The Easy Way to Replace a Dying Notebook Hard Drive

Published on November 14, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Very little is as daunting as replacing a hard disk drive that is dying. Calvin Chu takes a relaxed look at these issues and shows you how easy it can be to make your notebook sing again. Read more

How Many Drivers Do You Need in Your Earphones?

Published on December 7, 2006 to Home Theater

Two drivers are definitely better than one. As good as the UM1 earphones are, the UM2 phones sound significantly better. Both offer excellent sound isolation, but you need to take the time to get the correct fit - which is also easier with the UM2s. Read more

MP3 Hard Drive To Portability

Published on June 27, 2002 to Home Theater

The race is on to create a Windows-compatible, hard drive-based MP3 player to cash in on the success of the Apple iPod. Lower prices are something that people want, and the D-Link does deliver a bargin, but are you willing put up with a few idiosyncrasies in order to get a hard drive-based MP3 player for half the price of an iPod? Read more

Hard Disk Drive Video Players Hit The Mainstream

Published on August 29, 2005 to Networking

Until now, DVD players with DivX support have been a good alternative to the noisy living room PC. Now the first multimedia boxes based on hard drives have arrived. They can store hundreds of gigabytes of video and play it directly from the hard drive, yet are hardly bigger than a paperback novel. Read more

Avoiding the Heartbreak of Notebook Hard Drive Failure

Published on November 15, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Your notebook's hard disk drive will fail some time and there's nothing you can do about it. Calvin Chu tells you what you, hard disk designers and operating system architects can do to lessen the impact of drive failure. Read more