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VIA VL800 four-port USB 3.0 host controller for PCIe slots surfaces

Shane McGlaun, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

Yesterday I mentioned that VIA had a new USB 3.0 host controller that was on a card made to go inside a USB 3.0 hub. VIA has announced another new USB 3.0 host controller today and this card is designed to go inside your existing computer using a PCIe slot and it gives you four USB 3.0 ports to connect your new high speed peripherals too. The new host controller is called the VL800. Read The Full Story

VIA announces new VL811 USB 3.0 hub controller

Shane McGlaun, Sep 12th 2011 Discuss [1]

VIA has announced a new USB 3.0 hub controller that is a second gen controller and a single chip solution. The controller supports the higher transfer speeds of USB 3.0 with transfer rates up to 5Gbps. The new controller is called the VL811 and it has a key new feature that is called the Charging Downstream Port or CDP. The CDP is defined in the USB battery charging specification. Read The Full Story

Microsoft promises robust USB 3.0 support in Windows 8 and shows off USB 3.0 demo

Shane McGlaun, Aug 23rd 2011 Discuss [3]

We all know that support for USB 3.0 on Windows computers today isn't nearly as wide spread as most of us would like. The main reason for this is that there is still no chipsets with USB 3.0 controllers onboard. The maker of the mainboard has to use a third party chipset to enable USB 3.0 support. Microsoft is now promising that Windows 8 will have robust USB 3.0 support. Read The Full Story

Adata unveils SH14 rugged USB 3.0 external HDD

Shane McGlaun, Aug 17th 2011 Discuss [3]

Adata has unveiled a new portable HDD that uses the fast USB 3.0 interface to allow for much faster data speeds when storing data to the drive. The external storage device is called the SH14 and it comes in black or red colors. It will work with USB 2.0 ports as well and needs no power adapter to operate. The drive certainly looks different from the rugged external storage device I have seen. Read The Full Story

100W USB spec coming to recharge your MacBook

Chris Davies, Aug 10th 2011 Discuss [3]

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced [pdf link] a new super-charged power delivery spec for USB 2.0 and 3.0 connections, which could deliver up to 100W to external peripherals. Intended to encourage the adoption of microUSB on more gadgets - which may previously have demanded greater power than the current USB Battery Charging Specification 1.2 allows for - the work-in-progress standard would also allow you to flip the direction of the charging without needing to swap the cables around. Read The Full Story

Seagate GoFlex Turbo packs USB 3.0 and SafetyNet recovery

Chris Davies, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

Seagate has outed its latest GoFlex Turbo external hard-drive range, and as well as promising a high-speed USB 3.0 way of getting your data onto the disk, there's also some reassurance that you'll be able to get it off again should things not go to plan. Seagate is bundling its SafetyNet data recovery service with the new models, a two-year insurance policy that will see the company attempt to remotely or in-lab extract your data should the drive break. Read The Full Story

Verbatim Splashed Store ‘n’ Go USB external HDDs debut

Shane McGlaun, Jul 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

Verbatim has a new line of external storage drives that are thin and compact plus they are clad in brightly colored cases. The new external HDDs are called the Verbatim color splashed Store 'n' Go SuperSpeed USB 3.0 portable HDD. The new drives are designed to connect to your USB 3.0 drive as the name of the drive shows. Read The Full Story

Gateway ID and NV notebooks outed: Core i5 and AMD APU options

Chris Davies, Jul 7th 2011 Discuss [2]

Gateway has outed its updated ID and NV notebook ranges, offering Sandy Bridge processors, USB 3.0 and - on select models - NVIDIA Optimus graphics switching. The Gateway ID47 series is particularly slick, using new LCD display technology to fit a 14-inch edge-to-edge panel into a notebook you'd more commonly find with a 13.3-inch screen. Read The Full Story

Buffalo debuts new MiniStation Plus portable storage solution

Shane McGlaun, Jun 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

Buffalo has launched a new portable storage device called the MiniStation Plus. Previously we talked about other MiniStation storage devices and this new offering is similar. The new MiniStation Plus connects to a USB 3.0 port to offer fast storage for whatever the user needs. The storage device is compatible with USB 2.0 ports as well, but using a USB 2.0 port will reduce the performance of the drive. Read The Full Story

Acer Timeline X updated: 3830T, 4830T and 5830T on Sandy Bridge

Ewdison Then, Jun 6th 2011 Discuss [1]

Acer has revealed its updated TimelineX range of notebooks, including the 13.3-inch 3830T, 14-inch 4830T and 15.6-inch 5830T, and using Intel's Sandy Bridge Core i3 and i5 processors. The new TimelineX machines offer either integrated Intel HD graphics or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M/540M graphics with Optimus switching, with battery life up to 9hrs or 8hrs respectively. Read The Full Story

Gigabyte S1080 tablet packs Windows 7 and USB 3.0

Chris Davies, May 30th 2011 Discuss [2]

Gigabyte has outed its latest tablet, the S1080, running Windows 7 on a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N550 dual-core processor. Fresh to Computex 2011 this morning, the S1080 has a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 multitouch display, 2GB of memory and weighs 0.9kg, taking on the ViewPad 10Pro in the process. Read The Full Story

Kingston debuts its fastest USB 3.0 flash drive yet

Shane McGlaun, May 20th 2011 Discuss [3]

Kingston has a huge number of flash drives that users can choose from for low cost, high capacity, and fast transfer speeds depending on their needs. The company has rolled out a new flash drive that it reports to be its fastest USB 3.0 flash drive yet. The flash drive is backwards compatible with USB 3.0 as all USB 3.0 gear is. The new flash drive is called the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Generation 2 or DTU30G2. Read The Full Story