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NETGEAR has just announced the ReadyNAS 716, a powerful Network Attached Storage (NAS) system for business usage that NETGEAR says is powerful enough to serve 150 concurrent 1080p video streams… if your network can support it. To achieve this level of performance, NETGEAR has tapped into a powerful Xeon (Ivy Bridge) E3-1225v2 quad-core CPU from Intel which runs at 3.2GHz and is couple with 16GB of RAM (ECC memory). More importantly, NETGEAR has chosen to connect via a 10Gb Ethernet protocol, and even features two Ethernet ports on this NAS, in case one of them fails for some reason (and no, you cannot aggregate the bandwidth of both ports). (more…)

NETGEAR ReadyNAS 716 Gets Xeon 3.2GHz CPU and 16GB of RAM original content from Ubergizmo.

It’s annoying and wasteful at the same time to open your fridge and see spoiling food and produce. Sometimes you just don’t notice when something is spoiling until they’re already past the expiration date. Other times, you’re just too busy to check and find that it’s beyond edible when you do.

Aiming to lessen the amount of food that’s thrown away because of this is the conceptual QR Fridge Magnet.

The QR Fridge Magnet is an interactive magnet that would offer a QR code scanning feature. It’s designed to keep track of food’s expiry or spoilage dates and provides information on the shelf life of food as well. After scanning, the magnet is meant to be tacked onto the fridge.

As the days pass, the magnet would change in color to provide a visual representation of the level of freshness of the food. Green indicates that the food is still fresh, while red means that the food has spoiled and should no longer be consumed.

The Fridge Magnet was designed by Hu Yaxing, Chen Zhipeng, Liao Haibo, and Tang Yigang and is a 2013 Red Dot Design Award winner.

[via Yanko Design]

Team Group has announced a new line of SSDs, the Dark L3. Coming in 60GB, 120GB and 240GB sizes, these slim 2.5-inch SSDs (7mm thick) are equipped with MLC NAND Flash memory chips, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a PHISON PS3108-S8 controller, a MTBF of 1.5 million hours, TRIM support and capable of delivering read/write speeds of up to 550/450 MB/s (60GB & 120GB Models) and 550/500 MB/s (240GB Model), respectively. Prices unannounced yet. [Product Page]

Here comes a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives from Silicon Power, the Blaze B30. Available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB sizes, these flash drives feature a 360-degree capless swivel design, a classic diamond-cut pattern carved on the glossy translucent body, a built-in LED indicator and a USB 3.0 connection interface. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [Silicon Power]

With more than 200 million users, Dropbox remains one of the dominant cloud storage services available. In a bid to stave off competitors like Box, iCloud and Google Drive, Dropbox has just announced a host of upgrades and new features designed to make its business service even more powerful.

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