The PC Technology Guide provides clear information on computer hardware, maintenance and operation through comprehensive guides on components and peripherals, tutorials on common computing tasks, and articles on a wide range of computer related topics. http://www.pctechguide.com/ These are not "drives" at all - the misnomer was gained as they were intended to replace old portable drive technology. Offering massive storage and access fast enough for boot facilities, the USB Flash Drive is arguably the best current portable RAM for PCs. http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_USBFlashDrives.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_USBFlashDrives.htm Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:30:00 GMT Sony have stuck with their memory stick despite other manufacturers giving up proprietary memory card formats. Sony may be softening to other brands recently, but after almost ten years the Sony Memory Stick lives on. http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_SonyMemoryStick.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_SonyMemoryStick.htm Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:30:00 GMT While it's clear that portable RAM formats provide the ability to store and transport any file you like, the digital camera market probably has found the greatest use for memory cards to date. So, clearly Fuji and Olympus knew exactly what they were aiming for when they got together to create the xD Picture card. http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_xDPictureCards.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_xDPictureCards.htm Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:15:00 GMT As mobile devices have become more prevalent, so has mobile device theft. Mobile device manufacurers Kensington came up with a nifty solution that is now often referred to as the Universal Security Lock, the Kensington Secure Slot. http://www.pctechguide.com/72Components_KensingtonSlot.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/72Components_KensingtonSlot.htm Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:00:00 GMT With the look at feel of a 3.5" floppy disk, Toshiba released the Solid State Floppy Disk Card in 1995. With a little thought and rebranding they came up with the SmartMedia Card, but the format has long since been overtaken by other portable RAM formats. http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_SmartMediaCard.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_SmartMediaCard.htm Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:10:00 GMT In the second portable RAM article this week, a look at the offering by a major industry consortium: the SecureDigital (SD) format. http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_MultiMediaCard.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_MultiMediaCard.htm Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:15:00 GMT Various portable RAM formats now provide a stable, viable storage option for data transfer between PCs. Beginning a new and insightful series for the PCTechGuide, an overview of portable RAM technology is followed by a closer look at Sandisk's CompactFlash. http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_SecureDigital.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM_SecureDigital.htm Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:00:00 GMT Various portable RAM formats now provide a stable, viable storage option for data transfer between PCs. Beginning a new and insightful series for the PCTechGuide, an overview of portable RAM technology is followed by a closer look at Sandisk's CompactFlash. http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/37portableRAM.htm Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:15:00 GMT Intel's SSE instruction set has consistently delivered enhanced multimedia performance from CPUs. With the biggest processor instruction set development in 5 years, the Penryn processor delivers vector processing at 40% greater speed thanks to SSE4. http://www.pctechguide.com/26IntelCore_SSE4.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/26IntelCore_SSE4.htm Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:20:00 GMT AMDs first outing in to quad core architecture lags behind Intel, but boasts a native implementation that offers significant advantages. Will the Barcelona chip pick up AMDs fortunes? http://www.pctechguide.com/25AMD_BarcelonaQuadCore.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/25AMD_BarcelonaQuadCore.htm Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:45:00 GMT Solid state drives have no moving parts, no latency, and no fragmentation issues, so are faster and more reliable than traditional disk based hard drives. At last, the longstanding performance bottleneck caused by hard drives may be ended by solid state technology. http://www.pctechguide.com/31HardDisk_SolidStateDrives.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/31HardDisk_SolidStateDrives.htm Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:00 GMT UMPCs are not just mobile, they're ultra mobile. Carrying full desktop operating systems in a device little bigger than a PDA, connectivity is the key to the UMPCs considerable handheld power. Get more on the UMPC. http://www.pctechguide.com./73Handhelds_UMPC.htm http://www.pctechguide.com./73Handhelds_UMPC.htm Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT