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5TB HDDs to rival the human brain

Taylor Flatt — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:19:02 +0000

Hitachi is still working on their hardware. They are currently moving towards making a 5TB HDD which they predict will be ready by 2010. Considering that most other hardware devices in the computer almost start to limit the amount of space they...

WD's all-new 'My Passport Elite' series of portable USB drives

Nishant — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:22:29 +0000

WD is one of the biggest names when it comes to HDDs. They have announced a new My Passport Elite Portable USB Drives today. Their new series of Portable USB drives are given soft-touch finish which makes them comfortable and fashionable....

Mtron all set to launch 1.8 inch, 128 GB SLC SSD in April

Nishant — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:08:34 +0000

Mtron Storage Technology Co. Ltd, have developed a new 1.8” ZIF-type SSD for laptops, which will be available in April. Mtron’s new SSD supports PATA interface and provides read and write speeds of 120MB/s and 100MB/s, respectively. It can...

Toshiba launches 320GB mobile drive with fall protection

Jolly — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:29:39 +0000

Toshiba has announced a new solution for laptop owners to enhance the storage capacity of their systems without compromising the drive safety. The company has released a new line of 2.5-inch mobile SATA HDDs that are available in all...

Toshiba Protégé R500, intelligently green with power saving SSD

Jolly — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:28:33 +0000

Toshiba has gone “Green” with its new Portégé R500 laptop that the company claims can run 8-hours without a recharge. The secret to the amazing battery backup is the use of Solid State Drives rather than that energy eating HDDs. Solid State...

How to protect data from ‘Dumpster-Diving’?

Jolly — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:25:09 +0000

Dumpster-Diving is an extremely effective way of gathering a lot of information quickly. This technique does not refer to only steal data; it means to search through the garbage dumps for memory modules of any sorts and then try to dismantle them...

Non-stop operations with Fujitsu’s new lineup of HDDs

Jolly — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:31:39 +0000

We’ve become so dependent on computers that we just can’t get enough of them. Some of my friends never seem to switch them off. This addiction means the technology driving these machines should be more rugged than ever before. While some...

GreenPower: Earth-friendly HDDs from Western Digital

Jolly — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:57:03 +0000

All electronics giants are planning to go green and offer green products. The same trend has continued at Western Digital. The company is now offering a new range of HDDs dubbed GreenPower. GreenPower not only focuses on enhanced storage area...

Researchers use lasers to speed up magnetic HDDs

Jolly — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:51:29 +0000

Some researchers in Netherlands have stated that they have developed a new way by which they can use lasers to speed up magnetic hard drives by a factor of 100. They describe the method as using ultrarapid pulses of polarized light to heat up...

Fujitsu launches 300 GB portable HDD, ultra security promised

Ritu — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:20:35 +0000

Are you, like me, worried that sooner rather than later spies are going to get to the data stored on your PC? Yes. Then this mobile HDD is especially for you. Read on: Fujitsu Computer Products of America has unveiled its travel...