Western Digital may have been quick to release a 5mm hard drive, but it doesn't have a lock on the category: Seagate is entering the fray by shipping its own slim disk, the Laptop Ultrathin. Like its ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Seagate today announced it's shipping its thinnest hard disk drive (HDD) ever to OEM partners - the Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD. Just 5mm thin, the Laptop Ultrathin HDD is designed to be integrated ...

This super-thin (5mm Z height) hard drive could help PC manufacturers build thinner models. It could also bring big capacity to tablet designs. While it’s easy to make a thin SSD for low-profile ...

Seagate is now selling a two terabyte hard drive drive that’s only 7 millimeters thick, making it possible for ultrabooks to include a staggering amount of space without compromising on size. The ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Seagate Technology LLC announced March 12 that it will ...

Company is going hybrid for laptop hard drives. Gone are the days of the pure magnetic hard disk drive with high rpm. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, ...

When it comes time to buy your next high-performance laptop, chances are good that it will feature a solid state drive (SSD). But what if you’d prefer to have a high-speed, high-capacity traditional ...

SSDs are a hot market right now; they offer the most direct, tangible boost to overall performance and system responsiveness on a level that hasn’t been seen since the migration away from single-core ...

Hard drive manufacturers Seagate and Western Digital enjoy a near-duopoly in the hard drive business, with a combined share of over 85% of the market. Correspondingly, the growth/decline in hard drive ...