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	Again ! Seagate Acquire SAMSUNG Hardisk Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Add new comment Seagate Technology announced this week the closing of the transaction to acquire the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics. Under the terms of the transaction, Seagate has gained select elements of Samsung's HDD business, including assets, infrastructure and employees that enable Seagate to drive scale and innovation. These assets include Samsung's leading M8 product line of high-capacity, 2.5-inch HDDs.
	Seagate & Western Digital 2Years warranty for some models Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Add new comment We are changing our warranty from three to two years on the WD Caviar Green, WD Caviar Blue and WD Scorpio Blue products only. WD is continually evaluating the best mix of product and service features that benefit our customer base as a whole – from end users to systems integrators, PC manufacturers and distributors. WD provides exceptional quality, service and reliability and sets its warranty policy to best serve customers, while remaining competitive and financially sound. The change in warranty policy is independent of our recovery from the Thailand floods. WD designs and manufactures its hard drives at the highest quality in the industry, and has built a reputation throughout the industry for superior quality. Under the slightly lower cost structure of our new warranty policy, WD can, to an even greater degree than before, reinvest the resources into enhancing our key deliverables to customers: industry-leading technology, quality, reliability, service and support. Standard PC warranties are one year. Even so, WD has maintained five-year warranties on its premium desktop/notebook products, including the WD Caviar Black, WD Scorpio Black and WD VelociRaptor products
	Google to acquire Motorola for $12.5 billion Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Add new comment Search giant Google has just announced it will be acquiring veteran mobile handset company Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. We will see in the future that Android will be more competitive with this accuirement. Let's see what is the balance for this 2 company :
	Just three companies left: Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital! Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 Add new comment “We are pleased to strengthen our strategic relationship with Samsung in a way that better aligns both companies around technologies and products,” said Steve Luczo, Seagate chairman, president and CEO. “With these agreements, we expect to achieve greater scale and deliver a broader range of innovative storage products and solutions to our customers, while facilitating our long-term relationship with Samsung.”
	Western Digital to buy Hitachi GST Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 Add new comment "We believe this step will result in several key benefits-enhanced R&D capabilities, innovation and expansion of a rich product portfolio, comprehensive market coverage and scale that will enhance our cost structure and ability to compete in a dynamic marketplace," said John Coyne, president and CEO of WD.
	Apple: 400 iTunes Accounts Hacked Thursday, July 8th, 2010 Add new comment Apple now admits 400 iTunes accounts were hacked and used by a Vietnamese developer, Thuat Nguyen, to push his iPhone apps to best seller status over the weekend. But here is the zinger; Apple is saying it was no big deal. Four hundred accounts equals 0.0003 percent of the over 150 million iTunes account holders, Apple points out.
	ASUS To Outsource Motherboards and Video Cards to ECS? Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Add new comment Asustek Computer reportedly plans to outsource some of its production of motherboards and graphics cards to rival company Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as part of efforts to expand its outsourcing policy to reduce its dependence on Pegatron Technology, while boosting its profitability, according to industry sources.
	Microsoft Office 2010 hit the market Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 Add new comment On top of all this, don't forget Microsoft is offering two free versions of Office 2010: the online one that anyone with a Windows Live account can use, and Office Starter - the basic version that replaces Microsoft works. The latter is expected to be pre-installed on the vast majority of Windows PCs together with a full version of Office that requires a product key to activate.
	SATA3 and USB3 Platform is Now Transforming Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 7 comments Upcomming SATA3 and USB3 platform is now transforming, Now all mainboard producer was ready to implant to their new mainboard but are we ready?