This is nit-picking for a lovely device that provides 5TB of storage in a relatively compact form, but why did Lacie call it the "Biggest S2S"? What happens when they release a bigger one? Anyways, here are the specs:

• Standard 5TB storage, scalable to 20TB (via links with other units)
• Full RAID support
• 3Gb/sec eSATA interface
• eSATA-eSATA direct connection
• 200MB/sec burst rate
• Hot-swappable disks

The basic model with PCI-X is $3,699, which is a bit but reasonable for that amount of storage. HD video editors are probably already drowning in their own drool over this monster.

Kodak has developed an advancement in digital imaging technology that may make flashes on digital cameras a thing of the past.  This new chip design will allow cameras to capture images with less light, and will also make pictures of moving objects less blurry.  The way current imaging chips work is with an arrangement of red, green, and blue pixels that each capture their respective color of light.  The colors are then combined together to form an image.  The new design adds "clear" pixels to the arrangement, which pick up a greater proportion of visible light.  This might sound complicated, but all you really need to know is that the new chips will be more sensitive to light, and therefore better at taking pictures when it’s dark.  We probably won’t see these new chips in any consumer devices until early next year at the earliest.  Judging from this picture here, Kodak will likely spend the next few months figuring out how to manufacturer their new chip at sizes smaller than a woman’s face.

No, the laptop industry hasn’t bypassed the idea of quad-core laptops in favor of octo-core machines, since NextComputing’s 8-core flextops are machines you wouldn’t want anywhere near your lap. Based as they are around the Intel Xeon 5300 processor, the NextDimension Pro and Evo can take advantage of the relatively low power requirements of 100W for two quad-core CPUs (down from 160 Watts for its power hungrier desktop equivalent). For a sense of just how expandable the NextDimension machines are, consider that they can hold up to twelve 160GB 2.5-inch 7200RPM hard disk drives. They also manage to pack in four PCI / PCI-e slots in the Evo model, and Firewire, Gigabit Ethernet, and support for 24GB of memory through four DMA channels on both models. These 20-pound desktop machines with a handle will be shown off at Interop Las Vegas later this month, but beyond that we’re not sure when or for how much you’ll be able to lug one away.