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Western Digital WDBAAN0000NBK WD TV Live gets official

Shane McGlaun, Oct 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

I mentioned yesterday that the Western Digital WD TV Live media player had turned up at Best Buy. Today Western Digital went official with the new media player and offered up the full laundry list of specifications for the device. The most important feature is that the media player supports 1080p video. Read The Full Story

Western Digital WD TV Live media player WDBAAN0000BK-NESN hits Best Buy

Shane McGlaun, Oct 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

About this time last year we talked a bit about the first generation Western Digital WD TV Live Media Player. A newer version of the device has now hit the Best Buy website for purchase at $119. The new version of the media player looks much like the old version. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 41 2009

Shane McGlaun, Oct 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

After spending most of Friday curled in a ball twitching and drooling after losing power and Internet access for almost 12 hours, I am glad to be back online and in the 21st century again. Just in time to hunker down and dose myself with a nice helping of week in review for your perusal. Chris reviewed the GSM Palm Pre and found the camera wasn't as good as some of its peers but found plenty to like in the end. The webOS operating system stands apart from rival OS'. Buffalo announced the HD-HU3 USB 3.0 drive and controller that will be shipping in Japan this month. The drive isn’t even that expensive; I hope it comes to America too. Read The Full Story

Western Digital unveils My Book Studio with E-label display

Shane McGlaun, Oct 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

I already mentioned this morning that Western Digital unveiled a new My Passport Elite external hard drive. The company has also added a new external storage solution to its My Book Studio line called the My Book Studio with E-Label display. Read The Full Story

Western Digital reveals My Passport Elite external HDD

Shane McGlaun, Oct 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

Western Digital has unveiled the latest addition to its My Passport line of external storage solutions. The new drive is called the Western Digital My Passport Elite. The external hard drive is small and has some new and interesting features to make it more usable including a new grab-and-go dock. Read The Full Story

Western Digital unveils new 2TB HDDs

Shane McGlaun, Sep 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

Hitachi laid claim to the title of world's first 7200 rpm 3.5-inch 2TB hard drive back in early August with its Deskstar 7K2000 HDD. It has been almost a month since that HDD debuted and Western Digital is now matching the 2TB 7200 rpm offering. Read The Full Story

WD TV Mini Media Player offers cheap big-screen playback

Chris Davies, Aug 18th 2009 Discuss [1]

Western Digital have announced their newest compact media player, the WD TV Mini Media Player, which replaces last year's unit with the same name. A palm-sized box with 1080i HD resolution support and the ability to play content both from an attached USB hard-drive including RealNetworks' RealVideo support, the WD TV Mini offers image, audio and video playback complete with a remote control. Read The Full Story

Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB is largest 2.5″ HDD around

Chris Davies, Jul 27th 2009 Discuss [2]

We're used to laptops lagging behind their desktop counterparts when it comes to storage - after all, there's only so much you can fit into a 2.5-inch drive casing - but Western Digital are delivering a much-needed capacity kick with the WD Scorpio Blue 1TB. Billed as the industry's first 1TB mobile hard-drive, the Scorpio Blue 1TB - and its 750GB companion - support the 3Gbps SATA interface. They're also some of the quietest 2.5-inch drives on the market, according to Western Digital anyway. The company has used its WhisperDrive technology with clever seek-algorithms to reduce unnecessary spinning. They also have ShockGuard and SecurePark, which protect against bumps and jolts, together with ensuring long-term reliability. Read The Full Story

Western Digital My Book World Edition II NAS gets capacity boost, reviewed

Chris Davies, Jun 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

Western Digital have updated their My Book World Edition II NAS, boosting the dual-drive device to a total of 4TB. Two models will be available - 2TB and 4TB -each offering either RAID 0 or 1 setup for a choice of mirroring or striping. Read The Full Story

Western Digital SiliconDrive III SSDs announced

Chris Davies, Jun 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

Western Digital have announced their first range of self-branded solid-state drives (SSDs), the Western Digital SiliconDrive III series. Based on technology acquired in the company's acquisition of SiliconSystems back in March, the new range consists of two 2.5-inch SSDs and a 1.8-inch model, boasting read speeds up to 100MBps and write speeds up to 80MBps. Read The Full Story

Western Digital acquires SSD company

Brenda Stokes, Mar 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Western Digital announced this morning that they were acquiring SiliconSystems, a flash storage company, in an effort to expand their offerings into the SSD realm. The acquisition cost $65 million and is effective immediately. Read The Full Story

WD’s redesigned MY Book World Edition NAS now with 2TB green drive

Daniel Lim, Feb 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

Today’s external backup drives aren’t simple as it used to be, many are trying too hard to incorporate as a media server, or media hub with remote sharing as a networked-attached storage. A straightforward and affordable one-click, plug-n-play achieve solution has turned into a high dollar multimedia server with complicate setup. If you know your way to around t a backup scheduling and don’t mind extra steps to attach an external drive, there are plenty of cheap solution available; otherwise, check out this newest WD’s MY-BOOK World edition NAS server with many promises to deliver simple setup at reduced power. Read The Full Story