- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 12th, 2012
![Western Digital Enables Automatic Dropbox Upload on External HDDs Western Digital Enables Automatic Dropbox Upload on External HDDs](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Western-Digital-Enables-Automatic-Dropbox-Upload-on-External-HDDs-1.jpg)
Western Digital Enables Automatic Dropbox Upload on External HDDs
Fast sharing will be possible from smartphones and tablets
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 11th, 2012
![WD: HDDs Will Stay Expensive Until 2013, Analysts Even Less Optimistic WD: HDDs Will Stay Expensive Until 2013, Analysts Even Less Optimistic](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/WD-HDDs-Will-Stay-Expensive-Until-2013-Analysts-Even-less-Optimistic-1.jpg)
WD: HDDs Will Stay Expensive Until 2013, Analysts Even Less Optimistic
We will all be overcharged for magnetic storage drives for quite some time still
- Storage
- By Constantin Murariu
- July 11th, 2012
![TOSHIBA Launches 10,500 RPM Enterprise HDDs with 286 MB/s Transfer Rate TOSHIBA Launches 10,500 RPM Enterprise HDDs with 286 MB/s Transfer Rate](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/TOSHIBA-Launches-10-500-RPM-Enterprise-HDDs-with-286-MB-s-Transfer-Rate-1.jpg)
TOSHIBA Launches 10,500 RPM Enterprise HDDs with 286 MB/s Transfer Rate
The drives come in the usual 2.5” format and sport 41% lower controller power consumption
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 10th, 2012
![WD Releases First SOHO NAS-Compatible HDDs WD Releases First SOHO NAS-Compatible HDDs](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/WD-Releases-First-SOHO-NAS-Compatible-HDDs-1.jpg)
WD Releases First SOHO NAS-Compatible HDDs
The Red NAS hard drives work best in network-attached storage
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 9th, 2012
![Thecus NAS Devices Now Support 4 TB HDDs Thecus NAS Devices Now Support 4 TB HDDs](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Thecus-NAS-Devices-Now-Support-4-TB-HDDs-1.jpg)
Thecus NAS Devices Now Support 4 TB HDDs
4TB drives may be rare, but they aren't new, making this a timely revision
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 6th, 2012
![SSDs Supposedly Capable of Replacing HDDs in 3-5 Years SSDs Supposedly Capable of Replacing HDDs in 3-5 Years](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/SSDs-Supposedly-Capable-of-Replacing-HDDs-in-3-5-Years-1.jpg)
SSDs Supposedly Capable of Replacing HDDs in 3-5 Years
Whether or not this will happen is still up in the air, of course
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 6th, 2012
![Seagate Ships a Record Number of HDDs, Doesn't Make As Much Cash As It Hoped Seagate Ships a Record Number of HDDs, Doesn't Make As Much Cash As It Hoped](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Seagate-Ships-a-Record-Number-of-HDDs-Doesn-t-Make-As-Much-Cash-as-It-Hoped-1.jpg)
Seagate Ships a Record Number of HDDs, Doesn't Make As Much Cash As It Hoped
The company doesn't appear to be satisfied with good results anymore
- Storage
- By Constantin Murariu
- June 30th, 2012
![TOSHIBA Won’t Build Enterprise Hybrid HDDs TOSHIBA Won’t Build Enterprise Hybrid HDDs](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/TOSHIBA-Won-t-Build-Enterprise-Hybrid-HDDs-1.jpg)
TOSHIBA Won’t Build Enterprise Hybrid HDDs
We have a hard time believing TOSHIBA will make any kind of impact on the 3.5" HDD market
- Technology Blog
- By Constantin Murariu
- June 26th, 2012
![Akitio Launches Triple-Interface External HDD Enclosure Akitio Launches Triple-Interface External HDD Enclosure](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Akitio-Launches-Triple-Interface-External-HDD-Enclosure-1.jpg)
Akitio Launches Triple-Interface External HDD Enclosure
The novelty features dual FireWire and USB 3.0 interfaces
- Storage
- By Constantin Murariu
- June 26th, 2012
![Buffalo Shows MiniStation External HDD with USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt Buffalo Shows MiniStation External HDD with USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Buffalo-Shows-MiniStation-External-HDD-with-USB-3-0-and-Thunderbolt-1.jpg)
Buffalo Shows MiniStation External HDD with USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt
Finally a way to properly test the advantages and disadvantages of each interface
- Storage
- By Constantin Murariu
- June 26th, 2012
![Seagate Invests in Israeli SSD Company Seagate Invests in Israeli SSD Company](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Seagate-Invests-in-Israeli-SSD-Company-1.jpg)
Seagate Invests in Israeli SSD Company
SSDs don’t matter to Seagate but it’s putting all those “HDD crisis” money to good use
- Technology Blog
- By Constantin Murariu
- June 22nd, 2012
![I-O Data Presents 2 TB Low-Power Portable HDD I-O Data Presents 2 TB Low-Power Portable HDD](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/I-O-Data-Presents-2-TB-Low-Power-Portable-HDD-1.jpg)
I-O Data Presents 2 TB Low-Power Portable HDD
It only uses a USB 2.0 connection for power and it’s compatible with specific TV sets
- Technology Blog
- By Constantin Murariu
- June 22nd, 2012
![Buffalo Intros 2 TB MiniStation USB 3.0 Shock Resistant External HDD Buffalo Intros 2 TB MiniStation USB 3.0 Shock Resistant External HDD](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Buffalo-Intros-2-TB-MiniStation-USB-3-0-Shock-Resistant-External-HDD-1.jpg)
Buffalo Intros 2 TB MiniStation USB 3.0 Shock Resistant External HDD
The unit seems to house two 2.5” HDDs with a 1TB capacity each
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- June 13th, 2012
![HDD Crisis Generated Massive Revenue HDD Crisis Generated Massive Revenue](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/And-Now-We-See-Just-How-Much-Money-the-HDD-Crisis-Generated-1.jpg)
HDD Crisis Generated Massive Revenue
The rise in average selling prices more than made up for the supposed supply shortage
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- June 12th, 2012
![Seagate Launches Backup Plus Storage Devices Seagate Launches Backup Plus Storage Devices](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Seagate-Launches-Backup-Plus-Storage-Devices-1.jpg)
Seagate Launches Backup Plus Storage Devices
They have their own software and back up Facebook, Flickr and other social network content
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 11th, 2012
![CrystalDiskInfo 5.0 Beta 1 Released CrystalDiskInfo 5.0 Beta 1 Released](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/CrystalDiskInfo-5-0-Beta-1-Released-1.png)
CrystalDiskInfo 5.0 Beta 1 Released
It shows improved support for Alert Sound and USB disks
- Wireless
- By Constantin Murariu
- June 8th, 2012
![Patriot Shows Wireless HDD Enclosure: Gauntlet NODE Patriot Shows Wireless HDD Enclosure: Gauntlet NODE](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Patriot-Shows-Wireless-HDD-Enclosure-Gauntlet-NODE-1.jpg)
Patriot Shows Wireless HDD Enclosure: Gauntlet NODE
This one is battery powered and allows you to mount any HDD you want