News tagged with external hard drive

Solid state Swiss Army Knife can save digital lives

Victorinox has pulled from its technology pocket a version of its vaunted Swiss Army knife equipped with a solid state drive capable of holding all of the digital data in a person's life.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Apple MacBooks get speedier with Intel 'Thunderbolt' technology

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."

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Seagate Introduces 3TB External Hard Drive

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 ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Samsung Unveils STORY StationExternal Hard Drive with USB 3.0 Interface

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 ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Seagate Ships 10,000 RPM 600 GB 2.5-inch Hard Drive

Seagate today announced worldwide shipments of its Savvio 10K.4 hard disk drive (HDD), the world's highest-capacity and most reliable 2.5-inch enterprise-class drive.

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Gadgets: Consumer Electronics Show 2010 roundup

With the annual Consumer Electronic Show taking over Las Vegas last week, an endless number of products were introduced and on display.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seagate Super Speeds Transfer Rates With USB 3.0 External Portable Hard Drive

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.

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

There's no perfect way to back up your hard drive

If there's one thing to keep in mind about computers, it's this: Hard drives fail. I relearned that lesson recently when one of my laptop's external hard drives stopped working and then my 4-year-old iPod died.

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Getting files from a failed hard drive

A friend whose iMac's hard drive had apparently died called recently, wondering how she might access the files on the failed drive.

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (19) | comments 10

Hitachi Unleashes Ultra-Fast Half-Terabyte Mobile Hard Disk Drive

Hitachi today announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard disk drive. The Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 is a 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive designed for notebooks, gaming systems and professional ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

USB stick makes easy automatic backups to discs

There's really no excuse for not backing up your computer these days. Used to be that making a backup was a fairly complex task. But today's backup offerings make it pretty much a no-brainer. In the recent months, I've written ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

This hard drive is hardened to disasters

Anyone who has been reading my column or listening to my radio talk show "Computer America" knows I have been preaching the back-up mantra for years. If I ever decide to have a bumper sticker on my car, it will read: "It's ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Help! How to avoid fast-moving computer worm

Since early January, a worm that has been referred to by several names, including "Downadup," "Kido" and "Conficker," has been infecting millions of computers around the world. The worm exploits a previously discovered vulnerability ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Gadgets: Trade shows bring new tech innovations

Another Consumer Electronics Show and MacWorld trade show have passed and with that brings a host of announcements of new products to hit the shelves at retail outlets.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1