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storage
LaCie's LaCinema Rugged HD Enclosure Outputs 1080p Video, Ruggedly
LaCie's new LaCinema Rugged HD is a 250/320/500GB, USB-powered external hard drive marketed as a multimedia player: It'll output 1080p video to a TV over HDMI, and has a rugged enclosure in case you keep your HDTV in the woods. More » -
review
Toshiba Portege R600 Review: 512GB SSDs Are the Bee's Knees
Just last summer, Toshiba's Portege R500 was the first laptop with a 128GB SSD. A year later, Toshiba's Portege R600 is the world's first 512GB SSD lappie. So for this one moment, Toshiba is on the top of the world. More » -
storage
Toshiba Portable Hard Drives Lack Voltron Color-Coded Assembly
There's not much particularly groundbreaking about these portable hard drives, other than their swirl of Liquid Blue, Komodo Green, Rocket Red and Vivid White—designs that could look either quite nice or quite tacky in person. More » -
hard drives
Seagate FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac: 7200rpm 500GB Drive with FireWire 800 (Happy Now?)
Seagate's portable 2.5" FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac already has the triple interface—FireWire 400/800 and USB 2.0—but now it comes with 500GB spinning at 7200rpm for the best portable video and audio editing performance. More » -
storage
Western Digital's My Book World Edition II Offers 4TB of RAID Network Storage
WD's new NAS drives, the My Book World Edition II, packs either 2 or 4TB of storage in a dual-drive RAID array. It seems like a pretty solid system for those dangerously paranoid about the safety of their data. More » -
storage
Hard Rectangular Drive Is Faster, More Efficient Than SSD
British scientists have developed a new breed of hard drive that uses not spinning discs, but rather a rectangular platter and millions of moving data heads to read/write data. In theory, this could mean transfer speeds of 500 MB/s. More » -
hard drives
Seagate's BlackArmor Drives And NAS Provide More Secure Backup Than Normal Drives
Seagate just updated their BlackArmor line with three units, a 220 NAS that holds up to 4TB, a WS 100 external drive with eSATA and USB 2.0, and a PS 110 portable drive that holds up to 500GB. More » -
storage
QNAP SS-839 Pro Turbo NAS Shrinks Mega RAID to Notebook Sizes
The QNAP SS-839 Pro Turbo NAS is the smallest 8-bay networked attached storage solution on the market. In fact, it's just a hair larger than a 7-inch cube. More » -
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Seagate's FreeAgent Go Offers World's First Bus-Powered 640GB 2.5-Inch Portable HDD
Seagate's FreeAgent Go line of hard drives is home of the first 640-gigabyte portable in the beloved USB bus-powered 2.5-inch form factor. More » -
storage
InnoDisk's 128 GB NanoSSD Is the Size of a Matchbox, but Still Zips Around
The InnoDisk NanoSSD amazingly packs 128-gigabytes of storage into a form factor not much bigger than a matchbox. And to top it off, InnoDisk claimes the drive still reads and writes at around 150 MB/s. Wow. More » -
storage
WD My Book Studio Edition II: 4 Terabytes + 4 Interfaces
WD's My Book Studio Edition II now comes with a pair of 2TB drives and a choice of four interfaces: USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire 400 and FW800. Having 4TB plus all those options'll cost you, though: $650 MSRP. [Western Digital] -
hands on
Iomega eGo Triple-Interface 500GB Drive Drops a Gig In 15 Seconds Flat
Sure it's shiny, ruby red and super lightweight, holds 500GB and connects—with power—via USB 2.0, FireWire 400 or FireWire 800. But the best thing about the newest Iomega eGo is that it can move files faster than (almost) anything I've seen. More » -
hard drives
Adapter Turns Any Hard Drive Into An HD Player For Your TV
There are a lot of cool docks coming out for hard drives these days, and the latest from Brando is no exception. In fact, it takes things a step further by delivering 1080i video directly to your TV. More » -
tivo
TiVo Will Not Approve (or Even Test) Seagate Showcase and Other DVR Expanders
I don't know if this is a pro-Western Digital story or an anti-TiVo story, but I just learned that the companies are so cozy together, DVR expanders from Seagate or others are officially blocked. More » -
mods
DIY Aged Leather-Bound Hard Drive Is At Total Odds With Your Slob Lifestyle
Sure, this mod looks great. But sooner or later, somebody's going to ask about the contrast between this classiness and the seven pizza boxes on the floor. More » -
criminal masterminds
Computer Repairman Steals Hard Drive, Charges Company $2000 To Fix It
How does a computer repairman stay afloat in a troubled economy? If your name is Kevin Andrew Lutes, you perpetuate your own business through theft. More » -
top secret
Missile Defense Top Secrets Found in Hard Drives Sold on Ebay
100 hundred drives loaded with confidential information like building blueprints and test launch procedures for Lockheed Martin's ground to air missile defense. That's what you can buy on eBay these days. More » -
storage
Axxana Phoenix Is a Ruggedized SSD Array for Hardcore Data Backup
Because I'm paranoid about backing up files in multiple places, Axxana's Phoenix System, which features a multiple SSD array, looks pretty great. Especially considering it can withstand earthquakes, fire, water and "terror." More » -
backup
Seagate Replica Is Time Machine for Windows PCs
For all of Windows 7's niceties, it still doesn't have an appropriately slick built-in backup system like Time Machine. Enter Seagate Replica, which Rob at BoingBoing Gadgets says works perfectly, just like Time Machine. More » -
hard drives
Seagate Barracuda LP Green Hard Drive Slooooows Down to Save Power
There's a general rule with hard drives: spin faster, get better performance, use more power. "Green" hard drives take the opposite tack: they spin slower, and use less power, like Seagate's new Barracuda LP. More » -
lacie
LaCie Debuts 8TB 4big Quadra Bundles Including a 32TB RAID
LaCie's new series of RAID bundles include an 8TB model of the 4big Quadra, which is actually just two 4TB hard drives put together. More » -
music
Old School Computer Band Rocks Bohemian Rhapsody (Poorly)
I can't think of a more old school, geeky tribute to Queen than a band comprised of an Atari 800XL, 8-inch floppy disk, 3.5-in hard drive and HP Scanjet 3C. If only it sounded better. More » -
concepts
Concept Hard Drive Provides Intravenous Therapy for Peace of Mind
I wonder, if I shared this IV with any of my friends, do you think I could get any strange viruses? Is exchanging data anything like exchanging fluids? If so, no thank you. [Core77] -
storage
DroboPro Squeezes In 8 Networked Drives, 16TB of Data
The Drobo is a pretty renowned little NAS, making it easy to add networked storage to your home/office. The new DroboPro is a bigger, meaner NAS that's equally simple to use. More » -
storage
Insurance: Hard Drive Maker Western Digital Buys SSD Company SiliconSystems
Traditional hard drives are still wildly cost effective compared to solid state drives, but that doesn't mean SSD isn't the future. Western Digital bought an SSD company SiliconSystems for $65 million today, as a nice little hedge against the day when HDD's are utterly obsolete. Seagate announce SSD plans recently, too. [WD] -
hard drives
Western Digital 2TB My Book World Drive Uses One Single 2TB Disk
Western Digital's hit 2TB on their external drives before, but this is the first time they've done it using one single 2TB disk. More » -
saving
There's No Great Solution for Data Rot
Anyone who reads Giz probably knows that even though your data is "saved," it's still susceptible to the decay of whatever medium is storing it. According to one expert, the problem is nearly unsolvable. More » -
seagate
Seagate's BlackArmor NAS 420/440 Can Securely Contain Up to 8TB of Encrypted Data for Small Businesses
What do the San Jose Sharks' new jerseys and Seagate's new hard drives have in common? They are both named BlackArmor, which are eponymous to Seagate's new 8TB network-attached storage (NAS) systems. More » -
hard drives
Seagate's SATA3 Is Twice as Fast As Current Hard Drives
Right now, you're probably working on a SATA-based hard drive, with a transfer speed of 150MBps (SATA) or 300MBps (SATA2). Meanwhile, Seagate just demonstrated their tentative SATA3 spec, which reaches speeds of 600Mbps. More » -
software
Stop External Drives From Spinning Down With NoSleepHD
Lifehacker found this NoSleepHD utility, which stops external (USB) hard drives from powering down to save energy. More » -
media players
Seagate's FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player Is a Set-Top Dock for Hard Drives
Last night, I previewed Seagate's FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player, which docks those super-slim FreeAgent 2.5" USB drives in order to connect your video files to your TV. More » -
hdds
Darth Vader's Theme Played on a Hard Drive is Dorkarificrue
Normally, hearing your hard drive make this much noise is frightening and unsettling. It still is in this video, but for totally different reasons. More » -
hard drives
Seagate Fires Back with 2TB Constellation Drive
Western Digital may have announced the world's first 2TB 3.5" hard drive last week, but this week, Seagate fired back with a 2TB model of their own. More » -
hard drives
Western Digital WD20WEADS Is the First 2TB Internal Drive
Remember when 1TB, 3.5-inch drives were all the rage? Well those days are over, as Western Digital has released their 2TB Caviar Green, available now for $299. More » -
fail
Seagate Firmware Fix Turned Barracudas into Paperweights
Seagate's SD1A firmware update, meant to fix problems with its Barracuda 7200.11 models, only managed to make things worse—bricking the drives of those who bothered to install it. They've pulled the update pending validation. More » -
ssd
SanDisk's G3 SSDs Deliver 40,000 RPM Speeds Without Breaking the Bank
SanDisk's new G3 SSD drives are set to offer read speeds equivalent to a 40,000RPM platter drive at prices that won't make you queasy. The age of SSD laptops is looking imminent. More » -
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PogoPlug Turns Any Hard Drive Into a Network Share For $79
PogoPlug is a little conduit box that plugs into your router on one end via ethernet, and mates with your hard drive via USB on the other. More » -
ces 2009
Video: ioSafe Solo Fire/Flood Hard Disk Test Puts "Will It Blend?" To Shame
I was taken to a Vegas house off the strip. There's a fluorescent green pool, a purple jacuzzi. No strippers in sight—it was time to set a fireproof hard disk aflame. More » -
network storage
Linksys Media Hub Babysits Your Video, Music and Pics, Streaming Locally and Remotely
The Gadget: Linksys' Media Hub seems like a server, since it backs up data, gathers your media files automatically, and streams media over IP, but it's more like a super functional NAS drive with RAID support. More » -
network storage
Iomega Home Media Network Drive Packs NAS Goodies For Cheap
Iomega's Home Media Network Hard Drive comes in 500GB and 1TB packages for $160/$230 repsectively—a good look, especially when considering the drive's AFP/SMB support, UPnP/iTunes servers and Gigabit Ethernet. More »
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