Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive

These elegant portable drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter -- they are powered directly through the USB cable. Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security. WD Sync synchronization and encryption software lets you take your critical data with you. Plug My Passport into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption (Windows only). Perfect for the business traveler who needs to transfer large amounts of data from laptop to clients or just daily backups in case of accidents from mishandled luggage to coffee spills. Also comes in handy if you're worried about laptop theft and someone else having access to your important data, you can store it on this portable encrypted drive instead. For all those precious pictures, videos, music and data files, this external hard drive is a must have. WD Sync synchronization and encryption software lets you save your critical data and take it with you. Plug your drive into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer. Get yours here.

Western Digital launches first 2 TB Hard Drive

Just when you thought you needed more space for those endless home video movies and photos you got sitting on your small 750GB hard drive, Western Digital has come to the rescue. So what can you store on the new 2TB drive? Up to 571,000 digital photos Up to 500,000 songs (MP3) Up to 50,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality) Up to 150 hours of Digital Video (DV) Up to 880 hours of DVD quality video Up to 240 hours of HD video WD's Eco-friendly, Cool and Quiet, WD Caviar® Green™ Drive Marks the Largest Capacity Hard Drive in the Industry WD Caviar Green drives use less power and supports quieter, cooler-running desktop PCs and external storage devices. 10% of current hard drive sales today are at the 1TB level and above to satisfy consumers current level of data storage needs. MSRP for the WD Caviar Green 2 TB hard drives (model WD20EADS) is $299.00 USD

Western Digital Release VelociRaptor VR150 Hard Drive

This new drive from western digital is a 10,000 RPM SATA Drive specifically targeted at enthusiasts. The VelociRaptor VR150 as it is known is a 2.5" drive mounted inside a heatsink that slides into a standard 3.5" drive bay. This baby is a powerhouse but don't look for it to appear in any laptops quite yet.