Toshiba laptop drive embraces new security features
Toshiba has become the latest storage vendor to build Opal Security Subsystem Class (Opal SSC) specification into its self-encrypting drive (SED) for PCs and laptops, the MKxx61GSYD.
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About 3TB Hard Drives
We expect hard-drive capacity to grow over time. Now that hard drives have jumped from 2TB to 3TB, however, upgraders face some challenges: These new hard drives may have issues in some drive...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Network-Attached Storage System
With cheap storage readily available, the temptation to build vast libraries of music, movies, photos, and documents is ever present. But when each PC in your home is packed to its aluminum gills with...
View ArticleSmall PC makers hiking PC prices on hard-drive shortage
The early brunt of a hard-drive shortage resulting from widespread flooding in Thailand is falling on small PC makers, who are raising computer prices to stem losses.
View ArticleReview: Seagate Momentus XT
Storage maker Seagate continues to develop hybrid hard drives, which boost performance, affordability and capacity by combining solid-state and mechanical technology.
View ArticleRaidon InTank
Whilst most modern motherboards support RAID (redundant array of independent disks), for many users it can be a hassle to get it all going. And what if you want a RAID array but your motherboard...
View ArticleReview: Seagate Backup Plus Portable
Somehow, Seagate has managed to simplify the external hard drive while adding new features and functions. The Backup Plus Portable can be used with PC or Mac without reformatting and requires no extra...
View ArticleReview: Western Digital VelociRaptor Duo
When Apple first announced Thunderbolt would be standard on its computers from 2010 onwards, I was optimistic about the devices that would take advantage of its lightning quick claims.
View ArticleReview: Western Digital My Passport Edge
The Western Digital My Passport Edge is tiny external drive, around the size of a slim wallet. It weighs about the same as one too. Once you remove the (rather excessive) plastic packaging, you just...
View ArticleReview: Plextor M5 Pro 128GB
Plextor made a name for itself in the ‘90s with high quality CD burners, and more recently has been trying to make waves with solid state drives.
View ArticleLacie packs 25TB of storage in new RAID product
LaCie has increased the storage capacity of its 5big external storage product to 25TB.
View ArticleSeagate preps large-capacity storage drives for tablets
Seagate Technology thinks the storage capacity could be larger in tablets, most of which come with a relatively small amount of native storage.
View ArticleWestern Digital jumps to 6TB in budget hard drives with $299 Red
Western Digital is shipping two new 6TB hard drives as it tries to make its highest-capacity storage products affordable.
View ArticleSeagate aims to make common hard drives uncommonly artistic
As cloud storage and SSDs threaten to make hard drives an afterthought, Seagate's LaCie division has decided to make storage an art form.
View ArticleConsumer SSDs and hard drive prices are nearing parity
SSDs have seen four straight quarters of 10% or greater price drops, leading one analyst to predict that they will near price parity with hard drives in the next two years.
View ArticleWD My Passport Wireless: This hard drive is lightweight and affordable, but...
When you're late to market, you'd better have more features or a lower price tag than your competitors. Western Digital's My Passport Wireless has both. It's significantly less expensive per gigabyte...
View ArticleWestern Digital begins production of the world's tallest 3D NAND 'skyscraper'
WD today announced its densest 3D NAND -- a 64-layer product that it plans to begin shipping later this year.
View ArticleBuild Your Own Network-Attached Storage System
With cheap storage readily available, the temptation to build vast libraries of music, movies, photos, and documents is ever present. But when each PC in your home is packed to its aluminum gills with...
View ArticleSmall PC makers hiking PC prices on hard-drive shortage
The early brunt of a hard-drive shortage resulting from widespread flooding in Thailand is falling on small PC makers, who are raising computer prices to stem losses.
View ArticleReview: Seagate Momentus XT
Storage maker Seagate continues to develop hybrid hard drives, which boost performance, affordability and capacity by combining solid-state and mechanical technology.
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