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  Western Digital has started shipping its high-capacity 2.5-inch HDD line for notebooks in India. The 9.5mm WD Scorpio Blue HDD boasts a storage capacity of 1TB that utilizes two 500GB-platter form factor. WD says that its Scorpio Blue line of HDDs are designed to consume very less power and is coupled with WD’s WhisperDrive [...]

  WD has added a higher capacity model to its My Book Studio II range. Targeted at creative professionals and Mac enthusiasts, the new model now allows users to store up to 6TB of data, 33 percent more than the previous high-capacity My Book Studio II model. The My Book Studio II comes in dual-drive [...]

  Western Digital is now selling its fast 750GB 2.5-inch Scorpio Black HDD in the Indian market. The hard drive meant for notebooks and other portable storage devices supports SATA interface and promises desktop-like performance with spin speed of 7200RPM. Apart from giving additional capacity and speed, the Scorpio Black drive has a 16MB cache, [...]

  Western Digital has announced to takeover Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) for about $4.3 billion. The complete transaction will be split in cash and stock with cash taking $3.5 billion and $750 million by way of shares. The acquisition has been approved by board of directors of each company and is expected to [...]

  WD has brought its updated external HDD line to the Indian market. They’ve introduced the My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE portable hard drive and My Book Essential HDD, all equipped with the latest SuperSpeed USB 3.0. Users will be able to transfer data to USB 3.0-compatible PCs at speeds to up to [...]

  From DVD players, Home Theatres to Blu-ray players, entertainment has taken a leap from one form to another. In fact, people even watch movies on their PCs. We don’t mind to sacrifice the sheer pleasure of watching our favourites on our Full HD LCD TVs probably for the reason that we don’t want to [...]

  Seagate who were apparently on sale have turned down the takeover deal from its competitor, Western Digital. Sources have told Bloomberg that both companies were in talks after the discussion ended with TPG Capital. Western Digital reportedly was willing to offer 10 to 50 percent more than TPG, which is said to be over [...]

  Western Digital has expanded its WD TV lineup for the Indian market with the introduction of WD TV Live Hub. Unlike all the previous offerings, the new WD TV Live Hub comes with an integrated storage, eliminating the need for the users to hook up an additional USB drive to enjoy multimedia content. The [...]

  UPDATE: WD will sell the 3TB drive for Rs.10,700 in India. WD today unveiled a new HDD in its Caviar Green family that boasts the world’s largest storage capacity. The SATA HDD can store data up to 3TB of data on its 750GB-per platter areal density and is equipped with Advanced Format technology that [...]

  WD has announced a new multimedia drive that makes perfect sense for those who don’t own an extra HDD to hook with devices like WD TV to enjoy multimedia content on the idiot box. The WD Elements Play is similar to WD TV HD but comes with an integrated HDD that can store up [...]

  WD has launched an upgrade to its WD TV Live HD multimedia player. The new WD TV Live Plus HD player now comes with Netflix movie streaming support. Users can browse, add movies and TV Shows to their Instant Queue from the Netflix interface in the player. However, other than that rest of it [...]

  Western Digital has launched a new external hard drive for Mac users that not only performs but also looks good. The My Book Studio LX HDDs come in an aluminum enclosure and integrate a FireWire 800 port for faster data transfer in addition to a USB 2.0 port. The pre-formatted HFS+ drives also boasts [...]

  Western Digital’s WD TV Live has become the first network-based media player to earn the ‘Compatible with Windows 7’ certificate. The compliance comes with a newly added Play To feature found in Windows 7. With Play To, users can stream content to the player from their Windows 7 PC within Windows Media Player 12. [...]

  It’s always good to see products being launched in India soon after they get their official unveiling in the international market. Couple of weeks back Western Digital announced a portable HDD optimized for audio and video storage/playback and now it’s available for the Indian consumers. The My Passport AV HDD comes in 320GB capacity [...]

  Western Digital has added another Mac friendly hard drive to its portfolio. The My Passport SE comes in capacities of 750GB and 1TB and is pre-formatted in HFS+ to support Macs out-of-the-box. The drives are USB 2.0 powered and WD says they draw power from the computer instead of the external power supply. Additionally, [...]