News (123)

  • Apple orders 50 million GB serve of flash chips

    Samsung is warning its customers that NAND flash memory might be hard to come by for some time after Apple placed a large order, according to a report out of Taiwan.

  • IBM's racetrack memory seeks 100x density boost

    IBM researchers gave ZDNet.com.au's sister site CNET News.com an insight its latest "racetrack" memory, which IBM promises will bring a 100 fold increase in density by storing data in long magnetised nanowires rather than disks.

  • EMC snaps up Iomega for US$213 million

    Software and storage company EMC announced on Tuesday it will purchase Iomega for US$213 million, or US$3.85 per share, giving EMC a foot into the consumer storage market.

  • Samsung develops flash-based disk

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

  • Motorola reveals nanocrystal chip

    Motorola plans to announce this week that it has manufactured prototypes of a flash-memory chip that relies on a thin layer of silicon crystals to retain data, a breakthrough that could help the flash industry overcome looming technical hurdles.

Blogs (5)

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Opening the floodgates on missing drives

    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Do you really need 16GB on your phone?

    Pronouncing that a given device doesn't need any more storage is a near-foolproof recipe for looking stupid somewhere down the line. However, I'm sceptical that many people need a 16GB mini-SD card for their phone.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    iPhone: how much storage is enough?

    People were apparently switching their brains off before joining the 3G iPhone queues, so it's somewhat surprising that considering an appropriate amount of storage was quite a high priority for many buyers.

  • Read the blog post - Alex Serpo

    Five reasons SSDs are great

    It's rare that we see a genuinely new technological paradigm land on retail shelves, but solid state drives, or SSDs, are one such technology. Here are five reasons we're looking forward to their ascendancy.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Sticky situations for USB stick support

    There's an argument against the usage of USB sticks which has been discussed many times in this column: they're a potentially massive security risk. But there's another case you could make against having your business life stored in 4GB or so of flash memory it's a total support nightmare.

Features and Case Studies (46)

  • Who guards the guards: Storage

    Making predictions about the storage market isn't difficult. Suggest that capacities will go up and costs will go down and you shouldn't go too far wrong.

  • Can graphene keep Moore's Law alive longer?

    Carbon. Is there nothing it can't do? As well as being the fundamental element behind life, the premium component in energy storage and the top contender for executioner of the human race, it's now beginning to fill in the forms for consideration as inheritor to silicon's electronic crown.

  • Video: Don't do an "Enron", says Gilbert + Tobin

    Partner Peter Leonard looks at data storage in today's legal environment, and what businesses can do to handle documents and customer privacy to comply with the law.

  • Adobe plots its path on the Web

    Best known for apps like Photoshop, Adobe is relying on Kevin Lynch to break out of the shrink-wrapped software business.

  • Toshiba delays 1.8-inch hard drives

    Toshiba will be releasing its 30GB and 60GB 1.8-inch hard drives later than expected.

Reviews (284)

  • Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)

    Intel's X-25M solid-state drive enjoys several advantages over both conventional disk drives and other SSDs, including improvements to data throughput, boot time and notebook battery life. If you can forget about the cost, this is by far the fastest data drive available.

  • Sony Micro Vault Mini USB 2.0

    Blending style with substance, the mini Micro Vault provides almost all of the features you'd want in a keychain drive, making it one of our top choices in this category.

  • Removable flash cards continue to shrink

    Companies supporting Secure Digital, a specific format for removable flash memory cards, are working to develop a smaller version of the format for mobile phones, according to sources.

  • Sony Micro Vault Elite

    Looking to purchase your very first USB flashdrive? If you don't mind the steep price, Sony's slick Micro Vault Elite will please with its features and top performance.

  • AMD, Fujitsu merge on flash memory

    The companies officially embark on a new joint venture for their flash-memory products.

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