17 posts and columns on hard drives

Seagate to Acquire Consumer Hard Drive Maker LaCie

in News on May 23 at 11:00 am PT

The deal would give Seagate access to LaCie’s retail and distribution footprint, and also control of a brand favored by Mac users.
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Intel Thrives in Tough Quarter, Expects Gains in Mobile Chips

in News on January 19 at 2:32 pm PT

Intel credited efficiency with keeping gross margins high and said it’s well-positioned in the markets for tablets and phones.
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Somehow, Intel Beats the Street

in News on January 19 at 1:20 pm PT

Even with hard drives in short supply, killing demand for PCs and servers, chipmaker Intel manages to beat Wall Street expectations.
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Voices

Microsoft Execs Warn PC Industry Outlook May Be Worse Than Feared

in News on January 11 at 4:35 pm PT

Microsoft executives warned that industry analysts’ expectations for a 1 percent decline in fourth-quarter personal-computer shipments may be too optimistic, as the aftermath of flooding in Thailand disrupts the supply of a key computer component.

The World Is Overflowing With Memory Chips

in News on January 5 at 3:00 pm PT

The economy, the euro and Thailand have combined into a perfect storm that has caused memory chip inventories to pile up to extreme levels.
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Global Chip Sales Down on Thailand Flooding

in News on January 2 at 11:30 am PT

Chip sales were disrupted by the effects of the flooding in Thailand and by the euro zone crisis in November, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported today.
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Seven Questions for Seagate CEO Steve Luczo About the Effects of the Thailand Floods

in News on November 23, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

Flooding in Thailand has killed more than 600 people, devastated the Thai economy and caused one of the most significant supply chain disruptions to the computer industry in a generation.
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Ready for a Shortage of Hard Drives?

in Enterprise on October 21, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

Flooding in Thailand has hammered one of the world’s two major manufacturers of hard drives especially hard. Early estimates say supply this quarter could drop by nearly a third.
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Voices

It’s All About Content: Why Tablets Help Hard Drives

in Voices on October 5, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

To paraphrase Mark Twain: “Rumors of the hard drive’s death have been greatly exaggerated — again.”

Flash Madness Part 3: Pure Storage Comes Out of Stealth

in News on August 23, 2011 at 5:35 am PT

The summer that flash memory began to transform the data center continues as Pure Storage unleashes an all-flash storage array.
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Western Digital Acquires Hitachi Hard Drive Unit

IT Trends in 2011 and Beyond: More Cloud, Flash and Virtualization

in Enterprise, December 31, 2010 at 10:38 am PT

Intel Gains Chip Share, Hard-Drive Sales Surge, iSuppli Says

in Enterprise, December 15, 2010 at 9:35 am PT

Upgrading from XP to Windows 7

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, July 29, 2009 at 2:54 pm PT

Appeals Court: Cablevision Can Offer Network DVR; Big Win for Cable; Bad News for Content, Satellite Cos

in News, August 4, 2008 at 12:53 pm PT