Archive for the ‘Storage Device’ Category

Buffalo’s LinkStation NAS lineup

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

If you've been yearning for a well-spec'd, feature packed NAS, Buffalo's latest additions are certainly not what you're interested in, but for those who just need the basics, these units just might fit the bill. The 750GB LS-L750GL, LS-L750GL / M and 1TB LS-L1000GL / M (the M interestingly ...

USB Disk Dock lets you plug in hard drives

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Now you can hook up a dirt-cheap SATA disk drive to your PC or Mac by simply plugging it into this USB desktop adapter that works just like an iPod dock. Until now, if you wanted to add a bare hard drive to your computer, you either had to put ...

Future hard discs will be able to hold every song ever recorded in the human history

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Well, almost. Hitachi is developing hard drives that combine an older technology called Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR), with new more densely packed data regions, which they say will allow for a 4 TB (4000 GB) drive within the next three years. That will keep development in accordance with Kryder's Law, which ...

Ultra-thin DVDs approach terabyte level

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. announced the development of new volume optical storage technology that can provide terabyte-level storage capacity in a compact device. Relying on unique nanoimprint technology, the company has succeeded in reducing the thickness of DVDs to 0.092 mm (92 micrometers) — which is 1/13th the thickness of current ...

HP MediaSmart Home Servers on Septermber 15

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

If you're keeping abreast of the Windows Home Server proceedings (and we suspect you are) then you're probably somewhat familiar with the HP EX470 / EX475. Furthermore, If you've been eyeing the two, drive-filled towers and been hoping to know when you might get your hands on them, you may ...

4GB USB Stone

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Michael Leung, some designer, made this USB "Mass Storage Stone," which holds 4GB of flash memory inside a rock. It started as a prototype in 2005, and it's "in development" now to become a real product. Whether that will actually happen is anyone's guess, but who wouldn't want to carry ...

Toshiba’s 320GB 2.5″ HDD - too good for laptops

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Step aside Fujitsu, there's a new 2.5-inch hard disk champ on the block by way of Toshiba. A world's first 320GB 2.5-inch drive, in fact. The MK3252GSX drive spins a pair of 160GB platters at 5,400rpm with an 8MB buffer and 12ms average seek time over a 3Gbps SATA interface. ...

Samsung achieves world’s biggest 1.8-inch drive: 160GB

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Samsung seems hell-bent on cramming every bit of data it can onto a 1.8-inch drive platter -- just two months after announcing the former capacity champ 120GB SpinPoint N2, the company is pre-announcing a 160GB version. Other than the size, the essential stats remain the same: 4200RPM, 15ms seek time, ...