WD Scorpio Blue

9:11 AM | by Prabhath

Mobile Hard Drives
320 GB, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 5400 RPM


With available SATA or PATA interfaces, WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Scorpio Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability.

Key Features

Massive capacity - Whether they are in an external drive or a notebook computer, WD Scorpio Blue SATA drives continue to offer the highest capacity for space-hungry operating systems with plenty of room left over for photos, music, and video. A slight increase in overall drive height (750 GB and 1 TB only) has driven storage capacity for 2.5-inch form factor drives upwards to a realm once thought to be impossible.*
Quiet - In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD's exclusive WhisperDrive™ combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market. These algorithms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption. So now silence (and longer battery life) is golden.
Reliable and rugged - WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. WD's SecurePark™ parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down, and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non-operational shock tolerance.
Fast and efficient - Ultra-fast 3 Gb/s SATA interface speed yields performance fit for demanding mobile applications.
Tested for compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab™ and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.
*750 GB and 1 TB models are 12.5 mm high and may not be compatible with all notebook systems. Consult system specifications for maximum allowable drive height before attempting to install.
Ideal For

Portable digital devices of all kinds including notebook computers, external storage, and digital media players.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=377
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Settlers of Catan on Microsoft Surface: Yes Please

5:55 PM | by Prabhath





I still prefer the real-deal version of board games like Settlers of Catan and Carcassonneover the Xbox Live/iPhone versions because real board games are social. But the officialMicrosoft Surface version? It might be the perfect way to play.
By using the Surface Table, this version of the classic German board game features the best of both worlds. On the one hand, you've got four people sitting around a physical table, talking, laughing, whining in order to secure a resource cards trade. But on the other hand, you've got the slickness and convenience of a video game, with nothing to put away or organize and everything slickly organized and set up.
And yes, this is an official project with the Catan license, not just a tech demo to show off what could be. So in theory, gaming cafes could have a surface set up with this for people to come in and play. Or, you know, you could spring for one in your living room. Which doesn't seem like that crazy an idea after watching this video.
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