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Toshiba to get into microdrives
December 10, 2003
As the mini-mass-storage market marches on, Toshiba gets set to unveil a hard drive that's about the same size as a quarter. The debut will come at next month's Consumer Electronics Show.
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March of the mini music drives
October 22, 2003
New portable music players that mimic the iPod are expected to hit the market soon, as a result of manufacturers churning out tiny hard drives.
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Dell bids adieu to hard-drive music players
February 6, 2006
Pocket DJs never made headway against the iPod, so PC maker is focusing on flash-memory music players instead.
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Toshiba has bigger plans for small drives
November 12, 2003
The company plans to double production of its 1.8-inch hard drives, to 600,000 units per month by March 2004.
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Hitachi puts new twist on small drives
February 24, 2004
A planned version of its 1-inch drive would not be removable but offers the potential to design consumer electronics devices that are smaller and cheaper.
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Hitachi to crank up efforts in consumer drives
March 1, 2005
Despite losing money recently, company's hard-drive division is doubling bets on the market because of consumer demand.
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Can a new hard drive meet the flash challenge?
April 4, 2006
One-inch drives are being munched by flash memory. 1.8-inchers seem too big. Could 1.3-inchers be just right?
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Chinese firm sees magic in minidrive
January 7, 2004
GS Magicstor unveils a 1-inch hard drive that can hold up to 4.8GB of data, the highest capacity yet packed into a drive that small.
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SanDisk chief bullish on flash
August 2, 2004
CEO says flash memory has opportunity to store data in products ranging from camcorder phones to e-book-bags for students.
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A new handshake for mini hard drives?
September 9, 2004
Intel, Hitachi, Toshiba and others propose CE-ATA, a new interface for miniature hard drives used in consumer electronics.
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Hitachi drive to connect with consumer devices
September 2, 2004
Company hopes to woo makers of music players and other devices with easy integration and trimmer drive.
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Minidrive maker Cornice slapped with another suit
June 30, 2004
Start-up is victim of patent-infringement suit, as it looks to grab more of white-hot market for music-player drives.
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Making disk drives the star of the show
October 11, 2004
Agere is working to make tiny drives the heart of MP3 players and other devices. But are nonstandard approaches worth the risk?
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Sony to support MP3
September 22, 2004
Major strategy shift aims to help consumer electronics giant compete with Apple Computer and other rivals.
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Sony makes over Vaio line
May 11, 2004
Additions to the product line include the Vaio Pocket, a portable music player designed to compete with Apple's iPod.
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The unsung hard drive
May 27, 2004
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says it may not grab headlines, but there are changes aplenty in this often overlooked part of the technology business.
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Apple's iPod spurs mixed reactions
October 24, 2001
The Mac maker announces a digital music player to be released Nov. 10 that can store 1,000 songs. Analysts weigh its pros and cons.
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