Industry's First 1.8-inch 160GB Hard Drive
	Despite all the recent releases of Solid State Drives, coming from several major manufacturers, it appears that Toshiba still thinks that normal HDDs actually stand a chance. The Toshiba Storage Device Division has just announced the industry's highest-capacity series of SATA 1.8-inch hard disk drives. The company claims that the new models will work at 5400 RPM, and will come in 80GB or 160GB models. The two new models, 160GB MK16 ... [read more >>]
	11 June 2008, 02:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

ioSafe Rolls out 3.5-inch Hard Drives with Disaster Protection
	Almost any user that employs a digital media product to store his personal data on knows how bad it is to lose it all because of unpredictable accidents. This, of course, includes fires and water-related hazards that can seriously damage a hard disk or any other digital product used for storage. Apparently, this should no longer be a problem if you buy one of ioSafe's products. The company specializes in providing storage products ... [read more >>]
	10 June 2008, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Western Digital Releases New Family of Hard Drives
	Western Digital, one of the largest manufacturers of storage solutions, has announced today that it is now shipping a new line of WD Scorpio hard disk drives. The WD Scorpio Black HDDs are based on 2.5-inch SATA interface and will provide a platter rotational speed of 7200 RPM. According to the company, the new products are designed for high-performance notebook computers and portable storage devices. Models from the above mentioned series ... [read more >>]
	02 June 2008, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fujitsu Delivers New 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drives
	Fujitsu, one of the biggest names on the computing market, announced today the availability of two new series of hard drives. Both series are built as a 2.5-inch SATA hard drive and are designed to offer support for 24-hour non-stop operation. The two series of hard drives will offer its users a maximum capacity of 250 GB. The difference between the two models, which are dubbed MHZ2-BK and MHZ2-BS, is given by the rotational s ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 10:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Transcend Adds Active Cooling to Its eSATA StoreJet HDD
	Transcend has just introduced its new StorageJet 35 Ultra hard disk drive enclosure with eSATA connectivity and active cooling. The external storage solution comes in a sleek aluminum case that acts like a huge heatspreader, carrying the residual heat to the exterior. According to the company, the dual eSATA / USB 2.0 connectivity maximizes compatibility across platforms and at the same time keeps the data transfer rates above ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 10:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Transcend Unveils High-Performance SATA Module
	Transcend has just announced its newest high-speed SATA flash module, especially tailored for integration in thin clients, blade servers, ultra-compact sub-notebooks and industrial installations where miniaturization is a critical aspect. Transcend's newest SATA flash module is able to deliver enhanced system performance and speed in a minimalistic package by using non-volatile solid-state memory. According to the compan ... [read more >>]
	31 March 2008, 06:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Imation to Introduce Odyssey USB Removable HDD Cartridge
	Users who depend on large amounts of removable storage space could find a great companion in Imation's latest Odyssey USB Removable HDD Cartridge. The need for mobility makes it impossible for the user to carry around power adapters and multiple enclosures with their respective disk drives. Using multiple external hard-disk drives may be a real pain, but fear not, Odyssey is here to help you. The Imation Odyssey Mobile US ... [read more >>]
	28 January 2008, 02:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

NewerTech Introduces All-In-One USB 2.0 Adapter
	NewerTech announced a new USB 2.0 drive adapter to connect any type of drive to the computer via a USB 2.0 interface. The company has a long tradition in producing performance upgrades and accessories for the popular Macintosh, iPod and iPhone devices. The first time I saw the USB adapter, I mistook it for a sophisticated portable media player that can handle a SATA hard-disk drive. Much of my confusion is due to the fact that ... [read more >>]
	15 January 2008, 04:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fujitsu Announce 320 GB on a 2.5-inch disk
	Fujitsu has just reported their 2.5-inch hard drive to deliver a maximum storage capacity of 320 GB. The MHZ2 BH line is designed for use in notebooks and compact desktop PCs, as well as for other consumer electronic devices, such as HDD camera recorders or television sets. The MHZ2 BH has become a reference point in the nowadays storage industry, not only due to the fact that it is one of the largest 2.5-inch disks on the ma ... [read more >>]
	27 November 2007, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung SH-S203N - World's Fastest DVD Burner
	If you're burning dozens of DVDs at high-speed (any resemblance to piracy is purely accidental), Samsung's latest burner might be of interest to you. The Korean company is touting the world's fastest DVD burner with 16X dual layer recording and LightScribe technology. The SH-S203N is a 20X Serial ATA (SATA) DVD burner offering 16X dual layer recording, and support for all CD/DVD discs including DVD-RAM. Most un ... [read more >>]
	29 October 2007, 12:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Very Fast Serial ATA Controller Launched
	Highpoint announced the launch of a very fast Serial ATA and RAID controller, the Rocket RAID 2522, that is able to handle a data transferring rate of 1.2GB per second and thus it is well suited for applications where large data volumes are moved from one place to another and where low data access times are essential. The new Serial ATA and RAID controller unit is capable of offering data transferring speeds comparable with th ... [read more >>]
	08 October 2007, 04:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

G-Tech's Fast and Spacious External Storage Devices
	G-Tech announced the launch of a new line of external storage devices that are offering fast data transferring speeds, generous storage space as well as ease of deployment and of use. The new line of products is called the G-Speed eS and it comes equipped with a fast external Serial ATA interface, data protection by RAID and a host of other useful functions. The new external storage solution from G-Tech was especially designed ... [read more >>]
	02 October 2007, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

IDE Data Transfer Interfaces Are Obsolete
	Parallel ATA or IDE data transfer interfaces have been around for some years now and they are slowly but steadily driven to extinction by the ever increasing adoption of the fast and more manageable Serial ATA interfaces. As more and more computer hardware manufacturing companies are abandoning the use of the old standards, the IDE interface may soon be completely replaced and in the near future we may see computers that are offering no su ... [read more >>]
	24 September 2007, 08:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AOpen Launches a New DVD Burner
	Aopen, a company that focuses on optical disc drive manufacture, announced today the official launch of a new optical drive that reaches speeds up to 20x while offering support for several of the most popular disc formats that are in use now. Coming as an internal DVD RW drive, the new Aopen product is also featuring the fast data transferring interface Serial ATA, which is designed to replace the more cumbersome and slower ATA interface. ... [read more >>]
	12 September 2007, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asus Offers a New Blu-ray Compatible Optical Drive
	Asus announced the launch of a new optical disc drive which is designed and aimed for users needing high performance drives that can playback high definition movies and offer a complete solution for writing optical discs. The next generation of Asus DVD writer drivers is the BC-1205PT, a multi format capable drive which is able to read and write data from multiple optical discs formats like BD-ROM, DVD±R and RW as well as CD-RW, while re ... [read more >>]
	07 September 2007, 10:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asus Burns Faster and Better DVDs
	Asus announced the launch of a new line of high performance optical drives which features the DRW-2014 L1T internal DVD and CD rewriter. This new internal disc burner computer hardware part also is fully compliant with the latest specifications of the LightScribe technology allowing users to select and draw their own customized labels. Unlike most currently used optical drives the Asus DRW-2014 L1T supports high speed data tra ... [read more >>]
	30 August 2007, 11:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Storage for Video Professionals
	LaCie announced one of the biggest data storage solutions available for video editing professionals and digital content creation applications. The new array has a maximum storage capacity of 5TB and it features a 10-bit uncompressed HD playback support implemented at hardware level. According to the company's press release ... [read more >>]
	14 August 2007, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Buffalo's External Storage Drives
	Buffalo Technologies has just announced the launch of two brand new versions of its MiniStation and DriveStation families of external storage hard disk drives. The DriveStation features an integrated SATA hard disk drive that connects externally over an USB port for maximum compatibility with all existing computing platforms. As the DriveStation unit is both light and compact, while featuring generous storage space, it is the pe ... [read more >>]
	06 August 2007, 11:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Understanding Hard Drive Technical Specifications
	From my personal experience with computers, I can say that there is no such thing as too much space on the hard disk drive, users rapidly finding new things to store there, from photos and music file, to games, movies and just about every other thing that can be downloaded, copied or transferred through a network or using other means. So, the hard disk drive is one of the most upgraded components in the entire computer, either by replacing ... [read more >>]
	06 August 2007, 10:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Only SATA Drives from Now On
	Serial ATA hard disk drives and optical drives are becoming more and more popular as their price drops (now it is already equal with the price of a Parallel ATA drive). Their popularity is not only due to their now lower costs, but mainly because they offer better performance in a computer hardware segment where speed usually increases at a snail's pace. For the last decade or so, mass storage devices have always been the wo ... [read more >>]
	26 July 2007, 06:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Extended Program Hard Disk Drive
	Fujitsu announced today that a new line of hard disk drives in small form factor (2.5 inch) is now available. Nothing really interesting until now. The good part comes now, as the hardware producer said that the mini 2.5 inch hard drive is intended for industrial equipment, enterprise and medical application and it is designed to withstand a continuous operational mode. In an effort to attract new customers, other hard disk dr ... [read more >>]
	25 July 2007, 09:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Power of eSATA and JBOD
	First of all, what is an eSATA JBOD enclosure? Well, from its name, you can bet it is an enclosure using the eSATA interface and the JBOD "standard". The very fast transfer rate of the eSATA interface is mixed with the more flexible standard JBOD to create an enclosure with a maximum capacity of 3000GB and the great advantage of not requiring hard disk drives of the same storage capacity. Back to the basics, in this art ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2007, 03:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Compact Flash Cards Soon to Have SATA Powers
	The guys behind the CompactFlash Association, or CFA if you prefer, have a new project on their minds, which could prove extremely useful to professional photographers. It's called the "CompactFlash card with a SATA interface" and as you might have deduced by now it combines the classic compact flash cards with a fast SATA interface, which powers most of today's computer hard drives. As a quick reminder, [ADMARK ... [read more >>]
	20 July 2007, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

750GB Hard Drives from Western Digital
	Western Digital just announced that a new enterprise class line of hard disk drives will become available through resellers. The main product of this line is the WD RE2 (RAID Edition) 750 GB that features Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and 16 MB cache for the high system performa ... [read more >>]
	18 July 2007, 03:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung Introduces the 20X DVD-Burner
	According to Samsung, that's all it takes. Less than 5 minutes. To be more specific, 4 minutes and 38 seconds. And you will need a plain 16X DVD in order to achieve this kind of performance. Because Samsung has just rolled out its fastest DVD burner ever, the SH-S203 SATA 20X drive. "Samsung is a storage technology leader that prides itself on innovation and the ability to bring ultra-advanced technologies to consu ... [read more >>]
	20 June 2007, 08:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

SanDisk Unveils the 64GB SSD
	SanDisk is probably one of the most prolific flash drive manufacturers in the world. As strange as it may seem, this is by no means an understatement. And if you want to be sure, you can always check their website. Evidently it's not the impressive line of products that makes the difference but the fact that they offer some of the best flash-based products in the world. When SSDs appeared, SanDisk was already preparing its own li ... [read more >>]
	05 June 2007, 03:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PQI Launches 226x 16GB CF and 256GB SSD Sata Drive
	Power Quotient International, or PQI if you like, seems to be overrun with products. Aside from the Disk on Module we reported today, the company has just announced four new flash memory solutions aimed at a broad category of users, from photographers to businessmen. Two of the most important units are the high speed 226X Industrial CF Turbo+ and the 256GB SSD Turbo+. Professional photographers will love the new 226x Industrial compact ... [read more >>]
	30 May 2007, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What Is 2.5 inches in Size and Withstands Vibration
	When it comes to hard drives, Samsung doesn't have the same reliability among people because of their reputation, “what, they make hard drives too? I thought they were only good at TV-sets”. This general belief hasn't changed their minds though, they have tried hard to make people see behind the facade and beyond their “bad reputation”. The result of this hard work has materialized into their new series of hard drives, ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2007, 05:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

SATA Gets Boosted with Revision 2.6
	It's been a while since the SATA standard got any significant new features and improvements. The Serial ATA International Organization understood the need for a revision, just recently announcing the latest Serial ATA specification (revision 2.6). These add new physical and performance features to the previous SATA revision 2.5, also referred to as SATA 3.0Gbps, released some two years ago. The most important physical features add ... [read more >>]
	08 March 2007, 07:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World's First 160GB 2.5" HDD from Fujitsu
	Fujitsu announces new notebook HDDs with the introduction of the MHW2 BJ series. According to Fujitsu, these are the world's first 7,200 rpm 2.5" hard disk drives with a serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s interface. Moreover, these devices feature world's highest storage capacity of 160 GB for a 7,200 rpm 2.5" HDD, being targeted primarily at high-performance notebook PCs. The new series will be released worldwide at the end of May 20 ... [read more >>]
	06 March 2007, 06:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia