Hitachi has launched TVs in Japan with a built-in iVDRs slot, that lets users buy 2.5″ hard drive iVDR cartridges and connect them behind the TV to use that storage for the built-in DVR of the TV. The iVDR system let’s users buy hard drive storage in such iVDR cartridge which provides as large a removable storage capacity for devices as hard drives can provide. Though iVDR for now does not include 3.5″ hard drive sizes.

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The SDHC association is showing how the SDHC standard works. You’ve got to upgrade your old SD card readers, but now the capacity of SD cards can exceed the 2GB limit of the first SD generation and is now going to be available at up to 16GB by the end of this year, and starting next year it will be available at 32GB.

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SanDisk announced that they are providing the flash memory for the Intel Classmate PC which is going to be released in larger quantities by the end of this year, in cooperation with the One Laptop Per Child organization. SanDisk thus might provide the markets best solution for low cost Flash memory storage to replace hard drives in low cost and low power laptops.

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Removable hard drive technology:

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Showing the new 1 terrabyte 3.5″ hard disk drive:

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A very interesting interview with a Hitachi engineer about all of their different types of hard disk drives. From the ones that go into mobile phones, to portable multimedia solutions to desktop computers and servers. And some talk about comparison between the Hard Disk Drive and the Nand Flash memory technologies.

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