JB Larson
JB Larson is technologist passionate about researching data storage devices, educating clients about technology, and playing the piano when he's not working.
What is iCloud?
Have you ever thought to yourself, “what is iCloud”? You’re in the right place. iCloud is Apple’s storage solution for all your data. While securing your data with 128-bit AES end-to-end encryption, iCloud currently stores over 8 million TB of…
Magnetic Tape Data Storage
Magnetic Tape Data Storage Has Come a Long Way! If you were using computers or listening to music between 1960 to 2000, you should be familiar with the device pictured right here. Tapes have been widely used for data storage…
What is Moore’s Law?
What is Moore’s Law? Gordon Moore is a cofounder of legendary electronics companies Fairchild Semiconductor and the Intel Corporation. Moore’s law is the phenomenon, named after Gordon Moore, observing a positive trend in the number of transistors that can be…
What is a Bitcoin Wallet?
What is a Bitcoin Wallet? Have you ever wondered what is a Bitcoin wallet? Put simply, a Bitcoin wallet is the tool that enables a user to send, receive, and store Bitcoin. At it’s core, a wallet is a mechanism…
Seagate Game Drive for Xbox
Seagate is a computer hardware manufacturer specializing in electronic data storage. One of the more recent additions to their hard drive portfolio is the Seagate game drive. While Seagate game drives are extremely reliable hardware, no technology is perfect. Gillware…
SanDisk Data Recovery
Before being acquired by Western Digital in 2016, SanDisk was a computer hardware manufacturer that specialized in flash memory data storage technology. While SanDisk products provide reliable storage for reasonable prices, they are still susceptible to the same shortcomings as…
Seagate Hard Drive Recovery
Seagate hard drives are some of the most reliable in the world. That said, no technology is perfect, and losing data from any hard drive is possible. This is why Gillware offers Seagate hard drive recovery. What is Seagate? Seagate…
Disk Recovery Mac
There are a number of issues that can be resolved with disk utility on a Mac that was booted into recovery mode. For more information on utilizing this strategy for disk recovery Mac, read on! Apple is well known for…
How Does a Hard Drive Store Data?
Have you ever wondered how hard drives work? Are you curious what a hard drive does for your computer? Maybe you’re thinking “How does a hard drive store data?”. If any variation of these questions has crossed your mind, you…