I recently recommended that a customer use an external hard drive as a backup device when they remarked, “You know, I don’t think I really know what a hard drive is. What is a computer ‘drive,’ anyway ...

If you bought a computer between 2003 and 2008, you probably have some money coming to you. It's part of a class action settlement against six makers of computer disc drives. The lawsuit claimed the ...

Planning to auction off that old computer on eBay? You might want to take a closer look at what’s on your disk drive first. According to a new study by two MIT graduate students, companies and ...

This weekend saw the tenth Vintage Computer Festival held at the Computer History Museum. It’s a nerd fest of the highest order, with a roomful of old machines, some surprisingly old like an ...

Western Digital has agreed to buy component maker Komag, in the latest move to consolidate the disk drive industry, for about $1 billion in cash, the companies said on Thursday. The proposed merger ...

New physics research out of the University of California Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) offers new insight into a poorly understood aspect of disc drive failures, according to industry experts, though ...

A hard drive, also known as a hard disk drive, is a storage device used on many computers. A hard drive consists of spinning platters that store digital information read by fast-moving read/write ...

Hard drives are racing into the world of consumer electronics, according to a report released Tuesday by research firm In-Stat/MDR. The same day the hard drive-based Apple iPod got a face-lift, ...

Commentary--The definition of "intellectual property" may vary by firm but most business professionals would agree that items such as trade secrets, design plans, formulas, manufacturing processes, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Just because a computer disk drive plant is laying off nearly a third of its employees doesn't mean the company will close the facility, officials say. More than 500 people ...