DRAM errors: from soft to hard
Every system uses dynamic random access memory (DRAM), but how good is it? Bad news: not nearly as good as vendors would like us to think. Good news: we're learning.
Storage Bits
Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.
Robin Harris
Robin Harris has been messing with computers for over 30 years and selling and marketing data storage for over 20 in companies large and small.
Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo Bilton writes for ZDNet's The ToyBox.
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Apple's Fusion Drive: hybrid done right!
Apple takes their trademark top-of-the-line approach with the Fusion drive: a 128GB SSD built into a 1 or 3TB hard drive. Suddenly every other hybrid drive looks like old news. And they are.
The hard drive drought is over
The flooding in Thailand last year knocked out a quarter of the world's disk drive production capacity, causing shortages and price spikes. But that's all behind us now.
The CD: dead at 30?
The CD player came out on October 1, 1982. Now, 30 years later, CDs are all but dead, killed by iTunes and MP3s. Is the familiar form factor doomed?
Why the iPad is the original Mac all over again
The iPad is only a reboot of Steve Job's original Mac vision of the accessible appliance computer. Don't believe me? Look at the specs.
Can hybrids save the Ultrabook?
The Ultrabook is one of the notable fiascos of recent years because of high prices. Can hybrid disk drives fix that?
Resurrection: Mac/ZFS returns!
ZDNet EXCLUSIVE: The Mac gets a 21st century file system. More good news: it's free!
Is ReRAM the end of NAND flash?
Toshiba continues to push their Resistance RAM (ReRAM) plans. Sampling starts next year with commercial devices in 2015. Is this the beginning of the end for NAND flash?
Western Digital's new WD Red drive is built just for network-attached storage
While network-attached storage devices work with most hard drives, Western Digital wants its new WD Red drive to be consumers' first choice.
Iomega StorCenter iX2, Cloud Edition: Say hello to the future of backup (review)
With a bevy of features and customization options, Iomega's latest StorCenter iX2 refresh is proof of why you should own a network hard drive.