http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Toshiba Corporation today introduced a new line up of 1.8-inch HDDs with a maximum capacity of 320GB, the highest yet announced by the industry, targeted at thin and light mobile PCs and portable external hard disk drives. The new series delivers three models in 160GB, 250GB and 320GB capacities, and will start mass production from December. http://www.physorg.com/news176629394.html Electronics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:43:41 EST news176629394 Before you buy a copy of Windows 7, you'd do well to check whether your computer -- and you -- are ready for the upgrade. http://www.physorg.com/news175978087.html Technology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:48:43 EST news175978087 On the heels of the Microsoft Windows 7 introduction, Intel Corporation today announced the availability of the Intel Solid-State Drive (SSD) Toolbox, with Intel SSD Optimizer and firmware update, for its 34nm Intel X25-M Mainstream SATA SSDs. The latest tools are designed to help better manage and retain performance of Intel SSDs. http://www.physorg.com/news175856393.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:01:51 EST news175856393 A team of engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has transformed simple nanowires into reconfigurable materials and circuits, demonstrating a novel, self-assembling method for chemically creating nanoscale structures that are not possible to grow or obtain otherwise. http://www.physorg.com/news175513114.html Nanotechnology Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:39:20 EST news175513114 (PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. Since their invention in the 1950s, magnetic-based hard disk drives (HDDs) have been the primary method of nonvolatile storage. However, researchers are currently developing several new and promising nonvolatile memory (NVM) technologies, but for one of them to replace HDDs within the next decade, it will be a challenge. http://www.physorg.com/news175505861.html Electronics Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:03 EST news175505861 Apple on Tuesday updated its consumer desktop and laptop lines, one day after announcing record quarterly computer sales. http://www.physorg.com/news175367735.html Electronics Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:50:01 EST news175367735 (AP) -- To give more room for game, movie and music downloads, Sony is launching a PlayStation 3 with a larger hard drive on Nov. 3. http://www.physorg.com/news174847564.html Electronics Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:30:02 EST news174847564 (AP) -- Next week, Microsoft is releasing Windows 7, a slick, much improved operating system that should go a long way toward erasing the bad impression left by its previous effort, Vista. http://www.physorg.com/news174753047.html Technology Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:40:06 EST news174753047 If there's one thing to keep in mind about computers, it's this: Hard drives fail. I relearned that lesson recently when one of my laptop's external hard drives stopped working and then my 4-year-old iPod died. http://www.physorg.com/news174157392.html Electronics Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:40:01 EST news174157392 Investors willing to make early bets on the recovery of the PC sector have scored big with Seagate Technology and Western Digital Corp. -- two makers of hard-disk drives that have seen their market values more than triple so far this year. http://www.physorg.com/news173121836.html Technology Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:20:01 EST news173121836 Toshiba today announced a series of solid state drive (SSD) modules using the latest generation Toshiba 32nm MLC NAND flash, at Intel Developers Forum 2009. The Toshiba SG2 modules are offered in two types, one based on the new low-profile mini-SATA (mSATA) interface standard and the other a Half-Slim type, which uses a SATA connector. The drives are available in 30GB and 62GB modules. Volume production will start in October. http://www.physorg.com/news172773623.html Electronics Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:50:03 EST news172773623 A friend whose iMac's hard drive had apparently died called recently, wondering how she might access the files on the failed drive. http://www.physorg.com/news172483185.html Electronics Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:00:01 EST news172483185 (AP) -- As any a video game aficionado knows, it's easy to pop a game into your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and spend hours working your way from one level to the next. Without the hefty console, though, you're out of luck if you want to keep blasting those aliens while away from home. http://www.physorg.com/news172175650.html Technology Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:00:02 EST news172175650 Samsung Electronics today announced its new 640-Gigabyte (GB) 2.5-inch Spinpoint M7 internal hard disk drive. The new 640GB hard drive, now the top-density drive of the popular M7 family, has an areal density of 516-Gigabit per square inch for each 320GB platter, which is a 28 percent increase per platter over Samsung`s previous density-leading 500GB hard drive. Samsung`s new Spinpoint M7 model is designed for high-end mobile computing applications requiring greater shock resistance without a compromise in performance. http://www.physorg.com/news171737685.html Electronics Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:56:24 EST news171737685 (AP) -- Once again, it's time to peer into Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' cup and try to read the tea leaves. http://www.physorg.com/news171537848.html Technology Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:40:01 EST news171537848 Hitachi today announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard disk drive. The Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 is a 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive designed for notebooks, gaming systems and professional external storage solutions. http://www.physorg.com/news171036705.html Electronics Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:40:09 EST news171036705 There's really no excuse for not backing up your computer these days. Used to be that making a backup was a fairly complex task. But today's backup offerings make it pretty much a no-brainer. In the recent months, I've written about several of the newest backup methods and products that make backing up a breeze. I'd like to add one more I recently discovered that adds an interesting twist to the job. http://www.physorg.com/news170616082.html Electronics Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:30:01 EST news170616082 (AP) -- A federal judge has barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a device that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, pending a full trial. http://www.physorg.com/news169282944.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:20:02 EST news169282944 Hitachi today announced that it is now shipping the world's first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and other eco-friendly features designed to enable Energy-Star rated computers and other high performance desktop systems. http://www.physorg.com/news169153267.html Electronics Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:00:01 EST news169153267 Sacrificing a small amount of performance in favor of convenience and travel ease, netbooks are all the rage. It's easy to see why. While they won't let you play next year's hottest PC titles, they can handle a round or two of "Plants vs. Zombies," are great for watching videos on the plane, and are so light you won't notice them in your travel bag. These books all feature a 10-inch screens, 160GB hard drives, 1 GB of DDR2 RAM, and come packed with Windows XP Home Edition. It's the little details that set these flyweights apart. http://www.physorg.com/news168717006.html Electronics Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:20:01 EST news168717006 Let's jump ahead 50 years. Imagine your grandchildren are rummaging around in your attic, looking through old boxes and trunks. They discover laptops, hard drives wrapped in cloth, DVDs, and maybe even a real antique: A floppy disk. http://www.physorg.com/news168717176.html Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:10:01 EST news168717176 Personal computers are complex devices. We use them every day to do so many things and quite frankly, I don't know how I got along without one back in the olden days (that's the '70s in case you were wondering). Their complexity makes all the things they do possible but it's also that same complexity that can be the source of a great deal of frustration. Everything on a computer must work and work well together. If something malfunctions, you're going to know it pretty much right away. http://www.physorg.com/news166293494.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:30:01 EST news166293494 (PhysOrg.com) -- No doubt you`ve worked hard for your success. But chances are you`ve also had some help and lucky breaks along the way. http://www.physorg.com/news165769368.html Other Sciences Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:20:03 EST news165769368 In this day and age of instant gratification, we don't like waiting for anything. Some of us can remember having to wait when we turned on the television as the tubes inside warmed up and the picture slowly faded into view. As a kid, I remember my amazing portable Zenith transistor radio that played instantly when I turned it on unlike other radios that had to warm up. http://www.physorg.com/news160828704.html Technology Wed, 06 May 2009 11:39:20 EST news160828704 A forensics toolkit for the Xbox gaming console is described by US researchers in the latest issue of the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. The toolkit could allow law enforcement agencies to scour the inbuilt hard disk of such devices and find illicit hidden materials easily. http://www.physorg.com/news160304799.html Electronics Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:07:07 EST news160304799 (AP) -- Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market - software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it. http://www.physorg.com/news159777174.html Technology Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:42:10 EST news159777174 (AP) -- To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people all over the world who tried different versions of the software. http://www.physorg.com/news159372461.html Technology Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:08:15 EST news159372461 The outlook is bleak for laptops, hard drives and desktops - clouds are on the horizon and could change the way we use computers forever. For some, the ‘cloud` is just the latest technological craze, but for others it is the future of computing, and it has already generated a large body of research literature. What seems certain is that cloud computing has the potential to bring about irreversible changes in the way computers are used around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news159108551.html Technology Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:49:43 EST news159108551 New research indicates viewers who use digital video recorders to watch their favorite broadcast TV shows tend to watch shows recorded between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. -- and many of them appear to be skipping 10 p.m. telecasts altogether. http://www.physorg.com/news159013382.html Technology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:23:39 EST news159013382 That sinking feeling when your hard disk starts screeching and you haven't backed up your holiday photos is a step closer to becoming a thing of the past thanks to research into a new kind of computer memory. http://www.physorg.com/news157976129.html Physics Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:16:32 EST news157976129