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• Movie studios team with storage vendors on DRM

  By Lucas Mearian | 01 March, 2012 08:52

  Two mega-media companies and two storage vendors have formed a digital rights management (DRM) collaborative to develop technology enabling consumers to back up and share content across multiple devices.

• Toshiba and SanDisk shrink 128Gbit memory chips

  By Jay Alabaster | 23 February, 2012 21:40

  Toshiba said Thursday it has shrunk the size of its 128Gbit NAND flash memory chips, in the race to bring more and tinier storage to products like USB storage and memory cards.

• Panasonic, Sony, Samsung, others launch HD content security initiative

  By Lucas Mearian | 20 December, 2011 06:04

  Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, Samsung, and SanDisk Monday announced plans to jointly develop better security for memory cards, embedded memory and other flash storage devices.

• Portable Entertainment Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools]

  By Network World staff | 21 November, 2011 17:32

  In the category of portable entertainment, what once was filled with different portable music players has been replaced instead by accessories that go along with the iPod, iPhone or other smartphone device that can play music. Listening to music is no longer dedicated to a single device, but part of a comprehensive device. Instead, our portable entertainment category features a variety of cool earphones and speaker systems that you can take along with you when you travel or go running.

• IN PICTURES: SanDisk launches new range of storage products

  By Patrick Budmar | 20 September, 2011 16:40

  Storage vendor, SanDisk, has launched an updated range of retail products.

• SanDisk releases new SSDs for old computers

  By Lucas Mearian | 26 July, 2011 07:45

  SanDisk has introduced a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) that it's marketing directly to retail consumers versus computer system manufacturers.

• Toshiba, SanDisk build fab to withstand earthquakes

  By Agam Shah | 13 July, 2011 05:24

  Toshiba and SanDisk on Tuesday announced the opening of a chip fabrication plant in Japan that was designed to withstand earthquakes.

• Sandisk updates SSD line with SATA III models

  By Martyn Williams | 31 May, 2011 11:04

  Sandisk has updated its line of solid-state drives (SSDs) for tablet and portable computers with models that feature higher performance.

• SanDisk to buy SSD maker Pliant for $327M

  By Lucas Mearian | 17 May, 2011 02:14

  Flash memory vendor SanDisk today agreed to acquire Pliant Technology, a maker of enterprise-class solid state drives, for about $327 million in cash.

• SanDisk, Toshiba one up Intel, introduce 19nm flash memory

  By Lucas Mearian | 23 April, 2011 01:26

  SanDisk and its partner Toshiba announced this week a 64Gbit NAND flash memory chip using 19-nanometer (nm) technology, a process one size smaller than the memory chip Intel and Micron announced last week.

• All SanDisk USB sticks to get encrypted 'vault'

  By John E Dunn | 11 January, 2011 02:33

  Storage giant SanDisk has come up with a new half-way house for consumers who want to use encryption on portable USB without diving in at the deep end.

• Cellnet and SanDisk part company

  By Julia Talevski | 28 October, 2010 14:07

  Cellnet has announced it will no longer distribute SanDisk flash memory products.

• SanDisk enters set-top box market

  By Lucas Mearian | 10 September, 2010 06:34

  SanDisk today announced a joint agreement with middleware vendor NDS MediaHighway that will allow it to sell its solid-state drives (SSD) to set-top box makers.

• SanDisk releases postage stamp-sized SSD

  By Lucas Mearian | 19 August, 2010 03:59

  SanDisk Wednesday unveiled a solid state drive (SSD) that is smaller than a postage stamp and weighs less than a paperclip.

• SanDisk reveals the SSD perfect for mobile computing

  By Chris Brandrick | 19 August, 2010 08:00

  Solid state drives just got a whole lot smaller. Memory maker SanDisk introduced a new super compact memory chip that is smaller than your average postage stamp and lighter than a paperclip.