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European anti-trust regulators on Monday launched in-depth probes into proposed US takeovers of South Korean and Japanese businesses manufacturing computer hard disk drives (HDD). http://phys.org/news225986478.html Technology Mon, 30 May 2011 15:02:10 EST news225986478 Just weeks after Amazon and Google unveiled their music offerings, Apple appears set to raise the bar. http://phys.org/news225342510.html Technology Mon, 23 May 2011 04:50:01 EST news225342510 (PhysOrg.com) -- Seagate's GoFlex Satellite is the first portable hard drive, with integrated Wi-Fi and battery pack, that lets you stream 500 GB directly to any mobile or Wi-Fi equipped device without using any cables. http://phys.org/news224780099.html Electronics Mon, 16 May 2011 15:56:49 EST news224780099 The US assault force that killed Osama bin Laden hauled away about five computers, 10 hard drives and more than 100 storage devices from his hideout in Pakistan, a US official said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news223732339.html Technology Wed, 04 May 2011 12:52:32 EST news223732339 Seagate, the leader in hard drives and storage solutions, today unveiled the world’s first 3.5-inch hard drive featuring 1TB of storage capacity per disk platter, breaking the 1TB areal density barrier to help meet explosive worldwide demand for digital content storage in both the home and the office. http://phys.org/news223715924.html Electronics Wed, 04 May 2011 08:19:09 EST news223715924 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to hide your secrets has been created, which is good news for both the spies and the generally duplicitous regular people of the world. This new system, instead of relying on traditional methods of hiding data such as encryption to scramble the text, hides information in an entirely different way. The newest thing in covert operations it to manipulate the location of data fragments. Essentially, the data is still being scrambled, but it is in an entirely different way. http://phys.org/news223056036.html Technology Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:01:06 EST news223056036 (PhysOrg.com) -- Is Sony trying to out Macbook the Macbook? That is the rumor floating around the tech world today. According to a rumor report, first put out by Sony Insider, the company is allegedly working on two different new laptops that would be ultra-portable, and people are already comparing them to the MacBook Air. http://phys.org/news219933105.html Electronics Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:33:51 EST news219933105 (PhysOrg.com) -- The world of hardware is, in some ways, an arms race. We want it faster, smaller, with a longer battery life, and with more storage. While we cannot always get all of those things from one device, when one of them is done really well, or really big, it is usually enough to garner attention, and today all eyes are on Samsung. http://phys.org/news218815237.html Electronics Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:01:00 EST news218815237 In the hard drive industry, the rapid growth of storage density has been propelled in part by developments in the sensors used to read the magnetic "bits" on the disk. Recently, the use of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in such sensors, with current flowing in the plane of a multilayer film, has given way to the use of tunneling magnetoresistance, where current flows perpendicular to the plane of the multilayer through a tunnel barrier. http://phys.org/news218790492.html Physics Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:09:02 EST news218790492 The world's biggest IT fair opened Tuesday amid concerns over the security of its featured technology -- cloud computing -- after some 150,000 Google email accounts vanished into the ether. http://phys.org/news218177138.html Technology Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:20:01 EST news218177138 Apple on Thursday unveiled an updated line of MacBook Pro laptop computers featuring new Intel "Thunderbolt" technology for moving digital films and other data "blazingly fast." http://phys.org/news217774368.html Electronics Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:20:06 EST news217774368 Tablets may have been all the rage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, but with tens of thousands of products on display, there was something for everyone. http://phys.org/news213957416.html Electronics Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:20:01 EST news213957416 Seagate today introduced Constellation.2, the industry's first 2.5-inch enterprise-class hard drive to reach a record 1TB capacity. The Constellation.2 drive is designed for server storage applications and offers a solid combination of high capacity, leading 6Gb/s performance, superior data integrity, and best-in-class low power consumption. http://phys.org/news211541304.html Electronics Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:28:35 EST news211541304 It's the end of the year so it's time for my unofficial "Gadget of the Year." http://phys.org/news211203080.html Electronics Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:10:01 EST news211203080 I didn't dwell a lot on the MacBook Air when Apple first unveiled it in January 2008. Its thin profile and light weight were definitely impressive. But with an $1,800 price tag for the base model, slow processors, only an 80-gigabyte hard drive and no DVD drive, the notebook was too expensive, too underpowered and too limited to get me too excited. http://phys.org/news208156194.html Electronics Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:10:11 EST news208156194 (AP) -- Apple is a pioneer in many fields, but in the race to connect our TV sets to the Internet, it's been lagging badly. http://phys.org/news205605121.html Electronics Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:32:18 EST news205605121 Seagate today announced that its groundbreaking Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive, the world’s first laptop hard drive with built-in encryption to protect against unauthorized access to information on lost or stolen mobile computers, has secured FIPS 140-2 certification from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). http://phys.org/news203690535.html Electronics Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:00:01 EST news203690535 Seagate today announced the world's first 3 Terabyte (TB) external desktop drive. Available immediately, the 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external hard drive helps to meet the explosive worldwide demand for digital content storage in both the home and the office. With 3TB of capacity people can store up to 120 HD movies, 1,500 video games, thousands of photos or countless hours of digital music. http://phys.org/news197056081.html Electronics Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:48:16 EST news197056081 Seagate today introduced the next evolution of the company's FreeAgent external hard drives—its new GoFlex storage solutions. This new family of external drives and accessories introduces a new level of flexibility to traditional USB 2.0 storage. The FreeAgent GoFlex storage family includes easy, plug-and-play portable and desktop drives, with an array of interchangeable cables and desktop adapters that allow each drive to adapt to the interface or device being used. GoFlex hard disk drives are also specially designed to provide interoperability between operating systems in order to work with both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X computers. http://phys.org/news192303702.html Electronics Wed, 05 May 2010 19:00:01 EST news192303702 Samsung Electronics today announced the fastest external hard drive yet in its STORY Station product portfolio - the Samsung STORY Station 3.0 with the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface. The top-of-line 3.5-inch external hard drive now offers 10 times faster speed compared to the previous USB 2.0 interface, making it the ideal storage solution for saving and retrieving crucial data in the blink of an eye. http://phys.org/news191581378.html Electronics Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:03:19 EST news191581378 (AP) -- Paramount Pictures is exploring a new frontier by participating in an offer to sell Seagate Technology hard drives with a copy of the latest "Star Trek" movie and 20 other films already on board. http://phys.org/news190354246.html Technology Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:11:10 EST news190354246 Storage is one of the most neglected areas for most digital users, so anything to make that job easier is welcome. http://phys.org/news188739866.html Electronics Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:10:24 EST news188739866 (AP) -- Internet cafe users in the British capital may want to watch what they download. Scotland Yard is advising administrators of public Web spaces to periodically poke through their customers' files and keep an eye out for suspicious activity. http://phys.org/news188740096.html Technology Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:00:07 EST news188740096 Multiple family members with multiple electronic gadgets result in multiple chargers. Teleadapt's solves the problem with the ChargeHub charging solution. http://phys.org/news187515949.html Electronics Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:01 EST news187515949 (PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering professor Bryan Huey is developing a new hard drive-like device designed to improve the reliability of data storage and reduce cost and energy consumption. http://phys.org/news185452992.html Technology Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:00:01 EST news185452992 With the annual Consumer Electronic Show taking over Las Vegas last week, an endless number of products were introduced and on display. http://phys.org/news182701662.html Electronics Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:28:12 EST news182701662 Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Seagate unveiled the BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 portable external hard drive performance kit for notebook computers. http://phys.org/news182177711.html Electronics Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:20:01 EST news182177711 Sony unveiled a mini notebook computer aimed at the hearts of environmentalists. http://phys.org/news182109836.html Electronics Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:20:01 EST news182109836 It's time to take stock of the year that was and figure out how to make the next one better. http://phys.org/news181629307.html Technology Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:50:01 EST news181629307 The iP1 iPod/iPhone dock from iHome is part of the company's Studio Series launched earlier this year. http://phys.org/news179679917.html Electronics Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:06:31 EST news179679917