So I've always thought that having magnets near hard-drives was bad for the hard-drives, yet these days all I see are magnet-tipped screw drivers. Even those "iFixit" branded ones, which are obviously ...

A computer is a complex machine. While most of it works on a microscopic level, it certainly has recognizable macroscopic components that contribute to its uses. A computer can be used to do just ...

What is a hard drive? It’s a common question and one that we’re more than happy to answer. Whether you are looking for ways to upgrade your hard drive, trying to buy a computer with the right hard ...

The speed of a computer depends on several components, including the hard drive, CPU, RAM and video card. Which parts matter most, however, depends heavily on how you use your machine. A faster drive ...

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 ...

It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't a teaser for the latest superhero trio in a Marvel blockbuster. This is about our precious digital data. We need to store it somewhere ...

Ah, the joy of summer storms. A recent one involving a flooded basement (a torrential downpour traveled down a chipmunk burrow that led to an otherwise enclosed basement window with a broken ...

With the DRAM shortage already making memory upgrades prohibitively expensive, high-end SSD prices have also spiked in recent weeks. This surge is being driven by the ...