Hard Disks & Solid State Drives Category - Page 3

A little peek at the law of unintended consequences–or possibly intended, depending on your point of view–comes our way today as reports emerge suggesting that iCloud’s ultimate effect may be to soften demand for flash storage.

We all know how important it is to keep a backup hard drive handy, especially if you have a lot of stuff you want preserved in case of a serious computer crash. But while we often hear about external hard drives from places like Western Digital, we don’t hear about [...]

The first time I heard about OWC’s Data Doubler, all I could think of was that scene in Johnny Mnemonic where Keanu Reeves managed to jack more information into his brain but it was slowly killing him because it was way too much. But then, a little more looking into [...]

I don’t think it’s exactly stretching a point to say that having a backup hard drive is one of the most important things a computer user can do for him or herself these days. And you’ve got a variety of options out there in terms of sizes and pricing to [...]

We’ve all heard that solid state drives are fantastic when it comes to speed and long-term data protection. And indeed, compared to a hard drive and its moving parts, that’s certainly the case. But the crew out at IBM have found a way to make solid state storage even safer, [...]

I’m gradually coming around to the idea of the SD memory card, in all its various forms, because they’re starting to get pretty serious in terms of storage space and write speeds. They’re even starting to make some entire solid state drives look sick, as is the case with the [...]

We’ve been hearing more than a little out of LaCie of late, with their cloud-backed Cloudbox system only recently coming into frame. But that’s not the only thing they were working on, and joining the lineup is a pair of hard drives called the Porsche Design series, and you’ll be [...]

This week, Apple introduced a slight product refresh of their Time Capsule wireless backup/storage boxes. They now come in 2TB and 3TB sizes, which is good. On their website, Apple promises that the hard drives in side are “server-grade”. Unfortunately, that’s not quite true as website HardMac took the new [...]

A lot of us have been at least tempted by the whole concept of cloud access. The thought of having your files available on various devices where ever you may happen to go is one that’s hard not to be tempted by. But waiting in the wings is the sudden [...]

Got a whole lot of files on your Mac you desperately want backed up? Well, you’ve got reason to be happy, if only in a back-handed sort of way. The new Time Capsules we were wondering about are now a reality and they’re packing substantial storage to boot. But there’s [...]