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• Seagate announces 500GB notebook drive

  Seagate last week unveiled a 500GB 2.5-inch notebook drive as well as a 1.5TB desktop hard drive, claiming industry firsts for both.

• Seagate: End of the road for IDE drives?

  According to industry sources, it appears Seagate plans to cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year and will focus exclusively on SATA-based products instead.

• Fujitsu prepares 300GB notebook drive

  Fujitsu is planning to release a 300GB hard drive for notebooks, which it says will set a record for SATA (serial ATA)-based 2.5-inch drives.

• Fujitsu joins the perpendicular storage revolution

  Fujitsu announced on Wednesday in the US that it will ship its first hard drive to use perpendicular recording in October -- a 160GB, 2.5-inch drive for laptops.

• Toshiba touts data density record with new drive

  Toshiba says it has earned the right to say it's more dense than its competitors.

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• Seagate cranks up notebook drives to 160GB

  Seagate Technology, the largest hard drive manufacturer in the world, has started to ship its first drive for notebooks based on perpendicular recording techniques, a shift that increases capacity by 25 percent.

• Perpendicular recording: Why it matters

  With storage capacity running up against physical limits, Hitachi Global Storage CEO Jun Naruse says new tech's time has come.

• Hitachi claims leap in drive density

  Hitachi Global Storage will come out with hard drives containing 230 gigabits of data per square inch, the company is expected to announce on Monday, which could mean a 20GB iPod mini.

• Start-ups search for hard-drive replacements

  The only question is which approach will work best -- using molten silicon, designer molecules, or maybe protein globules?

• Future of storage: Is disk dead?

  Storage hardware can't keep indefinitely storing more bits in the same amount of space. When will we run out of disk space, and what will we do when it happens?

Reviews (7)

• Western Digital Passport Portable 160GB

  Double the capacity and double the price, the new WD Passport offers some extra speed but little in the way of new features.

• Fujitsu prepares 300GB notebook drive

  Fujitsu is planning to release a 300GB hard drive for notebooks, which it says will set a record for SATA (serial ATA)-based 2.5-inch drives.

• A divide over the future of hard drives

  Heat or dots? The question is dividing the hard drive industry as it prepares for a major product overhaul.

• Toshiba touts data density record with new drive

  Toshiba says it has earned the right to say it's more dense than its competitors.

• Billion BiPAC 7402G

  An 802.11g wireless router with an integrated ADSL modem suitable for multiple PC homes and small offices.

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