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In nowadays computer systems the venerable hard disk drive is the main data storage unit and its purpose is to "remember" all kinds of stuff, ranging from music, video and document files to games and software applications, though the list can go on almost indefinitely. The hard disk drive, or HDD for short, dates bac... |
6 August 2008
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Computers have become an indispensable tool in our every day work. Some of us may see this modern tool as an object that only makes our life easier but, still, there are some of us who are really interested in it and, consequently, who would like to know a bit more about it. In order to find out almost all there is t... |
31 July 2008
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Say you need some extra storage space and you're already considering the purchase of one of those external HDD solutions. In that case, you should know that there are several manufactures that can provide you with such a product. In all fairness, there are so many external hard drives available on the market, th... |
30 July 2008
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Samsung is undoubtedly one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics, but it also has a significant presence on the computing market, granted especially by its storage products. By the looks of things, this Korean manufacturer is set on taking one of its product lines to the next level by making it more ap... |
28 July 2008
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Western Digital is undoubtedly one of the biggest storage manufacturers for both the business and the consumer markets. Among the company's most prestigious products, we also have one that is meant to present computer enthusiasts with a high storage capacity built in a high-speed hard drive. We're talking h... |
23 July 2008
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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
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Now that ASUS has finally unveiled the latest Eee PC nebtooks and has extended the Eee family with the desktop Eee Box, there's one thing that we can say with certainty about its small-sized, low-priced computer devices - and that is that they can provide almost every user with a varied number of choices concern... |
18 July 2008
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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
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About two weeks ago, we wrote an article according to which tests showed that Flash Solid State Drives needed more power to operate than traditional hard disk drives. The tests were conducted by Tom's Hardware, and the news received immediate responses, both from SSD makers and from other sites, like LAPTOP, whi... |
15 July 2008
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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
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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
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The past few days brought to us some controversial news about how solid state drives actually prove themselves to be more power inefficient than efficient. It seems that the tests conducted by Tom's Hardware, which stated that SSDs would draw more battery life than HDDs, used some old versions of solid state dri... |
7 July 2008
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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
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Since Solid State Drives (SSDs) tend to become the future in mobile computing, their power efficiency is a concerning issue for consumers, as they want their devices to feature extended battery life. SSDs have been said to consume far less energy than their moving-parts-laden cousins, but a recent experiment conducte... |
2 July 2008
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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
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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
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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
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In case you have been wondering about what Western Digital has been doing lately, well here's a little update. Apparently, the storage manufacturer is trying to put an end to all these talks about how SSDs are becoming the next-generation storage solution. In this sense, it has been working hard on one of its mo... |
11 June 2008
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Imation, one the leading names in the industry, introduced today its new line of external hard drives meant for the Americas. What the company is trying to do with the new products is to offer its users a reliable high-capacity storage solution, wrapped in a unique, stylish and lightweight design. Taking into conside... |
10 June 2008
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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
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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 produ... |
2 June 2008
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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
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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
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Storage specialist Seagate has just announced that it is the first hard-disk drive manufacturer to have shipped 1 billion HDD units. The huge number makes a statement about Seagate's position on the storage market, but it also draws attention to the amount of information stored by computer users. According to th... |
22 April 2008
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While most of the components of a typical computer system are not affected in any measurable way by their age, providing that they had spent their life in good conditions, there are still some systems that are based on mechanical components that are prone to a host of problems and critical failures. Among the still m... |
29 February 2008
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Working people interested in upgrading to a new top-notch laptop have two options these days, one of which sounds great, in terms of functionality, while the other boasts more style and grace than features. However, both Apple's MacBook Air and Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 might be getting a boost, making them ev... |
28 February 2008
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Hard-disk drive encryption has been widely promoted as the safest way to keep your data away from prying eyes. The advent of Windows Vista and its BitLocker functionality in the Ultimate flavor has made the whole process simple, but Princeton University researchers have proven again that the user is wrong.The latest ... |
25 February 2008
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Solid-state drives seem to become extremely popular especially with notebook users, despite the fact that they are expensive and limited in write cycles. Leaving the price aside, the NAND flash can be written to for a limited number of times, ranging from 10,000 (for multi-level cell flash) and 100,000 (for single-le... |
25 February 2008
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Everyone on the web has been both trash-talking and praising the MacBook Air for its features and what it stands for. The Air's battery makes up for a lot of the negative aspects surrounding it, such as the fact that Air owners need to have it sent in for a replacement, and that it doesn't last half as long... |
7 February 2008
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Hard-disk drives are a common appearance in any personal computer and have a long tradition, dating back in the late '50s. It was improved and enhanced over the time, but its basic operating principle has not changed much. The advent of the newer storage media, known as the solid-state drives is the first signif... |
7 February 2008
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Looking to upgrade your MacBook Pro hard drive? Good. That's always good. Upgrading is good. But what if you've never popped open a laptop, or don't have much experience with swapping hardware in and out of a system, all this while Apple support doesn't sound too appealing either? You watch a vide... |
5 February 2008
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MacBook owners looking to increase their storage space will be glad to hear that MCE Technologies has just introduced its 320GB MobileStor Performance hard disk drive upgrade for both MacBook and MacBook Pro. At $349, the 320GB HDD operates at 5400RPM, featuring a maximum sustained transfer rate of above 75MB/sec. Bu... |
30 January 2008
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Hitachi, Japan's biggest electronics conglomerate, is rumored to think of selling its hard-disk manufacturing units. Recent news emerging from the hard-disk manufacturer says that Hitachi is currently in talks with U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake about the possibility of selling it a stake in its hard drive... |
21 December 2007
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The Xbox 360's hard drive is a very delicate and valuable asset to your console. Sometimes however, the damned thing just won't work. It is possible in some cases that the user is an idiot and doesn't follow the rules of using the machine, but some users may have trouble with the hard drive despite tak... |
18 December 2007
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The days when quality devices were enough for worldwide recognition are long gone, or so it seems. There should be a special category for such devices, such as hardware fashion, or fashionable hardware or whatever. We have talked about Pinafarina having designed an external unit for Seagate's USB disk, now it�... |
6 December 2007
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Micron will produce two new series of 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch solid-state drives for notebooks and desktops joined under the new RealSSD brand. Solid Storage Drives use solid-state memory to permanently store data and can replace conventional hard-disk drives in any application. These disks lack mobile part and thus, t... |
29 November 2007
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The IT industry has been hit by a new obsession: environmental-friendly products. Every major hardware manufacturer has to design their components in such a way for everyone to see how they love old fellow Earth. Although there are no standard eco-friendly specifications, worldwide manufacturers outline their ecologi... |
26 November 2007
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Yesterday, Seagate confirmed the rumors talking about a potential virus included in the Maxtor Basics 500G portable devices, saying that all the hard discs were removed from the shelves and only a few of them managed to reach the consumers. Today, the Taipei Times informed that no less than 1,800 discs were sent to T... |
13 November 2007
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OK, that's smart. Seriously, have you ever thought that you can infect your computer by installing a brand new HDD on your computer? No more spam messages, no more malicious links, no more nothing. Just pay for a Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 and you're infected. Simple as that. But how can this happe... |
12 November 2007
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Not long after Western Digital announced the achievement of the "industry's highest demonstrated density to date using continuous media", the company is coming out with another first. Western Digital yesterday announced the availability of the new WD Scorpio 320 GB 2.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for note... |
1 November 2007
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It seems that only yesterday, perpendicular recording was making its way into hard disks, and now, more than two years later, HDD manufacturers continue to break density barriers. Western Digital yesterday announced that they have achieved the "hard drive industry's highest demonstrated density to date using con... |
18 October 2007
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Hitachi announced the successful testing of a new key technology that will be used to manufacture hard disk drives which will offer very high storage capacities, effectively pumping at least four times the currently high end storage systems. Researchers from Hitachi expect to have a commercially viable storage soluti... |
15 October 2007
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Great performance boosts were expected from the solid state drives but until now they kind of failed to deliver, partly as they are the offsprings of some rather new technologies and partly because the associated software drivers are not really worth talking about. Even so, with their limited storage capabilities and... |
9 October 2007
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The hybrid hard disk drives, HHDs for short, are looking like the best solution nowadays when users are kind of fed up with the slowness of the traditional hard disk drive, HDDs for short, while also being shy from the extravagant price tags that come with the new storage devices, the solid state drives. As a middle ... |
8 October 2007
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Western Digital just announced a storage capacity increase in its line of external storage devices, the Passport range of products that now comes with a maximum of 250GB, a serious boost from the previous 160GB capability. While there are hardware producing companies out there that are taking the design and finish of... |
3 October 2007
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Transcend announced the launch of its new external storage device that comes packed in a small form factor for increased portability and ease of use. This new product from Transcend is available now under the commercial name of StoreJet and it combines a stylishly designed, polished aluminum case with the performance... |
2 October 2007
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The hard disk drive manufacturing industry recently reached a point where storage capabilities are plentiful and few users could ask for more while most of the time the very same industry has big trouble accelerating the access speed of the drives in order to improve response times and overall system performance.One ... |
25 September 2007
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Enermax announced the launch of its latest Jazz enclosure of 3.5-inch hard disk drives. Made completely of aluminum, the new enclosure from Enermax allows the everyday computer user to create a portable external storage medium by simply inserting a standard 3.5-inch desktop hard disk drive into the Jazz casing. As th... |
11 September 2007
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Toshiba Corporation announced the launch of a prototype hard disk drive which uses a new recording technology named Discrete Track Recording, that is expected to increase the storage capabilities of all drives by at least 50 percent. The prototype hard disk drive built by Toshiba features a record-breaking capacity o... |
10 September 2007
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Seagate Technology announced the launch of a new line of products designed to meet the demands for both increased storage capacities and better data protection. In order to satisfy those demands, the hard disk drive manufacturing company launched a hard drive intended for use in laptops and notebooks with a capacity ... |
10 September 2007
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