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Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market
15GB of sensitive files traced back to former software biz
Storage19 Feb 2025 | 40
HDD
A rigid, non-volatile storage device that lives in a drive unit and contains platters and magnetic disks that rotate at high speeds.
Thailand spins up approval for Western Digital to make more spinning rust
Kingdom sees growing demand for hard disks and drives to maintain global dominance
Storage27 Aug 2024 |
Seagate joins the HDD price hike party, blames AI for spike in demand
Expect ongoing supply shortages this year, say storage analysts
Storage23 Apr 2024 | 4
AI boom is boosting demand even for HDDs, raising prices by up to 20% since Q3
No computer part, even spinning rust, is safe from the hype cycle
Storage10 Apr 2024 | 1
Backblaze's geriatric hard drives kicked the bucket more in 2023
Failure rates are consistent with aging – something we can all relate to
Storage13 Feb 2024 | 11
Western Digital execs vote to split biz in two: HDD and flash
Latest decision follows failure of Kioxia merger and pressure from activist investor Elliott Management
Storage30 Oct 2023 | 10
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Seagate hit with $300m penalty for selling sanctioned storage to Huawei
Felt it was on the right side of the law when shipping seven million drives worth $1.1 billion. Oops
Storage20 Apr 2023 | 16
Intel’s axed Optane biz spurts out mixed bag of new SSDs
Only one of the two new 3D XPoint-based drives offer a performance improvement
Storage11 Nov 2022 | 12
HDD Clicker gizmo makes flash sound like spinning rust
Made your old computer faster but too quiet? Here's a fun fix
Offbeat30 Sep 2022 | 41
Janet Jackson music video declared a cybersecurity exploit
Another reason not to play 1989's Rhythm Nation – it may mess with some hard disk drives
Security18 Aug 2022 | 133
Yes, it's true: Hard drive failures creep up as disks age
Some stats for those wondering when their models will be next
Storage03 Aug 2022 | 12
Seagate lowers production and sales forecasts amid weakening economy
US datacenter demand holding up, floundering in China. Consumers? 'Spending money on other things'
Storage22 Jul 2022 |
Elliott Management to WDC board: Spin out or sell flash biz
Updated HDD and NAND memory maker has 'underperformed by any objective measure'
Storage03 May 2022 | 9
Back up for a minute – Backblaze HD reliability stats show oldies can be goodies
Failure can be factored in when you're doing your sums, says vendor
Storage01 Feb 2022 | 14
Biting the hand that feeds IT
