November 19, 2009 – 9:37 am
Bigger is better in the disk drive world. But you might be surprised at how much better.
Robin Harris wrote a great piece on why high capacity drives offer much more [....]
Posted in Notebook PC, Products, SSD
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Tagged 500 GB, 500 gigabyte, 500GB, areal density, bigger, faster, laptop, low price, momentus, notebook, performance, price, Robin Harris, Seagate, short-stroke, size, speed, SSD, zdnet
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November 13, 2009 – 3:53 pm
I wrote last month about how being green in the storage industry goes far beyond just lowering the power consumption. Here’s a video [....]
November 12, 2009 – 3:57 pm
The SSD angst continues around STEC’s recent announcement, EMC’s reduced demand forecast and the enterprise SSD market in general. Beth Parisseau interviewed [....]
Posted in SSD
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Tagged Beth Parisseau, EMC, enterprise, Flash, forecast, Gartner, hype cycle, Jeff Boles, maturity, Seagate, SSD, standards, STEC, Taneja Group, trough of disillusionment
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November 3, 2009 – 8:13 am
SSD is all the rage in the storage industry. Very exciting technology for sure and just now going Prime Time in the enterprise. But the rise of SSDs does [....]
Posted in SSD, Technology, Trends
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Tagged Carnegie Mellon, disk drive, Flash, hard drive, hdd, IEEE, IEEE Transactions, magnetics, Mark Kryder, Seagate, SSD, trends
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October 30, 2009 – 11:29 am
Seagate is celebrating 30 years in the storage device industry. That’s quite an achievement in one of the most dynamic and competitive industries in existence.
How did we get here?
Seagate 1.0 [....]
Posted in Random
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Tagged 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 30th, anniversary, birthday, gigabyte, megabyte, Seagate, Shugart, terabyte
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October 28, 2009 – 2:16 pm
There’s a new chink in the armor of software-based drive encryption – the Evil Maid Hack. Privacy Digest explains how it works.
Just like hacks before it (remember Cold Boot?), the [....]
Posted in Security
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Tagged BitLocker, Cold Boot, encryption, Evil Maid, fde, hack, momentus, Privacy Digest, Seagate, Security, SED, self-encrypting drives, software, Stone Boot, TrueCrypt
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October 27, 2009 – 11:23 am
With the launch of Seagate’s groundbreaking Barracuda XT, there’s now a Barracuda drive for every need. Which one’s right for you?
David Burks explains it [....]
Posted in Desktop PC, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 3.5", 6G, 7200.11, 7200.12, applications, barracuda, barracuda lp, Barracuda XT, best, choose, colorado, contrast, david burks, disk drive, expert, Green, hard drive, how to, longmont, low power, Reviews, sata, Seagate, Seagate Barracuda "Barracuda XT" "Barracuda LP" 7200.12 7200.11 "Western Digital" WD "3.5 SATA" 6G green "low power" Longmont Colorado "David Burks" expert "how to" howto choose contrast applications , video, WD, western digital
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October 22, 2009 – 8:52 am
AlienBabelTech.com conducted an extensive review of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB drive and proclaimed it the best 1 TB drive available.
Why? It was the fastest drive tested, and [....]
Posted in Desktop PC, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 1 TB, 7200, 7200.12, alien babel, Alien Babel Tech, alienbabeltech.com, barracuda, best, comparison, Crysis, disk drive, fastest, game, gamer, Gaming, good value, hard drive, hdd, king, review, Seagate, Seagate 1TB, Seagate vs. WD, Seagate vs. Western Digital, terabyte, western digital
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October 15, 2009 – 2:51 pm
Microsoft may have a hit on their hands with Windows 7. If you still need convincing, here’s one more reason: Seagate disk drives go faster on Windows 7.
Seagate internal tests have [....]
Posted in Desktop PC, Notebook PC, Products
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Tagged 32 MB, 64 MB, approved, Barracuda XT, best, cache, certified, compatible, disk drives, hard drives, microsoft, momentus, performance, review, Seagate, Windows 7
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October 12, 2009 – 9:16 am
When I’m in the cereal isle at the grocery store, I’m OK with letting marketing have its way with me. Sell me something “New!”, even if it’s really just a [....]
Posted in Green, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 2TB, 5400 rpm, 5900 rpm, Barefeats, Green, green drive, hard drive, IntelliPower, Maximum PC, review, Seagate, WD, western digital
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