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Hewlett-Packard to support both next-gen DVD formats

HP won't be taking sides in the format battle between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray and has now pledged its support for both standards.

02/03/2006 05:12 PM

Perpendicular hard drives hit Australia

Seagate started shipping its first perpendicular hard drive to the Australian market on Monday, which the company said marks the beginning of the end for its traditional linear hard drive products.

14/02/2006 10:30 AM

LaCie dresses up its new hard drives

LaCie unveiled a whole posse of new hard drives at this year's CES.

09/01/2006 03:03 PM

Maxtor releases the entire line of OneTouch III drives

As a logical follow-up to the OneTouch III Turbo Edition hard drive announced last year, Maxtor released the entire family of OneTouch III drives at CES.

09/01/2006 11:26 AM

Maxtor Shared Storage Plus

Maxtor Shared Storage Plus family dishes out A/V files and serves as a network backup

06/01/2006 02:06 PM

Holographic storage: the 500GB business card

Blu-ray discs are supposed to store 25GB. HD-DVD may stretch up to 45GB. Big deal. The next new storage medium, holographic storage, may be able to cram 300GB onto one inexpensive disk.

05/01/2006 10:33 AM

Maxell to launch holographic storage next year

The technology dream of storing terabytes of data on a single disk has taken a step closer to reality.

29/11/2005 12:58 PM

Cost questions dog Blu-ray DVD's lead

The battle for the future of DVD manufacturing is by no means over, but the more costly runner has the backing.

29/11/2005 10:50 AM

Forrester: Blu-ray winning drawn-out format war

Sony's Blu-ray format for next-generation DVD drives will win over Toshiba's rival HD DVD format, analyst firm Forrester predicted on Wednesday - but it won't be a quick victory.

20/10/2005 11:07 AM

Studio bridges next-gen DVD divide

In latest twist in war over next-generation DVD tech, Paramount says it will release high-definition films in Sony-backed format.

04/10/2005 01:33 PM

FAQ: HD DVD vs. Blu-ray

Microsoft and Intel want one format for new DVDs, Dell and HP want another. But why, and who, if anyone, is likely to win?

04/10/2005 01:23 PM

Samsung develops flash-based disk

Flash memory maker Samsung is trying to drive a new kind of disk for PCs.

24/05/2005 11:35 AM

Data dumping ground: external hard drives

You can now store hundreds of gigabytes of data in a compact external hard disk drive. But not all external drives are created equal though, so we've compiled four popular options to see how they stack up.

27/04/2005 03:49 PM

Group aims to drastically up disc storage

A few hundred movies on an optical disc? That's the goal of the Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) Alliance.

04/02/2005 12:20 PM

HD DVD vs. Blu-ray: who cares?

Since its 1997 debut, the DVD format has gone on to become perhaps the biggest success in the history of home theatre and consumer electronics. But will the current king of the video hill still be number one by the time it hits its 10th birthday?

14/12/2004 10:53 AM

Toshiba, Memory-Tech unveil new disc

In an effort to ease the transition to higher-capacity disc technology, Toshiba and Memory-Tech have developed a dual-layer disc that supports DVD and HD DVD formats.

08/12/2004 02:34 PM

Smart Alex: Too much ain't enough...

Or, if you supply it, we'll keep filling it.

01/11/2004 12:24 PM

We're fifty years into the future

Fifty years ago, a revolution started. Let's not stop the party just yet.

20/10/2004 10:19 AM

Sony's home server stores 1 terabyte

Who needs that much? Anyone who wants to record a week's worth of TV shows.

06/10/2004 09:05 AM

Flash rivals to create USB drive standard

The two biggest purveyors of flash-based storage are to team up to create a standard for a new generation of USB flash drives

08/09/2004 10:18 AM

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  • Eight tips to make your home eco-friendly

  • Servers in the home remain scarce

  • Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

  • Apple updates Leopard to 10.5.4

  • Conceptronic Grab'n'GO CH3SNAS

  • Netgear ReadyNAS Duo

  • Photos: Inside Apple's Sydney store

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      Iomega dresses the Media Xporter in a fancy casing and tries to pass it off as the ideal companion for your games console, but really, it's just an average external hard drive.

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      Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

      The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive is an attractive drive with a decent price. Its size makes it great for travel, but we can't recommend it due to its lack of performance.

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      Conceptronic's Grab'n'Go NAS is a solid offering that comes with enough features to keep the home user happy.

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      The ReadyNAS range is a perfect addition to a household that needs not just storage, but control over that storage. Now if only Netgear could do something about the price.

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      If you're in the market for Blu-ray authoring, Sony has produced a decent device. Everyone else will most likely stick to their vastly cheaper DVD burners for a little bit longer.

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