Samsung Electronics Co has announced that it is going to start producing ultra-compact, low-density, higher-performance SSDs for laptops and desktops. Available in 8 Gb, 16 GB and 32 GB capacities, these new inexpensive drives are only 30% of the size of traditional 2.5-inch SSDs.

The drives use high-performance SATA II controller and provide an impressive sequential read speed of 90MB/s and a write speed of up to 70MB/s (in a 32 GB model). All in all, if lead an active life and spend a lot of time with your laptop …

• Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q890 TruBrite 18.4-Inch Laptop
• The Classmate PC powered by Intel
• Sony VAIO TZ series laptop
• RazorBook 400, the latest mini notebook from 3K Computers

There is a number of laptop users who need to store more than average amounts of data and be able to access their files fast and easily. Thanks to the new SATA II standard and the growing capacity of hard drives, these days it is possible to save larger amounts of video or image content on external drives with speeds never seen before. But what can be done if your laptop does not have a SATA II port? The new Belkin SATA II ExpressCard is here to help.

You can install …

• Toshiba unveiled new Satellite M300 Romantic Red notebook
• Toshiba Satellite X205: The Gaming Notebook
• Toshiba Satellite L355D
• Toshiba Satellite A215: complete multimedia features