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Data Storage News Summary (TM) - August 1, 2006

01 August 2006

In The News

  • Flash-Equipped HDDs Appear; HDD-less PCs Coming
  • Intevac Opens Manufacturing Center in Asia
  • Western Digital Goes High Density
  • Why my cable DVR stinks
  • The cure for PC panic; on line back-up

Feature

  • Component Suppliers Stronger than Ever

Financial releases, Market notes

  • Nasdaq falls 3.7% in July, Fourth straight down month
  • Hutchinson Technology to Participate in Citigroup Global Technology Conference
  • Hitachi Q1 op profit up despite weak TV, HDDs
  • Toshiba returns to profit in Q1 as all segments grow

Focus on: The Economy

  • GDP Slowdown May Give Fed Pause

Focus on: Products

  • Pioneer DVD Recorder Is A Hard-Disk Hero
  • JVC poised to kill its microdrive camcorders in favor of higher capacity internal hard drives

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