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Intel Demos Light Peak, Has Cable Manufacturers Drooling

Lambert Varias — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:58:18 +0000

If you’ve been browsing tech blogs anytime during the past week, then you’ve heard the rumors that Apple will soon unveil upgrades to their MacBook Pro lineup, with one of the upgrades being Light Peak, an fiber optic interface that’s being pitted against USB 3.0. A couple of pictures have popped up that seem to show that Apple has named the Light Peak port to ‘Thunderbolt’, but I digress. Back to the technology itself – It seems that Light Peak is not only capable of speedy data transfers like what’s possible with USB 3.0, but it also allows different kinds of data to be streamed simultaneously and along multiple devices.

As shown in the demo below, not only will we be able to stream video while transferring data at blinding speeds, we can also move data around between two devices even if they’re not directly connected to each other, as long as they’re both connected to a third Light Peak-enabled device. And so on.

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I hope this doesn’t mean that Apple computers will have even fewer ports. “The 2013 MacBook Pro has only one port – the magical Light Peak port, since you can daisy chain your other devices to the device that you connect to that one revolutionary Light Peak port, creating a cluttered mess that changes everything. Again. For the worse. What an awesome port. If a unicorn and a strip of bacon had a child it would be this port. It’s simple. It’s amazing. Simply amazing. Amazingly simple. Adverbly adjective.”

[via 9to5 Mac via The Fox is Black]

DriveSavers Offers to Recover iPad Data for Just $1000

Chris B. — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:54:23 +0000

How often do you sync your iPad? If you have important data on it, you might want to sync it as often as possible. I’m bad with mine, it hasn’t been synced in months, now that I think of it. Though there really isn’t a lot of valuable data on there, just mostly some books and notes. Thankfully the notes stay synced over WiFi using Evernote. But what if you do have valuable data that hasn’t been synced, and something happens to your precious device?

Now a company called DriveSavers has announced that they are offering their data recovery services for Apple’s tablet. They claim to be able to recover data with a 24-48 hour turnaround time on most iOS devices. The service isn’t cheap though, clocking in at around $1000 for an iPad. They will give you a free analysis to make sure that they can indeed recover the data. I say for $1000, you should find a good way to keep your truly important data synced somewhere.

[via Ars]

Brando Share Cable: Send Pc Files to Your Tv

Lambert Varias — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:24:34 +0000

An increasing number of home theater appliances and media player devices have at least one USB port built-in, which makes it easy to share content from an external storage device, but not directly from a computer. Brando’s USB to 1080P HDTV Share Cable can be a neat solution. It acts like a network cable – simply connect one end to a computer and the other end to a USB-enabled HDTV, Blu-ray player, etc. and you’ll be able to access the publicly available files on the computer.

Basically, what it attempts to do is cut out the step of having to transfer files to a USB flash drive if you don’t want to bother with that. From what I understand the cable only provides a way for your appliance to access files. It has no media player software so even if you see the files, there’s no guarantee that your appliance can open it; that will depend on the appliance itself. You can order the USB to 1080P HDTV Share Cable from Brando for only $24 (USD).

Of course, if your TV has Wi-Fi built-in, or if you have a PS3 or Xbox 360 on the network, it kind of defeats the purpose of having one of these.

[via Everything USB]

Flipsync Charge & Sync Cable for iPhone & iPod Touch: Also Works as an Expensive Keychain

Lambert Varias — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:37:14 +0000

Chargers and data cables are very useful but it can be quite a pain to lug them around. Scosche presents an elegant solution for iPhone and iPod Touch owners, with the flipSYNC USB charger and transfer cable.

Smaller than most keys, you’ll have no reason to leave it at home. Use it as a keychain to lower your chances of misplacing it.

This little fella should come bundled with all iPhones and iPod Touches.

Scosche is selling the flipSYNC iPhone/iPod Touch cable for only $20 (USD). Unfortunately it’s sold out right now, and so is the equally useful flipSYNC micro- and mini-USB charger and transfer cable.

[via Gear Diary]

Pqi Cool Drive U360: Data Theft – I Mean Transfer – Made Easy

Lambert Varias — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:34:04 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I’ve certainly done my fair share of plugging in a flash drive to and fro between computers to copy files, which is why I can’t believe I haven’t heard of PQI’s Cool Drive U360. It’s a flash drive that can also act as a bridge between two computers via USB, allowing for 2-way data transfer, eliminating the need to setup or join a full-fledged LAN. The Cool Drive U360′s transfers data at up to 21 MB/s.

However, the file transfer is mediated by a program called Ur-Transfer, so there’s a chance that the device is for computers running Windows only. Sad face for me and my Mac. The software can also synchronize Outlook data, or you can tell it which folders you want to be synced. Sweet. PQI’s press release also says that the software’s icon will reflect the remaining capacity on the Cool Drive U360′s flash memory.

The Cool Drive U360 will be available in varying capacities, from 4GB to 16 GB. Price and date of availability are still unknown; better bookmark PQI’s website for future updates on this very practical device.

[via Unplggd]