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Ah yes, mechanical drives spinning at 10,000rpm, once the dream of every computer nerd, but since the introduction of the SSD, we're not so sure there's much of a demand for Western Digital's VelociRaptor drives. Either which way, WD seems to think that there's enough demand and has revived the VelociRaptor range of drives and in its third iteration we're looking at larger capacities, more SKUs and better performance.

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A new 2.5-inch HDD that is of particular appeal to the Ultrabook segment has been outed by WD today under its Scorpio family of mechanical drives. The company has released a new Scorpio Blue model that comes in capacities of up to 500GB while being just 7mm thick.

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WD has introduced the new My Passport portable hard disks with premium designs, improved security features and boasts to be the first with 2TB capacity. And the portable external drives are retailing in Singapore now.

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Thunderbolt devices are finally starting to trickle out into the market, albeit most of them so far have been storage devices and Western Digital's new My Book Thunderbolt Duo is no different in this regard. However, where WD has managed to excel compared to its competitors in terms of pricing.

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Toshiba and Western Digital have signed an agreement to exchange certain assets relating to their hard disk drive (HDD) businesses in efforts to increase capacity and expand market portfolios.

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Western Digital has announced My Book Live Duo with dual drives that offer high capacity and double-safe file protection, and provide anytime, anywhere access to stored media and files whether you are on your computer, tablet or smartphone.

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Western Digital has announced a WD TV remote control app for Apple iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Android mobile devices, which offers WD users improved media player navigation.

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Seagate and Western Digital are cutting their warranties for hard disk drives as demand and prices soar following extensive flooding for months in Thailand.

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Western Digital has begun producing hard drives after months of halted production due to extensive flooding in Thailand. The announcement has sent shares skyrocketing as the company gears up for the Christmas shopping season.

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The flood in Thailand caught manufacturers off guard, but damages and losses are more than initially analysed. The outlook of the hard disk supplies are grimly forecasted to run out at the end of the year, leading to backlash in the first quarter of 2012.

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This afternoon, Western Digital announced the launch of the WD TV Live, My Passport Studio and My Passport for Mac in Singapore. The WD TV Live streaming media player can connect to the Internet easily via Ethernet or wireless, and supports high definition video applications. The WD MyPassport portable hard drives come in compact form factor with high storage capacity options and are designed for use with Mac and Apple Time Machine.

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Western Digital has recently introduced two mobile applications for its My Book Live personal cloud storage solution - WD 2go and 2go Pro. The apps offer users easy access to files stored on the My Book Live drive using an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Android devices.

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Remember that deal where Western Digital was going to take over Hitachi Global Storage? Well, it seems like it has run into a huge amount of red tape, as EU regulators have filed an antitrust complaint against Western Digital over the purchase.

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Previously, only the 450GB and 600GB VelociRaptor models featured SATA 6Gbps support and 32MB of cache. Now, the 150GB and 300GB variants will also be available with the above features too.

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Have you ever tried to upgrade your notebook's storage capacity by splurging on the latest 2.5-inch 1TB hard disk back then, only to realize that the upgrade was doomed to fail from the get-go simply because it was too thick to fit into the tight confines of your mobile PC? Well, we've got good news for you: a 1TB notebook hard disk that conforms to the 9.5mm thickness required by most mainstream notebooks has just been released, and it comes in the form of Western Digital's new Scorpio Blue hard disk.

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