According to industry sources, it appears Seagate plans to cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year and will focus exclusively on SATA-based products instead.
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From 1994 to 2002, Rod Shelley worked as a PC technician at a major computer-retail store in the US. After seeing all kinds of wacky, operator-induced computer issues, Shelley decided to start documenting them. This photo gallery is the result.
Throughout the last six years, the ATA standard has been the one constant in the PC storage industry. No longer.
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I wish motherboard manufacturers wouldn't consign parallel ATA (PATA) hard drives and the IDE ports they require to the dustbin of history just yet.
The latest and greatest version of the Oracle database, 11g Release 2, was made available recently and as the resident technical person, it fell to me to take it for a spin. Little did I realise the hell that I had just walked into.
Many Linux systems use conservative defaults that could hamper performance but the hdparm tool might overcome this problem.
special report The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer.
One of the most difficult areas to troubleshoot is the hard drive. Read on as we reveal seven troubleshooting steps for tracking down hard drive problems.
Windows 7 will be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfils the promise shown by the unofficial beta version we have been testing for the past couple of days.
New hardware on show at CeBIT in Germany this year includes a Windows version of a low-power laptop and a notebook designed for air travel.
Western Digital is eyeing an entry into the market for hard drives used in notebook PCs.
In the world of hard drives, size matters, but do the other specifications match up? Our tests yield some surprising conclusions that can make choosing a hard drive a whole lot easier.
Ever wonder what's inside your PC? This guide will take you step-by-step through identifying all the standard parts of a computer.
When people say "the world is getting smaller", sometimes it's not just a euphemism; they mean it literally. Responding to the trend drive technology is feeling the pressure to tighten its belt.
These days, 40x CD writers are in the elite pack, making 32x units great buys on a value-for-money basis.
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