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Article | 28/01/2009 Brocade launches smaller, modular backbone switch

Brocade Communication Systems on Tuesday announced the DCX-4S Backbone, a smaller, modular version of its multipurpose core network switching platform...

Article | 19/01/2009 What your hard drive will look like in five years

As solid-state disk (SSD) technology closes in on hard-disk drive (HDD) capacity and price, experts say it may not be long before spinning disks are a...

Article | 12/01/2009 Memory card standard could provide up to 2TB on SD cards

The SD Association unveiled a new SD card specification last week at the 2009 International CES that it said can support data storage capacities of up...

Article | 9/01/2009 SanDisk unveils new SSDs for laptops and netbooks

SanDisk unveiled its next-generation solid-state drives (SSDs) at the International CES. One series is aimed at the hot netbook market and the other a...

Article | 7/01/2009 Demand for flash memory drops along with product shipments

A decreased demand for NAND flash-related applications has led DRAMeXchange Technology and others to lower their outlook for 2009 NAND flash chip sale...

Article | 7/01/2009 Samsung rolls out 2.5-inch, 100GB solid-state drive

Samsung Electronics announced Tuesday that it has developed a 2.5-in., 100GB solid-state disk (SSD) drive with enhanced performance for use in servers...

Article | 6/01/2009 Seagate ships highest density desktop disk drive

Seagate is now shipping its densest desktop hard drive, the Barracuda 7200.12, which offers 1TB of capacity on two disks. The drive is a 3.5-in. disk ...

Article | 5/01/2009 Vinyl record sales double in '08, CDs down

Audiophiles have long argued that vinyl records offer better sound quality compared to CDs or MP3s, but their stoic loyalty in the face of change was ...

Article | 23/12/2008 Little tech wins big as nanocar inventor takes science award

The inventor of a car slightly wider than a strand of DNA took the top prize in nanotechnologies this week. James Tour, a professor of chemistry at Ri...

Article | 23/12/2008 Intel ships 160GB solid state disk drives

Intel has announced it is expanding its X25-M 2.5-inch and X18-M 1.8-inch SATA solid-state drive (SSD) family with a 160GB drive in a 2.5-inch form fa...

Article | 19/12/2008 Researchers create graphite memory only 10 atoms thick

Researchers at Rice University have demonstrated a new data storage medium made out of a layer of graphite only 10 atoms thick.

Article | 16/12/2008 Hitachi to ship SSDs with high-end arrays

HDS Monday announced it will offer flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) for its high-end Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and VM storage arrays.

Article | 12/12/2008 Restored DVD key to conviction in rape case

The recovery of data from a damaged DVD helped convict a US man of multiple rapes earlier this year.

Article | 12/12/2008 Which operating system is best for SSDs?

Solid-state disk (SSD) drive architecture can play a big role in how fast a computer boots up and performs. But how big a role the SSDs play -- and ho...

Article | 10/12/2008 HP ships 300GB, 2.5-in. SAS drives

Hewlett-Packard Co. said it began shipping its 300GB small-form factor drives to worldwide resellers this week, doubling the capacity of its previous ...