LONDON - A removable hard disk drive system first unveiled more than
two years ago will see its commercial launch later this month. IO Data
Device Inc., a Tokyo-based manufacturer of computer peripherals, will
put on sale a drive and disk based on the IVDR (Information Versatile
Disk for Removable usage) standard in late-April, it said Monday.
Grok Headline matches for IVDR removable hard disk drives to finally appear
Keep Your Confidential Data Confidential With Biometric Fingerprint Flash Drives and Hard Disk Drives
Keep Your Confidential Data Confidential With Biometric Fingerprint Flash Drives and Hard Disk Drives02/01/2005 09:13 PM Now you can have safe, secure, portable storage of your confidential
business and personal data with the biometric fingerprint ClipDrive
Bio USB Flash Drive and the Outbacker USB biometric fingerprint Hard
Disk Drive. The devices are non-operational until a validated
fingerprint or password is received. [PRWEB Jan 21, 2005]
Seagate Proposes 5 Year Warranty for Hard Disk Drives
Iomega's Removable Rigid Disk11/12/2003 01:06 PM Just when we were wondering why Iomega, the maker of Zip drives and
other obsolete storage devices, even bothers anymore, there's news
that they're coming out with a new high capacity storage format called
the Removable Rigid Disk with a capacity of 35GB. The disks will cost
between $39 and $49, so the cost per gigabyte won't be quite as low as
you could get using recordable DVDs, but on the other hand there's
something nice about being able to back up an entire hard drive to a
handful, rather than a stack, of disks. Read...
News: Diskology shrinks Disk Jockey hard disk duplicator
News: Diskology shrinks Disk Jockey hard disk duplicator03/30/2005 05:41 PM Diskology Inc. on Wednesday introduced a smaller version of its Disk
Jockey, a hardware appliance that duplicates, backs up and diagnoses
hard disk drives. It retails for US$329.
Close disk images on removable media prior to logout
Close disk images on removable media prior to logout06/25/2004 10:25 AM When you log out via fast user switching, OS X (Panther) does not
automatically close any disk images you had mounted. If these images
reside on removable media, then other users cannot unmount and remove
the removable media...
For embedded computing
hackers, mass storage (like hard drives) is often the most frustrating
piece of the puzzle, as the fragile and power-hungry spin of the hard
drive is usually the last non-solid-state part in the whole
deployment. And while most engineers will just use a Compact Flash
card, sometimes the only option is an ATA (hard drive) connection;
that's where the IFD-iV flash memory parts from IO Data Device
Corporation come in. Basically just flash memory drives, the defining
feature of the IFD-iVs (besides fairly rugged operating
specifications) is that they use the standard ATA connection of a hard
drive, meaning they can be deployed in place of hard drives when
necessary. Models up to 2GB in capacity will be available for around
$2,100 -- maybe we'll just deal with the fragile hard drives
instead. Read - Flash memory
ATA hard drive [TechJapan]
Update: Reader Tom Lee brings up a much cheaper option for
hackers on a budget (after the jump.)
System Talks Corporation has introduced the "SUGOI
DISK," a series of five external Serial ATA hard drives. Ranging from
160GB to 400GB capacities, the SUGOI DISKs are housed in aluminum. The
drives also include a "port bracket" for connecting to both serial ATA
interface and power. Otherwise, you're stuck using an AC adapter.
Other News: Falling disk drives12/27/2004 03:15 AM Apple applies for a patent to protect disk drives from a fall by
detecting the acceleration that accompanies a drop.
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external06/04/2004 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.
Disk Drives Move Beyond PCs, Servers (Reuters)
Disk Drives Move Beyond PCs, Servers (Reuters)01/18/2004 01:39 PM Reuters - Hard disk drives, best-known as
the collection of whirring, spinning platters that store data
in personal computers, are smaller and store more data than
ever. And it's a business that's becoming bigger than ever.
eMusic Live: Finally A New Use For Flash Drives
eMusic Live: Finally A New Use For Flash Drives04/29/2004 11:53 AM eMusic's new service 'eMusic Live' lets music fans bring home the live
music just performed, recorded instantly onto a $20 flash drive. An
eMusic Live kiosk is installed in each venue and records each
show--presumably with a human operator (e.g. stoned indie rock 'sound
guy'), although the AP story doesn't...
Fujitsu Unveils New Disk Drives, Server Processors
Fujitsu Unveils New Disk Drives, Server Processors03/20/2003 01:05 PM Fujitsu Computer has unveiled a new series of hard disk drives that it
says offers the
highest-ever density in the 2.5-inch HDD class. A 60 GB capacity disk
could hold about
1.2 million e-mails, 60,000 digital photographs, 900 MP3 music files
or 15 DVD-quality
full-length motion pictures, according to Fujitsu.
10.3: Image, clone, and restore drives with Disk Utility
10.3: Image, clone, and restore drives with Disk Utility11/04/2003 11:05 AM I was confused when I first noticed that Disk Copy was gone after
upgrading to Panther. I was pleasantly surprised when I realized that
Disk Copy had been merged into Disk Utility. I was overcome with joy
when I realized th...
Top Tip: 2MB or 8MB hard disk cache?
Top Tip: 2MB or 8MB hard disk cache?01/22/2004 02:20 PM Tonight I`m buying a new WD hard drive expansion for my home PC and am
wondering what`s the diff between 2mb cache and 8mb cache(beside
6mb`s)? Does this extra cache allow for more what ?????? The tech
specs show the same between the two drives,read/write speeds etc. .
PLEASE. You tell me. THANKS FOR THE HELP... Dan.
Hard disk goes kaboom
Hard disk goes kaboom03/11/2003 09:44 AM My hard disk fried last night. I'm using one of my "spares" while I
download RedHat 8.0.
If you're waiting for something from me... it will probably take the
rest of the day before I'm back online and able to read and answer
your e-mail.
<sigh>...
Top Tip: Can't format hard disk!
Top Tip: Can't format hard disk!01/26/2004 03:03 PM I have this hard drive that cannot be reformatted. Whenever
reformatting is taking place the hard disk reader head stops reading
after certain sectors. When the "dir" command is used to view the
disk, the files are shown but not the total about of bytes used up or
free. The cursor seems to stop before this infomation is shown. Could
it be that the FAT table has been damaged.
Web E-Mail: The New Hard Disk
Web E-Mail: The New Hard Disk06/24/2004 05:04 AM Okay, let me get this straight... My GMail account is good for 1GB. I
could probably use some of my next invites to get myself a few more
accounts, let's say 4. It seems reasonable. That's 5GB of e-mail
storage. My Yahoo Mail Plus account has 2GB of storage (employee
perk). I could add a few more "normal" Y! Mail accounts at 100MB each.
10 would get me another gig, bringing my Yahoo total to 3GB and my
grand total...
Seagate Unveils Wide Array of Disk Drives (Reuters)
Seagate Unveils Wide Array of Disk Drives (Reuters)06/14/2004 02:58 PM Reuters - Seagate Technology (STX.N), the
largest U.S. maker of computer hard-disk drives, on Monday
announced a broad range of new products, including a mini
hard-disk drive to take advantage of strong demand for the
devices used in compact digital music players.
Internet Hard Disk with GmailFS08/28/2004 08:52 PM That's right, the pieces for the previously mentioned webmail basead
Internet hard disk are coming together. The release of GmailFS
provides a relatively seamless filesystem on top of your Gmail
account. However, given that Google is being evil with Gmail now,
there's no telling how long this will last. See Also: Ask Jeeves
Upgrades Internet Hard Disk...
Top Tip: Sweep my hard disk clean?
Top Tip: Sweep my hard disk clean?04/16/2004 02:18 PM I was wondering if anyone could recommend a program to wipe my HDD
clean--OS and all. Honestly, I don't even know if such programs
exist, but I was just curious.
Hitachi Thai Expansion to Boost iPod Disk Drives (Reuters)
Hitachi Thai Expansion to Boost iPod Disk Drives (Reuters)05/17/2004 10:33 AM Reuters - Japan's Hitachi Ltd (6501.T), facing
pent-up demand for the popular iPod digital music player from
Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O), said it would spend about $200
million to double disk drive output at its Thailand plant.
LaCie Bigger Disk: Four Drives In One ENclosure Equals Massive Capacity
Hottest Hard Drives03/20/2003 01:05 PM In 20 years, the hard disk drive has progressed from an IBM PC luxury
add-on to an indispensable part of any computer, and finally to a
component so inexpensive it can be upgraded on impulse. What are
today's hottest hard drives, and what is on the horizon for this vital
technology?
Arg! Memory, XP, and hard drives...03/06/2004 01:53 AM Ok... Sorry for the delay in posting anything. "ultra" - my main box,
has had some issues during the last...
Top Tip: Hard disk config for file server?02/19/2004 12:44 PM I am planning to get a new file server which also will be a dc. It
will be installed with Win2003 advance server and currently I have 2
Win2000 servers which are DCs.What is the recommended h/w
configuration for the harddisks ? how many hdds for the OS, ide or
scsi, raid 1 or 5 ?
Top Tip: Does formatting a hard disk really erase all data?
So there's stink about this
one possibly being a fake, but there's a new Sony hard disk-based
video player on Japanese website CD Report that claims to have a 20GB
hard drive crammed into a unit just a hair bigger than the iPod mini
(hence, the fake rumors). If it is legit, it is supposed to be
released sometime around Christmas for a price in the neighborhood of
$450 - not a bad price if it ends up being the real deal.
Of course, Sony learned from the HMP-A1 that people might actually
like players that could support native MP3 playback, so the new
unit is rumored to have only ATRAC support (that means, basically,
that this thing will be a dud as a music player).
Update: Okay, we're talking fake here. Babelfish failed me and
the intern is probably curled up in a nest of barely-legal college
hotties. At least he better be.
Ask Jeeves Upgrades Internet Hard Disk
Ask Jeeves Upgrades Internet Hard Disk06/25/2004 12:52 AM Well, that was fast. According to ResearchBuzz, Ask Jeeves will be
increasing their free and paid web mail offerings to compete with
GMail, Y! Mail, and so on. This new Internet Hard Disk is getting
bigger by the day. Rock on!... Grok Description matches for IVDR removable hard disk drives to finally appear GrokA matches for IVDR removable hard disk drives to finally appear
Iomega readies removable storage NAS device
Iomega readies removable storage NAS device05/24/2004 07:49 AM Iomega Corp. on Monday will unveil a new entry-level network attached
storage (NAS) device designed to work with both conventional ATA
(Advanced Technology Attachment) drives and the Rev removable hard
drives that Iomega began shipping earlier this year.
Removable Storage Management Vexes DOE07/23/2004 11:24 PM The Energy Department, responding to a security scandal at the Los
Alamos weapons lab, ordered a halt Friday to classified work at as
many as two dozen facilities that use removable computer disks.
Iomega plans 35GB removable storage in 200411/10/2003 11:09 PM Iomega Corp. sees its new storage format primarily as a replacement in
small and medium-size businesses where tape is now used for backup and
recovery.
Hard disk storage from EMC imitates tape backup
Hard disk storage from EMC imitates tape backup04/09/2004 04:13 PM Tape backup is slow and cumbersome. Hard disks are cheap and fast. EMC
makes a "disk library" to masquerade as a tape device.
HP Designs Removable HD For Media PCs
HP Designs Removable HD For Media PCs06/19/2004 08:48 AM On Monday, Hewlett-Packard will introduce a "Media Drive", an external
hard drive that can be easily inserted and removed from an HP computer
to provide additional storage.
Embedded Beats Removable
Embedded Beats Removable08/27/2004 01:31 PM In-Stat/MDR reports that more embedded Wi-Fi cards were sold than
removable PC cards last year: More than 49 percent of Wi-Fi adapters
last year were embedded in computers, compared to PC cards which
amounted to nearly 40 percent of adapters. Last year, 55 percent of
all notebook PCs contained Wi-Fi adapters. More embedded cards
logically leads to more Wi-Fi use, as non-geeks become more likely to
use Wi-Fi because they don't have to make an extra purchase or take an
extra step. The report also showed that for the first time the Wi-Fi
hardware market surpassed $1 billion in quarterly revenue during the
fourth quarter last year....
Vintage Photo Archives: C-3PO (Removable limbs)11/11/2003 02:25 AM Arguably, The Empire Strikes Back upped every characters ante,
but none quite so much as the prissy protocol droid. That fact,
coupled with a cool backpack and nifty ‘action’ feature made the
vintage C-3PO
(Removable limbs) action figure a sought after toy. Not only that,
but retaining the vac-metal finish of the character’s original figure,
today’s addition to the Vintage Photo Archive
was really given a stage to show his quality; and it was golden.
CES Showfloor: Samsung 5.1 System with Removable Speakers
This was a nice compromise: this 5.1 speaker system could
be used in a set-top configuration, with all five speakers in a single
box, or each individual speaker could be pulled out and placed
elsewhere in the room (if you ran a wire to it).
The next booth over had Samsung's wireless speakers on display, but
they were 1) hissing badly, and 2) attached to the wall with speaker
wires.
Iogear offers removable Pocket Card Reader03/14/2005 04:36 PM Iogear Inc. on Monday announced the release of its Pocket Card Reader.
About the size of a USB thumbdrive, the Pocket Card Reader is a
plug-and-play USB 2.0 device designed to work with MultiMediaCard
(MMC) and Secure Digital (SD) media. It works with Macs and PCs and
features an LED activity light that indicates when data is being
transferred. It works with any SD and MMC media from digital cameras,
Palmtop PCs, PDAs, voice recorders, handheld PCs and other mobile
electronics. It's available now for US$14.95.
IOGEAR introduces removable Pocket Card Reader
IOGEAR introduces removable Pocket Card Reader03/14/2005 04:23 PM IOGEAR has launched a hi-speed, bi-directional Pocket Card Reader that
reaches speeds up to 480 Mbps during digital and data transfers for
use with digital cameras and other handheld PDAs.
The Plug-n-Play device features MultiMedia Card (MMC) and Secure
Digital Card (SD) readers. It supports USB 2.0 (and is backwards
compatible with USB 1.1). The compact device is also hot swappable,
allowing PC storage cards to be easily replaced without having to
restart the computer. The Pocket Card Reader is PC- and
Mac-compatible.
Energy czar stops classified work using disks, other removable media
Energy czar stops classified work using disks, other removable media07/26/2004 05:31 PM Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham stopped all DOE work using
controlled removable electronic media after officials at the Los
Alamos National Lab discovered that two computer disks containing
classified information were missing.
Work with removable computer disks resumes at Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico
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This was a nice compromise: this 5.1 speaker system could
be used in a set-top configuration, with all five speakers in a single
box, or each individual speaker could be pulled out and placed
elsewhere in the room (if you ran a wire to it).