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Continue reading Corsair’s speedy, flaming red Force GT SSD goes on sale this month for $149 and up

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Box.net will offer free online storage to new TouchPad tablet buyers. Photo courtesy Box.net

Those in the market for a tablet may have more incentive to opt out of buying the iPad.

Box.net will offer 50 GB of free online storage to buyers of HP’s new tablet device, the TouchPad. The company plans to announce the deal Friday, the same day as the TouchPad’s launch.

New TouchPad owners can download the Box.net app from HP’s App Catalog store beginning Friday.

Over a year late to market, HP needs to give potential tablet shoppers all the reason to buy a TouchPad it can muster. Along with the storage promotion, HP offers a $50 rebate to owners of Palm smartphones — like the Pixi and Pre — through the end of July.

The cloud-based storage industry has grown dramatically over the past few years.

Despite recent security issues, Dropbox attracted a considerable number of users since its launch in 2008, hitting the 25 million user mark in April. Google obviously has its entire suite of cloud-based apps, including the invite-only Music Beta. And of course, Apple’s iCloud is due to drop this fall, offering 5 free gigs of online storage, as well as backups to iOS devices.

Box.net’s offering is actually a fairly nice deal for those needing online storage. The 50 GB of free storage amounts to approximately $240 in yearly savings, as the 50-GB storage costs the average user a $20 monthly subscription fee. Though it’s difficult to compete with Amazon’s storage pricing, which costs only $1 a gig yearly (the first 5 GB are free).

But still, will these packaged freebies make it worth buying the TouchPad? Amazon’s storage locker is available on any Android device, and Google’s suite is available across most platforms (except webOS 3.0, that is). We’re not sure, but if you’re already planning to buy a TouchPad, hit HP’s App Catalog to pick up Box.net’s deal.

The TouchPad launches in the United States this Friday for $500 and $600 for the 16- and 32-GB versions, respectively. The tablet rolls out globally over the rest of July.

Continue reading LaCie’s CloudBox ‘hybrid HDD’ doubles your backups in the cloud (video)

LaCie’s CloudBox ‘hybrid HDD’ doubles your backups in the cloud (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hitachi’s G-Connect is another network hard drive that can be accessed by your iOS device, or from any mobile device with a web browser. The 500GB G-Connect has an 802.11n radio to allow you to connect to it from either an iOS app (to be released in the fall), or just direct through the browser.

Better, the drive also has an Ethernet connection, meaning you can hook it up to your current router and put it on your home network. This should solve one big problem of standalone Wi-Fi drives: that you have to disconnect from your home Wi-Fi, and therefore the internet, to use them.

The G-Connect will be available in July for $200. Press release pasted below thanks to no actual live product page yet. Just Facebook. Sigh.

G-Technology [Facebook]

G-TECHNOLOGY™ DELIVERS G-CONNECT™ WIRELESS STORAGE FOR APPLE® iPAD® WITH INTERNET ACCESS

New G-CONNECT Supports Five+ Devices, Wirelessly Streams up to Five Movies at Once, While Providing Shared WiFi Internet Access for a Hotel Room, Conference Room, Dorm, Office or Home. Now You Truly Can Take All Your Content with You and Access it from Multiple Devices!

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 22, 2011 – Known for delivering premium external storage solutions engineered to meet the needs of the Apple Mac® community, G-Technology by Hitachi today introduced its G-CONNECT™ wireless storage solution, the first in a family of products providing instant, wireless storage and 802.11n WiFi Internet access for your Apple iPad, iPhone® and many other mobile devices. The G-CONNECT solution provides on-the-go wireless access¹ to content that’s not already loaded on your iOS devices, including your favorite movies, music, books, photos and documents. No Internet connection is required. G-CONNECT provides access to five+ simultaneous devices, depending on the workload, and supports up to five SD or three HD video streams at once².

When connected via Ethernet to a network, the G-CONNECT drive becomes your own personal cloud or WiFi Internet access point, allowing you to surf and stream content, wirelessly, at the same time. Access and view content on the G-CONNECT solution with a mobile iOS app, which will be available in the App Store®, or through your browser. Android® devices are also supported with access through a web browser, with native apps available this fall.

Fitting easily in your laptop bag, backpack or purse, G-CONNECT is the must have iPad and iPhone storage companion. Power it up in a dorm room, conference room or hotel room via its AC adapter or take it on the road using Apple iPad-compatible USB power cables, car power adapters, or external batteries3 for hours of entertainment wherever you go.

G-CONNECT Highlights:

· Simple wireless storage for your iPad/iPhone so you can take more with you everywhere

· Easily access and stream content to your iPad and iPhone

· WiFi Internet access for multiple devices when connected via Ethernet

· Supports five devices or more, depending on the workload

· Wirelessly streams up to five SD or three HD movies simultaneously

· Surf and stream at the same time, i.e. listen to music, while surfing the Internet

· All content is automatically discovered and organized into Photos, Videos, Music, and Documents categories

· Flexible access via iPad/iPhone mobile apps, multiple browsers, PC, Mac, DLNA-certified connected TVs and Apple TV® with AirPlay®

· iPad/iPhone apps make G-CONNECT simple and easy to use; Android apps coming this Fall

· Password protection to keep your content safe

· A personal “private” folder allows you to share only what you want to

Hey there, future iCloud power user, take a gander at the MobileMe email from MacRumors above — that’s what to expect when you approach the 5GB storage limit. Apparently, automatic backups and your MobileMe account’s email traffic will pause until you delete some files or purchase more space via your iDevice or a computer — for an undisclosed cost. That’s one sliver of info which Apple’s remaining tight-lipped about despite unveiling the mostly free cloud service weeks ago. Also worth noting, as TUAW points out, is that content purchased within the iTunes ecosystem won’t impact your quota. Hey, those app downloads can sure make it easy to fill up a drive, ya know.

Apple iCloud to halt backups, MobileMe email, when storage limit is reached? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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