In my previous post, I wrote about assembling and using the Farnell element 14 Pi-Desktop kit. I limited that post to the basic installation, configuration and use of the Pi-Desktop enclosure itself.

At CES 2012 we told you to watch for Mushkin in the new year because the company was on the fast track with a cash injection and new talented engineers. For most of 2012, Mushkin did exactly what we ...

Over the past few years a number of companies have released tiny sticks that you can plug into a TV to run Android or Linux on a big screen. Thanks to low-power ARM processors, these little sticks are ...

To get a good idea of SSD performance, both out of the box and following extended use, we've adapted our TRIM testing methods from previous SSD reviews. Drives are now first tested in a 'clean' new ...

Today Samsung announced the launch of the worlds first mSATA SSD featuring a capacity of 1TB. The all new 840 EVO mSATA 1TB SSD boast a performance of 98,000 random reads and 90,000 random write IOPS ...

According to a recent announcement by Samsung, they will be releasing an array of new mSATA SSDs with capacities ranging from 120GB all the way up to an industry leading 1TB. Based off their highly ...

SearchStorage.co.UK: Can you put any solid-state drive in a laptop or desktop computer? Evans: It’ll be good to set a little bit of background here, and understand what normally goes into a desktop or ...

New versions of Samsung's popular drive take different physical designs, while offering almost exactly the same performance and features as their larger sibling. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been ...

From time to time people have asked here (or in Mobile Computing) about SSDs for older laptops that use a parallel ATA 2.5 inch hard drive. Such devices exist, but there are only a few of them.

Since my last review of a Renice Technology Mini PCIe form factor solid state disk the company has upped it’s line of Mini PCIe form factor SSDs to include the Renice K3VLAR 50MM mSATA SSD, which adds ...

More than a decade has passed since PATA (Parallel ATA) was made redundant by SATA. Originally designed to provide a maximum throughput of 16MB/s, PATA and was eventually upgraded to 133MB/s, which ...

It's fair to say the original SSD 840 EVO launch was very successful. Thanks to its competitive performance, good value and tasty feature set, we awarded the entire range our Premium Grade award. Now ...