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Despite the fact that some claim that HDDs have almost outlived their usability, the overall HDD industry is continuing to grow. According to iSuppli, this happens mostly because of an insatiable demand for low-cost, high-capacity storage devices.The current figures regarding HDD shipments indicate a rather impressiv... |
23 July 2008
09:20 GMT |
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If you happen to be among those who take a keen interest in how computer technology is evolving, then you know that most of the recent discussions on storage solutions have been about Solid State Drives. This is only natural, as this solution is believed to become the next standard in computer storage, even if a coup... |
22 July 2008
04:53 GMT |
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According to a Reuters piece, home servers will become the next standard for storing data, rendering CD racks obsolete. Even more, this is a trend that is believed to become increasingly noticeable by 2012, at least as far as the U.S. market is concerned. Be that as it may, this trend is also part of the digitalizati... |
21 July 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Samsung Electronics and Sun Microsystems announced yesterday that they had managed to develop a single-level-cell (SLC) NAND flash memory device that was to be used in Solid State Drives. The drives that will feature the new SLC memory are expected to offer much higher endurance levels, compared with any other flash ... |
18 July 2008
07:06 GMT |
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Toshiba, one of the leading manufacturers of storage products, announced yesterday a new line-up of high-performance 2.5-inch hard disk drives, including a low-noise flaghisp model that pushes areal density to 477Mbit/mm2 to achieve a capacity of 400GB. The company also announced five new drives that bring new levels... |
17 July 2008
08:29 GMT |
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It looks like the latest news from the storage market finally bring something else than just details on Solid State Drives. These days, the entire media has been ablaze with talks about the most recent announcements made by IBM and Sun Microsystems, which have once again brought tape storage drives into the spotlight... |
16 July 2008
06:09 GMT |
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Fujitsu, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of storage solutions, has recently announced its newest travel-ready HandyDrive additions, offering the world's highest capacity 2.5-inch external hard disk drive, with up to 500GB of storage space. The new product has been designed to offer a sleek and ultrapo... |
15 July 2008
05:12 GMT |
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Other World Computing, or OWC for short, is a company that specializes in providing Mac users with a number of accessories and peripheral products. All of them are designed to be compatible with Apple's iMac, but sometimes they can provide support for Windows users as well. One of its latest products will offer ... |
11 July 2008
03:44 GMT |
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As far as storage is concerned, Solid State Drives are expected to impact the market in a very significant way. And it seems that this is what all storage manufacturers are concerned about these days, according to all the recent news. With all that, Seagate comes to counter this trend - by announcing today the releas... |
10 July 2008
10:22 GMT |
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SSDs (or solid state drives) will represent the next big boom in storage, and for this reason, the main players on the market are already ramping up their production capacities in order to meet future demand. And in order to prove their commitment to this market segment, the Korean giant Samsung has announced that it... |
9 July 2008
01:37 GMT |
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In the world of optical media, the Blu-ray format is undoubtedly the future market standard. The technology is bound to improve and this can only mean one thing: users will be able to acquire higher capacity Blu-ray discs for less the money. Even more, to make matters only better, it seems that this technological imp... |
7 July 2008
04:53 GMT |
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Two days ago, we brought some news according to which Solid State Drives are not as power efficient as everybody thought they were. Even more, these flash-based drives consume more power than regular magnetic drives reducing laptop battery life. The news came from a Tom's Hardware article that put a series of SS... |
4 July 2008
05:36 GMT |
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For the past few days everybody has been talking about the future of storage, with Solid State Drives replacing current magnetic hard drives. But some recent news, which has surfaced thanks to Tom's Hardware, has put this future in a light of uncertainty. It seems that SSDs aren't all everybody expects them... |
3 July 2008
04:59 GMT |
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As we already stated a couple of times now, Solid State Drives are the way of the future, even if most of us still have to wait a while until the cost per gigabyte becomes more affordable. Until that happens, we can only hope that the technology is going to advance and will eventually improve the lifetime of the flas... |
1 July 2008
10:49 GMT |
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Although most of us still rely on DVDs in order to pass information from one device to another, this procedure will soon be considered history. That's because Blu-ray technology can now allow more data to be stored on a single disk. But maybe, just maybe, this standard still has a fighting chance, that is if ind... |
30 June 2008
08:42 GMT |
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Probably just about any football (or soccer) fan out there knows by now that Spain won the Euro 2008 Championship, thus proving to be the best team on the old continent. As expected, this event, one of the most important around the world, has brought about a whole range of related products, from various souvenirs to ... |
30 June 2008
02:30 GMT |
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Samsung, one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics is aware of the fact that the storage market is slowly heading towards a new standard. As a consequence, the South Korean company has already unveiled its flash-based SSD storage solution, which Dell uses in a rather large number of its notebooks. Stil... |
23 June 2008
06:07 GMT |
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After stating that it would introduce SSD storage products for consumers "if the cost-per-gigabyte comes down to 10 cents," Seagate is reportedly pursuing a buyout of Intel's 49% stake in IM Flash Technologies. IM Flash is a NAND flash memory vendor that is currently part of a joint venture with Intel and Micron... |
20 June 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Western Digital is, as we already know, one of the leading manufacturers of computer storage solutions for both the consumer and the enterprise market. One of the company's most successful products is part of the Raptor and VelociRaptor lineup. These drives are considered a reliable solution by a considerable nu... |
20 June 2008
04:32 GMT |
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Leading manufacturer of consumer electronics Samsung has recently confirmed the rumors according to which the Spinpoint M6 and M2 HDDs will go into mass production. In doing so, the company hopes that its M2 model will be featured in a large of number of desktop replacement and gaming laptops.According to Samsung, th... |
19 June 2008
06:52 GMT |
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Just two months ago, Western Digital released the VelociRaptor hard drives, which are now the fastest HDDs available on the market. Upon launch, these hard drives were touted to be the fastest high capacity hard drives available on the market - which actually turned out to be the case. Apparently, Western Digital is ... |
19 June 2008
05:14 GMT |
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Without a single doubt, hardware manufacturers are taking the question of the future of storage very seriously. To put it differently, nowadays everybody seems to be concerned with developing, manufacturing and releasing SSD storage solutions. And this is precisely why major companies, such as Intel, SanDisk, TDK or ... |
18 June 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Most of you have probably heard about Kingston, whether you're using their USB Flash Drives or their memory modules. However, there's a lot more to be said about this company, since chances are that the firm's components are the driving force behind your A-brand desktop or notebook PC. And this is not ... |
18 June 2008
10:16 GMT |
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Corsair's Flash Voyager line of ultra-rugged USB flash drives is one of the best-known families of rugged portable storage solutions around, providing both large storage capacities and a very high level of endurance to just about everything one might throw at it (water, dust, shocks, you name it). However, since... |
13 June 2008
13:51 GMT |
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Iomega, part of the EMC Company, has launched yesterday in North America a new Iomega DVR Expander Drive. The product is meant to provide 500GB of storage space on an external drive that will increase the storage capacity of digital video recorders.Iomega's new product is said to provide as much as 300 hours of ... |
11 June 2008
09:51 GMT |
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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 compa... |
11 June 2008
02:54 GMT |
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Super Talent, a leading manufacturer of storage devices and memory, thinks that 120GD SSDs are going to be less pricey before the year's end. The company is already among the manufacturers that offer SSDs drives and its 120GB SSD can be bought for about $640 at major online stores. The good news is that Super Ta... |
10 June 2008
04:20 GMT |
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OCZ, one of the leading manufacturers of flash memories, is working on a new product that will provide users with a strong portable storage solution. And, when I say strong, I mean "Fortress" strong, as the company intends to built its product with a number of special features in mind. Even more, from what we can see... |
10 June 2008
03:44 GMT |
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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 shou... |
10 June 2008
03:09 GMT |
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The Computex computer trade show held in Taipei, Taiwan took all the headlines last week, as several manufactures had a number of new products to display for the first time. And we are most probably going to see additional information coming from Computex these days too, although the show has officially closed its do... |
9 June 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Who says that HDDs can't compete with Flash-based Solid-state drives? Apparently not Western Digital, that is rumored to be working on a whooping 20K RPM Raptor hard drive. According to several sources inside the hard drive industry, the storage manufacturer is trying to combat the increasing pressure from SSD m... |
6 June 2008
07:02 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems, a leading manufacturer of server systems, is going to integrate SSDs in several series of its machines. Apparently, the manufacturer is trying to lower the power consumption of its machines and reduce the total cost of ownership, while boosting the overall performance of the servers."Flash SSD is th... |
6 June 2008
02:56 GMT |
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Seagate, one of the leading manufacturers of storage solutions, is seriously considering getting more involved in the SSD market. The company plans to introduce its first SSD storage next year, but the products will not be meant for the consumer market. Along with the release of its first SSD drives, Seagate also pla... |
30 May 2008
07:13 GMT |
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The first thing that comes to almost anyone's mind when hearing the word "Imation" is data storage, or, to be more precise, either floppy disks or those magnetic tapes used for carrying out various backup operations. Nevertheless, the company's area of expertise is much wider, as it has just announced the r... |
29 May 2008
01:52 GMT |
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Samsung plans to revitalize the storage market with the release of its new 256GB Solid State Drive. Simply dubbed the 256GB FlashSSD, this new product is built on a Serial ATA interface and is said to read in-order data at 200MB per second. This is double the rate of Samsung's earlier 128GB drive. The drive is a... |
26 May 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Fashion is increasingly becoming part of today's computer hardware products. Currently, several manufactures release products designed and advertised as fashionable, high-performance products, that are meant to provide support for the everyday activities of the users. One such manufacturer is Iomega, which yeste... |
23 May 2008
04:33 GMT |
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As you probably know quite well already, the Japanese electronics' giant, Sony, has the habit of launching products that deliver a very attractive external design, besides the high-end components from within. And this is exactly the case with the company's latest flash-based external storage solutions, the ... |
22 May 2008
01:51 GMT |
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Formerly known as iPhoneDrive and later on MegaPhone, an application that allows iPhone users to manage the contents of their handsets, PhoneView, has recently been updated to include support for adding and editing notes without rebooting for each change, undo/redo support, access to iPhone Contact List data and auto... |
21 May 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Two of the largest manufacturers of portable computers will be the first to ship their products with the latest 7200 RPM, 320 GB hard drives. Dell and Alienware have been announced, via a press release coming from Seagate, as the first two vendors to offer their notebooks with a 320 GB hard drive upgrade. Dell will p... |
20 May 2008
03:48 GMT |
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Yesterday, Seagate, one of the leading manufacturers of storage solutions for both consumer and business users, has announced that they will be releasing Seagate Showcase. The new product aims to satisfy the needs of users looking to save and keep their favorite TV shows and movies. Seagate Showcase plans to extend t... |
20 May 2008
02:58 GMT |
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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 2... |
19 May 2008
10:00 GMT |
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Following the successful introduction of world's slimmest 256GB SSD in March, Super Talent has announced a new 2.5-inch solid-state drive in the MasterDrive family of products. The new solid-state storage products from Super Talent are not only fully compatible with the notebook 2.5-inch form factor, but they ar... |
13 May 2008
06:35 GMT |
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Iomega has announced mass-availability for its camouflage patterned 250 GB portable hard disk drive in the eGO family of products. Called the Camo, the new drive comes with USB connectivity, and is mostly targeted at mobile users who carry large amounts of data around. The unusual hard disk drive packs 250 GB of sto... |
8 May 2008
04:22 GMT |
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Storage specialist Hitachi has introduced a new notebook hard disk drive that packs 320GB of storage space in a 2.5-inch form factor. While the storage performance is not out of the ordinary, the new drive from Hitachi spins at 7.200 rotations per minute, just like an average desktop hard disk drive. 7,200 RPM 2.5-in... |
7 May 2008
09:33 GMT |
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One of the problems related to implementing hydrogen technology in today's cars, aside the relative low efficiency of fuel cells, involves the fuel itself - hydrogen, a gas, the lightest element known in the universe and at the same time the most abundant. After more than 13.7 billion years, hydrogen still makes... |
7 May 2008
06:47 GMT |
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Plextor has announced a capacity update to its pocketable range of personal storage products with the advent of the new 500GB portable unit, also known as Plextor PX-PH500US. The device is extremely suitable for road warriors, as well as for users who carry large amounts of data. The external shell is extremely styli... |
6 May 2008
11:33 GMT |
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Japanese conglomerate Toshiba announced that the company planned to deliver an affordable 512GB solid-state drive until 2009. According to the company, SSD shipments are expected to take off, as more than 25 percent of the shipped notebooks are alleged to come factory-equipped with the new medium.At the moment, the c... |
24 April 2008
12:03 GMT |
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Solid-state drive manufacturer STEC has just announced the launch of a new series of SSD products that now come in a diminutive one-inch form factor. It seems that STEC is not at all afraid of Seagate's patent infringement lawsuit and continues to innovate on the SSD field.The tiny storage device is built around... |
23 April 2008
10:27 GMT |
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Solid-state drives are gaining more and more popularity among notebook users, but their high sale price makes regular users stick to older HDD drives. However, you can now enjoy the benefits of using flash-based storage while keeping the budget low with the DIY Century Compact Flash to SATA adapter.A similar approach... |
23 April 2008
08:24 GMT |
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LaCie has just announced a storage capacity boost across its rugged HDD line-up. The new drives, signed by industrial designer Neil Poulton, now come with 500 GB of storage space in a shock-resistant form factor.The drives are aimed at mobile users who are always on the road. LaCie's Rugged series of portable ha... |
23 April 2008
06:05 GMT |
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