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Toshiba Launching Hybrid HDD by September May 25, 2012 – 9:00 AM – Internal Storage
Toshiba's answer to the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive should arrive in September. Read more
Seagate to Acquire Controlling Interest in LaCie May 23, 2012 – 2:10 PM – External Storage
Seagate said that it has entered an agreement to purchase a majority share in consumer HDD storage vendor LaCie. Read more
Analysts Predict Acceleration in HDD Storage Density Growth May 21, 2012 – 9:30 PM – Internal Storage
Market research firm IHS predicts a fast increase in HDD storage densities and, as a result, a similarly strong increase in storage capacities. Read more
Buffalo Shows SSDs with MRAM Cache May 21, 2012 – 11:00 AM – Internal Storage
Buffalo said it will soon begin sampling a new solid state disk drive that complements its standard NAND flash storage memory with MRAM that is ... Read more
This SSD Will Self-Destruct When Needed May 18, 2012 – 9:00 AM – Internal Storage
RunCore has released an SSD that features two ways of destroying data, one of which is nuking the drive itself with the press of a button! Read more
Asus Teases Stylish BDXL Burner with 6x Max Write May 15, 2012 – 8:00 AM – Optical Storage
Asus teased a new 6x Blu-ray burner supporting BDXL on Facebook. Read more
Doctor Who Theme Song Performed by Floppy Drives May 13, 2012 – 4:00 PM – Storage Solutions
Who says floppy frives aren't useful anymore? Read more
Seagate Announces Demo of 12 Gb/s Solid-State Drives May 7, 2012 – 7:30 PM – Storage Solutions
Following Hitachi, Seagate also confirmed that it will be showcasing 12Gb/s SSDs at the SCSI Trade Association’s Technical Showcase on May 9. Read more
New OCZ Firmware Boosts Vertex 4 Performance Up to 210% May 7, 2012 – 9:00 AM – Internal Storage
OCZ just released a new firmware (v1.4RC) this morning that boosts the performance of its Vertex 4 SSD (check out: OCZ Vertex 4 Review: A ... Read more
OCZ Technology's 2012 Fiscal Year Revenue Up 92% May 6, 2012 – 6:00 AM – Internal Storage
Over the past 12 months, we have continually seen OCZ Technology grow alongside the SSD market. Read more
OCZ Preps Shipments of 1 TB Octane SSD May 4, 2012 – 7:30 AM – Internal Storage
OCZ announced that it will begin selling its 1 TB Octane 2.5-inch SSD in Japan in mid-May. Read more
Hitachi Global Storage to Demo First 12Gb/s SAS SSD May 1, 2012 – 8:30 PM – Internal Storage
Hitachi Global Storage Technology (HGST), which was recently acquired by Western Digital, claims to be first with a demonstration of the first ... Read more
WD, Seagate Recover From HDD Shipment Shortage April 30, 2012 – 1:20 PM – Internal Storage
Both Seagate and Western Digital have improved their HDD shipments following the disastrous Thailand flood last year. Read more
Samsung Intros ''World's Thinnest'' Optical Disc Drive April 25, 2012 – 5:00 PM – Optical Storage
Here's the world's slimmest optical disc drive, ideal for ultrabooks without an optical drive, and tablets for watching movies on the go. Read more
Google Drive is Now Live April 24, 2012 – 2:20 PM – External Storage
Google Drive is finally here! Read more
Microsoft Upgrades SkyDrive Too Before Google Drive Storm April 24, 2012 – 12:00 PM – External Storage
Microsoft has also updated SkyDrive with three paid capacities and a free 25 GB upgrade for current users. Read more
Absorb and Protect Your Data With the Tampon Flashdrive April 22, 2012 – 4:00 PM – Storage Solutions
Not even James Bond would dare to steal the data on these drives. Read more
OWC Has First Fully Mac & PC Supported Bootable PCIe SSD April 19, 2012 – 10:20 AM – Internal Storage
Other World Computing has introduced the OWC Mercury Accelsior, the industry’s first both Mac-bootable and PC-bootable, fully supported PCIe SSD card. Read more
G-Technology Ships 8 TB Thunderbolt RAID Drive April 18, 2012 – 9:40 AM – External Storage
G-Technology announced an external Thunderbolt drive the company claims is capable of reaching sustained throughput of 280 MB/s. Read more
Sony Replacing Tape With Optical Disc Archive System April 17, 2012 – 4:00 PM – Storage Solutions
Sony is pushing the industry into ditching the old-school tape storage system with its new Optical Disc Archive Drive. Read more
Western Digital's VelociRaptor Hard Drive Hits 1 TB April 17, 2012 – 2:00 PM – Internal Storage
The name VelociRaptor has been notorious for performance with hard drives (& dinosaurs, as well), and today Western Digital added another member ... Read more
Intel Releases Budget Friendly 330-Series SSDs April 17, 2012 – 11:00 AM – Internal Storage
Intel has released its budget friendly 330-Series SSDs that gives consumers a more affordable entry into the accelerated storage performance of SSDs. Read more
2.5-inch HDDs Expected Become More Popular Desktop PCs April 16, 2012 – 7:00 AM – Internal Storage
2.5-inch hard drives will be playing an increasingly important role in desktop computers. Read more
OCZ Confirms Octane and Vertex 4 use Marvell-based Silicon April 12, 2012 – 9:30 PM – Internal Storage
OCZ Technology has confirmed the Vertex 4 is based on a Marvell Controller, which utilizes a custom Indilinx firmware. Read more
Western Digital Ships Ultrabook-Compatible Hard Drives April 12, 2012 – 3:00 PM – Internal Storage
Need more mobile storage space? Western Digital's new 7 mm Scorpio Blue hard drive can now fit inside your Ultrabook. Read more