30/07/2009 - WD Ships First 1 TB Mobile Hard Drive

WD has announced a one terabyte mobile hard drive for mobile storage applications and notebooks - the industry's highest-capacity available 2.5-inch drive
The 333 GB-per-platter technology in the new WD Scorpio Blue SATA 2.5-inch hard is available in 1 TB capacity as well as a 750 GB. The launch came as WD announced Q4 Revenue of USD $1.9 Billion and Net Income of USD $196 Million.

30/07/2009 - Verbatim Releases 500 GB "Gold" 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drive For 40th anniversary

Verbatim is to mark its 40th anniversary by releasing a limited edition ´gold` portable external hard drive.
The gold-coloured UV coating of the special Anniversary Edition, houses a 500 GB 2.5" hard drive that includes easy-to-use backup and synchronization software.

17/07/2009 - Verbatim Boosts Portable Hard Drives with SureFire FW800/USB2 HDD Line

Verbatim has launched a new line of portable combo FW800/USB2 HDDs available in capacities of 250GB, 320GB and 500GB.
The company says the rugged palm-sized FireWire drives combine power, convenience and reliability with a compact, sleek design that can be plugged into almost any computer.

22/05/2009 - SanDisk CEO Harari Bullish About Flash Memory

SanDisk CEO Eli Harari believes that at USD $2/GB SSDs aren't competitive yet with hard drives.
But he is bullish about the technology's prospects and believes it offers an ideal storage solution for netbooks. In an interview with Tech Trader Daily, he said that you can buy an 80 GB HDD for USD $30-$35.

22/05/2009 - WD Adds 2TB Hard Drives As Demand Grows

WD has expanded its WD AV-GP line of hard drives to include a 2 TB capacity, which it claims is the industry's largest available drive to-date.
The company said the move was in response to growing demand for higher capacity storage continues to increase due to large video applications, including high-definition video.

24/04/2009 - WD Ships 2 TB Hard Drives With Greenpower Technology

WD has expanded its enterprise family of hard drives to include the next-generation 2 TB capacity.
The company says it is the largest and only 2 TB enterprise-class hard drive shipping today. Combining 64 MB cache, dual processors, and increased areal density, the RE4-GP hard drives yield twice the processing power - and produce a 25 per cent performance improvement - over the previous generation.

29/01/2009 - WD Launches 2TB Hard Drive

WD has announced the first 2 terabyte (TB) hard drive - the world's highest capacity drive.
The device is the latest addition to WD's environmentally friendly Caviar Green hard drive family.

18/01/2009 - Troubled Seagate Offers Free Firmware Upgrade

Seagate is to provide a free firmware upgrade for customers whose 1TB Barracuda drives have failed.
The storage company said it has isolated a "potential firmware issue" that is believed to be responsible for a high rate of drive failure globally.

19/12/2008 - Western Digital Makes Cut-backs As Demand Weakens

Western Digital is to cut 2,500 jobs, or about 5 per cent of its global work force, and will reduce executive pay as a result of the global economic situation.
Citing weakening demand for its products, the hard drive maker the company now expects fiscal second-quarter sales of USD $1.7 billion to $1.8 billion, with a "consequent reduction in operating results."

21/11/2008 - Lenovo Promises Desktop PC Breakthrough

Lenovo has launched a desktop computing solution that can dramatically help businesses reduce IT costs and security risks by turning off hard drives and storing all data in a non-server remote location.
Called Secure Managed Client (SMC), the company claims it is the first solution to do all this while still offering users the flexibility and performance of a traditional desktop PC.

21/11/2008 - G-Technology Launches Mac-friendly External Hard Drives

Storage firm G-Technology is to offer a range of Mac-friendly external hard drives cast from aircraft grade aluminium.
The four HDD models in the fanless G-Drive range come pre-formatted with HFS Plus - the Mac's native file format - and support Mac OS X's Time Machine automatic back-up system.

06/11/2008 - Service Offers Camcorder Storage Solution

The Photo Archival Company has launched a new archiving service that stores digital camcorder footage to Blu-ray Disc or DVD.
Charles Laughlin, president and founder of The Photo Archival Company, said it would unlock millions of hours of video.

19/09/2008 - There's No Such Thing As Too Much Storage

Desktop computing remains the largest market for hard drives but the young upstart – consumer electronics – is the fastest growing.
Storage.biz-news.com spoke to Daniel Mauerhofer, of storage giant Western Digital, to find out more about this evolving market.