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Hitachi releases updated desktop, notebook hard drives, offers up to 750 GB capacities

Electronics maker Hitachi announced its new 375GB per platter, 5400-rpm and 7200-rpm, 2.5″ hard drives: the Travelstar 5K750 and Travelstar 7K750 on Wednesday. Per Macworld, Hitachi has stated that the drives offer the industry’s highest capacities in a standard 9.5 mm two-disk design. The Travelstar 5K750 and 7K750 drive families are the first Hitachi hard […]

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Rumor: Apple digital newsstand app in planning phases, talks being held with content providers

While it’s hard to say if Apple can help save the overall publishing industry, it appears to be doing its part to try. Per Bloomberg, the company is rumored to be creating a new digital storefront for newspapers and magazines that, like iBooks does for print books, will serve as a standalone iPad app for […]

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Apple’s suppliers prepping materials for second-gen iPad due in first quarter 2011

Apple’s component suppliers are said to be preparing for the launch of Apple’s second-generation iPad in the first quarter of 2011. Per DigiTimes, the suppliers are completing validation for the second-generation iPad, which will maintain the same 9.7″ screen when it debuts in the first quarter of 2011. “Component suppliers of iPad are expected to […]

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AT&T to launch LTE 4G network in 2011, expand HPSA+ services

Wireless carrier AT&T appears to be planning to launch its fourth-generation high-speed wireless network by mid-2011, and will continue to expand its speedy HPSA+ 3G network this year. Per FierceWireless, the company is currently conducting trials of its 4G long-term evolution network in Baltimore, Maryland and Dallas, Texas, the company’s operations chief executive, John Stankey, […]

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Amazon leaks Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 release date

This may not have been the way Microsoft would have chosen to announce its Office for Mac 2011 launch date, but it worked. Per Macworld, Microsoft will launch the next version of Office for the Mac in just under six weeks, according to Amazon.com. The Seattle-based online retailer listed Office for Mac 2011’s availability date […]