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BuyDig has the Samsung 840 Series 500GB SSD (MZ-7TD500KW) with upgrade kit on sale for $299.99 on eBay. Standard shipping is free.

Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD500 Upgrade Kit 500 GB,Internal,2.5" (MZ-7TD500KW)

CDRLabs has taken an in depth look at Kingston's new SSDNow V300 solid state drive. Designed for cost-conscious consumers looking to upgrade their existing desktop or notebook PC, the V300 is 10x faster than a 7200RPM hard-disk drive. It is powered by an LSI SandForce Flash Storage Processor (FSP) solution customized for Kingston, and optimized for industry-leading 19nm NAND flash memory to deliver sequential read and write speeds of up to 450MB/s.


Kingston SSDNow ...

Great news for Star Wars fans...

http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-b ... e-vii.html

After a bevy of emails and phone calls, the formalities have been wrapped up, and at long last everyone can exhale and properly share the word with an excited Internet. Yes, J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars: Episode VII, the first of a new series of Star Wars films to come from Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams ...

Newegg has got the SAMSUNG 840 Series 120GB SSD with full installation kit (MZ-7TD120KW) on sale for $79.99 after applying promo code "EMCXWVR34" (Expires 1/26). Shipping is free.

SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD120KW 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Newegg has got the SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD (MZ-7PD256BW) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.

SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

January 21, 2013: Audacity 2.0.3 Released

The Audacity Team (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) is pleased to announce the release of Audacity 2.0.3. It replaces all previous versions.

Audacity 2.0.3 now uses the libsoxr resampling library by default, instead of libresample, for higher quality and speed. Time Tracks have been improved and bug fixed, and new effects include an accessible Adjustable Fade. See the 2.0.3 Release Notes for details.

Amazon has got the SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB SSD (SDSSDHP-128G-G25) on sale for $99.99. It ships free with Super Saver Shipping.

SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD 128 GB SATA 6.0 Gbps 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SDSSDHP-128G-G25

The SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD delivers the fast data rates required to support next-generation games, photo-editing programs, and other memory-intensive applications. The 128 GB SSD can achieve read speeds of up to 530 MB/s. You'll enjoy smoother overall system performance ...

If you read our article on Plextor's Xtreme firmware for the M5P (http://www.cdrlabs.com/Reviews/plextor- ... mware.html), we mentioned that there would be some changes to the hardware when the actual M5 Pro Xtreme shipped. Plextor has now released some more details. Sorry.. its in Japanese.

http://www.links.co.jp/2013/02/post-18/

Here are the main points:

- NAND flash chips are now a TSOP package (pins along the shorter ...

Amazon has the Western Digital Red 3TB NAS hard drive (WD30EFRX) on sale for $139.99. It ships free with Super Saver Shipping.

WD Red 3 TB NAS Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD30EFRX

WD Red hard drives are designed specifically for home and small office NAS systems. WD's exclusive NASware technology enables seamless integration, robust data protection and optimal performance for systems operating in NAS and RAID environments.

Adorama Camera has the Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD MZ-7PD256BW) on sale for $209.99 on eBay. Standard shipping is free.

Samsung 840 PRO Series 256GB 2.5" Sata III Internal Solid State Drive