Technologizer

Seagate Plugs Into Pogoplug for FreeAgent Go

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A few months ago I reviewed Pogoplug, a gizmo that lets you connect USB drives directly to the Internet for access from anywhere. I said the best thing about it was the slick, simple service that let you get to your files from any browser. Seagate seems to like the Pogoplug service, too: It’s announced [...]

Share School Gadget Thoughts, Win a 500GB Drive

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Quick reminder: We’re still collecting your reflections on gadget you used (or use) for schoolwork, and the ones you wish you had (or have). Share your thoughts by 5pm PT tomorrow and you might win a nifty 500GB Seagate FreeAgent Go portable hard drive. Read what folks have said so far and enter here.

Talk About School Gadgets, Win a Half-Terabyte of Portable Storage

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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[UPDATE: The contest is over--thanks to everyone who entered. We'll announce a winner shortly; if you have a comment here, you're in the drawing.] Hey, it’s back-to-school time! I’m just glad I’m not going back to school myself, and I’m kind of amazed that it’s here already–back in the day, I don’t remember school starting until [...]

Seagate Ships Firmware Fix

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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Just in from Seagate: “Seagate has isolated a potential firmware issue in limited number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives and related SATA drives based on this product platform, manufactured through December 2008 … Seagate is offering a free firmware upgrade to proactively address those with potentially affected products. This new firmware upgrade corrects compatibility issues [...]

Seagate to Fix Hard Drive Problems Soon

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

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The hard drive company, which has seen its share of troubles due to the weakening economy, has another issue to worry about: failing hard drives. Users of its Barracuda 7200.11 desktop hard drive, as well as several other models including the DiamondMax 22 and other drives in the Barracuda line have been experiencing issues. A bug [...]

Seagate’s New Drives, and the Resurgence of the Mac Peripheral Market

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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Hard-drive kingpin Seagate announced a refreshed lineup of FreeAgent external hard drives yesterday. The new models offer all the stuff you’d probably guess they would: more capacity at lower prices with a redone industrial design. The company also introduced what is, as far as I know, the first USB dock ever offered for hard drives–an [...]