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Terabyte drive to debut later this year

August 14, 2006 Desktop hard drives holding 1 terabyte of storage will appear in 2006 and be incorporated into PCs and home servers. TAGS: terabyte, Hitachi Ltd., Seagate Technology, hard drive, TV, PC

Here comes the terabyte hard drive

January 5, 2007 With a terabyte drive, consumers can store 250,000 MP3 songs, enough for two solid years of listening without a single repeat. Photos: Hitachi's terabyte drive TAGS: terabyte, Hitachi Ltd., gigabit, drive maker, capacity, Seagate Technology, MP3, hard drive, photograph, video

The hard drive at 50

September 11, 2006 Hard drives have come a long way since debuting 50 years ago this week. Do they still have room to shrink? TAGS: margin, font, IBM Corp., hard drive

A divide over the future of hard drives

August 23, 2006 Room temperatures should derail the current line of disk drive development soon, so changes are coming. TAGS: grain, drive maker, Hitachi Ltd., disk drive, Seagate Technology, hard drive

Microsoft reveals more about Live Drive

August 24, 2006 An exec provides some details about Microsoft's plans for a free online storage service, Live Drive. TAGS: Sydney, online storage, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, hard drive, PC

Coming soon: The 8-terabyte desktop

February 28, 2006 Eight terabytes of data storage? That's like 8,000 pick-up trucks filled with books. But VoodooPC says you'll like it. TAGS: PC company, home entertainment, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Vista, hard drive, PC, Microsoft Corp., video, operating system

Face recognition comes to photo albums

March 14, 2006 Riya is a new search technology that will let you find pictures of Mom on your hard drive using text and images. TAGS: Munjal Shah, facial recognition, PC Forum, security camera, sample, match, photograph, photo album, Florida, face, picture, camera, hard drive

PKWare releases free version of SecureZIP

April 23, 2007 Software aims to secure e-mails, attachments and information stored on hard drives. TAGS: PKWare, free version, e-mail, hard drive

Online storage service adding a terabyte a week

July 27, 2006 Price of online storage is going down, but people are storing more than ever, storage company Streamload says. TAGS: online storage, terabyte, San Diego, Google Inc., hard drive

Al Shugart, hard-drive pioneer, dies at 76

December 13, 2006 The founder of hard-drive maker Seagate was one of the pioneers, and one of the regular guys, of the tech industry. TAGS: Bill Watkins, Seagate Technology, dog, hard drive

Does new hard drive foreshadow 100GB iPod?

December 5, 2006 Toshiba's 100GB 1.8-inch hard drives will begin shipping next year, which could lead to larger storage capacity for Apple's music device. Photo: Toshiba's little hard drive TAGS: Toshiba, Apple Computer, Apple iPod, hard drive

Samsung unveils 8GB hard-drive phone

March 7, 2006 Company is hoping the device, which can hold more songs than an iPod Nano, will take off with music fans. TAGS: Apple iPod Nano, Samsung Electronics, Apple iPod, hard drive

SanDisk rolls out flash hard drives for laptops

January 4, 2007 Unlike traditional hard drives, flash memory drives do not contain moving parts, making them less prone to breaking down. TAGS: SanDisk Corp., NAND, NAND flash, flash memory, aerospace, notebook company, notebook computer, USB flash drive, capacity, hard drive, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows

Police blotter: Child porn in Web cache OK

November 24, 2006 In this week's installment, court reverses conviction of man who viewed illegal porn but didn't know it was saved in his Web cache. TAGS: conviction, Police Blotter, defendant, Pennsylvania, cache, possession, evidence, prosecutor, image, law, Web browser, situation, hard drive

Trouble on horizon for 'white box' PC makers

October 30, 2007 As more computer buyers turn to laptops, lesser-known companies that produce PCs will have a hard time keeping up with the big guys.Photos: White-box choices TAGS: consumer PC, notebook computer, PC company, Acer Inc., brand, HP, PC, Apple Computer, hard drive, Dell

Laser innovation speeds up hard disks

July 5, 2007 Researchers claim that lasers can be used to boost read/write speed of magnetic media by 100 times, with prototype due within decade. TAGS: laser, field, researcher, hard drive

SanDisk drops prices with new flash drive

March 14, 2007 Decline in cost of new drive is chalked up to the drastic pricing reduction experienced by the flash industry. TAGS: SanDisk Corp., flash memory, pricing, notebook computer, USB flash drive, hard drive

Linux tool speeds up computer forensics for cops

March 6, 2008 Australian students build Linux-based tool that allows investigators to collect forensic data without compromising its integrity. TAGS: integrity, police, Linux, operating system, hard drive

Storage giants to push hybrid hard drives

January 4, 2007 Seagate, Hitachi, Samsung, Fujitsu and Toshiba partner to promote combo of flash chips and magnetic platters. But where is Western Digital? TAGS: alliance, Hitachi Ltd., memory chip, flash memory, Western Digital, Fujitsu, Seagate Technology, hard drive, Samsung Electronics, laptop computer

Fujitsu prepares 300GB notebook drive

December 13, 2006 Vendor says product will set a new record for SATA-based 2.5-inch drives. TAGS: Fujitsu, Serial ATA, Seagate Technology, notebook computer, desktop computer, hard drive
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