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Seagate upgrades hybrid drive family, adds desktop model
Seagate announced new models of its 2.5-in. hybrid laptop drives with 40% better performance, as well as its first 3.5-in. desktop hybrid drive.
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Micron 1TB SSD slashes average per gigabyte pricing
Micron has unveiled its first terabyte-sized solid-state drive (SSD) for consumers, the Crucial M500, which will sell for under $600, well below the average price per gigabyte.
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Intel announces faster SSD 335 with 240GB storage
Intel has announced its latest SSD 335 solid-state drive, which is being pitched as a hard-drive replacement for laptops.
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IHS iSuppli predicts 60TB disk drives to be a reality in 2016
Advanced technologies such as HAMR could mean disk drive capacities from 30TB to 60TB by 2016, according to a new report by IHS iSuppli.
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Hitachi releases Ultrastar 7K4000 line as first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive
Hitachi's former disk-drive division has announced the new Ultrastar 7K4000 line, which it said is the first enterprise-class 4TB hard disk drive.
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Seagate eyes 3.5in 60TB drives using heat-assisted magnetic recording
Seagate used heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) as it becomes the first hard drive maker to achieve a density of one terabit (one trillion bits) per square inch on a disk drive platter.
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Laptop users offered simple full-disk encryption upgrade
Security company ST Electronics has shown a new hard drive enclosure that can be used to upgrade a laptop running any operating system to full-disk encryption without the need for drivers or BIOS modifications.
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Seagate releases first 2.5-in enterprise hard drive with 1TB of capacity
Seagate today announced the second generation of its Constellation drive, the industry's first 2.5-in enterprise-class drive with 1TB of capacity.
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Toshiba laptop drive embraces new security features
Toshiba has become the latest storage vendor to build Opal Security Subsystem Class (Opal SSC) specification into its self-encrypting drive (SED) for PCs and laptops, the MKxx61GSYD.
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Hitachi unveils thin hard drive for ultra-light PCs
Hitachi GST today announced it will begin shipping three new 2.5-in wide serial ATA hard drives that are 26% slimmer than standard laptop drives. They're aimed at the emerging ultra-light PC market.
