Gadget ON: MY Passport Slim 1.0TB Portable Hard Drive Review

WD recently announced the availability of WD My Passport Slim with capacity from 1.0TB and 2.0TB variant. Its a portable hard drive with a metal enclosure, and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

I won this My Passport 1.0TB during My Passport Slim Media Gathering held at WD's concept store at SM North EDSA Annex. So with that let me share my review with it.

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MY Passport Slim the First 2TB DRIVE with Metal Case Php 8,490

WD (Western Digital) company, announced the availability of its My Passport Slim line of portable hard drives, the first thin drives to offer up to 2 TB capacity, a metal enclosure, and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

The included WD SmartWare Pro data protection software allows users to back up their data to their My Passport Slim and keep an extra copy in their Dropbox account for peace-of-mind.

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WD Intruduces Sentinel DS5100 and DS6100 Ultra-Compact Network Storage plus Servers

WD expanded today its small- and medium-sized (SMB) storage solution portfolio with the introduction of the new WD Sentinel DS5100 and WD Sentinel DS6100 (S-series) ultra-compact network storage plus servers.

The WD Sentinel S-series feature high-performance Intel® Xeon® processors and are pre-installed with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. All WD Sentinel network storage products feature WD enterprise-class hard drives and these 4-bay WD Sentinel S-series desktop appliances offer up to 16 TB of raw storage.

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WD releases new Designed My Book and My Book for Mac hard with up to 4TB Capacity

WD! Western Digital, has redesigned its popular My Book and My Book for Mac lines of external desktop drives to provide as much as 4 TB storage capacity and enhanced data protection for those who create and collect large volumes of data, video, music and photos.

With USB 3.0 for speed, the new My Book lines are available in 2 TB, 3 TB and 4 TB capacities for the largest content collections. At any point in time, anything can happen to one’s data. Whether it’s a lost notebook or destructive virus, it’s critical to keep data safe and maintain a backup of important documents and valued content.

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Western Digital Ultimate Drive Giveaway " Suzuki Alto 800" up for Grabs

If you are are planing to upgrade your storage capacity and searching a brand of HDD to buy. Why not give WD drives a look and you might win yourself a brand-new Suzuki Alto 800 car.

Up for Grabs are; One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive one (1) Suzuki Alto 800 and Three (3) Consolation Prize winner will receive one (1) Kymco Visar 110 Motorcycle. How to enter the contest you say! well better read on...

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Western Digital ‘WD CAPTION ME” CONTEST and WIN WD Red Hard Drive with NAS System

If you think that your 1TB hard drive is big enough, well think again WD have a WD Red with 4TB capacity, now that's a lot of storage. So you want one?

Here's your chance to win a NAS system with WD red drives on it. that is worth more than 30 thousand Pesos worth of Prizes from Western Digital. 

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WD Founds New Storage Association to Promote the Critical Role of Magnetic Storage Technologies

Western Digital company, announced that it has founded the Storage Products Association (SPA) with other hard drive companies to promote the merits and value of rotating magnetic storage technologies, as well as to make consumers and professionals aware of how critical hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state hybrid drives (SSHDs) are to their digital lives.

SPA members include HGST, Seagate, Toshiba and WD. The organization helps storage manufacturers and users understand and support current and future storage needs, including the key role of hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state hybrid drives, in an effective storage mix for all consumer and business environments. 

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Western Digital Announces Fiscal Year Revenue of US$15.4 Billion and Non-GAAP Net Income of US$2.1 Billion

Western Digital Corp. today reported revenue of US$15.4 billion and net income of US$1.7 billion, or US$6.75 per share for fiscal year 2013, compared to fiscal 2012 revenue of US$12.5 billion and net income of US$1.6 billion, or US$6.58 per share. 

On a non-GAAP basis, fiscal 2013 net income was US$2.1 billion or US$8.53 per share, compared to fiscal 2012 net income of US$2.1 billion or US$8.61 per share.

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WD Digital Life Store re-opened at The Annex, SM North EDSA, with Brand New Look and Feel

WD Digital Life Store with brand new look and feel. After a month’s renovation, WD reopens its Digital Life Store last June 26, 2013.
 

Ms. Katerine Nancy Condes, Sales Manager, Branded Products, WD Philippines; Mr. Manuel Villaroman Jr. of Villman Computer Systems Inc. and Mr. Derek Calua of EA Global Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. 

WD will offer consumers a fully new interactive shopping experience. Located at the 4th Floor, Cyberzone, The Annex, SM North EDSA, WD Digital Life Store will feature WD’s full range of Branded Products and provide demonstrations on WD software and mobile apps. 

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WD Designs first Enterprise-Class Hard Drives for Exploding SCALE-OUT Datacenter Market

Western Digital company and world leader for storage deployed in datacenters, today announced availability of its innovative WD Se line of hard drives, the first designed for scale-out datacenter deployments.

Built on an enterprise-grade platform for reliable 24x7x365 datacenter operation, WD Se is tailored to deliver the right combination of performance, reliability and robustness for large-scale replicated environments, mid-sized network attached storage (NAS) deployment, and backup/archiving applications.

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WD will Showcase SSHD and 5MM Technologies in Tablet, THIN and LIGHT DEVICES at COMPUTEX Taipei 2013

Western Digital company and world leader in storage and connected-life products, today announced that it will demonstrate its solid state hybrid drives (SSHD) and 5 mm ultra-slim hard drive technologies in tablet and other thin-and-light devices at the COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013 trade event, held in Taiwan from June 4 to June 8, 2013.

The innovations will be a part of WD’s exhibit showcasing its latest storage technologies and solutions addressing thin-and-light mobile devices, cloud datacenter computing and the connected lifestyle.

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WD’S MY PASSPORT ULTRA Offers Consumers Ultimate Mobile Storage Solution

Western Digital, today announced the availability of the My Passport® Ultra line of portable hard drives, which combine additional layers of data protection with super-fast USB 3.0 connectivity, a slim, compact design and four color choices to offer mobile consumers the safest and easiest way to protect their digital content while traveling.

Available in 500 GB, 1 TB and new 2 TB capacities, My Passport Ultra portable hard drives have built-in WD SmartWare Pro backup software with Dropbox integration, hardware encryption and password protection to safeguard against unauthorized drive access.

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New 3.5-Inch WD Performance Adapter Readies 2.5-Inch SAS Drives for Legacy 3.5-inch Datacenter Storage Systems

Western Digital announced a new 3.5-inch SAS hard drive solution for legacy datacenter storage systems with the release of WD XE, 2.5-inch, 10,000 RPM SAS hard drive, now available mounted in a 3.5-inch WD performance adapter. Shipping immediately, the WD XE hard drives provide best-in-class performance, low power consumption, and an easier upgrade path for existing 3.5-inch storage systems.

While demand for 3.5-inch, high-performance enterprise-class hard drives slows, a need remains for an alternate high-performance storage device as a transitional solution for legacy systems. WD XE hard drives offer best-in-class sequential performance and provide a compelling upgrade for datacenters migrating away from legacy drives nearing end-of-life.

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WD Shipping World's First 5 mm 2.5-inch Hard Drive

WD! Western Digital company and world leader in storage and connected-life products, today announced it is shipping the world’s first ultra-slim 2.5-inch, 5 mm hard drives and solid state hybrid drives (SSHD) , which are designed for integration into the slimmest devices and space-constrained computing environments.

With 500 GB of storage capacity and models with high performance-enabling solid state hybrid drive technology, this slim product line helps to address the tradeoffs system designers often make between capacity, physical size and performance.

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Gadget ON: Western Digital WD Red 3TB Internal SATA NASware Hard Drive Review

Western Digital WD Red 3.0TB NAS Hard Drive is great for small-NAS environment. If you are are looking for an storage for your NAS that have a robust data protection and optimal performance for systems operating in NAS and RAID environments. you might want to try the Western Digital WD Red 3TB NASware Hard Drive.

Network-attached storage (NAS) is file-level computer data storage connected to a computer network providing data access to a group of clients. NAS not only operates as a file server, but is specialized for this task either by its hardware, software, or configuration of those elements.
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Contest ON: Win WD My Passport 500GB on a PHOTO CONTEST

Calling all Graduating Students!!!! Want to WIN a Western Digital My Passport 500GB! Here's your chance, this contest is exclusive for you only. The contest is "WD SALUTE TO GRADUATES PHOTO CONTEST 2013"

 

The contest "WD SALUTE TO GRADUATES PHOTO CONTEST 2013" is simple and easy, I know you want to know how to join, so read on see read on the details.

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WD Expands its SMB Storage Product Portfolio with ARKEIA® Software Solution

Western Digital, announced an expansion of its product portfolio addressing small- and medium-sized businesses with the addition of network backup software and appliances from Arkeia® Software, Inc., a privately held data protection company based in Carlsbad, Calif., recently acquired by WD. 

WD also announced that the Arkeia Network Backup version 10.0 software, for which a release candidate was delivered in Dec. 2012, becomes generally available (http://www.arkeia.com/new-in-v100) today.

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WD Enters Wireless Home Networking Market, 'My Net' Series of Dual-Band 802.11n Routers Released

When it comes to storage, Western Digital company is world leader, they are also the maker of WD TV® media player family. Now they have a new line of products that is designed for wireless home networking.

Held at the EDSA Shangri-La Manila, the "My Net" family of routers which consists of - N600, N750, N900, was introduced.  

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Western Digital's WD App for Windows 8 now Available - New Storage Features in Windows

The WD app for Windows 8 automatically discovers digital content on connected WD direct attached storage solutions and showcases those photos, videos and music on a live tile on the Start screen. Within the app, customers can easily find and enjoy their digital content as well as share their media via email and social media sites with the Share charm. Windows 8 automatically installs the WD app for certified WD products or it can be downloaded from the Windows Store.

Additionally WD products simplify the process of computer backup through support of the new File History feature within Windows 8. File History is a file backup application that makes it easy to schedule automatic backups to any hard drive attached to the computer or on the network, such as WD’s My Passport® and My Book® Live™ products. This simplified process of performing automatic, periodical back up of personal files stored in Libraries, Desktop, Favorites, and Contacts folders ensures peace of mind that important files are backed up.
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WD Announces 4TB Capacity Hard Drive for Desktop

Western Digital company and a world leader in hard drives, today announced its highest performance, highest capacity desktop hard drive, the WD Black™ 4 TB, 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM drive. Shipping immediately, the fast performance and ultimate capacity of the award-winning WD Black drives make them perfect for gaming, high-performance desktop systems and workstations.

WD Black hard drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, 64 MB cache, dual stage actuator technology, SATA 6 gigabits per second (Gb/s) interface, and an integrated dual processor to deliver ultimate performance in a maximum-capacity drive.

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