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Western Digital announces World’s First 1TB 2.5″ Hard Drive | Posted on: 30/07/2009 @ 23:40

With Solid State Drives the new buzzword in the storage market it is good to see that Western Digital, one of the biggest manufacturers of hard drives in the world are still pushing the boundaries of what is possible with conventional disk storage by announcing two huge 2.5″ Laptop drives, the Scorpio Blue 1TB and [...]

Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB SATA Hard Drive | Posted on: 30/07/2009 @ 21:00

The Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB SATA hard drive is an excellent choice for putting together a ‘green’ external storage solution. Putting this drive in an external enclosure, or better yet a NAS, will allow for some energy savings, especially if the drive is accessed frequently. I can definitely see myself putting a LP drive (or more) in a NAS to replace my expensive home server.

Exclusive Review of PhotoFastÂ’s G-Monster V5 256GB Solid State Disk | Posted on: 30/07/2009 @ 10:30

Transcend Ultra | Posted on: 30/07/2009 @ 5:27

We\'ve seen several SSDs that feature the Indilinx \'Barefoot\" controller and Transcend\'s Ultra is another such multi-layer SSD, so we know it\'s going to be very fast. The question is how does it stack up against some other popular SSDs on the market? Today we’ll pit it against some of the fastest traditional hard disk drives and SSDs to find out.

Crucial M225 256GB Solid State Disk | Posted on: 29/07/2009 @ 7:10

Runcore Factory Tour Video - Production of an SSD | Posted on: 28/07/2009 @ 17:20

iPhone 3GS Encryption Is “Useless”, 1TB 2.5″ Hard Drives & Spotify on iPhone | Posted on: 28/07/2009 @ 3:50

A computer security expert has said that the iPhone’s encryption software can be broken fairly easily. The reason that a lot of major corporations use iPhones is due to this built-in encryption that prior to recently, was thought to be pretty robust. The expert, Jonathan Zdziarski, told Wired that the encryption system is “broken” and [...]

Western Digital Unveils 1TB Scorpi Blue Notebook Hard Drive | Posted on: 27/07/2009 @ 21:00

As we begin to convert all of our content to high-definition, with games getting more graphic detailed and larger in size, and with digital cameras getting more detailed with clarity our needs for storage space is increasing. The need for storage space is growing at an exponential rate, I mean look at how DVD was converted overnight from 4-8GB to Blu-ray which range from 17GB to 30GB in size. The ...

OCZ Agility MLC SSD OCZSSD2-1AGT120G | Posted on: 27/07/2009 @ 17:53

Benchmark Reviews has seen Solid State Drive products from every angle, and while SSDs have overtaken hard drive products in terms of speed, there still remains the giant task of beating HDDs in price. That\'s exactly why OCZ has created the Agility Solid State Drive. Identical to the popular OCZ Vertex SSD in every aspect except NAND selection, the Agility SSD series offers the same Indilinx ...

WD launches a 1TB 2.5" Hard Drive | Posted on: 27/07/2009 @ 16:40

Western Digital informed us this morning that it had begun shipping 2.5" mobile hard drives with capacities of 1TB and 750GB, which is an industry first. The Scorpio Blue 1TB hard drive sports an impressive three 333GB platters spinning at 5,200 RPM. Each drive comes with 8MB of cache and a 3Gb/s Serial ATA interface. WD claims acoustic levels of...

Patriot Torqx SSD (Solid State Disk) 64GB | Posted on: 27/07/2009 @ 7:00

Smaller, faster, and better is what we all want in our PC's today. One design that has not changed to much is the hard drive. Storage sizes and speeds have changed over the years, but nothing really ground breaking until now. Solid State Disk drives are the way of the future and today we are going to look at one of Patriot Memory's Torqx 64GB SSD's.

Thermaltake BlacX ST0005U HDD Docking Station | Posted on: 25/07/2009 @ 10:12

\"As a dock, the BlacX’s selling point would be how it hard drives can be quickly accessed or removed. For those who have many hard drives on hand, this would seem to be the perfect product to juggle across their collection. The BlacX is even more attractive for those that troubleshoot and backup hard drives. Of the three models present in the BlacX series, the BlacX with USB 2.0 and eSATA ...

Intel X25-M 160GB 34nm MLC G2 SSD Benchmark Review | Posted on: 24/07/2009 @ 3:30

Intel has moved to a more advanced, 34- nanometer manufacturing process for its leading NAND flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) products and the results are spectacular. Read on to see how the Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB Generation 2 SATA SSD does against more than a dozen other 2.5" SATA drives!

Samsung SE-S084 External DVD Writer Review | Posted on: 23/07/2009 @ 23:20

Samsung SE-S084 is a slim external dual-layer DVD writer targeted to netbooks that don't come with an optical unit. Besides being very compact, it doesn't need an external power source.

Patriot Convoy XL HDD Enclosure | Posted on: 22/07/2009 @ 22:30

Convoy XL from Patriot is a 3 HDD enclosure that holds up to two 2.5 HDDs or SSDs supporting RAID. Let's take a look on this product.

Super Talent MasterDrive SX SAM28GM25S 128GB SSD | Posted on: 21/07/2009 @ 2:40

Solid State Disks have grown immensely popular these past few months. It has been interesting times with the release of both Indilinx and Samsung MLC controllers. The new Samsung controller proves to be fast and reliable as we check out the 128GB MasterDrive SX SSD.

Evercool Launch Armor HDD Cooler | Posted on: 20/07/2009 @ 9:00

Taipei, Taiwan—2009—Evercool Thermal Corp., Ltd., one of the famous and professional cooler and fan manufacturer in Taiwan. Today, EVERCOOL would like to one HDD cooler named “Armor”. People pay more and more attention on computer cooling nowadays. Therefore, not only for CPU coolers and NB cooling pads, but for hard disc cooler, Evercool is also going [...]

Hard Drive Roundup @ InsideHW | Posted on: 20/07/2009 @ 0:21

When asked what hard drive should be purchased, most users would answer: The bigger the better. But is this the right choice? In most cases it is, but we don’t need that much space nowadays, so some of us prefer faster drives, some of silent ones and so on. Luckily there is variety of models to choose from. The time of SSDs is coming for certain, but at the same time hard drives are ...

Super Talent SATA II Mini 2 PCIe MLC 64GB SSD | Posted on: 14/07/2009 @ 14:30

Is the stock SSD in your netbook so slow it's driving you nuts? Well, Super Talent has the cure with their new SATA Mini 2 PCIe SSD. Their new line of SSDs were designed to be a drop in replacement for the ASUS Eee PC S101,900, 900A and 901 netbook PCs. Join us as we take a look at the 64GB MLC version and how it performs in an ASUS Eee PC 900 netbook.

Eagle Tech M-Series | Posted on: 12/07/2009 @ 22:10

The external hard drive market has grown quickly with vast amounts of data needing to be moved from one system to another that a USB drive simply cannot handle. The preferred connection method is now by far eSATA with its greater performance namely for read and write speeds. However, many users still require the older USB 2.0 connection as their cases do not allow for easy eSATA usage and so most ...

Apple App Store, Silverlight 3, iPhone 3GS Discoloration & PalmPre Unlocked | Posted on: 12/07/2009 @ 19:10

This week the Apple iTunes App Store turned 1 year old and they are marking this milestone by promoting their favorite apps and games. In just this past year, the App Store has grown to over 50,000 applications and over 1,000,000,000 downloads. These applications have revolutionized the way people use their phones. I would have [...]

Patriot Memory 64GB Torqx SSD | Posted on: 12/07/2009 @ 15:10

Patriot Memory has a winner on their hands here with Torqx SSD. The performance is not only lightning fast, but consistent regardless of how full the drive is. A welcomed change for solid state drives. Coupled with the 3.5" bracket, the Torqx is the complete package for desktop storage upgrades.

OCZ Vertex | Posted on: 10/07/2009 @ 20:38

OCZ\'s Vertex is a multi-layer SSD that features the Indilinx \'Barefoot\' controller, promising very fast performance numbers, particularly with Write operations. OCZ\'s Vertex is the latest in their product lineup, and the performance claims sound impressive. Today we’ll pit it against some of the fastest traditional hard disk drives, and also alongside Intel\'s renowned X-25M SSD, and ...

Patriot Memory 64GB Torqx SSD | Posted on: 10/07/2009 @ 16:10

Patriot Memory has a winner on their hands here with Torqx SSD. The performance is not only lightning fast, but consistent regardless of how full the drive is. A welcomed change for solid state drives. Coupled with the 3.5" bracket, the Torqx is the complete package for desktop storage upgrades.

Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB SSD Review | Posted on: 09/07/2009 @ 15:30

Adding an SSD to a desktop or notebook that uses a traditional hard disk drive is a smart and efficient way to upgrade your PC. The Kingston SSDNow V Series is an entry level SSD that comes with all the software needed to clone your old HDD over to the new SSD. Read on to see if this drive goes down stuttering or if it stands fast and survives our testing.

QNAP TS-809 Pro Turbo 8 Bay NAS Review @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 09/07/2009 @ 6:34

If several terabytes of storage and a ton of features are what you need, than the TS-809 Pro NAS will have your business network covered both now and in the future. The eight drive bays combined with robust processing power and a much improved interface provide reliable storage and a host of other server functions for up to 512 network users.

Corsair P256 2.5-inch Solid State Disk | Posted on: 06/07/2009 @ 5:40

Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD Review | Posted on: 03/07/2009 @ 12:00

With the latest crop of SSDs proving they've got what it takes to thrash hard disks on every level, Patriot is getting in on the action with it's new Torqx. Using the very capable Indilinx ARM drive controller, does the Torqx match up to the competition? We find out.

Kingston SSDNow M-Series SSD Upgrade Kit | Posted on: 02/07/2009 @ 14:30

OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD - big and speedy | Posted on: 02/07/2009 @ 9:00

OCZ's premier Vertex SSD is put under the test microscope. We evalute whether a £325 drive makes sense.