Digital TV converter program out of money

A federal program providing vouchers for digital television converters to people whose TV sets will stop working on Feb. 17 has run out of money.

Start-up Ctera will offer cloud storage through carriers

Storage start-up Ctera introduced a combined local and cloud storage system for service providers to sell as a service.

Samsung packs camcorder with SSD for fast start

Solid-state disks, hard-disk drive replacements filled with flash memory chips, have become popular in the laptop computing space and now they're expanding to other markets. At this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung Electronics will unveil an SSD-based camcorder, it said Tuesday.

SanDisk Adds Easy Backup to USB Drive

The new SanDisk Ultra Backup USB Flash Drive doesn't want to be just another garden variety flash drive that you toss in a drawer. To avoid that fate, SanDisk has added a small backup button to the drive, which is roughly the size of an index finger. The button is designed to make it easier to back up critical data with less muss and fuss than an external hard drive might require.

SanDisk Pushes Solid-State Drives for Netbooks

SanDisk has updated its solid-state drive modules designed for use in netbooks. The second-generation modules, dubbed the pSSD-P2 and pSSD-S2, are sized to replace a standard 2.5-inch hard drive in a netbook or other devices.

AMD wants to make small laptops cheaper with Yukon

Advanced Micro Devices hopes to help reduce the prices of expensive ultraportable laptops with mobile chips it is expected to introduce today.

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