Archive for the ‘Storage’ Category



Corsair Force Series F100 SSD

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Corsair offers the F100 Solid State Disk (SSD), which is controlled by the SandForce SF-1200. If you’re wondering if this SSD drive is really fast, the F100 is better than the Intel SSD X25-M G2 in terms of speed, and for a price of $400. You think that 100GB is not enough for you? A 200GB version of this drive should be available soon, and around $700.

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Buffalo MiniStation Cobalt USB 3.0 external hard drive

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Buffalo will therefore offer a little later in April an update of its MiniStation Cobalt USB 3.0. This new version will offer transfer rates close to 5GB/s, and will be equipped with TurboPC, Backup Utility, ECO Manager, RAMDISK and SecureLock technologies. The external hard drive will be available in 500 or 640GB version.

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LG XD6 Jewelry external hard drive

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

LG introduced its XD6 Jewelry external hard drive in South Korea, and it will be for women who want to transport their data with style. It has a 2.5-inch design, and you have the choice between Titan and Purple colors for the aluminum case, along with Swarovski crystals located right on the front. Every purchase comes with a leather case. The LG XD6 Jewelry (USB 2.0) capability will be available in 320GB, 500GB and 640GB.

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$200 for the 32GB microSDHC card

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Surely a microSDHC Class 2 of 32GB at $200, it calms down a bit! But such storage capability, there are not so many like that in the market and in a year it will be at half price.
SanDisk promises to release other memory cards soon, which should lower the price quickly.

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Synology DiskStation DS410 NAS

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Synology has released its latest NAS (Network Attached Storage), called DiskStation DS410. This NAS offers a 1.6GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, a built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption, Gigabit Ethernet, an eSATA port, two USB 2.0 ports and can accommodate up to four 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA hard drives, or four 2.5-inch SSD drives for up to 8TB of storage capacity. The NAS delivers an average of 115MB/s in reading speed under RAID 5 configuration in a Windows environment, and 54MB/s of writing speed. The Synology DiskStation DS410 NAS is available for pre-order via Amazon for a price of $499.

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Buffalo Lipstick USB flash drive

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Make a USB flash drive that looks like a lipstick is certainly not pleasing men, but Buffalo certainly designed it to the women with its RUF2-JWS USB flash drive. It is available in 4GB or 8GB, and in four colors: Rich Brown, Glossy Pink, Royal White, and Shiny Coral.

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Buffalo MiniStation Lite portable hard drive

Monday, March 15th, 2010

buffalo-ministation-liteBuffalo offers its latest high gloss gold MiniStation Lite portable hard drive. The external hard drive has storage capacities of up to 500GB (and other colors: black, red, white, white, blue and pink, in 250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 640GB), it connects to your computer via the USB port. The price is not known yet.

Packard Bell Studio ST HD media storage drive

Monday, March 15th, 2010

The Studio ST from Packard Bell should be available in Europe yet. You’ll find a 2TB hard drive, and a 1080p output over HDMI, and Dolby Digital support. It would support all major formats.

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Samsung G3 Station 1TB external hard drive

Monday, March 15th, 2010

With its storage capacity of 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB, the Samsung G3 station external hard drive appears as an attractive solution for fast and secure storage of large amounts of data. And, respecting the environment through the use of recyclable materials and low consumption. Price: from €99.

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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini 1TB portable hard drive

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

OWC has launched its OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini 1TB portable hard drive, which is the first 2.5-inch hard drive of 1TB to include four interfaces: eSATA, USB 2.0 and FireWire 400/800 on its brushed aluminum casing and fanless. This portable hard drive at 5200rpm will have Intech Speedtools, Prosoft Engineering Data backup and Carbon Copy Cloner softwares. Price: $299.99.

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