If you’re building a new PC or want to upgrade the hard drive in your current machine, Samsung has some good news for you with the new SSD 830 line. The new line of solid-state drives will be able to fit in just about any computer you use. The new drives are only 7mm thick, more »

LaCie, maker of both tiny and rugged hard drives has finally decided to combine the two features into one external hard drive. That new hard drive is LaCie’s new Rugged Mini external hard drive. The Rugged Mini is small enough to fit in your back pocket, and tough enough to not break if sat upon. more »

The SSD market so far has been close to non-existent in terms of recognizable hard drive manufacturers. It looks like that’s about to change, with Seagate finally entering the market. The company has an impressive first entry with its new Pulsar drives. Seagate’s Pulsar drives are SSDs built for enterprise use. The big draw of more »

Plenty of people halted their purchase of a new PC in anticipation of Windows 7. Microsoft officially launched Windows 7 yesterday, but there may be another reason to hold off on that purchase. USB 3.0 is just around the corner. With a theoretical speed of 5Gbps, USB 3.0 will be able to handle incredibly fast more »

Solid state drives are an attractive option to people who want a laptop that have no moving parts and/or want better battery life. Picking a SSD option is usually quite expensive, but Active Media announced its new line of SaberTooth S3 Mini PICe SSDs for Asus Eee PCs with pretty low prices. The 16GB model more »

Hard drive speeds can never be too fast. When you are searching your computer for files or using it to access video, a fast hard drive is invaluable. Here comes a monster from Seagate – the Seagate Barracuda XT. 2TB of storage, 7200RPM, and the kicker – a 6Gbps SATA interface. So what does something more »

The Addonics 5-port Hardware Port Multiplier (“HPM”) is here to let you hook up lots of SATA devices to your computer. There are two versions. The HPM-XA System Version that fits inside your computer where a PCI slot would be where it gives you 5 internal ports – you hook up your SATA controller to the HPM-XA and you’ve got 5 ports ready. The other is the 5 Port HPM-XA Enclosure Version which fits into multi-bay enclosures (which Addonics also sells). This is a good way to reuse an older machines to create a giant server for all your videos, photos, and music. Each version of the HPM costs $99.

There hasn’t been a whole lot of improvements in hard drive technology in the past few years aside from increasing capacities. Sure, there’s the advent of the SSD, but it’s still way too expensive for most people. For the most part we’ve been using SATA 2 connections with upwards of 1TB drives. It’s about time more »

As you can image, we are prone to hearing about ever single new home media networking hard drive and back-up solution that is released onto the market. But what I saw at Iomega really impressed me (and Doug). The new Home Media Network Hard Drive provides a super easy-to-use network storage for your home. To get going all you need to do is plug in the devise to a power adaptor and a ethernet cord (which should be connected to your router). You then go through a very basic install wizard on your computer and you can begin playing back your pictures, videos and music from almost any other device, including game consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3), digital picture frames or networked TVs. There is also a USB slot on the back so you can share a printer over your home network as well. Plus, the unit backups your computer (PC or Mac) automatically — it can even be synced with two computers. Seriously, this could not get any easier. They plan to add a bunch of features in the coming months such as remote access over the net. It is available now in 500GB ($179) and 1TB ($249) options.

Standing by their tag line, Fujitsu will truly “make your data portable” with its new Handy Drive 400, offering 400GB of space for any kind of digital contraption you can throw at it. The drive measures a convenient 3.23 x 5.57 x 0.87-inches and weighs 8.12-ounces. This 4200rpm hard drive will connect to your PC more »