Seagate Technology, best known as a maker of magnetic hard drives, plans to make storage components based on flash memory as well, according to CEO Bill Watkins.
SanDisk wants to replace the hard drive in notebooks with flash memory, a swap that it says will make thin laptops faster and more reliable.
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Dell has continued its acquisiton march with the purchase of Zing Systems, a manufacturer of streaming audio technology.
Seagate Technology, the world's largest hard-drive maker, is offering customers a five percent refund on drives bought during the last six years following a lawsuit over the definition of a "gigabyte". As an alternative, customers can choose to receive free backup software.
SanDisk co-founder and CEO Eli Harari continues to fight the good fight against Apple's iPod juggernaut, but even he's starting to look toward the future.
The SanDisk Sansa Express is a solid choice for those who need an ultra-convenient MP3 player with a decent smattering of features.
SanDisk adds to the successful e200 series with the world's highest-capacity flash player.
A new iteration of CompactFlash (CF) memory cards is starting to enter volume production in capacities as high as 1G, greatly improving the 256M maximum available to current CF cards.
Moore's Law applies to disk drives, too. Every 18 months, the capacity seems to double. So do the choices. Here's a handicapper's guide to today's storage options.
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