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Amazon has the OCZ Agility 3 SSD listed as their "Deal of the Day". The price is $99.99 and it ships free with Super Saver Shipping.

OCZ Technology Agility 3 SSD 3rd Generation SATA III 2.5-Inch (AGT3-25SAT3-90G)

Here's our review of the 120GB Agility 3: http://www.cdrlabs.com/Reviews/ocz-agil ... drive.html

Amazon has got the Crucial 128GB m4 SSD on sale for $157.95. It also qualifies for free Super Saver shipping.

Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT128M4SSD2

The same drive goes for $175 at Newegg.

My old BENQ 1640 finally died yesterday so I went in my closet and pulled out two old (but never used) CD-ROM drives I bought but never got around to integrating. One is an ASUS DRW-2014LIT and the other is an LG GH20NS15.

I want to use the drive that can read music CD's the best - fastest and most accurately - using EAC 1.x.

Which of two drives is the better choice for my ...

CDRLabs has taken an in depth look at Sony's new portable 6x Blu-ray Disc writer, the BDX-S600U. This sleek and lightweight drive is capable of 6x BD-R, 6x BD-R DL and 2x BD-RE writing speeds and a maximum BD-ROM read speed of 6x. On top of that, it offers support for 3 and 4-layer BDXL media, which can hold up to 128GB of data on a single disc. The BDX-S600U is also designed to be ...

Has not been confirmed yet, but I would not be surprised if its true. Not that it would have much of an impact on those of us in the US and Canada as most of the Verbatim branded discs are already made in Taiwan or India.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/bu ... 1201230048

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. will cease production of Blu-ray Discs and DVDs, according to sources.

Mitsubishi Chemical's retreat comes against ...

hi
can nero help download tunes?recently ive been ripping cds with nero 10..but when i do windows media player comes on automatically and we have a conflick..so i disabled windows media player and nero works good..trouble is then i download songs the diles cant be played...can nero download the tunes and played them too?

lenny

hi gang

i have nero 10 and i want to save the entire cd tp my computer not just the seperate files but as one big file..how can i do that?

lenny

Looks like we'll be seeing Corel Creator and Toast some time in the future..

http://www.cdrlabs.com/News/corel-acqui ... ation.html

Corel today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Roxio® product line from Rovi Corporation. With this deal, Corel will expand its product portfolio to include Roxio’s broad range of digital media and security solutions. The acquisition includes Roxio® Creator®, the industry’s most popular digital media suite ...

CDRLabs finishes up the week with a review of Plextor's new 256GB M3S series SSD, the PX-256M3S. Powered by Plextor's True Speed technology, the M3S series uses high quality components like Marvell's server-grade 88SS9174 controller chip and Toshiba's 24nm Toggle NAND flash to deliver up to 525MB/s read and 445MB/s write speeds. The M3S also features exclusive firmware with Instant Restore, Global Wear Leveling, and Bad Block Management to maintain original performance levels, even after ...

One of my co-workers pointed this issue out to me. After 5000 hours of usage, Crucial's M4 SSDs make a system BSOD and restart. A firmware update is on the way that fixes this.

http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State ... td-p/76392

We are aware of an issue that is currently affecting a small number of users whereby their m4 causes their system to require a restart. This issue occurs after approximately 5,000 hours ...