The race for increased capacity continues, and while we have seen 8TB sizes and larger before: the first bunch of drives to launch with those sizes typically included some drawbacks with performance. Western Digital’s Red series has always offered excellent performance, and we would expect nothing less from their new 8TB drives. So lets […]
Western Digital aquiring SanDisk for $19 Billion
It was recently reported that SanDisk were looking to be acquired by another company, and Western Digital have stepped up and taken that request. The largest hard drive manufacturer is now set to buy Sandisk and nice hefty $19 Billion price tag. SanDisk is also one of the largest storage manufactures, but their business is […]
Sony announce PlayStation 4 Ultimate Player 1TB Edition
As it was expected, Sony have gone ahead and announced a 1TB version of the PlayStation 4. The new edition is dubbed the Ultimate Player 1TB edition and is set to arrive on July 15th in Europe. The name may suggest something else has been upgraded/change, but sadly that is not the case. There […]
Amazon launch two new unlimited cloud storage services
Amazon are getting some aggressive deals for online storage going. The new deals don’t include any free options, but they do offer two different options with 1 aimed simply at photos. The cheaper option costs $12 a year and allows users to backup unlimited amount of photos and 5GB of space for video files and […]
Samsung launching SSD T1 external SSD
Samsung are bringing a new portable SSD to the market. The SSD T1 will offer speeds up to 450Mbps and includes 256-bit AES hardware level encryption. The drive will come in three capacities with 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB available at launch. Pricing starts at £154.79 Samsung SSD T1 Product Specifications: Capacity* 250GB/500GB/1TB Interface Compatible with […]
Review: Western Digital 6TB Red
Up until recently, if you wanted to pick up a Western digital hard drive, your max capacity would have been 4TB. As the years roll on, the R&D behind the scenes continues on and now we have new capacities. Rather than jump to just an extra 1TB over the current offering, WD are now offering […]
Review: Western Digital My Book Duo
Storage is one of those fundamental needs when it comes to computing and even more so when we are taking about business orientated storage. External storage can be just as important and allows for expansion beyond the physical means already available, and in some cases adds more security as well. Up for review is the My […]
Western Digital launch 5TB and 6TB hard drives and new WD Red Pro series
Western Digital have just announced new capacities of hard drives that will be joining the WD Red and WD Green series. Now coming in both 5TB and 6TB capacities. The new WD Red drives will now sport NASware 3.0 technology which for the WD Red series includes 8 bay NAS support. Pricing on the new WD Red […]
Western Digital announces new My Book Duo with USB 3.0, comes in 4TB, 6TB, and 8TB capacities
Western digital have announced a new product dubbed My Book Duo. The new storage option contains 2 hard drives with total capacities ranging from 4TB, 6TB, and lastly 8TB. The device uses USB 3.0 and offers speeds up to 290MB/s with RAID 0 and RAID 1 options available for either performance or redundancy your desire. […]
Review: Western Digital 4TB Purple Hard Drive
When selecting the type of hard drive you need for a specific task, you would need to get out the specs and see how it would suit, but most hard drive manufacturers have a color system to determined their hard drive series. Western Digital have added a new color series and it’s aimed at video surveillance. […]