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QNAP introduces 4-drive TS-459-U-RP, TS-4597-SP rack-mounted NAS servers

QNAP introduces 4-drive TS-459-U-RP, TS-4597-SP rack-mounted NAS servers

Posted by | Mar 8, 2010 | , |

QNAP Systems (http://www.quap.com) has expanded their Business Series Turbo NAS lineup with two new 1U rack-mounted, 4-drive models, the TS-459U-RP and TS-459U-SP.

These new models, with up to 8TB of storage (using 2TB hard drives), have been certified as compatible with VMware’s vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) virtualization platform. VMware’s vSphere is a cloud operating system that offers a way to reduce IT costs and increase responsiveness.

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Blu-Ray still (slowly) gaining ground

Posted by | Mar 8, 2010 | , |

It appears that the pundits who predicted that Blu-ray would never make it are wrong. It’s been an uphill battle—especially once the economy bottomed out—but the next gen optical technology continues to gain ground, if slowly.

Overall, worldwide DVD and Blu-ray player and recorder unit shipments declined to 137 million units in 2008. The In-Stat research group expects a modest increase in 2009, with a more healthy increase in 2010, spurred by high volume shipments of Blu-ray players.

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Comcast posts video about its iPhone/iPod touch app

Posted by | Mar 8, 2010 | |

Comcast offers a free Comcast Mobile app for iPhone/iPod touch devices. It offers access to your Comcast services and version 2.0 includes remote DVR functionality, as well as other new features.

Now Comcast has a new video out today demonstrating its new version of the app, including the remote DVR function. You can find it at http://blog.comcast.com/2010/03/comcast-mobile-20-now-available-on-the-app-store.html. And you can find the app itself at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

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