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LaCie Rugged Mini: Portable Rugged Storage on the Go

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While LaCie isn’t new to the rugged hard drive market segment, they’re about to release a miniaturized version of their popular Neil Poulton designed hard drives, which are shock, drop and rain-resistant.…

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July 20th, 2011 by: Range

LaCie Porsche Hard Drives: Speedy and Sporty, Just Like Their Cars

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While I admire LaCie’s efforts in designing good-looking hard drives, their new mobile Porsche drives look even better than most.  The latest hard drives include the LaCie Porsche Design Mobile P’9220 and Desktop P’9230 Hard Drives.…

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June 28th, 2011 by: Range

Lexar Professional Dual-Slot Card Reader: What’s Really Fast and Pops-Up from Your Desk?

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Card readers can be a pain to lug around. I’ve had my share die on me when I needed them, which is when I switched to a SanDisk card reader that never leaves my desktop. Still, this new one from Lexar looks pretty nifty since it looks like the card…

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May 21st, 2011 by: Range

12-Port USB 3.0 Hub: Half-Past, Half-Present

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Here’s a fairly future-proof hub for USB-gadget hoarders. Chinavision’s Warp Speed hub has 12 ports, 6 of them USB 3.0 compatible. Unless you’re really an early adopter, I think that’s more than enough.…

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March 24th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Brando USB 3.0 SATA HDD Dock Includes Handy 3-Port USB 3.0 Hub

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Brando has unveiled a new SATA docking station for HDDs. The company is rather known for this sort of gadget that allows the user to dock 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA HDDs and access them via USB like you would a memory card in a memory card reader.…

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December 22nd, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Newertech Offers New USB 3.0 Universal Drive Adapter

I have a bunch of old HDDs in my desk that have data on them I don’t want to trash and don’t want on my current computer. If I want to get the data from those drives, as it is I need an external enclosure or to open my computer…

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November 21st, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

New iMac Models to Bring USB 3.0, Fw 1600/3200? [Rumor]

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According to AppleInsider, Apple has contacted retailers about impending shortages of the Apple iMac, suggesting that a new model may be forthcoming. This isn’t exactly news, because Apple’s desktop line really is due for an internal upgrade. The real tasty treat was shared by Hardmac. Not only did they say…

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July 26th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure Welcomes Your Old Hard Drive to 2010

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Have any spare 2.5″ SATA drives? Don’t throw them away just yet: Century is selling hard drive/solid state drive enclosures which provide USB 3.0 compatibility.…

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March 29th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Asus P6x58 Premium World’S First USB 3.0-Equipped Motherboard. Yes! Now We Can Plug in Our – Oh Wait.

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ASUSTeK, pioneers of the underpowered tiny computer revolution, is in the forefront again, and this time around they’ve got me excited: the Asus P6X58 Premium motherboard is the world’s first motherboard to be equipped with NEC’s USB 3.0-certified chipset. Imagine a terabyte drive with a 4.8 Gbps transfer rate that…

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July 24th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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