Crucial released a new firmware upgrade today for Crucial M4 SSD owners to prevent occurrences of the 5200 hour bug. The firmware can be found here and applies to all capacities of the Crucial M4 SSD.  The bug itself would affect the m4 through an incorrect response to the SMART counter after 5184 hours of power on time and the …

For those thinking that the Consumer Electronics Show is for PC Geeks only think again!  The name of the game is electronics and there is no shortage of what can be done in the electrical engineering of todays automobiles. Just about every big name one can think of has a display at CES and, well, this year, I simply couldn’t …

Although not SSD related, the overwhelming response from last years CES Booth Babe edition , and then that of Computex, has encouraged our posting of a few of the highlights of CES 2012 again this year. For those who are not fortunate enough to attend this event as it is not open to the public, lets just say that companies …

To those wondering what this might have to do with SSDs whatsoever, these pictures were taken at the Intel MSI Patriot Party at the Palms Hardwood Suite, The Palms, Las Vegas. The party was hosted by absolutely gorgeous ‘referee’ hostesses as well as a few stunning Playboy Bunnies who were also in attendance.  As much as we were going to …

To say that CES was a mad point today at one point was an understatement as scores of people crowded around the Tosy Robotics booth hoping for a glimpse at Justin Bieber. The crowd was thicker than a Boxing Day sale at Macy’s as security had to continually push the crowd back to keep them at bay, each in hopes …

Some great things were shown at the OCZ display in the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas this week and none more interesting than OCZ’ casual mentioning that their new Everest 2 Platform SSD just may be the new Vertex 4. As much as OCZ and LSI SandForce have had a very tight relationship and we are certain this will continue …

Lets start off CES with something that couldn’t be any less than a great story in the world of SSD technology. Early this morning and long before the flood of activity started, we were able to get pretty much impossible press access to the CES North Hall for an exclusive announcement from Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO of Other World …

Today we are at the Samsung 2012 Press Release Event at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and this place is packed. Sitting five rows from the front in the Lando Ballroom, we were fortunate enough to get VIP passes and I should have brought an interpreter. Myself and Karen, our gorgeous Associate Editor, are the only ones in this …

OCZ showed up a bit late to Storage Visions 2012 this morning but, as expected, they had no shortage of product introductions on display. With news of the new jointly developed ‘Kilimanjaro’ platform still fresh on everyone’s mind, OCZ was more than happy to display their new mini-PCIe entry along with the Z-Drive R5 PCIe SSD, the Z-5 containing no …

We are at Storage Visions 2012 Las Vegas and, if our first meeting with the Micron/Crucial Team is any indication of things to come, 2012 is going to be a great year for SSD technology. From a great display to caching solutions, their new ultra thin M4 SSD and a mSATA SSD on display that they couldn’t speak about, this …