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Intel gave some clarity to the confusion surrounding USB 3.0. The blog entry from Intel claims that USB 3.0 spec will be released early in the second half of 2008.

There has been some rumors earlier that Intel would keep the spec secret for the first six months, which Intel clarifies as a misunderstanding. There is another spec called "Intel's host controller spec". It will also be released about the same time.

USB 3.0 will be ten times faster than 2.0. Data will be transfered at the rate of 4.8 Gbit/s.

Olympus announced a new xD-Picture Card. This card is suppose to be compatible with Type M and be 50% faster. So I guess that it should have similar speed as Type H. The card will be available in 1 GB and 2 GB sizes.

Press release: Olympus US website & Olympus European website
Hardware Book: xD-Picture Card