HardDrives

New Method of Writing Hard Drives Could Yield 1TB Per Inch Density

Current hard disk drives are up against their ceiling: a few hundred GB per inch. But a combination of two unique writing methods could lead to new HDDs that pack ten times as much data in the same space. A new paper in the journal Nature Photonics outlines the process, which combines TAR (thermally-assisted recording)…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 10

Seagate GoFlex Storage System Loves Macs and PCs Equally

Seagate’s GoFlex storage system consists of external hard drives and accessories which can be matched so that you can connect to almost anything. The system is also the first one with which Seagate will include NTFS drivers for Macs. While being able to access the drives from both Macs and PCs, you’ll be able to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan May 4

The Five Stages of Data Loss Grief

So your hard drive just died, and you didn’t back it up. I’m so, so sorry. You can expect to go through the following five stages once you discover that all of your photos, files and music are gone forever. Stage One: Denial “No. No, there’s no way. This is probably just a software issue,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 19

Seagate ST-506: The Daddy of Modern Hard Drives

The first hard drive, from 1956, was housed in a computer the size of two refrigerators. But in less than a quarter of the century, engineers shrunk hard drives to 5.25″. The first, holding 5MB, was Seagate’s ST-506. https://gizmodo.com/ibm-305-ramac-the-grandaddy-of-modern-hard-drives-5494858 In 1980, manufacturers were still dedicating significant resources to pushing the upper limits of data storage…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 17

How Google Crunches All That Data

If data centers are the brains of an information company, then Google is one of the brainiest there is. Though always evolving, it is, fundamentally, in the business of knowing everything. Here are some of the ways it stays sharp. For tackling massive amounts of data, the main weapon in Google’s arsenal is MapReduce, a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 17

IBM 305 RAMAC: The Grandaddy of Modern Hard Drives

The IBM 305 RAMAC, which debuted in 1956, was the first computer with a hard drive. It was 16 square feet, weighed over a ton, and had to be transported by plane. But it sure as Hell beat punch cards. We often complain about legacy features holding back new technologies. For the computers of the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 16

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

According to iTunes, I have 22,880 items in my music collection. That adds up to 70.9 days worth of music, taking up 145.26 GB of hard drive space. And thank God for it. When I was 12 or 13 years old, we had a family computer that everyone shared. It had a 1GB hard drive.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 16

Buffalo Dualie Carries a HDD But Lets iPhone Sit Shotgun

iPod docks can already be found on speakers, alarm clocks, kitchen scales, space heaters, lamps, cars, bikes and I’m sure in a bunch of other wacky things. Leaving no stone unturned, Buffalo is releasing the Dualie, a hard drive/dock combo. The Buffalo Dualie probably doesn’t solve any problems you currently have, but it certainly makes…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 14

Netgear’s 4-Bay ReadyNAS NVX Plays Nicely with Time Machine

The new Netgear ReadyNAS NVX is a 4-bay NAS geared towards small businesses that is also compatible with the Time Machine on Mac OS X. The new Time Machine compatibility uses Bonjour to so your computer can auto-detect the NAS over LAN, and supports backups from multiple Mac machines. The Time Machine support is a…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 6

Tom’s Hardware Corrects Study, Says Solid State Drives Do Improve Battery Life

Tom’s Hardware tested battery life in laptops with SSDs yet again and found that they aren’t such a power suck, correcting a previous study. SSDs didn’t outperform their HDD counterparts in all tests, but combined with Laptop Mag’s study I think we can safely put the issue to rest for now. [Tom’s Hardware] https://gizmodo.com/swindled-solid-state-drives-dont-extend-battery-life-5021166

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 15

Western Digital Confirms 500GB My DVR Expander Drive Works With TiVo

Today Western Digital confirmed that its My DVR drive, which had previously been marketed for Scientific Atlanta boxes, was “verified compatible” with TiVo HD and TiVo Series3 DVRs. It’s already for sale at Best Buy, and can now be found at TiVo.com/store, too. A 500GB My DVR Expander drive lists for $200. And according to…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Oct 23

New Method of Writing Hard Drives Could Yield 1TB Per Inch Density

Seagate GoFlex Storage System Loves Macs and PCs Equally

The Five Stages of Data Loss Grief

Seagate ST-506: The Daddy of Modern Hard Drives

How Google Crunches All That Data

IBM 305 RAMAC: The Grandaddy of Modern Hard Drives

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

Buffalo Dualie Carries a HDD But Lets iPhone Sit Shotgun

Netgear’s 4-Bay ReadyNAS NVX Plays Nicely with Time Machine

Tom’s Hardware Corrects Study, Says Solid State Drives Do Improve Battery Life

Western Digital Confirms 500GB My DVR Expander Drive Works With TiVo

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