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So, today’s the day when we finally get to exercise our democratic right and have our say in who will be running our next Government. Have you voted yet? [see_also] For election day 2015, our daily...
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It’s happened, three people are wearing shorts in the office which can only mean one thing; summer is officially here. [see_also] To brighten up your day even more than the glorious sunshine we have...
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The Windows 10 launch is edging ever closer and Microsoft is doing its best to stir up excitement by releasing two more videos of the new operating system in action, this time featuring Cortana and...
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Good morning everyone. The weekend’s sunshine has been replaced by a rather dull and grey Monday, but it’s not all bad because we’ve got another great bargain to start the week. [see_also] Today’s...
View ArticleWhen it comes to storage, keep it simple
For those of you who attended VMworld in San Francisco this year, top marks if you noticed the sheer volume of storage vendors offering their solutions. From what I counted, there were at least 26, it...
View ArticleCan I use S.M.A.R.T. on SSDs?
S.M.A.R.T. which stands for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a fantastic tool for anticipating hardware errors on hard disk drives. The utility can test for bad sectors and some...
View ArticleFixstars releases the world’s largest SSD
The adoption of SSDs in the workplace and amongst consumers has steadily increased as their prices have lowered and their capacity has increased. [see_also] To meet the growing need for SSDs with...
View ArticleSamsung now shipping world’s largest capacity solid state drive
Back in the 1990’s, my first-ever computer came with a 4GB hard drive. At the time, this was absolutely massive – my computer-literate friends told me I would never need a bigger drive in my lifetime....
View ArticleMore SSDs means more data loss
As more people are switching from HDD (hard disk drive) to SSD (solid state drive), more data loss is occurring, a new report by Kroll Ontrack suggests. SSD disks might be solid in their state, but...
View ArticleUsed disks sold online hold extractable company data
Be extra careful when selling used storage, as the data from these components can be extracted quite easily, putting both the consumer and the company at risk. Those are the conclusions published in a...
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