Pretec has used CeBIT to launch pair flash memory cards that are each claimed as record setters. The party's 32GB SDXC card is the first in the world to be announced using the new SDXC format; although it doesn't push out of the reach of the 32GB limit of SDHC, it transfers data more quickly than large-capacity SDHC cards and reaches up to 50MB per maintainer. The card hasn'face to face immediately been given a ship date and will depend heavily on the launch of SDXC-compatible cameras and other devices that recognize the exFAT file system used as being the new storage. A 64GB SDXC card is also in the works and should have existence unveiled ...

Electronics manacle store Circuit City announced on Thursday it will permanently shut etc. all 567 of its supplies across the country since of Sunday, March 8th, earlier than previously announced due to the record-high shopper turnouts for going-out-of-business sales. Some locations have already closed due to sold-out stock, as shoppers cleaned out store shelves since the sales began on January 17th in an attempt to pay off $1.7 billion in inventory. The closures were originally expected to engage place adhering March 14th at the second-largest consumer electronics retail fetter store in the US. Back in November, Circuit City filed for bankruptcy as mounting pressure from suppliers, competition from Best Buy and the worsening ...

Palm's upcoming Pre is likely to poach customers away from the iPhone, Elevation Partners founder Roger McNamee said in an interview late yesterday. The investor in Palm told Bloomberg he's confident that those who bought the iPhone on its 2007 launch are likely to whip to the Pre as they're both attracted to whichever is the "coolest" device on the market and will no longer be tied to an AT&T contract. This would let them jump to Sprint for the Palm phone, which he predicted will happen en masse. "You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two-year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone," McNamee illustrious. "Not one of those people will ...

Boxee, the developer of its namesake media stage-player front-end, has released a modern alpha version of the app through a built-in RSS reader. The software is installed onto Mac and Ubuntu Linux systems as well as Apple TVs, and provides more elaborate support for downloaded media as well as dispose web streaming of shows on ABC and CBS. The Boxee RSS reader is optimized for video, and have power to feed clips from YouTube, Yahoo and several other sources. Among these is Hulu, the joint streaming service operated by NBC and Fox. The networks recently forced Boxee to remove its integrated Hulu component, in the kind of is generally believed to be be of importance to ...

A tip from Thursday suggests Verizon is enlisting Nokia's better to develop a touchscreen device that would repress the carrier lure customers away from the iPhone next year. Citing only anonymous sources, The Street asserts that the two companies are working on a touchscreen project whose cornerstone would be 4G Internet access over Verizon's LTE network, which goes live in early 2010. The service currently reaches 60Mbps in testing and would theoretically let the phone offer streaming HD video and other features that aren't options on 3G. Further details aren'familiarily mentioned, though both companies are suspected of negotiating an narrow conduct one's self and would use the new manoeuvre as a flagship to show that the ...