Hard Drives

500GB MiniMax External Hard Drive For Mac mini

The Mac mini’s buzz has subsided a bit, but it remains one of the better options for those needing a cheap server that meshes well in an entertainment center. Add some stackable external hard drives like the just released 500GB MiniMax ($280) and you’re in for a treat. The MiniMax, which is the same size…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Dec 8

Seagate’s CEO Comes Clean: ‘I help people watch porn’

It’s not often that a CEO is honest about the products they sell. Luckily for us, Seagate’s Bill Watkins did just that. Let’s face it, we’re not changing the world. We’re building a product that helps people buy more crap – and watch porn. Don’t forget pirating media, Bill. Seagate CEO: I help people “watch…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 1

Dealzmodo: LaCie Brick 300GB External Hard Drive, $110

There isn’t anything cooler than Legos, am I right? We’ve known about LaCie’s Brick Hard Drives Enclosures for quite some time now. Buy.com has a 300GB LaCie Brick external hard drive for $120 after $40 of instant savings. Use Google Checkout to pay to receive an addition $10 off. Shipping is free. You’ll be the…

Tech News Travis Hudson Oct 27

Dealzmodo: 400GB Seagate Hard Drive, $90

I’m kind of digging this news Frys/Outpost website. Check out this deal on a PATA 400GB hard drive. It is a Seagate brand 400GB parallel ATA (yes, older style) hard drive for $90, out-the-door with free shipping. It even includes a five-year warranty. These are the kind of drives that are perfect for storage drives,…

Tech News Travis Hudson Oct 17

D-Link DNS-323 Network Storage Enclosure: Remote Access and Media Streaming

Network storage is the new black and D-Link’s got a 2-bay enclosure that’s ready and willing to accept 3.5-inch hard drives. The DNS-323 can handle up to two hard drives and has a built-in FTP server for remote access. There’s also support for streaming media thanks to a UPnP server. Don’t forget the USB port…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Oct 13

Addonics Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack: Swap SATA Hard Drives, No Waiting

Addonics aims to make swapping hard drives as easy as changing floppy disks with its Snap-in SATA Mobile Rack. Mounted in a 5.25″ drive bay, it lets you hot-swap any 3.5-inch SATA hard drive. The rack itself is $26.95, buy a bunch of drives and you’ll be on your way to having unlimited storage. Sure,…

Tech News Charlie White Oct 12

Samsung Releases the Q30SSD: First Computer With Solid State, Flash-Based Hard Drive

We’ve been patiently waiting for laptops to come out with solid state, flash-based hard drives for ages and it looks like Samsung will be the first company to offer such an item. The first laptop to feature a flash-based hard drive, the Q30SSD sports 32GB of storage capacity and is available right now in South…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Oct 10

Onkyo Wavio MP-1000J Portable AV Hard Drive Enclosure Keeps the Kids Quiet On Long Trips

Onkyo is better known for its fancy home entertainment equipment than its portable gear, but don’t let that stop you from taking a look at the Wavio MP-1000J, a portable 2.5-inch hard drive with AV outputs. Imagine how many times you wished you had a way to transport some highly illegal Xvid to your friend’s…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Oct 6

Sony BDZ-V9 and BDZ-V7 Hard Drive-Equipped Blu-ray Recorders

Sony’s pushing Blu-ray down consumers throats whether they like it or not and this is all the more apparent with these Blu-ray recorders with built-in hard drives. There’s two models, the BDZ-V9 (pictured here) and the BDZ-V7, sport a 500GB and 250GB hard drive, respectively, for storing content for later burning onto a Blu-ray disc.…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Oct 3

Buffalo DriveStation Duo External Hard Drive: Up to 1.5TB of Wholesome Entertainment

The Buffalo DriveStation Duo is the beefed up successor to the DriveStation that we noticed back in May. This time, Buffalo ups the storage capacity to 500GB, 800GB, 1TB and 1.5TB which, according to my calculations, is enough space to hold more than 1,123 two-CD, full-length public fornication films! The 7,200-rpm external hard drives hook…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Oct 2

Maxtor Dominos

Last weekend we ooo’d at a boatload of MacBooks just sitting around, waiting to be stolen by the camera operator. This weekend we have 22-terabytes (or $18,400) worth of Maxtor drives playing dominoes. https://gizmodo.com/700-macbooks-video-202835 Not quite as cool as iPod Dominoes (with $60,000 of product), but still a respectable waste of money. https://gizmodo.com/the-60-000-ipod-tekserve-ad-169868 [newlaunches]

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 1

Maxtor Fusion Hands-On: Not Too Shabby Nor Extensive

Maxtor’s added a bunch of little features to its 500GB Fusion hard drive to make it more appealing to a skeptical public. CrunchGear, nerds that they are, did a hands-on with the unit, putting it through a series of feats of strength and tests of might. How did it hold up? In a word, well.…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Sep 8

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…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Sep 7

Logitec Launches Nexas Hard Drives With ASC Cooling

Over in Japan, Logitec just released its Nexas line of external USB 2.0 hard drives that feature what the company calls the “ASC Method” of cooling. The ASC Method senses when the hard drive is getting too hot then flips on a fan in the hopes of preventing some sort of Three Mile Island-like disaster.…

Privacy & Security Nicholas Deleon Aug 23

GigaView HDD Multimedia Player

The GigaView is a 3.5-inch hard drive enclosure that lets you display the digital media contents of your hard drive on a TV. Once you’ve inserted a hard drive (or memory card) into the GigaView, simply hook the box up to a TV using one of the included cables and let the multimedia madness ensue.…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Aug 22

I O Data External HDD: Able to Withstand Nuclear Attack, Hulk Smash

The is latest line of external hard drives from I O Data. These drives are built for durability. They even comply with Department of Defense standards. The drives can resist up to 220 pounds of pressure. Sure, they may prevent Hulk from smashing your drive—rendering your hentai collection useless—but who is to say he won’t…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jul 24

Maxtor Shared Storage II: 1TB of Storage

Announced while we were all celebrating our nation’s independence, the Maxtor Shared Storage II (MSSII) brings 1TB (1,000GB) of networked storage capacity to LAN near you. As you can imagine, 1TB of data is quite a lot, but with gigabyte-hungry high definition content currently gaining momentum in the consumer market, the more hard drive space…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jul 6

Kama Connect Eases Data Transfer, Transition Between Systems

Transferring data between systems can be a real pain in the behind, especially if you have data on one and need it on the other. Scythe’s Kama Connect is a device that make this transition a little easier. It connects two different drives, including IDE/ATA and SATA hard drives as well as optical drives, to…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jul 5

Western Digital Settles Hard Drive Capacity Lawsuit

Take note, Apple. Western Digital is actually settling a class-action lawsuit that was filed against them. They are giving out free software to consumers who filed a lawsuit claiming the hard drives actually had less space that promised. This software is available for anyone who has purchased a Western Digital hard drive from March 22,…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Jun 28

Seagate’s Vision of the Digital House

In addition to today’s announcement of several additions to the Seagate lineup, I figured I’d take the time to go a little more in-depth to what Seagate has in store for us in near (?) future. As always, after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/seagate-rolls-out-hybrid-drive-nine-more-179033 Amidst much cheese and wine, Seagate yesterday showed off its vision of the…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jun 7

500GB MiniMax External Hard Drive For Mac mini

Seagate’s CEO Comes Clean: ‘I help people watch porn’

Dealzmodo: LaCie Brick 300GB External Hard Drive, $110

Dealzmodo: 400GB Seagate Hard Drive, $90

D-Link DNS-323 Network Storage Enclosure: Remote Access and Media Streaming

Addonics Snap-In SATA Mobile Rack: Swap SATA Hard Drives, No Waiting

Samsung Releases the Q30SSD: First Computer With Solid State, Flash-Based Hard Drive

Onkyo Wavio MP-1000J Portable AV Hard Drive Enclosure Keeps the Kids Quiet On Long Trips

Sony BDZ-V9 and BDZ-V7 Hard Drive-Equipped Blu-ray Recorders

Buffalo DriveStation Duo External Hard Drive: Up to 1.5TB of Wholesome Entertainment

Maxtor Dominos

Maxtor Fusion Hands-On: Not Too Shabby Nor Extensive

Iomega UltraMax 640GB Hard Drive For Macs

Logitec Launches Nexas Hard Drives With ASC Cooling

GigaView HDD Multimedia Player

I O Data External HDD: Able to Withstand Nuclear Attack, Hulk Smash

Maxtor Shared Storage II: 1TB of Storage

Kama Connect Eases Data Transfer, Transition Between Systems

Western Digital Settles Hard Drive Capacity Lawsuit

Seagate’s Vision of the Digital House

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