Should School be Taught in the Cloud?

Mar 16, 2010 | 6 Comments

On March 5th, the U.S. Department of Education released its National Educational Technology Plan, which they named Transforming Education: Learning Powered by Technology. Some of the recommendations made in the report include things like having a computing device for every teacher – and student – so that they can access the Internet from both school [...]

What’s the Best Hard Drive Enclosure to Buy?

Jun 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed A few days ago, I heard whimpering from my closet. I thought one of the dogs had been stuck inside there. Low and behold, it was an old hard drive whining to be used once again. However, I needed an enclosure [...]

How Can You Connect SATA Hard Drives without an Enclosure?

Sep 12, 2008 | 9 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I have a hard drive without an enclosure, and I don’t really have any extra enclosures. I need to get to the data that is on this hard drive. I either need to buy an enclosure to put it into just [...]

SATA or IDE USB 2.0 Cable Converter with Power Supply

Jul 29, 2008 | 6 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed As time goes on, hardware does evolve. It’s likely if you buy a computer these days, you may not be able to connect some of your older devices. I was recently in that position, and found myself looking for an uber [...]

Windows Vista and SATA Drives

Mar 1, 2008 | 39 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed A recent caller to the 888-PIRILLO line had trouble with his Vista Home Premium machine just after applying Windows updates. It began showing his internal hard drive and DVD write drive as removable devices… such as a SATA drive or USB [...]

Dealing with Hard Drives NAS, eSATA, and ZFS

Oct 4, 2007 | 4 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – The round table got into a pretty deep discussion about SATA drives, and different ways of getting more storage on your computer. Four of my friends joined me for this discussion: Kat, SC_Thor, Wirelesspacket, and last but certainly not least… Datalore. [...]