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Western Digital unveils new 2TB HDDs

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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

Western Digital 2TB Green Caviar gets Official

, Jan 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

So the timing was off, the much-rumored 2TB Caviar didn’t arrive two weeks ago as suggested from the leaks; but it’s here nevertheless. Western Digital has let the cat out of bag, announced the staggeringly huge 2TB Caviar Green storage, claiming world’s highest capacity single disk drive in an industry-leading 500GB per platter (400 GB/in2 areal density) design with its Perpendicular Magnetic Recording technology. Read The Full Story

Western Digital to ship 2TB Caviar Green hdd this week?

, Jan 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Leak hints Western Digital is set to unveil its 2TB version Caviar Green, the WD20EADS, possibly by the end of the week. We are taking about a 3.5-inch format hdd with 500GB per platter design here, squeezing 2TB of capacity onto one single disk drive, not the raid version of My Book external drive with multi drives device. Read The Full Story

Western Digital released firmware 1.01.01 for WD TV HD Media Player

, Dec 22nd 2008 Discuss [0]

The does-it-all WD TV Media Player that reads not only HFS+ but also FAT32 and NTFS was proven buggy in its initial rollout. That’s to be expected for a media device with such broad range of playback-ability. Interested parties hold up for better firmware fixes and supports now can get their hands on one, with more added features that you could possibility imagine. Read The Full Story

WD TV Media Player does 1080P and plays MKV

, Nov 3rd 2008 Discuss [44]

Western Digital has launched an affordable HD Multimedia Player, a $130 compact and light weight media box that supports a wide variety of video, audio and photo formats. Unlike Apple Player, a built-in storage is not included. Contents are supported via attached an USB device, which includes company’s My Passport portable drives, up to two drives at once and playbacks to your displays via HDMI or component output. But the WD has better media supports and promises to deliver motion pictures at its full extend of HD format up to 1080p. [updated : WD has released firmware 1.01.01 update for this media player] Read The Full Story

Western Digital My Passport Studio Drive now with FireWire 800

, Oct 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you've lamented the speed with which you can back up your data then Western Digital has a solution for you. With their My Passport Studio Drive, you can now use FireWire 800 for faster transfer speeds. Read The Full Story
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