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Spotlight: Fusion-io unveils ioDrive2, ioDrive2 Duo flash drives
Fusion-io has announced the release of its new ioDrive2 and ioDrive2 Duo flash drives, which Fusion-io says offers double the performance, bandwidth and density of its first generation flash
Three data breaches that underscore human error
Recent data breaches at three universities highlight the risk of human error when it comes to protecting confidential data. All three breaches were caused by employee mistakes rather than any kind of
Diskeeper ships standalone Emergency Undelete
Diskeeper has released Emergency Undelete, a standalone software that can restore files and folders that have been accidentally deleted. The software can run directly from a CD or USB flash drive,
Transcend starts selling CFast, successor to CompactFlash
Transcend, a major manufacturer of flash memory cards has started selling flash memory cards with a new interface called CFast. Designed to replace the aging CompactFlash format, CFast is based on
Iomega announces new External SSD Flash Drives
Iomega today announced a new external Solid State Drive (SSD) storage device with a blistering fast USB 3.0 interface for up to 5 gigabits per second of data transfer. The pocket-sized 1.8-inch flash
Sony to end production of floppy disks
The end has finally arrived for the venerable 3.5-inch 1.44MB floppy disk. One of the few companies still manufacturing the aged storage media, Sony, announced late last week that it is planning to
Flash could doom Fibre Channel, says EMC
The use of Fibre Channel-based hard disks could well be a thing of the past in just a few years, according to Frank Hauck, an executive vice president in charge of EMC's storage division. Of course,
Intel and Micron develop new higher-density flash chips
Intel and Micron, earlier this week, announced that they have successfully developed NAND flash memory that is capable of holding 3 bits per cell--compared to the normal 2-bits per cell technology
Will USB 3.0 change the world?
The world's first controller chip for USB 3.0 has been announced by NEC. Samples are expected to be available in June, with volume production by Q3. This is a significant first step, since it means
Prediction: Faster USB flash drives next year
Despite
looking pretty-much the same, the fact is that USB 2.0 flash drives can be
quite different under the hood in performance and how long they can last. According to Robert L. Scheier
