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Monday, November 2, 2009
Hardware

Fire And Flood Proof ioSafe HDDs Now Available In Australia

2:44PM Nick Broughall | If you’ve ever wanted to set a hard drive on fire, dump it in water and then reef it out to access the data safely, you’ll be happy to know that the ioSafe hard drives are now available in Australia. More »
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Hardware

Video: ioSafe Solo Fire/Flood Hard Disk Test Puts ‘Will It Blend?’ To Shame

6:10PM John Mahoney | I was taken to a Vegas house off the strip. There’s a fluorescent green pool, a purple jacuzzi. No strippers in sight—it was time to set a fireproof hard disk aflame. More »
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Gadgets

Special Forces Fireproof Modular Glove System Now For Normal Rich Guys Too

12:15AM Kit Eaton | Before you ask “why would I need fireproof gloves?” it’s just one feature of this glove system from Outdoor Research that’s in use right now by the military in Iraq, including special forces chaps. They can also handle extremely cold and hot environments, and the outer layer is made of a specially abrasion-resistant “wolverine” material. And that just sounds cool. The inner layer is of super-stretchy nomex-based stuff that’s super-stretchy for an ideal fit, and the whole idea is that you mix and match internal and external components to three or four layers to meet your needs. They’d better be some specialist needs though: these babies’ll cost you $US1,100. [Wired] More »
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