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Fujitsu’s Record-Breaking 160GB 7,200RPM Laptop HDD

Fujitsu has announced the development of its new MHW2 BJ series of 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives. With a record-breaking storage space of 160GB and transfer rate of 300MB/s, this is the drive that will offer a new level of high-performance laptop computing. Fujitsu also claims ultra-quiet performance with a noise level of only 2.5 bels [...]

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$60,000 iPod Domino. 22 Terabyte Maxtor Domino. Which is Cooler?

Everyone loves dominos. So here are two geeky domino videos for you! Do you prefer the iPods? Or the Maxtors?

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50-Terabytes of Data on DVDs?!

Prof. Renugopalakrishnan and his team at Harvard Medical School in Boston have discovered a unique protein that could possibly be used to store up to 50,000-gigabytes (50-terabytes) of data onto medium the size of our DVDs. Well, I’ve covered ferroelectricity technology that promises more than a thousand times greater storage space than this. But both technologies [...]

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Rebate Lovers: Maxtor 200GB HDD For Just $40

Don’t mind rebates? Then here’s a great deal for you. How does a Maxtor 200GB 7,200RPM Ultra ATA 133 hard drive at just $40 sounds? We’re talk about 63% off retail price here! Simply purchase the hard drive from Office Depot at $110 and mail in this rebate form. They’ll rebate you $70 within 60 -90 [...]

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PQI’s 64GB Notebook Flash Drives Ready For August

Looks like PQI has managed to beat Samsung’s 32GB flash drive that is equipped on the company’s Q30 notebook. As mentioned in the post, solid state/flash drives for notebooks are truly a big step up from traditional hard drives. But like all things gadgetry, the problem lies in the price. Getting one of this baby [...]

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Fancy a Million-Gigabtye Hard Drive?

Researchers have finally found a way to create storage devices that are capable of storing millions of gigabytes of data. With the use of ferroelectric, the researchers from Drexel University and University of Pennsylvania are able to squeeze 12.8 million gigabytes of information into a cubic centimeter. Very amazing indeed. Until recently, researchers were not able [...]

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