Samsung unwraps 512GB, 500MB per second notebook SSD

Samsung waited until late Wednesday to show one of the more aggressive additions to its solid-state drive line. The 2.5-inch PM830 holds as much as 512GB, twice as much as most SSDs, but also has the headroom to maximize its speed. It can reach up to 500MB per second in reads, 350MB in writes, and has an SATA 3.0 connection to make sure it reaches its potential....

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Hands on with Kindle Cloud Reader for iPad

Apple no longer allows e-book sellers to link out to their stores, which is likely why Amazon introduced a new web-based app that works outside of Apple's official software distribution channel on Wednesday. Here's a look at the new Kindle Cloud Reader, and its integrated store.

Source: http://gigaom.com/apple/hands-on-with-kindle-cloud-reader-for-ipad/

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Multinational Bank Goes Mobile with iPhone and iPad

For Standard Chartered Bank ? a Global 500 international bank with 1800 branches on six continents ? iPhone and iPad provide a perfect platform to expand its mobile services, both internally and to its increasingly tech-savvy customers. ?With iPhone and iPad, we?re really looking at the next generation of banking,? says Todd Schofield, Global Head of Enterprise Mobility at Standard Chartered Bank. ?Managing our customers? money is a responsibility we take very seriously, and our mobile services reflect that.?

Source: http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/standard-chartered/?sr=hotnews.rss

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Apple briefly passes ExxonMobil for largest US market cap

As we reported earlier today, Apple (AAPL) shares were up to US$367.91. At that price, for a few moments, Apple was "worth" $342 billion (overall market capitalization) while ExxonMobil (XOM) was at $341 billion with a $70.71 share price. That made Apple -- briefly -- the world's most valuable company.

Once the market closed, however, Exxon was worth a whopping $352.90 billion, and Apple closed with a market cap of $347.10 billion. Not bad for either of them.

The markets have obviously been volatile this week and last, leading to large losses for both companies' stocks, but Apple has managed to recover more today than Exxon, leading it to overtake the oil giant, if briefly. Apple is currently off about 8% from its all-time high of $404 a share, but ExxonMobil is off nearly 20% for its $88 high. Given that oil prices are continuing to fall, it looks like Apple could yet pull ahead for some time to retain the title "Most Valuable Company in the World."

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iTunes Replay launch reportedly still far off

We've heard before that Apple may be working on a service for iTunes called "Replay," sort of a Netflix Watch Instantly-style service that lets you download and stream any movies or TV shows that you've purchased from iTunes. Obviously, with the iCloud infrastructure in place (and iTunes Match already announced and on the way out), it's not too big a stretch to see that actually happening.

But if such a deal is underway, the latest reports say it won't be available for a while. CNET says it has been poking around film studios about such a deal, and at least six different major studios have yet to sign agreements for a service like this. Apple has indeed been trying to chase down agreements that would allow customers to stream purchased movies any time, but those agreements aren't done deals, and they'll need to be before this thing gets off the ground.

The biggest sticking point seems to be a few older agreements with HBO and streaming service UltraViolet, which allow for some exclusive periods where only those companies can host digital downloads. Apple is probably willing to pay to unlock those periods, but studios aren't in any position to make deals happen fast -- they'd rather see demand (and thus prices) go up. At any rate, if Apple does want to make iTunes Replay happen, it still has at least one tough nut to crack here.

[via iPodNN]

iTunes Replay launch reportedly still far off originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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