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WD TV Live HD media player launches
Networked drive offers 1080p support 13 October 2009 14:25 GMTWestern Digital has announced the launch of the WD TV Live HD media player, a revamp of a previous product this time round with networking capabilities as well as support for Full HD 1080p resolution.
WD says the new drive makes it easy to play HD videos... -
Western Digital launches My Book Elite and My Passport Elite HDDs
Smaller, greener and with friendly e-paper labels 6 October 2009 14:55 GMTWestern Digital has upped the ante once again on its range of external storage solutions. The biggest face-lift is for the My Book desktop series which now features the My Book Elite and the My Book Studio, the second of which is designed for Mac users.
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Western Digital refreshes My Passport and My Book ranges
Smaller storage solutions 11 September 2009 14:36 GMTWestern Digital has launched "smaller, smarter and more secure" My Passport Essential and My Passport for Mac ultra-portable external hard drives and "smaller, sleeker" My Book Essential and My Book for Mac desktop external hard drives.
All models feature WD's... -
WD offers 1TB 2.5-inch mobile hard drive
Industry first 27 July 2009 12:03 GMTWestern Digital has announced the availability of what it says is the industry's highest-capacity available 2.5-inch drive offering a 1 terabyte capacity.
The WD Scorpio Blue SATA 2.5-inch hard drive will see users of devices containing the internal drive get... -
WD launches My Book World Edition II
Belt and braces NAS offers dual-drive tech 24 June 2009 15:59 GMTWestern Digital has launched a newly redesigned My Book World Edition II dual-drive network storage system in capacities of up to 4TB.
With the double protection of two RAID 1 Mirrored drives and continuous backup software that keeps a second copy automatically,... -
Western Digital unveils first 4TB external hard drive
Aimed at "creative professionals and Mac computer enthusiasts" 9 June 2009 15:59 GMTWestern Digital has announced that it will be selling the world's first 4TB external hard drive. However, the My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage system seems to be designed for Macs, not PCs.
Two RAID 0 striped disks combine to provide a high-speed... -
WD launches new My Book World Edition drives
Networked storage up to 2TB 18 February 2009 14:25 GMTWestern Digital has introduced its newly redesigned My Book World Edition network storage drive.
Claiming to simplify the task of backing up an entire household's files, WD says it's designed for consumers who have multiple computers on a home network.
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Western Digital launches 2TB Caviar Green hard drives
Coming soon to a PC near you... 27 January 2009 13:51 GMTWestern Digital has announced what it says is the world's highest capacity 2 terabyte hard drive into its Caviar Green hard drive family.
"While some in the industry wondered if the end consumer would buy a 1TB drive, already some 10% of 3.5-inch hard drive... -
WD launches two Mac friendly hard drives
Macworld 2009: Pre-formatted and USB ready 6 January 2009 15:45 GMTWestern Digital has launched two new external hard drives designed specifically for the Mac on Tuesday at the start of Macworld 2009 in San Francisco.
The My Passport for Mac portable drive and the My Book Mac Edition external hard drive will come pre-formatted... -
WD offers update for WD TV HD media player
1.01 promises improvements 5 January 2009 15:45 GMTWestern Digital has issued a software update for its WD TV media player that was launched in November.
The company says the software update, 1.01, updates the user interface as well as improves the media player's functionality and capabilities.
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Western Digital cuts 2500 jobs
5% of workforce to go as manufacturing halt announced over Christmas 17 December 2008 14:50 GMTWestern Digital is the latest company hit by the economic slowdown to announce a revised revenue outlook - and staff cuts.
The storage company says demand for hard drives in the December quarter is significantly below the expectations outlined in the company's... -
Seagate CEO hints at SSD tech to come
Hybrid technology that could finally bring prices down 5 November 2008 2:33 GMTSeagate's CEO has confirmed that the company is working on its very own line-up of Solid State Drives in a briefing with Pocket-lint.
Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate, gave a rare hint at what kind of SSD technology the company is pumping resources into.
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Western Digital launches WD TV
Turn your USB drive into an HD media player 3 November 2008 10:31 GMTWestern Digital, best known for its storage drives, has now come up with a new solution for home cinema fans.
WD TV is a media player that turns files from USB drives, digital cameras, camcorders and portable media players into HD content.
It plays... -
WD Passport Studio drives gets FireWire 800
500GB capacity plus ultra fast data transfers 31 October 2008 12:28 GMTWestern Digital (WD) has added a FireWire 800 interface to its Passport Studio portable drive.
Thr drive is now claimed to be ideal for use with the new Apple MacBook Pros.
The Passport Studio portable drives offer up to 500 GB of storage capacity,... -
WD announces second gen Caviar Green drives
"Coolest and quietest 3.5-inch hard drive in the market" 1 October 2008 14:43 GMTWD has announced the second-generation of its environmentally friendly WD Caviar Green desktop hard drives.
The drives feature the company's "GreenPower" technology that claims to reduce power consumption up to 20%, compared with standard hard drives.
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WD launches 500GB My Passport portable USB drives
Half a terabyte in the palm of your hand... 15 September 2008 15:59 GMTWestern Digital has introduced its new 500GB capacity My Passport portable USB drives.
The new capacities means consumers can stick 'alf a terabyte of music, videos or photos in a drive that fits in the palm of their 'and.
Weighing in at less than... -
Western Digital ships 500GB 2.5-inch hard drives
WD Scorpio Blue coming to a notebook near you 15 September 2008 8:59 GMTWestern Digital has announced that it has started shipments of its WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch notebook hard drives with capacities up to 500GB.
With "industry-leading" 250 GB-per-platter technology, the new WD Scorpio Blue 500GB and 400GB SATA hard drives are... -
WD launches My Book Mirror Edition
Belt-and-braces double digital storage 18 June 2008 13:28 GMTWestern Digital has introduced its new My Book Mirror Edition dual-drive storage systems, which can automatically store valuable personal content not once, but twice, to maximise data safety.
The company says this RAID-based continuous data protection feature,... -
WD offers My Passport Studio drives for Macs
With FireWire 400 and Time Machine back up 21 May 2008 16:04 GMTWestern Digital has introduced its new Mac-formatted My Passport Studio Portable Drives.
Designed for Mac users on-the-go, the drives are equipped with both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces, a capacity gauge, shock-resistant enclosure, and include a soft... -
WD launches My Passport Essential in 10 colours
Portable storage gets multi-hued 10 April 2008 9:56 GMTWestern Digital has introduced 10 "fresh" new colours for its My Passport Essential portable USB drives.
Weighing in at less than 5 ounces, My Passport Essential USB drives put almost a third of a terabyte of digital storage in the palm of your hand.
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Western Digital launches My Passport "Elite" USB drives
"Top of the line" 28 March 2008 9:43 GMTWestern Digital has introduced its new My Passport Elite portable USB drives that it describes as "top of the line".
With a luxurious, soft-touch finish designed to make the drives easy to grip, comfortable to hold, and "fashionable to carry", they weight less... -
WD launches My Passport portable USB drives
320 gigs in your sky rocket 30 January 2008 14:52 GMTWD has introduced its new My Passport Essential Portable USB Drives into its continuously updated line of Passport products.
Redesigned to complement WD's popular My Book family of external drives, the devices introduce a sleek new form that, weighing less... -
WD 320GB Passport Portable Drive on sale in the UK
That's nearly a third of a terabyte... 4 December 2007 15:12 GMTGiving you almost a third of a terabyte of digital storage in the palm of your hand, Western Digital has announced the availablity of their Passport portable drives with a 320GB capacity.
Described as having plug-and-play capability, a stylish, ultra-portable... -
Western Digital shipping 320GB 2.5-inch SATA hard drives
Massive capacity offering for laptops 31 October 2007 17:00 GMTWestern Digital has announced it is now shipping its new WD Scorpio 320GB 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives for notebook computers and portable storage devices.
WD uses advanced head and media technology to achieve the world’s highest capacity 2.5-inch,... -
Western Digital "My Book" range gets smaller and sleeker
External storage solutions for home and the office 20 September 2007 13:34 GMTWestern Digital has introduced smaller and sleeker My Book external storage solutions: My Book Home Edition, My Book Office Edition and My Book Essential Edition.
Ranging from 320GB to 1TB, as the product titles might suggest, the new My Book models were designed...
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