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QNAP hits back by showing off their newest 2-bay NAS server, the TS-269 PRO. Designed for SMB / SOHO users, this entry-level NAS server is equipped with an Intel Atom D2700 processor, a 1GB DDR3 RAM, two SATA HDD bays, 2x Gigabit Ethernet, 2x USB 3.0 ports, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 2x eSATA ports and supports for multiple RAID setups (0,1) as well as JBOD. The TS-269 PRO will start shipping from late June for unannounced price yet. [QNAP]

Kokusai Kogyo is developing a disaster prevention AR application the can visualize the depth of water in the event of a tsunami or flooding.
With this prototype, the water level five meters ahead is superimposed on the view from the camera of an iPad.
“Hazard maps are distributed in printed form or published on Web sites, but people don’t know what the situation would be where they are right now. So, we want to let people know, right away, what would happen where they are now, using …

SK Hynix announced its launch of client SSD. The first ever SK Hynix’s client 2.5” SSD consists of ONFI synchronous NAND Flash memory using 20nm class process and densities of 128GB (Gigabyte) and 256GB are available. It significantly improves the speed and reliability by adopting SATA III interface with data transmissions at 6Gb/s (Gigabits per second). This high performance SSD generates sequential read speeds of 510MB/s (Megabytes per second) and sequential write speeds of 470MB/s. It is …

Here’s a look at another upcoming 2-bay NAS server from I-O Data, the HDLM3-GWIN. Powered by a 1.8GHz Intel Atom D525 dual-core processor, the device is equipped with a 4GB RAM, a choice of either 1TB or 2TB of storage, two SATA HDD bays, a built-in RAID controller, Gigabit Ethernet, 2x USB 2.0 ports and runs on Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 OS. The HDLM3-GWIN will start shipping from late July for 218,000 Yen (about $2,710) for the 1TB model or 268,000 Yen (about $3,332) for the 2TB model, respectively. [I-O Data]