Benchmarked

From the Inquirer:

CHIPMAKER Intel has updated its high-end enthusiast solid-state disk (SSD) range with a drive that offers an upgrade for those who jumped on the X25-M a few years ago.

From Wired:

1974: The Altair 8800 microcomputer goes on sale. It doesn’t offer much, but it’s the small start of a big trend toward small things.

From Fudzilla:

The first 4TB desktop drive has been spotted in a messy Japanese retail warehouse.

From TrustedReviews:

Speaker shoppers looking to make the most of a tight budget would do well to check out Tannoy’s TFX – its crisp, potent sound quality, robust build quality and curvy gloss-black styling make it terrific value for money

From Wired:

The Japanese have broken the 10 petaflop barrier.

On Wednesday, Japanese IT giant Fujitsu and the government-funded RIKEN research lab announced that the supercomputer they’ve built in Kobe can speed through 10.51 quadrillion floating point operations per second.

Surround sound effect from stereo speakers

It’s been over six years since Creative first introduced its range of X-Fi sound cards. Since then, Creative’s X-Fi range has expanded to 14 different models and the technology has been licensed to companies such as Auzentech and Asus’ motherboard division. However, now that the X-Fi sound processor is long-in-the-tooth, it’s time for some innovation: the Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D is the first product to sport Creative’s new Sound Core3D audio processor.

From Bit-tech.net:

Researchers in Singapore have discovered a way to increase hard disk capacity six-fold by using sodium chloride (also known as chemical-grade table salt), according to Wired.