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more about #drives jayhawk11 owns property now!!!: I'll be waiting for some dumbass to throw this in their regular laptop and start bitching about vibration/rattling. more » suland: Might be useful for PMP's. Otherwise - how much lighter it is? more » Dallifornia: Thinnest. 2.5". As in, thinner than other 2.5" drives? Yet it's a 2.5" drive. Does. Not. Compute. more » FooSchnickens - Full of SCAR: Now all we need is for Brando to make one of these that also doubles as an international wall outlet adapter (with expandable cup holder) and we'll be... more » Ghettoshark: My question? Why would anyone need that much? I have barely 320 GB on my PC and it's more than enough for what I do. more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I'd say they just skip the US release until these things become like $30 bucks which will likely be in like a year or two. more » rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy: at $140 for 500GB, it's better than most other rugged hard drives at the price-per-GB game. i'll get one when it's $200 for a terabyte, since that's ... more » Knirfie: It's also waterproof. more » joelydanger: Wow this looks pretty cool and I'm really tempted to buy one since it wont need a case and doesn't look like it would scratch. I accidently dropped my... more » mikeborisov: sure, reporting blistering sequential read and write speeds gets the girls all wet, but in real world usage, random read/write is everything. Nobody's... more » Curves: Arent they all cute; talk about variety. I want to know which one can withstand repeated electrical shocks and stand up to the punishment of floating ... more » Hello Mister Walrus: Is that supposed to be a chicken drumstick or a dog poo? more » Con Seannery: Where can I get that USB cock ring on there? more » Bryan Jones: iunno, that padlock is a good idea, cant plug it in unless you have the key to open it more » Shadowlayer: How much is going to cost? An arm? A Leg? A PENIS???!! Please God not a penis, I only have two! more » -
#hdd
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 » -
#usb
The Inevitable 256GB Thumb Drive Comes to Pass, Courtesy of Kingston
Here's your cold, bitter, daily dose of hardware obsolescence: Just a month after passing the already-ridiculous 128GB barrier, Kingston has released the 256GB DataTraveler 300. It isn't available in the US, but if/when it is, it'll run around $900. [Kingston] -
#hdds
Hitachi SimpleTOUGH USB Drive Shrugs Off 10 Foot Freefalls
Another rugged drive. This one good for 10 foot falls, and up to a ton of weight. And it has an integrated USB cable. Well, I'm impressed. Comes in sizes from 250-500GB for $100-$140. [SimpleTech via GizMag] -
#ssds
Corsair's New Extreme SSD Line Is Blazingly Fast
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 » -
#flashdrives
The Only Novelty Flash Drive Benchmark Roundup You Need
To summarize: Santa Claus has the lowest data rates, while the strawberry has the highest. The severed thumb is slower than it deserves to be, and the barbecued chicken beats the hamburger. In other news, I love this test. More » -
#ssd
Western Digital's SiliconDrive III Lineup Are Their First SSD Offerings
Western Digital just made their first move into the SSD world by announcing that their now shipping the SiliconDrive III lineup (presumably to OEMs), promising storage capacities up to 120 GB and read/write speeds of 100 and 80 MB/sec, respectively. More » -
#storage
Toshiba 512GB Solid State Laptop Drive: Come to Papa
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. -
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#concepts
USBee Flash Drive has Bendable Neck, Heat Ventilation, Vague Resemblance to a Bee
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 » -
#hard
Fabrik Launches Pro Hard Drive Line, Online Backup Service
Today Fabrik announed that they are launching a pro line to accompany their designer line of drives released last year. The Simple, Pro, and Pro Duo all have features such as a stackable design, security locks, eSata (Pro and Dual Pro) and Raid 0 (Pro only) connections. The eSATA connection transfers at 445 Mb/sec while transferring with eSATA and Raid 0 bumps speeds up to 856 Mb/sec. However, the bigger news is that Fabrik also launched a new online backup service that efficiently backs up the content of your hard drives to a server. More »
