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Samsung Story Station Plus Hard Drive Adds eSATA

South Korean electronics giant Samsung has rolled out a new line of Story Station Plus 3.5-inch external hard drives, improving on its earlier Story Station models by bumping capacities up to 2 TB and adding an eSATA interface for speedy data transfer. The eSATA interface enables transfers at rates up to 3 Gb/s; there’s also a USB 2.0 interface for hooking up to machines without an eSATA port.

Samsung Story Station Plus external hard drive with eSATA

“Samsung new line of high-density solutions with the eSATA interface give users the speed they need for demanding tasks like photo and video editing, plus safely storing multimedia content libraries,” said Samsung Electronics’ VP of storage marketing H.S. Lee, in a statement.

Buffalo DriveStation HD-HXU3 Hard Drive Packs USB 3.0 Interface

Peripheral and storage vendor Buffalo has shipped its first USB 3.0 external hard drive in the form of its new DriveStation HD-HXU3. For folks who have a USB 3.0 port—built-in or (more likely these days) via an add-on interface card—the drive supports data transfers at rates up to 130 MB per second, or about three times faster than USB 2.0. And for folks with USB 2.0 ports…the drive will work there too, albeit at normal USB 2.0 speeds.

Buffalo HD-HXU3 USB 3.0 external hard drive

Google Apologizes to First Lady Michelle Obama

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Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the first lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site.

Google placed a text ad above the image titled “Offensive Search Results” that states “Sometimes our search results can be offensive. We agree.”

Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell Steps Down

Peter Klein, Microsoft

Microsoft has announced that Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell will be stepping down from his position and leaving the company at the end of 2009 to consider career opportunities beyond being a CFO. Peter Klein, currently CFO of Microsoft’s Business Division, will take over the top CFO chair at the beginning of 2010.

“My time at Microsoft has been an outstanding experience, and I am delighted to be leaving the company in such great shape,” Liddell said, in a statement. “We have built a world-class finance team and established strong internal accountability.”

Adconion Buys Joost’s Assests

joost_frontThe struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has been sold to an online advertising company.

Adconion Media Group said Tuesday it bought Joost assets for an undisclosed sum. These include the technology behind Joost’s video platform and the Joost trademark.

Facebook’s New Dual-class Stock Structure

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Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.

The social network said Tuesday it had no plans to go public “at this time.”

But the move may well be seen as laying the groundwork for it.

Amazon.com’s “Black Friday Week” Has Week-long Deals

amazon.com_logo_cupvAmazon is, once again, one-upping everyone’s Black Friday promotions by announcing they’re currently having a Black Friday Week—but hey, we’re not complaining. This year Amazon.com is celebrating Black Friday for the

Apple’s New iMacs are Shipping With Broken Screens or Completely Dead

new-imac-27inApple has certainly had its share of quality issues on its high-end OS-X-sporting notebooks and PCs. From hard drive (SATA) issues to display issues, Apple has been unable to remedy many of these issues despite repeated firmware updates and in some cases has left those affected to deal with the mess on their own. To add a bit of irony to such problems, Apple is infamous for its slogan “it just works”, which it has used to poke fun at its “buggy” PC competitors.

LaCie LaCinema Classic HD Brings DLNA, Ample Storage to HDTVs

LaCie LaCinema Classic

Storage and peripheral maker LaCie had introduced its LaCinema Classic HD, a new high-definition multimedia player with broad format support, ample storage, 1080p and Dolby digital audio, plus DLNA and UPnP support for bringing media from an existing home network to an HDTV. Plus, the unit packs both Ethernet and Wi-Fi to ensure easy connectivity anywhere in the house.

“LaCinema Classic HD is all you need to store, play and share your movies, music and photos at home,” said LaCie’s digital home product manager Salem Tirane, in a statement. “We believe organizing and playing should be simple for everyone, without concern for media compatibility or how to access media, no matter where it’s stored in your home,”

Newegg.com’s Black Friday Ads and Deals

newegg_logoNewegg.com has leaked its Black Friday ads and Doorbuster sales just in time for the epic shopping event.  Newegg.com has the latest computer hardware and software, consumer electronics and communications

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