Western Digital drops $4.3 billion to acquire Hitachi GST, enter staring contest with Seagate
March 7, 2011 No Comment
Yow. Western Digital — the company responsible for shipping the planet’s first 1TB 2.5-inch hard drive way back in 2009 — just announced a monstrous deal to acquire one of its primary competitors, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies . Both outfits have actually shown quite a few interesting HDD designs in recent months, and it’s pretty clear that WD would rather not go at it alone any longer. Granted, these types of deals aren’t entirely unheard of — in fact, Seagate swallowed up Maxtor back in 2005 for a cool $2 billion. Under the deal, which is a mix of $3.5 billion in cash and $750 million in WD common stock, the two will combine in a way that sees the Western Digital brand and headquarters surviving, while Steve Milligan, president and chief executive officer of Hitachi GST, will join WD at closing as president. Hard to say what this will mean for consumer pricing and competition, but we’re pretty certain the powers that be will be looking it all over for fairness before they hop in the blender during Q3. Full release is after the break. Continue reading Western Digital drops $4.3 billion to acquire Hitachi GST, enter staring contest with Seagate Western Digital drops $4.3 billion to acquire Hitachi GST, enter staring contest with Seagate originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Paul Thurrott has been a trusted insider on all things Microsoft for as long as we can remember. As such, it’s worth paying attention to a recent article he published on Windows IT Pro that calls for Microsoft’s first ” NoDo ” Windows Phone 7 feature update to hit as early as this week. Of course, Steve Ballmer said it was coming in ” early March ” so that’s not much of a prediction. What really caught our attention are Paul’s comments about “Mango” — the big WP7 feature update that Microsoft says will bring multitasking, IE9, and Twitter integration to Windows Phone handsets later in 2011. According to Thurott’s sources, Mango won’t be finalized until the end of the year making a release to consumers in 2011 a “near impossibility.” Ouch. How this might affect Nokia’s Windows Phone 2011 launch plans hopes — rumored to be waiting for Mango — remains to be seen. Update : Mary Jo Foley, who’s got a few Microsofties in her own back pocket, says that she’s hearing that Microsoft recently promised OEMs and carriers Mango by “early fall at the latest” — just in time for a holiday consumer launch. It’s a real-life he-said she-said rumor flagellation folks! Microsoft’s Windows Phone ‘mango’ update to miss 2011 target? (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Over the weekend, Samsung announced the latest addition to its Galaxy range of Android smartphones; the Galaxy Pro, a small QWERTY handset that features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, with a QWERTY keypad that runs Android 2.2. The Galaxy Pro will will feature a dedicated hotspot feature, allowing users to turn their device into a portable Wi-Fi Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Next Web Discovery Date : 07/03/2011 09:12 Number of articles : 2
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Over the weekend, Samsung announced the latest addition to its Galaxy range of Android smartphones; the Galaxy Pro, a small QWERTY handset that features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, with a QWERTY keypad that runs Android 2.2. The Galaxy Pro will will feature a dedicated hotspot feature, allowing users to turn their device into a portable Wi-Fi Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Next Web Discovery Date : 07/03/2011 09:12 Number of articles : 2
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Now that Nokia has shifted to a Windows Phone-centric smartphone strategy , it’s only natural for the company to divest itself of responsibility with regard to the Qt framework at the heart of Symbian and MeeGo development — a platform Nokia acquired from Trolltech back in January of 2008. We just got word that Digia will acquire the Qt commercial licensing and services business from Nokia, including the transfer of some 3,500 desktop and embedded customers actively using Qt today. Sebastian Nystr
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