IBM is to launch a hard disk drive capable of storing 73Gb of data. The 10,000 RPM Ultrastar 72ZX is part of a family of disk drives and along with the 36LZX, IBM claims to provide the most bits per square inch - 7.04 billion - in the market.
Shares in hard disk manufacturer Western Digital have risen three per cent on news it will beat analysts expectations thanks to strong PC sales. The firm said yesterday it now expects to record revenues in excess of $590m for the third quarter...
Hitachi is to pay £1.4bn for much of IBM's hard disk business. Hitachi will initially own a 70 per cent stake in IBM's hard disk business and for the next three years the two companies will operate it as a joint venture until Hitachi gains overall...
Japanese boffins have developed a supposedly hack-proof hard disk with two separate heads. The disk features a read-only head which is connected to the web server with one cable and a read/write head which is connected to the PC with another cable.
U.K.mobile communications provider O2 is set to swell its portfolio of wireless converged devices in Asia, pledging to double product shipments in the region. Both the Xphone and Xda II Mini, which are expected to be on sale by the end of the year...
Kazuyoshi Yamamori, vice president of Toshiba's storage device division, said in the statement: "Our research confirmed the superior potential of perpendicular recording technology, and we have now achieved the core head and disk technologies...