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WD talks SSHDs: Black hybrid details revealed

WD talks SSHDs: Black hybrid details revealed
  • Posted May 9, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Earlier this week, Western Digital debuted the fruit of a partnership with SanDisk: a line of solid state hybrid drives bearing its "Black" branding. In light of the announcement, WD vice president Matt Rutledge recently discussed with The Tech Report…

HDD revenue to fall 11.8% in 2013, WD may bump Seagate for top spot

HDD revenue to fall 11.8% in 2013, WD may bump Seagate for top spot
  • Posted February 5, 2013, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Industry analyst IHS iSuppli expects revenue generated by sales of mechanical hard drives to slip by 11.8 percent during 2013. HDD sales in 2012 grossed a healthy $37.1 billion during 2012, but a speculative 11.8 percent drop could whittle that…

Tuesday tech deals: 3TB Western Digital Green hard drive for $130

Tuesday tech deals: 3TB Western Digital Green hard drive for $130
  • Posted February 5, 2013, 1:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Tech Deals
  • B&H Photo-Video offers the Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB for $129 with free shipping. That's $0.04/GB and the lowest total price we could find by $19. This drive is purportedly cooler, quieter, and consumes up to 40% less energy than standard mechanical drives...

Western Digital showcases hybrid SSHD technology during CES

Western Digital showcases hybrid SSHD technology during CES
  • Posted January 10, 2013, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Western Digital is showcasing a new hybrid solid state drive technology at CES known as SSHD. Tthe solution combines the speed of a solid state drive with the capacity of a traditional spinning hard drive much like we have see…

WD Black 4TB hard drive arrives: 7200RPM, 5yr warranty, $340

WD Black 4TB hard drive arrives: 7200RPM, 5yr warranty, $340
  • Posted November 20, 2012, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Western Digital announced today the launch of its first 4TB mechanical storage offering aimed at desktop consumers -- the 3.5-inch, 4TB, 7200 RPM WD Black (WD4001FAEX). With an MSRP of $339.00, Western Digital claims their new drive is the fastest…

Thailand flood still inflating hard drive prices after one year

Thailand flood still inflating hard drive prices after one year
  • Posted November 9, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • The Tech Report has taken a detailed look at hard drive prices, revisiting them more than one year after the devastating Thailand floods which stifled mechanical drive production. What their analysis uncovers is likely what storage consumers had been fearing: the vast…

Western Digital intros four wireless routers, one with 2TB of storage

Western Digital intros four wireless routers, one with 2TB of storage
  • Posted June 14, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Western Digital, a company who is better known for its enduring legacy in storage solutions, announced that it will be dipping its toes into the consumer wireless network market. The company unveiled four new home router products that will cover…

WD intros 4-6TB My Book Live Duo with RAID, remote access

WD intros 4-6TB My Book Live Duo with RAID, remote access
  • Posted January 6, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • Western Digital has launched a new external storage device that offers hassle-free backup while providing remote access to all your data. The My Book Live Duo comes in two dual-drive configurations (2x2TB for $400 or 2x3TB for $500) and maintains…

Seagate and Western Digital announce reduced warranties for hard drives

Seagate and Western Digital announce reduced warranties for hard drives
  • Posted December 19, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Seagate and Western Digital have both announced that they are slashing warranty coverage on many of their consumer-grade hard drives. Seagate drives are taking the hardest hit with the company shaving as much as four years off select drives.

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