Short version: Western Digital’s refreshed My Book Essential external hard drive provides a simple, unobtrusive, and relatively inexpensive home backup solution. With an enormous 2TB capacity, ...

Western Digital has this week launched a new product to its range of software, in the form of WD SmartWare Pro that will allow you to easily and automatically backup data to your Dropbox account. The ...

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The software has two easy-to-use backup settings, allowing customers to set up their preferred file backup process. The “continuous backup” setting sets up an automatic, continuous backup that works ...

“Backup solutions for businesses are going through a dramatic shift in technology,” said Bill Evans, general manager of WD's business storage solutions group. “Advances in data deduplication, hard ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Digital Corporation, (NASDAQ: WDC), a global data storage technology and solutions leader, today expanded its iconic line of WD ® brand My Passport portable ...

Last week Western Digital experienced a hack of its systems, prompting the company to pull its services offline—including its My Cloud backup and file access service. First disclosed on April 3, the ...

Thanks to its new design, the WD My Passport Edge is a very good companion for mobile novice users who need a quick way to back up their data. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET ...

WD has done quite well with the Passport Ultra. It's priced competitively and offers a full range of capacity options, great software, and solid performance. For years, Western Digital has enjoyed a ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...