Samsung Fuel Cell to Power Laptop for 8 Hours a Pop. This looks like an intriguing idea, but if you thought exploding lithium ion batteries were scary, wonder how this explosive methanol fuel cell idea will fare aboard aircraft? We're thinking the idea is not going to fly. Samsung didn't announce when this fuel cell power system would be available.
PC hard drives have rapidly abandoned Parallel ATA for the benefits -- thinner data cables for improved cable routing and airflow, and no more messing with master/slave jumper settings -- of the Serial ATA interface.
Priced at $90, the internal drive also serves as a 48/32/48X CD-RW drive and records DVD-RAM media -- which supports 100,000 rewrites to DVD+RW and DVD-RW's limit of 1,000 -- at 12X speed. Speed Adjustment Technology matches drive speed to the functionality of the disc, while Double Optimum Power Control balances the laser power on the sides of the disc for better writing perfomance and a Weight Balancing System maximizes performance and lowers noise when recording or reading at top speeds.
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