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Ten ways to speed up a slow PC

Ten ways to speed up a slow PC

...XP might mean an operating system upgrade as well. Hard driveThe hard disk is typically the slowest part of the computer. When loading data or... Read more

21 April, 2012 by Craig Simms
History of storage: Cuneiform tablets to flash

History of storage: Cuneiform tablets to flash

...Flash memory It is the biggest real threat to hard disks — and the fundamental technology that's turned our pockets and handbags into... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
Promise Pegasus R6 (12TB)

Promise Pegasus R6 (12TB)

If you have a Thunderbolt-enabled computer, the Promise Pegasus R6's storage capacity, features and especially its performance are worth the hefty investment for those who demand fast external storage. Read more

15 November, 2011 by Dong Ngo
Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

...that may be familiar to the more mature viewer.8-inch floppy disk drive The charmingly mechanical insides of an 8-inch floppy disk drive... Read more

2 May, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

HP and EMC warn of hard-disk price rises

...Jorgen Udvang/Shutterstock.com Both companies can no longer swallow the hard-disk drive (HDD) price increases caused by the flooding, EMC and HP told... Read more

21 December, 2011 by Jack Clark

Western Digital reopens hard-disk plant after floods

...Hard-disk giant Western Digital said on Friday that it has partially restored production... Read more

5 December, 2011 by Brooke Crothers

Samsung sells disk drive unit to Seagate for $1.4bn

...has agreed to pay $1.4bn to take over Samsung's hard-disk drive division, in a deal that will give the South Korean company... Read more

19 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

Security firm warns of fake disk defraggers

...Scam artists are using fake disk defragmentation programs to lure computer users into downloading malware, a security firm... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Elinor Mills
Seven-day wonder: Inside the Promise TV

Seven-day wonder: Inside the Promise TV

...box is dominated by the storage — here, seven terabytes, spread across two disks. This is the dominant cost of the device and the most critical... Read more

26 March, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

Seagate: Hard-drive supply won't meet demand in 2012

...Hard disk-drive supplier Seagate has reiterated that demand for HDD units will exceed... Read more

5 January, 2012 by Brooke Crothers

Microsoft sues Comet over Windows 'counterfeits'

...UK retailer Comet over claims it sold thousands of counterfeit Windows recovery disks. Photo credit: Tomylees/Flickr The software giant took its case to the... Read more

4 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Micron sees SSD demand rise in wake of Thai floods

...flooding in Thailand. Since late summer, the prices of traditional spinning hard disk drives have been steadily rising because of shortages due to flooding in... Read more

1 December, 2011 by Brooke Crothers

Seagate and Archos develop tablets with hard drives

...Archos has introduced two new tablet computers with Seagate physical hard disk drives on board. Archos has introduced two new tablet computers with 7mm... Read more

24 June, 2011 by Rachel King

Seagate hard drives hit 1TB per platter

...of data per platter, by cramming 625Gb onto each square inch of disk. The storage specialist's external GoFlex Desk drives will be the first... Read more

4 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Teradata launches hybrid data-warehouse appliance

...tiering on autopilot as it is shuttled between solid-state and hard-disk drives. The appliance, the Active EDW 6680, comes in four flavours that... Read more

11 April, 2011 by Larry Dignan

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