Tranquil's latest storage, the AVA RS5, has a pretty useful trick up its sleeve. While this five-bay drive system looks nearly identical to the company's previous SQA-5H home server -- and indeed, it's also got the same dual core Atom 330 processor -- it's alsogot a disc drive that burns content straight to memory without needing to be attached to a PC.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.27 at 02:33
We Americans have Fusion-io's ioDrive and OCZ's Z Drive to look forward to when it comes to slamming down a PCIe-based SSD solution in our lightning fast rigs, but what about the savvy Japanese? Enter PhotoFast, who has just revealed a luscious PCIe SSD of its own, ranging from 256GB to one whole terabyte in size.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.26 at 15:17
Cisco's been trying to make themselves comfortable in our living rooms over the last few years with variable success. For Cisco, the more audio, home spun video, TV, and just plain data they can entice you to push around your house, and The Net in general, translates to warm willowy cash riding an OSPF packet direct into Cisco's pocket.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.26 at 11:49
Western Digital's extremely popular My Book series of external hard drives got a little capacity boost today: all the single disk models now max out at 2TB.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.25 at 20:26
It's been a hot minute since we've seen a NAS from Seagate, and now we have news that the company is launching not one but two new secure storage devices.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.24 at 18:34
It was mid last year when Microsoft released the first "Power Pack 1" for Windows Home Server, fixing that ugly data corruption bug and mixing in a few handy enhancements all the while.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.24 at 09:49
Okay Mr. (or Mrs. ) Fumblefingers, you've got your Toughbook for high-impact computing on the go, but when you just need to take that presentation into the office and you don't want to lug your bombproof notebook with you it's time for a rugged external HDD, and Freecom's ToughDrive Sport is the latest.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.19 at 06:26
In terms of affordability, solid state drives still have quite some ways to go before they can actually be considered as viable replacements for most consumers.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.19 at 01:31
You know, sometimes it's just the simple things in life that really bring a smile to one's face. Take this cable, for instance. At first glance, it's really nothing more than a USB extension cable (USB A Male-to-mini USB) with an odd protrusion in the middle.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.18 at 11:33
Iomega announced several free upgrades to its StorCenter ix2 NAS yesterday, the most exciting of them being PC-less BitTorrent support and remote access capabilities, enabling uploading / downloading via FTP.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.18 at 11:12