Move over Samsung -- that 256GB SSD you've been touting is now half as cool as it used to be. According to reports stemming from a Japanese seminar which saw Toshiba's Shozo Saito take the stage, the firm is hoping to flesh out its line of solid state discs within the next few years.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 21:07
LaCie's bright orange Rugged Hard Disk hasn't changed much externally since it surfaced over two years ago, but what used to buy you 160GB will now land you a full half-terabyte with dough left over for several In-N-Out runs.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 15:27
OWC's Mercury On-The-Go family of pocket-lovin' hard drives has been around for quite some time, but the group is getting an all new leader courtesy of the recently announced 500GB edition.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 13:39
Seagate claims it's the first company to hit the magical "one billion drives shipped" mark, and doesn't plan on slowing down any time soon.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 13:29
Seagate was talking a big game last month about how SSD makers like Samsung and Intel were infringing its patents, and the company wasn't joking around, following up all that tough talk with.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 13:25
While we patiently wait 18 to 24 months for the CFast CompactFlash cards to arrive, there's always this: the DIY Century Compact Flash to SATA adatper.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 12:30
Just because Maxell left the disc manufacturing to other rivals doesn't mean that it's bowing out of the external HDD market. Announced this week, the firm has introduced its all new iVDR, which "connects directly through a bi-directional USB or eSATA adapter to a shoulder-mounted camcorder capable of delivering 10-bit, 4:2:2 master-quality video and native full HD video.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 12:30
It's not the first time we've seen a generic product repackaged and re-targeted specifically for use with game consoles, and it certainly won't be the last, but Iomega is apparently hoping that won't stop you from giving its new Media Xporter USB hard drive some consideration, which is says goes along just perfectly with your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 12:30
Kingston's got a thing for über-secure flash drives, and its latest DataTraveler definitely keeps the trend alive. The waterproof BlackBox is the outfit's first Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)-validated drive, which means that it was given the seal of approval from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Communications Security Establishment of the Government of Canada.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.04.23 at 11:55
Seagate today became the world's first company to ship 1 billion hard disk drive since its inception in 1979. So how much information Seagate has deliver in these 29 years? The 1 billion Seagate hard drives equates to approximately 79 million terabytes, able to store 158 billion hours of digital video or 1.
Via PC Launches | Posted on 2008.04.22 at 10:40