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We’ve heard some whisperings that Seagate has a 500GB hard drive of their own in the hopper, but Hitachi announced yesterday that they’re coming out with a 500GB 3.5-inch desktop PC hard drive. The other news is that they’ve shrunk their 1-inch MicroDrive so that it takes up one-fifth less space and more than doubled it’s capacity to 10GB (there’s also an 8GB version, too). If you want to connect the dots, Apple uses Hitachi’s 4GB 1-inch MicroDrive in the iPod mini, so it’s not entirely inconceivable that an 8GB or 10GB iPod mini could turn up sometime this year.

Originally posted by Peter Rojas from Engadget

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Originally posted by Doobie-Won from GEEK OUT

Samsung, who is showing off this new “world’s largest” 21-inch OLED display, has also announced their products that are to be shown at this year’s CES. While we’ll definitely dig in with some more details throughout the week, there’s some appetizing bits in there already—I’d be happy to include a 57-inch LCD or a 67-inch 1080p DLP HD televisions in my “things to steal from CES” list.

Check it out after the jump.

Originally from Gizmodo

What’s a future car without a future tire?  Well, Michelin’s got us covered with a combination wheel and tire that doesn’t use air, making it impossible to go flat.  The “Tweel” uses flexible polyurethane spokes and promises to last two to three times longer than traditional radial tires, and when it does wear out it can simply be retreaded.  The first commercial use for the tires will be on Dean Kamen’s iBot wheelchair, with military applications likely to follow before you’ll be able to stick ‘em on your car.  There is one potential drawback, however, it’s not clear whether they’ll be able to be chrome-plated or not.

Originally posted by Donald Melanson from Engadget