Western Digital’s new 10TB hard drive is full of helium, and you can’t have it
Western Digital recently launched a new WD Gold hard drive filled with helium, providing a 10TB capacity. This technology reduces the internal friction.
Western Digital and Toshiba stack ’em tall with latest 3D NAND storage breakthrough
Western Digital announced that development of its next-generation BiCS3 3D NAND technology is complete, packing 64 layers of vertical storage capacity.
WD My Passport Wireless Pro backs up photos faster, streams up to 8 videos at once
WD's new My Passport Wireless Pro portable drive has been designed with creative workloads in mind. It can quickly back up photos, and stream HD media.
Flash memory news flash: Western Digital buys SanDisk for $16B
Western Digital has announced the completion of a big money deal to buy flash memory manufacturer SanDisk.
Computer Deals of the Week: April 29, 2016
If you're hungry for some new computer hardware, you've come to the right place.
Some Western Digital My Book drives shipping with discrete enterprise HDD inside
Enterprise performance drives have been found in an early release version of Western Digital's My Book 8TB drive, rather than the expected Red drive.
Western Digital drops new PiDrive — HDD built with Raspberry Pi 3 in mind
The Raspberry Pi 3 now has a bigger storage option in the form of the PiDrive, a 7mm tall HDD from Western Digital, that comes with its own custom software
You can buy an 8TB WD helium drive right now for $300, if you want
Helium drives have been available in the enterprise market for years. Now Western Digital is bringing the technology, which reduces wear, to consumers.
Seagate’s drives are improving while Western Digital’s aren’t says cloud backup firm
Seagate's drives are becoming more reliable, as Western Digital drives seem to be getting worse, according to data from cloud storage company Blackblaze.
Seagate is finally joining HGST in its helium-filled hard drive efforts
After a near three-year wait, Seagate has finally responded to HGST/Western Digital with its own helium-filled hard drive. But is it too late?
HGST introduces a second, quicker 10TB helium-filled drive
As hard drive technology continues to evolve, HGST unveils its latest helium-filled storage solution, which can hit speeds up to 249 megabytes per second.
Encryption on some portable drives proves less secure than you’d expect
In a test of how well certain drivers apply their own automated encryption, security researchers found that they are surprisingly easy to break.
Western Digital buys SanDisk for $19 billion
Storage giant Western Digital has finalized a deal to buy SanDisk for $19 billion in cash and stock.
PiDrive Raspberry Pi HDD from Western Digital gives the little PC big storage
Western Digital has given Raspberry Pi users a much easier way to expand the storage on their micro-PC on a grand scale with its new PiDrive.
Deck out your Mac setup with WD’s new 12TB hard drive rack
Finding yourself constantly running out of space on your Mac? Western Digital's My Book Pro may be the solution you've been searching for.
Western Digital makes big changes to My Cloud OS and My Cloud Mirror
Western Digital's goal of making NAS at home easy takes a step forward with big updates to its My Cloud OS and My Cloud Mirror, enabling automatic syncing.
Western Digital keeps it traditional with new, giant mechanical drives
New 5TB and 6TB versions of Western Digital Black and Red Pro hard drives are now available, offering huge storage with reasonable performance.
Western Digital raises portable My Passport drive capacity to 3TB, adds new colors
Western Digital's My Passport Ultra and My Passport for Mac portable hard drives are now available in a 3TB version, as well as new colors.
Western Digital releases new line of high capacity, low power hard drives
The WD Re+ hard drive family is designed for power efficiency, consuming only 6 watts of power for 6 terabytes of space.
Western Digital puts extra horsepower into newest My Cloud network hard drives
For users who work with lots of large files, WD has new high-performance My Cloud network-attached storage drives designed with them in mind.
Western Digital’s newest hybrid drive offers HDD capacity, speedy SSD performance
A solid-state hybrid drive capable of near-SSD speed with 4TB capacity at an affordable price? Western Digital makes that dream a reality.
Offload files from all your devices to Western Digital’s portable drive with Wi-Fi
Western Digital's My Passport Wireless is a portable external hard drive designed for all your devices.
Western Digital adds 5TB and 6TB models to its Green line of hard drives
Western Digital announced a pair of additions to its Green series of consumer-focused mechanical hard drives.
Seagate releases a 6TB enterprise hard drive, while taking a shot at Western Digital
Seagate just took the wraps off a 6TB enterprise hard drive, while taking a potshot at rival storage maker Western Digital in the process.
WD casts down the first Thunderbolt bus-powered portable dual hard drive
Western Digital has just released new external hard drives that employ Thunderbolt and pack a pair of disks that can be configured in RAID as well.
Western Digital announces Purple lineup of surveillance-focused 3.5-inch hard drives
Western Digital just took the wraps off a new line of hard drives that are aimed that those who use video surveillance systems.
New Helium-filled hard drives may speed up Netflix
Western Digital has announced that the world's first helium-infused hard drives are shipping.
Skip the Dropbox middleman with your own Western Digital personal cloud storage
Western Digital has launched a new "personal cloud storage" device called My Cloud, which you access remotely from anywhere via computer or smart device.
Western Digital unveils WD Blue, world’s thinnest 1TB laptop hard drive
Western Digital unveils its new Western Digital Blue (WD Blue) 2.5-inch ultra-slim HDD at Computex. The 7mm drive features a high capacity 1TB storage.
