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Seagate Completes Samsung Hard Drive Acquisition

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) has announced the acquisition of the Samsung hard drive business is complete. Under the deal Seagate purchased facilities, assets and brought over employees that will help Seagate continue to innovate and add production scale to their existing hard drive operations with an emphasis on the development of small form factor solutions.

Consumer  ◇  SSD

Super Talent Storage POD Mini Unveiled; a Fast, Portable USB 3.0 Solution

Super Talent Technology, a manufacturer of NAND flash-storage solutions, have announced their newest portable SSD, the Storage POD Mini. With USB 3.0 and SSD technologies, it is now possible to create a USB storage solution that is smaller, lighter, and more durable than traditional HDDs and the Storage POD Mini is no exception. The blue

Western Digital and Seagate Cut Hard Drive Warranty Lengths

In the past few days the hard drive market has seen a huge shift in warranty periods from Western Digital and Seagate. In some cases warranty lengths have been reduced from five years to just 12 months, with the biggest drop in budget or low-power drives. With many enthusiasts undoubtedly worried about this drastic restructuring

Consumer  ◇  SSD

Monster Digital Le Mans SSD Family Announced

Monster Digital has announced their first foray into the SSD space with the Le Mans SSD family. The Le Mans SSDs will feature SandForce SF-2200 processors, SATA 6 Gb/s interface and Toshiba synchronous MLC NAND to deliver read speeds of 550 MB/s and writes of 515 MB/s writes. The drives are squarely targeted at enthusiasts,

Consumer  ◇  SSD

Pogoplug Users Get 50% off New Series 4 Model

Pogoplug has announced its newest product, the Pogoplug Series 4. The new model allows users to host their own content from their home or office and to add as much storage as they need. The main difference between this and the older Pogoplug Mobile though, is the much faster connection speeds with USB 3.0 now

Syncplicity Launches Security and Compliance Console

Cloud based file management solution producer Syncplicity, announced today the release of a new security and compliance console, which will bring enterprise class control features to file management in the cloud. The new console adds a lot of functionality, including centralized control over devices, enforcement options for data retention policies, remote wipe capabilities, and scalable

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

ADATA Announces Budget S396 SSD Line

ADATA’s new S396 SSD is aimed at budget-conscious consumers. It’s available in a 30GB size and backed by a three-year warranty. It features a SATA 3.0Gbps interface; ADATA says it has up to 44,000 IOPS of 4KB random write and up to 250MB/s and 280MB/s sequential read and write, respectively.

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

LaCie MyNAS App Announced for Instant, Remote File Access

LaCie has announced the launch of its MyNAS iPhone iPad app, which gives its customers instant, remote access to music, photos, video, and other files while away from home. The MyNAS app is compatible with the LaCie Network Space 2 and Network Space MAX network-attached storage (NAS) devices and is simple, easy to use, and

Consumer  ◇  SSD

OCZ Petrol SSD Announced

OCZ Technology has released their second branded SSD based on the Indilinx Everest platform. The OCZ Petrol SSD family features a SATA 6Gb/s interface and read speeds of up to 400 MB/s. The consumer appeal to the Petrol however is price, OCZ is offering the drives in 64GB to 512GB capacities with suggested pricing of