A new report claims that Samsung is seeking $1.5 billion for its hard-disk-drive operations and wants to use that cash for investments elsewhere. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

In the transaction, Seagate said it has gained parts of Samsung's M8 product line of high-capacity, 2.5-inch HDDs and other assets, infrastructure, and employees Seagate Technology said Tuesday it has ...

Generally speaking, we look to companies such as LaCie when scouting a fashion-friendly external hard drive. Evidently Samsung's tired of being left out of the mix, as it has today introduced a 1.5TB ...

The trickle of USB 3.0 devices hitting the market is steadily increasing and will no doubt be a flood before too long. Portable hard drives are likely to be big sellers and Samsung is helping to get ...

Samsung Electronics is quietly trying find a buyer for its hard-drive division and the most likely suitor is Seagate, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. If such a deal were to proceed, ...

Last year, the company showed off a prototype of a drive that uses flash to cut power. Now the company will show off the finished product. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where ...

Consolidation seems to be the theme of the year. Western Digital bought up Hitachi's HDD unit, and now Seagate is snapping up a big chunk of Samsung. IHS iSuppli has broken down Seagate's recent ...

We're firmly of the belief that SSDs are our future and Samsung would seem to agree. The Korean electronics giant has just announced that it's selling its hard disk drive-manufacturing arm to Seagate ...

Samsung is planning to shake up the hard drive market with a 32GB drive that uses NAND flash memory chips rather than magnetic platters. The South Korean company formally launched its 32GB flash hard ...

Samsung has announced the latest in its TruDirect external DVD writer range, the SE-T084M. Featuring 8X DVD+R and DVD-R writing, 6X DVD+R and -R Dual Layer writing, and 5X DVD-RAM writing, the drive ...

Seagate Technology said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics, after it recently received approval for the deal in Australia, China, and ...