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WD Updates WD TV Live And Hard Drive Range

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3:30PM October 20, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Western Digital’s updated its popular media streamer. New features include games and integrated social networking, as well as an HTML remote control, while the new drives offer “personal cloud”. More »

News

Western Digital’s HD Factory ‘Submerged’ By Thai Flooding

12:30AM October 19, 2011 | Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK

One of the world’s largest hard drive makers has emerged as another victim of the floods that’ve hit Thailand, with WD reporting that one of its Thai plants has been “inundated” by water and some equipment is currently underwater. More »

Entertainment

Lunchtime Deal: WD TV Live $99

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12:00PM September 23, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Western Digital’s handy little digital streaming box is cheaper than I’ve ever seen it before at Officeworks right now; a measly $99 will net you one. It doesn’t handle absolutely every format out there, but it’s unobtrusive and for the most part just works.[Officeworks via OzBargain]

Computing

Western Digital’s New Passport Drives Pack Big Space In A Little Place

2:20AM September 23, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Lugging around an external drive that weighs more than your MBA kind of defeats the purpose of buying a lightweight laptop. Luckily, Western Digital’s latest My Passport drives can hold a terabyte of data but tip the scales a less than a pound. More »

Software

Western Digital’s WD 2go App Creates Personal Cloud For Android, iOS

4:45AM September 14, 2011 | Casey Chan

Western Digital has a new iOS and Android app that works with the My Book Live (an external hard drive). When you plug the My Book Live into your router at home, you can access all the files through the app, from anywhere in the world. More »

Computing

Western Digital’s My Book Studio Goes Full Metal

11:33PM July 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Once formed from plastic, Western Digital’s My Book Studio line of hard drives are now made of brushed aluminium. The Firewire/USB-equipped drives come in 1TB, 2TB and 3TB sizes for $US150, $US200 and $US250, respectively. [Western Digital]

Computing

Protect Your External Hard Drive From Lizards And Dirt And Destruction

2:00PM June 17, 2011 | Sam Biddle

External hard drives are wonderful for all our gigabytes of tasteful porn and legally downloaded media, but what happens when you drop one? Your data might die. You spent a long time hoarding that stuff! Give it a nice shield. More »

Computing

WD Has A 6TB Mac Hard Drive Now

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4:34PM March 29, 2011 | Nick Broughall

WD makes hard drives. WD makes lots of hard drives. Their most recent release is a 6TB monster, specifically designed for Mac users. More »

Computing

WD My Book Studio Edition II Goes To A Whopping 6TB Now

12:15AM March 18, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Western Digital’s My Book Studio Edition II was already at the top of the leaderboard, with four interfaces (FireWire 800/400, eSATA, USB 2.0) and 4TB of storage. But now that the external hard drive comes in 6TB – for a relatively reasonably $US550 – and adds Apple Time Machine compatibility – it’s a pro-level Mac user’s dream. Assuming you don’t have anything better to dream about than external hard drives. More »

This Is The Largest SATA Drive In The World

12:21AM October 20, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

It just looks like any other, but this WD Caviar Green is 3TB, using 750GB per platter. At just $US240, it comes just in time to upgrade my backup storage unit. More »