
HD’s might not be SSD’s more reliable cousin
Some are more reliable than others
While most of the world only uses HDs for long term data storage tasks, some of them might not be fit for the purpose.

Hitachi snaps up GlobalLogic
$9.6 billion
The company which sounds like a sneeze, Hitachi, will buy US software company GlobalLogic for $9.6 billion, in a bid to move from hardware to digital services.
Hitachi has new supremo
Starts on April Fool’s day
HGST launches its new 10k HDD
Highest capacity so far
Hitachi rolls out 1TB platter 3.5-inch HDDs
Deskstar and Cinemastar series
WD aquires Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

$4.3 billion
Hitachi releases two new drive families

Optimized for DVRS
Hitachi quietly releases 3TB hard-drive

One would think it does not want them to sell