Tag Archives: hard drive

Buffalo outs HDW-P550U3 external drive with USB 3.0 and WiFi in Japan

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Buffalo’s HDD repertoire is already pretty well stacked, but there’s nothing wrong with the company giving you extensive storage options. The newest one to join the external drive pile is the HDW-P550U3, boasting a decent 500GB capacity, the latest-g…


France’s ANDRA developing a million-year hard drive, we hope our badly-written blogs live in perpetuity

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Us humans have been quick to embrace digital technology for preserving our memories, but we’ve forgotten that most of our storage won’t last for more than a few decades; when a hard drive loses its magnetism or an optical disc rots, it’s useless. Fre…


Toshiba’s new 2.5-inch AL13SE hard drives: up to 900GB of 10,500RPM storage

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A 2.5-inch drive spinning at speeds up to 10,000RPM? Sure, we’ve seen it before, but only with enough room for 600GB worth of data. Toshiba, however, has trumped its forebears by upping the capacity to 900GB with its new 2.5-inch HDD, dubbed the AL13S…


Fujitsu starts build-it-yourself PC service, lets you go homebrew without the electrical shocks

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Big PC companies are often seen as being at odds with the concept of custom-built computers: apart from letting us ticking a few checkboxes before we order, they’d rather we not fiddle with the internals. Fujitsu is breaking the mold and embracing so…


Seagate Backup Plus hard drive: one-click backup with a social twist

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Quick: what’s more important? Your entire My Documents directory, or your Facebook / Flickr galleries? The answer seems fairly obvious, but for those too proud to admit it, Seagate’s got a new hard drive that’ll delicately handle both. The outfit’s l…


SATA-IO unveils USM Slim external storage jack for ultrabooks, tablets and ‘other portable devices’

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So, how do you best improve upon the USM standard and boldly take it to new frontiers? Well, as with most tech, simply shrinking it down never seems to hurt. The new USM Slim standard has just been announced by the Serial ATA International Organizatio…


Corsair Force GT SSDs put through their paces, have graphs to prove it

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Instead of singling out one of Corsair’s latest SandForce-equipped SSDs, the folks at StorageReview sussed out performance differences by putting each drive through the wringer. Though read / write specs are relatively uniform across the line, barrin…


Toshiba Canvio 3.0 external drives bump up to 1.5TB, give Mac users some love

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Toshiba’s Canvio external drives have just gotten a hefty boost, most of all for data swappers that play both the Mac and PC sides of the computing fence. Both the regular Canvio 3.0 and the Canvio Basics 3.0 have made the jump from 1TB to 1.5TB of …


WD’s 1TB VelociRaptor HDD gets reviewed: substantial gains, moderate price

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Western Digital has expanded its line of desktop-grade VelociRaptors to include a 1TB model that’s available now for $310, but those kidding themselves with that whole “250GB is enough” thing can get in for as little as $160. Top-level specs include …


Western Digital ships 7mm HDD for Ultrabooks, losing down pavement cracks

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Western Digital is whipping the sheets clear from a new, 7mm tall 2.5-inch mobile HDD that’ll sit nicely inside your Ultrabook or other skinny device. The single-platter Scorpio Blue comes in 320 and 500GB varieties and will even sit nearly in 9.5mm …