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Corsair 128GB Flash Voyager GT: pointlessly fast?

Chris Davies, Aug 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Corsair's new 128GB Flash Voyager GT thumb-drive is, the company claims, so speedy that its throughput is effectively limited by the capacity of a USB 2.0 port. That either means that USB 3.0 can't come quickly enough, or that Corsair's engineers basically wasted their time and could've slacked off in the latter stages of the Voyager GT's development. Read The Full Story

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Clickfree Transformer for iPod Review – Turns your iPod into a Backup Storage

Satsuki Then, Aug 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

Backup remains a guilty chore many people avoid, and yet plenty of us are already carrying around a potential backup device. Most people don’t think of it that way, but your iPod is a huge chunk of storage just waiting to be repurposed as a portable hard-drive. Clickfree sent over their latest easy-backup system, the Transformer for iPod, for SlashGear to take a look at.

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Verbatim TUFF ‘N’ TUNY USB drive is super small

Brenda Stokes, Aug 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Verbatim announced a new flash drive today that is seriously small. Dubbed the TUFF 'N' TINY, this USB drive is really about the thickness of a penny and measures in at only 1" by 0.5". Read The Full Story

Verbatim TUFF-CLIP USB Drives now shipping

Brenda Stokes, Aug 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

Verbatim announced their TUFF-CLIP USB drives today which offer up both 4GB and 8GB capacities for people who need a bit of storage while on the go that's not going to break apart from a slight bump or jostle. Read The Full Story

Cowon iAudio E2 MP3 player gets iconic teaser

Chris Davies, Jul 31st 2009 Discuss [0]

Cowon's next MP3 player has been previewed, and the keyring-style iAudio E2 is already causing no small amount of confusion. While it ostensibly resembles a screenless PMP in the manner of the iPod shuffle, the row of icons at the top of the Cowon teaser (which you can see full-sized after the cut) does seem to suggest a more complete range of features. Read The Full Story

Pioneer DVR-XD09 USB DVD burner hardly bigger than a CD case

Chris Davies, Jul 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

At first glance this may look like a compact DVD case, but it's actually Pioneer's latest external DVD burner intended for mobility-concerned ultraportable and netbook users. The Pioneer DVR-XD09 tips the scales at 8oz and gets both power and data from a single USB 2.0 connection. Read The Full Story

Super Talent 32GB Pico USB drives are world’s smallest

Chris Davies, Jul 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Super Talent have unveiled what they're describing as the world's smallest 32GB USB drive, squeezing 32GB of NAND flash into a water-resistant casing. In fact, six new models are on offer with the new capacity, each boasting up to 30MB/sec transfer rates. Read The Full Story

Active Media switch Poles with WWF Polar Bear flash drive

Chris Davies, Jul 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

Remember that Active Media charity penguin flash drive from back in June? Someone has obviously told Active Media that not every portable storage buyer likes penguins, as the company is back with a polar bear version offering up to 16GB of storage and a donation to the WWF with every purchase. Read The Full Story

Kingston 256GB DataTraveler 300 revealed

Brenda Stokes, Jul 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

Kingston announced a new device today called the DataTraveler 300 and it packs in 256GB of storage space all in a slim flash drive design. Actually, it's storage capacity breaks records, doubling the amount the closest competitor offers. Read The Full Story

IronKey S200 USB Drive announced

Brenda Stokes, Jul 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

IronKey announced to the world today their latest flash drive offering. It's called the S200 USB Drive and this gizmo is supposedly the most secure of its type currently available on the market. This new flash drive meets FIPS 140-2, Level 3 validation, which is required for devices in government agencies and is currently the only USB drive to meet this standard. It's super tough, tamper-resistant and features self-destruction circuitry for added protection. It also has AES-256 encryption and can store up to 16GB of data. You can restrict networks on this drive as well as set up a read-only mode. You can enable anti-malware and anti-virus scanning if you wish as well. The IronKey S200 works with Windows 2000-running PCs or later, Mac OS X or later and Linux. We don't know when the S200 will be released or how much it'll cost, but we'll keep you posted.

Hitachi SimpleNET NAS adapter and USB drives announced

Chris Davies, Jul 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Hitachi have announced a new range of simple USB hard-drives, together with a basic NAS adapter which can connect two external drives to a network. The SimpleDRIVE Mini and SimpleTOUGH portable USB drives are available in 250, 320 and 500GB capacities, with the former adding ruggedness and the latter basic colors. Read The Full Story

LaCie LaCinema Rugged HD gets 1080p and new codec support

Chris Davies, Jul 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

LaCie have given their LaCinema Rugged multimedia hard-drive an HD upgrade, in the shape of the unsurprisingly-titled LaCinema Rugged HD. The 500GB external hard-drive keeps the shock-resistant chassis, HDMI port and remote control, but now supports 1080p high-definition media in H.264, MKV, WMV9 and MPEG-4 formats. Read The Full Story