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Seagate, Hitachi, Fujitsu self-encrypt

 
Paul Taylor the Inquirer , Wednesday 12 November 2008. 08:55:00 Government agencies breathe sigh of relief HARD DRIVE manufacturers Seagate, Hitachi and Fujitsu have almost simultaneously announced the launch of several high-capacity self-encrypting notebook HDDs. The piggy named Seagate introduced the new Momentus FDE-series. These come in 160GB and 320GB (500GB drives announced) with 8MB or 16MB of cache and with spindle speeds of either 5400RPM... > > (link)

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