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Western Digital offers up free iPhone/iPad app for remote viewing of stored photos

Shane McGlaun, Oct 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you are like me one of the primary jobs for your external storage drive is to back up the hoards of digital pictures that you take along with digital videos. My mom has all our family pics crammed in photo albums, but today we all tend to have all the photos of special moments on external HDDs where they aren’t easy to view. Read The Full Story

Western Digital MyBook Essential comes in up to 3TB with USB 3.0

Shane McGlaun, Oct 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Western Digital has announced updates to three of its external storage solutions including the My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE, and the My Book Essential external hard drive. All three of the products have USB 3.0 to allow for faster data transfers of up to 5Gb/s when used with USB 3.0, but are also compatible with USB 2.0 ports. Read The Full Story

WD Livewire Powerline AV networking kit offers 200 Mbps speed

Shane McGlaun, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [1]

When it comes to getting internet connectivity to your home theater system it can be a big pain. A lot of my gear lacks WiFi connectivity and running network cable inside the walls isn't an option. If you are like me, the new WD Livewire Powerline Networking kit may be perfect. Read The Full Story

Western Digital Debuts WD Elements Play multimedia drive

Shane McGlaun, Aug 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

WD has been in the business of making external storage solutions about as long as external storage has been around. The company has also been wrapping its storage tech into products like media players for a while now. Read The Full Story

Western Digital My Passport Essential External 500GB Hard Drives Getting Limited Edition Designs

Evan Selleck, Jul 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Were you waiting to get your new WD My Passport Essential external hard drive? Did you think that the standard black, silver, and white models were just way too boring to put on your desk? If that sounds about right, then you're in luck, because Western Digital is getting ready to launch a brand new series of the devices, with that coveted "limited edition" title tacked on for good measure. Read The Full Story

WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player Brings Netflix to Yet Another Box

Evan Selleck, Jun 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Netflix is just about everywhere you'd want it to be at this point. Even the mobile scene. So don't consider us all that surprised that it's just shown up on yet another box, with access to your full Netflix library. Western Digital has officially announced the availability of their TV Live Plus HD Media Player (which is much like their previous TV Live HD, but with a plus sign), and if you're interested in all sorts of cool features, then take a look after the break for what it's bringing to the table, plus that release date and pricing we know you care so much about. Read The Full Story

Western Digital debuts My Book Studio LX for Mac

Shane McGlaun, Jun 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

I'm not a big fan of Mac computers for myself, but I won't deny that the machines have a sexy design with the aluminum enclosure and minimalist looks. The Mac world has its own peripherals and accessories to go along with its file system and Western Digital has announced a new external storage solution pre-formatted for Mac users. Read The Full Story

Reviews

WD VelociRaptor [WD6000HLHX] Review

Vincent Nguyen, May 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to fast storage, Western Digital aren’t willing to accept that the only way forward is a solid state drive. Instead, they’re pushing forward with the VelociRaptor series, a range of traditional platter-based hard-drives spinning at high speed and promising SSD-style transfer rates but HDD-style prices per gigabyte. Is the latest Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX top of the food chain or overdue for extinction? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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WD VelociRaptor 600GB 6Gb/s 10,000rpm HDD arrives

Chris Davies, Apr 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Western Digital have updated their high-performance VelociRaptor hard-drive range with another, even larger SATA 6 Gb/s model. The WD VelociRaptor 600GB 6Gb/s spins at 10,000rpm and has a whopping 32MB cache, and the company reckon it's up to 15-percent faster than the previous generation of drive. That's despite not using any more power than its predecessor required. Read The Full Story

Western Digital Scorpio Blue 750GB notebook drive outed

Chris Davies, Mar 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Hot on the heels of Toshiba's double-platter 750GB 2.5-inch hard-drive comes Western Digital's retort, the WD Scorpio Blue 750GB. Intended for notebooks, the 3Gb/s SATA drive spins at 5,400rpm and has 8MB of cache; Western Digital are also pushing their WhisperDrive technology that, they claim, reduces both noise and power consumption. Read The Full Story

Western Digital debuts My Passport AV USB HDD

Shane McGlaun, Mar 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Western Digital is one of the biggest names in storage. The company offers internal hard drives for consumer and enterprise computers along with a full line of external storage solutions for a myriad of uses like the My Passport Studio unveiled earlier this month. WD has now unveiled another new addition to its external line up called the My Passport AV. Read The Full Story

Western Digital My Passport Studio HDD gets E-Ink status display

Chris Davies, Mar 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Western Digital have outed a new portable hard-drive, the My Passport Studio, and like the My Book Studio before it they've slapped on a super-frugal E Ink panel to show drive status details. Available in 320GB, 500GB and 640GB capacities, the My Passport Studio has both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connections and comes ready formatted for use with a Mac. Read The Full Story