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Corsair Force Series GT SSDs Now in 180 GB and 240 GB

Solid state drives may not be known for their capacities, but they can still pack a decent amount of Gigabytes, as proven by the new, high-end Corsair Force Series GT units.The Corsair Force Series GT family of solid state drives is one that has been on the market for a while already.One of, if not the main factor b...

30 August 2011
09:40 GMT

90 GB Corsair SSD Works at 555 MB/s

Coming to offer a storage solution that will cover the gap between 60 GB and 120 GB capacities, Corsair has developed two new solid state drives for the Force series, with 90 GB.Corsair already has 60 GB, cost-accessible units, as well as more expensive 120 GB models, as part of the Force series.Still, one might say...

19 August 2011
03:05 GMT

Corsair's Latest Force GT SSD Is Red and Speedy

It appears that Corsair is not slacking off at all when it comes to new product releases, and it looks like it has even started to break out of the regular color schemes one usually expects its storage devices, in this case solid state drives, to adopt. Corsair has been called, by some, the best maker of PSUs and...

5 March 2011
04:30 GMT

Corsair Force SSD Family Receives Three New Members

Corsair seems to have taken a special liking to the ever so popular SandForce controller, because it just decided to expand one of its more prominent SSD series based on it. The line in question goes by the name of Force, no doubt an allusion to the SandForce itself. To be more specific, the company added three new m...

21 July 2010
08:56 GMT

Corsair Unleashes 60GB, 120GB and 240GB SandForce SSDs

The SandForce controller has shown up in the majority of solid state drives unleashed over the past several months, not because of marketing deals or company preferences, but because it genuinely enables a very high level of performance. As such, it is no surprise to hear that a new batch of SF-powered SSDs has emerg...

20 May 2010
08:55 GMT

Corsair's Force SSDs Get Priced

With the rapid and rather widespread adoption of the SandForce controller in solid state drives, it was not exactly surprising to hear of Corsair entering the fray. Not long ago, the company announced the Force series, SSDs based on multi-level cell NAND flash chips, operating on the SATA 3.0 Gbps interface. The two ...

6 March 2010
05:49 GMT

Corsair Joins SandForce Bandwagon, Intros Force SSDs

SandForce controllers have bee used in a rather large number of solid state drives from a variety of companies, such as OCZ, A-Data, Team Group, OWC and Viking Modular Solutions. Eager to enter the competition, Corsair has announced that it is now offering SandForce-based SSDs as part of the new Force Series. Through...

4 March 2010
08:18 GMT

The Science of Bones

Since the beginning of time, people have always been amazed by the great capabilities that human bones possess. They are most definitely among the strongest materials out there today, being capable of extraordinary feats. But, as most of you already know, they can break from time to time. So what is it exactly that m...

3 February 2010
09:45 GMT

Humans Can Reach 40 Miles per Hour

Biologists and anthropologists have argued for a long time that, past a certain speed level, the amount of force that is used to push against the ground becomes less important, and the emphasis shifts on the muscles. It is believed that, in order to achieve the maximum theoretical speed possible for a human being, 40...

3 February 2010
03:39 GMT

World's Most Powerful Organism: A Sex Bug

Gonorrhea, together with syphilis and HIV, make a "love triangle" of the most famous sexually transmitted diseases. Indeed, gonorrhea, caused by the Neisseria gonorhoeae bacterium, affects 62 million people, aged mainly 15 to 29, are represents world's second most widespread STDs after the infection with Chlamyd...

15 April 2008
14:06 GMT

Finally, Levitation Turned Reality!

In a reality flooded by Harry Potter and science fiction movies, levitation has turned into a fact. The same physicists that showed last year that invisibility cloaks are feasible, now have turned to levitation. The team at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, has made an 'incredible levitation effects' ...

20 August 2007
14:06 GMT

Scientists Divided Sand, Will the Red Sea Be Next?

Although they did not find out how Moses could separate the water of the Red Sea, they were able to do the same with a mass of sand grains, in an experiment which proves that no outside force is necessary to make identical molecules part.Scientists at the Rutgers University, New Jersey, proved that two identical pop...

13 July 2007
06:33 GMT

What Are Fictitious Forces and How Do They Influence Us?

Fictitious forces, or pseudo forces are, as their name suggests, apparent forces that exert their influence on every object that has a mass in a rotating reference system. The fact that we are living in such a system, the Earth, means that we are influenced by these forces every day.The first weird thing about these...

10 July 2007
06:35 GMT

Do the Biggest Nuts Always Come on Top When Shaken?

The name comes from the fact that Brazil nuts, in a container of mixed nuts, always come on top when the container is shaken, even though they are the largest and heaviest in the bunch. This phenomenon also happens with other large-sized elements in a mix, like cereals in a muesli mix, but nobody has managed to pre...

5 July 2007
09:06 GMT

How Powerful Is a Boxing Champion's Fist? It's Like Being Hit By a Horse at Full Speed

The impact force has the greatest effect when it's applied over a short time period and it is equal to the mass of the hitting object times the acceleration. This means that a stone weighing one kilogram (2.2 pounds) moving at 50 m/s (1600 ft/s) will have the same impact force as a 10 grams rock moving at 500 ...

26 June 2007
05:50 GMT

What Mysterious Force Is Making the Pioneer Spacecraft Change Its Course?

It's been years since NASA last heard from either of its two Pioneer probes hurtling out of the solar system, but scientists are still debating the source of an odd force pushing against the outbound spacecraft.A new study of the "Pioneer anomaly" suggests that there is an unknown but conventional force acting ...

22 June 2007
15:31 GMT

Search for Gravitomagnetic Field So Far Ineffective

A gravitomagnetic field is an approximation to the Einstein field equations for general relativity, valid under certain conditions, a reformulation of gravity described as a so far fictitious force around a moving, gravitating body.Much like a moving electric charge that creates a magnetic field, a gravitomagnetic f...

4 June 2007
05:49 GMT

Micromachines Remotely Operated with Light

A team of researchers demonstrated a way to effectively control the Casimir force, acting between two conducting plates, with a beam of light, which could lead to applications like micromachines remotely operated with a ray of light.The Casimir force acts between separate objects, like two close parallel uncharged c...

1 June 2007
15:31 GMT

How Can a Formula 1 Car Drive Upside Down and Defy Gravity?

Many car enthusiasts or Formula One fans around the world have heard the statement: 'A Formula 1 car can drive upside down without falling.' Is it true? And if yes, how do they do it?If you thought abound the car's aerodynamics, you were right, but let's see exactly what are the equipments and th...

17 May 2007
17:06 GMT

Gravitational Anomalies on Earth - Northern Canada Has a Lower Gravity!

Common sense tells us that the Earth's gravitational force should be equal all around the world. Well, it's not! The inhabitants of northern Canada may not be numerous, but they are the slimmest people on the planet.A new study shows that that specific region of the country feels less gravitational pull th...

11 May 2007
04:26 GMT

What a Fine Software for Science!

Spring is definitely here, Easter is just around the corner, birds are singing, trees are blossoming and children are happily playing in the grass. What a fine day for science this is, isn't it? Well, you could argue it actually is a very unfortunate day for science, but I was in the mood for something education...

6 April 2007
11:12 GMT

Brute Force Cheats and Unlockables (Xbox)

Take control of any one of four highly specialized super-commandos in Brute Force a new action-packed sci-fi, squad-based shooter game and the first Xbox title from world-renowned developer Digital Anvil. Whether the encounter requires stealth, tactics, sniping, or just "Brute Force," the team is ready and able. Sure...

9 March 2007
04:55 GMT


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