Neowin News Feed for: Storage

Samsung acknowledges S4 storage complaints; says it's "reviewing" options

Andy Weir — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:42:04 +0100

After complaints that its 16GB Galaxy S4 offers just 8.82GB of space for users, Samsung has publicly acknowledged the issue, suggesting that more space could be freed up by a future software update. Read more...

Google unifies Gmail, Drive and Google+ photos storage, offers up 15GB

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:57:41 +0100

Google have unified the free storage that they give users for Google Drive, Google+ photos and Gmail into one, allowing everyone 15GB of shared space. Google Apps for enterprise now have 30GB. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB comes with just 8.82GB of free space

Andy Weir — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:27:10 +0100

The 16GB model of Samsung's Galaxy S4 has 45% of its storage consumed by the OS and pre-installed apps, leaving just 8.82GB of space for users - but remember: other storage options are available. Read more...

Apple keeps your conversations with Siri for two years

Ben Buffone — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:21:57 +0100

Apple have revealed conservations you have with voice assistant Siri will be kept for up to two years. The announcement comes just days after questions were raised over users' privacy rights. Read more...

TechSpot: Synology DS2413+ NAS Review

Julio Franco — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:55:32 +0100

The DS2413+ is Synology's newest twelve-bay NAS for small to medium sized businesses who need loads of storage. Along with supporting up to 48TB worth of drives out of the box, the... Read more...

Dropbox acquires Mailbox email app

Ben Buffone — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:02:53 +0000

After the freshly designed 'Mailbox' app was released on the App Store just under a month ago after much anticipation, file hosting service Dropbox has made the move to acquire the company. Read more...

Seagate sells two billion hard drives; half that in the last four years

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:26:21 +0000

Seagate has announced they have managed to sell a total of two billion hard disk drives. Half of the sales happened in the last four years alone while the first half took almost 29 years. Read more...

Apple reportedly planning a Retina MacBook Air for Q3 2013

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:07:17 +0000

A new report states that Apple is looking to add a Retina display to their MacBook Air line by Q3 2013, but does it make sense? Read more...

Surface Pro and MacBook Air have similar free disk space

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:19:23 +0000

The Surface Pro and MacBook Air are both very similar systems, including full-blown PC specs and operating systems, so when making a fair free storage space comparison, both are very similar Read more...

TechSpot: WD Black 4TB Hard Drive Review

Julio Franco — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:07:00 +0000

Recently WD expanded its flagship Black series with a 4TB model, meant to deliver a balance between speed, capacity and price. At $350, a Black 4TB drive is slightly cheaper than a pair of Black 2TB.. Read more...

Surface RT news: New storage disclaimer and order rumors

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:22:40 +0000

Microsoft has now added a new storage disclaimer on the Microsoft Store order page for the Surface RT tablet. Meanwhile a new rumor claims that Microsoft has cut supply orders for the tablet. Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Vector 256GB SSD Review

Julio Franco — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:00:00 +0000

OCZ is finally ready to unveil its first truly in-house SSD controller. It's been three years since Indilinx released a new controller and they are doing so today with the Barefoot 3 and the Vector... Read more...

Man sues Microsoft over advertised Surface storage amounts

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:59:29 +0000

A man has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming the new Windows RT-based Surface tablet doesn't have as much storage space as advertised. Microsoft has already said the lawsuit is without merit. Read more...

TechSpot: The Best SSD for Less Than $100, Roundup

Julio Franco — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:12:44 +0000

The contenders include the OCZ Vertex 4 128GB, Samsung 840 120GB and Crucial m4 128GB. The most affordable high-capacity SSD featured in our roundup is the Kingston SSDNow V+200 120GB, while the... Read more...

HP webinar will discuss gaps in traditional storage solutions

Christopher White — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:34:32 +0000

HP is teasing a major announcement in the arena of enterprise storage and it's expected to be released at HP Discover in Frankfurt. Join HP for a free storage webinar on November 1st at 5pm ET. Read more...

Microsoft Surface RT 32GB has ~20 GB of free storage

Brad Sams — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:59:50 +0100

Microsoft has opened the Surface flood gates today and we are learning more every minute about the new device from Microsoft including how much free storage will be available on the devices. Read more...

TDK to double HDD storage space in two years

Alfonso Maruccia — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:14:30 +0100

The Japanese company announced a new laser-based technology capable of doubling storage density of magnetic hard disks. Expect ginormous HDDs within a two-year time frame Read more...

Hitachi presents a storage medium that should last forever

Paul Ferson — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:33:39 +0100

Hitachi's latest breakthrough seems to be glass-based storage media that should last forever. All you'll need to read it is a microscope and a computer, if you'd like more than binary codes. Read more...

MobileMe users' free iCloud storage decreases after Sunday

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:26:33 +0100

Apple's now redundant MobileMe service will officially cease on September 30th, forcing users who transitioned to iCloud to pay for the 20GB of cloud storage Apple have been providing for free. Read more...

TechSpot: Crucial m4 mSATA 256GB, Miniature SSD Review

Julio Franco — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:43:50 +0100

We took notice when Crucial announced its m4 mSATA SSD in a 256GB capacity at under $1/GB. The mSATA drive is tiny compared to Crucial's standard 2.5" m4, and despite the size difference, both... Read more...