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RunCore’s always offered fast SSDs, but we’re not so sure its new 2.5-inch ProCore IV drives offer the right mix of price, performance, and storage for the target market — sure, they’re fast, with up to 240MBps reads and 185MBps writes, but they’re also expensive, starting at $179 for 32GB and quickly ramping up to $599 for 128GB and a whopping $999 for 256GB. That’s a lot of scratch for the average laptop customer, and while the speed gains may be obvious, we’re not so sure the storage tradeoff seems worth it. That said, RunCore’s made it pretty easy to swap one of these puppies in: each drive includes a USB enclosure and cloning software that’ll have you up and running at high speed in a jiff. Yeah, we’re on the fence — check out a video demo after the break and tell us if you think it’s worth it.

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RunCore Pro IV SSDs launched, tested, seem pricey originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Today we celebrate annual Star Wars Day…well, Wilson and I do. Jeff unloads his typical dump truck of hate on our beloved trilogy and a bunch of other stories, including Google Goats, YouTube birthing, Wiki games, and the new Wolverine movie proving errbody wrong!

Google employs goat gardeners

(Credit: Malingering/Flickr)

To commemorate Star Wars Day, I’d like to introduce you to Sabersegging, thanks to the folks at Vice Magazine for the story. Sorry about messing up the name in our description, I think Cybersegging is something else entirely. Anyway, check out that video and contact your local Jedi Training Center for more details!

Next, we play some inside baseball with Google and reveal their newest HR pursuits: Google Goats. The software giants just hired a bunch of goats to hang out on the lawns at their Mountain View offices and eat/fertilize the grass. PETA, of course, wonders if the goats will receive a proper pension plan and health insurance options, but we have some better ideas…

Lots of pregnancy stories recently! First we talk about a miraculous birth with the help of Youtube. This story is nutso- a couple decided to have a baby in their home, but when the midwife failed to show up, the husband was forced to consult YouTube for basic birthing instructions and found this video that shows you how to deliver a baby in a vehicle. DISCLAIMER: Not for the faint of heart/stomach, even with the bizarre doll they use to roleplay. We also get another super awesome voicemail about another guy that used The 404 to get him through the stress of childbirth. We think that the mother had a little more, but we’re happy to be here to welcome the young one on the air! Thanks a million for the amazing voicemail, we love hearing stuff like this.

(Credit: Paramount)

Finally, all you Trekkies will be happy about our latest Photoshop contest to win a ticket to see the new Star Trek flick with us this Thursday, May 7th @ 7PM. We have two tickets available, so go here, and use one of those pictures to Photoshop us as your favorite Star Trek character! E-mail your submission to the404{at}cnet.com and we’ll choose two of our favorites.

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Man, talk about coming straight out of left field. After blowing it out at CeBIT just two months ago, Navigon has just announced its intentions to pull out of the navigation business here in North America. According to CEO Egon Minar: “Due to the difficult economic environment and the aggressive pricing we have decided to withdraw from the PND business in North America for the time being. We are however not closing down our Chicago office which will continue to serve our automotive and mobile phone businesses in North America.” He did assert that the company would “continue to fulfill all obligations to its existing PND customers in terms of map updates, etc.,” but nothing else on the subject was said. So long, Navigon — we’ll miss your “uber-premium” wares.

[Via SlashGear]

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Navigon withdraws from GPS business in North America originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 11:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been far, far too long since we’ve heard anything on the YBox front, so it’s with great pleasure we pass along the first major YBox2 mod that we’ve come across. The modders over at adafruit industries have discovered that adding a VGA output to the DIY set-top-box (not to mention adding stereo audio support) is relatively simple, and there’s even a video to prove it. If you’ve been itching to get your hands dirty with an Altoids box, you owe it to yourself to hop on past the break and mash play.

[Via MAKE]

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Video: YBox2 DIY widget box grows a VGA port originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 11:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hot on the heels of Radio Shack’s $79.99 AT&T-subsidized Acer netbook incident, it looks like the folks at Costco are looking to get in on the action their own self. According to Boy Genius Report, the 3G-ified, 10.1-inch Aspire One will be available at the box store from May 11th. Employees are currently undergoing intense, military-style training, which will culminate on May 8th, and the netbooks should be hitting electronics kiosks on May 11. Pricing yet to be sussed out, but you’ll know as soon as we do. Promise.

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Acer’s AT&T 3G Aspire One landing at Costco on May 11? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 10:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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