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  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, [...]

  SiliconEdge Blue SSDs that started shipping last week in US market is now shipping in India. The 2.5-inch SiliconEdge Blue SSDs are developed for read-intensive applications. The SiliconEdge Blue SSDs come in storage sizes of up to 256GB and supports 3Gbps SATA interface that helps to achieve a read speed of up to 250MB/sec [...]

  Western Digital has introduced a new USB HDD that is claimed to be a perfect solution for users who want to store and view video content from their portable drives. The 320GB My Passport AV is optimized in such a way that it stays at normal temperatures in a hot environment, operates quietly, consumes [...]

  WD has announced that they’re now shipping their high performance SiliconDrive N1x SSDs. The 2.5-inch SSD is apt for OEM applications and feature fast read/write speeds. The single-level cell (SLC) based SSDs support native 3Gb/s SATA interface and gives read/write speeds of up to 240/140MB per second. It also boasts WD’s Speed Assurance tech [...]

  WD has introduced its My Passport Studio Portable hard drives in India. The drive appeals to Mac users because of its integrated FireWire 800 port, pre-formatted with HFS+, TimeMachine support, 256-bit hardware based encryption and automatic as well as continuous backup with WD’s bundled SmartWare software. Additionally, the drives also have an USB 2.0 [...]

  Western Digital has introduced a new My Book external desktop storage solution for the Indian market. The My Book 3.0 comes in capacities of 1TB and 2TB (expected later this month) and supports the newer, faster SuperSpeed USB 3.0. In fact, it is one of the first devices to be certified to work flawlessly [...]

  Western Digital stepped into the digital home entertainment with WD TV. WD TV was a solid built device that allowed users to watch hi-definition movies, pictures or even listen to music right on their television set. And needless to say, it pleased the crowd even though it lacked one of the most important features [...]

  Western Digital’s Indian unit has launched WD TV Live HD Media Player with streaming capability and full HD resolution support. The WD TV series is similar to Amkette’s recently unveiled Flash TV but think it as far more superior. Watching multimedia content on the new WD TV Live is easy. Attach a USB HDD [...]

  Samsung will be bringing 640GB notebook drives in mid-September but WD today has commenced shipping its 9.5mm 2.5-inch 640GB hard drives. The WD Scorpio Blue 640GB is a dual platter drive that claims to consume 30 percent less power than previous Scorpio Blue drives and enhance performance to achieve extended battery life and quiet [...]

  A poster at AVS forum leaked few images of what is claimed to be the successor of WD TV. The original media player from WD is a nice budget offering giving the goodness of full HD playback at under $100. Now, the second iteration adds some new features that makes the WD TV more [...]

  Western Digital’s newly announced 1TB HDD has taken the crown to be the industry’s highest capacity 2.5-inch drive. Measuring just 12.5mm thick, WD is pitching this capacious drive apt for external USB HDDs, in addition to the notebooks. Few features it boasts are silent operation with WhisperDrive, shock resistance with the help of ShockGuard [...]

  Hey, WD you are quick in bringing the 4TB dual-drive My Book Studio Edition II to India but what’s the deal with the ownership cost? Sure, you give full support for Mac, automatic Time Machine backup and also options to hook it up via FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0 or eSATA interface but Rs. 39,000 [...]

  WD have introduced its monstrous 4TB offering for users looking to dump their lifelong collection of movies, songs and other content. Essentially, My Book Studio Edition II is made for Mac with out of the box partition for Mac and Time Machine backup support but it works with Windows too after a quick format. [...]

  Western Digital has expanded its My Book line of external HDDs and is now available up to capacities of 2TB. 2TB is heaps of data equivalent to 241 hours of full HD videos or around 500,000 songs. The My Book line comes with support of both Mac and PC and is priced from $330 [...]

  Western Digital’s latest HDD will solve all your storage problems. They have unveiled a HDD which is touted to be the industry’s first 2TB drive. Housed in a 3.5-inch shell, the 2TB WD Caviar Green stores 500GB of data on each platter. If the huge storage space is not a deal clincher for you, [...]