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With the rapid progress of technology from one day to the next, concepts, ideas, inventions, and reinventions suddenly turn from wishful thinking into reality. In the case of solid-state drives the burning question was whether we would see a viable external solution. Conventional hard-drives already go their external variant primarily thanks to USB 2.0; with the raw speed and performance …

If you are a novice regarding SSDs and SSD technology, the names ‘Runcore’ and ‘KingFast’ should at least strike a chord. The two companies recently merged, with KingFast becoming the sub-brand of RunCore; neither have shown signs of slowing down. Being two of the top SSD manufacturers, we will be looking at their newest SLC creation. Between the three NAND …

With the gaining popularity of SSDs, it was only a matter of time until we started seeing large capacity external SSDs hit the street and the time has come.  Whereas less than seven days ago we had never had an external SSD of 512GB capacity, today I have three 512GB and a 1TB external SSDs sitting in front of me …

Inhon, a Taiwanese computer manufacturing company, has announced a 10.77mm thick laptop weighing in at 870 grams. The company claims this will be the thinnest and lightest laptop to hit the market. Unfortunately for us North American notebook users there is no release date; there is however a date for the Taiwanese market: June 2013. The specs for the laptop are respectable …

If you are a laptop lover and looking forward to moving to an ultrabook in the near future, then stop the press because ultrabooks have already shed their skin into something much more exciting. Where less than a year and a half ago, we were trying to get the weight down and performance up on ultras, todays selections not only …