Given the fact that the market for mobile hard drives grew by 90% in Europe, and US sales is doubling on a year-to-year basis, it seems that market for external hard drives is the place to be. Read more
Verbatim said it will offer 8x-speed DVD+RW media within the first quarter of this year. The new media will cut recording times for a full 4.7 GByte DVD+RW to about seven minutes. DVD+R DL will reach 8x speeds by the third quarter and record an 8.5 GByte DVD+R DL in about 16 minutes. Read more
Approaching current physical limitations of recording speeds for DVDs, several manufacturers are preparing for the launch of 16x DVD media. Releases of DVD+Rs, capable of recording data at 21 MByte/s, are planned within a few weeks. Read more
SonyNEC Optiarc is one of the key players in optical drives and related technology. We talked to the specialist to get some idea on when Blu-ray drives will have their breakthrough. Read more
Perhaps you've heard about Bill Gates' remote-controlled home and thought to yourself that the technology to automate your own home was decidedly out of reach. Today, Tom's Hardware reader John Knutson walks us through what it took to get his home wired. Read more
We compare the latest 500 GB notebook drives from Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and WD. Seagate is first manufacturer to reach 500 GB at 7,200 RPM, but which is really the best drive? We loaded up our updated test system to find out. Read more
You don’t always need the fastest graphics card around. For somewhere between $135 and $235, you can game like crazy in DirectX 10 without a problem at 1920x1200. We test and compare five graphics cards from this mid-range price segment. Read more
The new USB 3.0 interface is just about ready. It'll accelerate throughput from the 480 Mbit/s of today's USB 2.0 to 5 Gbit/s, which is important for storage and peripheral devices. But USB 3.0 also introduces power saving options. Read on for more. Read more
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