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Buffalo and Seagate launch 3TB media hubs
- Buffalo has unveiled a new external hard drive that allows users to adjust the visible storage capacity on the fly. Supposedly the first of its kind, the HD-ALC3.0TU2/V is designed to work with "smart" televisions that lack support for today's…
Seagate announces 4TB GoFlex Desk external hard drive
- Seagate today announced a 4TB variant of its GoFlex Desk external hard drive, touting it as the highest capacity single-volume external storage device on the market. The company is not saying how many platters are inside the new drive but…
Seagate preps enterprise-grade Pulsar XT.2 SSD
- Originally announced in March, Seagate is finally prepared to launch its Pulsar XT.2 server-grade solid-state drives later this month. The new 2.5-inch drives are available in 100GB, 200GB, and 400GB packages that utilize SLC NAND flash memory and 6Gb/s SAS…
Archos unveils Honeycomb tablets with 250GB HDD, low price
- You've got to give it to Archos for trying something different but I have my doubts about how practical their main differentiator here really is in real-world usage. The company today announced what it claims are the world's first Android…
EU begins investigating Seagate's and Western Digital's HDD acquisitions
- EU regulators opened in-depth probes today into two takeover bids in the hard disk drive market involving two Asian and two US companies: Western Digital buying Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) and Seagate buying Samsung Electronics' HDD unit. The EU…
Seagate intros mobile wireless HDD for iOS, Android devices
- Seagate has announced an interesting new addition to its GoFlex range of external storage devices. Dubbed GoFlex Satellite, it's the first battery-powered hard drive to wirelessly connect to any Wi-Fi-enabled device, including iOS and Android tablets or smartphones. Priced at…
Seagate agrees to buy Samsung's HDD unit in $1.4 billion deal
- It's official: Samsung Electronics will sell its hard disk drive business to U.S.-based Seagate Technology, in a move that will help the company focus on more profitable areas such as next-generation displays, NAND chips and solar cells. As part of…
Report: Samsung to sell HDD business, Seagate interested
- Samsung Electronics is pondering a sale of its loss-making hard disk drive unit to invest in other areas of growth, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal. Citing "a person familiar with the matter," the paper claims Samsung…
Seagate ships pencil-thick GoFlex Slim external hard drive
- Although it may be handy to have your data with you throughout the day, most external hard drives are too encumbering to haul around. Hoping to lighten the burden, Seagate has launched its new GoFlex Slim Performance Drive, which offers…
Seagate launches 3TB Barracuda XT with legacy support
- Following Western Digital and Hitachi, Seagate is the third manufacturer to launch a 3TB internal 3.5-inch hard drive. The Barracuda XT has five platters with an areal density of 488Gb/in˛, marking an improvement over the Deskstar's 411Gb/in˛. Seagate's drive spins…
Western Digital outships Seagate in 2010
- Western Digital stripped Seagate of its leading spot in the hard drive market during the first quarter of 2010 and the company maintained that lead throughout the year. According to Information Network, total hard drive shipments grew 17.1% to 653.5…
Seagate introduces 5,900RPM Barracuda Green drives
- Seagate has been keeping busy lately following its unfruitful buyout talks. Hot on the heels of announcing the industry’s first enterprise-grade 1TB 2.5-inch hard drive, the company is revealing what it claims is the highest-performance eco-friendly internal drive for low-power…
Seagate announces first 1TB 2.5-inch enterprise hard drive
- We've already seen the industry's first 2.5-inch 1TB consumer hard drive courtesy of Western Digital, but Seagate has announced what it claims to be the first enterprise-grade solution. The company today introduced its 1TB 2.5-inch Constellation.2 drive, which is designed…
Rumor: Seagate rejected Western Digital takeover bid
- In October, Seagate reportedly rejected a takeover bid from rival Western Digital. If the proposition had gone through, it would have resulted in another huge hardware company. Western Digital was willing to offer as much as 10 to 50 percent…
Seagate ends acquisition talks, starts $2 billion buyback
- It looks like Seagate is not going private after all. After acknowledging a “preliminary indication of interest” on a potential private-equity buyout in October, the company has now decided to end all discussions and instead will be buying $2 billion…
Seagate ships 1.5 billionth drive, celebrates with giveaway
- Seagate's been pretty dang busy lately, duking it out with Western Digital for the title of top HDD manufacturer. So busy in fact, that the company nearly forgot to celebrate its 1.5 billionth drive sold! The milestone was reached on…
Seagate: Apple is wrong about SSDs, hybrids are the future
- During Apple's most recent Mac event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the new MacBook Air represented the future of the notebook. The major hardware difference between the Air and traditional notebooks is that it features a Solid State Drive (SSD)…
Western Digital matches Seagate with 3TB external HDD
- Western Digital today announced an update to its lineup external hard drives: the My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE and My Book Essential. The smallest drive in the lot, the My Passport Essential, offers 500GB of storage in a…
Seagate outs first 1.5TB 2.5-inch portable hard drive
- Seagate has expanded its range of FreeAgent GoFlex portable hard drives, adding the industry's first 1.5TB external 2.5-inch HDD -- a form factor that has been stuck at 1TB since Western Digital launched its 1TB Scorpio Blue last July. Offering…
Seagate, Samsung partner up to make enterprise SSDs
- Seagate and Samsung have announced a partnership to develop and cross-license controller technologies for solid-state drives. The pair will target the enterprise market and will leverage Seagate's brand reputation in that segment. In addition to being the first or second…
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