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Seagate's Momentus Thin Drive is the World's Thinnest 2.5" Netbook Drive
At a mere 7 millimeters in height, Seagate's Momentus Thin drive will be the slimmest 2.5" hard drive on the market. Not only that, but supposedly it will also be one of the lowest-priced storage options for ultra-portables and netbooks. More »The Inevitable 256GB Thumb Drive Comes to Pass, Courtesy of Kingston
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Corsair just announced their new Extreme Line of SSDs, coming in 32/64/128GB capacities. So they're not going to win a storage space award, but these little guys are fast—Corsair's claiming read speeds of 240MB/s and 170MB/s write speeds. More »The Only Novelty Flash Drive Benchmark Roundup You Need
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256GB SSDs were a possibility in my mind as storage in a fantasy rig. But a 512GB 2.5-inch laptop drive is big enough to dream about from the depths of my storage fanboy heart-of-hearts. More »Dell Selling 128GB SSDs in Notebooks for $600
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The USBee flash drive is attention-grabbing, not only because of its bee-themed appearance, but also because of its bendable neck and curvaceous shape. The USBee also features heat ventilation around the circuit board so that you don't fry your precious content. This would be a good thumb drive solution for the Macbook Air and its unfortunate USB situation. [Yanko Design] More »Samsung Unleashes 22X DVD Burner, Smallest 500GB HDD
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