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• CompactFlash Card Roundup: 1GB Models   [Roundup, PCStats]
  This year marked a turning point in photography; for the first time in history, digital cameras outsold traditional film cameras. Considering the flexibility and drastically improved image and print quality of digital cameras, it should not come as a surprise that the future of photography is digital. When examining the broad array of entry-to-mid-level digital cameras, most manufacturers are firmly aligned with one flash memory media format or another. Olympus and FujiFilm use SmartMedia and xD, Sony has its Memory Stick and most of the others rely on Secure Digital media. Then there are the rest which still use CompactFlash Type I or Type II cards (CF for short). CompactFlash is not long for the entry-level digital camera market, however.
   Sun, 25 Sep, 2005 | 9 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Seagate Momentus 5400.2 IDE (120GB)   [Review, HardwareZone]
  The Momentus 5400.2 is Seagate's second generation 5400RPM 2.5-inch hard disk drive for the mobile market. If you're itching to upgrade your notebook's drive to something with a larger capacity, then you'll need to know how it compares with its earlier sibling.
   Sun, 25 Sep, 2005 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Transcend JetFlash 2GB Flash Drive Review   [Review, legitreviews]
  Floppy drives, CD's, and even DVD's are becoming obsolete as removable media in this day and age. Everyone wants something indestructible, something lightweight, and most of all, something big in capacity. Today we take a look at something that hopes to fulfill all those requirements, as well as retaining good transfer speeds.
   Fri, 16 Sep, 2005 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Can Gigabyte's i-RAM Replace Existing Hard Drives?   [Review, TomsHardware]
  For years there have been attempts to speed up the performance ability of the ROM disk memory subsystem, because, with the exception of subordinate storage drives such as CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, diskettes or other exchangeable media, the hard drive is still the slowest device on a modern PC. It is not for nothing that the industry is trying to further increase the spin speed of hard disk drives for the long-term.
   Mon, 12 Sep, 2005 | 13 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Data Compression Explained   [Article, Hardware.GamersHell]
  Modern compression is the technology used today by computers in order to pass data from place to place using less data then it would take to simply transfer these data as they are. Compression is quite common these days and is used transparently in many computer systems. A simple example for using compression is the web, in which every time we view an image, we in fact decompress it.
   Sun, 04 Sep, 2005 | 10 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Synology Disk Station DS-101g+   [Review, Hexus]
  The setup and management is easy, the print server just works, the photo album just works, as does the web server. In fact, everything seems to just work.
   Fri, 02 Sep, 2005 | 156 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• AcomData E5 320GB External Desktop Storage: Slap on another   [Review, AnandTech]
  So, how much storage space is enough for us? 20GB was more than enough for us four years ago, but when 2005 hit, 200GB was barely enough to store the plethora of data that we acquire and collect nowadays. What options do we have? Well, the obvious one is to buy another hard disk drive and install it into our cases. But what if you run out of physical internal storage space in your case or interfaces on the motherboard or controller cards? The only other option is to buy external enclosures and install those 3.5” hard drives into them or buy external storage drives that come ready to “plug and play”.
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 46 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 Hard Drive   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  We’ve never done a review of a single hard disk before but this Hitachi drive justifies the attention. It’s the first 500GB disk drive to hit the shelves. That’s half a Terabyte in a single drive. Blimey! Hitachi has got its drive to market ahead of the likes of Maxtor and Seagate who have announced drives but not yet shipped them.
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 19 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• LinkStation Network Storage Center Review   [Review, TheTechZone]
  The LinkStation Network Storage Center from Buffalo Technology offers an easy and economic backup solution and adds 120 to 400 GigaBytes of network-attached storage. The drive features an idiot proof setup and installation.
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 41 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Price Guides, August 2005: Storage   [Guide, AnandTech]
  It's a weekend, so it looks like it's time for another price guide! In RTPE news we are working on releasing a new graphing engine soon, so don't be surprised if our graphs start looking clean and anti-aliased, instead of the awful gnuplot terminal renders we are using now. Just in time for last month's Storage Guide, we unveiled our Cost Per GB calculator, which should help you in your storage purchasing decisions. Two weeks ago we (somewhat) quietly implemented logical OR into RTPE as well. Finally, we expect to open the Beta of our price alert engine very soon; so you will be able to let RTPE contact them as new rebates and refurbs show up on products on your watch list!
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 12 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Accelerated Compact Flash: The Addonics SATA CF Adapter   [Review, TomsHardware]
  4-in-1, 7-in-1, 20-in-1... the industry seems to constantly encourage you to upgrade your card reader by enticing you with how many formats the new ones can handle. In fact, though, there aren't really all that many different types of memory cards; there are just a few that also have some more compact variations. But now, in something of a twist, Addonics wants to make the popular Compact Flash format speedier and more functional by using the Serial ATA (SATA) interface.
   Mon, 22 Aug, 2005 | 13 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Speedy Notebook Storage with Seagate's latest Momentus Drive   [Review, TomsHardware]
  Seagate calls its 2.5" hard disk family for notebooks "Momentus". The name is based not on the word 'moment', but rather the word 'momentum', which implies a type of impulse. And the current product generation, featuring 120 GB and a fast 5,400 RPM drive speed, promises to provide even more impulses than ever before.
   Mon, 22 Aug, 2005 | 13 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Seagate 3.5-inch External USB/Firewire Drive (400GB)   [Review, HardwareZone]
  The Seagate 3.5-inch external hard disk drive with a 400GB capacity is certainly a backup solution for users with a huge storage appetite. Find out how this drive performed in our tests as we put it against its older 160GB sibling.
   Sun, 21 Aug, 2005 | 9 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Maxtor OneTouch II FireWire 800 Edition - External Hard Disk   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  Like sorting out your taxes and cleaning out the garage, backing up your computer is one of those tasks that you know needs to be done but all too often gets neglected. Maxtor’s external OneTouch II hard disk drive is designed to make this onerous task that much easier. The key to this is the button on the front – just one press and it will automatically back-up the contents of your machine. Alternatively, you can set it to perform automatic backups at scheduled intervals.
   Thu, 18 Aug, 2005 | 17 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Western Digital Essential NetCenter 320GB - NAS Box   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  Considering its expertise in hard disk manufacturing it’s no surprise that Western Digital (WD) has taken its high capacity IDE drives and created a low-cost NAS solution for the home user and small business. The Essential NetCenter family consists of three members with the latest model on review delivering a tasty 320GB of networked storage at a price to suit most pockets. At first glance, Freecom’s Classic SL Network Drive looks much better value but it only delivers half as much storage capacity and the NDAS technology it employs can be cumbersome to install. Along with an easier installation, the NetCenter also offers a number of other features that make it more versatile.
   Thu, 18 Aug, 2005 | 92 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• FingerGear Computer-on-a-Stick Review   [Review, HardwareCentral]
  And now FingerGear has put not just data, not just applications, but a whole operating system on a keychain. The $149 Computer-on-a-Stick is a bootable USB flash drive that carries a modified Debian Linux 2.6 OS and Gnome 2.8 desktop along with the Microsoft Office-compatible OpenOffice.org suite, Firefox browser, GAIM instant-messaging client, and other programs. The idea is that you plug it into almost any x86 system, reboot, and enjoy the same work environment no matter what is or isn't installed on the PC. When you're done, you shut down and put the Stick back in your pocket, leaving no files, bookmarks, cookies, or browsing history on the host machine. The only part of the device accessible by the host is a "public" folder, which works like any other flash drive to transfer files to and from other PCs.
   Tue, 16 Aug, 2005 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• 3 Huge Hard Drives: Hitachi, Maxtor & Seagate   [Roundup, GDHardware]
  It’s been a little while since we did a 3-way drive round-up of hard drives and none so far have come close to the capacities we’re looking at in this article. We secured the largest capacity SATA-II units from Hitachi, Maxtor and Seagate – the three companies we’d argue are the top 3 when it comes to releasing bleeding-edge performance, capacity and value. Certainly there are some folks who’d throw Western Digital into that mix; however, their slowness to release SATA-II and other leading technologies keeps them at the bottom of the pack in our opinion.
   Sat, 13 Aug, 2005 | 29 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB SATA Hard Drive   [Review, bigbruin]
  Hard drives are one of the most critical components of a computer system, but in recent years they seemed to be one of the key items holding back system performance. High performance SCSI drives were too expensive for mainstream use, and the typical ATA drives didn't seem to be advancing at the same rate as things like processors, memory, or graphics cards. With the introduction of SATA (and now SATA-II) the speed issue is being addressed, and manufacturers are doing other things to increase drive performance and reliability. Maxtor is one of the most recognizable names in hard drives, and they are right at the forefront of the advancement of hard drives with their latest offerings.
   Thu, 11 Aug, 2005 | 27 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• External Hard Drives with Trimmings Aplenty   [Review, TomsHardware]
  Nearly everybody has reams of data that they'd be glad to move over to and organize on a big external drive. But when the time comes to tackle complex data protection schemes, things get dicey. Nobody can deny that it's essential to secure copies of important information, such as e-mail messages, address books, configuration data of all kinds, plus loads of project and personal files. But much of the important stuff is lost inside the impenetrable jungles from Windows installations and registry files. This mish-mash helps explain the appeal of disaster recovery solutions that promise to restore entire systems after a crash or virus incident without exacting too much pain and suffering on their users. For this, Fastora, Maxtor and SmartDisk seek to offer systems that not only offer backup and data storage solutions but to do a lot more in the way of functionality compared to the competition.
   Thu, 04 Aug, 2005 | 16 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Gigabyte's i-RAM: Affordable Solid State Storage   [Review, AnandTech]
  This year's Computex wasn't very different, except for one thing. When Gigabyte showed us their collection of goodies for the new year, we were actually quite interested in one of them. And after we posted an article about it, we found that quite a few of you were very interested in it too. Gigabyte's i-RAM was an immediate success and it wasn't so much that the product was a success, but it was the idea that piqued everyone's interests.
   Wed, 03 Aug, 2005 | 32 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail