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Intel X25-M SSD firmware update boosts write speeds 40%

By Ewdison Then on Monday, Oct 26th 2009 2 Comments

Intel have pushed out their promised update to the X25-M SSD, along with the Intel SSD Toolbox and Optimizer, the standout factor of which is a 40-percent increase in performance for the 160GB drive. With the new 34nm X25-M SSD, users can expect up to 100MB per second sequential write speeds.

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Samsung invest millions into Fusion-io SSD specialists

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 No Comments

Samsung have invested "millions" of dollars into SSD storage firm Fusion-io, with the two companies looking to work more closely on solid-state memory applications in future. Fusion-io are responsible for a range of SSDs that slot into a desktop PCI slot rather than using a SATA channel. While not usually intended for use as a primary, e.g. boot drive, they make for incredibly fast serving of data: the ioDrive Duo, for instance, offers 1.28TB of storage and read rates of up to 1,500MB/sec.

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Origin unveils 1TB and 750GB Data Locker external HDDs

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Oct 16th 2009 No Comments

External storage solutions are great for backing up data, but if that data is sensitive, you have to protect it from theft and in the event that the drive is lost. The way to do this is with encryption of some sort. Origin (PDF) has announced a couple new high capacity DataLocker external storage solutions with powerful encryption.

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Samsung STORY Station is first external HDD to meet new standby power rules for Europe

By Shane McGlaun on Thursday, Oct 15th 2009 No Comments

We first heard of the Samsung STORY Station back in April when the external storage solution first debuted. Samsung has now announced that the storage solution is the first to offer reduced standby power levels and meet the coming European Union EuP Directive for Standby Regulation due to go into effect in January 2010.

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Clickfree C2 backup drives get scheduling, hardware encryption, more

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 13th 2009 No Comments

We’ve a soft spot for Clickfree’s straightforward backup drives, ever since playing with some of the early hardware back in March and discovering it was simple enough even to get a lazy SlashGear editor (i.e. me) to regularly backup. Now Clickfree are back with their next-gen drives, the C2 series. As well as basic usability improvements – there’s now an attached USB cable that tucks away in a cut-out on the back, meaning forgetting the cord is no longer a valid excuse – the Clickfree C2 also adds in some more advanced functionality.

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Hitachi unveils Ultrastar 15K600 and C15K147 HDDs

By Shane McGlaun on Tuesday, Oct 13th 2009 No Comments

Hitachi has revealed a pair of new and very fast hard drives for the enterprise user. The new drives include the Ultrastar 15K600 and the Ultrastar C15K147. Both of the new hard drives spin at 15,000 RPM and have a MTBF rating of 1.6 million hours.

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Corsair P64 64GB SSD Review

By Ewdison Then on Thursday, Oct 8th 2009 No Comments

Having long been the preserve of expensive ultraportables or performance intensive media processing and gaming machines, SSDs are beginning to trickle down the price ladder. There’s still more GB for your dollar in a traditional platter-based hard-drive, but switching to solid state is cheaper than ever. On the SlashGear test bench today we’ve got Corsair’s 64GB P64 CMFSSD-64GBG2D SSD.

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Active Media Aviator 312 SSDs use SuperSpeed USB 3.0

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 5th 2009 No Comments

“SuperSpeed” USB 3.0 isn’t expected to make a mark on shipping devices until next year, but that hasn’t stopped Active Media from unveiling their latest range of external SSDs. As you might imagine, the Active Media Aviator 312 line each supports USB 3.0 connectivity, as well as offering 16, 32 or 64GB of high-speed storage space.

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A-DATA SH93 waterproof & shock-resistant portable hard-drive

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 2nd 2009 1 Comment

A-DATA have lobbed a few new external hard-drives our way and, while we’d normally squeal like little girls at the thought of data damage, today we’re mute as sensible, grown men. That’s because the A-DATA SH93 portable hard-drives are waterproof and shock resistant, thanks to a nifty molded rubber-plastic casing.

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CRU-DataPort 10 Secure HDD SecureDock Review

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

With the average user entering dozens of passwords every day, to log into their computer, their email and their social networks, it’s all to easy to forget that many files are even more valuable than our Facebook login. Drive encryption is becoming more relevant to people all the time, and there’s a good argument for doing it properly if you’re going to do it at all. CRU-DataPort’s 10 Secure caddy and accompanying SecureDock are one such system, taking a standard SATA hard-drive and locking it up with military-grade encryption and a removable AES 128 key. Peace of mind or hardware-hurdle? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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