Deal alert: Crucial's 500GB MX500 SSD is just $58 on Amazon
The M.2 SSD only runs at SATA speeds, though
Backblaze shares the most and least reliable hard drives of 2018
Average hard drive capacity has nearly doubled in two years
Samsung drops 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD with new V-NAND and optimized firmware
An insanely fast M.2 SSD from Samsung
Intel is discontinuing its 'Core+' CPU/Optane desktop bundles
Just nine months after they were introduced
Lexar reveals first commercially available 1TB SD card
Great for those who like to film in 4K
Windows 10 will begin reserving 7GB or more for updates
Trading storage for stability
The first 5MB hard drive weighed approximately...
Shipped in September 1956, the first 5MB hard disk unit was used by the IBM 305 RAMAC
Micron pitches QLC as the cost-effective replacement of mechanical drives
SSDs are now almost as cheap as mechanical hard drives
Hardware-based disk encryption can be bypassed in certain SSDs
Several models of solid state drives from Crucial and Samsung have been exploited in the lab
Western Digital pushes boundaries with a 15TB Ultrastar hard drive
Another improvement in storage density
Opinion: Oracle wants to make a case as cloud computing provider
Oracle's take on the cloud from the first day of the OpenWorld event in San Francisco
Samsung announces QLC- and 96-layer 3D NAND refresh
A little something for everyone
Corsair releases its fastest SSDs to date, and they're surprisingly cheap
Up to 3000 MB/s write speeds
Ways to Free Up Storage Space on Windows
Gigabytes are cheaper than ever but they can also be the sort of thing where the more you have, the more you tend to consume, and it doesn't take long for the terabytes to fly by if you spend a lot of time on your computer. If you're wanting to clean up your drive, this guide will serve you regardless of your current storage solution.
The Best Storage 2018: SSD, HDD, External & NAS
SSDs are finally the norm, only differentiated by how extreme and how willing you are to pay for the very best. Pro-level SSDs are reserved to non-volatile storage, mainstream SSDs are very affordable, and that has positively affected other product lines from HDDs, to portable external drives and more. Here are our top storage picks for 2018.
Transfer Steam games to a new drive without redownloading
Although SSDs have steadily increased in capacity, so too have the size of game installs. Today's triple-A titles commonly occupy upwards of 20GB with many approaching or exceeding 60GB, especially after accounting for downloadable content. Here's how to move your games to a new faster drive.
Seagate updates its lineup to include a handful of 14TB hard drives
IronWolf, BarraCuda, SkyHawk, and Exos drive capacity on the rise
Microsoft will use AI to let you search within audio, video, and image files on OneDrive
Microsoft will offer AI-powered transcription services
Samsung unveils its first ever NVMe-based portable SSD
It gets toasty (and throttles), testing reveals
Intel builds a ruler-shaped SSD to set new storage density record
One petabyte of data now fits into one rack slot
Approximately how heavy was the first 1GB hard drive?
Not the BFG. That first gigabyte sure was heavy!
NVMe SSD Roundup 2018: Intel Optane, WD Black and Samsung 970 Evo/Pro
The SSD market can seem overwhelming at first glance, but we'll tell you, it is a great time to upgrade your storage considering ever-lower prices and two distinct segments that go from fast and relatively affordable to extremely fast and more costly solutions, which we're looking at today: NVMe solid storage.
Encrypted flash drives: convenience and performance unmatched by the cloud
Read-only mode offers secure file transfers to untrusted devices