Thai Bid for Disk Drive Dominance Faces Hurdles

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Digital Music Biz Faces Hurdles In
Europe

Digital Music Biz Faces Hurdles In
Europe 11/03/2003 07:42 AM
Apple's success with its digital download store in the U.S. is irrefutably sweet, but the European market could prove to be bitter fruit. By Juliana Koranteng (Reuters via MyAppleMenu)

Self-Checkout Faces Practical, Tech
Hurdles

Self-Checkout Faces Practical, Tech
Hurdles 08/06/2004 04:51 PM
Besides trying to function with incompatible databases, self-checkout systems can fail to identify products correctly, and unforgiving interfaces can leave customers frustrated.

HDTV Newcomer Faces High Hurdles

HDTV Newcomer Faces High Hurdles 10/30/2003 05:58 AM
Voom wants to be the high-definition answer for TV consumers, but stiff prices and a shifting lineup of channels give the satellite service headaches. By Staci D. Kramer.

iTunes Music Store faces hurdles in
Europe

iTunes Music Store faces hurdles in
Europe 11/03/2003 02:34 PM
Billboard reports that Apple's success with its iTunes Music Store in the US will be much harder to duplicate in Europe due to the region's complex multilingual, multicultural and multi-regulatory issues...

EU adopts constitution, faces
substantial hurdles (USATODAY.com)

EU adopts constitution, faces
substantial hurdles (USATODAY.com) 06/21/2004 06:08 AM
USATODAY.com - After two years of drafting and bickering, European leaders have agreed on a new constitution for the European Union's 25 countries and 450 million people. But the historic document is going to be a hard sell for a growing number of Europeans who are disillusioned with the EU.

Bush Nominee for U.N. Post Faces Hurdles
at Senate Panel

Bush Nominee for U.N. Post Faces Hurdles
at Senate Panel 04/06/2005 11:05 PM
A former State Department official is expected to testify in opposition to John R. Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador.

Hitachi Thai Expansion to Boost iPod
Disk Drives (Reuters)

Hitachi Thai Expansion to Boost iPod
Disk Drives (Reuters) 05/17/2004 10:33 AM
Reuters - Japan's Hitachi Ltd (6501.T), facing pent-up demand for the popular iPod digital music player from Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O), said it would spend about $200 million to double disk drive output at its Thailand plant.

This Wasn't in My Disk Drive Manual

This Wasn't in My Disk Drive Manual 05/19/2004 04:36 PM

Datadoctorn Labs offers a 10-point set of instructions on how to "Defraggle your motherdisk!. Example (following the physical removal of the disk from the computer and its protective case):

7. The reading-nerd device sometimes becomes dirty, mainly due to junk mail and infections (viruses). To make it shiny and bright again, simply use a toothbrush with some oil (10-40w) , then you'll lubricate it at the same time , to flies on one blow (old Swedish saying). Don't förgett to wash the toothbrush after you're done, data doesn't taste so very good...

Linux Laptop w/ 3.5' Disk, USB, and No
Hard Drive?

Linux Laptop w/ 3.5' Disk, USB, and No
Hard Drive? 07/06/2004 08:17 PM
Slashdot Jul 6 2004 11:30PM GMT

New: Disk Jockey laptop drive adapters

New: Disk Jockey laptop drive adapters 08/04/2004 10:02 AM
Diskology released two laptop adapters, Fred and Steve, which allow the attachment of 2.5" laptop IDE hard drives to the company's Disk Jockey hardware diagnostic and disk copy tool.

Linux Laptop w/ 3.5" Disk, USB, and No
Hard Drive?

Linux Laptop w/ 3.5" Disk, USB, and No
Hard Drive? 07/06/2004 06:50 PM

Message for FireWire 800 disk drive
users

Message for FireWire 800 disk drive
users 11/01/2003 09:48 PM

EZ-Disk USB 2.0 super-small USB drive
announced

EZ-Disk USB 2.0 super-small USB drive
announced 05/10/2004 07:10 AM
EZQuest today announced the EZ-Disk USB 2.0 drive, which the company says is the world's smallest USB flash drive for Macs and PCs...

A Special Message For Firewire 800 Disk
Drive Users

A Special Message For Firewire 800 Disk
Drive Users 10/31/2003 01:39 AM
Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives using the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive. Apple is working with Oxford Semiconductor and affected drive manufacturers to resolve this issue which resides in the Oxford 922 chip-set. In the interim, Apple recommends that you do not use these drives. To stop using the drive, you should unmount or eject the disk drive before doing anything else. Please check this web page for further updates. (Apple via MyAppleMenu)

Hitachi to boost production of iPod disk
drive

Hitachi to boost production of iPod disk
drive 05/16/2004 10:51 PM
ZDNet May 17 2004 3:23AM GMT

TDK, Fujitsu to ally on hard disk drive
heads

TDK, Fujitsu to ally on hard disk drive
heads 07/29/2004 05:11 PM
To push advances in the development of hard disk drives, TDK Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. have agreed to work together on the design, development and production of disk drive heads.

Analysts: Disk Drive Industry Ripe for
Mergers

Analysts: Disk Drive Industry Ripe for
Mergers 09/22/2004 12:15 PM
Overstocked inventories and cutthroat pricing are dragging down an industry that should be thriving—but consolidation could prove to be the quickest fix, they say at the Diskcon conference.

Toshiba unveils tiny hard-disk drive

Toshiba unveils tiny hard-disk drive 12/16/2003 08:54 PM
CNET Asia Dec 16 2003 8:13PM ET

Fujitsu Q2 hard-disk drive shipments up
sharply

Fujitsu Q2 hard-disk drive shipments up
sharply 08/03/2004 09:03 AM
Fujitsu Ltd.'s shipments of hard-disk drives increased significantly during the second quarter of this year, the company said Tuesday.

It's a Happy Christmas for Disk Drive
Parts Makers

It's a Happy Christmas for Disk Drive
Parts Makers 12/23/2003 03:51 AM
Boston Globe Dec 23 2003 3:18AM ET

Happy holidays for makers of disk-drive
parts

Happy holidays for makers of disk-drive
parts 12/23/2003 04:35 PM
CNET Dec 23 2003 3:15PM ET

Toshiba unveils sub 1-inch hard disk
drive

Toshiba unveils sub 1-inch hard disk
drive 01/08/2004 07:56 PM
Toshiba Corp. has unveiled a prototype hard-disk drive smaller than any currently on the market.

LaCie - Bigger Disk - largest hard drive
capacity available

LaCie - Bigger Disk - largest hard drive
capacity available 01/16/2004 01:04 PM
More storage than you know what to do with .. $1200 LaCie Terabyte external hard drive .. a hard disk that holds one terabyte .. LaCie Bigger Disk .. Take a look here

lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10118
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Hitachi lobs lawsuit at Chinese disk
drive maker

Hitachi lobs lawsuit at Chinese disk
drive maker 12/29/2004 04:04 PM
Big dispute over little disks

Toshiba announces 60GB, 1.8-inch
hard-disk drive

Toshiba announces 60GB, 1.8-inch
hard-disk drive 08/04/2004 10:03 AM
Toshiba Corp. will begin mass-producing a 60GB, 1.8-inch hard-disk drive before the end of the year, it said Wednesday. Such drives are commonly used in digital music players and sub-notebook computers. The new drive offers a 50-percent improvement in storage space over Toshiba's current highest capacity 1.8-inch hard-disk drive yet manages this without being physically larger. The major factor that contributed to this increase was an advancement made in a thin-film technology used for both the head and platter, said Midori Suzuki, a spokeswoman for Toshiba in Tokyo.

Toshiba prepares coin-size hard-disk
drive

Toshiba prepares coin-size hard-disk
drive 12/16/2003 09:00 AM
Toshiba Corp. plans to begin sample production next year of a coin-size hard-disk drive that can hold up to 3GB of data, the company said Tuesday. The new drive contains a disk platter that is 0.85 inches in diameter and the whole drive is about the size of a coin and has a data capacity of between 2GB and 3GB, said Midori Suzuki, a spokeswoman for Toshiba in Tokyo.

Twenty One Hard Disk Drive with 160GB
Storage Capacity

Twenty One Hard Disk Drive with 160GB
Storage Capacity 07/21/2004 03:58 AM

Toshiba announces 100GB hard disk drive
for notebooks

Toshiba announces 100GB hard disk drive
for notebooks 04/22/2004 06:45 PM

Samsung shows cell phone with hard-disk
drive

Samsung shows cell phone with hard-disk
drive 09/07/2004 08:31 AM
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA -- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to begin selling later this month a cellular telephone that includes a hard-disk drive. The handset was unveiled as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom Asia 2004 event began here on Monday and is the first cell phone of its kind in the world, according to the company.

Disk Drive Makers Tighten Belts, Also
Fire People

Disk Drive Makers Tighten Belts, Also
Fire People 07/05/2004 10:47 AM

Om Malik, who changes website themes like I change shirts, which is to say 'every once in a while', opines on the future of hard drive manufacturers, who are currently in the process of losing their shirts right off their kicked-asses' backs, despite an ever-increasing demand for their product.

Now that is conventional wisdom! However, some of my friends who work in the disk drive business, are suggesting an unconventional logic. They believe that instead of focussing on churning out higher capacity drives at neck-snapping speeds (i.e. Moore's Law), the industry needs to become more responsive to the real market trends and offer many types of drives. (Moore's Claw)

Which is better? More reliable, more expensive hard drives, or large, cheap, and unreliable drives that can be rolled into a more-reliable RAID? I guess the answer is, "Both."

Maybe hard drive makers could take a tip from Taiwan's wildly-successful cameraphone imaging chip manufacturer Pixart, who is in an mildly-related bit of news is making noise about going all IPO on that ass. The ass of commerce, I guess I'm saying.
Read - The Disk Drive Conundrum [GigaOm]
Read - Taiwan's Pixart Reaps Camera Phone Boom, Eyes IPO [Reuters]

Hitachi Will Expand Production of iPod
Disk Drive (Reuters)

Hitachi Will Expand Production of iPod
Disk Drive (Reuters) 05/16/2004 08:38 PM
Reuters - The six-week waiting list to get a popular iPod Mini digital music player from Apple Computer Inc. is likely to get shorter by the end of the year.

Thai flag on porn Website makes Thai
gov't see red

Thai flag on porn Website makes Thai
gov't see red 12/07/2003 08:39 PM
CNET Asia Dec 7 2003 8:05PM ET

LaCie Introduces Largest and Fastest
External Hard Drive:The 1.6 Terabyte
Bigger Disk Extreme

LaCie Introduces Largest and Fastest
External Hard Drive:The 1.6 Terabyte
Bigger Disk Extreme 07/14/2004 03:23 AM
- Professional choice for video/audio editing and imaging- Largest storage with up to 1.6 terabyte capacity- Fastest throughput for optimal editing - No setup required with built-in RAID 0 array [PRWEB Jul 14, 2004]

STMicroelectronics Manufactures 90nm
Silicon of World's First Multi-Standard
Disk-Drive Physical-Layer IP

STMicroelectronics Manufactures 90nm
Silicon of World's First Multi-Standard
Disk-Drive Physical-Layer IP 04/19/2005 05:58 AM
PhysOrg.com Apr 19 2005 10:30AM GMT

Floppy disk becoming relic of past as
computers now made without floppy drive

Floppy disk becoming relic of past as
computers now made without floppy drive 09/07/2004 03:54 PM
National Post Sep 7 2004 8:33PM GMT

News: Diskology shrinks Disk Jockey hard
disk duplicator

News: Diskology shrinks Disk Jockey hard
disk duplicator 03/30/2005 05:41 PM
Diskology Inc. on Wednesday introduced a smaller version of its Disk Jockey, a hardware appliance that duplicates, backs up and diagnoses hard disk drives. It retails for US$329.

BiTMICRO® Introduces E-Disk® PMC Flash
Disk Module at Military & Aerospace
Electronics East 2004

BiTMICRO® Introduces E-Disk® PMC Flash
Disk Module at Military & Aerospace
Electronics East 2004 05/31/2004 02:13 PM
E-Disk® PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) Combines Industry Leading Capacity with Extreme Reliability and Fast I/O for Unrivaled Solid State Storage in Embedded Systems Applications; IEEE 1386.1 compliant module delivers up to 10GB of flash storage, burst R/W rate of 66 MB/s, sustained R/W rates of up to 28 MB/s and 18,000 IOPS [PRWEB May 31, 2004]

10.4: Enable hidden disk image formats
in Disk Utility

10.4: Enable hidden disk image formats
in Disk Utility 06/22/2005 02:23 AM
This is the Tiger version of a previously submitted hint. Basically, it allows Disk Utility to create disk images in many additional formats. Some are pre-OS X formats, and some others are new to Tiger. Plus, there is a stran...

Microsoft sets sights on disk-to-disk
backup

Microsoft sets sights on disk-to-disk
backup 09/21/2004 04:17 PM
While some users applauded Microsoft's announcement of its Data Protection Server, others said proven storage backup vendors already have far more mature products.
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