The sci-fi quacks you always see forecasting the apocalypse and computer-run future worlds have it mostly right. We are going to be brutally exterminated by our own creations comprised of silicon and rare metals. However, what they don’t realize is it will be at the helm of legions of decrepit, angry, and neglected platter-based hard drives. Take a gander folks, the Hard Disk Robot will come to format us one last time… Source: Feng Guo Via: LaughingSquid,...
The current crop of hard drives max out at 2 TB. If you think this is merely adequate you’re no doubt looking forward to when 10TB flash drives are $5 at the dollar store. As cool as it is to dream, we still have several years before storage becomes that cheap or dense. Since I can’t give you news of a 10 exabyte drive, I’ll patch over the wound with a 3TB drive. Is it here? Not quite. But it’s coming. WD was the first to break out with the...
Small devices need small parts (Capt. Obvious here). Many devices that require some form of digital storage have long moved on from small hard drives and embraced flash storage since prices have fallen dramatically and continue to do so. For some applications however, a traditional spinner may be worthwhile. Say you need more storage than is physically or monetarily possible. That’s precisely where the ‘ol spinners still reign supreme. Toshiba today...
Hey you. The one that takes 3-400 pictures of every family event, sunrise, and other not so important occurrence on planet earth. I know you’re probably running out of hard drive space or already on your 2nd or 3rd. Instead of actually deleting the bad, redundant, or downright useless pictures, Seagate will soon feed your addiction. Already stealing the thunder from Toshiba’s 640GB 2.5″ hard drive announcement” Mobile techies and digital media...
