IBM is launching a 1in disk drive for the growing handheld market. Observers see the move as a boost to disk drives which have been under threat from flash memory chips. The drive is designed to fit in the same flash memory slot that is standard in...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is scrutinising the growing number of 'free PC' deals in the US with long-term Internet access tie-ins. Customers are being warned to be cautious about committing to a long-term agreement in a "fast-changing...
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.
Maxtor claims the all stock deal will create the world's leading disk drive company, shipping more than 50 million disk drives annually for PC, Intel-based servers and consumer electronics applications.
Toshiba did not admit liability, but the settlement is the latest in a string of suits fought by the company over the allegedly faulty floppy disk controllers. In November 1999, the company reached one of the largest product liability settlements...
An angry customer has taken IBM to court over the shoddy performance of its Deskstar 75GXP Hard Disk Drive. Granito is backed up in his complaint by hundreds of other users who have posted comments on IBM user groups (including here at http://www...