SlashGear for iPad and iPhone
RSS Feed

‘storage’ Stories

Toshiba takes over Western Digital 3.5-inch HDD equipment

, Feb 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Western Digital and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have announced a deal that will see Toshiba acquiring the 3.5-inch hard disk drive manufacturing equipment and IP Western Digital now holds. These 3.5" HDDs are used in desktop computers in all sorts of consumer electronic devices such as DVR's and more. Toshiba acquiring the WD manufacturing gear and IP is part of the mutual agreement for property divesting between the two firms. Read The Full Story

Samsung outs ruggedized SD and microSD memory

, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [4]

Samsung has revealed a new line-up of memory cards, seven microSD or SD chips slotting into the company's High Speed Series and Plus Extreme Speed Series, and promising up to 24MB/sec read rates. The brushed-metal cards are available in capacities from 2GB to 32GB in the High Speed Series, topping out at Class 10, and from 2GB to 8GB in the Plus Extreme Speed Series, all of which are Class 10. Read The Full Story

Apricorn Aegis Padlock DT gets USB 3.0

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

We talked about Apricorn Aegis Padlock line of external USB drives the past. These cool drives have a number pad on the outside to secure your data with a PIN number. Without that PIN number, the computer the drive is connected to won't even see it. Previous versions have all been USB 2.0. Read The Full Story

Google Drive incoming to take on Dropbox and iCloud

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [4]

Google is preparing to launch a cloud storage service, Google Drive, sources claim, taking on iCloud and Dropbox with free and paid accounts. Set to open for uploads "in the coming weeks or months" the WSJ's insiders say, Google Drive will supposedly undercut Dropbox's paid subscription pricing, which begins at $10 per month for 50GB. A free plan, meanwhile, will offer both individual and business users some cloud-based space without cost, likely ad-supported like free Gmail. Read The Full Story

Seagate says hard disk drive shortage to continue through 2012

, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [3]

The massive flooding in Thailand has severely limited the supply hard drives for the computing industry all around the world. One of the companies that was hard hit by the flooding was Seagate. I'm sure Seagate, and the computer industry hoped that the hard disk drive shortage would be over this year, but it doesn't seem that will be the case. Seagate is now reporting that the shortage of hard drives will continue throughout 2012, just as some research firms were predicting. Read The Full Story

Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage sets new bar for the business cloud

, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [2]

There's more than one announcement this week from Iomega regarding storage solutions for your own home network, this particular one on Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage speaking specifically to the business crowd instead of your living room. This solution works with Linux, Mac, and PC, and will be bundled with such unique brands of cloud management as EMC Atmos and Mozy. Get your small business on the same piece of hardware to make all things one, and all things simple! Read The Full Story

IBM creates atomic storage device with only 12 atoms

, Jan 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

The technology world is always marching on, and a big push is to make things like computers and storage systems smaller, faster, and higher capacity. That can get to be very tricky though with processes used for microprocessors and other tech already working at the nanometer level. IBM has created a new method of storing data, creating a storage device that needs an amazingly tiny number of atoms. Read The Full Story

NETGEAR unwraps 2012 lineup of networking, storage, and media devices

, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

NETGEAR has announced its new lineup of home networking, storage, and media products that aim to simplify the experience of setting up your wireless home computing and entertainment network. The new lineup includes the Powerline 500 Nano (XAVB5101), the Universal Dual Band WiFi Range Extender (WN2500RP), and the Media Storage Router (WNDR4700). Read The Full Story

OCZ Lightfoot SSD packs Thunderbolt

, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

OCZ has jumped on the Thunderbolt bandwagon with its latest external SSD, the OCZ Lightfoot, a compact drive offering up to 1TB of high-speed storage. Previewed ahead of CES this week, the Lightfoot is the successor to OCZ's Enyo USB 3.0 SSD, boosting transfer rates to up to 750 MB/s according to the company. Read The Full Story

Transcend StoreJet Cloud personal cloud storage device for iOS devices hits FCC

, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

If you are the sort who likes to offload all you can from your iOS devices like the iPhone or iPad to keep the device uncluttered, you will appreciate this StoreJet Cloud device that has crossed the FCC. It appears to be somewhat similar to the Pogoplug that we reviewed not too long ago. The small Transcend device is also said to be getting support for Android soon. Read The Full Story

Dropbox adds photo and video import support directly from your camera

, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

Dropbox has just introduced a new feature with their new “Experimental Forum Build” beta app for Windows, Mac and Linux, which now essentially enables users to automatically import photos and videos directly from your camera. The system starts the uploading process when a camera, phone, or memory card is connected to your computer. Your photos and videos will then be sent off to the cloud, or rather, the DropBox servers, becoming accessible by all your other Dropbox-supported devices. Read The Full Story

Pogoplug Mobile Review

, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [7]

You can hardly click on the internet these days without stumbling across cloud storage, with seemingly anybody with some spare server space offering it up for offsite storage. What if you’re more interested in hosting your own little cloud, though, with no monthly subscription fees but still access when you’re on the move? Pogoplug has been helping set up self-hosted shared storage for some time now, but the Pogoplug Mobile promises to do it with an even smaller footprint and in a way that works seamlessly with your smartphone. Read on for the full SlashGear review.

Read The Full Story
Pages: Prev 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next