Western Digital sent out a press release this morning, announcing the launch of its new WD Caviar Green 2 TB hard drive. Based on WD's 500 GB/platter technology, this new drive feature a 32MB cache as well as a number of advanced technologies such as StableTrac, IntelliPower and IntelliSeek.

WD (NYSE: WDC) today announced the first 2 terabyte (TB) hard drive - the world's highest capacity drive and the latest addition to WD's popular, environmentally friendly, cool and quiet, WD® Caviar® Green™ hard drive family. This new 3.5-inch platform is based on WD's industry-leading 500 GB/platter technology (with 400 Gb/in2 areal density) with 32 MB cache, producing drives with capacities of up to 2 TB.

"While some in the industry wondered if the end consumer would buy a 1 TB drive, already some 10 percent of 3.5-inch hard drive sales are at the 1 TB level or higher, serving demand from video applications and expanding consumer media libraries," said Mark Geenen, President of Trend Focus. "The 2 TB hard drives will continue to satisfy end user's insatiable desire to store more data on ever larger hard drives."

Optical and hard disk solutions manufacturer Plextor announces a new range of wireless Networked Attached Storage (NAS) drives and media players. The company is responding to the ever-growing demand for wireless products from both professionals and consumers based on their need for more installation flexibility.

Capitalising on the success of its previous range, Plextor has re-engineered its popular single NAS drives to give them wireless capability. These new drives present the perfect solution for more storage capacity by making it easier to store, share and back-up data over a network.

The wireless PX-WNAS500L (500GB) and PX-WNAS1000L (1TB) models are designed for competent small office business users.

Today, CDRLabs brings you an in depth look at Sony's new 8x Blu-ray Disc writer, the BWU-300S. Offering some of the fastest BD reading and writing speeds available, the BWU-300S is capable of 8x BD-R, 8x BD-R DL and 2x BD-RE writing speeds and a maximum BD-ROM read speed of 8x. The drive also sports an 8MB buffer and is backwards compatible with all major CD and DVD formats, including DVD-RAM.

OCZ Technology has officially announced its new Apex Series solid state drives (SSDs). These affordable midrange offerings feature an updated controller design, internal RAID 0 architecture, and 230MB/sec read and 160MB/sec write speeds.

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the OCZ Apex SATA II 2.5” Solid State Drive (SSD) Series, the affordable midrange offering for enthusiasts, system builders, and mainstream computer users demanding the latest technology in this fast-developing sector of the storage market. This cost-efficient SSD offers a reliable upgrade from traditional hard disc storage while maintaining a price point that is truly within the reach of a wide range of consumers.