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Western Digital announces 1TB 2.5" Hard-drive

Owen Williams — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:05:29 +0000

Earlier today, Western Digital announced two additions to their hard-drive range, including a 1 terabyte (1024 Gigabytes) 2.5" Laptop Hard-disk drive and a 750 GB 2.5" Laptop Hard-disk drive. Western digital was able to... Read more...

Western Digital launches world's first 2TB Hard Drive

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:55:50 +0000

Western Digital haven't officially launched their brand-new WD20EADS 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD, however it is already available for purchase at Australia's Mwave online store. Priced at AU$377.80 (US$250) Western Digital will be the... Read more...

Hackers breach Best Western in data heist

Tom Warren — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:08:33 +0000

Hackers have broken into the corporate databases for best Western Hotels and may have stolen the names, addresses and credit card information of every customer who stayed with the international group since 2007. An investigation... Read more...

Western Digital Launches Terabyte 'Black' Drive

Steven Parker — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:50:50 +0000

Western Digital on Tuesday launched a new pair of its "Caviar Black" drives, available in both 750-Gbyte and 1-terabyte capacities. The WD Caviar Black 750 GB (model WD7501AALS) and 1 TB (model WD1001FALS) hard drives... Read more...

Western Digital launches world's fastest SATA disk

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:13:42 +0000

Overclockers and gamers, prepare to meet your next hard drive: the 300GB VelociRaptor from Western Digital. Said to be 35% faster than previous WD Raptors, the 10,000 RPM drive features a 3Gbps SATA interface, 16MB... Read more...

Western Digital Ships Industry's First 320GB Mobile HDD

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:45:26 +0000

Western Digital is the first hard disk drive maker to begin shipping a 320GB HDD in the 2.5" form-factor. WD Scorpio 320GB has the following specs: 5400rpm, 8MB of cache and a Serial ATA-300 interconnection.... Read more...

Western Digital Touts 3TB Hard Drives in 2010

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:16:48 +0000

Western Digital has achieved record areal density in its Magnetic Head Operation labs in Fremont, California, using its perpendicular magnetic recording/tunneling magneto-resistive head technology, allowing the leading maker of hard disk drives to product 3TB... Read more...

Western Digital Raises Q1 Adjusted Forecast

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:41:12 +0000

Digital storage company Western Digital boosted its first-quarter outlook on Monday, citing higher selling prices and increased demand. For the quarter ending Sept. 28, the company now expects adjusted earnings per share between 61 cents... Read more...

Western Digital Unveils "GreenPower" Energy-Efficient HDD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:18:10 +0000

Western Digital on Monday revealed a new lineup of its hard disk drives (HDDs) that feature reduced power consumption, which lowers their cost of ownership and preserves energy, thus helping to protect the environment. "With... Read more...

Western Digital buys Komag

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:08:31 +0000

Western Digital Corporation has agreed to buy component maker Komag Incorporated for about $1 billion in cash. Western Digital would pay $32.25 a share for all of the outstanding shares of Komag, a supplier of... Read more...

Western Digital Bumps Passport Drives to 250 GB

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:58:17 +0000

Western Digital has released its new 250 GB Passport portable drives. WD Passports use 2.5-inch hard drives, allowing for their plug-and-play, ultra-portable design. WD announced last month that its launch of the 250 GB Scorpio... Read more...

Western Digital Reveals 750GB Hard Disk Drive

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:40:45 +0000

Western Digital, the world's second largest maker of hard disk drives, has began shipping 750GB HDDs, currently the largest capacity that the company offers. Along with a 750GB capacity, WD's Caviar SE16 GL188 offers a... Read more...

Western Digital Debuts 250GB Notebook Drive

Mon, 21 May 2007 17:03:15 +0000

Not to be outdone by its competitors in pushing the maximum capacity of notebook hard disk drives, Western Digital has announced that it is shipping its 250GB Scorpio, a 5400 RPM 2.5-inch HDD intended for... Read more...

Western Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Windows

Steven Parker — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:12:03 +0000

Western Australia is introducing daylight saving for a trial period commencing December 3, 2006. Several Microsoft® products require updates in order to display the correct time during the daylight saving period. Western Australia is introducing... Read more...

Western Digital pays up in class action lawsuit

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:41:14 +0000

Following the July 17, 2006, Settlement of the class action lawsuit accusing Western Digital of misrepresenting the capacity of its hard drives, Western Digital has Sent out emails giving free backup and recovery software to... Read more...

Western Digital Buckles on Capacity Lawsuit

Steven Parker — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:02:08 +0000

Thanks kaffra for this submission in Back Page News on our forums. Western Digital has opted to settle out of court a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of misrepresenting the capacity of its hard... Read more...

Seagate 500GB and Western Digital 400GB hard drives reviewed

Julio Franco — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:56:21 +0000

Processors are incredibly fast, RAM is rocketing its way through our games, and videocards pack more punch than ever. With all these screamingly fast system components available, often the hard drive is neglected. It's a... Read more...

First 150GB Western Digital Raptor Review Online

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:19:01 +0000

Western Digital's 10,000 RPM Serial ATA hard drives have been popular with enthusiasts looking for blazing fast storage for more than two years now. However, their niche in the marketplace had always been hindered... Read more...

Problem hits Western Digital IDE RAID arrays

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:34:26 +0000

IF YOU'RE finding Western Digital EIDE drives drop out of an IDE RAID array after a few days, the firm appears to have the answer. It might only affect you if you have drives shipped... Read more...

Western Digital Introduces 74GB "Raptor" SATA Drive w/CQ.

Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:06:36 +0000

Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that it is enhancing the throughput, performance and capacity of its popular enterprise-class Serial ATA (SATA) 10,000 RPM WD Raptor hard drives, offering enterprise customers an increasingly compelling... Read more...

Western Quake 3 Beta 2.0

Marcel Klum — Sat, 08 Mar 2003 20:12:50 +0000

Western QuakeÂ³ is intended to be a realistic simulation of the "Old West's" great atmosphere. It is being developed - as you can see in the name - on id Software's QuakeÂ³ Arena Engine. ... Read more...

Western Digital Enters Enterprise Storage Market With Raptor

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:45:09 +0000

New Standard in Enterprise-class Hard Drives Required To Meet Continued Growth in Storage Capacity Needs, Challenging IT Budget Conditions Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) announced today that it is entering the enterprise hard... Read more...

Western Digital to Launch 10,000rpm Desktop HDD 11th Feb

Wed, 05 Feb 2003 22:41:11 +0000

I can't wait to see the reviews of these babies... and how much they will cost ;) Western Digital company was the first to unveil a 7200rpm desktop HDD. WD was the first to... Read more...

Western Digital's Caviar Reaches 250 GB

Thu, 23 Jan 2003 04:26:27 +0000

Thanks to our own youm0nt for this piece of news. Western Digital today announced that it is shipping its next-generation 80 GB-per-platter technology, which will produce PC hard drives that can store up to 250... Read more...

Western Digital 80GB (WD800JB) Hard Drive in RAID Review

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 03 Aug 2002 16:34:03 +0000

DeviantPC has posted a review of 2 Western Digital 80GB (WD800JB) Hard Drives in RAID-0 configuration. "They are also the first to introduce groundbreaking technologies in the lower echelons of their products... Read more...