Here’s an interesting data point in the debate over Hadoop clusters versus data warehouses: The cost per terabyte can be in the six figures in a data warehouse, but only a few hundred dollars in ...

I got an email from a reader this week asking about how much data she could expect to use if she switched to streaming on her TV instead of paying for cable. Like me, this reader was bundling TV and ...

Last month Samsung revealed its latest record-breaking large capacity solid state drive, cramming 30 TB into a 2.5-inch drive format unit. Now Nimbus Data has quickly smashed Samsung's benchmark ...

Megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte. We hear these words all the time in relation to the Internet, but many people may not realize which is bigger, what they are used for and what you can do with them.

With a terabyte drive, consumers can store 250,000 MP3 songs, enough for two solid years of listening without a single repeat. Photos: Hitachi's terabyte drive Michael Kanellos is editor at large at ...

One and 2 terabyte drives are rapidly becoming the hardware du jour for home use. That seems like plenty. But it may not be nearly enough. It’s hard to get the mind around just how big a trillion ...

Remember when the idea of having a terabyte of storage was just mind-blowing? Now they’re packing a terabyte onto a card the size of your pinky nail. In news that would have made teenage me’s head pop ...

The PCI Special Interest Group (SIG) managing the development of the PCIexpress interface has announced that the official specification for PCIe 8 will be ratified in 2028, and if you look closely, it ...

Microsoft's game console makes the leap to a terabyte of disk space, meaning more room for more games. Plus: a new controller fits in a stereo headset jack. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a ...