Tag Archives: Hard
TechSpot: Hard Drive Pricewatch, Three Months Into the Thai Floods
The hard disk drive supply chain was hit hard late last year when a series of floods struck Thailand. The Asian country accounts for about a quarter of the world’s hard drive production, but… Read more… Neowin.net
Twitter will censor tweets, but will try really hard not to
Twitter said Thursday that it has made changes to its network that will allow it to remove tweets in a specific country if required to do so by law, but assured users that it will try hard to avoid having … Continue reading
ioSafe hard drive struck by lightning, still works
Want the most rugged hardware on the block? ioSafe makes water/fireproof drives that can protect your data from a house burning down. It can also survive a lightning bolt, and we got to watch at CES. Read more… Neowin.net
Seagate officially buys Samsung’s hard drive division
Seagate has announced it has now officially acquired the hard drive division of Samsung in a deal that’s worth $ 1.4 billion in cash and Seagate stock. Read more… Neowin.net
Hard drive makers cutting warranty periods
Two of the major hard drive makers, Western Digital and Seagate, will be cutting back, sometimes drastically, on the time periods of their warranties for their products starting in late 2011 and 2012. Read more… Neowin.net