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  • WD Announces New Dual-Drive My Book World Edition II  WD Announces New Dual-Drive My ... [[H]ardOCP]
    WD, the world's leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its newly redesigned My Book® World Edition™ II dual- drive network storage system in capacities of up to 4 TB. With the double protection of two Mirrored (RAID 1) drives ... (more) (0 comments)
  • Seagate's FreeAgent Go series bumped to 640GB Seagate's FreeAgent Go series b... [Engadget]
    Seagate's giving its FreeAgent Go drives a fresh new 640GB capacity ceiling, and while it's not the first external to cross that 500GB threshold, it's certainly on the thinner end of the totem pole, physically. Nothing revolutionary here otherwi ... (more) (0 comments)
  • Fujitsu HandyDrive (400GB) Fujitsu HandyDrive (400GB) [PC Magazine]
    The Fujitsu HandyDrive is a no-nonsense and no-frills external hard drive. (more) (0 comments)
  • SilverStone serves up combo enclosure for SSD, optical, and USB3.0 SilverStone serves up combo enc... [HEXUS.net]
    Now we just need a slimline drive. (more) (0 comments)
  • Verbatim 1TB Professional Hard Drive Verbatim 1TB Professional Hard ... [PCWorld]
    Verbatim's 1TB Professional Quad-Interface Desktop Hard Drive is a speedy, chic, high-end desktop drive with an affordable price tag. The versatile Verbatim... (more) (0 comments)
  • RaidSonic introduces new Icy Box HDD enclosure RaidSonic introduces new Icy Bo... [TechConnect]
    RaidSonic is just about to add a new member to its Icy Box family of external hard drive (or solid state drive) enclosures. Dubbed IB-224StU-B, the latest addition is an aluminum 2.5-inch enclosure measuring 260 by 185 by 35 mm which supports dri ... (more) (0 comments)
  • Samsung unveils the STORY Station external HDD Samsung unveils the STORY Stati... [TechConnect]
    South Korea-based Samsung Electronics has now introduced the STORY Station 3.5-inch external hard drive. Coming in 500GB, 1 and 1.5TB capacities, the storage solution comes in a nice brushed aluminum enclosure, has USB 2.0 connectivity, a power s ... (more) (0 comments)
  • Rosewill RX81-MP-SC-BLK - An External Enclosure featuring eSATA, USB 2.0, and IEEE 1394. Rosewill RX81-MP-SC-BLK - An Ex... [AnandTech]
    A Storage Story, one man's quest for a fast, flexible, and feature packed sidekick on a budget. Have you ever had one of those days where nothing goes right? Or does Murphy's Law seem to sentence you to some dreary luck sometimes? Yeah it happen ... (more) (0 comments)

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  • A-Data launches award-winning design harddisk A-Data launches award-winning design harddisk
    For those who deem black and gray dull, A-Data introduces the Classic CH91 external harddisk. This 2.5" storage device has a USB 2.0 interface and can be purchased in capacities of 250, 320 and 500 GB, as well as in three different color setti ... (more) (0 comments)
  • Sandberg launches Fingerprint Hard Disk Box Sandberg launches Fingerprint Hard Disk Box
    Sandberg has introduced a harddisk enclosure that will protect your data by way of your own fingerprint. The Fingerprint Hard Disk Box is supplied without a hard drive, but after installing this the user is able to protect different parts of the ... (more) (0 comments)
  • External HDD goes miniature External HDD goes miniature
    Plextor recently reveiled two new truly pocket sized External Hard disks, the PX-PPH60U and the PX-PPH120U. These two new 1.8 inch drives have the footprint of a credit card, and are no bigger than 3 USB sticks put together.  ... (more) (0 comments)
  • New ICY Box enclosures New ICY Box enclosures
    Raidsonic informed us that they are releasing two new ICY Box external harddrive enclosure, the IB-318StUS2-B and theIB-362STUS2-B. Both are very similar, as they both have room for any 3.5 inch SATA harddisk, they both have a USB2 connectio ... (more) (0 comments)
  • External LaCie harddisk with internet access External LaCie harddisk with internet access
    LaCie launches the Internet Space .The company describes the device as a "userfriendly hard disk with a storage capacity of 500 GB or 1 TB" but the functionality of the device makes us think it's a NAS for multimedia and backups. ... (more) (0 comments)
  • USB-book by Digital Cowboy USB-book by Digital Cowboy
    According to Digital Cowboy, a book on the shelve looks a lot more interesting than an external hard disk. With that thought in mind, the company launches a new external hard disk case, the Hardbox W-31UA. The case is disguised as a book and f ... (more) (0 comments)
  • WD adds FireWire 800 to My Passport Studio WD adds FireWire 800 to My Passport Studio
    Western Digital announces that its external My Passport Studio hard disks will be equipped with the 9-pin FireWire 800 interface (IEEE 1394b). Theoretically, this doubles the transfer speed of the disk from 400 Mbit/sec to 800 Mbit/sec. The Fi ... (more) (0 comments)
  • Western Digital introduces new external HDD's Western Digital introduces new external HDD's
    Western Digital introduces the My Passport  Essential and Elite .  The compact size and weight of only 200 grams makes the disks quite mobile.   Western Digital's My Passport Essential is available in 11 different colors ... (more) (0 comments)
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