With Intel showing signs of jumping on board , USB 3.0 is looking more and more like the one next-gen interconnect to rule them all. Them all except for Apple , of course, who has notably thrown its support exclusively behind Light Peak . The chums at Cupertino have no interest in newer, bluer revisions of USB, but enterprise storage firm CalDigit thinks that many Apple lovers will
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CalDigit brings USB 3.0 AV Drive to the Mac, still working on peace in the Middle East (video)
Toshiba announced a new self-encrypting disk technology today, which is sure to be welcome news to the those of you who work with sensitive data, wish to keep your extensive True Blood fanfiction collection under wraps, or are just plain paranoid. The imaginatively named Wipe ships with the company’s TCG-spec’d Self-Encrypting Drive models, allowing sysadmins to securely erase user data when a machine powers down, when an encrypted HDD is removed from the system, or when a leased machine is returned to its owner. And this ain’t just for PCs — the system is also designed to work with your copier and / or printer system
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Toshiba Wipe deletes your encrypted data so you don’t have to
If we said Hitachi’s got a new line of external hard drives, you’d probably walk away — but what if they were the smartest bricks of magnetic memory you’d ever seen? That’s how Hitachi is billing the new LifeStudio array of drives, which feature not only the standard rotating disks, but also dockable USB keys, software that auto-organizes your media, and several gigabytes of cloud storage.
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Hitachi unveils LifeStudio content-aware external hard drives, we go hands-on
Another fine day in paradise, another fine external hard drive for archivists to consider. Seagate has just announced its latest FreeAgent Go USB 2.0 drive, a pocket-sized external HDD with a 2.5-inch 500GB disc in there ready to be stuffed with your favorite blurred images and shakycam videos from the decade that was..
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Seagate teams with Paramount, pre-loads movies onto 500GB FreeAgent Go
Yes, you’ve heard it right, kids! Buffalo’s wild’n'wooly USB 3.0 external hard drive (the HD-HXU3) is now shipping. Available in 1TB($200), 1.5TB ($250), and 2TB ($400) designations, the package includes Memeo AutoBackup and a one year warranty. It’s also backwards compatible to USB 2.0, but never mind that — the company is concurrently releasing its dual-port USB 3.0 PCI Express Interface Card (IFC-PCIE2U3)
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Buffalo now shipping SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external hard drive
That’s the world’s largest capacity 1.8-inch hard disk drive right there. A claim met by a list of specs going a little something like this: 3.0Gbps SATA interface, 320GB capacity, 5,400 RPM, 16MB buffer, and 19dB of emitted noise during seeks — a 4dB cut from Toshiba’s previous generation of 5,400 RPM 1.8-inchers. Of course, these 1.8-inch mechanical HDDs are the form factor most commonly found in those netbook-shoving CULV thin-and-light ultraportables now coming onto the market
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Toshiba’s 320GB hard disk is world’s largest 1.8-incher
Verbatim , a name we mostly come across when looking for blank DVDs, has announced its new line of InSight portable USB hard drives. The storage devices are diminutive (weighing less than 6 ounces, measuring 6-inches in length), are being billed as “sleek” and “durable” with their fetching “piano black” finish (and who are we to disagree?), and are available in capacities of 320GB or 500GB.
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Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected
