One of the major changes in hard-drive technology in recent years is that most computers now use Serial ATA (SATA) connections, as opposed to the older ATA/IDE connections (also known as PATA, for ...

We've just been sent a rather interesting picture from a Taiwanese motherboard maker. After MSI announced its first motherboards with Power Over eSATA recently, we just had to get a look at one of the ...

Newer Technology, Inc. announced today the NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter for using an eSATA interfaced equipped external hard drive with computers offering the 'SuperSpeed' USB 3.0 interface. The ...

With NAB just about to get started in Las Vegas, CoolCameraGear is getting out ahead of the crowd with a newfangled adapter sure to please those who find themselves offloading gobs of RED footage. The ...

The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has today announced its new "Power Over eSATA" initiative. This new specification provides a solid steady form of power to eSATA devices without the ...

For whatever reason, Apple refuses to outfit a Mac with readily-accessible eSATA ports. The company seems to think that FireWire and USB are enough for external devices. OWC says there’s enough ...

SATA has become the ubiquitous connection to hard drives in both laptops and desktop PCs. SATA is available in two basic forms, internal and external (eSATA). Both forms use seven conductor cables ...

My coworker got a Dell Latitude E6500. It is listed as having four USB ports and one eSATA port. It looks like it has three USB ports and one eSATA port.<BR><BR>The eSATA port, though, has a curious ...

Unfortunately, hard drives, like nature, abhor a vacuum. They fill up with music, recorded televisions, videos, pictures from your Aunt Gloria’s wedding, anything and almost everything from the ...

Until recently, I had an 8-bay Areca hardware RAID system. Following a disaster, I wanted to get away from hardware dependent RAID (and, well, I didn't have the money to replace with the same until ...