sd cards
Games
Nintendo Opens SDHC To Bootable DLC
10:33PM Mark Wilson | Nintendo’s decision to eschew a standalone Wii hard drive for the support of SDHC was a good one, as users can buy tiny and cheap 32GB SDHC cards to expand storage. But just what you could store was in question. More »
Hardware
Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card
10:39PM John Herrman | On one hand, it’s great to see the SDXC standard—which theoretically tops out at 2TB—flexing its muscles a little but. On the other, I kinda wish Toshiba wouldn’t announce an SD card six months before release. More »
Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card Is The World’s Largest, Fastest
10:39PM John Herrman | On one hand, it’s great to see the SDXC standard—which theoretically tops out at 2TB—flexing its muscles a little but. On the other, I kinda wish Toshiba wouldn’t announce an SD card six months before release. More »
Computers
New MacBook Pros Can Boot From Internal SD Slot
3:00AM John Herrman | Aside from photo transfers and straight up storage expansion, the SD card slot in the new MacBook Pros has a single, extremely cool trick up its sleeve slot: it’s bootable. More »
Peripherals
Eye-Fi Pro Wireless SD Card Review
10:00PM Sean Fallon | The Gadget: Today Eye-Fi Wi-Fi-enabled SD cards have been upgraded with a 4GB Pro version with new features like support for RAW files, selective uploading and the ability to send files straight to your computer with via an ad-hoc network. More »
Announcements
10:00AM Nick Broughall | The world has changed. My first digital camera – a Cybershot P9 from Sony that shot 5MP stills and cost me $1,300 (right before the bottom fell out of the digital camera market) was state of the art for its time. Nowadays, both DSLRS and compacts are shooting HD video, 10MP stills and can chew through your memory faster than my old Cybershot chewed through its included 32MB memory stick. Fortunately, memory has also changed to adapt to the growing needs of the discerning photographer, with faster read and write speeds and higher capacities. And Giz AU has partnered with Lexar to offer readers the chance to win one of 10 high capacity storage prize packs. More »
Win! One of 10 Lexar Prize Packs Worth $287!
10:00AM Nick Broughall | The world has changed. My first digital camera – a Cybershot P9 from Sony that shot 5MP stills and cost me $1,300 (right before the bottom fell out of the digital camera market) was state of the art for its time. Nowadays, both DSLRS and compacts are shooting HD video, 10MP stills and can chew through your memory faster than my old Cybershot chewed through its included 32MB memory stick. Fortunately, memory has also changed to adapt to the growing needs of the discerning photographer, with faster read and write speeds and higher capacities. And Giz AU has partnered with Lexar to offer readers the chance to win one of 10 high capacity storage prize packs. More »
Games
Wii to Support SDHC, Not a Hard Drive
3:54AM Mark Wilson | During Nintendo president Satoru Iwata’s GDC keynote today, the company revealed that the Wii will finally get SDHC support (that means compatibility with bigger SD cards) through an update that’s available now.
Peripherals
First SDXC Card Is The World’s Fastest, Only Holds 32GB
8:12PM John Herrman | SDXC, the new memory card spec announced at CES, promised exciting things, storage-wise. Pretec demonstrated the first card that’ll support the standard, and at a mere 32GB and 50MB/s, well, it’s a step. More »
Peripherals
Pen Reads Four SD Cards While Looking a Bit Like a Rocket
2:31AM Mark Wilson | Thanko’s 4-slot SD card reader/pen, but we’re waiting for the 8-slot, double X-Wing version. No word on retail price, but we’re sure it’ll be available soon at various online import vendors. [Akihibara News] More »
Peripherals
Eye-Fi Doubles Storage and Adds Video Support
11:00PM Mark Wilson | Our beloved Eye-Fis (SD cards that add Wi-Fi to any digital camera) have finally gotten the bump from their 2GB standard. Now Eye-Fi cards hold 4GB of photos and upload videos to YouTube/Flickr. More »
Peripherals
