Hasta La Gadget!

Apricorn’s DVR Xpanders have never been the prettiest bunch, but we would’ve thought a redesign was in order with the introduction of the 1.5TB model. Sadly, our hopes and dreams of a DVR attachment from the outfit that isn’t completely heinous have been decidedly crushed, as the latest edition is just as unsightly as prior models. Of course, it can hold up to 187.5 hours of HD content or 843 hours of SD material, not to mention its ability to connect via USB 2.0 or eSATA. So yeah, if all that matters to you is functionality (and not missing a single drama while out on that month-long vacation), we’d say the $239 asking price is totally reasonable.

[Via PCLaunches, thanks Vinit]

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Apricorn introduces 1.5TB DVR Xpander, succeeds at making it ugly originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Western Digital has known that Seagate was toiling away in hopes of being the first to market with a standalone 2TB hard drive, and evidently it has chosen to work its engineers that much harder. In a presumed effort to beat Hitachi (and everyone else) to the 2TB barrier, WD is reportedly aiming to launch its Caviar Green 2000GB WD20EADS later this week, and with it will come 32MB of cache, an 8.9-millisecond seek time and an expected price tag of around €170 ($224). Best of all? It should be “available immediately” just as soon as it’s outed for real.

[Via Electronista]

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Western Digital about to ship 2TB Caviar Green hard drive? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Clickfree’s remarkably useful Transformer Cable isn’t the only new gear being announced from the outfit today — far from it, actually. For starters, it’s bringing a 1TB backup drive with its heralded auto backup functionality at $229.99. Next, we’ve got the entirely overpriced ($19.99) five-pack of DataGuard Clickfree DVDs, while the “automatic” Total Backup Clickfree DVDs ring up at just $14.99 for the same quantity. Potentially more notable is the notion that all Clickfree products are now Mac compatible so long as you’re using OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or higher and an Intel CPU. Moving on, we’re told that Clickfree Online Backup and Flash Backup are both slated to become a reality later this year for folks needing off-site / pocket-sized backup solutions. The full spill is hosted up just past the break, and trust us, it’s crowded down there.

Continue reading Clickfree gone wild at CES: 1TB drive, Mac support and online backup

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Clickfree gone wild at CES: 1TB drive, Mac support and online backup originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ll wager you didn’t know Macworld was going on today, did you? Pathetic jokes aside, Western Digital has lined up a pair of launches today in San Francisco to coincide with Apple’s final Macworld keynote, as we’re treated to the My Passport for Mac portable HDD and the My Book Mac Edition. Truthfully, the only real difference between these drives and their vanilla counterparts is the pre-format process; with these, they both come “pre-formatted for Mac,” saving you the tiresome task of converting ’em to HFS+ Journaled yourself. Additionally, these USB 2.0 drives are made to work “seamlessly” with Apple’s Time Machine backup software, and they’ll arrive in capacities including 320GB and 500GB (My Passport) / 1TB (My Book). Both units should be available now for between $129.99 and $179.99.

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WD pumps out My Passport for Mac / My Book Mac Edition originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Slowly but surely, the multimedia hard drive is becoming more and more relevant. At first, it was outlets like Mvix doing the honors, and then mainstays such as LaCie got in while the gettin’ was good. Now, we’ve got ole Iomega trying its hand at the game, with the introduction of the Home Media Network Hard Drive at Macworld in San Francisco. The drive, which includes the firm’s LifeLine software, enables users to easily backup their precious files and stream music, photos, videos and all manners of other multimedia between computers, networked TVs, gaming consoles, etc. For those curious, it’ll function just fine as an iTunes server and play oh-so-nice with DLNA certified devices, and aside from the obligatory gigabit Ethernet jack, there’s also a USB port for adding a shared network printer or extra capacity. It should be available early this month for $159.99 (500GB) / $229.99 (1TB).

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Iomega’s Home Media Network Hard Drive backs up files, streams content originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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