Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 
Posted by untamedkbSeagate continues to rapidly expand their channel for data recovery services. Previously in 14,000 stores…now adds another 1,400 through Staples. Interestingly, it seems that all recovery is done in house at Staples stores. I doubt this highly. Most likely a problem hard drive is sent off to a central location for recovery.
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 Posted by untamedkbAs pricing comes down for online data backup, adoption rates have risen. Mozy and Carbonite both offer unlimted storage for about $50/yr. That is a great rate! Mozy currently has about 350,000 customers, Carbonite over 100,000. The only downside is that data takes a long time to upload. As a second or third option it is hard to beat.
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007 Posted by untamedkb“The strategies will be implemented from next year and they aim to be the leader of the market by 2010.”
This would put Samsung at #3 behind Canon at 20 million and Sony at 16 digital cameras sold.
Article can be found here.
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Friday, October 19th, 2007 Posted by untamedkbMajor changes have happened in the digital camera market over the last few years with Canon and Nikon both taking over the former leader Kodak in overall sales to the U.S. market. Samsung, Panasonic and Casio all had amazing years, shipping in excess of 120% more cameras compared to 2005.
According to IDC (courtesy of News.com), the market will hit 114 million units worldwide this year!
| 2005 Shipments | 2005 Share | 2006 Shipments | 2006 share | % Change in Shipments, 2005-2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon | 5,000,000 | 18 percent | 6,068,500 | 20 percent | 21 percent |
| Sony | 4,780,000 | 17 percent | 4,940,800 | 17 percent | 3 percent |
| Kodak | 7,050,000 | 25 percent | 4,867,000 | 16 percent | minus-31 percent |
| Nikon | 2,326,400 | 8 percent | 3,045,700 | 10 percent | 31 percent |
| HP | 2,130,600 | 8 percent | 2,185,100 | 7 percent | 3 percent |
| Olympus | 1,964,800 | 7 percent | 1,856,500 | 6 percent | minus-5 percent |
| Samsung | 680,500 | 2 percent | 1,496,400 | 5 percent | 120 percent |
| Fujifilm | 1,780,600 | 6 percent | 1,444,700 | 5 percent | minus-19 percent |
| Panasonic | 350,000 | 1 percent | 1,046,300 | 3 percent | 199 percent |
| Casio | 405,000 | 1 percent | 955,000 | 3 percent | 136 percent |
Source: IDC
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted by untamedkbPopPhoto.com and Kingston are giving away a brand new 2gb CF card from Kingston. Just fill out the entry form and you are entered to win. While you are there check out all of the content from the Popular Photography and American Photo magazines.
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Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted by untamedkbInteresting read on a real world application of SSD or solid state hard drives. The great thing about SSD is that there are no moving parts and very little to no wear. The prices are getting close to attractive. Should see mass appeal within a few years. 23 years of life versus around 3 years for regular hard drives according to the author!
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