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Seagate’s Hard Drive Shortages And High Prices To Continue Through 2012

Last year I purchased a 500GB hard drive for my computer and that hard drive cost just about $40 which at the time was pretty standard. But if you were to pick up that same hard drive from the same store today you'd be paying well over $100 due to the flooding in Thailand which has caused a lot of … [Read more...]

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Seagate Releases New Momentus XT Hybrid Solid State Hard Drives

There are two big options when it comes to storage for your computer. You could get a traditional hard disk drive, they are very cheap for the most part and they offer a ton of storage space. There are also solid state drives which are very expensive for the most part and don't offer as much storage … [Read more...]

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Want A Back-up Drive That Can Be Thrown And Work? Well Here It Is

There are always some electronics you just want to beat around to see the durability, especially if it says "military standards," on it. This device will not, sadly, stop a bullet. But the Clickfree C2 Rugged Back-up Drive will withstand a 4 foot drop, multiple times, and still run. After a while … [Read more...]

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ZL Daily #5 – 2011 Dell Inspiron R Series, 6TB Western Digital, AT&T After Unauthorized Tethering

So we're going to wrap this week up with some computer news. Dell announced the new lineup of 2011 Inspiron R series notebooks. They include the new Sandy Bridge Core i3, i5, and i7 chips and even AMD 6000 graphics, they have USB 3.0 ports too. There are also changeable backs and it all starts at … [Read more...]

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Hitachi Announces 3TB 7200RPM Deskstar Drive

Is your 2TB hard drive full of stuff and you need a bigger drive? It looks like Hitachi has you covered with their new 3TB drive. Now this isn't the first 3TB drive, but it's Hitachi's first 3TB drive. The new drive is dubbed the Deskstar 7K3000. It is the first 3TB hard drive to run at the speedy … [Read more...]

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Toshiba Announces New HDDs Meant For Rugged Use

There are different hard drives for different purposes. Like Western Digital has their VelociRaptor drives for really fast performance, and they also have their green drives for energy savings. Another type of hard drive is one meant for rugged 24/7 use, and Toshiba just announced one of … [Read more...]