Tag: Hard Drive
HDD Rack Super Combo – hook up a hard drive the easy way
Looking for a an easy way of adding a hard drive to your PC? The HDD Rack Super Combo should do the job.
Shiny Video Review: Fujitsu 300GB external hard drive
Been burnt a few times for not backing up your data? Join the club. I actually have one of these 300GB HandyDrive external hard drives from Fujitsu, and let me tell you, it’s worth every penny of the £119 they’re asking for….
Watch that new digital photo frame… it could be infected with malware
Digital photo frames are all the rage at the moment, and they seem innocuous enough, right? After all, you’re only going to be using them to display a few family photos.
The truth is, though, that the seemingly innocent device on your mantelpiece could be harbouring malicious software, ready to infect your PC. Some of it is specifically written to attach to portable storage devices.
It stands to reason, really, that any storage device, be that hard disc or flash memory based, could contain data which, when transferred to a PC, could manifest as a virus or trojan. Remember when a batch of Apple iPods was shipped complete with a PC virus?
McAfee Security reckons that the most likely point of infection for new hardware is in the Quality Control section of the manufacturer.
Hitachi's DZ-BD9H straight-to-Blu-ray 1080p camcorder
What with the HD format war of ultimate tedium all but over, it’s time to sigh heavily and start buying things that have got Blu-ray drives in them. You might as well. We’ll all have to eventually.
Like this thing – the Hitachi DZ-BD9H high-definition camcorder. It takes mini 8cm Blu-ray discs (current UK RRP £14 each), which can store around an hour of footage…
CES 2008: Toshiba's arty 'world's highest capacity 2.5" external hard drive', the 320GB-er
Toshiba’s been kicking around the mobile storage industry for a good few years now, so it’s refreshing to see them update their line with something visually appealing, and also with a worthy claim. Yep, it’s another ‘World’s most…’ product.
Take a deep breath – these 320GB HDDs are the world’s highest-capacity 2.5″ storage device. Not as impressive…
Recycle your old hard drive – turn it into a Hard Drive Clock
The downside of us all upping our storage requirements is an ever-increasing pile of old/surplus hard drives heading to the tip. So how can you recycle them? Well, one idea of this rather cool Hard Drive Clock.
Shiny Video Review: SimpleTech Pininfarina External Hard drive
Alex has been busy reviewing external hard drives like they’re going out of fashion, and in this video, takes a sneak…
Philips launches SPD5130 1TB hard drive with fast eSATA interface
Philips has announced the availability of its SPD5130 hard drive, boasting a massive one terabyte of storage and able to connect to a computer using either USB 2.0 or the new eSATA interface. eSATA is around six times faster…
Fujitsu claims to have the world's largest capacity mobile hard drive, at 300GB
If there’s anyone out there reading this, who hasn’t yet moved to storing their music and photo libraries on external hard drives, I recommend you do so as soon as possible. I recently transferred most of my data to one, and the extra speed I’ve received after departing with 90GB of photos and music is amazing.
Fujitsu is here to save the day with what they’ve dubbed the world’s largest capacity external mobile hard…
What a difference 20 years makes to one gigabyte
Don’t bother checking your washing machine in the kitchen, there, I haven’t stolen the insides, don’t worry! The only crime which has been committed here is dredging up the one gigabyte’s past life, back when she was a plus-sized model trying to make it in the world, before she slimmed down to the size-zero SD card we know so well.
The IBM hard drive above is 22 years old, and weighs around 70lbs. Quite a remarkable difference 20 years can make,…
