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Alexia Tsotsis
July 28th, 2010

More People, And Inevitably Scammers, Are Using Twitter

2010 thus far has been a year of milestones in terms of online population, with Facebook hitting 500 million active users and Twitter reaching 100 million users. This growth explosion is not without its dark side; a rising tide lifts all boats, even the more miscreant ones.

According to a report by Barracuda Labs, both general and questionable activity is increasing on Twitter, due primarily to… → Read More

Doug Aamoth, Contributor
July 11th, 2008

Not iPhone: Seagate introduces new 1.5TB desktop drive, two 500GB notebook drives

Seagate has just given storage a bump across the board with the introduction of a 1.5-terabyte 3.5-inch hard drive – the Barracuda 7200.11 (running at 7,200 RPM) – and two 500-gigabyte 2.5-inch drives – the Momentus 5400.6 and Momentus 7200.4 (running at 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM, respectively). All three drives use the Serial ATA interface, the two 7,200 RPM drives sling data around at… → Read More

Devin Coldewey
July 10th, 2008

Seagate drops a 1.5TB Barracuda HDD

Not too much to say about this other than yes, it’s big. 7200RPM, 3.5 inches, and a lot of space for all your legitimate and tasteful media. If you’re eco-conscious, however, it’s probably better to go with their new line of 1TB drives, which use much less power. Or, if you’re rich, a few Memoright arrays are the way to go. → Read More