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How SanDisk built the fastest solid state drive ever

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 10, 2009 at 11:07 AM

I got a chance to speak to Doreet Oren, Director of Product Marketing, SSD for SanDisk.  She told me about the SSDs that SanDisk introduced at CES and we spoke about SanDisk’s plans. SanDisk is focusing on two markets with their SSDs: netbooks and traditional laptops.  For the netbooks, SanDisk… Continue Reading »

View digital files on your TV with the Seagate FreeAgent Theater

by Heather Wood on Jan 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM

Over the past several years, many people have started to watch more and more entertainment programming digitally over their computers.  However, most computer screens do not provide as good as a viewing experience as a high definition television.  To solve this problem, Seagate has developed the FreeAgent Theater HD media… Continue Reading »

CES 2009 Preview: LaCie to show off their 2TB beast

by Jodie Andrefski on Jan 6, 2009 at 04:00 PM

You want massive storage capacity combined with max data security?  Then you definitely want to check out the latest in the line of tech by LaCie, the Hard Disk MAX.  Just introduced yesterday, the MAX has a whopping 2TB of storage capacity, and implements a built in RAID 0 and… Continue Reading »

A good old fashioned way to keep your files safe

by Christian Milsom on Nov 25, 2008 at 08:27 AM

Removable hard drives are great, allowing you to take loads of files from one place to another, easily and efficiently with a reduced chance of you losing anything.  However they do have a few flaws: they are easily stolen, and easily hacked. So, what can a manufacturer do?  Well they… Continue Reading »

Intel to manufature small-size, high-capacity flash memory

by Shawn Ingram on Nov 24, 2008 at 02:15 PM

It seems fairly obvious by now that NAND flash memory is slowly overtaking hard drive based memory.  With new chips from Intel and Micron, it just came a step closer.  The two companies have been working together on flash memory and have announced that they are mass producing standard 300mm… Continue Reading »

More storage for the Eee PC

by Christian Milsom on Nov 13, 2008 at 08:21 PM

The Eee PC has been the most popular net book since it started selling, namely because it was the first, but also because it is damn good at what it does. However a few people have some qualms with it, mainly about the fairly low storage that it offers: 12GB. … Continue Reading »

Hot: build your own SSD storage drive

by JG Mason on Nov 4, 2008 at 02:22 PM

I really like simple things.  I got this press release today about a DIY (do it yourself) flash hard drive using little more than six SDHC cards.  SDHC cards are simple things.  This tech comes straight out of Germany and almost as good as that is, it sells for just… Continue Reading »

500GB Seagate hard disk for new Acer laptops

by Cheng Hung on Sep 30, 2008 at 06:09 AM

The latest collaboration between two renowned brands, Acer and Seagate, has produced an outstanding improvement in notebook hard disk capacity, up to 500GB for new Acer laptops.  I, for one, am glad that Seagate has managed to meet the increasing demand for higher hard disk capacity on laptops.  As a… Continue Reading »

Toshiba upgrades SSD capacities

by Cheng Hung on Sep 28, 2008 at 08:42 AM

Modern laptop users demand SSDs for their laptops due to their inherently faster seek time and shock-proof nature.  With that in mind, Toshiba has recently announced a boost in its SSD and Flash Modules line-up, satisfying laptop and netbookusers. Continue Reading »

World’s thinnest external hard drive: Buffalo’s Shinobi

by Iyaz Akhtar on Sep 19, 2008 at 03:00 PM

Buffalo is set to introduce what they are claiming to be the world’s thinnest external hard drive.  The official name of the product is the MiniStation Shinobi and it is just 5mm thick.  While the device looks like a run-of-the mill flash drive, it actually houses a 1.8-inch hard drive. … Continue Reading »

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