Entries in 'storage' (76)
Western Digital announces 40 per cent rebate on Sentinel DX4000
NEWSResellers have until May 30th to take advantage of Western Digital’s rebate of over 40 per cent on 4TB WD Sentinel DX4000 demo devices.
Charge your laptop the eco-friendly way
NEW GEARThe EcoCart is a power management system with a programmable timer that conserves laptop battery ...
Westcoast signs SanDisk partnership
NEWSWestcoast has announced a new deal with SanDisk to distribute its range of USB flash drives, as well as its its Extreme Solid State Drives, strengthening the IT distributor's position ...
Boffins aim to do away with magnetic fields in next-gen hard drives
NEWSAn international group of scientists have demonstrated a novel way to record magnetic information using only heat which they say will be vastly faster than the current schemes used by ...
IBM boffins create 12-atom magnetic bit
NEWSIBM researchers have demonstrated storing information in structures comprised of just 12 atoms compared to the current highest density hard drives which manage to store a bit in around a ...
OCZ Petrol range reduces SSD prices by 30 per cent
NEWSSolid state storage specialist OCZ has released the Indilinx Everest-based Petrol SSD Series which is among the first to use next generation NAND flash to close the gap on hard ...
GfK: Thailand flood could crash consumer sales
NEWSResearch from GfK has found that the recent floods in Thailand has set hard drive pricing back by 12 months, and could have a widespread effect on the IT and ...
HP says memristor to replace flash in 18 months
NEWSHP researchers said that an alternative memory 'memristor' technology will replace supplant flash and appear in SSD drives "within a year and a half".
Samsung solid state drive 830 Series review
NEWSEnthusiast site Hot Hardware has reviewed the forthcoming Samsung SSD 830 Series of solid state drives.
Hitachi ship 1TB-per-platter drives
NEWSHitachi GST announced that it has begun shipped drives based on a single 1TB platter with the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D offering capacities from 250GB to 1TB.
OCZ launches 1TB RevoDrive Hybrid SSD
NEWSStorage specialist OCZ has unveiled a hybrid PCI-Express SSD hard drive which mates an SSD drive with an on board hard drive.
IFA: Toshiba introduces FlashAir WiFi memory card
NEWSToshiba announced an integrated SDHC memory card called the FlashAir which features WiFi.
Hard drive prices to rise following rare earth shortage
NEWSHard drives prices will reportedly rise by as much as 10 per cent following export restrictions on so-called 'rare earth' elements vital for many forms of electronics.
Intel releases 320 Series SSD firmware fix
NEWSIntel has posted an updated firmware for the new Intel 320 series of SSD drives which addresses the 'Bad Context 13x Error' that has plagued some drives.
OCZ launch PCI-E Z-Drive R4 SSD range
NEWSSolid state storage specialist OCZ has unveiled the Z-Drive R4 PCI express solid state drive which is capable of transfer rates of 2,800MB/sec.
Optical drives destined to go the way of the floppy?
NEWSOptical disc drives suppliers are facing a "crisis" with manufacturers increasingly moving away from featuring optical drives in notebooks.
Kingston launches HyperX range of SSDs
NEWSMemory maker Kingston announced that the firm has begun shipping the HyperX SSD, the firm's first SATA 3 SSD.
Aussie retail chain ships drive with pre-installed virus
NEWSThe Aldi retail chain in Australia was forced to recall a batch of external hard drives after they were found to be infected by a virus.
SanDisk moves into retail SSD market
NEWSFlash memory specialist Sandisk announced a new SSD offering for the retail market called the SanDisk Ultra SSD.
Corsair launches Force Series GT line of SSDs
NEWSPerformance PC gaming hardware vendor Corsair has announced the Force Series GT line of solid-state drives which are based on the new SandForce SF-2280 SSD controller.
