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Toshiba 320GB 1.8-inch HDD is world’s biggest

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 No Comments

toshiba 320gb hdd Flash and solid-state drives have been catching up to tiny, 1.8-inch traditional hard-drives in ultramobile applications over the past year or so, but Toshiba don’t think spinning platters are quite outmoded yet. The company have revealed three new 1.8-inch HDDs including the industry’s first 320GB unit, using unique high-density platters that permit data density of 516Gbpsi.

Each of the 3.0Gbps SATA drives spin at 5,400rpm and have 16MB of buffer memory, while there’s apparently less of the high-pitched whine sometimes associated with such HDDs; in fact noise is down between 4 and 5dB over previous models. As well as the 320GB drive, there are 160GB and 250GB versions.

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Seagate FreeAgent DockStar review

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 16th 2009 1 Comment

Most digital libraries flourishing and ubiquitous connectivity spreading, having access to our personal data and media wherever we are is looking all the more appealing. NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices have had the ability to share via broadband for years, but most owners don’t take advantage of it; into the mixture steps Seagate, whose new FreeAgent DockStar takes the company’s FreeAgent Go USB hard-drive and makes remotely sharing its content incredibly easy. Obvious addition to every home network, or is there a sting in the tail? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA 6.0Gbps hard-drive is world’s first

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 1 Comment

Seagate have announced the world’s first SATA 6Gbps hard-drive, the Barracuda XT, a huge chunk of 2TB capacity aimed at high-performance workstations. The Barracuda XT 2TB spins at 7,200rpm and is the first to feature the faster-speed SATA interface, though it’s also backward compatible with SATA 3.0Gbps and 1.5Gbps.

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iPod classic gets 160GB upgrade, still $249

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

Apple’s last-remaining hard-drive based PMP, the iPod classic, has also had a quiet upgrade today, with the company throwing out the 120GB of the previous version and slotting in 160GB instead. The iPod classic remains the same size as previously, though, together with keeping the same price tag.

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Samsung Spinpoint M7 640GB 2.5-inch hard-drive debuts

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

Samsung have announced their latest 2.5-inch hard-drive, and while it may not be a fashionable SSD it does at least have capacity going for it. The Samsung Spinpoint M7 packs 640GB into its dual-platter design, with 5,400rpm spin speed.

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Seagate Pimp My Drive promo announced

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Aug 31st 2009 No Comments

Seagate announced a new feature called the Pimp My Drive today, which allows you to fully customize the look of your external hard drives and storage devices purchased from the company.

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Sony Blu-ray recorders pack up to 2TB HDD

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 26th 2009 No Comments

Sony Japan have unveiled their latest range of Blu-ray recorders, and since there’s no such thing as too much storage they’ve also thrown hard-drives inside the five new models too. Capacity of the BDZ-series ranges from 320GB all the way up to a whopping 2TB in the flagship BDZ-EX200, which is apparently good for up to 253 hours of high-definition TV.

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Corsair Extreme SSD X256 offers 256GB of crazy-fast storage

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 25th 2009 No Comments

Corsair have announced their flagship Extreme Series SSD, a 256GB model that promises read speeds of up to 240MB/s and write speeds of up to 170MB/s. The X256 joins the existing 32 to 128GB SSDs in the Extreme Series, with 64MB of cache and the Indilinx Barefoot controller.

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Hitachi pack new HDTVs with 500GB hard-drive

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 25th 2009 No Comments

Hitachi have unveiled five new HDTVs, each of which includes a 500GB hard-drive for local storage of recorded programming or downloaded content. The sets – three plasmas, ranging from 42- to 50-inches, and two LCDs, at 37- and 42-inches – slot into the company’s endearingly-titled Wooo TV range, and all support Full HD 1080p.

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Elecom nanoSSD slots straight into SATA port

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 25th 2009 No Comments

Elecom have announced two new solid-state drives, the 8GB and 16GB nanoSSD ESD-IDSAA Series, which are designed to slot directly into a SATA motherboard slot. Measuring 25 x 39 x 6.5 mm, the nanoSSDs can be used as startup drives on a main system or, Elecom suggest, the primary drive on a compact Mini-ITX setup.

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