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Western Digital VelociRaptor sees bump to 1TB

, Apr 16th 2012 Discuss [1]

Remember the VelociRaptor hard drive from Western Digital? We’re so focused on SSDs these days that it’s easy to forget the company makes extremely fast hard drives using traditional platters too. Western Digital today announced the introduction of a 1TB model in the VelociRaptor range, packed into a 2.5mm form factor. That also makes it the largest capacity 10,000 RPM hard drive on the market. Read The Full Story

Western Digital Scorpio Blue 7mm drive appeals to ultrabooks

, Apr 11th 2012 Discuss [1]

Western Digital has today started shipping a new version of its Scorpio Blue hard drive, designed for use in ultrabooks. The new hard drive will come in capacities up to 500GB, and measures just 7mm thick. Western Digital also say that the  new drive has lower power consumption, and that it’s the “most efficient” spinning hard drive on the market right now. Read The Full Story

WD intros first 2TB My Passport Studio for Macs

, Apr 3rd 2012 Discuss [6]

After recently introducing a 2TB My Passport portable hard drive with USB 3.0 for PC users, Western Digital today announced the 2TB My Passport Studio, its first portable storage drive of such large capacity dedicated for Mac users. It works with Apple Time Machine for streamlined data backup, but offers two FireWire 800 ports and one USB 2.0 port instead of the much faster, but also much more expensive, Thunderbolt. Read The Full Story

Western Digital My Passport line updated: 2TB now available

, Mar 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Were those MyBook Thunderbolt Duos not doing it for you the other day? Need something a little more flexible than a Thunderbolt connection, not to mention portable? OK, how about this: Western Digital have announced the first 2TB version in its My Passport portable hard drive range. Not only that, you’ve got USB 3.0 on board for fast transfer speeds, as well as USB 2.0 backwards compatibility. Read The Full Story

Western Digital MyBook Thunderbolt Duo: $599 for 4TB

, Mar 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

Those Thunderbolt accessories that have been desperately missing are finally starting to see the light of day. Western Digital today announced a new product in the MyBook line, the Thunderbolt Duo. Why Duo? The unit features two hard drives that you can utilize in different ways. Either you can the RAID 0 mode and get the maximum capacity and speed out of both disks, or use RAID 1 to mirror the contents of one disk to the other for backup purposes. Read The Full Story

FTC: Western Digital must sell Hitachi assets to Toshiba

, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

While most consumers have been lamenting the high price of hard drives after the floods in Thailand last year, lack of competition is always a cause for concern in the market. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission have taken steps to ensure that doesn’t happen with Western Digital’s recent acquisition of Hitachi. Read The Full Story

Toshiba takes over Western Digital 3.5-inch HDD equipment

, Feb 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Western Digital and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have announced a deal that will see Toshiba acquiring the 3.5-inch hard disk drive manufacturing equipment and IP Western Digital now holds. These 3.5" HDDs are used in desktop computers in all sorts of consumer electronic devices such as DVR's and more. Toshiba acquiring the WD manufacturing gear and IP is part of the mutual agreement for property divesting between the two firms. Read The Full Story

Western Digital says HDD supplies have been impacted by flooding in Thailand

, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

Two of the biggest firms in the traditional HDD storage market are Western Digital and Seagate. WD has announced that its production of HDDs for external storage and internal notebook and desktop storage has been impacted in Thailand by flooding. The flooding may cause shortages of parts and HDDs that are needed for computers and other products to be offered on the market. Read The Full Story

Western Digital adds Spotify support to WD TV range

, Oct 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Western Digital and Spotify have announced that the streaming music service will now be available on WD TV media players, giving Spotify premium subscribers access to the 15m+ catalog from their HDTVs. Supported on the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub, the latter packing a 1TB hard-drive, Spotify functionality will include playlist creation and recall, song sharing and the ability to subscribe to friends' playlists. Read The Full Story

Western Digital updates My Passport drives for Macs

, Sep 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

Western Digital unleashed two revamped models of its popular My Passport portable hard drives. The series is formatted for Macs, but can be reformatted for use with PCs as well. The two new models include a basic version called My Passport for Mac and a higher-end version called My Passport Studio. Read The Full Story

WD offers WD 2go and WD 2go Pro apps for My Book Live Personal drive

, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

Western Digital's My Book Live Personal is sort of a cloud drive that you can host at your home or office. The drive gives you access to files and documents remotely. If you like the idea of a cloud service, but want to be able to secure your own data this drive and the two new apps that have been announced might be perfect for you. The WD My Book Live storage drive itself sells for up to $249.99 with 3TB of storage. Read The Full Story

Netflix lands in Brazil; Western Digital offers WD TV Live Plus Netflix service

, Sep 6th 2011 Discuss [4]

Netflix announced yesterday that it's streaming service was now available in Brazil bringing the streaming content the provider offers to South America for the first time. The last year has been a big one for Netflix, which was only in the US to start. The company has rolled out internationally in a big way and is continuing to do so. Read The Full Story
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