Western Digital

I learned about Western Digital (WD) when I was looking for an external hard drive to store my valuable files, mostly are mathematics I wrote for years. I need a reliable hard drive to hold these files. The computer shop where I inquire recommends WD to me. Since then, I am using Western Digital for storing my files and I personally recommend their products. Note that I am not in any way connected to WD nor an affiliate to them. I am writing about WD because I have a strong belief on the quality of their products.

Play "Spot the Difference" and Win Big Prizes

Spot the Difference is fun right? Kids love it, I know you love it too. Much more if you will get a chance of winning great prizes just by playing Spot the Difference. Western Digital, the maker of reliable hard drives are giving away some cool stuffs if you play this game.

Hurry up, the game will close on July 31, 2010. No purchase is necessary to be eligible to participate in the Contest. You can register in the following link:

Personality in Storage Drive

Just recently, Western Digital (WD) come up a brilliant idea of putting some personality to their hard disk products, particularly the WD Caviar Series in blue, green, and black. Making a rare introduction to the already established brand name is fun, and it becomes more and real fun because they turned their ideas into cartoon movies. As of the writing of this post, WD uploaded 4 episodes to introduce their hard drives. I embed the four episodes to the video section of this site, you can watch it in the following links:

Western Digital Revenue Increase - Secrets Revealed

Western Digital (WD), one of the worlds leading manufacturer of hard drives, echoed a good news to its share holders. The company reported the $1.71 per share which is 677% increase compared to $0.22 per share last year. A good reason for share holders to celebrate an early thanksgiving. How I wish I have the resources and capacity to own even the smallest stock of NYSE: WDC. What made WD able to generate $2.6 billion revenue? How did they do that knowing the economic conditions of global trading? Did WD holds a secret formula of doing business unique only to them?

WD is Willing to Pay $235 Million; What's with Hoya?

Western Digital (WD) logo and Hoya Logo CombinedWestern Digital (WD) is one of the worlds leading manufacturer of magnetic hard drives. WD is the maker of hard drives that are known to withstand enormous strain suitable for mission critical, data storage projects. Last May 4, 2010, WD publicized their willingness to acquire the magnetic media operation of Hoya Corporation and Hoya Magnetics Singapore Pte. Ltd. WD agreed to pay 22 billion yen (about $235 million) for facilities, equipment, intellectual property, working capital, and R&D of Hoya's media sputtering operations, based in Tuas, Singapore.

Western Digital's VelociRaptor Dissected

VelociRaptor is a SATA hard disk released by Western Digital (WD). It is said to be the fastest hard drive in the planet, at least according to WD. This post is not about to measure the manufacturers claim but to translate the claim of Western Digital into layman's terms. I will try here to dissect some technical jargon into terms comprehensible by the average Joe.

First is the name of this SATA drive. Velociraptor is a dinosaur that is smaller than human weighing only up to 15 kg. Despite its size, this dinosaur has a reputation of downing very large prey and known according to its speed and agility. Now let's go with the technical specification of the WD VelociRaptor SATA hard drive.

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