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Seagate aims to launch 50TB HAMR hard drives in 2027 (techspot.com)

2026-07-30 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: seagate, hamr, mozaic

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Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data? (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: data storage, data loss, cloud computing

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Boutique DIY Hi-Fi solution lets you repurpose your old IDE optical drives as a standalone audio player — $190 CD-ROM Player 01 features a laser-cut enclosure and a custom PCB (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-14 | by Mark Tyson | tags: cd rom, drives, optical

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Best External Hard Drives (2026): SSD to Store Data, Video, and More (wired.com)

2026-07-12 | by Scott Gilbertson | tags: backups, best, drive

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Japanese firm reverses Blu-ray drive exit after securing parts, but prices jump up to 51% (techspot.com)

2026-07-09 | by Rob Thubron | tags: blu ray, buffalo, components

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Japanese firm reverses Blu-ray drive exit after securing parts, but prices jump up to 51% and supplies are limited (techspot.com)

2026-07-09 | by Rob Thubron | tags: blu ray, buffalo, components

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Copy That Floppy – Cambridge guide for preserving data from fragile floppy disks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | by Various Contributors | tags: disk, disks, drive

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Why I switched to a NAS storage drive to backup files - and ditched iCloud and Dropbox for good (zdnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: adrian, drives, plus

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RS-232 and other forms of grief (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-01 | by Russell | get RS-232 Serial Adapter → | tags: rs-232, avena corrientes, external hard drives

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Knoppix (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | by Webmaster Knopper.Net | get Knoppix Linux Live CD → | tags: knoppix, linux, usb flash drives

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Digitize your library with these Blu-Ray or DVD drives from as little as $27 in these Prime Day deals — revive your old DVD/Blu-Ray collection with these drive deals (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-26 | by Stewart Bendle | get External Blu-ray Drive → | tags: dvd drives, blu-ray writer, asus

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Microsoft Discovers Cryptocurrency Stealer That Spreads Through USB Drives and Uses Tor (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get USB Data Blocker → | tags: microsoft, cryptocurrency, usb drives

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Nvidia's high-speed AI data center storage servers break cover, touting 2.9 petabytes of storage and extreme PCIe 6.0 performance — Wiwynn shows off SCADA server with GPU-accelerated storage (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-12 | by Anton Shilov | get Wiwynn GPU-Accelerated Storage → | tags: drives, image, scada

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DriveSurge Hijacks Thousands of Sites for ClickFix, FakeUpdate Attacks (darkreading.com)

2026-06-02 | by Elizabeth Montalbano | get Malware Removal Tool → | tags: drivesurge, ztds, clickfix

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Hackers hijack thousands of sites for ClickFix and FakeUpdate attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-01 | get Cybersecurity Website Scanner → | tags: clickfix, fakeupdates, drivesurge

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Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | get SSD Monitoring Tool → | tags: frost, meta, yandex

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Websites Have a New Way To Spy On Visitors: Analyzing Their SSD Activity (slashdot.org)

2026-05-28 | get SSD Monitoring Tool → | tags: frost, ars technica, opfs

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Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-27 | get SSD Monitoring Tool → | tags: frost, yandex, meta

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Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-27 | get SSD Monitoring Tool → | tags: frost, yandex, meta

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FBI warns of in-person data theft attacks from extortion gang (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-27 | get RFID Blocking Wallet → | tags: silent ransom group, in-person data theft, remote desktop

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Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-26 | by Aaron Klotz | get GameCube & Wii Emulator Kit → | tags: blu-ray drives, omnidrive, gamecube

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Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC — third-party OmniDrive firmware unlocks game rips from physical media on select players (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-26 | by Aaron Klotz | get GameCube & Wii Ripper Kit → | tags: blu-ray drives, omnidrive, gamecube

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TDK and NHK Spring accused of fixing prices on components used in 97% of hard drives for over a decade (techspot.com)

2026-05-23 | get Hard Drive Component Price Guide → | tags: tdk corporation, nhk spring, hard drives

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Seagate sparks memory sell-off as CEO says it would 'take too long' to build new factories (cnbc.com)

2026-05-19 | by Cj Haddad | get Seagate External Hard Drive → | tags: seagate, memory chips, data centers

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The best NAS devices of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed (zdnet.com)

2026-05-17 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Synology DiskStation DS920 → | tags: nas, raid, terramaster

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The best external hard drives of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed (zdnet.com)

2026-05-16 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Samsung T7 Portable SSD → | tags: external hard drives, zdnet, vendor listings

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Man Who Stole Beyonce's Hard Drives Gets Five-Year Sentence (slashdot.org)

2026-05-13 | get Encrypted External Hard Drive → | tags: beyonce, hard drives, program manager

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This is what some of the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-13 | by Zack Whittaker | get Cybersecurity Hard Drive Kit → | tags: vx-underground, virustotal, malware source code

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This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-13 | by Zack Whittaker | get Cybersecurity Hard Drive Kit → | tags: drives, feet, hard

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Can hackers break encrypted USB drives? I tried to find out (zdnet.com)

2026-05-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get USB Data Encryption Tool → | tags: kingston, ironkey, usb drives