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Sony to launch PlayStation with bigger hard drive

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


Getting files from a failed hard drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (19) | comments 10

A friend whose iMac's hard drive had apparently died called recently, wondering how she might access the files on the failed drive.


Samsung Launches 1.5 Terabyte 'EcoGreen' F2EG Hard Disk Drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Samsung Electronics today announced its new EcoGreen F2EG hard disk that delivers a massive 1.5TB of capacity with 500GB per disk. With increased recording density and reduced number of disks, the EcoGreen F2 drive is more ...


USB stick makes easy automatic backups to discs

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

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 ...


Samsung Announces 640-Gigabyte 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive for High-end Mobile PCs

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


There's no perfect way to back up your hard drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 3

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.


It's the year of the terabyte

Technology / Hi Tech

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 22

I remember my first hard drive. Back then, getting a hard drive for your computer was tantamount to a rite of passage. It meant that you no longer had to struggle inserting floppy discs with their limited capacities and ...


This hard drive is hardened to disasters

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Anyone who has been reading my column or listening to my radio talk show "Computer America" knows I have been preaching the back-up mantra for years. If I ever decide to have a bumper sticker on my car, it will read: "It's ...


Hitachi Unleashes Ultra-Fast Half-Terabyte Mobile Hard Disk Drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...


Samsung Introducing High-Speed, High-Capacity 'Green' SSD for Enterprise Market

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Electronics announced today at the Storage Visions 2009 Conference here that it has developed a 100 gigabyte (GB) solid state drive for use in servers for applications such as video on demand, streaming media content ...


Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers

Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Seagate Technology today announced the Momentus Thin drive, the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive for ultra-portable and entry-level laptops, high-end netbooks, backup devices and consumer electronics. ...


Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

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 ...


Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit experienced a wheel stall with the right-rear wheel during the second step of a two-step drive on Sol 2092 (Saturday, Nov. 21). This is not the same wheel that stalled on Sol 1899 (May ...


Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox Enables Users to Maximize SSD Performance over Time

Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox Enables Users to Maximize SSD Performance over Time

Technology / Software

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Hard-drive makers see big run-ups on PC recovery hopes

Technology / Business

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...