Eric Savitz commented in another Forbes blog today that Thailand floods are causing technology supply chain issues. These issues are particularly severe for several hard disk drive (HDD) companies.

SAN DIMAS, CA – June 1, 2009 – Trace amounts of organic and inorganic contaminants of hard disk components are extremely difficult to detect by current methods. Common techniques, such as inspection ...

There's a newly popular stocking stuffer around this Christmas: gadgets equipped with tiny hard drives. From video cameras to portable music players, consumer electronics manufacturers are ...

SINGAPORE -- Throughout the 1990s, new technology and falling prices crushed many of the world's makers of hard-disk drives and components. But that brutal shakeout now could bolster those still ...