Topic: Hard Drives

Apple's New MacBook Air: The End of the Conventional Hard Drive?

Apple introduced the latest version of the MacBook Air today, and it's a feat of miniaturization. Steve Jobs described it as "what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up." Perhaps most intriguingly, the new MacBook Air ...READ»

How Apple's MacBook Air Refresh Will Slay Optical Drives, Make You Reconsider Hard Drives

This week we're expecting big things from Apple. One of them is a MacBook Air refresh, and some tempting details surfaced over the weekend. The leaked data inspires one interesting thought: Are we about to say bye-bye to the optical drive?READ»

Microsoft Windows 7 Saves the Planet?

The company claims switching to their latest operating system will require 30% less energy.READ»

Droolworthy Possibilities for Verizon's 1 Gigabit Network

Verizon announced that one of its FiOS business customers was able to eke out nearly gigabit speeds. That may sound like nerd-speak, but it's the future, and it's going to change the way you do everything from watching movies to buying computers. Here's how.READ»

Makers of 'BlackLight: Tango Down' Anticipate Video Gaming's Downloadable Future

"BlackLight: Tango Down" can only be downloaded, and for a fraction of the cost of a boxed-game sold at retail. Are digital titles the industry's destiny?READ»

Acer Aspire One AOD250-1413 10.1-Inch Netbook - Diamond Black

Acer Aspire One D250-1413 10.1” Intel Atom N270 Processor (1.6GHz) 160GB Netbook – Black The Aspire ONE D250 is the ultimate take-me-with-you device! The LED-backlit display presents you with bright, clear imagery for a very ...READ»

Microsoft Dabbling With Cloud-Based "Midori" OS?

Hints in the code of Microsoft's .NET Framework have led some to draw a surprising conclusion: Microsoft may be developing a new OS, based on its "Midori" tech demonstrator, that is a radical departure from its OS history. Long ...READ»

Hollywood Hit: RealDVD Will Copy DVDs No More

Remember RealDVD, that famous piece of paid software that let you simply and easily let you make a fair copy of a DVD onto your PC's harddrive as a "personal" backup? It's been killed by Hollywood's lawyers, very finally indeed. ...READ»

IBM's Silicon Valley R&D Lab

They are inventing new kinds of storage devices and developed the first hard drive. IBM. But only a few lucky ones get inside IBM's Almaden Research Center. Here we get you in and you talk with Mark Dean, PhD, IBM Fellow and vice ...READ»

Moving Atoms at IBM to Build Smaller Storage Devices

IBM's Almaden Research Center is where the hard drive was invented so we visited there to find out what kinds of things they are working on today. Our cameras found a group of scientists moving atoms of Iron around one at a time with ...READ»

Seagate CEO says “What recession?”

Our sponsor is Seagate, first storage company to ship a billion hard drives. Here the CEO, Bill Watkins, sits down with us to discuss what’s happening in the storage business. Bill’s known for taking on tough issues and here we ...READ»

Seeing New Seagate FreeAgent Hard Drives

Brian Dexheimer, division president of Seagate's consumer solutions, shows me Seagate's new FreeAgent hard drives, being announced Tuesday in New York. These drives, are thin, quiet, colorful, and high capacity.READ»

Tour of Seagate's Drive Factory in China

[video_twistage 1]We are proud to have Seagate as our sponsor. They make all of these videos and trips around the world possible, so we thought "Why not go and see how a hard drive is built?" Here's the result where we visit Seagate's ...READ»

Exclusive: Seagate Introduces New HD Media Storage and Sharing Device

Problem: your relatives just got a new HDTV and you want to show off some videos or photos you shot on their screen. Question: what’s the easiest way to get your photos, video, or other media onto their screen? Solution: Seagate ...READ»

Intel's Revamped Classmate Goes the Convertible Tablet Route

Intel announced their newest version of the education-focused budget laptop (netbook, really) called the Classmate. It's not the cheapest netbook around, but it's packing some features that definitely endear it to the education ...READ»

IBM responds to Obama's plea for more healthcare information infrastructure

I visited IBM's Almaden Research Center (where the hard drive was invented) to see what the researchers there were working on. I met James Kaufman, who is a physicist who is creating an interoperable healthcare information system. ...READ»

In search of smaller, faster, cheaper memories

In the building where the hard drive was invented there's a team of researchers who are working to build new kinds of memories (that's IBM's Almaden Research Center). Ones that are smaller, faster, cheaper to build, and that use less ...READ»

TiVo Introduces Series 4 (Premiere), Has Officially Discovered the Internet

At an event in NYC tonight, TiVo introduced the biggest change to their digital video recorder (DVR) in years with the Series 4, to be officially called the TiVo Premiere. It's the first TiVo box to use a new, Adobe Flash-based ...READ»

Fast Forward: The Death of Moving Parts

[video_twistage 1]While it's true that the passing of almost anything inspires grief, nobody is going to miss videotape. Or squeaky, power-hungry hard drives. Or film. Yes, with the advent of plunging flash memory prices and some ...READ»

PS3 Yellow Light of Death - The Most Efficient Way to Fix it

Like many PS3 owners, you may have come across the Yellow Light Of Death on your PS3. Devastating at first, you’ll be happy to know that there are many ways to fix this very common problem among PS3s. Follow the tips below, and if they don’t succeed in fixing your PS3 continue to read for some alternatives.READ»

Nissan Altima Boston Mass

Clay Nissan of Newton and Clay Nissan of Norwood are excited about the strengths of the 20 for the many Nissan Altima Mass shoppers. The 2010 Nissan Altima Boston has strong acceleration, especially with V6; great handling; sporty design on the inside; a coupe body style and hybrid's fuel economy. Nissan Altima Mass drivers may notice a few distinct changes to the 2010 Nissan Altima Boston; including a restyled hood, grille and front bumper, different wheel designs and reconfigured interior trims, colors and materials. READ»

Nissan Altima Boston Mass

Clay Nissan of Newton and Clay Nissan of Norwood are excited about the strengths of the 20 for the many Nissan Altima Mass shoppers. The 2010 Nissan Altima Boston has strong acceleration, especially with V6; great handling; sporty design on the inside; a coupe body style and hybrid's fuel economy. Nissan Altima Mass drivers may notice a few distinct changes to the 2010 Nissan Altima Boston; including a restyled hood, grille and front bumper, different wheel designs and reconfigured interior trims, colors and materials. READ»

Pogoplug: A Better Way to Connect Your Hard Drive to the Internet Cloud

Finally, it's easy to connect your hard drive to the Internet cloud and do something fun, sexy, and extremely useful with it.READ»

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The iPad Will Hurt Your Wallet in Time, but in a Good Way

We mentioned how astonishing the entry price point for the iPad is, and how it might be its killer feature. But thinking about it, Apple's pulling off a magic trick that is going to cost you plenty of dollars over the next couple of ...READ»

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: All Your Music in the Cloud

The Interwebs are ablaze about Apple's plans to acquire Lala. Among the rampant speculation, there's one amazingly important nugget of information: iTunes might be cloud-bound. It's the future of digital music.READ»