Shortly after the launch of the My Passport 2TB portable drive, Western Digital has added a 2TB version of the My Passport Studio as well. Like the Passport, the Studio has a slim profile, only Continue reading…
Hard disk drive prices are expected to fall by around 10 percent this time next month, according to industry sources speaking to DigiTimes. The price of HDDs has been abnormally high following Continue reading…
Solid state drives are far faster than magnetic hard drives, and those spinning platters may not have a capacity advantage forever. Experts seem to agree that the current perpendicular recording Continue reading…
It's not every day an external hard drive gets a software update, much less one that could actually change your decision to buy a drive, but that's exactly what just happened to Seagate's GoFlex Continue reading…
We've been hearing for a while about the convoluted processes involved in Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, but the saga is finally at an end. WD has announced that Continue reading…
Today, Western Digital just agreed to give Toshiba the equipment and intellectual property required to build consumer-grade 3.5-inch hard drives, but Toshiba won't be paying in cash. In exchange, the Continue reading…
Looking around my living room and office, I’m stuck between technologies: I’ve got lots of movies and music on my computer, but far more on various CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, and the occasional cassette Continue reading…
Hitachi GST is announcing the Travelstar Z7K500 today, a 2.5-inch hard disk that it claims is an "industry first." The drive is just 7mm high, runs at 7,200RPM, and fits 500GB onto a single platter. Continue reading…
Yes, you read that headline right: despite the fact that neither AMD nor Nvidia manufacture a product that requires a magnetic drive, both claim that the hard drive shortages that resulted from the 2 Continue reading…
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system, set to enter beta in late February, will include a new virtual disk feature to enable Windows Home Server-like functionality. Storage Spaces lets Continue reading…
