Fujitsu Offers 250GB 2.5-inch SATA Drive with Continuous Operation

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Most hard drives in typical desktop and notebook computers don’t operate continuously 24-hours per day around the clock. Even if you leave your computer on all the time for the majority of that time it is sitting idle and the disk isn’t being accessed.

In an enterprise environment servers run continuously and often the times of highest disk usage are late at night when most people are not using the network. Fujitsu announced two new 2.5-inch HDD series’ today aimed at continuous use environments called the Fujitsu 2.5" MHZ2-BK 7200 RPM and the 2.5" MHZ2-BS 5400 RPM SATA series. Both lines offer capacities up to 250 GB and are rated for 24-hour continuous use with availability in July 2008. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:24:02 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu Announces 320GB 7200 RPM Notebook HDD

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Fujitsu announced its latest notebook hard drive today in the MHZ2 BJ series. The new drive has a 320GB storage capacity but still spins at a speedy 7200 RPM. Typically higher capacity notebook drives only spin at 5400 RPM or less.

The drive requires 2.3 watts of power, so the performance it provides won’t hit the battery especially hard. The drive uses the SATA 3.0 Gb/s interface and is manufactured in compliance with RoHS directives. Read more

Posted on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:36:43 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu Unveils 500GB 2.5-inch Notebook Hard Drive

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Fujitsu announced a breakthrough in notebook hard drives today with a 500Gb 2.5-inch notebook drive. The MHZ2 BT drive spins at 4200 rpm and consumes only 1.8W of power. Fujitsu says the drive is intended for notebook computers, DVRs and external hard drive applications.

"With the expansion of HD digital broadcasts and Internet-based video distribution, there is an increasing need for high-capacity hard disk drives that can handle large volume data storage in portable devices," said Lorne Wilson, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. "Fujitsu will continue to focus on developing high-capacity and reliable 2.5" HDDs that will further enhance its product offerings in the IT and consumer electronics markets." Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:02:14 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu LifeBook S6510 Notebook Review

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The testers at our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Fujitsu LifeBook S6510 Notebook.

Quote from the review: "Ultra-portable notebook manufacturers usually make several sacrifices in order to reduce weight and improve battery life. These can include using smaller screens, ditching the optical drive, and basically neutering the notebook to achieve the holy grail of ultimate portability. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:35:39 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu Announces New ScanSnap Scanner for Mac Users

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Fujitsu announced the world’s smallest Mac compatible color ADF scanner today. The scanner is called the ScanSnap S300M and measures in at only 11.2-inches x 3.7-inches x 3.0-inches. The scanner also draws all the power it needs from the USB port alone.

The S300M is compatible with Mac OS X Leopard and claims to offer the fastest one-touch conversion of documents to PDF files around. The scanner has a ten sheet feeder and can scan double sided pages at up to 8 ppm. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:21:02 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu Announces 320GB Notebook HDD

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Fujitsu has announced the world’s highest capacity notebook hard drive with 320GB of storage space. The MHZ2 BH series HDD uses perpendicular magnetic recording technology and has a 5400 rpm spindle speed.

The drive uses 3.0GB/sec SATA interface providing read speeds of up to 300MB per second. Fujitsu says the read seek time is 12ms and the write seek time is 14ms. Idle power consumption is only 0.6w. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:35:43 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu ScanSnap S300, World's Smallest Duplex ADF Scanner

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Fujitsu rolled out today its latest ScanSnap scanner called the ScanSnap S300. Fujitsu is calling the S300 the world’s smallest and lightest duplex ADF scanner. The S300 is also the world’s first fully bus powered ADF scanner.

With the small size and no AC adapter required the S300 is the perfect scanner or use on the go from a briefcase or notebook bag. The scanner can scan up to eight double-sided color and or black and white documents per minute. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:07:30 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu Launches the ScanSnap S510M for Mac Users

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Fujitsu introduced a new document scanner for Mac users today called the ScanSnap S510M. The scanner comes with enhanced functionality for searchable PDF creating, advanced paper handling for delicate documents, added filing sheets, and a new Quick Menu interface.

The scanner also comes bundled with software to enable PDF document creation with the touch of one button. The S510M also comes with ABBYY FineReader 3.0 for ScanSnap, which is a custom built character recognition software. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 Oct 2007 09:22:44 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu Announces PalmSecure Mouse and Login Kit

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Fujitsu today introduced the world’s first PC mouse that features built-in palm vein authentication. The mouse uses technology from both Fujitsu and Frontech Limited and is also available as a stand alone palm vein authentication unit.

The PalmSecure Pc Login Kit includes login-authentication software, which has a greater fault tolerance for the angle the hand is at when the authenticator is used. Fujitsu says that the PalmSecure mouse can easily replace an existing mouse. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:54:59 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu LifeBook U810 UMPC Announced

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Fujitsu announced a new UMPC today called the LifeBook U810. This little computer has a 5.6” 1024 x 600 LCD display, an Intel A110 CPU, 1Gb of DDR2 RAM, a 40GB HDD and built-in wireless networking.

Bluetooth 2.0+EDR is built-in and the entire machine weighs a mere 1.56 pounds. Other features include a CF slot, SD slot, QWERTY keyboard and a fingerprint reader. The 5.6” display swivels and lays down in a tablet PC configuration. Read more

Posted on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:08:40 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu U1010 Review

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Besides publishing a video review of the amazing HTC Shift, GottaBeMobile also released a review of the new Fujitsu U1010 UMPC.

Fujitsu introduced the U1010 UMPC in May. Back then it was the world's smallest tablet convertible UMPC. The U1010 runs on an Intel A110 CPU and features 1GB Ram, 40GB HDD and a 5.6 inch screen with 1024 x 600 pixel resolution.
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Posted on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu Develops Process that Could put 1.2TB of Storage in a Notebook computer

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Fujitsu Computer Products of America announced today that they have made a major breakthrough in hard disk drive technology. This break through could lead to future 2.5” notebook hard drives with a staggering 12 TB of storage space.

Fujitsu accomplished this by creating ideally “ordered” alumina nanohole patters for isolated bit-by-bit recording on a large disk area. This process combined with perpendicular magnetic recording processes currently being used allows for huge increases in data capacity. Read more

Posted on Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:57:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu releases 2.5 inch 200GB HDD with Rotational Vibration Compensation

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Fujitsu introduces the MHY2200BS series hard disk drives for mobile computers.

The MHY2200BS features storage capacities up to 200GB, with a 5400RPM spindle speed, and features to address the adverse effects of rotational vibration for use in industrial and enterprise applications that demand high performance under 24x7 operation. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:59:08 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu FMV-U8240 UMPC Review

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Fujitsu introduced the FMV-U8240 UMPC about two weeks ago. The Fujitus FMV-U8240 Series is the world's smallest tablet-convertible UMPC, weighing only 580g and with a thickness of only 26.5mm.

AkihabaraNews had the chance to spend 3 days with the FMV-U8240 and the published a review and HD video about this cool UMPC.

Their test unit ran Windows XP, which performed smooth on the Intel A110 CPU. Their verdict is that they would choose the FMV-U8240 over the Sony VAIO UX. Read more

Posted on Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu FMV-U8240 UMPC

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Fujitsu announces the FMV-U8240 Vista UMPC. The U Series is the world's smallest tablet-convertible UMPC, weighing only 580g and with a thickness of only 26.5mm.

The Fujitsu FMV-U8240 is based on new Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007.
Features of the FMV-U8240 include 5.6 inch screen with 1,024x600px resolution, QWERTY keyboard, 512MB/1GB RAM, Intel A110 800Mhz CPU, 20GB HDD and 8 hour battery life. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu Releases 2.5 inch 250GB HDD

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Today Fujitsu announced that they have developed a new super HDD with a 9.5mm profile that packs 250GB of storage space onto the small 5400 rpm 2.5” drive. The high storage capacity was reached by using perpendicular writing technology similar to that Seagate used with their 750GB drive.

Jujitsu expects to begin selling the MHY2 BH series drives during Q2 of 2007 with a target market of global makers of mobile computers and consumer electronics. Not only is this small drive packed with storage space, but it has a low noise level of 2.4 bels (1 bel is 10 decibels) and only needs 1.9 watts or less of power to operate. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 May 2007 15:05:05 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Super Expensive Happy Hacking Keyboard from Fujitsu PFU

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I actually thought the blank keyboard was a fad and is over now, but Fujitsu just released two new very expensive hand-made Happy Hacking Keyboards in Japan.

We reported about the Happy Hacking Keyboards with blank keys the first time in May 2005. The PFU company is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a keyboard priced at 525,000 Yen (~$4,394) and a 'cheaper' model priced at 262,500 Yen (~$2,197). I feel such a looser now, typing away on my $20 UltraX media keyboard from Logitech. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu Blu-ray and HD DVD Notebook and PC Coming

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Fujitsu announces new PCs and Notebooks that come either with HD DVD or Blu-ray in Japan.

The Fujitsu FMV-Biblo series will feature a HD DVD notebook dubbed NX95S/D. It is of course running a Dual Core Intel CPU, like the yesterday announced Toshiba HD DVD Notebook. The Fujitsu NX95S/D is expected in June.

The new Fujitsu FMV-DESKPOWER TX95S/D (photo below) with 37 inch display sports a Blu-ray drive. The compact desk PC TX95S/D is expected also in June. No pricing available yet. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:18:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu 200GB 2.5'' Notebook SATA HDD MHV2200BT

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Fujitsu raises the capacity of notebook hard-drives to 200GB.

The Fujitsu MVH2200BT SATA HDD runs on 4,200rpm and has a 8MB buffer. Data transfer is specified with 150MB/s. The new Fujitsu drive has a low 1.6W power consumption and complies with the EC RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive. Read more

Posted on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

3GSM 2006: DoCoMo To Demo HSDPA Handsets by Motorola, NEC and Fujitsu

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NTT DoCoMo announces that they will demonstrate three HSDPA mobile phone prototypes at the 3GSM 2006 conference in Barcelona.

HSDPA is a high-speed packet transmission technology standardized by the Third Generation Partnership Project. It offers a theoretical maximum downlink speed of about 14Mbps - smokin'.
The prototype handsets currently available have maximum speeds of 3.6Mbps, 10 times faster than current 3G FOMA handsets. The HSDPA enabled mobile phones come from NEC, Motorola and Fujitsu (see photo). Read more

Posted on Wed, 1 Feb 2006 04:37:32 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu Hitachi introduces World's Smallest 1080p Plamsa HDTV

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Fujitsu Hitachi beats Panasonic in the race for the world's smallest full HDTV resolution (1920x1080pixels) Plasma TV.

In October Panasonic took the lead with a 50 inch 1080p Plasma HDTV. Fujitsu Hitachi announced now a 42 inch 1080p Plasma HDTV.
The pixel size is 0.16mm(x3) x 0.48mm. No word yet on when Fujitsu Hitachi would actually bring this Full HD Plasma to the market.

I actually would be already happy with the 50 inch Full HD Plasma TV from Panasonic. But there is also no word yet, when this one will be available. Full HD Plasmas would have the highest resolution for years to come. There are lots of discussions if it is worth it for today's available content. If you plan to own a TV for about 10 years, then I think it is very well worth considering a full HD TV. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 Dec 2005 03:57:51 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr