Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (abbreviated HDD or just HD) is described as a non-volatile storage device which uses a set of spinning disks with magnetic surfaces to store digitally encoded information. Though early HDDs employed exchangeable media, modern hard drives consist of a sealed unit containing the fixed disks, or platters, and a read/write head for accessing the magnetic surfaces. Developed for the IBM accounting computer in 1956, the first HDDs suffered from head crash damage, a problem still present in modern HDDs. The rudiments of HDD technology have since been expanded to include storage devices for digital video recorders, digital audio players, digital cameras, PDAs, and recent video game systems. The most recent hard drives now have a capacity of 1.5TB, or 1,500GB.
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08/20/09 7:30pm Computing Twitter makes tweets location-aware, Apple Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0 fixes MacBook Pro problems, The Pirate Bay copy preserved in torrent form
The Twitter blog announced today that a new API is available that lets developers include latitude and longitude information in… dig deeper
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08/18/09 2:05pm Gaming Sony at GamesCon: PS3 Slim, PS3 firmware 3.0, "Minis" PSP games, European PSN video store, Digital Comics Reader for PSP
Sony made some major PlayStation brand-related announcements at GamesCon in Germany today. Some of these are whoppers! Here you… dig deeper
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06/15/09 2:42pm Computing New MacBook Pros have slower SATA interfaces than previous models, but most folks won't notice
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05/27/09 8:21am Computing Apple's white MacBook silently updated with faster processor and memory, more storage
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03/13/09 5:05pm Imaging feature Five of the best HD cameras for independent filmmakers
Ready to start a career in independent filmmaking? Get used to restrictive budgets! We've got five HD cameras that can produce pro-quality, film-like video for less than $5,000. dig deeper
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02/24/09 8:29pm Gaming Red Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 Elite bundle confirmed
The console also comes with Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD. It'll cost you $400. dig deeper
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02/07/09 2:00pm Mobile iPhone and iPod music recovery programs to extract and rescue your collection
The iPhone and iPod touch can only be synced with one computer at a time, but what if that computer dies? Your music is stranded on your handset, and syncing with a new computer will destroy it. Here are three programs for rescuing your tracks. dig deeper
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02/03/09 8:51pm Computing Seagate unveils 2-terabyte Constellation enterprise hard drive
Seagate is playing catch up to Western Digital in the 2-terabyte hard drive arms race with the newly unveiled Constellation series of drives. dig deeper
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01/23/09 8:38pm Computing Pogoplug network storage adapter seeks beta testers
The device allows you to easily share a USB hard drive in your home securely over the web. dig deeper
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01/18/09 3:36pm Computing Dell offering 256GB solid-state drive on laptops
The 256GB SSD is the largest solid-state drive currently offered in a laptop computer. dig deeper
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01/17/09 6:00pm Computing Seagate offers solution to 7200.11 hard drive failure epidemic
A simple firmware update will prevent the failure, but if it's already happened then things get a little more complicated. dig deeper
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01/16/09 12:43pm Computing Users reporting Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1 TB hard drive failures
The drives, labeled ST31000340AS and with firmware SD15, seem to be failing at a rate far above average. dig deeper
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