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SATA 3.0 standard ratified; 6Gbps, isochronous SATA inbound

The SATA International Organization, the industry consortium governing Serial ATA interfaces, yesterday released a finalized version of the SATA 3.0 specification, which features 6.0Gbps data transfers and a number of improved features while remaining completely backwards-compatible with existing drives, controllers, connectors, and cables. While current hard disk drives can’t saturate SATA 2.0’s 3Gbps data rate, [...]

May 28th, 2009 | Category: Technology | Leave a comment

Meet the Hawaiian spider that will make you smile

Scientifically, this tiny arachnid goes by the name of Theridion grallator – but it takes little imagination to see how it got its more popular name: the happy-face spider.
Found only in rainforests in the Hawaiian islands, the spiders have a vast range of patterns and colours on their abdomens – yet all come from the [...]

May 11th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Interesting | Leave a comment