storage
Peripherals
Is There Any Point To The World’s First Wireless USB Drive?
2:10AM Jesus Diaz | I get that it is cool technology, but I don’t get the Imation Pro WX. It’s the world’s first Wireless USB disk drive, sure, but there are already drives that are Wi-Fi enabled. So how is this different? More »
Hardware
Asus TS Mini NAS Windows Home Server Backs Up 10 PCs
5:39AM Jesus Diaz | Have you heard of that new service that allows you to connect to the internet at one gigabit per second to access your very own two terabytes of storage space? Me neither. That’s probably why you need the Asus TS Mini NAS. More »
Hardware
Fusion-io IoXtreme SSD: Fastest Consumer SSD On The Market
4:20PM Dan Nosowitz | HotHardware took a look at this consumer-focused PCI-Express SSD from Fusion-io, and found that while it’s pretty damn expensive at $US900 for 80GB, it’s blazingly fast, hitting 700MB/s read and 300MB/s write speeds. More »
Hardware
Addonics’ Mini NAS Could Hide Teeny Weeny Torrent Server
2:40PM Rosa Golijan | I haven’t made the jump to setting up network-attached storage. But with the Addonics Mini NAS being the size of a VHS, it’s hard to resist giving up a small corner of my desk. More »
Peripherals
The World’s Smallest 16GB Flash Drive And Oh Hey, Sarah Palin
1:53AM Matt Buchanan | Somehow the presence of a winking Sarah Palin does not make me any more inclined to believe in the veracity of Wink’s claim to be the tiniest 16GB flash drive “on the planet”. But maybe it is, have a look. More »
Gadgets
Company Claims That Its DVDs Will Last 1000 Years
4:40PM Rosa Golijan | A start-up by the name of Cranberry is claiming that it’s DiamonDisc product can last for 1000 years without any deterioration. If true, that’s great, but will you even have the equipment to read the media at that time? More »
Online
A 16TB Drive In The Google Cloud, Yours For $US4096 A Year
8:41AM Matt Buchanan | Need 16 terabytes of storage that you can access from anywhere? Google’s got you covered, if you’ve got $US4096. That’s the max limit with their new storage options, which’ll let you grab 20GB for only $US5 a year. [TechCrunch]
Peripherals
Tales Of Human Upgrades: Jerry Jalava’s USB Finger
7:11AM Adam Frucci | Jerry Jalava was riding his motorcycle home from work one day, when a deer ran in front of him. Long story short, he lost half his index finger. So, of course, he replaced it with a USB flash drive. More »
Peripherals
This USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
11:40AM Rosa Golijan | OK, so they won’t really save any relationships, but the idea behind the Presence in Absence USB pendants is almost sweet. You keep digital scrapbooks on your pendants and then swap those instead of bodily fluids when you finally reunite. More »
Hardware
