SAN DIMAS, CA – June 1, 2009 – Trace amounts of organic and inorganic contaminants of hard disk components are extremely difficult to detect by current methods. Common techniques, such as inspection ...

Elinor Ostrom won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics for her work on economic governance of common pool resources. Her work focused on how humans interact with ecosystems in order to maintain a long ...

Installing an internal hard drive is one of the more straightforward upgrades out there—and is often a better option than using external drives that may be dropped or misplaced. The process usually ...

Mechanical hard drives are sensitive, precise electromechanical devices consisting of a combination of rotating disks and read/write heads floating above them. Despite their complex construction, they ...

Yesterday, Apple launched its most capacious iPod ever. Its 80GB Toshiba hard disk has room for 40,000 songs or 100 hours of video; it weighs 59 grams, takes a watt of power and transfers data at ...

Buffalo is reviving a hard drive design from 1998 that reveals its inner workings. Buffalo is reviving a hard drive design from 1998 that reveals its inner workings. is a senior reporter who’s been ...

Hard disk drives (HDDs) rely on mechanical components to function. Over time, these parts can wear out or fail, directly affecting the drive’s lifespan. On average, HDDs last between 3 to 5 years, ...