Plextor Showcases SSDs at CES

By Jerry Jackson | 1/8/2011

The Plextor team shared a performance demo of PX-M2S Solid State Drive during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show.

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Encryption and Online Backup Now With All SanDisk USB Drives

By Amber Riippa | 1/6/2011

SanDisk makes a breakthrough in the USB flash storage market at CES by introducing built-in password-protected encryption software known as SecureAccess and a free online backup service for all new USB storage drives made from SanDisk from this point forward.

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Western Digital Showcases New Scorpio Black Drives

By Amber Riippa | 1/6/2011

Western Digital updated its popular Scorpio Black line of notebook hard drives with faster performance and a new maximum storage capacity of 750 GB.

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Iomega Personal Cloud and Media Network Hard Drive

By Amber Riippa | 1/4/2011

Today Iomega announced their new Personal Cloud technology, a technology that will take your Iomega NAS (Network Attached Storage device) in order to backup, protect, and give others access to your files and information on a personal cloud.

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Intel Releases mSATA SSDs for Tablets and Ultraportables

By Charles P. Jefferies | 12/29/2010

Intel has released the latest product in its Solid State Drive (SSD) storage line, the 310 Series mSATA, which are just 1/8 the size of regular SSDs.

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Hitachi Intros Travelstar Z5K500 Hard Drive

By Charles P. Jefferies | 12/17/2010

Hitachi GST announced its latest mobile hard drive, the Z5K500 featuring a 500GB capacity and a 7mm ultra-slim form factor.

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Iomega External USB 3.0 SSD Coming Soon

By Amber Riippa | 10/26/2010

Iomega's upcoming External USB 3.0 SSD Flash Drives promise the blazing fast speed and durability of solid state drive technology combined with the convenience of the new USB 3.0 port.

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Hitachi Announces New 750GB Notebook Hard Drives

By Charles P. Jefferies | 10/7/2010

Hitachi has introduced two new lines of notebook hard drives: the 7200RPM 7K750 and 5400RPM 5K750 series.

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Intel PM55/HM55 Chipsets Having Trouble with SSDs?

By Charles P. Jefferies | 8/27/2010

Our forum members have discovered a possible flaw with the latest Intel PM55 and HM55 notebook chipsets, which are very common in modern notebooks.

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Iomega Updates eGo Portable Drives with USB 3.0

By Charles P. Jefferies | 8/24/2010

Iomega has announced it will be updating its eGo Portable Hard Drive lineup with USB 3.0 technology starting this fall.

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SSD vs HDD: A Beginner's Guide to SSD Upgrades

By | 8/19/2010

Are you looking for a way to increase the performance of your notebook? Then upgrading the storage is often an easy and worthwhile way to boost the speed of your laptop without buying a new computer. We took an in-depth look at some of the top choices for notebook storage. Should you get an SSD or normal hard drive? Read on to find out.

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'HyDrive' Hybrid SSD/ODD Now Official

By Charles P. Jefferies | 5/31/2010

Hitachi and LG have officially announced the HyDrive, an optical drive/solid state disk (OD/SSD) combo unit for notebook computers.

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