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Article | 9/05/2013 APC Messiest Office competition winners announced
From the look of the entries that we received for our Messiest Office competition, it seems many of us still have a deep desire to hoard every little ...
Article | 23/04/2013 Western Digital rolls out ultra-slim 5mm Ultrabook drives
The drive towards dirt-cheap Ultrabooks is getting a big boost with the release of Western Digital's new ultra-slim spinning hard drive, a barely ther...
Article | 4/03/2013 Seagate to halt production of 7200rpm laptop hard drives
When it comes time to buy your next high-performance laptop, chances are good that it will feature a solid state drive (SSD). But what if you'd prefer...
Article | 3/12/2012 Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics disagree...over the cloud
When the Brooklyn Nets traveled to Boston to play the Celtics last week, it became apparent that the two organizations disagreed about something - the...
Article | 13/11/2012 In Pictures: The 10 most powerful supercomputers on the planet
The latest Top500 list details the world's mightiest silicon
Article | 5/11/2012 In Pictures: 8 real-world Big Data deployments
The amount of data in the world doubles every 18 months. Here's a look at eight real-world big data deployments in a variety of industries.
Article | 23/10/2012 Apple announces hybrid drive technology in Macs
Apple announced it will be including hybrid drive technology in its new iMac and Mac mini desktops, which will offer flash-like performance with up to...
Article | 22/10/2012 Hybrid hard drives: How they work and why they matter
An SSD can read and write data many times faster than the best mechanical hard drive. On the downside, flash memory is many times more expensive than ...
Article | 11/09/2012 Synology Showcase winners announced
The winners of PC World's Synology Showcase competition have been announced. Three lucky readers have been selected by Synology to test out a Synology...
Article | 10/09/2012 Western Digital releases samples of its thinnest hybrid drive for Ultrabooks
Western Digital announced what it said is the industry's thinnest hybrid drive for Ultrabooks, a 5mm-thick model that has 500GB capacity.
Article | 6/09/2012 WD launches new portable hard drives for Windows PCs, Macs
Western Digital subsidiary WD recently unveiled two sleek, thin 500GB portable external hard drives for Mac and Windows PC users. The two new drives, ...
Article | 31/08/2012 How to put your movies on your media server
I have a huge movie collection. It used to all be on VHS tapes, then I moved to DVDs, and now I'm slowly moving to Blu-Ray. That's all well and good, ...
Article | 27/08/2012 Catch of the Day's Technothon: cheap tech
Daily deals website Catch of the Day is running its Technothon until midday today, with low prices on a wide range of technology products.
Article | 22/08/2012 Rackspace to open Sydney data centre in late 2012
Global cloud computing and hosting company Rackspace will soon open its first Australian data centre, in the Sydney suburb of Erskine Park. The invest...
Article | 18/07/2012 Win an iPad or a Samsung Galaxy Tab in the 2012 PC World Media Usage survey
PC World is running its 2012 Media Usage survey, quizzing you on your Internet browsing habits and media consumption. We're interested in learning mor...
Article | 15/06/2012 Hybrid drives already passe, as SSD sales skyrocket
Hybrid drives, which combine NAND flash with spinning disk, are selling like molasses compared to SSDs and SSDs with cache, according to IHS iSuppli. ...
Article | 8/06/2012 Toshiba touts industry's densest SSDs, doubles performance
Toshiba Storage Products today announced a new line-up of solid-state drives (SSDs) using the industry's smallest lithography process to date -- 19 na...
Article | 4/06/2012 HP releases 100TB/hr backup system
HP today announced new deduplication solutions for its StoreOnce Backup product line, including the B6200, that enable 100TB/hr backup performance. ...
Article | 4/06/2012 Toshiba says new SSDs have double performance, densest memory
Toshiba today announced a new line of solid-state drives that use 19-nanometer process technology, the smallest circuitry to date.
Article | 24/05/2012 Seagate to acquire LaCie
Leading storage vendor Seagate will acquire competitor LaCie, incorporating its product line-up and executives in a $188 million buy-out.

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