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A THRONG of Brisbane technology fans braved the cold overnight as they queued to be among the first Australians to buy an Apple iPhone 3G today.

The SSD market will continue offering less-expensive and higher-capacity mechanisms in the coming 12 to 18 months as the technology sees more widespread adoption in the consumer space.

As capacities rise and prices fall, the question is not whether but when solid-state disk technology will take over in notebooks and in the data center.

Models SiI9251 and SiI9261 analog color input processors incorporate InstaPort(TM), MHL(TM), and ChromaViv(TM) color calibration technologies to reduce switching times between HDMI(TM) technology enabled source devices. Units offer 4 HDMI 1.3 technology enabled ports with Deep Color and x.v.color support, 4 HD analog video ports of 170 MHz (UXGA, 1,080p) 36-bit analog input, and integrated CVBS and Y/C switching. They feature integrated EDID (4) and CEC, and standby power of 30 mW.This story is related to the following:Computer Hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Audio Signal Processors | Digital Signal Processors (DSP) | Video Signal Processors

MojoKid writes 'Seagate announced three new consumer-level hard drives today, which it claims are the 'industry's first 1.5-terabyte desktop and half-terabyte notebook hard drives.' The company claims that it is able to greatly increase the areal density of its drive substrates by utilizing perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology that is capable of delivering more than triple the storage density of traditional longitudinal recording. Seagate's latest desktop-class hard drive, the Barracuda 7200.11, will be available in a 1.5TB capacity starting in August. The 3.5-inch drive is made up of four 375GB platters and has a 7,200-rpm rotational speed.' of this story at Slashdot.

A faster, cheaper, smarter iPhone goes on sale Friday morning, promising to bring the latest technology to more of the masses while changing the way people find information, their friends and fun. Satellite navigation is one of the biggest additions to the music-playing, picture-taking, Web-surfing, e-mail-reading smart phone from Apple, which has sold about 6 million of the original device so far.

Its stock price is in free fall and it still faces a potential takeover led by rogue investor Carl Icahn. However, Yahoo can still fire shots across the digital bows of Google and Microsoft; it is inviting third-party developers to use its search technology so they can build their own search engines. Yahoo calls the new strategy 'BOSS,' which stands for Build your Own Search Service.

SANTA CLARA and GLENDALE, Calif.- Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE: DWA) today announced they have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technol... [WebWire - Thursday, July 10, 2008]

NCR Branch Assist 10 enhances branch cash management and teller efficiency - - DAYTON, Ohio - NAFCU Services Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions,... [WebWire - Thursday, July 10, 2008]

Da Massive writes 'Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed technology that could boost the throughput of existing networks by 100-fold without costing the consumer any more, and its all thanks to a scratch on a piece of glass. After four years of development, University of Sydney scientists say the Internet is set to become on average 60 times faster than existing networks. According to the Centre for Ultra-high bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) at the University's School of Physics, the scratch will mean almost instantaneous, error-free and unlimited access to the Internet anywhere in the world.' of this story at Slashdot.