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The Velocity Solo offers an easy upgrade to SATA 3.0

If you're contemplating the cost of a new Windows-based computer to catch up with SATA 3.0 hard drives, you might be able to get away with just a $49 investment rather than a complete PC overhaul....

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Impact of hard drive shortage to linger through 2013

Hard disk drive supply shortages in the wake of Thailand flooding will continue to affect consumers, computer system manufacturers and corporate IT shops into 2013, according to market research firm IDC.

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Hitach GST begins shipments of a 4TB disk drive

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) said Monday it began shipments of its first 4TB, 3.5-inch hard drive, targeted at the PC market, three months after rival Seagate launched its own...

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Seagate completes acquisition of Samsung's HDD business

Seagate Technology said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics, after it recently received approval for the deal in Australia, China, and...

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WD releases Mac desktop drives with USB 3.0, 4TB capacity

Western Digital introduced a new My Book Studio desktop drive for Macs that offers USB 3.0 connectivity as well as 4TB of storage capacity in a single drive.

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Seagate hybrid drive promises speed boost below the cost of flash

SSDs are encroaching on hard disk drives with the promise of faster access to data, but HDDs are fighting back -- in some cases, with built-in solid-state storage of their own.

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Lacie packs 25TB of storage in new RAID product

LaCie has increased the storage capacity of its 5big external storage product to 25TB.

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Seagate preps large-capacity storage drives for tablets

Seagate Technology thinks the storage capacity could be larger in tablets, most of which come with a relatively small amount of native storage.

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Western Digital jumps to 6TB in budget hard drives with $299 Red

Western Digital is shipping two new 6TB hard drives as it tries to make its highest-capacity storage products affordable.

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Addonics releases external drive with Blu-Ray player, DVD burner

Addonics Technologies today announced two new external hard drives that also come with either a Blu-ray player or a DVD burner.

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The rise of SSDs over hard drives, debunked

In spite of a recent report to the contrary, solid-state drives (SSDs) will not surpass hard disk drives (HDDs) in either price or capacity any time soon, according to industry analysts.

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Consumer SSDs and hard drive prices are nearing parity

SSDs have seen four straight quarters of 10% or greater price drops, leading one analyst to predict that they will near price parity with hard drives in the next two years.

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Seagate releases the first 2TB ultra-slim HDD

In an industry first, Seagate has been able to boost areal density to 1TB per platter in a 2.5-inch form factor that's only 7mm high.

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SSD prices plummet again, close in on HDDs

Consumer-grade SSDs saw a 12 per cent price decline over just the past quarter. Based on DRAMeXchange’s analysis, the price difference between 128GB SSD and 500GB HDDs will shrink to less than $US3 in...

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Western Digital begins production of the world's tallest 3D NAND 'skyscraper'

WD today announced its densest 3D NAND -- a 64-layer product that it plans to begin shipping later this year.

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