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Apple admits Time Capsule fault, promises repairs/replacements

, Jul 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

Apple has conceded a fault with select models of their Time Capsule wireless backup drives, whereby the low-profile NAS powers down and then refuses to restart.  According to a new Knowledge Base article, Apple will repair or replace those units, including transferring data from the old Time Capsule to any new model supplied. Read The Full Story

Hitachi LifeStudio HDDs auto-gobble your media, offer dockable USB sync stick

, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Hitachi has outed its latest external hard-drive range, the Hitachi LifeStudio family, and seeing as how you need to sex-up storage if you're going to differentiate yourself these days, the new HDDs get automatic content management and nifty little dockable USB memory sticks.  Plug in a LifeStudio drive and it can automatically pull out the photos, video, music and documents and organize them on its own storage - it can also do the same with Facebook, Flickr and Picasa web galleries - then present them on a "3D wall" UI for easier browsing. As for the detachable USB key, on the LifeStudio Plus drives there's a dockable 4GB memory stick that users can set up with specific files from the main unit that they want to be able to take out and about with them.  The USB key always has the latest versions, and when you return it automatically syncs back any changes you've made. Read The Full Story

LaCie Rugged Safe 500GB HDD Review

, Jun 30th 2010 Discuss [1]

With hardly a week passing without another case of misplaced data cropping up in the headlines, taking steps to secure the contents of mobile storage seems all the more topical. Into the fray steps LaCie’s Rugged Safe, a 500GB external hard-drive that promises not only basic bump protection but an integrated biometric fingerprint scanner paired with 128-bit AES hardware encryption. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Seagate 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external drive up for sale

, Jun 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Back in May, Seagate promised storage junkies a huge 3TB hard-drive for all their multimedia needs; now they've followed up on that promise.  The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive is a 3TB totem that connects via USB 2.0 as standard but, thanks to the company's interchangeable interfaces, can be updated to suit USB 3.0, eSATA, FireWire or other formats. Read The Full Story

Iomega debuts Skin-branded external hard drives

, Jun 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Iomega unveiled a new line of external portable HDDs called the Iomega Skin branded HDDs. The line of drives has 500GB of storage space and all use USB 2.0 connectivity. The HDDs get all the power they need for the USB port as well. Read The Full Story

Transcend StorJet 25M3 Rugged Portable HDD gets USB 3.0 certified

, Jun 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Transcend has several external hard drives in its line that use both traditional spinning storage media and flash storage. The company has announced that its StorJet 25M3 Rugged HDD has received certification for USB 3.0. Read The Full Story

Western Digital debuts My Book Studio LX for Mac

, Jun 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

I'm not a big fan of Mac computers for myself, but I won't deny that the machines have a sexy design with the aluminum enclosure and minimalist looks. The Mac world has its own peripherals and accessories to go along with its file system and Western Digital has announced a new external storage solution pre-formatted for Mac users. Read The Full Story

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex HDD Review

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [6]

In the world of external storage the upgrade path is obvious: slap a bigger drive in your enclosure and wait for people to fill it with media. Seagate’s GoFlex Storage System, however, takes a slightly more complex route; thanks to an array of interchangeable cables individual FreeAgent drives can be used with not only USB, eSATA and other ports, but in a range of media players and docks. Is the flexibility worth putting up with an unusual port? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Team to show off TP1023 sport mobile HDD at Computex

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Computex is set to kick off next month and there are lots of companies starting to offer up a bit of tease on the products they will be showing off there. One of the items that Team will be unveiling is the TP1023 sport disk. Read The Full Story

iStoragePro iT4UFER 4-bay RAID system breaks cover

, May 21st 2010 Discuss [1]

There are those who back up their data and then there are those who want to back up their data and have it protected with RAID5. If you make your living with video or just don’t want your collection of digital home movies to get lost, backing the video up on a device with RAID protection is ideal. Read The Full Story

Sharkoon unveils QuickStore Portable USB 3.0 enclosure

, May 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

I have talked about some of the interesting external enclosures and other gear that Sharkoon offers in the past like the SATA and IDE Combo dock. Today Sharkoon has revealed a new external drive enclosure that lets you use a leftover 2.5-inch SATA HDD as a USB 3.0 external drive. Read The Full Story

Seagate GoFlex adds swappable USB 3.0/eSATA/FireWire cables, media docks to HDDs

, May 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

Seagate have announced their third-generation of portable hard-drives, the Seagate GoFlex Storage System, which debuts a system of interchangeable connection adapters that can be used to turn a regular USB 2.0 HDD into a USB 3.0, eSATA or FireWire 800 drive.  Meanwhile there are a selection of special cables and docks, which can add automatic backup functionality (using Memeo technology), network connectivity, HD media playback or desktop dock convenience. Read The Full Story
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