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LaCie Brick Desktop Hard Drive (160GB)

The LaCie Brick combines great performance with clever styling to make a desktop hard drive that you'll want to use and show off.

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Western Digital MyBook 250GB USB Hard Drive Essential Edition

It's not much like a book, but Western Digital's take on portable external hard drive storage has a lot going for it if simplicity is what you seek.

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Iomega External Hard Drive FireWire 800/FireWire 400/USB (400GB)

Users who can and want to take advantage of this drive's FireWire 800 capability will rejoice, but USB 2.0 users should look elsewhere for an external hard drive.

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Google Desktop Search

Google Desktop Search is a slick and speedy search tool for finding information on your hard drive. It lacks a file viewer and media player but is very fast and easy to use.

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Google Desktop 4 beta

Google Desktop 4 beta is less clunky than its predecessor and we love the zippy search and creative Sidebar Gadgets. Still, we're wary of handing over our computing habits to Google's servers.

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Perpendicular hard drives hit Australia

Seagate started shipping its first perpendicular hard drive to the Australian market on Monday, which the company said marks the beginning of the end for its traditional linear hard drive products.

Can a new hard drive meet the flash challenge?

Hard-drive manufacturers are contemplating a new-size hard drive to counter the challenge presented by flash memory.

Mobile hard drive revolution proposed

An American semiconductor company is trying to quietly revolutionise the way that mobile phones and other portable devices are designed by putting more functionality into the hard drive.

SanDisk rolls out flash hard drives for laptops

SanDisk wants to replace the hard drive in notebooks with flash memory, a swap that it says will make thin laptops faster and more reliable.

ASUS to release desktop Eee PC with Linux

Asus has confirmed the existence of the Ebox, a desktop version of the popular Eee PC laptop. Like its notebook counterpart, will be available with either Windows or Linux.

DIY: Desktop buying guide

What you need to know -- from finding the type of PC that fits your lifestyle to catching up on all of the latest trends.

DIY: What kind of desktop is right for me?

Whether you are a home user or power gamer, it is important to get a desktop that best suits your lifestyle. Here's what to look out for.

Laptop lowdown: 25 things you need to know to buy the perfect notebook

In the market for a new notebook? Check out our list of 25 things you need to consider before you hit the shops.

How to split audio tracks

This tutorial can help you split music and audio books into shorter tracks for your convenient listening pleasure.

XP to Vista: How to transfer your data

In this quick guide we'll show you how to transfer your files and settings from an aging Windows XP computer to a new Vista machine.

Find it fast: 6 hard drive searching apps

Need to find a specific e-mail message or file on your hard drive? You're not alone. Here are six new localised-search apps let you search your hard drive.

Mirror your hard drive: two disk-copying utilities reviewed

If you need to roll out a standard software configurations across more than one desktop or laptop, you'll need an app that can make a mirror image of an existing hard drive.

Top portable storage devices

If you're looking to transport data between PCs, you're going to need a portable storage solution.

Desktop shopping checklist

Home PCs still have their place in the sun, thanks to falling prices and ease of upgradeability.

Find it fast: our top five desktop search apps

As the battle of localised search applications heats up, which ones are best at quickly finding your files, no matter where you stashed them?

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Capture Desktop

Capture, automate, and export screenshots.

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MiniExplorer

Check your hard drives easily.

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DKHardDrive-Light 1.2.2.2

Track hard drive activities of your computer.

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Synchronize 1.0.1

Synchronize data in different folders, disks or different computers.

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Copernic Desktop Search 2.3 build 18

Search files, e-mails, and popular multimedia formats on your PC's hard drive.

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