Hitachi Global Storage Technologies claims the new Travelstar 7K500 hard drive is the fastest in its class. The device also implements on-disk encryption for security without adding to the processing load.
Seagate's Cheetah 15K.7 drives are now shipping. Billed as the "world's fastest" and highest-capacity drive for tier-one storage, the Cheetah 15K.7 is intended for network and direct attach use.
Microsoft Windows 7 brings new levels of virtualisation to the desktop. This includes natively booting from virtual hard disks and XP Mode. Both open exciting new possibilities for enterprise deployments and software distribution.
Want to boost your notebook or desktop with the help of a solid-state drive? Memory specialist Kingston has launched upgrade kits for this very purpose.
All the brouhaha about Blu-ray needing to watch out because researchers have created a disc that can store 1.6TB of data today (and 10TB to come) is a bit of a load of bollocks, with the technology up to a decade away from commercialisation and even 10TB due to look teensy-weensy by then.
Those of us who work in technology have a jargon all of our very own. We know the difference between CPUs and GPUs, between SSD and HDD, let alone HD and SDTV! Yet, our users are flat out calling everything "the hard drive."
Hard drive vendor Western Digital (WD) has pushed into the solid state storage market with a US$65 million acquisition of California based solid state drives maker SiliconSystems.
Recent Macs are dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) 802.11n, but you might not have noticed if you were using an Apple router. Now the company has brought its AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule into line.
An alpha version of Ubuntu's coming April release is now available and the results are spectacular. Ubuntu 9.04 looks set to live up to its Jaunty Jackalope monicker with the ext4 filesystem already receiving great verdicts.
Have you illegally downloaded the leaked Windows 7 6956 build, which is
a VHD instead of an installable ISO, and are now wondering how to
install it? Amazingly, hours after the leak went online, detailed
instructions are now available.
Want to
make sure your local storage has an online backup? Sure, there are
plenty of options, but LaCie is joining forces with online backup
company Carbonite to offer 1 year of unlimited online back up with
every LaCie disk.
Seeking to send strong signals to the enterprise world around speed and
environmental safety, Seagate has shown some savvy in creating what it
calls the world’s fastest and greenest hard drive, suavely calling it
the “Savvio”.
The world’s largest hard disk manufacturer, Seagate, has introduced its
second-generation of portable and desktop “FreeAgent” drives, bringing
style and convenience to the humble hard drive, while introducing a
1.5TB option. Is space no longer the final frontier?