New ADA Group To Spark Innovation in Software Applications

By Jacqueline Emigh | 1/23/2012

Will a new group spur better software applications for end users? The ADA will promote innovation among developers, from music apps to PC business applications.

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CES 2012: OWC USB 3.0 External Storage Drive, Up to 1.5TB Available

By Amber Riippa | 1/10/2012

OWC announced an "industry first" at CES today, the company's eSATA 6G USB 3.0 external storage drive. The drive is part of the Mercury Elite Pro mini lineup and is available with up to 1.5TB of storage space.

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CES 2012: Verbatim Outs Rugged Store 'n' Go Plus USB Drive

By Amber Riippa | 1/9/2012

Verbatim today announced its new rugged Store 'n' Go Micro USB drive Plus; offers up to 32GB of storage space.

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CES 2012: Cool New Products for Storing Your Content Online or on Your PC

By Jacqueline Emigh | 1/8/2012

Would you like to manage content sitting on your PC, Facebook, and Google+ all in the same place? How about accessing "private" info stored on your PC from your smartphone? Cool new PC and cloud storage technologies will be out there at CES, and here in advance are some of them.

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Crucial Introduces m4 Ultra-Slim SSD for Ultrabooks

By Amber Riippa | 1/6/2012

Crucial introduced a new ultra-slim 2.5-inch high performance SSD today. The company states that the new SSDs will fit into and work well with the new types of notebooks with slimmer form factors, such as Ultrabooks.

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Seagate Acquires Samsung's Hard Drive Business for $1.4 Billion

By Amber Riippa | 12/20/2011

Seagate announced that the company has officially gained Samsung's storage drive business today, including assets, employees, and infrastructure. The assets included Samsung's popular M8 product line of hard drives.

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Top Software Picks: 22 Hot Apps for PCs, Phones, iPads, and Android Tablets

By Jacqueline Emigh | 11/28/2011

Here are our picks for seven top software apps in each of three device categories: PCs, smartphones, iPads and Android tablets. We've chosen an overall winner, too!

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Holiday Deals on PC Software: Black Friday - Before and After

By Jacqueline Emigh | 11/18/2011

November is a fabulous month to get bargains on PC software, whether you're shopping for yourself or for somebody on your holiday gift list. Great deals are already out there and more will be coming on Black Friday!

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Top Holiday Software Gift Pick: McAfee All Access, for PC, Mac and Mobile Security

By Jacqueline Emigh | 11/14/2011

This year's nod for top software holiday gift goes to McAfee All Access, a cross-device security suite for safeguarding Windows PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones.

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Thailand Floods Could Impact HDD Supplies, Computer Production Worldwide

By David Barboza | 10/21/2011

The monsoon rains that have created flood conditions in Thailand since July are expected to have a significant impact on computer manufacturers and production worldwide, mostly affecting notebook and desktop PC systems.

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With Steve Jobs Gone, How Will Apple's Software Fare Vs. Windows 8 & Android?

By Jacqueline Emigh | 10/14/2011

Apple's remaining management team now inherits two aspects of Steve Jobs' legacy: profoundly successful previous products, plus an ongoing embracement of change.

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Battle of the 1TB Laptop Hard Drives: Samsung vs. Western Digital

By Jerry Jackson | 8/29/2011

It's time to replace that pathetic little hard drive that came with your laptop. We reviewed two of the latest one terabyte laptop hard drives: the Samsung Spinpoint M8 and the Western Digital Scorpio Blue to see which one is best.

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