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Kingston has come out with a new line of SSDs called the SSDNow V300. Available in three different storage capacities: 60GB, 120GB and 240GB, these 2.5-inch SSDs are equipped with MLC NAND Flash memory chips, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a SandForce SF-2281 controller, a MTBF of 1 million hours and promise to deliver read and write speeds of up to 450MB/s and 450MB/s, respectively. Prices unannounced yet. [Kingston]

One of the features for mobile workers that Windows 8 will support is the ability to boot and operate Windows 8 from a portable device such as an external USB drive. Kingston has announced a new flash drive that is certified for Windows To Go with the Windows 8 Enterprise operating system. The drive specifically designed to help IT administrators support the mobile users.

The drive is called the Kingston DataTraveler Workspace USB Flash Drive. The device is an external USB 3.0 Flash Drive promising SSD-like performance. The drive is certified by Microsoft for Windows To Go allowing the deployment of a bootable corporate workspace.

The drive is not designed for data storage and is intended to allow users to operate from multiple PCs with a secure environment. The drive supports BitLocker for data encryption and Trusted Boot to protect the boot process and the drive has anti-malware software. The device is also resistant to accidental removal allowing the worker to plug the drive back and continue working with no downtime as long as the flash drive is plugged back in within 60 seconds.

The flash drive is compatible with machines operating Windows 7 or Windows 8. The drive is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports, though undoubtedly, you’ll lose performance. The Workspace drive is available with 32 GB, 64 GB, or 128 GB of storage and maximum sequential read/write speeds are 250 MB/s.

Kingston ships DataTraveler Workspace for Mobile Windows 8 deployment is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Rogers promised that October 1st would be a grand day for its LTE expansion plans, and we’re now learning that it might have been underpromising to overdeliver later. The carrier just flicked the 4G switch for 18 cities and regions, or eight more territories than it had promised just two weeks ago. Most of the coverage still focuses on the southern tip of Ontario, including London, the Oshawa area and RIM’s hometown of Waterloo, but there’s a much more trans-Canada bent to the official deployment. Western cities like Saskatoon and Victoria now fit into Rogers’ LTE map beyond a previously announced Edmonton, while the Quebec rollout is going past Quebec City to include Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. All told, the one day of growth is enough to supply Rogers LTE to almost 60 percent of Canada’s population — a convenient figure when one of the year’s more important LTE smartphones just became available less than two weeks prior.

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Rogers LTE hits 18 new regions, delivers speedy data in Saskatoon originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kingston’s unveiled two new SDXC cards for anyone looking to upgrade the capacity (or performance speed) of their current removable storage of choice without denting the bank balance too much. The SDXC Class 10 cards arrive in 64GB and 128GB sizes, and Kingston reckons they’d go great with your new digital camera — as long as it’s compatible with the SDXC format, naturally. Both are available to buy now, direct from the storage manufacturer, alongside smaller capacities, with the 128GB card priced at $182 and the 64GB setting you back $80. The full press release is after the break.

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Kingston Digital SDXC cards arrive with lower price, larger capacities originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What’s this? Just another USB 3.0 thumbdrive at IDF 2012? Not quite. You’re looking at Kingston’s DataTraveler Workspace, a storage device that incorporates bona fide SSD technology not usually found in thumbdrives — like a bunch of ultra speedy flash memory and a SandForce controller that supports TRIM and S.M.A.R.T commands. As such, it shares more in common with Kingston’s line of SSDs. It’s not really designed for data storage — instead, it’s meant to be used as a certified Windows To Go fixed drive, “a fully manageable corporate Windows 8 workspace on a specially configured, bootable USB drive”.

The idea is that corporate IT can deploy these thumbdrives to employees who can then run a secure, managed instance of Windows on a variety of PCs with a bootable USB 2.0 (or faster) port. Another interesting feature of Windows To Go is that Kingston’s DT Workspace thumbdrives can be removed for up to 1 minute without crashing Windows — the OS simply alerts the user to “keep the USB drive plugged in” and continues where it left off. Pricing remains a mystery, but the device will be available for business customers in 32, 64 and 128GB capacities when Windows 8 launches. Until then, you’re invited to peek at the gallery below and to watch our hands-on video past the break.

Continue reading Hands-on with Kingston’s DataTraveler Workspace at IDF (video)

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Hands-on with Kingston’s DataTraveler Workspace at IDF (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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