A pen drive has many names. They are USB drive, thumb drive, solid state drive, flash drive, key drive, keychain drive, USB key, key drive and memory key.

A SAN still consists of disk drives. Fragmentation is still very much a performance-crippling problem on those drives, and just because it got moved off the network does not mean that it is not there. In fact, because there are additional steps to requesting and accessing files from a SAN, fragmentation can even have more of an impact from the SAN than from a local or server drive

Data recovery software is the insurance protection you need for all of your important files. If a problem occurs, you are covered. Keep in mind though, recovery works out best when you move quickly to correct the problem as soon as it occurs.

Computer memory has come a long way and still has far to go. From the first magnetic core memory to today's RAM in all of its forms, computer memory is making its mark.

To date, virtual memory is still in its infancy. How far will it go? Do we need to expand the amount commonly available now, or have we reached our own capacity for memory? Only time will tell

Two of the most commonly known computer memory types are Memory and Disk Space. While these two types are related, they are also very diffent from one another in stability and in the way they aid a computer in "remembering" data.

Restoring your data is possible and you have numerous options. This article explores four possible ways.

Memory sticks are fast becoming the way to go in computer memory storage. With a wide range of sizes to accommodate everyone, their popularity is rising. However, there are risks-some big ones.

Flash memory is one of the most popular forms of memory and is seeing a growth in usage that will likely continue.

Online backup is a valuable service for every computer user, no matter if you have a small business, home computer, or a large business. Wether it's just the important data or your full operating system, backing up your data remotely is always recommended.

PC maker competes with Sony and Toshiba on hi-def video on notebooks.

Dell today added Blu-ray disc capability to its notebook PC line, making an effort to compete with Sony and Toshiba in the growing market for mobile high-definition video platforms.

In addition to showing high-end movies and games, Dell's XPS M1710 notebook could serve as a central node to support digital entertainment throughout the home, the company said. Customers can save 50G bytes of either data or video on a single Blu-ray disc.

Toshiba has claimed a first with its MK2035GSS 2.5in notebook hard drive which uses perpendicular recording technology to achieve a massive 200GB of storage.

PCs represent about 50% of high-def DVD sales

PCs are emerging as a battleground in the budding war between two technologies vying to be the standard for high-capacity DVDs.

Bigger, better TagmaStore array adds iSCSI support Hitachi Data Systems last week said it has enhanced its largest storage arrays with software and hardware that gives the TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform (USP) a 25% performance boost.

The company has enhanced the microcode and added optional 4Gbit/sec Fibre Channel controllers, iSCSI connections and new load-balancing capabilities among the processors to allow the TagmaStore to operate at 2.5 million I/Os per second.

Drive will include flash memory, allowing for better battery life and faster boot time.
 
 Samsung Electronics plans to unveil next week a prototype hard drive that can improve system performance and extend battery life on laptops, the company said today.
 
 

Nvidia and Corsair Memory said Monday that they had developed an enhanced memory standard that will allow novices to overclock their systems with a high degree of confidence.

The capability will become available later this month, using the SLI-certified TWIN2X2048-6400C4 and the TWIN2X2048-8500C5 modules from Corsair as well as motherboards based on the nForce 590 SLI chipset from Nvidia.

Sony will ship both laptop and desktop computers with Blu-ray Disc drives

Sony will begin selling its first personal computers with Blu-ray Disc drives in Japan in June, the company said Tuesday. Both laptop and desktop computers will be available.

160GB 5,400 RPM drive designed for notebook and mobile computing
 
Hitachi has joined rivals Fujitsu and Seagate with the launch of its first perpendicular hard drive, the 2.5in Travelstar 5K160.

A quiet, 750GB internal hard drive at a hefty price

Seagate's latest hard drive has an incredible 750GB storage capacity.

The Barracuda ST3750640AS drive is available with ATA100 or Serial ATA II/300 interfaces. The latter is a native Serial ATA unit so you get NCQ (native command queuing), hotplug and hotswap capabilities.

2.5-inch hard drives that can hold 160GB of data will be available by mid-year.
 
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies will soon begin selling its first hard drives based on perpendicular recording technology, the company said yesterday.
 

IBM and Fujitsu have demonstrated a record data storage capacity showing that an 8 terabyte tape cartridge format is possible. 
 
Taking advantage of a new media coating formulation from Fujitsu, IBM researchers built a drive capable of reading and writing data at 6.67 billion bits per square inch (Gbps).

Veritas Storage Foundation Basic was unveiled on Tuesday in conjunction with the Symantec Vision 2006 conference
 
Symantec has released a free version of its Veritas Storage Foundation product, designed to entice enterprise customers into installing the storage management software on servers running outside of the data center.

LOS ANGELES  - While high-definition DVD titles trickle into stores, the arrival of the first titles in the rival Blu-ray Disc format has been pushed back by a month until June 20.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment president Benjamin Feingold said his studio's first batch of Blu-ray releases will be ready May 23, as planned.