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Flooding Means Potential Shortage And Price Hike On Hard Drives

Tom Wyrick — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:34:18 +0000

Last week, hard disk manufacturing plants in Thailand shut down due to flooding. Affected facilities include two Western Digital plants, which they estimate could be offline for up to eight months. These two plants produce approximately 60 percent of their products. (A third plant in Malaysia is unaffected by the floods.) Seagate has two Thailand […]

Last Day To Escape The Netflix 60% Price Hike — What You Need To Do

Matt Algren — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:22:55 +0000

We talked about the big change to Netflix’s pricing structure back in mid-July, and it’s finally time for those changes to take place. Instead of offering unlimited streaming with any DVD plan, the company will offer streaming as a separate plan, effective September 1, 2011. What does this mean for you? There are three scenarios, […]

Seriously? Didn’t HP Figure Out Their Touchpad Cost Too Much Already?

Yoni Gross — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:53:43 +0000

HP’s Touchpad hasn’t exactly gotten off to a great start. Reviews have been less than enthusiastic, with comparisons widely made to the iPad of last year, rather than this year’s iPad2. The hardware is too bulky, the software too buggy before this week’s update, and the lack of apps just appalling. Last week’s $100 price […]

Coming To A Netflix Near You, A 60% Price Hike

Matt Algren — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:30:35 +0000

Netflix also announced it is separating its unlimited streaming and unlimited DVD plans in the U.S. to better reflect the costs of each and to give members a choice: a streaming-only plan, a DVD-only plan or the option to subscribe to both.