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New DDR4 memory to boost tablet, server performance
Although the standard for DDR4 memory won't be finalized until summer, several companies are already preparing to ship modules that will boost...
Pixorial leads with Google Drive: will developers follow?
When Pixorial updated its video-sharing iOS app last month, the company added a feature its competitors couldn't yet match: Integration with the...
Microsoft touts Win8's ability to detect, fix hard disk problems
Microsoft has revamped the way Windows 8 monitors hard disk operations and detects problems in an effort to make the diagnostic and repair process...
Oracle tweaks storage options for virtual desktop infrastructure
Oracle's virtual desktop infrastructure is no longer reliant solely on the company's own storage infrastructure, giving customers a range of new...
EMC buys flash-array start-up XtremIO
EMC today confirmed that it is buying out XtremIO, the maker of flash devices, in a deal pegged at $430 million.
Feds outline plans for electronic exchange of patient information
Recognizing that health information exchanges will be built by public and private efforts, the U.S. government office in charge of Health IT said it...
Review: Dell EqualLogic SANs make the most of automated tiering
Dell EqualLogic SSD and SAS hybrids highlight no-muss, no-fuss, fast storage tiering across multiple arrays
Google Drive Begs the Question: Who Owns Your Data in the Cloud?
Google Drive raises several concerns about cloud storage. Many of these consumer-level questions -- who owns your data, how data can be used and what...
VMware takes on Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive
VMware is offering a private-cloud based platform for document sharing and device syncing that could rival Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft...
Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet's assault?
Expensive and specialized Fibre Channel SANs have been under assault as companies consolidate data traffic over Ethernet. With Fibre Channel disks...
Is Google Drive ready for prime time?
In summing up the experts' thoughts, Network World's Brad Reed put it rather succinctly about the emergence of Google Drive: “We like it, but...
Dropbox Boosts Free Storage Limit to 5GB to Match Google Drive
Dropbox boosted its free storage limit from 2GB to 5GB with the introduction of a new digital image offering.
Huawei: Touch-free smartphones and infinite cloud storage are on the way
Huawei Technologies is aiming to bring touch-free smartphones and more inexpensive cloud storage to users, as the company boosts its research and...
One in 10 second-hand hard drives in U.K. contain personal data
Britain's Information Commissioner's Office has discovered that more than one in every ten second hand hard drives contains recoverable...
5 Reasons Microsoft SkyDrive is Better Than Google Drive
Amid the excitement over Google Drive, the search giant's new Dropbox competitor, Microsoft recently improved a similar online sync and storage...
Can Dropbox, other cloud providers survive Google Drive?
The 800-pound gorilla has landed and is leveraging its existing relationship with hundreds of millions of users to port them to their cloud storage...
Free Tools to Wipe Your Drives Securely
Your PC's hard drive is packed with your personal data. So when you want to get rid of your system or drive, you should permanently erase your...
Free Tools to Wipe Your Drives Securely
Your PC's hard drive is packed with your personal data. So when you want to get rid of your system or drive, you should permanently erase your...
Privacy advocates slam Google Drive's privacy policies
Privacy advocates and cloud services users are concerned about Google's terms of use for its new Drive storage services, saying Google can...
Privacy advocates slam Google Drive's privacy policies
Privacy advocates and cloud services users are concerned about Google's terms of use for its new Drive storage services, saying Google can basically...
Is Google Drive ready for prime time?
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