Posted 09/16/08 at 07:48:37 PM by Mark Edward Soper

The Iomega Zip drive once was synonymous with consumer-friendly data backup. Seagate aims to change that with a huge makeover of its FreeAgent line of external hard disks and a companion advertising campaign designed to tug at the heartstrings of today's increasingly media-consuming families.

Announced Monday, Seagate's new FreeAgent models include the portable FreeAgent|Go and the desktop FreeAgent|Desk (both available in separate editions for Windows PCs and Macs) as well as the high-performance desktop FreeAgent|XTreme for Windows PCs. The goal of the new line of products is to "Save, Share. Simplify."

To learn more about how Seagate plans to make its slogan come true, join us after the jump.

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Posted 06/27/08 at 04:35:09 PM by Mark Edward Soper

Maxtor, Seagate's home storage brand, is set to centralize home network storage with its new Central Axis network drive. In a world of other network attached storage devices, what makes it different than the competition?

Read on to discover how Central Axis is designed to "play nice" with today's diverse network configurations, and how much it will cost to add it to your home network.

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network, windows, maxtor, seagate, Xbox 360, Gigabit Ethernet, hardware, MacOS, Playstation 3, external hard disk, upnp, DNLA, UPnP AV

Posted 11/23/07 at 11:43:04 AM by Mark Soper

Planning on picking up a shiny new USB gadget for holiday gift giving? Here's how to make sure you don't accidentally wind up giving a digital lump of coal on Christmas morning.

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usb, hardware, external hard disk, portable hard disk, bus power, Y-cable, USB 2.0, USB 1.1, 480Mbps, 12Mbps, consumer electronics