Bill Watkins sits down to talk with Robert Scoble to discuss what’s happening in the storage business.

By Edward F. Moltzen

Seagate’s Maxtor unit may be tasked with focusing on nifty storage products for the consumer space, but its new BlackArmor USB external drive could also take aim at the security-conscious in commercial and government sectors. With 160 GB of capacity in a 2.5-inch drive and case that fits into the palm of your hand, the BlackArmor walks a fine line between a device with mass appeal and a lower-end enterprise solution.

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Maxtor Black Armor; Price: $149.99 Stats: 5.2 x 3.3 x 0.7 inches. Weighs 7.2 ounces. Features: 8MB cache with USB 2.0 interface. 160GB storage. Website: www.maxtor.com

WHEN LAPTOPS ARE STOLEN OR LOST, THE CONSEQUENCES can be serious. One missing notebook held personal information on every texas police officer. Others held data on 26 million U.S. veterans, information on patients in a medical study and secrets from the U.K. Ministry of Defense.

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LOS ANGELES (May 28, 2008) - Live Nation, the world’s largest live music company, announced today that this year’s Download 2008 powered by Seagate will be held in San Francisco (Shoreline Amphitheatre, July 19th), Los Angeles (Gibson Amphitheatre, July 20th) and Philadelphia (Susquehanna Bank Center, August 2nd). In its fourth year, each Download event continues its tradition of marrying cutting edge bands with a uniquely interactive fan experience.

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Click here to connect to the Bloomberg Radio website where you can listen to an interview with Fred Fishkin, co-anchored by Hillary Howard and Shawn Anderson.

By Michelle Robart

Seagate Technology (News - Alert), a provider in the design, manufacturing and marketing of hard disc drives and storage solutions, announced today that it is the first hard drive manufacturer worldwide to have shipped 1 billion hard drives. This number is not only staggering in size but it also represents the massive amount of digital content being created in the home, hand, office, car and across dozens of other markets.

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By Nate Mook

In just under 30 years, Seagate has become the first manufacturer to ship one billion hard drives, and it expects to double that number within the next five.

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By Stephen Lawson
IDG News Service

Seagate announced Tuesday that it has shipped 1 billion hard drives since pioneering an industry that shows no signs of slowing down 29 years later.

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By Shane McGlaun

Seagate announced today that it was the first hard drive maker to ship 1 billion hard drives. Seagate says that the 1 billion drives shipped amounts to about 79 million terabytes of storage. That is enough space for 158 billion hours of digital video.

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By Paul Miller 

Seagate claims it’s the first company to hit the magical “one billion drives shipped” mark, and doesn’t plan on slowing down any time soon. The company was founded in 1979, with its first drive offering up 5MB of storage for a whopping $2,500. We’ve certainly come a long way in 29 years, and Seagate expects to ship its next billion drives in less than five years. Of course, with all this “cloud computing” talk we’d think drive sales have to slow down at some point, but there’s certainly no sign of our GB appetites abating just yet. Now if you’ll excuse us, we need to download this 7GB MMO demo to a secondary hard drive.

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