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50-Megapixel Camera
July 9, 2008, 13:05, IGROMANIA

The market for amateur digital cameras has just begun to embrace 12-megapixel sensors, but all these "point-and-shoot" cameras with smile detectors will seem like children's toys compared to the new professional Hasselblad H3DII-50. The device uses a huge photosensor from Kodak, which takes pictures in 50 MP resolution at a speed of 1 fps. Just imagine, each captured file takes up 300 MB of memory! The camera is designed for the most professional use – advertising photography for printing on huge billboards. If you are interested in the price… it has not been announced yet, but the previous generation model with a 39-megapixel sensor costs around $37,000 (for the US market).

Seagate Announces 1.5 TB Hard Drive
July 11, 2008, 14:26, IGROMANIA

1 TB hard drives have been on the market for quite some time, so it's time to increase the capacity. Moreover, perpendicular recording technology is constantly improving, and the recording density is constantly increasing. Seagate, a leader in the industry, is the first to announce a 1.5 TB hard drive. The hard drive will use 4 platters of 375 GB each. The Barracuda 7200.11 series will also include models with capacities from 160 GB to 1 TB and cache memory of 16 and 32 MB. The price of the new high-capacity hard drive is not yet known, but it can be assumed that at the time of the start of sales in August of this year, it will not be lower than 8000 rubles.

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PowerColor is Preparing a Radeon HD 4850 with 2 GB of Memory
July 11, 2008, 14:27, IGROMANIA

It is unclear who might need such a large amount of memory, but PowerColor is preparing a modification of the ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 2 GB of memory. Fortunately, AMD/ATI does not restrict manufacturers. Judging by the photo, the new product will be equipped with a modified copper cooler with a heat pipe and an orange fan. It is not yet clear whether the video card will undergo additional modifications. And the price is not announced. It is not entirely clear why they are trying to artificially increase the popularity of an already successful model in this way. Presumably, other manufacturers will follow PowerColor's example.