SimpleTech’s [re] drive is the self-proclaimed “World’s Most Eco Friendly External Drive,” calling attention to its bamboo and aluminium casing, low power hard drive, energy star power adapter and lack of fan (the aluminium acts as a heat sink). Whether or not it actually is the world’s greenest seems somewhat subjective, but with 500GB of space and Turbo USB 2.0 connection, it should get the job done either way. Fabrik’s Ultimate Backup is also thrown in, with 2GB of online storage for free, or unlimited storage/transfer for US$5 a month. The [re] drive is available starting today for US$160. [Fabrik]
Today Fabrik announced that they are launching a pro line to accompany their designer line of drives released last year. The Simple, Pro, and Pro Duo all have features such as a stackable design, security locks, eSata (Pro and Dual Pro) and Raid 0 (Pro only) connections. The eSATA connection transfers at 445 Mb/sec while transferring with eSATA and Raid 0 bumps speeds up to 856 Mb/secHowever, the bigger news is that Fabrik also launched a new online backup service that efficiently backs up the content of your hard drives to a server. More »
