OCZ Intros SATA II 2.5” SSD

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: March 13, 2008 - 5:20 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/flash_drives/ocz_sata_ii_2_5-ssd OCZ unveiled the SATA II 2.5” Solid State Drives, a lightweight and efficient alternative to conventional hard disc drives. SSDs technology has benefits over traditional HDs including superior speed, reliability, and power savings. High-speed and low power consuming NAND flash technology makes it perfect for the new ultra-thin laptops. The new SATA II 2.5” SSDs have capacities of 32GB and 64GB and speeds of 120MB/s read and 100MB/s write. They are shock resistant, measure 100.2 x 70 x 9.5mm and weight 77g. click to enlarge     Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

PQI's Waterproof Flash Drive and Management Software

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: February 28, 2008 - 5:46 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.pqi.com.tw PQI will announce at CeBit the Intelligent Stick flash drive, made of special COB manufacturing process making them waterproof and dust-proof. Beginning in March, the Ur-Smart personal file management software will be available as a free download from the PQI website. The software has functions as personal interface customization, Outlook synchronization, PC-Lock etc. It can use on any PQI USB flash drives. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Transcend's 32GB JetFlash V60

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: February 27, 2008 - 7:51 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/CatList.asp?FldNo=3&LangNo=0&Func... Transcend introduced its latest high-capacity USB flash drive - the 32GB JetFlash V60. About the size of an AA battery (61mm x 18.6mm x 9.8mm), the flash drive brings 32GB of memory capacity, so users can store even full-length HDTV movies. The JetFlash drive features functions such as: Website AutoLogin, PC-Lock, Mobile Favorites, Secret-Zip encryption, Mobile E-mail, DataBackup and Online Update. click to enlarge   Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Panasonic Releases 32GB SDHC

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: February 14, 2008 - 6:07 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Supplies-Accessori... Panasonic released the world’s first 32 GB SD High Capacity (SDHC) Memory Card with Class 6 speed specification. The SDHC can record up to 12 hours of High Definition video, so it's indicated to the recent expansion of High Definition SD Camcorders.  It features Class 6 speed specification and maximum data transfer speeds up to 20MB/s. The new SDHC Memory Card will have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $699.   click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Aleratec Intros 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: February 13, 2008 - 11:59 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.aleratec.com/ Aleratec announced the new 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS, a LightScribe-enabled disc publisher supporting Blu-ray recording. The 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS incorporates three, 6x, SATA Blu-ray drives that can simultaneously produce up to 3 silkscreen quality, direct to disc DVD or CD LightScribe labels or up to 3 Blu-ray, DVD or CD disc copies in record time. The 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS has an eSATA connection to your computer.It supports 50GB capacity double layer BD media, 6x BD recording speeds and has an eSATA interface. The 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS has an estimated retail price of $3,199. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Kingmax Ships microSDHC 8 GB

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: February 7, 2008 - 5:38 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.kingmax.com/products/mc/microsd.htm Kingmax announced the microSDHC 8 GB, which can storage more 2000 digital songs (mp3) or thousands of photos (jpeg) or hundreds of video clips. The manufacturer guarantees the world’ smallest mobile phone memory card with proprietary PIP packaging technology. It has dimension of 15mm×11mm×1mm and it's Class6, which offers minimum write speed of 6 MB/s. click to enlarge   Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

PQI’s Releases Traveling Disk U173

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: January 29, 2008 - 5:43 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.pqi.com.tw PQI’s Traveling Disk U173 launches a new USB flash drive which can be used as a key chain. Its models have 1 to 8 GB of storage capacity and it's available in the combination of blue/black or silver/white colors. The drive comes with ten functions, as outlook synchronization and PC-Lock, and some of them customizable with the software Ur-Smart, that can be downloaded from PQI’s website. It is really portable, with measures of 44.5 x 19.0 x 11.0 mm and weights 10.0g ± 0.5g.       Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Seagate Intros Momentus 5400 PSD Hybrid Drive

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: January 17, 2008 - 4:40 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/laptops/momentus/momentus_54... One of the most interesting products released by Seagate at CES is the new Momentus 5400 PSD Hybrid Drive, which combines a hard drive and flash memory into a single device. Indicated for laptops, the Momentus 5400 PSD features 80 GB, 120 GB or 160 GB capacities and 256 MB flash memory. It has internal data rate of 44 MB/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s interface.   Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Sharkoon Unveils Swift-Case Securita

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: January 16, 2008 - 7:14 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.sharkoon.com/html/produkte/externe_gehaeuse/swift-case_secu... Sharkoon is expanding its Swift-Case line up of external hard drive enclosures by adding a model with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) access control, to protect against unauthorized access. Within the silver aluminium enclosure sits a RFID transceiver that responds solely to the accompanying RFID transponder. The transponder comes in a simple plastic fob design that attaches securely to key chains. Users can establish a unique encryption key, so the hard drive can be locked or unlocked with a simple wave of the transponder in front of the sensor. The radio frequency is protected by 128-bit AES encryption. The Swift-Case Securita transfers data to computers via USB 2.0. It will be available first in Europe for the suggested retail price of 34 euros (around US$ 50). click to enlarge   Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Samsung Unveils 128 GB SSD

Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: January 14, 2008 - 5:02 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/group/group.do?group=computersperip... Samsung announced a new multi-level cell flash-based 128 GB solid state drive (SSD). The SSD will be launched this year in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch versions for notebook and desktop PCs. The new drive offers a data writing speed of 70 megabytes per second (MB/s), the industry’s highest for MLC-based SSDs, says Samsung. The reading speed is at 100MB/s. Featuring a 3.0 gigabit-per-second SATA II interface, it also has low power consumption level of 0.5W in active mode. Samsung says it will start the production in the first half of 2008. In its release, Samsung shows a  research from Web-Feet which says the SSD market is expected to reaches to US$ 6.6 billion by 2010, a compound annual growth rate of over 120 percent. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

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