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Hard drive maker WDC has announced its new high capacity Scorpio Blue hard disk drive for notebook computers, a 9.5mm-tall, 2.5-inch drive that offers up to 750 GB of storage capacity, advanced power management to get the most out of batteries, and technology that the company says makes it one of the quietest notebook drives on the market. “WD continues to lead the market with capacity points that enable consumers and business… Read More

Western Digital is now shipping its WD Scorpio Black hard drives for notebook computers, offering 7,200 rpm spin rates, a 16 MB cache, and capacities of up to 320 GB on a 3Gb/s SATA interface. The Scorpio Black drives also incorporate data protection and reliability technologies designed to increase the drives' lifespan in the oft-jarring mobile computing world. The drives incorporate a free-fall sensor that parks the drive heads in… Read More

The new drives are using perpendicular magnetic (PMR) technology and incorporate a number of Western Digital features like WD Passport, quiet operations, high shock tolerance and low power consumption. "The new WD Scorpio 160 GB drives deliver the high capacity that many mobile computing users demand with WD's implementation of PMR technology, as well as exclusive features that result in meaningful end-user benefits," said… Read More