People have warned for years that magnets can wipe out hard drives, but the real answer is a lot less dramatic than that old tech myth suggests.

If you've ever tried to "zero all data" on your computer's magnetic hard disk, you know it can take hours. A Japanese company has created a device that will instantly erase all the data on a drive, a ...

Hot stuff Heat-assisted magnetic recording is set to boost the storage capacity of hard disks still further. (Courtesy: Seagate Technology) When it comes to storing data, you might think that magnetic ...

Solid-state drives won't approach magnetic hard-disk drives in pricing anytime soon, if ever. Comparison shopping makes SSDs look like a luxury purchase. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer ...