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Kingston debuts HyperX RAM fan in black

Shane McGlaun, Oct 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

Kingston has unveiled a new fan for overclockers and enthusiasts that will keep Kingstons HyperX RAM running nice and cool even when overclocked. The company has been offering a fan for a long time for its high-end RAM modules that has dual fans and a blue color on the outside. Read The Full Story

Kingston debuts new 32GB microSDHC card

Shane McGlaun, Oct 7th 2010 Discuss [8]

If you are a mobile phone user that stores tons of content on your device like music, video, and photos you need a lot of storage. If you are using a phone that has a microSD card slot built in to expand storage, Kingston has unveiled a new card that you may be interested in. Read The Full Story

Kingston CompactFlash 600x cards aim at high-end DSLRs

Shane McGlaun, Sep 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Kingston has announced that it is launching a new CompactFlash card that is aimed at high-end DSLR users. The new CF card supports very fast 600x speeds with UDMA mode 6. The read and write speed for the card is up to 90MB/s. Read The Full Story

Kingston whips out new USB 3.0 flash drive called DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0

Shane McGlaun, Sep 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

There are a number of USB 3.0 external storage products on the market today. These drives are generally larger external HDDs though that are larger than most of us will want to take with us on the road. Kingston has offered up a new USB 3.0 flash drive called the Ultimate 3.0. Read The Full Story

Kingston Unveils Water-Cooled DDR3 Memory Kits, Intended for Hardcore Gamers

Evan Selleck, Aug 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Kingston has been a big name in the memory business for awhile now, especially amongst those that want to grab some good, but relatively cheap memory options. However, Kingston wants to make their name known in every available facet, so that's why they've recently unveiled their new water-cooled DDR3 memory kits, which are specifically targeted for the hardcore gamers out there. Read The Full Story

Kingston HyperX H20 RAM surfaces

Shane McGlaun, Aug 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

The Kingston line of HyperX RAM has been on the market for a long time and offers RAM kits that enthusiasts and gamers like for the high performance offered. Kingston has added a new product to its line of RAM called the HyperX H2O. Read The Full Story

iSuppli lists Kingston as top memory module maker for 2009

Shane McGlaun, Jun 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

We may be half way through 2010 already, but iSuppli has just released the rankings for memory makers for 2009. The company looks at market share and revenue to determine the leader in the global market. Read The Full Story

Kingston debuts 64GB SDXC UHS-1 Class 10 SDXC card

Shane McGlaun, Jun 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Digital cameras and camcorders today are always matching towards higher resolution and more detailed images and recordings. To be able to store enough of the video to make recording times last requires ever larger capacity memory cards. Kingston has offered up a new SDXC card at Computex that is speed Class 10. Read The Full Story

Kingston unveils world’s fastest memory clocked at 2400MHz

Shane McGlaun, Mar 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Any person who really likes something be it computers or cars or anything else wants them to perform their best. In the computer world, better performance often boils down to faster clock speeds for memory and other components inside a computer. Read The Full Story

Kingston drops fast low-voltage and ultra-low voltage memory on market

Shane McGlaun, Mar 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Kingston has a huge range of memory for computers that will fit just about every notebook and desktop platform out there. The company also has a full line of flash drives and SSDs as well. Kingston has announced a new line of memory today claimed to be the world's fastest low-voltage, ultra-low voltage performance memory. Read The Full Story

Kingston microSD fakes prompt “ghost shift” investigation

Chris Davies, Feb 23rd 2010 Discuss [1]

Who would've thought memory cards could be so full of intrigue. Andrew "bunnie" Huang - whose name you might remember from inside the chumby One - was prompted to investigate an apparent bad batch of Kingston microSD cards when the touchscreen widget device (which stores its OS on a microSD) started acting up. He went on to discover that his dodgy batch was in fact the tip of a fake card iceberg, which seems to suggest Kingston's suppliers have been producing so-called "ghost shift" fakes during factory downtime, with Kingston's brand but serious quality shortcomings. Read The Full Story

Kingston DataTraveler 310 256GB flash drive ships in US

Shane McGlaun, Feb 19th 2010 Discuss [1]

Kingston has offered 256GB flash drives before, but for some reason decided not to offer the 256GB DataTraveler 200 in America. The reason was probably the roughly $900 price tag the drive had when it debuted last summer in the UK. Kingston has decided the time is right for a massive capacity flash drive in America and has announced it is now shipping the DataTraveler 310 with 256GB of storage. Read The Full Story