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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @09:38AM from the slow-news-day dept.

nanoflower followed up on a recent story about the unpredictable future of data storage. That story talked about Western Digital buying Hitachi, leaving just 4 players. Now: "Yet another hard drive company is going by the wayside, as Seagate is buying the Samsung HDD unit. Seagate is buying the unit for $1.375 billion (half in stock, half in cash)."

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Aha! (Score:4, Funny)

by dimethylxanthine ( 946092 ) writes: <mr,fruit&gmail,com> on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @09:45AM (#35867272) Homepage

Nobody expects a Seagate acquisition!

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How much did Seagate actually pay (Score:5, Funny)

by Fireshadow ( 632041 ) writes: <{matthew} {at} {fireshadow.net}> on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @10:18AM (#35867658) Journal

after the mail in rebate ?

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Back at Ya (Score:5, Funny)

by BSalita ( 1000791 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @10:33AM (#35867810)

$1.375 billion or $990 million formatted.

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