New USB Drive
(news) Ringing in the New USB Drive
Portable Drives That Protect Your Data
(howto) Portable Drives That Protect Your Data
Samsung Has Big Plans for Flash Drives
(news) Samsung Has Big Plans for Flash Drives
M-Systems Speeds Up USB Flash Drive
(news) Smart DiskOnKey brings advanced performance to 2GB keychain-size storage.
AMD-Fujitsu Venture Plans 'Mega' Japanese Chip Plant
(news) AMD-Fujitsu Venture Plans 'Mega' Japanese Chip Plant
Kanguru's Double-Duty Flash Drive
(reviews) This LAN adapter gives PCs and notebooks wireless connectivity and flash storage.
Flash-Memory Bargains Bloom
(news) Portable flash memory capacities are increasing--and decreasing in price.

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