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LaCie unveils first rugged eSATA hard drive

andy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:30:42 +0000

We like our LaCie hard drives at Forever Geek. They’re well designed (two of them made it into our top 12 best looking hard drives) and up-to-date with the latest tech.

Take the latest announcement: that of the first Rugged eSATA hard drive.

LaCie is keen to point out the cost savings of getting an eSATA hard drive over an equivalent eSATA SSD. Given how reliable hard drives generally are now (unless you are extremely unlucky) and the rugged nature of this drive — something LaCie does well — it’s a factor worth considering.

Obviously, you’ll need an eSATA port on your computer in order to take advantage of this, but they are becoming a lot more common.

You’ll get speeds of up to 90MB/s with Power eSATA, and also compatibility with existing USB 2.0 ports.

Protection-wise, the drive is housed in scratch-resistant aluminium, internal shock absorbers and shock-resistant rubber bumper. You’ll likely already be familiar with Neil Poulton’s design on this style.

Available in 500GB capacity for around £139 ($210).

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SuperTalent Leads the USB Pack with Ultra-Fast USB 3.0 ThumbDrive

Arnold — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:39:12 +0000

How many thumb drives have you bought so far? I’ve got a couple of them and I would say that this tiny portable storage devices definitely come in handy for bringing along important files wherever I go. The problem is most thumb drives come with a transfer speed of around 480/mbps. And that could be slow especially when transferring around 4GB of data.

Enter SuperTalent’s RAIDDrive – a USB 3.0 powered thumb drive which brags of up a nominal 4.8GB/s transfer speed. 4.8GB/s? So now we’re talking.What’s cool about this thumb drive is that you can still plug into USB 2.0 ports and it works like your ordinary USB thumb drive with the same transfe speed as USB 2.0 drives.

But when you plug it into a proper USB 3.0, that’s when the transfer speed comes in.

The SuperTalent RAIDDrive is available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities. It utilizes a “multiple pairs of differential serial data lines technology.” In non-geek term it simply means that the technology it employs boost the performance of the thumb drive significantly.

The SuperTalent RAIDDrive is scheduled for a December release. Pricing info is currently unavailable.

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Tigatron USB flash drive: storage (kinda) in disguise

andy — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:39:33 +0000

Do you need a Transformers fix and the ability to store 2GB of data in one go?

If so, the not-so-compact Transforming Tigatron Flash Drive is for you.

I’m not convinced it looks a whole lot like the original Tigatron, but there you go.

It’s not arriving until September, and will set you back around $50. Not cheap but then what other USB drives come with their own robotic disguise?

Click over for more images.

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Moon Jar: Solar powered LED lighting

andy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:00:18 +0000

I bet you’ve always wondered if you could get hold of a storage jar that glows in the dark and doesn’t require batteries to be changed?

The Moon Jar is just that. It’s a solar-powered LED light source that glows either blue or amber. Leaving it outside during the day will charge it up, ready for it to glow the night away (five to six hours per charge, in fact).

It’s fully waterproof and is constructed from thick, frosted glass for an ambient, subtle glow.