Freely available through their download page, this SD card image replaces the Debian squeeze image as their recommended installation. Remember that the Raspberry Pi box does not run without an SD card and said SD card needs to be imaged with the appropriate software. The update utilizes the floating point hardware on the Raspberry Pi to improve performance, most notably when it comes to the speed of web browsing.

No, the Raspberry Pi isn’t going to replace a full-fledged computer, but when attached to your TV and keyboard for some basic functions, it’s a great little $25 product. And the new Raspbian SD card image looks like it makes it even better.

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We use a lot more microSD cards today than we did just a few years ago. They’re showing up as the memory expansion card of choice for smartphones, tablets, and even some slim laptops and digital cameras. So, it only makes sense that we want more speed and more space on these thumbnail-sized cards. Samsung aims to deliver.

They’ve just announced a new class 10 microSD card that is being aimed squarely on the smartphone market. Remember that we’re using these smartphones, like those powered by Nvidia Tegra2, to watch high definition video and other demanding multimedia content. A slow card just doesn’t cut the mustard anymore.

Samsung isn’t the first to do the class 10 thing with microSD cards, though, since Kingston already beat the Korean megagiant to the punch. Even so, Samsung is happy to announce that the 32GB card will read at up to 24MB/s and write at up to 12MB/s. The read speed easily beats the minimum 10MB/s needed for class 10 certification.

The 32GB will be the first offering and, considering that Kingston’s equivalent sells for about $80, I’d imagine Samsung’s will be similar. A 64GB class 10 microSD is being planned for early next year too.

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That is, it would have been a boon had somebody not already figured out a different security flaw in Gingerbread‘s browser. But that’s not the case. Before version 2.3 even hits the market, somebody’s already gone and worked their way around the patch.

It doesn’t look very good on Google to say the least. On the other hand, it’s not exactly a life-threatening problem, either.

All the flaw means is that, should you go to a website designed to download your files from your SD card specifically by name and click the link that sets that bit of javascript in motion, somebody’s going to have your pictures. None of your personal information is stored on the SD card unless you put it there. So, simply don’t do that and you’re golden.

If Google were to allow users to encrypt all the data stored on their Android devices, that would be an easy way to avoid the shock their reputation’s going to take from this. Unfortunately, we’ve heard no word on whether that’ll become a reality as of yet.

For now, if you’re feeling iffy about somebody building a site to steal copies of your shaky, low-res cell phone photos or any of your MP3s, simply rename every file and folder on your SD card to impossibly unique names, stop browsing unprofessional-looking websites, or download a different browser app like Skyfire.

Problem solved.

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Kingston today announced the release of UltimateXX memory cards: The fastest SD cards available to date, and literally in a class of its own. SDHC UHS-I. Though they’re not available on the market until next month, Kingston gloats about being one of the first manufacturers to bring the new cards to the market.

When used with a UHS-I device, the cards are capable of reaching data transfer speeds of up to 60MB per second – almost three times as fast as the current best, class 10. They’re backwards-compatible with classes 4 through 10 and, if you’re into photographing glaciers, will work fine at -25ºC. You know, just in case.

Looking back to another recent article on Mobile Magazine, The DVD is Dead, this may be a large step towards SD cards replacing DVDs to become the new norm for video.

That’s something we’ll be keeping our eyes on.

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When Steve Jobs took the stage and formally revealed the Apple iPad to the world, one of the first things that left people scratching their heads was the lack of an SD card slot. Then, he showed us that there was an accessory that addressed this need. As it turns out, you can have an SD card reader on the iPhone too.

It’s not an official Apple peripheral, but it serves exactly the same purpose. What you see here is the ZoomIt SD card reader for the iPhone and iPod touch. To work alongside the ZoomIt app, the little accessory attaches to the dock connector in the bottom, letting you transfer all kinds of files to and from the iPhone or iPod touch.

Perhaps the most obvious use of this is for loading pictures and videos, but you could just as easily use the ZoomIt solution for music, PowerPoint, PDF, and other other kinds of files that the iPhone OS will support. The iPhone didn’t have expandable memory before and, well, this basically adds that function.

The ZoomIt should be available for sale in April, but you can pre-order the $50 device starting right now. I’m thinking that it might work with the iPad too, if you prefer a non-Apple alternative to the official accessory.

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