exFAT File System Driver for Windows XP
The exFAT file system drivers for Windows XP operating system Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) was available for download since late last month from Microsoft’s website. The successor to the FAT32 file system, the exFAT file system has many advantages but also some disadvantages compared with FAT32 and NTFS. The exFAT file system has been developed to meet the growing needs of personal mobile storage that cab be used in various operating systems. The exFAT file was originally published in Windows CE 6.0 and is included in the release of Service Pack 1 of Windows Vista.
One of the main advantages of the exFAT file system compared to the FAT32 system is the support for hard drives that has larger capacities, since both systems has a recommended size of 512TB. The 4 GB file size limit is also eliminated in the exFAT file system. An option to format any removable media with the exFAT file system is made possible by the exFAT file system driver. Also the exFAT file system uses a smaller disk space overhead compared to the NTFS file system. As reported, the exFAT only uses around 96KB of space overhead in a 4GB flash drive as compared to the NTFS file system which uses more than 47MB of space.
For a user to download and make the update using the exFAT file system driver, Windows XP SP2 or SP3 operating system needs to be installed.
Source: gHacks
Archos to Release Android Phone – Tablet
Archos is coming up with an “Internet Media Tablet” and if you don’t know what it is, it is a android phone cum tablet.
The description is indeed enticing; in fact MWC is supposed to reveal more details about the project soon. From what we’ve read or heard the device uses OMAP3 processor and as stated it can work as a phone and as a tablet.
Pictures are being hunt down so we’ll post some as soon as we get a hold of them, for the meantime you can read more about its specs.
According to sources, it will have 500 GB drive, that’s half a terabyte and really decent for something you can term as a phone. The battery will last up 7 hours of video playback. It has flash support. The operating system used is Android.
If all goes into plan, we can have this unit in third quarter of this year.
Source: Engadget
QNAP Intros 4-bay Atom-based TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS
QNAP Systems introduced the future of Intel-based network attached storage system with the new TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS.
TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS targets business uses who need power and system reliability packed in one.
The system features Intel 1.6GHz CPU and 1GB DDRII memory. Looking at the picture and you can tell that it has a rather decent design, far from the usual boring and plain ones.
The storage supports dual Giga LAN, five USB 2.0 ports and two eSATA ports, RAID 0/1/5/6/5+spare configurations as well as Online RAID Capacity Expansion and Online RAID Level Migration. It also has iSCSI support, AES 256-bit volume-based encryption and other security features such as automatic policy-based IP blocking and SSL secure certificate. For easy usage they have instant SMS and email alert.
Troy Lin, Product Manager from QNAP said that the TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS presents a new definition of high scalability, high redundancy, large storage capacity and high stability NAS in the current market. “The 4-bay NAS supports up to 6TB storage capacity which can be further expanded by connecting external hard drives to the five USB ports and two eSATA ports. Yet, the NAS is able to maintain low power consumption by the energy-saving Intel CPU which allows 24×7 operation in the business environment,” he continued.
The server also comes with other functions such as file server, FTP server and DDNS support, Web server with built-in phpMyAdmin, Joomla, MySQL/ SQLite, editable php.ini, MySQL server and printer server and others. Users can opt to choose among Linux, UNIX, Mac, and Windows platforms as their operating system.
Source: QNAP