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Reinvented Hard Drive May Be Faster Than Solid-State

The era of the hard drive appears to be coming to an end, with the swift rise of solid-state storage that brings with it lower power consumption and higher speeds. But wait: British scientists have just reinvented the hard drive ...READ»

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Western Digital Spends $65 Million to Get Into SSD Market...Finally

Considering Western Digital's household name status in hard drive-based storage, it's a little surprising that the company hasn't dipped its toe in the fast-developing solid-state drive market before now. Acquiring Silicon Systems, ...READ»

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Kissing Octopi May Be Cutest Flash Drives Ever

Normally a flash drive doesn't impress me unless it's smaller than a grain of rice, or squeezes in enough storage capacity to digitize the library of Congress, twice: But the kissing octopi drives from A-Data caught my eye. How ...READ»