hard drives

Seagate Fires Back At HGST With 10TB Helium Hard Drive For Data Centres

Seagate catches up with the helium competition with announcement of data centre helium hard drive that incorporates seven platters and…

9 years ago

Half Of Second-Hand Hard Drives Sold on eBay, Amazon Still Contain Personal Data

And even though many have them have had wipe attempts, texts, photos, and emails still persist on hard drives and…

9 years ago

Facebook Study Into SSDs Finds ‘Several Distinct Failure Periods’

But paper in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University claims that read disturbance errors do not increase failure rates

9 years ago

NSA Surveillance Program Hid Spyware In Hard Drives

Kaspersky Lab says global hard drives compromised by NSA-led 'The Equation Group', spyware dates back to 2001

10 years ago

Seagate Launches World’s First 8TB Hard Drive

Seagate takes the lead on storage density, but is keeping mum on the technology used

10 years ago

Western Digital Launches World’s Highest Capacity 10k Hard Drive

Enterprise-ready Ultrastar C10K1800 can store 1.8TB of data in a 2.5-inch form factor

10 years ago

Inventor Of Modern Storage Stuart Parkin Is Awarded The 2014 Millennium Prize

Parkin’s innovation enabled 1000-fold growth in the capacity of hard drives

11 years ago

UK Government Smashed Guardian Drives In ‘Symbolic’ Bid To Stop Leaks

"Bizarre" moment as GCHQ experts oversee the destruction of hard drives

11 years ago

Seagate Quarterly Revenue Down Almost A Quarter

Results still beat analyst expectations, yearly revenue remains high and the company is optimistic

11 years ago

Springtown – A Hard Drive Factory Like No Other

Max Smolaks returns from Derry with a new fondness for hard drives and respect for people who make them

11 years ago

Toshiba And WD Sign HDD Facilities Agreement

Toshiba and Western Digital have reached an agreement that will see the two trade hard disk drive facilities

13 years ago

NHS Trust Will Appeal Against ICO Penalty

The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust will appeal if fined £375,000 by ICO

13 years ago

Gartner Lowers 2012 IT Spending Predictions

Gartner has lowered its 2012 IT spending forecasts but predicts strong growth in telecom equipment spending

13 years ago

Thailand Floods Threaten HDD Supply Chain

A key component of PCs could potentially be in short supply after severe flooding in Thailand

13 years ago

Toshiba Self-Encrypting HDD Brings Auto Data Security

Toshiba's latest hard disk drives secured with 256-bit AES encryption and proprietary data-wipe technology

14 years ago

Intel Targets Mainstream Users With Updated SSDs

Mainstream PC users seeking a performance boost are being targeted by Intel with its new solid state drive

14 years ago

Samsung Launches One Platter HDD

Samsung has launched its latest Spinpoint hard disk drive that comes with only one platter, to reduce moving parts and…

14 years ago

Western Digital Snags HDD Lead From Seagate

The long term king of the hard disk drive market, Seagate, has lost its crown after new figures showed that…

14 years ago

Seagate Offering Hard Drives Pre-Loaded With Movies

Movie-makers and their distributors are exploring new methods of distribution for films including Star Trek

15 years ago