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Maxtor today announced volume shipments of the Personal Storage 3000DV, a FireWire storage solution designed for video editing and graphics-intensive gaming. The 3000DV features a 7200 RPM 60GB hard drive as well as a new FireWire bridge that enables the drive to outperform its predecessor by up to 56 percent. The 3000DV carries a US$379.95 price tag. Read More

Maxtor today also announced that the company plans to ship an ATA hard drive in excess of 137GB by the end of the year. At present, the ATA interface tops out at 137GB, but the technology that Maxtor has partnered with Compaq, Microsoft, VIA, and others to create will pave the way for drives that “can access more than 100,000 times more data” than the current standard.