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Seagate unveils 1.5 Terabyte desktop drive

Seagate has unveiled a 1.5 Terabyte 3.5-inch hard disk for the desktop earlier this week. Meant for the mainstream market, the Barracuda 7200.11 represents the eleventh generation of Seagate’s… Read more…

Seagate plans 2TB SSD for next year

Seagate will be bringing in the company’s first SSD (solid state drive) offering by next year. Not surprisingly, it will be targeted squarely at the enterprise where they can afford the premium

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Space Shuttle Columbia hard drive data recovered

Think that all the talk of the dangers of improperly disposing of corporate hard drives is just scaremongering? Let this be a lesson to you on the robustness of current data recovery technology.

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Is open-source software a blessing?

Open-source software may be a blessing in disguise for IT offices that are forced to tighten their belts because of economic woes. “The economic slowdown in the United States may actually boost… Read more…

SPOTLIGHT: Seagate sells 1 billion drives

If Seagate had a sign outside of their corporate headquarters, it might read “Over 1 billion storage drives served”. The company announced this week that it is the first to have shipped 1 billion

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Maxtor malware debacle explained

Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 drives ship with virus

If you’ve purchased a Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 unit within the last three months, you might want to batten down the hatches. Turns out, Read more…

Hard drive shortage on the horizon?

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Seagate intros new enterprise hard drives

As any storage enthusiast can tell you, not all hard drives are created equal. Take Seagate’s new line of enterprise-worthy drives, for… Read more…