Brand Finance: Beleaguered BlackBerry Brand loses $1 Billion in value

The latest analysis from Brand Finance plc. demonstrates that most leading Canadian brands are continuing to recover from the recession, with sustained increases in brand value since January. The combined value of the top 10 Canadian brands has now reached $47.3bn. However this is still a billion dollars less than the value of the world's most valuable brand, Google ($48.3bn).

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Video: Sandisk launches new SD Cards, USB storage and Memory Vault Products

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sandisk has launched a long list of of new storage solutions for photographers, tablet users (Cruzer Fit) and folks who need an archival solution (Memory Vault) good for 100 years. These are all part of the company's Capture, Share and Preserve end to end storage solutions. Hit jump for the full press release.

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WishList: Lenovo's ThinkPad X1

Sleek, sturdy and 'without compromise,' the Lenovo X1 is definitely a desirable ultraportable. Best feature is probably the Rapidcharge technology that gets you from 0-80 per cent charged in 30 minutes.

Review: 16GB Lexar Echo USB ZX Backup Drive

Tesxt and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

WIth the proliferation of tablets, netbooks and all increasingly thin ultrabooks in the market, storage has become a big deal. $100 is the penalty to double a tablet or notebook's memory from 16GB to 32GB because internal SSD (Solid State Drive) memory is still darn costly. Lexar's series of tiny yet capable (8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities) USB backup drive give instant memory expansion at a relatively affordable price.

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