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tgdaily.com - 1/6/2009
Seagate unveils highest-density hard drive
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Scotts Valley (CA) – A solid state disk (SSD) drive may be the sexiest mass storage device for notebooks and high-end PCs, but if it is about cheap storage the good old hard drive is still the way to go – and hard drive technology still has room to grow: Seagate today announced a new 3.5” drive ...

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Newlaunches.com:  Seagate Barracuda 7200 hard drive has the highest density

Engadget:  Seagate's Barracuda 7200.12 HD packs 500GB per platter

fastcompany.tv - 1/8/2009
Exclusive: Seagate Introduces New HD Media Storage and Sharing Device
— fastcompany.tv — Problem: your relatives just got a new HDTV and you want to show off some videos or photos you shot on their screen. Question: what’s the easiest way to get your photos, video, or other media onto their screen? Solution: Seagate FreeAgent|Theater. ... (more) Exclusive: Seagate Introduces New HD Media Storage and ...

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives failing
theinquirer.net - 1/13/2009
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives failing
— theinquirer.net — SEAGATE'S FLAGSHIP desktop Barracuda 7200.11 drives, in particular the 1TB (ST31000340AS) units, are failing at an alarming rate and prompting outrage from their faithful customers. A new self-bricking feature apparently resides in faulty firmware ... (more) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives failing

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pcmag.com - 1/8/2009
Seagate Intros Free Agent Theater HD - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
— pcmag.com — CES 2009 LAS VEGAS—Hard drive heavyweight Seagate today announced FreeAgent Theater HD, a media player that lets you pop in a portable hard drive to shuttle media files from your PC to your television, where you can watch them in HD quality. The ... (more) Seagate Intros Free Agent Theater HD - News and Analysis ...

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Seagate Barracuda 7200 hard drive has the highest density
Newlaunches.com — ... This new platter technology will also be available in drives with 750GB and 500GB capacities with 32MB and 16MB cache options for undisclosed prices. Source

Seagate's Barracuda 7200.12 HD packs 500GB per platter
Engadget — ... areal density (329 Gigabits per square inch, for those curious) is shipping, as the firm's engineers have somehow figured out how to squeeze 500GB onto a single disk. The 3.5-inch 7,200RPM drive touts a SATA interface, a sustained data rate of up to 160MB/second and a burst speed of 3Gb/second. It's available as we speak in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB capacities, though there's no telling how much coin you'll be asked to lay down in order to take home the bragging rights. [Via TG Daily] Filed under: Storage Seagate's Barracuda 7200.12 HD packs 500GB per ...

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