hard drives

Should USB hard drives use mains electricity?

Digital Living So-called 'self-powered' USB hard drives are very convenient, but because of the power limitations associated with the Universal Serial Bus, only certain low-power drives can operate in this manner. Large 3.5-inch hard drives -- those with up to...

Tags: hard drive, power, self, usb

25 October 2007, 14:57

How do I access my PC while away from home?

Digital Living These devices are essentially external hard drives with added network gubbins -- they connect to your broadband router and let you access their files and folder over the Internet. Unfortunately these devices won't give you access to your Windows...

27 September 2006, 16:08

How can I upgrade my laptop?

Digital Living Another relatively straightforward upgrade option is to change the hard drive. You can buy 100GB 2.5-inch laptop drives from Web stores such as ebuyer.com for as little as £70, which will allow you to store hundreds of hours of video footage or...

2 June 2006, 15:55

CeBIT 2006: It's all about the stuff

Digital Living We're expecting to see everything from Microsoft's new Origami device to giant LCD monitors with 8 million pixels, music phones with 8GB hard drives, keyboards that roll up and Webcams that change the colour of your skin.

8 March 2006, 15:02

Top five ways MP3 has changed the world

Digital Living Driving a hardware sales boomIn the same way demand for MP3s stoked demand for broadband connections (number three above), it also encouraged the purchase of countless hard drives, CD burners and audio peripherals for computers.

17 August 2005, 14:30