http://www.tomshardware.co.uk en 10 Sun, 27 May 2012 08:51:52 +0200 http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_uk.jpg http://www.tomshardware.co.uk http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Asus-Blu-ray-BDXL-SBW-06C2X-U-BD-R,news-38562.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Asus-Blu-ray-BDXL-SBW-06C2X-U-BD-R,news-38562.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:48:00 CEST Asus teased a new 6x Blu-ray burner supporting BDXL on Facebook.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Samsung-world-s-thinnest-ODD-SE-218BB-DVD-Burner,news-38397.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Samsung-world-s-thinnest-ODD-SE-218BB-DVD-Burner,news-38397.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:02:00 CEST Here's the world's slimmest optical disc drive, ideal for ultrabooks without an optical drive, and tablets for watching movies on the go.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Blu-ray-HDMI-HDCP-Digilent-FPGA,news-37146.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Blu-ray-HDMI-HDCP-Digilent-FPGA,news-37146.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:10:00 CET An FPGA development board was used in a man-in-the-middle attack in obtaining and transmitting an encrypted signal from an HDMI port.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/data-storage-data-transfer-sperm-dna,news-37128.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/data-storage-data-transfer-sperm-dna,news-37128.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:10:00 CET Did you know that each sperm carries the equivalent of 37.5 MB of DNA data? Imagine the throughput of hundreds of million sperm!]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/sony-external-blu-ray-burner-100gb,news-36803.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/sony-external-blu-ray-burner-100gb,news-36803.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:10:00 CEST Sony just announced an external Blu-ray writer that is compatible with 100 GB BD XL discs. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/thailand-it-supply-hard-disk-drive,news-36717.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/thailand-it-supply-hard-disk-drive,news-36717.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:10:00 CEST The ongoing severe flooding in Thailand appears to have impact on the availability on the overall supply in the region. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/hard-drive-solid-state-disk-optical-disk-drive-q2-2011-ssd,news-36705.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/hard-drive-solid-state-disk-optical-disk-drive-q2-2011-ssd,news-36705.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:10:00 CEST Hard drive (HDD), optical disk drive (ODD) and solid state disk drive (SSD) manufacturers shipped 248.8 million storage devices in the second quarter of this year, 4.5% more than in Q1 and 5.6% more than in the second quarter of 2010, according to IHS.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/light-peak-thunderbolt-vaio-radeon,news-35919.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/light-peak-thunderbolt-vaio-radeon,news-35919.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:10:00 CEST The best of both worlds for the roadwarrior and desktop replacement.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Samsung-HDD-Seagate-HDD-Sale-Acquisition-Merger,news-35427.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Samsung-HDD-Seagate-HDD-Sale-Acquisition-Merger,news-35427.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:20:00 CEST Samsung and Seagate this morning announced a “broad strategic alignment” that will see Seagate take over Samsung’s hard drive disk division.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/BDXL-BRXL-PC6U2-BK-Blu-ray-Blu-ray-burner,news-35251.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/BDXL-BRXL-PC6U2-BK-Blu-ray-Blu-ray-burner,news-35251.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:20:00 CET Although Buffalo is launching an external, portable BDXL burner, disc prices are so high that the tech may not be in high demand for quite a while.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/light-peak-thunderbolt-macbook-pro,news-35041.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/light-peak-thunderbolt-macbook-pro,news-35041.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:40:00 CET It's got the logo fit for a superhero.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/BDXL-Blu-ray-128-GB-burner-BRXL-6U2,news-34467.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/BDXL-Blu-ray-128-GB-burner-BRXL-6U2,news-34467.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:30:00 CEST Buffalo and Pioneer are launching BDXL burners in Japan next month.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Hybrid-Drive-SSD-Blu-ray-NAND-HLDS,news-34370.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Hybrid-Drive-SSD-Blu-ray-NAND-HLDS,news-34370.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:10:00 CEST HLDS revised its hybrid Blu-ray/SSD drive to fit into one laptop drive bay.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/bluray-blu-ray-laser-tohoku-japan,news-33932.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/bluray-blu-ray-laser-tohoku-japan,news-33932.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:10:00 CEST Let's hope Sony doesn't get the idea of attaching these things onto sharks.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/blu-ray-bdxl-128gb-specification-bluray,news-33754.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/blu-ray-bdxl-128gb-specification-bluray,news-33754.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:10:00 CEST Quad layers gets you more space on the same sized disc.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Blu-ray-Internal-Drive-Combo-DVD,news-33698.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Blu-ray-Internal-Drive-Combo-DVD,news-33698.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:50:00 CEST Samsung's new internal Blu-ray combo drive offers speeds up to 12x for BD-ROMs.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/light-peak-usb-hd-video-streaming,news-33419.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/light-peak-usb-hd-video-streaming,news-33419.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 06 May 2010 17:20:01 CEST Another interconnect technology, but this one does impress.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Light-Peak-USB3-Optical-Cable,news-33240.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Light-Peak-USB3-Optical-Cable,news-33240.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:30:00 CEST Intel's optical-based successor to USB 3.0 may worm its way into products during 2011.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/blu-ray-bluray-bdxl-128gb-blu-ray-disc,news-33137.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/blu-ray-bluray-bdxl-128gb-blu-ray-disc,news-33137.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:50:00 CEST A third and fourth layer can expand Blu-ray Disc capacity up to 128GB.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-Blu-ray-udfs.sys-freeze,news-32857.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-Blu-ray-udfs.sys-freeze,news-32857.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:50:00 CET An update that took place in December 2009 may cause Windows 7 to lock up when a Blu-ray disc is inserted into the BD-R drive.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/blu-ray-dvd-price-inflation,news-32687.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/blu-ray-dvd-price-inflation,news-32687.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:10:01 CET Get ready to pay more for those plastic discs.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pc-prices-increase-expensive-cost,news-32579.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pc-prices-increase-expensive-cost,news-32579.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:40:01 CET Start saving up those pennies for your next PC -- it could cost a little more.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-Light-Peak-Optical-Connector,news-32025.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-Light-Peak-Optical-Connector,news-32025.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:20:01 CEST Intel's Light Peak technology--slated to debut in Q1 2010--could combine current connectors such as USB, HDMI, and Ethernet using fiber optics.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-light-peak-optical-fiber,news-31947.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-light-peak-optical-fiber,news-31947.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:31:01 CEST Say hello to optical.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Asus-Blu-ray-External-Drive-USB,news-31918.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Asus-Blu-ray-External-Drive-USB,news-31918.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:30:00 CEST A cool, upcoming Blu-ray drive uses only a single USB connection.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Toshiba-Blu-ray-player-HDDVD,news-31539.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Toshiba-Blu-ray-player-HDDVD,news-31539.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:41:00 CEST We all remember the great format war that was HD DVD versus Blu-ray, and we all know how it turned out. However, it seems Toshiba could finally be about to concede defeat and release a Blu-ray player later this year.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/qotd-data-backup-hdd-ssd,news-31518.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/qotd-data-backup-hdd-ssd,news-31518.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:00:00 CEST In this case, being backed up is a good thing.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/calvin-klein-sunglasses-usb-4gb,news-31513.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/calvin-klein-sunglasses-usb-4gb,news-31513.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:20:00 CEST Sunglasses that conceal a 4 GB USB stick is not quite what we mean by 'optical storage,' but ok.]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Blu-ray-BD,news-31235.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Blu-ray-BD,news-31235.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:01:00 CEST http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/1.6-tb-terabyte-dvd-zomg,news-31162.html#xtor=RSS-141521 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/1.6-tb-terabyte-dvd-zomg,news-31162.html#xtor=RSS-141521 Fri, 22 May 2009 01:51:00 CEST 1.6 Terabytes on a single disc.]]>