http://www.mediarecover.com/blog MediaRECOVER's SSD, solid state drive blog. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:06:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The digital camera revolution has changed the stock photography business giving opportunity to hobbyists and low-cost but great looking stock photos to small businesses.  Sites like iStockPhoto.com and Shutterstock.com are the leaders in this category. iStockPhoto.com has over 3,500,000 photos available for purchase. According to this article in Forbes, some hobbyists are making up to $10k ... http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/industry-news/photographer-hobbyists-turn-passion-in-to-profit/ There are currently 50 companies that offer SSD drives. The major players are Intel, Micro, Sandisk, Toshiba and Samsung.  According to an EETime article, although currently high priced, the sweet spot would be 256gb drives for laptops in the $800-$1000 range. The pressure is on to lower prices and the competition ... http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/industry-news/shakeout-in-the-ssd-market-near/ ...not really. GREAT Arstechnica article. ShareThis http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/products/is-the-ssd-option-for-the-macbook-air-worth-it/ SSD "performance in the Vista environment falls short of what the market really needs", admitted Harari at the company's earnings conference this week. Why not? According to Harari, it's because "Vista is not optimised for Flash memory solid-state disks".  ShareThis http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/industry-news/ssd-weak-performance-blamed-on-vista/ Drama - read Tom's Hardware Review. "The results of our testing are a shock for anyone who cares about battery runtime, as our results prove unmistakably that battery runtimes do not increase when using flash based SSDs. As a matter of fact, most flash SSD products actually contribute to emptying your ... http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/industry-news/ssd-hard-drives-reduce-battery-runtime/ New laptop bags, with a fold-down section or a stand-alone protective sleeve to give the X-ray machines a clear shot, have just been cleared by the T.S.A. for faster travel through airport security. Pathfinder Luggage and Targus will be the first manufacturers to offer these bags in early fall. ShareThis http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/industry-news/no-more-computer-removal-at-airport/ In 2007 the SSD market generated $400 million in revenue. Shipment growth is expected to go through the roof at over 76% per year! The traditional government, military and industrial markets will give way to growth through the business and consumer sectors.ShareThis http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/industry-news/idc-predicts-70-annual-growth-for-ssd/ ...get a hard disk crusher from EDR Solutions! The only way to completely ensure your data cannot be recovered. ShareThis http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/products/how-to-completely-erase-data/ I'd like to introduce our newest partner HTCI in Clearwater, FL. The company has been a leader in the computer forensic community through training and providing cutting edge forensic tools. They will be offering our full line of products at their online store forensicstore.com as well as through their ... http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/mediarecover-news/high-tech-crime-institute-adds-mediarecover-software/ Great article at MobileMag on making your own SATA SSD with the Century DIY SSD Kit and 2 32gb CompactFlash! ShareThis http://www.mediarecover.com/blog/industry-news/so-cool-make-your-own-sata-ssd/