Firewire Hard Disks by David Stone
Firewire is a technogy for transferring data between computers or their periphial devices like external hard disk drives. In the early 1990's Apple developed the technology that became Firewire. Its technical name is IEEE 1394, and there are a few updates that have improved transfer rates. ... This adds another plug to your already cluttered power strip and the cord needs to be carried with it if you would like to use it on a remote computer. ... A Firewire drive also offers an easy expansion to your current computer.

5 Facts You Need To Know About SD Cards And How To Get The Best Of Them by Ron Heller
Most of us who are into technology in some way have already heard of the SD memory card. Where SD stands for Secured Data, these tiny cards are a very popular item now days with everyone who is dealing with PDA's, electronic cameras, notebook computers and the like. ... For example, if you want to pass a 2 minute video you shot with your new digital camera, on to your iPAQ, you can do that in a few seconds by taking out the SD memory card from your camera and popping it into your iPAQ. ... Fast data transfer rate - these SD memory cards are a lot faster in terms of transferring data than...

Best Computer Upgrades -- Cost verses Value! by John Dow
I do a lot of computer repair work and one of the first questions I get asked (after I fix the computer) is what can I do to improve the performance. I normally clean out all the old temp files and registry entries (two things that slow down a computer) whenever I work on a computer. ... The next area to look at is to upgrade some of the primary hardware that runs your computer. ... So the next best bang for the buck is to increase the amount of ram in the computer. ... The cost would be under $200 and you will think you got a new computer with the performance increase.

Wireless Notebooks: What You Need To Know About Going Wireless! by Titus Hoskins
It's not exactly breaking news that our world is becoming increasingly wireless. Many of our daily activities that once needed a wired connection can now be done wirelessly! The cell phone craze was probably the first revolution that seemingly happened overnight. ... Also, many notebooks and computers come with a Bluetooth module, which allows for wireless communication between any sort of electronic devices -- from cell phones to computer to stereos to headphones. ... Wireless notebooks uses three major wireless data standards in order to transfer data.

Guide to Buying Hard Drives by Andrew Gates
Apart from being one of the most essential parts of your computer, hard drive storage is constantly updating, in terms of both capacity of disk space and in physical size. When it comes time to upgrade your disk storage, there are a number of factors for you to take into account. ... The External Transfer Rate (sometimes called the Transfer Rate or the Burst Transfer Rate) is a measure of the time it takes to send the data from the cache all the way to the computer's memory. ... Internal Transfer Rate refers to the time it takes for a drives heads to read data from the platter and pass it...

What You Need To Know About Cables by Elizabeth Morgan
Cables are electric conductors covered with insulating material. They are used to connect different components of a system such as connecting a DVD player with a TV. Cables are being used in almost every area of human activity. Cables of different make and uses are now available in the market. ... Electronic items, like personal computers, digital camera recorders use data cables to transfer images, pictures and sounds. ... Data transmission is now faster than it used to be and this speed has helped with the growth of the information technology and telecommunications industry.

Performing Successful Data Recovery For Computers by Aurel Radulescu
If you have work files, private financial information or bookkeeping stored on your computer, this could be the most important article that you will ever read. As with any electronic device, glitches can occur without warning and, when it comes to computers, they can often result in the loss of... This will erase all files, including data files, which means the only way to have a successful data recovery using this method is if you have saved back-up copies that you can access via CD-Rom or another computer and transfer them onto the reinstalled system.

Data Storage Media – A Guide to Selecting Media For Storing and Backing Up Computer Data by David Haysom
Data, or information stored on your computer, can either be held on fixed disk drives inside the computer or on removable media such as CD's that can be inserted and removed. Removable media can be used to transfer files between computers or to backup the data already existing on fixed disk drives. ... The upside… Larger storage space – hold more data than a CD Can be filled with nearly everything; video, music or computer specific data A base speed of 1.32 megabytes/sec The downside… Many older computers do not have a DVD-Rom drive installed Can be recorded on only once...

Hard Drive Selection by J A Carpunky
Perhaps the biggest mistake people make when building their computer(s) is to underestimate the importance of the hard disk drive (HDD). In our modern society, bigger is synonymous with better, so when you go to buy a hard drive you look at how "big" it is, its data capacity. ... Now for the transfer rates you're going to need to do some searching, the best way to find these numbers is to go to the manufacturer's website and look at specification sheet for the model you're looking to buy (actually this is the best way to get all the information I've talked about so far).

Should You Upgrade Your Hardware PC? by Tony C. Gevano
What if you found that your computer is out of date? You probably want to upgrade your computer since you have no choice to do so. Your works depend on your hardware computer upgrade. That’s how you going to have a good result. But before you make any further step, try to learn about your computer. ... This memory keeps data that is being worked on now and may or may not be transferred to the hard drive that represents the long-term memory of the computer. ... A 20 GB hard drive is sufficient to keep new office and internet applications, and all your files and data.