CUPERTINO, Calif. – January 26, 2012 – Seagate Technology plc (“Seagate” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:STX) today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has approved an increase to its quarterly cash dividend from $0.18 per share to $0.25 per share, an increase of 39%. The increase is effective with the dividend payable on March 1, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 15, 2012. The payment of any future quarterly dividends will be at the discretion of the Board and will be dependent upon Seagate’s financial position, results of operations, available cash, cash flow, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.
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Desert Island Discs becomes #DesertIslandHDDs
We love listening to BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs programme, a simple concept asking well-known people the same question each week:
“If you were a castaway alone on a desert island, which eight gramophone records would you choose to have with you, assuming of course, that you had a gramophone and an
inexhaustible supply of needles?”
Guest ‘castaways’ are also asked which book and luxury item they would like to have with them. The format has been the same since the very first show in 1942 and has become a national institution in the UK. However, since legendary BBC radio presenter Roy Plomley had his light bulb moment all those years ago, late one night in his pyjamas as the story goes, we are no longer limited to analogue storage devices like gramophones.
If Mr. Plomley had been on the airwaves in 2012, surely he’d be asking people what digital content they’d choose to have stored on a trusty hard disk drive?
From January 2012 we’ll be playing around with this modern twist, asking the Tweeting public which movies, box sets, albums or photographs they couldn’t live without. Each week we’ll ask the following question, focussing on a different type of content:
“If you were a castaway alone on a desert island, which (movies / box sets / albums / photographs) would you choose to have stored on your hard disk drive, assuming of course,
that you had a PC and an unlimited power supply?”
Over the years Mozart has been the most popular Desert Island Discs artist, while Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor ‘Choral’ is the top track. But what will prove to be the most popular #DesertIslandHDD content? Will The Office claim the ‘Best Box Set’ accolade? Will Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise movies get the most votes? Or will we see family photos outweigh iconic images?
To get involved in the discussion, head over to the @Seagate_UK Twitter feed and lookout for the #DesertIslandHDD hashtag.
We look forward to seeing your suggestions!
Real World Labs: Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SATA III Hybrid Disk Drive
As seen in our benchmarks the 2nd Generation Momentus XT 750GB 2.5″ SATA III hybrid drive is not the power monster some of you may had expected it to be but to be completely honest with all of you this was not the intention of Seagate in the first place. The Momentus XT line is mostly meant to replace normal HDDs inside notebooks and offer faster boot-up and load times by utilizing the 8GB onboard SLC NAND Flash memory but that’s just about what you can expect from it.
CES Photo Essay #2 – Gaming
You can’t deny the popularity of gaming today. Hardcore fans range from 6-60 years old in some cases and whether you are doing the console thing with your XBOX 360/PS3 or rocking your laptop at a coffee shop owning all of your friends during a MW3 deathmatch, gaming is here to stay and the interest just keeps growing.
This year, CES delivered more than a handful of companies specializing in accessories to make your gaming experience sound, look, and feel better than you could have ever imagined. Here are just a few of the products that we were able to peek at while on the show floor.
If you’d like to see the rest of the photos from our CES coverage you can check them out on Flickr.
The Street: CES 2012 – Seagate Sends Out Strong Message
Hard drive specialist Seagate may not be a headline-grabbing gadget maker, but still managed to cause a ripple at an investor reception held at CES earlier this week.
“The overarching theme of the event was that the industry is entering a ‘new normal’ where cyclical volatility may be lower and, by default, profits are generally higher,” explained Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope, in a note released on Thursday.
Mobile Bloom: Seagate Personal Server 4G LTE announced at CES 2012
At CES 2012, Seagate has unveiled a working model of its latest device, the Personal Server 4G LTE Wi-Fi which is supposed to revolutionize on-the-fly internet connectivity and storage. In a nutshell, the device is a mix of the 4G LTE mobile hotspot and the Seagate GoFlex Satellite and offers features of both of these products.
Laptop Magazine: Best of CES 2012
Combine a portable wireless hard drive with a blazing fast 4G LTE hotspot and you have a mobile file and media server like no other. A prototype update to Seagate’s Satellite GoFlex wireless hard drive, this device allows up to three simultaneous users to stream its music, photos, or videos to any Wi-Fi-enabled device.
PC World: Stream and Store Video With New Offerings from Belkin and Verizon
Verizon showed its own video-streaming equipment. First is a newly-announced 4G LTE storage device and wireless access point contained in one little black box that is made by Seagate.
AnandTech: CES – Seagate Combines 500GB Portable Drive With Mobile Hotspot in Proof of Concept
While perusing the Verizon Wireless booth, a chunky little device caught our eye. Though considered a proof of concept, and not scheduled for release yet, a Seagate device was on display that combined an LTE mobile hotspot with 500GB of storage on-board.
Big Bruin: Seagate GoFlex Desk 4TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive
The Seagate GoFlex Desk 4TB USB 3.0 hard drive delivers exactly what we’ve come to expect from Seagate. The massive capacity could probably store your entire music, movie, and picture collections with room to spare – and with the USB 3.0 interface it can transfer it with lightening speed. The included software is more of a basic solution, similar to Microsoft Backup. If you want something a bit more robust you’ll have to pony up $50 or find another third-party solution.
Scripps News: Compute – Tech gifts for guy with almost everything
For some men, another tie or pair of pajamas just won’t cut it as a holiday gift. Allow me to suggest some tech options even your most hard-to-shop-for man will appreciate — and probably won’t have yet.
Instead of getting your guy another Blu-ray disc that already may be in his Netflix queue, consider gifting him with the ability to ditch cable and to stream endless movies and TV shows straight from the Internet to his TV. The Roku 2 XS media player (Amazon, $98) streams Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, Crackle, HBO Go, NHL, NBA, MLB and more in 1080p resolution. While there are lower-priced Roku 2 models, the XS is the only one with an Ethernet port (to connect high-speed Internet with a cable to your router) and a USB port (letting you play videos, music and more from an external hard drive or other local storage device). While many channels require a subscription, your media-addicted man may think constant access to on-demand video is priceless.
