Every March, much of the United States gets wrapped up in what has become to be known as "March Madness," a 3-week tournament of college basketball teams vying for the national championships. For those of you outside the US, think of a lighter version of the World Cup. With all the interest, and also with [...]

                      
I've written about this before, but since we still receive questions or comments on this topic, I'm doing so again as a review. Uses sometimes ask us why PerfectDisk does not change the size of the Master File Table (MFT). Other defragmenters do it and, hey, changing something seems pretty cool. Well, this is [...]

With the federal government about to get much larger, the biggest swarm of consultants, "Beltway Bandits" and the like are already starting to infiltrate the Washington, DC area, home of the US government and your favorite defrag company. They're looking for a piece of the stimulus pie and anything else that comes along. Contracts for government work are [...]

                            
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. It emulates a hard disk drive interface. It's a high-performance plug-and-play storage device that contains no moving parts. We're starting to see more of them, particularly in laptops, but right now they are quite pricey. Predictions vary as to when SSDs [...]

                            
This post summarizes the differences between PerfectDisk 10 Professional and the PerfectDisk 10 Home Edition. Before getting to the differences, let's look at what they have in common. The answer is — a LOT.
The PerfectDisk 10 Home Edition gives you all the power of PerfectDisk 10 Professional - the exact same Microsoft-certified [...]

In my last post, on Computer Power User Magazine's recognition for PerfectDisk, I alluded to that being the last of many 2008 awards and recognition for PerfectDisk in 2008. Well, I missed one other. Virtualization Review, in its November 2008 Ultimate Virtualization Buyers Guide, calls out PerfectDisk 2008 for VMware and PerfectDisk 2008 for VMware ESX [...]

                                      
Computer Power User (CPU) Magazine, in its January 2009 issue, devotes its cover to What's Best and What's Next. The feature covers several categories, including a Software — 2008's Head-of-the-Class Code section. Author Warren Ernst writes "we really love using what's best. Perhaps the stars were just aligned properly one night for that perfect combination of [...]

                            
Well, here we are — the big day — Election Day 2008 here in the United States is upon us. The longest campaign comes to an end, with change one way or the other headed our way with implications not only here, but around the world.
                    
In our "little" defrag world, people around the world [...]

                             
PC Magazine has been running an online series on how to "make Vista great." In today's article, Make Vista Great, Part 3: Improve Performance and Stability, David A. Karp gets into some key areas as to how to make Vista run better. One of his topics is "Mind your hard drive," where he points out that [...]

              
The American Library Association (ALA), a 100-plus year old organization, has a stated mission "to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all." It's a lot about technology for libraries and librarians, [...]