Are Solid State Drives in Notebooks Worth the Extra Cost?

eWeek recently covered a new report by technology research firm, J. Gold Associates, which assessed the cost advantages of solid state drives (SSDs) versus rotating hard disk drives (HDDs) in business notebooks. The report argued that, because SSDs have fewer moving parts, they suffer fewer failures—in fact the research suggests an improvement of about 30%. [...]

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Panasonic and its Customers Care Where Technology is Made

Recently, I came across an intriguing article in InformationWeek, titled, “Do We Care Where Technology Products Are Made?” The author, Jonathan Salem Baskin, poses important questions about manufacturing, outsourcing and its importance and effects for end-users. At Panasonic, we think it makes a significant difference how and where technology is made. For example, the reputation of [...]

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