Western Digital making a sleeker My Passport

Western Digital has unveiled a sleek new My Passport Edge portable drive. It is ultra thin and works with bot Windows and Mac computers. I don’t know if you want to call a hard drive Sexy but if you did the term would probably fit this new device.

There are minor differences between the Mac and Windows versions. They are both USB 3.0 compatible and are bus powered. In other words, plug you USB cable in and you are powered up. Both of them are about as thin as a traditional internal laptop hard drive (9.5 millimeters). This is because on the inside they use the new ultra slim type of internal hard drive that's just 7mm thick.

WD says the My Passport Edge for Mac is designed specifically to complement Apple's portable computers (MacBook Pro and MacBook Air), and has an all-aluminum exterior that's not just good-looking but also protects the drive against drops and bumps. The drive is preformatted in HFS+ and has support for Apple's Time Machine right out of the box.

The Windows version of the My Passport Edge, according to WD, has a premium-finish plastic cover and includes WD SmartWare software that's capable of continuous and automatic backup. It's preformatted in NTFS. Either version of the new drive can work with either Windows or Mac OS, however, once formatted in the appropriate file system.

The new 500GB-capacity My Passport Edge is available now and costs $110 and $120 for the Windows and Mac versions, respectively. Both versions of the new drive come with a three-year warranty.

Another interesting Storage Choice–Pogoplug and Amazon Glacier

Press Release:

POGOPLUG INTRODUCES NEW CLOUD STORAGE SERVICE USING AMAZON GLACIER

New Service Combines Safe, Affordable Cloud Backup with Instant Access and Sharing

San Francisco, CA, September 6, 2012 - Pogoplug today announced its new cloud storage service for families and small businesses. The service seamlessly integrates Amazon's Glacier storage with Pogoplug-enabled storage in the home or office. The combination provides the most affordable and safest multi-user cloud backup, with instant access and sharing from anywhere on the Internet.

"Amazon is revolutionizing cloud storage with Glacier. Our new offering provides the missing link by eliminating the three to five hour retrieval time intrinsic to Glacier - making all content instantly accessible," said Daniel Putterman, CEO of Pogoplug. "By keeping data synchronized between Amazon Glacier and a Pogoplug device in the home or office, we are offering unprecedented pricing for safe, fast cloud storage."

Pogoplug's new Family and Team services are available immediately. Family plans start at $29/year for unlimited private cloud storage at home, paired with 100GB of offsite cloud storage. The $99/year Family plan offers 1TB of cloud storage. As an introductory promotion, all Family plans include a free Pogoplug storage device.

Pogoplug Team plans enable businesses to leverage existing servers or computers for backup, private cloud storage and team collaboration. Each Pogoplug Team plan includes a fully customizable user interface, and up to 5 terabytes of offsite cloud storage. Team plans start at $199/year for five users.

ABOUT POGOPLUG
Pogoplug's proprietary hybrid cloud technologies meld offsite archival storage with Pogoplug-enabled storage in the home or office. The combination provides the most affordable and safest multi-user cloud backup, with instant access and sharing from anywhere on the Internet.

Pogoplug is led by seasoned entrepreneurs from the digital media and security space and is backed by Foundry Group, Softbank and Morgan Stanley. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with a satellite office in Tel Aviv. For more information, please visit http://www.pogoplug.com.

Have you ordered yours yet?

Amazon launches Glacier archiving service

An interesting choice for a name for this product it takes on a couple of the characteristics of a Glacier. This new Amazon service is meant to provide an inexpensive method for archive storage of your data. Priced at $0.01 per GB / month, you are also charged for both upload and retrieval requests. “Glacier is designed with the expectation that retrievals are infrequent and unusual, and data will be stored for extended periods of time. You can retrieve up to 5% of your average monthly storage (pro-rated daily) for free each month. If you choose to retrieve more than this amount of data in a month, you are charged a retrieval fee starting at $0.01 per gigabyte. Learn more. In addition, there is a pro-rated charge of $0.03 per gigabyte for items deleted prior to 90 days. Learn more.”

There doesn’t seem to be a cost for transferring data into your data store or for the first GB that you transfer out. However, look at the table below for rates for greater than 1GB out bound.

Take a look at the Amazon Glacier FAQs page here.

Pros: Cheap storage for lots of data

Cons: Slow retrieval rates

Don’t consider this service for anything but long term archival storage. I don’t think this is cost effective for home users but for off site archival storage for commercial entities this could be a great solution.

Google–Free 100GB Cloud Storage for new Chromebook Purchasers

This is not official but you may have incentive to buy a new Chromebook or Chromebox here shortly. According to reports from several sources there is code in the Chromium open source operating system hinting at this.

Reported by:

Google+ user François Beaufort spotted the promo within the Chromium Code review site. Looking at the code, you’ll notice several mentions of an “alternative GDrive promo” and, within one JavaScript file there is welcome text that says “Get 100 GB free with Google Drive.”

The Chromium code may tell the tale.

100GB on Google’s online storage service would normally cost $4.99 per month, so it’s a savings of about $60 a year for Chromebook and Chromebox owners.

This may not be much of an incentive for some people give the small difference in cost between a Chromebook pc and an entry level Windows based notebook.

Cubby Update…

I received my Cubby invitation today so I loaded it up on my office workstation. I then immediately installed both the Android and IOS versions on my tablets. Just like that I had instant access to the published My Cubby folder. On your desktop you will click on your Cubby program icon and the dialog box that you see on the right will pop up. The wrench at the top of the screen will bring up a new dialog box that shows you your account, allows you to control notifications, and whether you want to start Cubby at startup. It also lets you setup a proxy server if you need to and provides an information screen on the version and links to terms and cubby.com.

You get 5GB’s of space to start with. At the bottom of the initial dialog screen you are shown the current used and available space on your account. If you run your cursor over this area a quick info box appears showing you total cloud capacity, file space used, archive space used and free space available for more storage.

When you add a new folder that you want to share from your machine its location doesn’t move it is just given access to the Cubby application. You can add a folder in a couple of ways. You can drag a folder from an explorer window onto the Dialog Box. You can also right mouse click on the folder in the explorer window and then choose Make this a Cubby Folder.

Once you have chosen a folder to be included as a Cubby Share folder, you can do several things to it. Hover over the folder and you will see 4 icons show up beside the folder. The screen icon gives you control of what devices will sync to the folder you are highlighting. The second icon represents invitations you can send out through email to individuals to share access to the folder. The third icon that appears as a chain (link) allows you to create a public link that you can share from a website, email or other method. The last icon is an “x” and by choosing this option you will delete the link to the folder. Very simple and very straight forward.

I am going to try this out for a couple of weeks. I will report back as to whether I find in more useful than Dropbox or not.

LogMeIn Cubby–is it worth waiting for?

While still available by invite only this product might have some interesting uses. So if it isn’t available to the general public why the big hubbub? They have increased the referral reward program to 1GB, twice that of Dropbox’s and they give you unlimited space for the files that you are sharing between computers. Dropbox limits your storage capacity to initially 2gb’s for the free with a maximum of 16gb’s for your referral rewards. Your initial allotment for cloud storage with Cubby is 5gb’s more than double that of Dropbox and with the sharing of the data between computers, the data that is shared is not included in your cloud capacity. I was thinking to my self that this might be competition for Citrix’s ShareFile product. One nice feature of the Cubby system is that there isn’t an ongoing cost. Citrix is based on bandwidth usage and starts at a cost of $29.95 per month. While this is essentially similar to an FTP service with storage in the cloud it provides a much needed capability of sharing files with others that are larger than what your email transporter service allows. This is something that we run into all of the time. For years I have been telling people about Dropbox for this purpose but this might be and interesting alternative as well.

For more details about this product read the Press Release below.

Press Release:

Since the beta launch of Cubby earlier this year LogMeIn has taken on board a ton of great feedback from fellow Cubbsters and made the cloud service even better. Cubby is the cloud data service to simply and securely share information across PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, Android devices, or with other people.

Cubby is the first service built on LogMeIn's very own cloud data sync and storage platform letting people turn any number of PC or Mac folders into 'cubbies' that can be accessed from other devices, stored in the cloud, and shared with colleagues and friends. Cubby also gives people the option to simply share or sync an unlimited amount of information across their devices for free, and without ever counting against cloud storage limits.

So, to celebrate the next phase of the beta LogMeIn's Cubby now offer users:

• New referral reward program – offering at least 2 x the additional free space (twice as much as Dropbox) per referral of any of the cloud sync and store offerings on the market. Cubbsters are given 1GB of additional space every time they refer a friend into Cubby. Simply invite 5 friends and it'll double the free storage you already have (from 5GB to 10GB)
• Unlimited sharing of cubbies – sharing cubbies is half the fun of using Cubby and now LogMeIn allows users to share cubbies with everyone. Share your stuff with friends, family and colleagues alike for everyone to get the full Cubby experience and for easy and remote communication at all times
• Updated iOS app – the improved app is now available from the Apple app store allowing users to open and upload any file on the iPhone or iPad into Cubby. Also, open any Cubby file in other apps, like QuickOffice, Pages, Keynote, Evernote and even Dropbox
• Cubbies noted on desktop, explorer – now any folder that has been turned into a Cubby is marked with a Cubby icon when viewed on the desktop or via explorer to clearly mark cubbified folders

The Verge–Great On Line Storage Comparison

The Verge comes up with great articles delving deeply into products and product comparisons. And again they have put together some great information that I want to pass along to my readers that have been following the last few articles that I have written.

Their comparison includes the following services:

• Google Drive
• Dropbox
• iCloud
• SkyDrive
• Syncplicity
• Wuala
• Mozy
• Spideroak
• Box
• Sugarsync
• Cubby
• Livekive
• Insync

As many as they have listed here, there are still many out there that are still missing.

Cloud Storage - How are you using it

There are many products available to you that allow you to take advantage of either pay or free storage on the internet. To name a few that I use, Dropbox, SkyDrive, iCloud, Google Docs, SmugMug, Picasso, Flicker, Google Play, Amazon MP3…

How do you decide what to use for your situation? Let me pose a few questions that should help you make a decision. There will be a lot variables I’ll throw at you that may have you looking at several options to accomplish your end goals.

The first thing to consider about ‘Cloud Storage’ is to decide what the overall reason is for storing your files offsite. Are you contemplating this to make the files available to yourself and possibly others, on different devices and from different locations, or do you just want a backup?

Answer: If you’re looking for just a backup solution, you should be looking for an automated backup solution. We all have the best of intentions when we decide that we should be backing up but we all are so busy that eventually we lose sight of doing these in a timely basis. So you want to look for a service that is automated.

One of the best of these for a home environment is Carbonite. I have reported on this in previous posts and I would probably direct most people looking for this solution to go in this direction. For $59/year - $149/year, you can back up a single PC’s physical drives using their service with unlimited storage. They have three plans now for the Home PC owner. All three only support a single PC but you can upgrade your service to meet what your needs are. See this article to get more detail on Carbonite’s Service.

What I finally did for myself was to create a large drive array on my central workstation with multiple 1 TB drives using a hot swap drive cage that lets me play several different games. Since most of my storage is a combination of scanned documents (I’m trying to get as paperless as possible), photos and videos. My scanned docs do not take up much space, however, my photos and videos right now are closing in on 600GB. This is a massive amount of information and it would take a long time to move into the cloud using a backup service initially. Because I want instantaneous access to my image backups I do a more manual backup, but if you keep it local, you need to keep up a strict regimen to maintain a multiple site backup and keep it up to date, it is easy to become lazy so you must not allow yourself to become so.

I know that a lot of people also use a photo storage service as their method of backing up their images. If you are using a free service, look at how you would reacquire your files/images from that service. You may or may not be able to do so easily or at all. Those images may not be stored with their original information or resolution and this is not a good situation to be in. I use a service called SmugMug because it allows me to create galleries of the photos that I want to share, provide access to the images to download to friends and family to download and lets me create documentation to describe my insights about the images that I take. If I want a copy I can either download them, point at them for inclusion in one of my blog sights or have the service create a disk of the images and send it to me. Now I am paying for this service and there are a couple of different levels that you can get into. I chose the pro version to accommodate the larger videos that I seem to be taking more of. But even for the$100 annual expense I have unlimited capacity to push information there. This service solves two of my main concerns with an easy method of reacquiring my pictures, and having those shares available for my family.

This service does not handle my document storage needs though. There are several things I do to accommodate this. But again, it may be easier to use a storage service like Carbonite to do this for you.

The other thing that you can do is use a cloud based storage system that is available in both free and paid versions. I personally use Dropbox to share all of my current shared documents between my office, home and other devices. This allows me to easily move between the best devices to access the information that I am working with. This article is a good example for instance. I started when I was sitting at home using my iPad with CloudOn and continued in the office on my desktop. I stored the information to Dropbox and it was easy to move from system to system to be able to access the files I needed.

Here are some of the other locations that you can get cloud storage for free or paid as well:

Which Option should you choose for storing your music in the “CLOUD”

With Google relabeling its cloud storage system for movies, books and music, called Google Play, there is another option to choose for placing your music into a location that you devices can get to with multiple devices. If you have an IOS device or and Android device then you have a multitude of options at various costs.

For general storage there are a lot of choices with my favorite being Dropbox (2GB free), but you also have Google (10GB free), Microsoft (25GB free).

Microsoft SkyDrive provides 25GB’s of free space and is integrated well with Microsoft Office Applications and has some interesting things that it can do in regards to information sharing with OneNote.

iCloud (5GB free) and Amazon (not free). When it comes to your media files (mainly music oriented). It also integrates with a few document applications but this is solely an Apple based product for Apple products only.

Google allows up to 20,000 song titles. This service is primarily associated with Android Devices and desktops for access. It will now integrate with a central interface for accessing movies, eBooks, and music. It will be interesting to look at once it fully comes available. This is separate from Google Doc Storage which I talked about above.

Amazon Cloud Player for your music is limited to 5GB for free and all of you purchased MP3’s are stored for free.

Dropbox can also play back you media but unless buy into the large file storage levels and there isn’t a media player associated with it directly. But I like using it for everything that I throw at it for work, home and play. It is integrated with the largest number of application on your IOS and Android devices and that is one of the things that I am continually reaching for, high availability between applications and devices.

Another service that is out there that has a fairly close comparison with Dropbox is SugarSync. It provides a free 5GB account and reasonable larger accounts. It is more of a file share program that allows you to synchronizes between PC’s. Dropbox is pretty much limited to its file structure that syncs while SugarSync has more of a backup flair associated with it.

So if you ask me what I have, well, I have them all. Which do I use the most? Dropbox at this time. However, in reviewing these services I started thinking that SugarSync looks interesting and one that I didn’t even mention Box.com is something that I want to explore as well.

Let me know how you are using these types of services and let me know which one is your favorite and why.

HDD Volumes to Restore 80% in Q1 2012

Just a quick note reporting from techPowerUp! stating that we can expect drive availability to slowly coming back to marketplace needs. Still not at 100% we hopefully will be seeing a decrease in cost to provide us with more reasonably price storage. SSD prices are still coming down in price but are still more expensive than their spinning platter counterparts.

techPowerUp!

Friday 1:44 AM by btarunr@techpowerup.com (btarunr)

In what could alleviate high prices of hard disk drives (HDDs) after the devastating flood in Thailand that affected HDD foundries, industry sources predict that the reconstruction efforts of these foundries, led by Western Digital, will pay off to a large extant. In Q1 2012 alone, global volumes of HDDs are expected to restore to 80% of what they were before the floods. The global production of HDDs will increase to 140-145 million units.

HDD vendors across the board have exhausted their inventories in Dec-Jan when they supply PC/notebook ODMs their inventories of HDDs, but they haven't hiked quotes due to the off-season that followed. However, the flood situation isn't the only factor that will affect HDD prices. With increase in prices of raw materials, components, and labour-costs, HDD prices are expected to go up 30-40%.

Some new features of SkyDrive that may get you to try it out!

I like some of the new file share features that are now available since the upgrade to SkyDrive. The key is that you can generate a share down to the level of the individual file and can even lock it down to viewing, view + edit and sharing with the general public. They have also made it easier to share to your social networks as well by including that capability as an option. Take a look at this video to see this in action.

For more information on this an other upgrade features visit the following links.

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/11/29/skydrive-gets-simple-app-centric-sharing-for-office-powerful-file-management-html5-upload-other-updates.aspx

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/12/21/designing-app-centric-sharing-for-skydrive-part-1-of-2-complexity-of-simple.aspx

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/12/22/designing-app-centric-sharing-for-skydrive-part-2-of-2-rebuilding-permissions.aspx

Intel Releases SSD Toolbox 3.0 Software

The Intel SSD Toolbox does not support firmware updates on the following Intel SSDs. To update the firmware on these SSDs, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool.The Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox (Intel® SSD Toolbox) is drive management software that allows you to:
  * View current drive information for Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs), including:
       - Model number, capacity, and firmware version
       - Drive health
       - Estimated drive life remaining
       - SMART attributes (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs)
       - IDENTIFY DEVICE information (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs)
  * Optimize the performance of an Intel SSD using Trim functionality
  * Update the firmware on a supported Intel SSD
  * Run quick and full diagnostic scans to test the read and write functionality of an Intel SSD
  * Check and tune your system settings for optimal Intel SSD performance, power efficiency, and endurance
  * View your system information and hardware configuration, such as central processing unit (CPU),
     chipset, controller name, and driver versions
  * Run Secure Erase on a secondary Intel SSD

Before beginning the Intel SSD Toolbox installation, review the Release Notes and follow the instructions in the

Installation Guide. A Frequently Asked Questions document is also available for your reference.

If you need assistance with the installation or experience issues, contact Intel Customer Support.

NOTE:  Installing this version of the Intel SSD Toolbox overwrites any previous version of Intel SSD Toolbox installed in your system.

The Intel SSD Toolbox supports firmware updates on the following Intel SSDs:

Intel® Solid-State Drive Latest Firmware Version
Intel® Solid-State Drive 710 Series	6PB10362
Intel® Solid-State Drive 710 Series	6PB10362
Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series	4PC10362
Intel® Solid-State Drive 311 Series	2CV102M5
Intel® Solid-State Drive 310 Series	2CV102M3
Intel® X18-M / X25-M SATA SSDs (34nm)	2CV102M3
Intel® X25-V SATA SSD	2CV102M3

The Intel SSD Toolbox does not support firmware updates on the following Intel SSDs. To update the firmware on these SSDs, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool.

Intel® Solid-State Drive	Latest Firmware Version
Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series	PPG2 or PPG4  (120GB SSD) PWG2 or PWG4 (250GB SSD)
Intel® X18-M/X25-M SATA SSDs (50nm)	045C8820
Intel® X25-E SATA SSD (50nm)	045C8850

Unlimited Space for Music–Limited Time Offer from Amazon Cloud Drive

You can get unlimited space for your music if you subscribe to Amazon’s Cloud Drive Storage Service at a cost of $20.00/year. You will also get 20 GB’s of unlimited storage for other types of files as well. In fact, if you subscribe to any of the storage levels you will receive unlimited space for any of your music, not just what you buy from Amazon.

The Small Print: Click on the image below to go to the site and get more information…

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Get Started with Cloud Drive and Cloud Player by Following These Steps

Buy music and save it to Cloud Drive
Purchase a song or album from the Amazon MP3 Store and click the Save to your Amazon Cloud Drive button when your purchase is complete. Your purchase will be stored for free and will not count against your storage quota.
Play your music in Cloud Player for Web
Click the Launch Amazon Cloud Player button to start listening to your purchase. Use Cloud Player to browse and search your library, create playlists, and download to your computer.
Add more music from your personal library
From the Cloud Player screen, click the Upload to your Cloud Drive button. All customers start with 5 GB of free Cloud Drive storage and all past Amazon MP3 purchases do no count against your storage space.
Enjoy your music on the go with the Amazon MP3 app featuring Cloud Player
Install the Amazon MP3 for Android app to use Cloud Player on your Android device. Shop the full Amazon MP3 store, save your purchases to Cloud Drive, stream your Cloud Player library, and download to your device right from your Android phone or tablet.

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Plan Pricing:

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If you go with the 5GB Free version, then only your music that you purchase and store from Amazon will not be counted in your total storage count. I have included links below to more information from Amazon about their Cloud Drive and Cloud Player. Let me know how it works for you.

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Learn More About Cloud Player and Cloud Drive

What is the cloud?
Who can access Cloud Player?
Who can access Cloud Drive?
Will all of my previous Amazon MP3 purchases already be in Cloud Drive?
Can I store all of my previous Amazon MP3 purchases in Cloud Drive for free?
Will I be charged for using Cloud Player or Cloud Drive?
Can I upload music from my phone?
How do I know how much Cloud Drive storage I've used?
I saved music to Cloud Drive but I wanted to download it. What do I do?

Intel SSD 320: Taking Reliability To The Next Level

Interesting post about Intel’s SSD technology…

Intel SSD 320 drives include redundant flash memory. Should any of the drive's blocks go bad, they can be remapped to the surplus storage transparently. The new SSDs also include an array of capacitors able to keep the controller running during a power loss. Cached information is quickly written to non-volatile flash to maintain data integrity.

We all know SSDs are fast. They're so fast, in fact, that many enterprises dependent on high-performance storage have replaced cabinets full of mechanical disks with just a handful of solid-state drives to achieve similar I/O throughput. But, in a business environment, uptime is often even more important than speed.

Intel already has a fantastic reputation for delivering reliable SSDs. Its drives are increasingly being used in mission critical environments specifically because they're proving to be so dependable. Real-world data from the company's reseller partners help quantify those claims—Intel's second-generation mainstream X25-M came back .59% of the time, while competing SSDs demonstrated a greater than two percent return rate.

And now that we're looking at the third-gen SSD 320, Intel's reliability story gets an even more substantial emphasis. To begin, SSD 320 drives include redundant flash memory. Should any of the drive's blocks go bad, they can be remapped to the surplus storage transparently. The new SSDs also include an array of capacitors able to keep the controller running during a power loss. Cached information is quickly written to non-volatile flash to maintain data integrity.

Those improvements add up a product in which customers should put even more faith. In fact, Intel recently fortified its warranty coverage on the SSD 320, extending it from three years to five.

What is a Zettabyte?

recent Engadget post demonstrated just how big a Zettabyte is. Cisco things that by 2015 will be the commencement of the Zettabyte era. Other ways to visualize how big a Zettabyte is:

“you can alternatively think of it as the equivalent of 250 billion DVDs, 36 million years of HD video, or the volume of the Great Wall of China if you allow an 11oz cup of coffee to represent a gigabyte of data. So "zetta" must be Greek for one hell of a lot, but what Cisco expects is that we'll be pushing that much information around the web each year by 2015.”

I still can get a sense of how big a terabyte is, and I can barely imagine the amount of storage that a single petabyte is.But going up two more factors to get to a zettabyte is just mind boggling and to think we will be pushing that much data around the Internet in another couple of years is amazing.

Sharkoon Announces QuickPort Intern SATA Drive Cages

So, you're trying to make the most out of the front bays of your tower machine.  We never seem to have enough storage in our computers anymore, and we want the fastest speed we can get to access our information stored on our computers.  So here is an interesting product that expands the five of the quarter inch PC Bay with either a four or six drive bay solution that will house 2 1/2 inch format drives.  You will of course need to have the appropriate number of SATA connections to connect all that drives to your system.  Power is supplied via a 4-pin power connector.

The Drobo FS in-depth

I have always been enthralled with the technology from Drobo and have used it in several customer solutions that I have designed. Lee Hutchinson has written a two part article about his experience with the Drobo FS product and how it works. If you are interested in technology I’m sure you will find this as interesting as I did.

The Drobo FS in-depth, Part 1: what it is, how it works

The Drobo FS in-depth, Part 2: day-to-day use

StarTech.com announces the ultimate USB device with the Combination 4 Bay SATA Drive Dock and Toaster!

Backup your Data and Fulfill your Need for Warm Breakfast Pastries with the SATDOCKTOAST4 from StarTech.com

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Buffalo Ships the Revolutionary CloudStor Device

Looking for an easy solution to accessing your files located at home or at your office? A new product from Buffalo Technologies a leader in storage appliances that are both useful and affordable. Available in 1 and 2TB capacities this NAS storage device adds some cloud services to it for no extra cost.

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Seagate 320GB GoFlex Slim Drive with FreeAgent Software

Looking for a super small fast USB 3.0, 7200 RPM hard drive to add to your mobile kit bag? Seagate is finally releasing it’s 9mm 2.5 inch GoFlex external HDD. This drive is probably thinner than your cell phone. It has a 3 year warranty and is priced at $99.99. It only weighs 0.356 pounds and measuring 4.91 x 30.7 x 0.354 inches. It requires a special USB cable that is included. It can transfer files at upwards of 40MB/sec when attached to a USB 3.0 system. To put the size into perspective this drive is thinner than a pencil. It is supposed to be shipping now and we do see it SKU’d up now.

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