OCZ Offers Mini-PCIe SSD For Netbooks

OCZ today unveiled their first miniPCI-Express SSD Series for netbooks in 16 or 32GB capacity and will be available in both SATA and PATA interfaces. Notebook upgraders can choose either the SATA version that delivers 110 MB/s read and 51 MB/s write speed, or the PATA upgrade that features a 45MB/sec read and 35MB/sec write speeds. It is compatible with the Windows XP, Vista®, and 7, and Mac OSX 10 and above.

Official Press Release :

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled their first miniPCI-Express Solid State Drive (SSD) Series, the affordable flash-based storage option to significantly increase the capacity for netbooks. For on the go computing professionals and students looking for an ideal storage upgrade on their ultra-portable platforms, the OCZ miniPCI-E SSD is the cost effective alternative to traditional standard storage drives as a reliable upgrade on mobile systems.

Offering your notebook the benefits of flash-based technology, The OCZ miniPCI-E delivers the reliability and silent operation of SSDs in a smaller form factor, and will be available in both SATA and PATA interfaces. Notebook upgraders can choose either the SATA version that delivers a fast 110 MB/s read and 51 MB/s write speed, or the PATA upgrade that features a maximum 45MB/sec read and 35MB/sec write speeds. Ideal for energy-efficient mobile computing to extend battery life by lowering power consumption, inproving access time, and providing an alternative to conventional hard disc drives, the OCZ miniPCI-E drive offers not only superior shock resistance but also quiet operation whether at home or on-the-go.

Compatible with the Windows XP, Vista®, and 7, and Mac OSX 10 and above, the OCZ miniPCI-E is an excellent upgrade to expand the storage capability of your netbook with ample capacities of 16GB and 32GB. All OCZ miniPCI-E drives come backed a two year warranty and OCZ’s exemplary service and support.

For more information on the OCZ miniPCI-Express SSD (SATA), please visit our product page here.

For more information on the OCZ miniPCI-Express SSD (PATA), please visit our product page here.

Motorola Mobility stays separate from Google

Google paid $12.9 billion for Motorola Mobility last month, and after countless hurdles to get approval from regulators Google announced they intend to keep Motorola Mobility as its own entity.

“Its important it stays on its own battlefield. We are not integrating Motorola with Google, we’re making sure it has everything it needs to win in its own space. You shouldn’t expect full integration of the two companies,” Google’s Chief Finance Officer, Patrick Pichette, said.

Although Google owns Motorola Mobility, there will not be a “Googlerola” brand in the near future. Google now has access to a portfolio of 17,000 patents, which will give Google a competitive edge in the smartphone and tablet market. Combine the patents and a mobile R&D department with Google’s thriving Android OS and the world has a smartphone/tablet conglomerate.

Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, affirms that the Motorola Mobility purchase is to help Google further its ideals of modernity through the acquisition of Motorola Mobility’s “products…people…[and] innovation.”

“We bought Motorola for the sum of the patents, the products, the people, the innovation,” he says.

It is unknown how Google intends to wedge itself into Motorola Mobility’s structure, but as it stands Motorola Mobility will make its own product and consumers will continue to have “Motorola” devices instead of “Googlerola” devices.

Source: yahoo.com