Solid-State Drive SSD...

Solid-state drives are the newest form of data storage to hit the consumer market. More durable and efficient, the SSD is set to become the mainstay of data storage in mobile devices and desktop PCs. The SSD is a type of storage drive the uses solid state memory (SRAM or DRAM instead of flash memory) to store data. For this reason SSDs are often called RAM drives. With no moving...

Hundred Movies On One Disk With Holograp...

Blu-ray discs have unlocked the technology to use multiple layers within the surface of an optical disk to store extra data. But the promise of a new holographic data storage system, will allow information to be stored holographically in three dimensions throughout the disk, unlocking even more room for your precious data. Under development by General Electric, the new holographic...

Windows Vista Headaches...

Since the release of Windows Vista, many users have been quick to shoot down the bloated RAM hungry OS from Microsoft. Some loyal Windows users remained patient, hoping the release of Vista Service Pack 1 would rectify many errors. But as many have now found out, SP1 isn’t a sure fix, in fact the upgrade caused some users more problems! Despite the overwhelming amount of...

Data Recovery From Melted Hard Drive...

Jon Edwards, an engineer at Kroll Ontrack Inc., outside Minneapolis, may have set a new standard in Data Recovery: He found information on a melted disk drive which had fallen from space when shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003. In the past Edwards has recovered data from computers wrecked in floods and fires, but when it came to recovering the data from a melted hard drive which had...

Computer Memory for Custom Built Compute...

Deciding on computer memory for most of us doesn’t mean much. For those who do understand, they know that selecting the right computer memory can mean a world of difference in performance of your computer. It’s been said that you can never have enough money, and the same holds true for RAM, especially if you do a lot of graphics-intensive work or gaming. Next to the CPU...