Zune HD = iPod touch? Uh, no....

by Christopher Breen, Macworld.com

Blame it on the rain, the resulting muck and mire, or the redwood curtain that separates Cupertino from Redmond, but it appears that news travels very slowly between Apple and Microsoft. How else can you explain this statement from Chris Stephenson—general manager of global marketing for Microsoft Zune regarding the just-announced Zune HD (as quoted by CNET’s Ina Fried)?

RAIDfail: Don't use RAID 5 on small arrays

Big storage companies stopped recommending RAID 5 a couple of years ago. But I still see small 4-drive arrays touting RAID 5 for home and small office use.

 

Big mistake. You want to save money, but you also want to keep your data. RAID 5 isn’t worth it.

 

What’s the problem?

 

The problem is that RAID 5 only protects against a single disk failure. But SATA drives are spec’d at one Unrecoverable Read Error (URE) every ~12.5 TB.

 

Let’s do the math.

Better than RAID: the new DroboPro

RAID is a bad idea for home users since its management complexity and failure modes create more problems than it solves. But protection from 1 - or better yet 2 - drive failures is a very GOOD idea.

Eight Financial Reasons Why You Should Use Mac OS

Hi Folks, I feel like sharing with you guys with an article which I have read and archieved, 2 years ago. This article is written by Jacqueline Emigh, from http://cio.com, on August 01, 2007.

 

Hope you folks enjoy reading it :)

Aliph Jawbone is now available in store

Hi Folks, Aliph Jawbone is now available in store. Check this out, this is the coolest bluetooth headset in town! One with built in Digital Sound Processing (DSP) that eliminate all background noise from your call. The same technology derived from military and deep sea divers.

The updated Mac Mini with NVIDIA. More worth for every Pennies!

Apple on Tuesday introduced a new version of its low-priced Mac mini desktop computer, featuring faster graphics, faster memory and other enhancements, but still priced starting at RM 2,299.

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