Once considered a necessity, the internal optical disk drive is becoming a thing of the past as manufacturers jettison the component to make notebook computers thinner, lighter and less power-hungry. Samsung has joined this trend with its latest notebooks, but today announced a thin external DVD Writer for those who find themselves needing to burn

Building on the company’s successful 67TB storage pod, the company introduced the second generation version: a 135TB 4U server for $7,348, which doubles the storage and still costs less than the original. While the Storage Pod 2.0 uses mostly off-the-shelf parts, the one item that’s not is the custom red case; it features six fans

For all of the Synology NAS users out there hungry for the next firmware update, Synology has just posted the beta version of DSM 3.2. Some of the highlights include support for Mac OS X Lion, updated Time Machine support, improved Safari support, CIFS Remote Mounting, ISO Mounting, Google Cloud Print support, improved photo sharing

LSI has introduced an innovative new technology, the MegaRAID CacheVault. The technology provides flash memory-based cache protection for the company’s MegaRAID 6Gb/s SATA+SAS RAID controller cards. The technology works by using solid-state NAND flash memory to store data being held in the RAID controller card’s cache when power outages occur. What this means for IT

Victorinox Swiss Army announced new USB drives and USB/pocket knife combos at CES in January including the Victorinox Slim, Victorinox Slim Duo and Victorinox Secure SSD. The flight-friendly Slim and Slim Duo (no blades) are now available in a variety of capacity and color combinations.

If you are a photographer who shoots digital, two things matter to you, the quality of your camera and lenses and the ability to safely store your digital images once the shoot is finished. Even if you can take the most breathtaking images, if you don’t store them correctly, they risk being lost forever if