<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Computing - Storage]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:47:01 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Computing - Storage]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[DiamonDisc DVDs Last 1,000 Years]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DiamonDisk-DVD-Storage-Cranberry-Thousand,news-5112.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DiamonDisk-DVD-Storage-Cranberry-Thousand,news-5112.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:51:01 CET Although the DiamonDisc DVD may last for 1,000 years, they're not exactly cheap.]]> <![CDATA[Play SNES, Genesis Carts via USB]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/USB-Genesis-Nintendo-Console-ROM,news-4905.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/USB-Genesis-Nintendo-Console-ROM,news-4905.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:40:00 CEST Who needs console when you can pay for a $90 USB device that plays both Genesis and Super Nintendo cartridges?]]> <![CDATA[NES Flash Drive Uses Konami-Level Security]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NES-Flash-Konami-Security-Drive,news-4842.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NES-Flash-Konami-Security-Drive,news-4842.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:20:00 CEST An NES controller converted into a flash drive uses Konami-level security.]]> <![CDATA[TDK Sports 10-Layer, 320 GB Blu-ray Disk]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/tdk-bluray-dvd-burner,news-4800.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/tdk-bluray-dvd-burner,news-4800.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:40:00 CEST TDK is sporting the world's largest Blu-ray disk.]]> <![CDATA[No Stand-Alone 250 GB HDD for Xbox 360]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Xbox-HDD-Modern-Warface-Drive,news-4679.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Xbox-HDD-Modern-Warface-Drive,news-4679.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:30:00 CEST Microsoft stated that there will be no separate 250 GB drive for the Xbox 360]]> <![CDATA[JVC Reveals Blu-ray / HDD Recorder Combo]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/JVC-Blu-ray-HDD-Combo-Recorder,news-4634.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/JVC-Blu-ray-HDD-Combo-Recorder,news-4634.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:10:00 CEST JVC also revealed its Blu-ray / HDD combo burners today at CEDIA.]]> <![CDATA[Blu-Ray Drives for PCs Bombing]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Blu-ray-drive-DVD-RW-PC,news-4504.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Blu-ray-drive-DVD-RW-PC,news-4504.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:40:00 CEST iSuppli reports that DVD-RW drives will dominate PCs and laptops well into 2013.]]> <![CDATA[Report: CD-Rs Are not Reliable]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/cdr-dvdr-nero-storage,news-4269.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/cdr-dvdr-nero-storage,news-4269.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:20:00 CEST While manufacturers tout extremely long life spans, a recent test showed CD-R failure with disks older than seven years.]]> <![CDATA[New Laser Can Accelerate HDD Read, Write]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Laser-HDD-Read-Write,news-4028.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Laser-HDD-Read-Write,news-4028.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[New Memory Could Store Data for 1 Billion Years]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/memory-billion-years-ACS,news-3989.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/memory-billion-years-ACS,news-3989.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Wed, 27 May 2009 01:50:00 CEST Scientists are working on a new memory material that's capable of storing data for... get this... more than one billion years!]]> <![CDATA[Western Digital Does External 2 TB HDD]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Western-Digital-external-2TB,news-3696.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Western-Digital-external-2TB,news-3696.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:41:01 CET Western Digital announced yesterday that its My Book line of external drives will be fitted with 2 TB of storage, the largest single-drive capacity so far.]]> <![CDATA[375 MB/sec. SD Cards Coming Your Way]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pretec-sd-sdxc-memory,news-3579.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pretec-sd-sdxc-memory,news-3579.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:50:00 CET <![CDATA[Cheaper Blu-ray Coming Your Way]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/cheaper-blu-ray-disc-players,news-3520.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/cheaper-blu-ray-disc-players,news-3520.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:40:00 CET <![CDATA[Downadup / Conficker Just Getting Started?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Malicious-Worm-Hacker-Code,news-3352.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Malicious-Worm-Hacker-Code,news-3352.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:30:00 CET Currently the Downadup/Conficker virus has infected an estimated 6 percent of PCs worldwide, and researchers are waiting for its climactic "second act" of doom.]]> <![CDATA[Circuit City Plans to Liquidate]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/circuit-city-closing-stores-liquidation,news-3312.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/circuit-city-closing-stores-liquidation,news-3312.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:51:01 CET <![CDATA[Seagate Cutting Exec Pay, Axing 3000 Jobs]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/seagate-jobs-salaries-cut,news-3299.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/seagate-jobs-salaries-cut,news-3299.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:40:00 CET Hard drive manufacturer Seagate announced on Wednesday that it will be cutting the salaries of executive staff by up to 25 percent, as well as axing 6 percent of its worldwide workforce.]]> <![CDATA[Samsung Dumps SanDisk, Marries Netflix]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/SanDisk-Samsung-Netflix-Blu-Ray,news-2815.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/SanDisk-Samsung-Netflix-Blu-Ray,news-2815.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:10:00 CEST Samsung gives up on its bid for SanDisk, however the company sees the green with Netflix, incorporating a built-in software into future Blu-ray players]]> <![CDATA[IFA 2008 - Lego Bricks with 4GB Storage Capacity ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ZipZip-Lego-USB-Drive,news-2547.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ZipZip-Lego-USB-Drive,news-2547.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:00:00 CEST Australian company ZipZip is offering USB thumb drives that look like Lego bricks. It has undoubtedly captured the attention of the IFA audience, as the crowd at their booth proved. Now you can save your documents and childhood memories at the same time!]]> <![CDATA[Samsung To Reduce NAND Flash Supply In July Amid Apple Orders]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Samsung-Apple-NAND,news-1846.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Samsung-Apple-NAND,news-1846.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[Ubuntu To Ship With Super Talent SSDs]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Ubuntu-Super-Talent,news-1838.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Ubuntu-Super-Talent,news-1838.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:00:00 CEST Super Talent has announced that the company will, for a limited time, bundle its line of MasterDrive MX SSDs with a free CD containing the Ubuntu Desktop Edition Linux OS and the OpenOffice software suite.]]> <![CDATA[InSpectrum: Defective Samsung Chips, But Not 80 Million Of Them]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Sasmung-DRAM,news-1759.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Sasmung-DRAM,news-1759.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:30:00 CEST After reviewing recent DRAM price trends in both the spot and contract markets, memory-specialist research firm InSpectrum noted that the relative stable pricing could not justify recent claims that a batch of 80 million (in 1Gb equivalent) 68nm-made DRAM chips from Samsung Electronics were defective, as such a volume would be sure to affect both DRAM markets in a noticeable manner.]]> <![CDATA[SSDs On Inexorable March To Replace Hard Drives]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/SSD-Memoright,news-1298.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/SSD-Memoright,news-1298.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Fri, 09 May 2008 19:40:00 CEST The Solid State Drive will completely replace the traditional hard drive in the coming ten years. This is the conclusion we’re drawing as the capacity of flash drives goes up and their prices come down.]]> <![CDATA[Washington Gov't Employees All Get Thumb Drives]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/security-government-sandisk,news-789.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/security-government-sandisk,news-789.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:30:00 CET <![CDATA[Lite-On Blu-ray Shipments Rising; Quanta to Begin Shipping Slim Drives in Q2]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/blu-ray-lite-drives,news-773.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/blu-ray-lite-drives,news-773.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:20:01 CET <![CDATA[Iomega Ready To Enter Acquisition Discussions With EMC]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iomega-emc-storage,news-772.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iomega-emc-storage,news-772.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:10:00 CET <![CDATA[Affordable Adapter for External Storage]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/macworld-adapter-storage,news-388.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/macworld-adapter-storage,news-388.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:20:00 CET At Macworld 2008, Newertech announces a new USB 2.0 Universal Adapter for all bare metal external hard drives: No case required. ]]> <![CDATA[The Drobo Data Backup Robot & DroboShare]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/macworld-droboshare,news-373.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/macworld-droboshare,news-373.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:50:00 CET If January is any indication, 2008 will be a good year for data backup hardware, with the debut of Apple’s Time Capsule, and its 1 day old competitor, Data Robotics’ DroboShare. ]]> <![CDATA[Apple Announces Time Capsule Wireless Backup]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-time-capsule,news-362.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-time-capsule,news-362.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:50:02 CET <![CDATA[AMD's HDTV On A USB Stick]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/amd-hdtv-usb,news-307.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/amd-hdtv-usb,news-307.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:50:00 CET <![CDATA[Corsair's 32 GB USB Flash Drives]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/corsair-usb-flash,news-240.html#xtor=RSS-211215 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/corsair-usb-flash,news-240.html#xtor=RSS-211215 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:30:00 CET