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Second Hand Drives On eBay Still Hold Personal Data
Report reveals worryingly amounts of personal data still held on second hand drives for sale
Toshiba Looks To Power Users With 8TB HDD
How big? Life still left in magnetic platters as Toshiba launches a 8TB HDD for power users
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 14 heads
VMware Adds Spinning-Disk Storage Option To Cloud Service
vCloud Hybrid Service users can now opt for a less costly storage tier for data that doesn't require high performance, according to the company
Western Digital Inflates 3.5in HDD Storage To 6TB Using Helium
Helium cuts turbulence, boosts drive capacity to 6TB, and opens the way to liquid cooling
Seagate Ultra Mobile HDD Targets Mobile Devices
Seagate's Ultra Mobile hard disks target tablets with reduced power consumption and high performance
Seagate Gets Serious About SSDs
The HDD giant announces its new flash storage strategy, launches four new drives
Infosec: One In 10 Second-Hand Hard Drives Keep Personal Data
ICO research confirms the fact that valuable data is still on many hard drives even after they are supposedly wiped
Western Digital Super Slim HDD Targets Ultrabooks
Western Digital is seeking to provide an alternative to SSDs with its new shock resistent Scorpio Blue 7mm hard drive
Natural Disasters Contribute To HDD Decline In 2011
IDC figures confirm that natural disasters in both Thailand and Japan impacted the HDD industry in 2011
Seagate Squeezes 1TB Into A Square Inch
Seagate says it'll make 6TB 3.5-inch drives in the near future after making a major breakthrough
Storage Breakthrough Claimed With Hot Disk Technology
Scientists are detailing a potential storage breakthrough that uses heat to magnetically record and store data
Intel Lowers Forecast After Thailand Floods
The knock-on effects of Thailand's damaging floods continues with Intel lowering its Q4 forecast
Q1 PC Shortfall Expected Due To Thai Floods
There will be a shortfall of 3.8 million PCs shipping in the first-quarter because of the HDD shortage
EC Clears Western Digital’s Hitachi Acquisition
After selling off some assets, WD's merger goes ahead, reducing the number of HDD suppliers to to three
Companies Urged To Opt For Flash-based Storage
Businesses are being advised to replace their tiered storage with a full SSD-based approach
Thai Floods, Economy To Hurt Chip Shipments
Analysts are scaling back their Q4 chip forecasts due to the Thailand floods and gloomy economic outlook
Thai Flooding To Hurt HDD And PC Shipments
The flooding in Thailand has resulted in significant damage to the world's HDD supply chain, IDC warns
Thailand Floods Threaten HDD Supply Chain
A key component of PCs could potentially be in short supply after severe flooding in Thailand
Strong Tablet Sales Begin Impacting HDD Market
Signs are emerging that tablet sales are starting to have an effect on the hard disc drive (HDD) sector
Why Seagate Had To Buy Samsung’s Hard Disks
Hard disks are waning but Seagate can't afford to give in to market-leading WD, says Chris Preimesberger
Seagate Buys Samsung’s Hard Disk Unit In £0.8bn Deal
Seagate snaps up Samsung's hard disks, and the pair gear up for the solid-state drives that will replace them
Samsung May Sell Struggling Hard Disk Division
Samsung is considering offloading its hard disk business as tablets drive huge growth in solid-state technology
Pencil-Thin Portable HDD Shipped By Seagate
The portable 2.5-inch HDD in a slim casing that is a mere 9mm thick but packs in 320GB of storage space
Western Digital’s Hitachi Storage Buy Is A Gamble
Western Digital will soon own half of the world's HDD market. But why take a risk on a waning technology, asks Chris Preimesberger
Other World Computing Launches 12TB Desktop Drive
Other World has shipped the largest-ever RAID storage drive for the desktop
SSD Data Purging Presents Security Difficulties
Californian researchers have found that fully erasing SSDs is more difficult than previously thought