In the Pretenders’ first hit single, Chrissie Hynde sang, “Got brass in pocket.” We’ve been walking around humming, “Got flash in pocket,” thanks to today’s pricey but perfect replacement for ...

Fountain Valley-based Kingston Technology Co., the top maker of memory for PCs and consumer devices, is set to start selling flash memory-based drives. The company is set to make what’s called solid ...

The days of the spinning disk hard drive seem to be numbered as Intel Tuesday joined the growing field of companies offering solid state flash memory drives that claim to be faster, quieter and more ...

One-inch drives are being munched by flash memory. 1.8-inchers seem too big. Could 1.3-inchers be just right? Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research ...

CUTLINES The Yoggie GateKeeper Pico (top), the IronKey (center) and Take Anywhere's Pocket Safe are small data storage devices called flash drives that offer added security for computer users. John ...

USB flash memory drives are experiencing an increase in product failures as a result of quality-control problems, and the wildly popular replacements for floppy disks could be facing other problems ...

In a bid to create smaller, more powerful computers and smartphones, researchers at New York University have come up with a new digital data storage technique they've dubbed "racetrack memory." There ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. SanDisk wants to replace the hard drive in notebooks ...

Hard-drive manufacturers are contemplating a new-size hard drive to counter the challenge presented by flash memory. Drives with platters measuring 1.3 inches in diameter are being discussed, ...