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Tiny tiny 4GB hard drive

Tiny tiny 4GB hard drive 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
So you thought the 4GB IBM/Hitachi micro drives as used in the iPod mini are small? Toshiba is making a 4GB drive that is only 2.1cm (0.85 inch) in diameter. (via Macminute) Less than 10 years ago when I had my BBS and FidoNet hub "the Source!" (spelled that way) I had a much bigger disk with much less capacity that imploded. Henrik Jřrgensen came to the rescue, lending me a 4GB scsi disk and a scsi controller so I...

Tiny Hard Drives Need New Plug

Tiny Hard Drives Need New Plug 09/09/2004 04:59 PM
Portable consumer electronics and handhelds need a smaller more efficient interface for hard drives, so Intel and others are working to define a new spec, CE-ATA.

Toshiba's new tiny hard drives

Toshiba's new tiny hard drives 12/15/2003 11:35 AM
Toshiba's new hard drives are the size of a nickel and can store over a gigabyte of data.

The 0.85 inch diameter disk is believed to be the world's smallest hard disk drive that can store about 2 or 3 gigabytes worth of information, company spokeswoman Midori Suzuki said Monday.

Link (via Werblog)

Tiny hard drives get bigger capacities
at CES

Tiny hard drives get bigger capacities
at CES 01/05/2005 02:09 PM
Seagate and Hitachi are boosting storage capacities on their miniature drives and improving efficiency, which will translate into improved portable media players.

Tiny hard drive packs a big punch

Tiny hard drive packs a big punch 01/09/2004 09:54 PM

Samsung Cell Phones to Get Tiny Hard
Drive

Samsung Cell Phones to Get Tiny Hard
Drive 09/09/2004 12:26 PM
Samsung's new SPH-V5400 mobile phone sports a built-in 1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk that can store about 15 times more data than conventional handsets, Samsung said.

Tiny hard drives deliver holiday cheer

Tiny hard drives deliver holiday cheer 12/23/2003 04:35 PM
ZDNet Dec 23 2003 3:09PM ET

Tiny Hard Drives Coming to Cell Phones

Tiny Hard Drives Coming to Cell Phones 07/09/2004 03:24 PM
Extreme Tech Jul 9 2004 8:07PM GMT

Tiny Hard Drive Manufacturers Turn Up
The Heat

Tiny Hard Drive Manufacturers Turn Up
The Heat 07/01/2004 10:48 AM

According to The Inquirer, Japanese companies are rapidly increasing production of their small hard drives as, unsurprisingly, the demand for tiny storage that will fit in portable electronics increases rapidly. Toshiba is planning on ramping up production of its tiny 0.85-inch hard drives to a rate of almost 200,000 a month, while Hitachi will increase its 1-inch drive production to two million units per quarter. Global hard drive markers shipped 260 million units in fiscal 2003, 80 percent of which went into servers and PCs. The remaining percentage, which goes into home electronics, are expected to grow by 50% each year -- I'm betting it will be even greater than that once the manufacturers can get enough tiny units into the channels. Two years from now there won't be a single smartphone announced without a hard drive.
Read - Toshiba to ship 200,000 a month 0.85-inch hard drives [TheInquirer]

Toshiba unveils tiny hard-disk drive

Toshiba unveils tiny hard-disk drive 12/16/2003 08:54 PM
CNET Asia Dec 16 2003 8:13PM ET

Samsung Cell Phones to Get Tiny Hard
Drive (AP)

Samsung Cell Phones to Get Tiny Hard
Drive (AP) 09/09/2004 11:17 AM
AP - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced the world's first mobile phone to sport a tiny hard drive. With the built-in 1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk, the SPH-V5400 could store about 15 times more data than conventional handsets — everything from digital music files and photos to video, Samsung said.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Tiny hard drive
packs a big punch

BBC NEWS | Technology | Tiny hard drive
packs a big punch 01/10/2004 07:15 AM
Tiny hard drive packs a big punch .. BBC Technology News .. BBC

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Toshiba Whips Out Tiny Hard Drive,
Smacks Apple

Toshiba Whips Out Tiny Hard Drive,
Smacks Apple 07/30/2004 06:47 PM

Toshiba has semi-announced that they will claim the throne of "world's smallest portable audio player containing a hard drive" in 2005, thanks to their 0.85 inch hard drive announced in January. The iPod mini, freshly released in Japan, currently holds the title. It's not the size that matters, Toshiba. Wait, yeah it is, sorry. The capacity of Toshiba's new player is expected to be 2GB or more.

Read - Article (Japanese) [Asahi Shimbun via Slashdot.jp]

Will you be my friend? To grow,
Microsoft loses its hard-nosed edge

Will you be my friend? To grow,
Microsoft loses its hard-nosed edge 05/15/2004 09:37 PM
US News May 16 2004 1:17AM GMT

Applied Materials' Sales Soar

Applied Materials' Sales Soar 08/17/2004 05:43 PM
TheStreet.com Aug 17 2004 9:28PM GMT

Month by Month, a Tiny Baby's Hard-Won
Pounds

Month by Month, a Tiny Baby's Hard-Won
Pounds 08/31/2004 02:47 AM
Somewhere between 6 and 9 months of age, she stopped gaining weight and I started worrying.

High Growth Expected for Safety PLCs &
Safety Bus/Networks

High Growth Expected for Safety PLCs &
Safety Bus/Networks 04/14/2005 04:00 AM
There are concerns about the reliability and safety in the use of safety buses/networks for machine automatic safeguarding, particularly when safety and non-safety data is handled by the same bus/network. Nevertheless usage is expected to grow significantly over the forecast period, as the use of safety PLCs grows and reliability of operations with safety buses/networks becomes proven. Usage is particularly attractive when machines and controls become more complex (i.e., for example, requiring many emergency stops and/or safety gate switches with multiple actuators). [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005]

Action on Internet Safety Children's
Organisations Unite On Internet Safety

Action on Internet Safety Children's
Organisations Unite On Internet Safety 04/17/2005 09:50 PM
Scoop Apr 18 2005 1:57AM GMT

Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening)

Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening) 09/17/2004 02:39 PM

I just... I don't know what to say. There are a thousand reasons not to use the word 'suck' in your product name - especially if your product is, you know, a clock. "Suck bubble" isn't really any better, guys.

That's almost worse than the Bluetake Headsets. (Thanks, Allen!)

Read - Product Page [EC21]

For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard
Sell

For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard
Sell 03/26/2005 01:14 PM
The Army's recruiters are being challenged with one of the hardest selling jobs the military has asked of them in the nation's history, and many say the demands are taking a toll.

JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders

JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders 09/14/2004 11:18 AM

Oops, I almost forgot about these new cameras announced from JVC - the ones they've been hyping up to no end as their big "mystery product." Basically, they're camcorders with hard drives in them - a 4GB microdrive, to be exact. They look pretty cool and everything, but they're really most interesting because they are the first consumer camcorder with a built-in hard drive, not because they do anything particularly unique. That being said, I fully support this idea, and think most consumer recording technology should move to hard drives as soon as possible (I'll be waiting until you can get something with a bigger hard drive than 4GB for less than $1,500, though).

Both models (the GZ-MC100 and the GZ-MC200) can record up to 9Mbps in MPEG2, though, which is DVD quality.

Read - Press Release (Japanese) [VictorJP via SorobanGeeks]< /p>

David "SD8957" Chait has a less cynical take on the new camcorders, along with more stats and pictures.
Read - JVC Intros Everio Digital Camera with 4GB Microdrive [Chait]

CSS-Tiny-1.03

CSS-Tiny-1.03 12/20/2003 09:48 AM

CSS-Tiny-1.05

CSS-Tiny-1.05 07/13/2004 11:40 PM

CSS-Tiny-1.09

CSS-Tiny-1.09 03/24/2005 05:19 AM

Safety First

Safety First 04/17/2004 04:42 PM
Did this week’s virus/trojan/PR stunt cause you to rethink the safety of your Mac and its precious files? I hope we all will think twice before clicking on MP3’s, especially Janet Jackson’s.

Protect yourself from MP3s and more – for free in this week’s Freeloader Friday.

Safety

Safety 06/20/2004 08:28 AM
Chicago Tribune Jun 20 2004 12:12PM GMT

The Safety Net

The Safety Net 01/11/2004 03:49 AM
TheSafetyNet.Org • A collective of men who are working to stop date-rape and sexual abuse. "When a person is raped, it’s trust that’s used as the weapon...We’ve decided that it’s time to reclaim that trust, reclaim that responsibility. Men Rape. Men abuse. And men can stop it."

FP-Growth-Tiny 1.4.0

FP-Growth-Tiny 1.4.0 09/09/2004 10:21 PM
A memory-optimized frequent itemset mining algorithm.

Config-Tiny-1.8

Config-Tiny-1.8 06/30/2004 06:01 AM

Tiny C Compiler 0.9.20

Tiny C Compiler 0.9.20 12/03/2003 06:06 PM
The smallest Linux C compiler.

Tiny game

Tiny game 07/31/2004 03:56 PM
.krieger is a truly mediocre first-person shooter with a single level of boring game play., although with some moderately impressive graphics. So why mention it? Because it's all done in a 96K file, which is equivalent to packing for the summer and fitting it all into your wallet....

Config-Tiny-1.4

Config-Tiny-1.4 12/24/2003 11:05 AM

Config-Tiny-2.01

Config-Tiny-2.01 03/24/2005 05:19 AM

Tiny Orwell

Tiny Orwell 09/07/2004 01:14 AM

Plugin Contest Entry 1: Tiny Orwell 1.0: Password-protect your Movable Type blog using this plugin.

Tiny Orwell is a simple TypeKey-like authentication system written in the spirit of the Trackback reference implementation and blosxom. This script provides an alternate to TypeKey for small groups using MT 3.0D or any other tool that supports the TypeKey API with a minimal amount of fuss.

You gotta love the name of this plugin, don't you? Kalsey already did something like this, but using PHP.

In other news, I noticed that the MT Plugin Directory has been redesigned to fit into the main Movable Type site design.

The Movable Type Plugins Directory has relaunched as an official Six Apart website, featuring a whole new look, simpler organization, and a list of plugins which have been tested with Movable Type 3.

Nice that it's finally official. I think the girls were running it up until this point. I'd like to see the Movable Type Wiki become official someday. I contributed a fair amount to this resource just before it went public.

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Tiny RML2PDF 1.0

Tiny RML2PDF 1.0 12/28/2003 10:13 AM
Converts a RML to a PDF document.

Config-Tiny-2.00

Config-Tiny-2.00 07/22/2004 12:52 AM

The tiny T-Cube

The tiny T-Cube 12/14/2003 04:03 PM
Speaking of cubes, there's a tiny new full-functioning PC the size (and color) of an orange. The T-Cube, as it's called, runs on the...

Tiny SHell 0.51

Tiny SHell 0.51 03/20/2003 08:34 AM
A telnet(d)/ssh(d) clone.

Config-Tiny-1.7

Config-Tiny-1.7 06/22/2004 05:57 AM

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Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive

Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive 12/25/2003 04:27 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 25 2003 3:36AM ET

With a complete computer system,
including the hard drive, processor and
DVD drive, the iMac G5 is only about

With a complete computer system,
including the hard drive, processor and
DVD drive, the iMac G5 is only about 09/02/2004 05:47 AM
Xinhua News Agency Sep 2 2004 10:20AM GMT

Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 40GB Flash
Memory Reading Hard Drive

Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 40GB Flash
Memory Reading Hard Drive 06/30/2004 12:37 PM

The Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 is 40GB external hard drive that is clunky, cheap-looking, has a crappy text-only integrated screen, plays MP3s, but not WMA, AAC, or OGG Vorbis, and can only read from one card from its card reader at a time. So why would any photographer want it? Because it's cheap, it does the primary job it was designed to do (act as remote backup for memory cards), and can accept as many additional 2.5-inch laptop hard drives as you want to swap into it, meaning that all other things aside, you can purchase this single $335 drive and continue to upgrade it for only the price of additional hard drives.
Read - Hard disk: X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 [BIOS]

Console Drive makes hard drive removable
or external

Console Drive makes hard drive removable
or external 06/04/2004 03:52 PM
Addonics Technologies announced on Friday the release of its Console Drive, which turns a standard 3.5-inch hard drive into either aremovable internal hard drive cartridge or an external hard drive thatconnects to your Mac via USB 2.0 or 1.1, FireWire, SCSI or a PCMCIA slot,depending on the model you choose. Internally, the Console Drive can connectto a Power Mac's Serial ATA slot. In addition, the Console Drive acceptsAddonics' series of Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW and DVD+/-R/RW drives, all ofwhich are Mac compatible.

An Ode To The Hard Drive

An Ode To The Hard Drive 05/27/2004 09:35 AM
You know it's likely to be a slow news day when the first thing you turn up is, basically, an ode to the unsung hard drive. Hard drives are, admittedly, a fairly unsexy business. Then again, you might think the same thing about semiconductors - and they seem to get plenty of attention. Either way, storage is very important to consumers - as the article notes in looking at how quickly people focus on the size of their iPod hard drives or just how much space their Gmail account really has. Even the leading people in the storage business are quite colorful and certainly unique, which should get them much more attention. However, when it's all said and done, no matter how important your hard drive is (just think how people react when their hard drives die), and no matter how quickly they improve in just how much data they can hold, not too many people find themselves particularly interested in the "boring" hard drive business.

Xbox 2: Hard Drive or No?

Xbox 2: Hard Drive or No? 03/06/2004 01:57 AM
It's getting so complicated. First came the rumors that the Xbox 2 [at right, in mythical prototype form] wouldn't have a hard drive. Then, enough...

Triumph Of The Hard Drive

Triumph Of The Hard Drive 09/23/2004 11:15 AM
The iPod is a triumph for the hard disk over optical storage. By Dana Blankenhorn, Moore's Lore (via MyAppleMenu)

Other News: Hi-per Hard Drive

Other News: Hi-per Hard Drive 09/24/2004 11:41 AM
How does 575 MB/sec. sound for a hard drive array?

Inside Your Hard Drive

Inside Your Hard Drive 03/19/2005 02:45 AM

If terms like 'areal density' and 'magentoresistive' are a bit much for you, ExtremeTech's piece on the inner workings of your hard drive is a good read. They explain what exactly makes up one of the most crucial pieces of hardware in your machine and how every single bit gets recorded and read. If you've never taken apart an old drive, toyed with the platters and flung the heavy magnets towards your friend, you should pick one up and do just that after reading this piece—it's fascinating technology, truly.

The Inner World of the Hard Drive [ExtremeTech]

1-inch 1.5GB hard drive

1-inch 1.5GB hard drive 03/21/2003 12:13 AM

Tiny new 1-inch 1.5 GB hard drive from Cornice that costs about half as much as Hitachi's 1GB Microdrive. Apparently this is the same hard drive that Samsung uses in its "tapeless" digital camcorder, the DV-4200.
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Hats off to the hard drive

Hats off to the hard drive 05/26/2004 03:22 PM
ZDNet May 26 2004 7:09PM GMT

FAQ | If XP divides the hard drive

FAQ | If XP divides the hard drive 06/10/2004 03:05 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 10 2004 7:48AM GMT

Welland USB On-The-Go Hard Drive

Welland USB On-The-Go Hard Drive 06/25/2004 10:32 AM

EverythingUSB is mentioning that Taiwanese OEM Welland has -- at least as far as they know -- the first USB On-The-Go (OTG) hard drive. It also has a built-in card reader, USB host (duh), and a rechargeable battery. USB OTG is pretty simple, and pretty great. By adding a USB host to storage, you can hook your digital camera or anything else that supports the standard up to it and transfer data without needing to hook up to a PC. That is a positive thing.

That being said, I have a hard time believing this is the first USB OTG hard drive to see the light of day.
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One terabyte hard drive

One terabyte hard drive 04/05/2005 05:22 PM
TechSpot Apr 5 2005 9:45PM GMT

Fingerprint Hard Drive

Fingerprint Hard Drive 07/27/2004 04:13 PM

Lock Box: Fingerprint Access Hard Drive: I have no need for this, but how wickedly cool.

Active Imaging Sensor authenticates enrolled fingerprints and is unaffected by changes in skin condition and moisture content [...] A composite image of multiple fingerprints is stored during enrollment which makes the sensor tolerant to varied finger placement during authentication [...] Sensor can be used with other software programs designed for fingerprint authentication access Plans

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Partition Your Hard Drive

Partition Your Hard Drive 09/06/2004 07:55 PM
G4 Tech TV Sep 6 2004 11:19PM GMT

The Inner World of the Hard Drive

The Inner World of the Hard Drive 03/19/2005 03:03 AM
Analyssis: Holy microscopic elements, Batman! Loyd dissects an ordinary hard drive and finds a tiny universe of components moving with unbelievable speed.

Old-Skool Hard Drive

Old-Skool Hard Drive 07/31/2004 03:37 PM

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HP's new hard drive to go

HP's new hard drive to go 06/21/2004 03:40 PM
Latest media center PC has docking areas for a camera and a secondary, portable hard drive. But is the price right?

The unsung hard drive

The unsung hard drive 05/27/2004 06:24 AM

How To Format A Hard Drive

How To Format A Hard Drive 08/04/2004 10:21 PM
WebDevInfo Aug 5 2004 0:44AM GMT

1.8' USB Portable Hard Drive

1.8' USB Portable Hard Drive 05/30/2004 05:32 PM
Slashdot May 30 2004 9:15PM GMT

1.8" USB Portable Hard Drive

1.8" USB Portable Hard Drive 05/30/2004 04:16 PM

Feb. 10: Hard Drive Recovery

Feb. 10: Hard Drive Recovery 02/10/2004 02:41 PM
Popular Mechanics Feb 10 2004 6:40PM GMT

Gateway: hang onto your hard drive

Gateway: hang onto your hard drive 08/17/2004 02:58 PM
CNET News.com Aug 17 2004 6:44PM GMT

The FireWire/USB Hard Drive With USB,
UDH-UEH400

The FireWire/USB Hard Drive With USB,
UDH-UEH400 03/23/2005 04:53 AM

IO Data Device has come up with another hum-dinger. If you were to put an enormous hard drive inside a USB 2.0/FireWire casing, give it some blue LEDs, and add a USB port, you'd end up with the 400GB "UDH-UEH400." Not only does it connect by USB (or FireWire), but it has a USB port. If you're like me and have a single USB port on your computer, you certainly wouldn't want it being taken up by just a hard drive. Yeah, I know daisy chaining has been around for years and years with SCSI (and thus FireWire, its distant cousin), but I think this is one of the first applications of it I've seen in USB form. Somehow, it can even recognize USB devices if you connect the drive by FireWire. Don't ask me how that works; I didn't realize something like that was even possible.

Press Release [IO Data Device]

New Virus Erases Hard Drive

New Virus Erases Hard Drive 06/08/2004 03:15 PM

From the 'It Was Bound To Happen' department: Symantec
reports that a new virus is making the rounds that deletes all files on the infected PC:

The malware targets Windows computers, and arrives in an email bearing the subject "Re" and an attachment that will have an .asp, .hta, .htm, .htt, .html, .vbe or .vbs extension. Upon infection, the virus uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself to everyone in the Microsoft Outlook Address Book. "If the day is the 6th, 13th, 21st, or 28th, the worm will delete all the files from the computer," Symantec reports. Despite its nasty payload, SANS notes that VBS.Pub "doesn't possess any earth-shattering characteristics to make it a significant propagation threat."

If this one did propogate widely, it would be regrettable, but it would at least help solve the problem of old, unpatched, unprotected Windows boxes that act as virus sponges.

Now let's wait for the first "doesn't happen on a Mac" comment. ;-)

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3 GB Hard Drive on New Cell Phone

3 GB Hard Drive on New Cell Phone 03/14/2005 04:34 PM
During the CeBIT in Germany this week, Motorola is showing off their new ROKR iTunes cellphone which will sync and carry your iTunes music in your cell phone. But Samsung is one upping the ROKR with a 3 GB hard drive cellphone with a Windows Mobile OS. Samsung has also released a new 7 MP camera phone which resembles a camera more then it does a phone. The SCH-V770 has a 2 inch TFT display above a the keypad and gives you manual focus and controllable shutter speeds. Many of these new products will be altered slightly before they reach the US.

A look inside an Al-Qaeda hard drive

A look inside an Al-Qaeda hard drive 08/15/2004 11:50 AM
The find, as it turns out, was astounding, because while other Al-Qaeda computers had been found before, none were so rich with information.

As Uses Grow, Tiny Materials' Safety Is Hard to Pin Down

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