Macs to get Blu-ray?

Sometimes, information can be gleaned from the most unexpected sources. In the yet-to-be-released iTunes 8.2, Blu-ray was mentioned on the "About iTunes" splash screen.

For those not well-versed in the world of Apple computers, Mac machines currently do not support Blu-ray discs. Though you can install a third-party optical drive in the Mac Pro, you'll still need to boot into Windows to read Blu-ray media. However, if iTunes is going to allow ripping from these discs, we might finally see Macs and MacBooks with fully integrated Blu-ray support and drives.
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Seagate's Replica makes backup copy of entire PC

Seagate's new Replica drives are designed to do one thing and do it simply: Back up your entire Windows PC. They literally make a replica of your system, operating system and all.

The Replica comes in two configurations. The entry-level US$130 Replica (250GB) is geared to single PC backup, while the US$200 version (500GB) comes with a dock and is capable of backing up multiple PCs.
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Toshiba beams up with Star Trek

JJ Abrams' retooling of the classic-era Star Trek is beaming into movie theaters very soon--sorry, we're contractually obliged to make that pun--and Toshiba is celebrating with all manner of branded bits and bobs.

Tosh launched the mini NB200 Thursday. It's a perfect candidate for an inexplicably named limited-edition lapjack (pictured above), which is a Star Trek sticker you stick on your laptop, and it fits as snugly as a red shirt on an inevitably doomed extra.

At a Star Trek-themed microsite, you can download screensavers and other items. If you've bought any Tosh stuff lately, there's also the chance to win a zero-gravity flight. Crave's been there, done that.

Star Trek is out in May.

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Start your PC in an instant

Though there are several "instant on" solutions out there, like Lenovo's Splash-top on the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 (pictured), Asus' ExpressGate and Xandros' Presto, you cannot actually boot into Windows immediately. Instead, what you are booting into is an alternative stripped-down Linux environment. Though there are many fctors involved, one of the reason Windows is unable to achieve instant boot times is because it has many background processes which require the system to run through many more lines of binary code compared with a Linux operating system.
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First Android Netbook to cost US$250

The first Netbook running Google's Android operating system is expected to be available in the next three months and cost about US$250, according to a Computerworld report.

The Alpha 680, as the laptop is known as, is going through final testing at Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies, Skytone co-founder Nixon White told CNET.

The Netbook uses a 533MHz ARM 11 CPU and sports a 7-inch LCD screen, keyboard, touchpad, and built-in Wi-Fi, according to the report. However, the Alpha 680's two-cell battery will last only 2 to 4 hours while surfing the Internet, much lower than the expected 12 hours.

Android is a Linux-based operating system originally designed for cell phones, but now experts are predicting that the open-source operating system could be used on other devices, such as the emerging low-cost laptops known as Netbooks. In fact, market research firm Ovum recently predicted that Android-powered Netbooks will emerge in 2009, as manufacturers attempt to drive the price of Netbooks to around US$200 or less.
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