Review of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 Hard Drives
Tom's Hardware, AMD Gamer and AnandTech have posted reviews of the new Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 hard drives. The 300 GB Seagate ST3300831A and the 400 GB Seagate ST3400832A offer features like 8 MB...
View ArticleReview of the Memina Pocket Rocket USB Thumbdrive
Tom's Hardware has reviewed the Pocket Rocket, the world's fastest USB flash thumbdrive, featuring incredible 18 MB/s read and 15 MB/s write speeds. The device is available in 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB and 4...
View ArticleHard Drives Reach 500 GB
PC World takes a look at the Hitachi Deskstar 7K500, the first PC hard drive to store half a terabyte of data. The drive can store up to 56 hours of HDTV video, and is scheduled to ship in the next...
View ArticleHitachi Boosting HDD Storage Density with Perpendicular Recording
Hitachi has announced that it will begin shipping hard drives using 230 gigabits per square inch storage density by 2007. The new technology, called perpendicular recording, will allow the creation of...
View ArticleReview of the WD Passport Portable USB Hard Drive
X-bit Labs has published a review of the Western Digital Passport portable USB hard disk drive. Features include a USB 2.0 interface, 5400rpm rotation speed, 2MB buffer, and a storage capacity of 40,...
View ArticleLG Launches RCS-7700, World's First All-Format DVD Recorder
LG has announced the RCS-7700, a new DVD recorder capable of reading from and writing to all current DVD formats, including DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM. In addition, the drive supports...
View ArticleReview of the Maxtor DiamondMax 10
Tom's Hardware has published a review of Maxtor's DiamondMax 10 hard drives. These 7,200 RPM hard drives are available in capacities of 80, 120, 160, 200, 250, and 300 GB. Features include 8 MB or 16...
View ArticleReview of 10 High Speed USB 2.0 Flash Drives
ArsTechnica has published a review and comparison of 10 high-speed USB 2.0 flash drives (also known as pen drives, jump drives, thumb drives, and keychain drives). This new generation of flash drives...
View ArticleSony Ships Dual Format Dual Layer DVD Burners
Sony has started shipping the industry's first dual format dual layer DVD burners. The internal DRU-800A and external DRX-800L support dual layer recording on both DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media. Here are...
View ArticleBare Metal Backup and Recovery Solutions For Small Business Networks
Tom's Hardware takes a look at bare metal backup and recovery for small business networks running Windows, and reviews three software packages that get the job done. These solutions allow you to boot...
View ArticleAnalysts: Sun and StorageTek Like "Two Garbage Trucks Colliding"
According to several analysts, Sun's purchase of StorageTek is like "two garbage trucks colliding" and a "marriage of losers". The claim is that Sun is overpaying for a business with zero revenue...
View ArticleSeagate Momentus Hard Drives Break Storage Records, Offer Encryption
Seagate Technologies has announced ten new hard drives, part of their new Momentus line, including the first drive to use perpendicular recording storage technology. The drives include a 8 GB one-inch...
View ArticleReview of the Plextor PX-740A DVD Burner
Anandtech has published a review of the new Plextor PX-740A DVD burner. Among the features of this product are: 16 DVD+R writing, 8x DVD+RW writing, 8x DVD+R DL writing, 16x DVD-R writing, 6x DVD-RW...
View ArticleSony Releases 8X Dual Layer DVD Burners
Sony has introduced new DVD burners capable of 8X burn speeds on dual layer DVD+R DL media. The internal DRU-810A and external DRX-810UL will be available in stores in two months. The drives also...
View ArticleReview of the Sony DRU-810A DVD Burner
Anandtech has published a review of the new Sony DRU-810A DVD recorder. Based on an entirely new chipset from Philips, this DVD burner features 16x DVD+R recording, 8x DVD+RW recording, 8x DVD+R DL...
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