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Nov 29

Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 USB 3.0 SSD reviewed, hits ludicrous speeds

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Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 USB 3.0 HDD reviewed, hits ludicrous speeds

We’ve all seen the scene in some movie or another: secret agent infiltrates the enemy stronghold, sneaks into the server room, then fights off bad guy after bad guy while an agonizingly slow progress bar ticks across the screen, super-secret egg salad recipe files taking ages to copy. If only they had a Kingston HyperX Max USB 3.0 external drive they could have escaped without needing that big final fight scene. The drive was recently tested by PC Perspective and found to feature solid construction and performance, offering the highest sequential write speeds the site had ever seen thanks to a Toshiba HG2 controller coupled with 128GB of Toshiba flash and 128MB of DDR cache memory. And, at $280 for a 128GB model, it’s even somewhat reasonably priced — well, for an external USB 3.0 SSD, anyway.

Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 USB 3.0 SSD reviewed, hits ludicrous speeds originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 10

LaCie Merges High Design and USB 3.0

Posted in: external hard drive, storage, Today's Chili

LaCie has announced a new addition to its USB 3.0 portfolio: the LaCie Starck Mobile USB 3.0, which offers the stylish design of Philippe Starck. It reads speeds up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0, and would make a perfect give for the aesthetic techie on your list. It’s backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports and it works with Windows or Macintosh systems.

The outside is made of 2mm thick aluminum, which not only protects the contents from drops, but also offers heat dissipation. Along with the drive, you’ll get a copy of LaCie Setup Assistant and LaCie Backup Assistant. You can get a 500GB model for $109.99 from the LaCie Online Store.

Nov 03

Hitachi GST’s G-Drive Slim: world’s thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive

Posted in: external hard drive, ExternalHardDrive, hard drive, HardDrive, Today's Chili

Not like we need our 2.5-inch external drives to get that much smaller, but who are we to kvetch about progress? Hitachi GST has just outed what it calls the thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive in the world. The G-Drive Slim is encased in a 128.6- x 82- x 9.9mm aluminum enclosure, and tucked within is a slimmer-than-usual 7mm Travelstar Z5K320 hard drive. The USB-powered unit comes formatted for use with Macs, but a quick reformat on your Windows machine will have its mind changed in no time flat. For now, it’s only available in a 320GB flavor for $99.99, and you’ll only find it at your local Apple Store.

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Hitachi GST’s G-Drive Slim: world’s thinnest 2.5-inch external hard drive originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 29

LaCie slams 3TB drives into d2 USB 3.0 and LaCie 2big USB 3.0, ups performance numbers

Posted in: external hard drive, ExternalHardDrive, hard drive, HardDrive, storage, Today's Chili, usb, usb 3.0, Usb3.0, video

Do you have The Need? For Speed? Yeah, so do we, and it just so happens that LaCie does as well. Just weeks after the company properly introduced the “now shipping” status on its d2 USB 3.0 and 2big USB 3.0 drives, it has now expanded the options with a 6TB model. So far as we can tell, it looks as if the outfit placed a rather sizable order for those 3TB HDDs that were just unleashed by Western Digital, and it has tuned up the performance all the while. The 2big has reached 306MB/sec in the lab, representing a 20 percent speed boost over the prior models while making it “the fastest 2-bay RAID solution on the market.” As for the d2? It can hum along at 156MB/sec with the inclusion of a 3TB hard drive. Both units are slated to hit retail next month, but asking prices are being kept under wraps for now.

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LaCie slams 3TB drives into d2 USB 3.0 and LaCie 2big USB 3.0, ups performance numbers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 18

Seagate Sells a Slim 1TB Drive

Posted in: external hard drive, Today's Chili

When it comes to external hard drives, 1TB has become the new holy grail. Proving that mass storage doesn’t have to be bulky, Seagate is introducing the world’s slimmest 1TB portable, the 1TB FreeAgent GoFlex. This model uses a new 2.5-inch drive with two platters, each at 500GB, to maintain the same height and depth as 640GB and smaller GoFlex drives.

The drive comes pre-loaded with a copy of Star Trek for no additional cost. It also includes 20 other films which can be purchased and viewed. You’ll get a USB 3.0 cable for speedy transfers. With its thinner size, this is the first time a 1TB drive has been compatible with Seagate’s GoFlex TV device. The 1TB drive goes for $169.99, and the product page will update at 11AM ET today.

Oct 12

Pogoplug Pro Turns Black, Gets Wi-Fi

Posted in: external hard drive, Miscellaneous Tech, networking, storage, Today's Chili, wifi

Pogoplug Pro If you’re not familiar with the Pogoplug, you’re missing out: the handy little gadget will set you back $99 USD, is available exclusively at Best Buy retail stores, and turns any four USB devices you plug into it into Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices as soon as you plug the Pogoplug into your home network. Just connect the Pogoplug to your router via wired Ethernet, and your USB drives are suddenly available to all of the computers in your home, not just one.

The new Pogoplug Pro makes the whole process a little easier by removing the need to plug in your Pogoplug via wired Ethernet. The “Pro” version adds Wi-Fi, and changes the Pogoplug’s former hot-pink exterior to a sleek black one. It still offers media streaming and network sharing, the same as the original, and even has mobile and desktop apps to help you access your files at home on the go. The best part though is the price hasn’t changed, and both versions will run you $99 list.

Oct 07

The New WD My Book Live Puts Your Files on Your Network

Posted in: external hard drive, Miscellaneous Tech, networking, storage, streaming, Today's Chili

You have plenty of options if you’re looking for an external hard drive or some home storage that does more than just keep your files and data backed up, but the new Western Digital My Book Live is a network attached storage (NAS) device that lets you put your files anywhere in the house and access them from any other network-connected device.

The My Book Live adds a 100MBps Ethernet jack on the back of the popular My Book line of external drives, comes in 1TB or 2TB models, and retains its USB 2.0 port in case you want to daisy-chain the device to another hard drive for expanded storage. The My Book Live also functions as a media server and allows you to stream music or movies on the drive to other devices in the house, like your XBox 360, PlayStation 3, PC or Mac running iTunes, or just as an open network share.

Western Digital isn’t the only manufacturer in this game: LaCie’s Wireless Space and Verbatim’s MediaShare are among a number of others vying for position in this market. Still, Western Digital has huge brand recognition, and the New My Book Live has a good price point: $169.99 for the 1TB model and $229.99 for the 2TB model. Both versions are available now.

Oct 07

Western Digital debuts My Book Live NAS / media streamer, revamped My Photos app

Posted in: app, AppStore, external hard drive, ExternalHardDrive, hard drive, HardDrive, iPhone, IphoneApp, media streamer, MediaStreamer, nas, Software, storage, streamer, Today's Chili

The My Book Live definitely doesn’t mark Western Digital’s first foray into the world of connected storage, but the devil’s in the details on this one. The company’s newly released network drive falls into the budget-friendly My Book line, but promises access to files at up 100Mbps, or triple the speed of standard USB 2.0 units. Additionally, Apple Time Machine support comes baked in from the factory, and there’s also an integrated DLNA-compatible media server that can stream photos, videos and audio through any number of devices (WD TV Live Plus HD, Xbox 360, your Blu-ray player, a PlayStation 3, etc.). It’ll also double (triple?) as an iTunes music server, and when paired with the company’s refreshed WD Photos app — which is now optimized for iPad and iPhone 4 — users can flip through their photo albums remotely. The My Book Live is now available for $169.99 (1TB) / $229.99 (2TB), and the aforementioned app can be sucked down as we speak from the action-packed App Store.

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Western Digital debuts My Book Live NAS / media streamer, revamped My Photos app originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 06

Verbatim’s USB 3.0 Store ‘n’ Go external drives play nice with magnets, your data

Posted in: external hard drive, ExternalHardDrive, Today's Chili, usb, usb 3.0, Usb3.0

We’re guessing from the photo up there that Verbatim is saying your data is safe even if you happen to drop a magnetic paperclip dispenser on it. That’s cool, because we happen to have one of those sitting right here on the desk, and for too long we’ve lived in fear of the thing toppling over and wiping the bits right off of our drives. But, the real talking point here is the interface: Verbatim‘s first USB 3.0 external storage. It’ll be available in your choice of three sizes, with 500 and 750GB models shipping later this month and a 1TB monster coming in November. Naturally they’re also backwards compatible with last-gen USB but will surely cost well more than those drives who are exclusively down with 2.0. How much more? That we just don’t know right now.

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Verbatim’s USB 3.0 Store ‘n’ Go external drives play nice with magnets, your data originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 05

WD announces 3TB single-drive My Book Essential, two USB 3.0 Passport drives

Posted in: external hard drive, ExternalHardDrive, hard drive, HardDrive, Today's Chili, usb, usb 3.0, Usb3.0

You may or may not have noticed, but Western Digital just followed up on Seagate’s earlier efforts by breaking out a 3TB external drive of its own — one that has just a single HDD within. The newest My Book Essential not only houses a 3TB drive, but also packs a USB 3.0 port on the rear and the same rounded black shell that you’ve come to know and love / hate. If that’s far too much for you to swallow (or simply too large to haul around), the My Passport Essential and My Passport Essential SE lines are also being bumped to USB 3.0, with the former shipping in a 500GB version and the latter in 750GB / 1TB. Both of those guys are powered entirely over USB and ship in a variety of mind-bending hues, with pricing starting at $99.99 for the 500 gigger and running up to $249.99 for more space than you’ll ever need.

Gallery: WD announces 3TB single-drive My Book Essential, two USB 3.0 Passport drives