Seagate moves deeper into flash memory as it launches consumer solid-state drives alongside enterprise line-up

Will the solid-state drive, based on flash memory chips, replace the hard disk?

Seagate dumps $40M into Flash-storage startup Virident

Seagate will immediately start selling a complete line of Flash-based technologies to its other partners (including OEMs), and Virident will be using Seagate's ample marketing and distribution channels.

Seagate’s Wireless Plus mobile storage lets you take your whole media collection into the wilderness

Seagate has a couple of cool products that let you take your media with you when you're off the grid.

Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery

Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker than expected, then tech investors might run for the hills, the San Jose Mercury News reported.…

Seagate invests in Israel’s DensBits to overhaul its flash memory strategy

Seagate is one of the world’s biggest hard disk drive makers, but these days, storage is growing well beyond spinning disks. That’s why Seagate is announcing an investment and strategic agreement with Israel’s DensBits Technologies.

Under the deal, Strategic will …

GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Seagate agrees to acquire LaCie for at least $186M

Seagate said it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Paris-based storage making LaCie for at least $186 million.

Seagate, already one of the world’s largest hard drive makers, will buy the French maker of high-end storage equipment for consumers. …

Holy hard drives! Seagate breaks terabit barrier, 60TB drive coming

Hard drive manufacturer Seagate has become the first company of its kind to reach the storage density of 1 terabit (1 trillion bits) per square inch, an incredible milestone that will lead to even larger hard drives like a 60TB …

Seagate gives you new entertainment choices with 4G LTE storage

Seagate is announcing today that it is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to create the first 4G LTE mobile wireless storage devices for use with smartphones and tablets.

The devices use 4G LTE mobile networking to connect to the internet …

For super-fast laptops, Seagate launches next-generation hybrid flash/hard drive

Seagate is now shipping a second-generation drive that combines chip-based flash memory with a mechanical hard disk. The combination results in a high-speed, high-capacity drive for laptops and the fastest personal computers.

The hybrid technology is innovative because it combines …

When it rains … WD has to pay $525M to Seagate in trade-secret theft settlement

When it rains, it pours for hard disk maker WD. Already hit by floods in Thailand that have hobbled production of hard drives, WD has now been hit with an arbitration court decision ordering it to pay $525 million to …

Archos tablets makes nice paperweights, but Seagate is still cool

Hard drive and storage company, Seagate, announced today that it is putting its super slim notebook hard drives to new use. The drives, aimed at ultra-portable devices can now be found in Archos‘ G9 8-inch and 10-inch tablets, Android powered …