By now you've surely heard about Seagate's new perpendicular recording drives, but what exactly is perpendicular recording, anyway. BigBruin's got your answers.

"The future of perpendicular recording hard drives looks to be very interesting, and Seagate is ready to show off their first entry into the market with the release of the Momentus 5400.3 line of drives. Higher capacities, greater shock tolerance, and greater reliability are the key features in my opinion, but this new technology offers far more."