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Hitachi Releases 7mm Travelstar Z7K500 7,200 RPM 2.5-Inch HDD

There aren't many 2.5-inch hard drives, compared to 3.5-inch ones and SSDs, but Hitachi has just unveiled a new one, the Travelstar Z7K500. If one were to learn only of the storage capacity and speed of this newcomer, they would not be overly impressed. After all, there are many 500 GB hard disk drive units w...

22 February 2012
05:23 GMT

DSI Proposes 5mm HDDs for Tablets

This may not be the best time for a new hard drive breakthrough, but A*Star Data Storage Institute (DSI) just invented a new type of hard drive that measures a mere 5mm in thickness. In trying to develop some hard drive units for tablets, A*Star Data Storage Institute (DSI) may have solved a different problem altog...

18 November 2011
07:25 GMT

Samsung Notebook Hard Drives Reach 1TB in Capacity

Even though Samsung's hard disk drive division was acquired by Seagate in April of 2011, the company is still releasing HDDs under its own brand name, and it has recently announced the availability of the 2.5-inch Spinpoint M8 series laptop hard drive which can reach capacities of 1TB. This top of the line mo...

9 June 2011
04:00 GMT

Toshiba Rolls Out 2.5-Inch, 7200RPM HDDs with 500GB Capacity

Toshiba Storage Device Division has just announced the expansion of its line of 2.5-inch hard disk drives with the introduction of a new series that is designed to provide notebook PC users with a high-performance, high-capacity storage solution. The Irvine, California-based company announced the introduction of the ...

17 September 2009
02:56 GMT

Western Digital Now Shipping 640GB Scorpio Blue HDDs for Notebooks

Lake Forest, California-based Western Digital, one of the world's leading providers of computer storage solutions, announced today that it had started shipping its next-generation, 2.5-inch notebook hard drives, boasting a large 640GB of capacity. Featuring the industry's standard 9.5mm form factor, the com...

9 September 2009
09:05 GMT

750GB On-The-Go Portable Drives Available from OWC

Trying to provide users with a high-capacity storage solution that is available in a portable form factor, OWC has recently launched a new portable hard drive, part of the company's growing line of notebook drive products. The new solution has been designed to offer users as much as 750GB of on-the-go storage sp...

4 September 2009
08:24 GMT

Samsung Also Preps 640GB Portable Hard Drives

Following Toshiba's hard-drive initiative to provide users with more storage space in a low, 2.5-inch form factor, Samsung has recently announced that it also plans to expand its line of portable hard drives with the introduction of a new, 640GB model. The new drive should provide users with a portable storage s...

3 September 2009
08:22 GMT

Toshiba Rolls Out New 2.5-Inch 640GB Hard Drives

Coming to provide its customers with an increased storage solution in a small and energy-efficient form factor, Toshiba has recently announced the introduction of its new line of 2.5-inch hard drives, boasting a capacity of 640GB. With the announcement, the company's Storage Device Division (SDD) has expanded it...

2 September 2009
02:48 GMT

Rumor Mill: Seagate Preps 2.5-Inch 1TB Drive

Back in late July, Lake Forest, California-based Western Digital announced the introduction of the industry's first 1TB mobile hard drive, as part of the company's Scorpio Blue line. It now appears that Seagate, Western Digital's main competitor, is also gearing up to announce its first 1TB mobile driv...

1 September 2009
05:56 GMT

Hitachi Intros Faster 500GB Hard Drive for Notebooks

The storage market continues to evolve as technology enables companies to roll out new products that deliver increased performance and better power consumption, all within an affordable package. On that note, Hitachi GST has announced today the launch of its fifth-generation 7200RPM mobile hard disk drive. Coming in ...

1 September 2009
04:05 GMT

Apacer Unveils the A7 Turbo SSD, for Professional and Gaming Users

The market for flash-based storage solutions is growing at a fast pace, with an increasing number of new solutions being launched on the market every day. One of the most recent products comes from Apacer, which has recently updated its line of Solid State Drives with the introduction of the new 2.5-inch A7 Turbo. Th...

25 August 2009
06:55 GMT

QNAP Offers Support for 2.5-Inch HDDs on Turbo NAS Lineup

QNAP Systems, one of the world's leading vendors of external storage solutions, has just announced that it will be providing its customers with support for smaller, 2.5-inch hard drives, offering them a broader choice for expanding their storage solutions. This new option has been made available for the company&...

12 August 2009
09:16 GMT

Western Digital Also Unveils New 1TB Portable Hard Drives

Lake Forest, California-based storage vendor Western Digital has just announced the introduction of its new My Passport Essential SE portable USB drives, coming to provide users with an increased storage capacity of 750GB and 1TB. The introduction of the new external storage solutions comes as no surprise, with the c...

28 July 2009
10:43 GMT

Western Digital Unveils World's First 1TB 2.5-Inch Drives

Western Digital, one of the world's leading vendors of storage products, has recently announced the launch of a new 2.5-inch hard drive designed to provide users with an impressive 1TB of storage space. With the launch of the new product, the company once again proves its commitment to provide users with the ver...

28 July 2009
02:46 GMT

QNAP Rolls Out Atom-Based SS-839 Turbo NAS

QNAP Systems has just announced the introduction of a new Intel Atom-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, coming to provide business users with an alternative to a low-power consumption, low-noise and high-capacity storage solution. According to QNAP, its latest SS-839 Turbo NAS is the world's smallest 8...

22 June 2009
06:10 GMT

Western Digital Gets with the Program, Starts Shipping Its Own SSDs

Western Digital, one of the world's leading vendors of storage products, has just announced that it has begun shipping its new SiliconDrive III SSD product family, following the company's acquisition of SiliconSystems back in March 2009. With this announcement, Western Digital joins the increasing number of...

16 June 2009
10:56 GMT

New SS-439 Pro Turbo NAS Supports Four 2.5-Inch Drives

QNAP Systems has just announced its first 2.5-inch SATA HDD 4-bay NAS device, built to take advantage of the low-power requirements of Intel's Atom processor. Designed for SMB and SOHO users, the new SS-439 Pro Turbo NAS can be equipped with up to four power-saving 2.5-inch hard disk drives, with support for RAI...

21 May 2009
08:35 GMT

OCZ Officially Intros the Summit Series SSDs

OCZ Technology, one of the most recognizable names in the market for high-performance memory and computer components, has recently announced the official introduction of its latest series of 2.5-inch solid state drives, the highly anticipated Summit Series. The new drives promise increased performance and have been s...

20 May 2009
04:15 GMT

A-DATA Intros High-Performance SSD 300 Plus

During this year's CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany, A-DATA had a number of new products on display, including that high-end XPG SSD boasting 512GB of storage space. Aside from the impressive XPG SSD, A-DATA decided to announce a new high-end SSD product that delivers half the storage capacity provided by the XPG ...

11 March 2009
11:09 GMT

Toshiba Announces First 512GB 2.5-Inch SSD

Toshiba has just announced an expansion of its Flash-based storage lineup with the addition of the industry's first 2.5-inch 512GB Solid State Drive, which is to become available in the upcoming year. The company has also announced several new SSDs, which will further expand the current range of SSDs. The new dr...

18 December 2008
02:53 GMT

Storage Vendors Planning Low-Cost 2.5-Inch HDDs for Netbooks

As the netbook market is expected to further expand in the upcoming year, PC vendors are said to be looking to come up with ways to improve the prices on some of the components, including hard disk drives, which are currently used in most of the netbooks available on the market. As part of said plan, Seagate Tec...

16 December 2008
05:24 GMT

HP Starts Shipping 2.5-Inch 300GB SAS Drives

Hewlett-Packard, the current leading maker of personal computer systems, has recently announced that, this week, it has started shipping 300GB 2.5-inch drives to worldwide resellers. The company's new offer comes to double the capacity of its previous 2.5-inch Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives, providing us...

10 December 2008
05:30 GMT

Enterprise HDDs Moving Towards 2.5-Inch

It seems that the mainstream size of enterprise-grade hard disk drives is on its move from the current 3.5 inches toward 2.5 inches due to the major power gains the smaller form factor HDDs offer. According to Paul Martin, Western Digital senior director for Worldwide Channel Marketing and Enterprise, a 10,000rpm 2.5...

24 November 2008
06:06 GMT

Hitachi Also Delivers 2.5-Inch 500GB HDDs with ‘Green’ Features

This day appears seems to be a “storage day” of sorts, as Hitachi has just introduced its new 2.5-inch 500GB hard disk drive, following the official announcement from competitor Fujitsu. As with the new drives from Fujitsu, Hitachi's latest 500GB 2.5-inch HDDs have also been equipped with d...

11 November 2008
06:13 GMT

Fujitsu Unveils World's First 2.5-Inch 500GB HDD with 256-Bit Encryption

Fujitsu Computer Products has just announced the introduction of its 2.5-inch MJA2 BH and MJA2 CH series 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s mobile hard disk drives. The new HDDs, which can provide a maximum storage capacity of 500GB, are designed to fit not only portable computer systems, but also desktops. In addition, the high-...

11 November 2008
03:20 GMT

Seagate 500GB 2.5-Inch HDDs Featured in New Acer Notebooks

Seagate, one of the leading manufacturers of computer storage products, has announced that Acer, top provider of notebook computers, is now offering new portable systems equipped with its own 500GB 2.5-inch Momentus 5400.6 hard drives. The 500GB 2.5-inch HDDs were introduced back in July, along with the industry...

29 September 2008
10:34 GMT

Micron Intros New Consumer and Enterprise SSDs

Micron, a flash-based products manufacturer, introduced yesterday its next-generation RealSSD solid state drives designed for enterprise computing and notebook applications. The company has brought to light two new models, the RealSSD P200 and the RealSSD C200, meant to bring about a boost in capacity, power and perf...

5 August 2008
07:55 GMT

WD Shrinks VelociRaptor Drives to 2.5-inch

Western Digital is undoubtedly one of the biggest storage manufacturers for both the business and the consumer markets. Among the company's most prestigious products, we also have one that is meant to present computer enthusiasts with a high storage capacity built in a high-speed hard drive. We're talking h...

23 July 2008
10:04 GMT

Imation Rolls out Apollo

Imation, one the leading names in the industry, introduced today its new line of external hard drives meant for the Americas. What the company is trying to do with the new products is to offer its users a reliable high-capacity storage solution, wrapped in a unique, stylish and lightweight design. Taking into conside...

10 June 2008
10:23 GMT

Fujitsu Unveils 7,200RPM 320GB Notebook HDD

Fujitsu has just announced the addition of a new series of 2.5-inch hard disk drive to its mobile storage portfolio. The new MHZ2 BJ-series can spin at 7,200 rotations per minute and will be available in capacities of up to 320 GB.Fujitsu's new drive is not the first one to pack 320 GB in a 2.5-inch form factor,...

24 March 2008
21:36 GMT


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