drives
Peripherals
The Inevitable 256GB Thumb Drive Comes To Pass, Via Kingston
11:00PM John Herrman | Here’s your cold, bitter, daily dose of hardware obsolescence: Just a month after passing the already-ridiculous 128GB barrier, Kingston has released the 256GB DataTraveler 300. It isn’t available in the US, but if/when it is, it’ll run around $US900. [Kingston] More »
Hardware
Hitachi SimpleTOUGH USB Drive Shrugs Off 3 Metre Freefalls
4:47PM Brian Lam | Another rugged drive. This one good for 3 metre falls, and up to a ton of weight. And it has an integrated USB cable. Well, I’m impressed. Comes in sizes from 250-500GB for $US100-$140. [SimpleTech via GizMag] More »
Hardware
Corsair’s New Extreme SSD Line Is Blazingly Fast
11:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Corsair just announced their new Extreme Line of SSDs, coming in 32/64/128GB capacities. So they’re not going to win a storage space award, but these little guys are fast—Corsair’s claiming read speeds of 240MB/s and 170MB/s write speeds. More »
Peripherals
The Only Novelty Flash Drive Benchmark Roundup You Need
11:00PM John Herrman | To summarise: Santa Claus has the lowest data rates, while the Strawberry has the highest. The Severed Thumb is slower than it deserves to be, and the Barbecued Chicken beats the Hamburger. In other news, I love this test. More »
Hardware
WD’s SiliconDrive III Lineup Is Their First Crack At The SSD Market
8:00AM Adrian Covert | Western Digital just made their first move into the SSD world by announcing that their now shipping the SiliconDrive III lineup (presumably to OEMs), promising storage capacities up to 120 GB and read/write speeds of 100 and 80 MB/sec, respectively. More »
Hardware
How Can a Hard Drive Shatter Inside, With No Impacts Whatsoever?
1:00PM Jesus Diaz | “Another day, another replaced hard drive,” Chris Cook thought at his tech support desk while unwrapping the unit, fresh from storage. Until he turned the fixed ThinkPad on and heard the weirdest rattling noise ever. More »
Gadgets
I’m All Wound Up: A Gallery of Classic Magnetic Tape Drives and Reels
3:27PM Adrian Covert | SSD, Smesh Smesh Dee. Here’s my visual tribute to magnetic tape, the storage medium that can be measured in MBytes, minutes and metres. More »
Hardware
Fastmac’s Mac-Specific Blu-ray External Drive Is Slim and $US99
10:17AM John Mahoney | The boys at Crunchgear spotted an intriguing portable Mac-intended “Blu-ray SuperDrive” from Fastmac–and while it’s not swathed in unibody aluminium or glass, it looks like a pretty good get for $US99. More »
Peripherals
Laptop Cooler Features Slot-Loading Hard Drive Dock
12:00AM Mark Wilson | One look at this conglomeration and you pretty much know it’s from Brando. Their latest clunky tech masterpiece is officially named a USB Notebook Cooling Pad + 3-Port Hub + 2.5″ HDD.
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