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Microsoft dabbles with hybrid hard drives

According to a story on Electronic Engineering times, Microsoft and Samsung are working on a hybrid disk drive for use with the next generation Windows 'Longhorn' OS. Combining flash memory with a traditional rotating disk, the device should allow faster booting and reduced power consumption for notebook PCs.

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