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Seagate unveils Momentus XT hybrid HD and SSD

Published on: 29th May, 2010

Seagate has revealed the Momentus XT. The drive is meant to be the best for notebooks. It includes a traditional 2.5-inch at 7,200RPM hard drive with a 4GB solid-state drive, SLC-based, and 32MB of memory, DDR3 type, as a cache. Special firmware present on the drive uses the solid-state drive to optimize performance. It would [...]

Netflix and YouTube available on Seagate media players

Published on: 24th April, 2010

Netflix’ streaming movie service was announced to be added to Seagate’s FreeAgent Theater+ HD media players. The devices will also get access low-cost or free services from YouTube, Mediafly and vTuner. Those users who own an existing Seagate media player will be able to download a free firmware update that brings new functionality. At the [...]

Seagate officially confirms the launch of the Momentus Thin

Published on: 20th December, 2009

Seagate has confirmed the launch of the thinnest ever hard drive, the Momentus Thin. The hard drive is just 7mm thick, which means it is much thinner than the 9.5mm and 12mm thick common rotating storage. Using such thinner hard drives allows notebook designers to imagine thinner systems without having to use more solid-state drives [...]

Seagate’s 7mm hard drive limited to 250GB?

Published on: 14th December, 2009

Leaked details, if proven accurate, seem to indicate that the Seagate’s promised 7mm hard drive could have a relatively limited capacity. The line would be called the Momentus Thin and would have capacities up to 250GB, offering a 160GB model for those who are concerned about the price. The drives would in any case spin [...]

First SSD and 7mm high HDD from Seagate

Published on: 13th December, 2009

Seagate has confirmed a change in its policy, after a historical fight against flash storage, by announcing the launch of the Pulsar solid-state drive. It is a 2.5-inch SATA drive, useful for notebooks but mainly targeted to servers, as well as other computers, where not only speed, but also longevity matters. The solid-state drive uses [...]

Seagate Ships the 2TB Barracuda XT

Published on: 22nd September, 2009

The 2TB Barracuda XT represents Seagate`s new launched product which was introduced today. This new drive extends the Barracuda product line, being the first gadget in its industry that utilizes a 6 gigabytes SATA interface. The innovative driver comprises a doubled theoretical bandwidth compared with the traditional SATA II drives.
Moreover, it assures the disks` [...]