LaCie’s new hard drives designed by Philippe Starck

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Design, Storage

Take a look at this new hard drive by LaCie.  It may not be as durable and water-resistant as the SH93 from A-DATA, but it makes up for it in aesthetics. 

They are designed by Philippe Starck, who is well known in the tech and electronics industry for making gadgets that look stylish.  One of his last products was some nice looking wireless speakers for Parrot. 

For those who want those sexy hard drives, it costs $200 for the 320GB version and $140 for the 500GB.  As for the desktop drives, they cost $130 for the 1TB version and $250 for the 2TB.

Read More | LaCie Starck 2TB drive

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A-DATA SH93 super-rugged portable hard drive

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Design, Storage

I’m not in the habit of keeping my portable hard drives next to the bathtub, but if I did, the SH93 from A-DATA would be a legitimate contender. These new portable HDDs can last up to 30 minutes when plunged into one meter of water. And hey, not only is it water-resistant, but it’s durable in other ways.  The rubberized coating can survive the military MIL-STD-810F drop test, so you know it’s solid, right? 

No word on pricing or availability as yet, but they will come in a red or yellow finish in memory capacities of 240, 320, 500, and 640GB.

Read More | Adata

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Transcend JetFlash V70 anti-shock USB drive has rubberized coating

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Storage, USB

There is never a shortage of USB flash drives on the market, and what makes Transcend’s JetFlash V70 different is its rubber coating.  It is capable of surviving some good drops, which is important when you are lugging several of these things around.  And don’t get me started on the importance of the tethered cap holder. 

The color of the drive tells you much memory each of them have.  The purple is 4 GB, the orange is 8 GB, and the red is 16 GB.  No word on the price, though.

Read More | Fareast Gizmos

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Flash Drive Lock aims to protect your data

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Accessories, USB, Storage

For those of you who want some added security to your flash drive should consider the Flash Drive Lock.  Hopefully, an info-thief won’t be able to dial the 1,000 possible combinations before you catch him or her trying to steal from you.

This little extra piece of security will cost you about $9.80 and is available Read More | Red Ferret

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4GB USB Mini Cooper thumb drive

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: PC / Laptop, Storage, Transportation

For those who want a little drive in their USB thumb drive, might we suggest the USB drive based on the 1959 Mini Cooper?  Sure, you may not be pulling off the Italian Job, but at least you’ll have 4GB worth of storage space.  Of course, style costs, and this will cost you $102. Yeah, you read that right.

Read More | Akihabara News

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Sony’s Ridiculous 2TB Memory Stick XC

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Storage

Sony is getting ready to drop the 2TB Memory Stick XC. Since the XC maintains the same form factor as other Memory Sticks, we are going to guess that these will end up being backwards-compatible with the rest of the XC line. Considering that SD cards are struggling to get to 64GB, this 2TB feat is pretty incredible. According to Sony, the XC range will use the exFAT file storage system, which is far and away better than the antiquated FAT12/16/32. Of course, this will all come at a price, because it is a proprietary Sony item, after all. Those details haven’t been announced yet, but let’s just say that we think it will be a while before the average photographer has one of these in their camera.

Read More | OSS Formats

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Digital Cowboy Movie Cowboy DC-MCNP1 media player NAS

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: HDTV, Peripherals, Storage

Digital Cowboy has put out a lot of interesting media players/portable disk drives before, and their latest, the Movie Cowboy, is their latest offering.  This 2.5 NAS drive can stream all types of file formats to your HDTV including MPEG2 HD(ts,tp,trp), MPEG-1/2, Xvid, DAT, ISO, VOB, IFO, MKV(x.264), H.264, WMV9, ASF, MOV, RMVB, FLV, MP4, MotionJPEG video files, alongside MP3, AAC, OGG, AC3, DTS, MPEG1/2 Layer 1/2/3(MP3), MPEG2-2BC, MPEG-2/4 ACC-LG, WMA9(Pro) and FLAC audio files.  Ports include a USB 2.0, HDMI/composite video, and even has an Ethernet port.  It should be available next month for $209. 

Read More | PC Watch

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Apple Releases 2TB Time Capsule, Drops Price of 1TB

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Storage, Wireless / WiFi

Apple has just announced that their Time Capsule network storage access points are getting storage upgrades. Formerly available in 500GB and 1TB storage capacities, the Time Capsules will now top out at 2TB, which sells for $500. The 1TB model has been dropped down to $300. Both are available now.

Read More | Time Capsule

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Split Stick two-sided flash drive

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Accessories, USB, Design, Storage

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty dependent on my USB flash drives.  Except for the amount of storage they hold, most of them are pretty much the same.  The Split Stick is different because it is double-sided. 

So the user gets 4GB of memory, but it is divided into two 2GB partitions, if you will.  That might be good if you want to differentiate your files, or if two people are sharing one stick.  The Split Stick is available for $19.99 in colors of orange, blue, pink, red, black, violet, grey, or green. 

Read More | Quirky

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Freecom’s Hard Drive Secure: RFID keycard required

Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Storage

Since we live in an age of personal security, it is important that the valuable information on our hard drives is locked down under lock and key.  Fortunately, Freecom has released the Hard Drive Secure.

The Hard Drive Secure is a compact and portable external hard drive that can only be accessed with the use of an AES-encrypted RFID keycard.  Passing the card through the reader gives the user access to their data in just seconds, while maintaining that extra level of security.

Read More | Freecom

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