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Western Digital: WD® INTRODUCES NEW WD TV™ MINI MEDIA PLAYER WITH REALVIDEO™ SUPPORT TO PLAY YOUR DIGITAL MEDIA ON THE BIG SCREEN

TotB — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:41:12 +0000

WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced a new version of its popular WD TV media player. The new WD TV Mini Media Player now enables playback of RealNetworks®, Inc.’s RealVideo™ content and provides a more affordable way for consumers to play their stored digital content in up to 1080i HD resolution directly on their HD television. The WD TV Mini Media Player connects to a user’s TV or home theater and plays digital movies, music and photos stored on USB drives such as the best-selling WD My Passport portable drive. As with other WD TV models, the WD TV Mini Media Player supports playback of digital media on most USB ...

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Western Digital: WD® INTRODUCES NEW WD TV™ MINI MEDIA PLAYER WITH REALVIDEO™ SUPPORT TO PLAY YOUR DIGITAL MEDIA ON THE BIG SCREEN

WD ENTERS SOLID-STATE DRIVE MARKET WITH ACQUISITION OF SILICONSYSTEMS, INC.

TotB — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:22:11 +0000

Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC), a world leader in hard drive storage for computing and consumer electronics applications, announced that it has completed a $65 million cash acquisition of SiliconSystems, Inc., Aliso Viejo, Calif., a leading supplier of solid-state drives for the embedded systems market. Since its inception in 2002, SiliconSystems has sold millions of SiliconDrive® products to meet the high performance, high reliability and multi-year product lifecycle demands of the network-communications, industrial, embedded-computing, medical, military and aerospace markets. These markets accounted for approximately one third of worldwide solid-state drive revenues in 2008. SiliconSystems’ product portfolio includes solid-state drives with SATA, EIDE, PC Card, USB and CF interfaces in 2.5-inch, 1.8-inch, CF and other form factors. ...

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WD ENTERS SOLID-STATE DRIVE MARKET WITH ACQUISITION OF SILICONSYSTEMS, INC.

Western Digital: Huge 8 Tb Capacity, Media Streaming and Performance Enhancement added to Wd® Sharespace Network Storage Systems for Small Offices and Digital Media Enthusiasts

TotB — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:56:31 +0000

WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in external storage solutions, today announced that WD ShareSpace™ network storage systems now offer 8 TB (terabytes) of capacity, up to 30 percent faster transfer speeds, and DLNA1 media streaming capabilities. Combined with its ease-of-use and small footprint, WD ShareSpace is now a more compelling solution for small offices and digital media enthusiasts who want to store, protect and share massive amounts of content. Responding to small-business customers' needs for increased shared storage, WD incorporated its industry-first 2 terabyte WD Caviar® Green™ drive into WD ShareSpace's flexible four-bay design, creating a massive 8 TB's of storage in a small footprint. The included WD Anywhere Backup™ software provides automatic and continuous protection for the valuable data from every PC and Mac on the network.

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Western Digital: Huge 8 Tb Capacity, Media Streaming and Performance Enhancement added to Wd® Sharespace Network Storage Systems for Small Offices and Digital Media Enthusiasts

WD® PROVIDES AN EASY WAY TO BACK UP ALL THE COMPUTERS IN THE HOME

TotB — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:08:56 +0000

New My Book® World Edition™ Network Hard Drives Offer Plug and Play Installation and Automatic Continuous Backup To Keep the Entire Family's Data Safe WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its newly redesigned My Book® World Edition™ network storage drive, simplifying the critical but tedious task of backing up an entire household's precious files. Designed for consumers who have multiple computers on a home network, the new drive will be available in 1 terabyte and 2 terabyte capacities, and is compatible with PC and Mac® computers.

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WD® ADDS HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH-PERFORMANCE WD RE3 750 GB AND 1 TB 3.5-INCH SATA HARD DRIVES TO POPULAR ENTERPRISE PRODUCT LINE UP

TotB — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:03:43 +0000

As the enterprise market for highly reliable, high-capacity storage continues to grow, WD® (NYSE: WDC) today added 750 GB and 1 TB WD RE3 SATA hard drives to its successful family of WD RE™ hard drives. Perfect for demanding server and storage application environments, WD’s RE3 750 GB and 1 TB high-capacity enterprise SATA hard drives combine 32 MB cache, enhanced vibration and shock tolerance, and deploy new electronics to increase performance approximately 20 percent and by as much 60 percent in high-vibration environments. WD RE3 enterprise hard drives also include improved reliability features that help protect the drive and the data stored on it, and run cooler and quieter than previous generation enterprise drives. “WD continues ...

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WD® ADDS HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH-PERFORMANCE WD RE3 750 GB AND 1 TB 3.5-INCH SATA HARD DRIVES TO POPULAR ENTERPRISE PRODUCT LINE UP