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WD VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000rpm hard drive for $199 at Best Buy

Believe it or not, the speed of your hard drive can affect your entire computer. No matter how fast your CPU or video card are, or how much RAM your rig carries, it won't do you any good if your hard drive spins at a paltry 5,400rpm. If you are ripping your audio CDs or squeezing the highest number of frames per second in video games, a fast hard drive can make all the difference. Best Buy has Western Digital's VelociRaptor 300GB hard drive on sale for $199. That's $50 off the regular price. This baby … Read more

The mobile Internet device: In search of itself

I suppose if I were just in search of controversy, I'd write a post to proclaim the death of the MID (mobile Internet device) category. My obituary for the Netbook earlier this week generated a ton of traffic; I suppose I could do that again. Certainly, the concept of a MID--a device midway in size and capability between smartphones and the smallest notebooks--is under tremendous pressure from both sides.

Customers have learned that with a well-engineered browser, the small displays on phones such as Apple's iPhone and T-Mobile's G1 "Google phone" are sufficient for most … Read more