As was fairly widely reported, Windows XP will be getting an extra 4 months to live.  The previous cutoff date for computer manufacturers to pre-load systems with Windows XP was Jan. 31st, 2009.  That date has now been extended by Microsoft to May 30th, 2009.  This means you’ll still be able to purchase a [...]

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The good news (depending on how you look at it, exactly) is that the RIAA has announced that it will no longer issue blanket lawsuits against individual file sharers.  Instead, at least in the US market, the RIAA plans to issue a series of notices to your ISP.  After each notice, it would be [...]

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I nearly missed this last week, but Toshiba announced plans to build a 512GB 2.5 inch SSD, with sequential read and write speeds at a blazing 200 MB/s.
Mass production will begin in the second quarter of 2009.
According to the company press release:
Toshiba and many market analysts expect SSDs to begin to gain significant traction [...]

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