Thailand Flood Consumers Face Hard Drive Price Hikes
Floods in Thailand are wreaking havoc on manufacturers of hard disk drives.
View ArticleSeagate wins $525M from Western Digital in arbitration
Seagate has been awarded US$525 million in arbitration in connection with a trade secrets case against Western Digital, which said it would challenge the ruling.
View ArticleSmall PC makers hiking PC prices on hard-drive shortage
The early brunt of a hard-drive shortage resulting from widespread flooding in Thailand is falling on small PC makers, who are raising computer prices to stem losses.
View ArticleWestern Digital hard-disk drive takeover approved, with conditions
Western Digital will be allowed to take over Hitachi's hard-disk drive business, but only if it sells off a 3.5-inch hard-disk drive production plant.
View ArticleNEWS FEATURE: PC production washed away
Backwash of Thai floods to push up PC prices and cause significant delays in supply
View ArticleWestern Digital warns of slow recovery in Thailand
Hard-drive maker Western Digital has resumed the partial production of hard drives in Thailand, but also warned that some of its operations were still under water from the severe floods that hit the...
View ArticleWall Street Beat: Tech rises on sales, economic news
Tech stocks looked strong Friday morning on the back of a week of upbeat surveys on small business and online spending, positive news about enterprise hardware and hopeful reports on U.S. employment...
View ArticleHitachi GST unveils laptop hard drive
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) today introduced its fastest laptop hard drive, a 10,000 rpm, 900GB model said to offer up to 18% faster sequential I/O than its predecessors.
View ArticleHard drive manufacturers slash warranty periods
Seagate and Western Digital are cutting back on hard drive warranties, in some instances from five years to one, in order to save money or redirect it to product development.
View ArticleSeagate completes acquisition of Samsung's HDD business
Seagate Technology said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics, after it recently received approval for the deal in Australia, China, and...
View ArticleHard drive prices slide as Thai flood aftermath subsides
The price of the most popular hard disk drives are beginning to drop as inventories climb out of a deep hole that began in October after massive flooding shut down major production sites in Thailand .
View ArticlePrepare your business for digital disaster
Note: This article was originally published in late September 2012. However, following hurricane Sandy in the US and the forthcoming storm and cyclone season, we have decided to reprint this guide.
View ArticleWD releases Mac desktop drives with USB 3.0, 4TB capacity
Western Digital introduced a new My Book Studio desktop drive for Macs that offers USB 3.0 connectivity as well as 4TB of storage capacity in a single drive.
View ArticleWD releases 4TB version of high-performance drive
Western Digital today released a 4TB version of its highest performance desktop drive, the WD Black, a 3.5-inch, 7200rpm drive with 64MB of cache and SATA 6Gbps interface.
View ArticleSMBiT Professionals announces 2012 sponsorship vendors
Independent Australian SMB IT association, SMBiT Professionals, has announced its 2012 sponsorship vendors.
View ArticleHelium-filled hard drives may lift WD to the top
Western Digital is expected to release versions of an enterprise-class 3.5-in. helium-filled drive this year, which could propel the company into first place for enterprise drive sales.
View ArticleWestern Digital acquires Arkeia to boost SMB storage offering
Western Digital has acquired data protection company Arkeia Software as it looks to address growing storage demands among small and medium-size companies.
View ArticleHitachi unveils first 10K rpm 1.2TB hard drive
Hitachi today announced the industrys highest-capacity 10,000rpm enterprise-class hard drive, the Ultrastar C10K1200.
View ArticleWD ups its streaming TV game with WD TV Play
Shaw reviews Western Digital's WD TV Play, by Western Digital.
View ArticleWestern Digital claims HDD capacity doubled with nanotech breakthrough
Western Digital's HGST Labs announced a breakthrough in the ability to double HDD capacity through two innovative nantechnologies -- self-assembling molecules and nanoimprinting.
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