News tagged ‘western digital’
Tuesday, 25 Oct 2011
Thailand Flood Affect HDD Supplies
The flood affecting Thailand now is the worst the country has ever experienced in half a century. Unfortunately, a quarter of the world's hard disks are manufactured there, and global supplies are expected to be badly affected.
Thursday, 13 Oct 2011
WD Introduces its Newest Gen of My Passport Portable Hard Drives
Specifically designed for use with Mac computers and Apple Time Machine, the My Passport portable hard drives feature compact, elegant Mac-inspired designs with high capacity storage options and exceptional security.
Tuesday, 27 Sep 2011
WD Delivers the Personal Cloud
Western Digital introduces its WD 2go and WD 2go Pro mobile apps for its My Book Live personal cloud storage solution.
Friday, 8 Jul 2011
WD's My Book Studio Matches Mac Aesthetics and Performs to Creative Pro Standards
Western Digital announces that its newest generation of My Book Studio external hard drives are designed for use with Mac computers and Apple Time Machine.
Friday, 20 May 2011
Western Digital Launches 3TB SATA Hard Drives for AV Platforms
Shipping immediately, the 2.5TB and 3TB capacity, 3.5-inch WD AV-GP hard drives offer 24x7 reliability, low power consumption and unrivalled storage capacity for storage-intensive AV applications such as digital video recorders, video surveillance, single-drive media servers and external multimedia storage.
Tuesday, 8 Mar 2011
Western Digital to Acquire Hitachi GST for US$4.3 Billion
Western Digital and Hitachi announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby WD will acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $4.3 billion.
Monday, 28 Feb 2011
WD Establishes Hard Drive Research and Development Center in Singapore
Western Digital partners with Singapore's A*STAR Data Storage Institute and the universities in the region to set up a new research and development center for the development of advanced hard drive technologies.
Friday, 25 Feb 2011
WD Establishes Hard Drive R&D Center in Singapore
Western Digital announces that it has established a R&D development center in Singapore.
Wednesday, 12 Jan 2011
Western Digital Black Drives Offer 750GB of High Performance Storage
WD announces that it is now shipping its new WD Scorpio Black 750GB hard drive for high-performance notebooks and portable storage devices.
Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010
Western Digital Releases USB 3.0 Equipped 3TB External HDD
WD introduces its new My Passport Essential portable hard drive (photo), My Passport Essential SE portable hard drive (photo), and My Book Essential external hard drive (photo).











