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Sure we'd all love to see the little bus-powered 2.5" Iomega eGo drives hit 1TB, but that's not happening today. Instead, Iomega is porting their sleek, shiny, colorful design to the 3.5" realm, launching 1-terabyte Super eGo (get it?) drives in blue, red and black. For the time being, they're only USB 2.0—no FireWire or eSATA options—you still need a power supply, and we're gonna guess that they're spinning at 5400rpm. The good news is that they'll cost just $270, not bad for a hefty TB.
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Iomega's Stylish eGo Drives Hit 1TB, Get Bigger Outside, Too
Sure we'd all love to see the little bus-powered 2.5" Iomega eGo drives hit 1TB, but that's not happening today. Instead, Iomega is porting their sleek, shiny, colorful design to the 3.5" realm, launching 1-terabyte Super eGo (get it?) drives in blue, red and black. For the time being, they're only USB 2.0—no FireWire or eSATA options—you still need a power supply, and we're gonna guess that they're spinning at 5400rpm. The good news is that they'll cost just $270, not bad for a hefty TB.
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Iomega Introduces Leather 250GB Hip Flask, Er, eGo Drive
The people who brought you the camouflage eGo portable USB hard drive have traded the hunting rifle for the meerschaum pipe: the leather-clad 250GB eGo, which goes on sale today for just over $140, will look good in any study, but best in ones where there's a roaring fire and many leather-bound books. Iomega takes pains to note that this is the only leather portable drive on the market. Our guess is that, as stylish as it is, it may remain so for a while. (Second photo after the jump.) [Iomega] More »
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Iomega Screenplay Mediaplayer HDD Does HD Upscaling
Iomega's new Screenplay HD Multimedia drive promises that you can "leave the PC behind" since it stores your movies, pics and tunes and connects directly to your HDTV. You simply save them via the USB2.0 connection, and it's standalone from there on. It can upscale to to 720p and 1080i, plays a wide bunch of formats and connects via HDMI, SCART, composite audio and video or coaxial S/PDIF. With 500GB inside it should be able to store about 750 hours of MPEG2 at 780 x 480 pixels: that's around 500 movies as we mentioned yesterday. It's available now for $218.45. [Iomega and TFTS]
windows home server
Iomega Puts Windows Home Server on Hold; Is the Platform Doomed?
We just heard that Iomega was icing its plan to release HomeCenter, a Windows Home Server product like the ones currently available from HP. The company stresses that this decision has "nothing to do with the bug" that's been corrupting data saved directly to WHS systems from certain applications. Instead, Iomega felt that the high cost of the device itself, essentially a PC, was prohibitively unprofitable at the moment. Iomega naturally wants to look good, as it's in talks to be acquired by EMC. But there weren't many recognizable names in the initial WHS launch list to begin with—if nobody wants to build these home servers for a mass market, how long can the product survive? [Windows Home Server on Giz]
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HP MediaSmart Server Now Available; Iomega and Others Unveil Windows Home Servers
At long last, you can go order the eagerly awaited HP MediaSmart Server, running Microsoft's lovable Windows Home Server software. It's up at Amazon, Best Buy, CompUSA, and Circuit City, though Amazon is the only one offering any kind of discount from the $750 (1TB) or $600 (500GB) list prices. We'll give you more on the MediaSmart server when we get a unit, and see how it differs from the Norco DS-520 system-builder setup Chen reviewed last week. In the meantime, here are the other big news items:More »
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The bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here's the dilly-o:
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Leopard Disk Utility Format Issue Screws With Time Machine (But There's An Easy Fix)
The bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here's the dilly-o:
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12:00 AM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Iomega Beefs Up Its Jon Ive-y UltraMax Hard Drive Lineup
Mac users love giant local storage drives, and Iomega knows it, designing the UltraMax Mac Pro-inspired baby HDD towers to accompany the heaviest machinery out of Cupertino. The latest edition is the one on the far left, the single-drive UltraMax Desktop Hard Drive, with one eSATA, two FireWire 800, one FireWire 400 and one USB 2.0 port. The 750GB costs just $319.95; the 500GB costs $219.95. There's also a dual-interface 500GB UltraMax Desktop Hard Drive with just regular FireWire and USB 2.0 for $189.95. The lot will be available in October. More »
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This morning, Iomega pushes hard to make network-attached storage more common in the home by launching a couple of Ethernet-equipped drives that are priced close to their USB-only siblings. There's a 320GB drive that lists for $149, and a 500GB drive going for $199. (A 360GB version should be available next month for $149 as well.) These may not be the very best deals out there, but they're definitely in the running.
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Iomega Launches "Affordable" 320GB and 500GB Home Network Hard Drives
This morning, Iomega pushes hard to make network-attached storage more common in the home by launching a couple of Ethernet-equipped drives that are priced close to their USB-only siblings. There's a 320GB drive that lists for $149, and a 500GB drive going for $199. (A 360GB version should be available next month for $149 as well.) These may not be the very best deals out there, but they're definitely in the running.More »
peripherals
Iomega StorCenter 1TB w/RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, UPnP, and USB Expansion
Iomega's StorCenter NAS devices are shipping in sizes from 500GB to 1TB with 7200 RPM SATA-II drives. The 1GB uses two drives, so can work in RAID 0, 1, or JBOD (one large drive). Each has Gigabit, but no WiFi, and has Active directory support and UPnP server ability. Interestingly, you can tether drives to this one via the two USB ports. $269 for 500GB, $389 for 1TB. [PR Newswire]
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Iomega Introduces eGo and eSATA Drives
The folks who long ago brought you the Zip and Jaz drives (and a few other less memorable storage solutions) now introduce the candy-apple red eGo portable drive, and its gray, workhorse cousin, the eSATA. More »
peripherals
Iomega UltraMax 640GB Hard Drive For Macs
Apple's hulking metallic case for it professional G5 tower and Mac Pro might not be the prettiest looking out there, but Iomega took the idea and ran with it, incorporating the same design philosophy into its UltraMax 640GB external hard drive. Using RAID 0, the UltraMax comes pre-formated with HFS+, the main format used by Macs nowadays. (Of course, you can reformat it to your heart's content.) If RAID doesn't please you, an external switch allows users to use the two drives making up the UltraMax separately, showing up on your computer as two different drives. Still with us? This is all very complicated, I know. More »
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Iomega eSATA External Hard Drive
External hard drives don't tend to be the most exciting things in the world: they just sit there and store stuff. But the new Iomega Desktop Hard Drive eSATA/USB 2.0 320 GB adds something new to the mix :an eSATA port, which connects to the external SATA port that's appearing on many new desktop and laptop PCs. The eSATA port is as fast as an internal SATA drive, but can be plugged and unplugged like a USB drive. The $240 drive comes with a PCI eSATA card if you don't have one. There's also a USB port. More »
peripherals
Iomega Silver Series Portable Hard Drives
These Iomega Silver Series hard drives come in both 80 and 120GB sizes, and feature USB 2.0 and Firewire connections to your computer. They can be used in both Windows and OS X, and weigh less than six ounces. They're about $1.65 a gigabyte, and are mainly used to carry data with you on the go. More »
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Iomega 60GB USB Drive
Still looking for that illusive big hit after the demise of its popular Zip and Jaz formats many years ago, Iomega now shows off its 60GB USB 2.0 mini hard drive that weighs just 3.5 ounces. Drawing its power from the USB port, there's no wall wart necessary, and hey, it comes with a fancy leather carrying case. For $260 that better be a really, really fancy leather carrying case. More »
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Iomega 1TB Network Attached Storage
This new Iomega Network Attached Storage (NAS) device is more connected than Skynet. With gigabit ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports, wireless 802.11G networking, your Desperate Housewives bittorrent downloads are available anywhere you have a connection. More »
gadgets
Iomega Credit-Card Sized 4-8 GB Hard Drive
It's amazing. The hard drive just keeps getting smaller and smaller. Soon I'll be finding hard drives in my stool. Take this new Micro Mini Hard Drive by Iomega. It's smaller than a credit card and comes in both 4GB and 8GB storage capacities. Each hard drive weighs less than 1.75 ounces, and each has a fold-away USB 2.0 connector. The 4200-RPM hard drive is also protected with anti-shock technology, making it even more durable. The 4GB is selling for $129.95 while the 8GB is going for $169.95. More »
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