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Buffalo Also Delivers A Series of Flash Drives

With its upcoming BDXL writers ready to cover the optical storage market, Buffalo went ahead and also prepared a new collection of flash drives, one that is known as RUF2-HSC-T.Buffalo went for a broader approach in regards to capacity and performance when it designed its new line of flash drives.Many companies have...

4 November 2010
05:52 GMT

Buffalo BDXL Writers Coming This Month, Get Official Prices

Since the BDXL specification was announced a while ago, it was just a matter of time before Buffalo joined in and created one or more optical drives that support it, and it seems that two of them will soon debut.For those in need of a reminder, the BDXL specification defines Blu-ray disks with a maximum capacity far...

4 November 2010
04:07 GMT

Buffalo to Offer Harry Potter External HDDs, Coming with Pre-loaded Movies

If you were somehow wondering what comes next after gaming branded computer peripherals, then Buffalo just answered your question, the company just releasing a new series of Harry Potter external hard drives coming preloaded with six Harry Potter movies for all you wizardry fans out there.Coming thanks to a partnersh...

2 November 2010
09:31 GMT

World's First Blu-ray XL (BDXL) PC Drives Released by Buffalo

Although even the Blu-ray optical format is yet to reach the worldwide success enjoyed by its predecessor, the DVD, that's not stopping manufacturers from already implementing and outing its successor, the BDXL (or Blu-ray XL), the first optical drives that actually work with these ultra high-capacity optical di...

25 October 2010
05:03 GMT

New Buffalo DVD Writer Coming Next Month

Setting aside Blu-ray for a time, Buffalo has come up with its latest external DVD burner, a device called DVSM-24U2 and which can write both CDs and DVDs, at a variety of speeds depending on the format.Internal optical disk drives don't exactly leave much room for variety, since the front bezel is, more or les...

29 September 2010
07:47 GMT

Buffalo LinkStation Ls-Wvl/R1 NAS Has Gigabit Ethernet

Coming to add one more product to the ever increasing collection of available NAS devices, Buffalo has now revealed the existence of the Ls-Wvl/R1, a network-attached storage device with two drive bays and multiple connectivity capabilities. NAS devices have become a fairly widespread means of adding a large capacit...

17 September 2010
08:56 GMT

Buffalo MiniStation Line Welcomes New Glossy Portable HDDs

Buffalo has been dealing in portable hard disk drives for quite some time, and it seems that its MiniStation collection has just welcomed several new members, all clad in similarly glossy enclosure and with capacities of 320 GB, 500 GB and 640 GB, respectively.Portable hard disk drives, as opposed to regular 3.5-inc...

8 September 2010
07:53 GMT

Buffalo Readies External Blu-ray Writer With 3D Support

3D playback may have only just kicked off in popularity, but displays and media players capable of it are rapidly growing in number, so Buffalo decided it would make an external Blu-ray writer that not only supports Blu-ray 3D, but can even convert 2D to 3D when given the necessary software assistance.As the most ca...

2 September 2010
11:09 GMT

Buffalo DriveStation External Storage Line Updated

Adding to its existing collection of external hard drives, enclosures and other types of storage solutions, Buffalo Technology has just unwrapped the latest additions to its direct attached storage line, the DriveStation, namely the DriveStation Axis, DriveStation Duo and DriveStation Quad.The DriveStation Axis, Dri...

24 August 2010
02:47 GMT

Buffalo MiniStation Metro Portable HDD Incoming

Buffalo released quite a number of products over the past months, and it seems like the company has a penchant for external and/or portable storage units with moderate to high capacities. Already the outfit is selling a variety of devices as part of the MiniStation series, even models of 1TB. Now, Buffalo appears to ...

9 August 2010
06:35 GMT

Buffalo Presents New Flash Drives and External HDD

Buffalo unveiled a significant number of storage solutions already, but the consumer base is always on the lookout for new products. As such, it makes sense that the company would seek to take advantage of this penchant that its customers have for the freshness factor. Its latest move in this direction consists of t...

6 August 2010
04:29 GMT

Buffalo Readies 1TB Encrypted Portable HDD

Buffalo has a long history of launching various storage solutions, whether optical disk drives, external desk drives or portable hard drives. The latest plan it has unveiled is of the third type and, though it has not yet come to fruition, will soon materialize into a new line of hard disks. Said product family goes...

16 July 2010
04:51 GMT

Buffalo Flash Drive with Antivirus Comes Next Month

The flash drive market has definitely not seen any kind of shortage of new product releases lately. Still, as with all segments of the industry, there is always room for more, especially when newcomers boast a certain advantage not commonly encountered among most of their peers. This is exactly the kind of device...

30 June 2010
04:56 GMT

Buffalo Shows Off External 12x Blu-ray Burner with USB 3.0

The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 may be suffering from a severe handicap right now, namely the lack of native chipset support, but, even so, it still managed to propagate considerably. In fact, makers of USB 3.0 controller chips benefited from this situation a fair bit, and as motherboard makers released new platforms that ma...

16 June 2010
05:43 GMT

Buffalo MiniStation Portable HDD Now in 1TB Capacity

Buffalo released a substantial number of storage units over the past few months, each meant to address the needs of a particular market segment. There were compact, portable drives, ultra-fast USB 3.0 devices and even models with as much storage capacity as one could ever need. Coming to expand its collection of mobi...

21 May 2010
09:52 GMT

Buffalo Readies External DVD Writer

Buffalo has been especially active on the storage front lately and, in particular, in the area of portable solutions for consumers. Not only did the company unveil a number of portable hard disk drives, but, quite recently in fact, it showed off a series of external, portable solid state drives (SSDs) operating on th...

29 April 2010
09:03 GMT

Buffalo USB 3.0 SSDs Operate at 244 MB/s

Over the past couple of months, Buffalo has unveiled several external storage solutions that do their best to reach as small a form factor as possible while retaining all performance specifications that users take into account when deciding on a purchase. Now that the USB 3.0 interface is picking up speed, Buffalo de...

28 April 2010
06:26 GMT

Buffalo Preps 1TB portable HDD

Since end-users are getting more and more used to having their data with them at all times, it is no longer a surprise to find out that a certain storage solutions developer has come up with yet another portable HDD, USB flash drive or solid state drive. Buffalo has already unveiled the high-capacity HD-PX1.0TU2-BK, ...

19 April 2010
04:17 GMT

Buffalo Completes 1TB HD-PXU2 Portable HDD

Buffalo has been very active on the storage front lately, having unveiled a large variety of storage solutions, including new flash-based solid state drives and USB flash drives, as well as a number of portable hard disk drives some time ago. Not wanting to let the month go by without unveiling a newer platter-spinn...

16 April 2010
04:47 GMT

Buffalo Comes Up with USB SSDs

Another month has passed and, after unshackling a number of newer or redesigned hard disk drives, Buffalo has changed the tone and switched back to Flash memory. This once, however, the market is not witnessing the rise of yet another solid state drive, even though the new products are promoted as USB SSDs. Instead, ...

15 April 2010
07:01 GMT

Buffalo Reveals New SSD Family

With all the media focused on the latest and most hyped products, such as NVIDIA's Fermi cards, AMD's Eyefinity 6 offer and the various CPUs from AMD and Intel, Buffalo somehow managed to squeeze in and still grab attention with its newest line of solid state drives. The new storage solutions are known as S...

31 March 2010
09:51 GMT

Buffalo Launches MiniStation Cobalt USB 3.0 Portable HDD

Having already been released on the European market, under the name of MiniStation Lite, Buffalo's USB 3.0 portable hard disk drive has now arrived in the United States, where it is ready to make waves with its combination of a large storage capacity and fast access speeds. The product also combines the benefits...

23 March 2010
06:22 GMT

Buffalo Releases Golden MiniStation Lite Portable HDD

Usually, in order to keep customer interest fresh, hardware makers choose to rename or launch products that, while not necessarily different from the previous generation, attract more consumers through the simple fact that they are new. However, opposite situations may arise when a certain product line is popular eno...

12 March 2010
09:51 GMT

Buffalo Devises New Series of Portable HDDs

Buffalo has been rather active on the storage front recently, especially when it comes to devices designed for the USB 3.0 interface. More recently, however, the company has chosen to turn once again towards the mainstream segment and offer a couple of USB 2.0 portable hard drives that will cater to the common user&#...

10 March 2010
06:58 GMT

Buffalo Also Unwraps 12x Blu-ray Burner

Seemingly unsatisfied with just the release of its USB 3.0-enabled portable hard disk drives, Buffalo has also officially introduced a new optical drive that supports Blu-ray disks. The new unit is capable of writing data on such storage solutions at speeds of up to 12x. Bearing the unsurprisingly long name of BR-H12...

24 February 2010
09:03 GMT

Buffalo Intros USB 3.0 Portable HDDs

Following the steady inflow of USB 3.0-enabled devices, hardware manufacturers have increased their efforts to deliver newer and faster USB 3.0 adapters or motherboards with built-in support for the new standard. Aiming to increase the range of USB 3.0 storage devices and, thus, give an extra reason for the adoption ...

24 February 2010
06:22 GMT

Buffalo Also Offers the MicroStation Portable SSDs

While the USB 3.0 four-port hub is definitely a noteworthy product in itself, it is not all that Buffalo has to offer. This time approaching the mainstream market for portable storage solutions, the company has revealed the MicroStation (SHD-PEU2) line of portable solid state drives (SSDs). As the name implies, the s...

16 February 2010
09:21 GMT

Buffalo Brings 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub

Even though there isn't a very large number of motherboards with built-in support for USB 3.0, system configurations can still benefit from the theoretical 5Gbps transfer speeds by means of expansion cards or hub controllers, such as VIA's VL810. Now, five weeks after this device was introduced, Buffalo has...

16 February 2010
09:02 GMT

Buffalo Rolls Out 4TB TeraStation ES NAS Device

Network-attached storage devices have been seeing a widespread adoption and the market for such products has been growing at the same pace as the small and medium businesses they are targeting. One company that has been focusing on the NAS market is Buffalo, which has recently revealed the availability of the TeraSta...

28 January 2010
05:03 GMT

Buffalo Technology Intros Pricey TeraStation NAS

With the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 having closed its gates, it's time to take a look at some of the other announcements that were made public during the aforementioned event. In case you've missed it, Buffalo Technology, one of the world's leading vendors of storage solutions, has recently announc...

11 January 2010
02:59 GMT

Buffalo Readies SHD-NSUH Line of SSDs

Unlike nature, man doesn't go into a deep slumber during winter and, as such, neither does the IT industry, which seems to be very much alive and kicking. Among the various segments, the section of this industry that seems to be doing rather well for itself is that of solid state storage. Just days before the cu...

28 December 2009
02:51 GMT

Buffalo Unveils New TeraStation Family, TS-XEL/R5

Adding to Buffalo's line of network storage devices is the TS-XEL/R5 family of four-bay NAS devices. The products will be marketed under the TeraStation brand and will add their storage capabilities to an already large family of high-performance NAS storage devices, among which are the TeraStation III products (...

17 December 2009
06:54 GMT

Buffalo Preps USB 3.0 ExpressCard, IFC-EC2U3/UC

Buffalo has been releasing quite a few USB 3.0 devices, such as last month's external USB 3.0 hard drive, and the recently released USB 3.0 Blu-ray burner. The new product in Buffalo's line of devices dealing with USB 3.0 connectivity is the ExpressCard named IFC-EC2U3/UC, which will provide any computing c...

9 December 2009
09:51 GMT

Buffalo's RUF2-HSCUW / 3 Flash Drive Offers Hardware and Software-Level Encryption

Buffalo is well aware of the people's need for data security, especially that of those who frequently travel and want their data encrypted. To answer this need, the company released a new series of USB flash drives designed with data protection and encryption, both hardware and software-based. Of course, Buffalo...

2 December 2009
07:24 GMT

USB 3.0 Lineup Sees a New Addition in Buffalo's USB 3.0 Blu-ray Burner

When Intel said that it would be postponing the mass production of USB 3.0-compatible hardware, many among both corporations and end-users were quite unhappy with the delay. The general discontent was somewhat alleviated, however, when ASUS released its USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s Motherboards, at which point hardware man...

26 November 2009
05:08 GMT

First-Ever External USB 3.0 Hard Drive Presented by Buffalo

Since early this year, hardware experts and the enthusiasts among end-users have been anxious to see the USB 3.0 out in the open, eager to test its capabilities and see whether the alleged 10 times faster data transfer was for real. Although motherboards with this technology are still quite hard to come by, other pro...

26 November 2009
02:54 GMT

Blu-ray Burner Buffalo BR-X816U2 Finally on the Market

The Blu-ray technology allows for the maximum data-storage capacities attained so far by solid disks. This technology is the only one truly suitable for the storage and playback of high-definition audio and video files. With more and more playback devices with built-in Blu-ray support being launched on the open marke...

10 November 2009
07:45 GMT

Buffalo to Roll Out New 640GB Portable Hard Drives

The market for portable storage solutions has expanded at a fast pace, as users are now able to choose from a wide range of products that come in various shapes and sizes, ready to provide them with a choice for a portable hard drive or flash drive product. While flash drives can be made available in smaller, more po...

30 September 2009
05:53 GMT

Microsoft IP Protection for Linux Devices from Melco Group

Melco Group is the latest company to jump aboard Microsoft's IP licensing program in order to provide patent covenants to the customers using devices that integrate Linux and additional open-source solutions. The Redmond company noted that the patent agreement inked with Melco Holdings Inc., parent company of B...

16 July 2009
11:57 GMT

Buffalo Acknowledges DriveStation Issues, Releases Firmware Upgrade

Buffalo Technology, a leading vendor of computer storage products, has recently announced that it has encountered some issues related to the early firmware versions of its product, the DriveStation HD-CEU2. According to the company, the aforementioned product may show strange behavior, which includes certain hibernat...

5 February 2009
08:53 GMT

Buffalo Readies 2200MHz DDR3 Memory Kit

Intel's recently released Core i7 processors have been designed to work on a completely new socket, more specifically the LGA1366. Said socket is currently supported by a single Intel chipset, the high-end X58, which the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker announced along with the new Core i7 processors. On...

28 December 2008
09:30 GMT

Buffalo Ups the Ante with 2.4GHz DDR3 Memory Modules

When it comes to choosing your favorite memory modules maker, Buffalo might not turn out to be your first choice. Be that as it may, it does not mean that the company doesn’t deserve credit for having announced the very first DDR3 memory modules to operate at speeds of 2.4GHz. The newly introduced product is st...

26 September 2008
06:38 GMT

Buffalo Technology Brings New Design to Its Storage Devices

Buffalo Technology, a leading manufacturer of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory solutions, has recently announced a new design for its DriveStation TurboUSB, LinkStation Live and LinkStation EZ. All these three storage solutions come with the same award-winning features, but they will now be offered w...

3 September 2008
08:22 GMT

Buffalo Squeezes Palm-Sized Terabyte Network-Attached Storage

In a world where Network-Attached Storage devices easily fill up the space under your desktop, Buffalo's new offering seems too good to be true. The company has just unveiled a palm-sized network-attached storage drive that can easily fit into the palm of your hand.Called the LinkStation Mini, the device packs a...

9 April 2008
09:56 GMT

Buffalo's DriveStation External HDD: Four-Interface Beast

Buffalo Technologies has just announced another external hard-disk drive in its DriveStation external storage lineup, called the DriveStation Combo4 TurboUSB. The new storage device can be regarded as an external hard-disk on steroids, given the fact that it connects via four different types of interfaces to maximize...

4 April 2008
05:04 GMT

Toraja: The Burial that Can Ruin You

Indonesia makes the world's largest archipelago, with 17,000 islands. One of its largest islands is Sulawesi (Celebes), which is like a bridge between Australia and Asia. A particular universe in Sulawesi is represented by Tana Toraja ("the Land of the Highlanders"), in the southern part of the island, dominated...

13 March 2008
17:51 GMT

Buffalo to Unveil 4x External Blu-Ray Recorder

Recent reports emerging from the movie industry claim that the Blu-Ray high-definition format is the new king, while Toshiba's HD DVD needs to be flushed out. Whether you like it or not, Blu-Ray is here to stay and you'd better gear up in order to be able to watch the upcoming movie titles available on Blu-...

18 February 2008
06:23 GMT

Buffaloo Dishes Plans for External Solid-State Drives

Buffalo Technologies announced that the company has no plans of releasing the world's first external storage solution based on NAND flash memory. Called the MiniStation SHD-UHRS, the 100GB device is a solid-state drive enclosed in a polished casing.It seems that the MiniStation SHD-UHRS that was so proudly displ...

16 February 2008
05:06 GMT

Buffalo Brings 500GB of Storage in the Palm of Your Hand

Just as I thought that Buffalo's devices could never get better than they are now, the company has announced yet another product to complete its portable storage offering. The new drive comes with 500GB of space and has arrived earlier than Seagate, Maxtor and Hitachi would have estimated.Buffalo's half-a-t...

15 February 2008
06:42 GMT

Buffalo's LinkStation Pro Duo - 2x500GB Hard Drives Storage Server

The first surprising thing about Buffalo's LinkStation Pro Duo is the fact that, when you take it out of the box, it seems really small in comparison to the performance you expect it to reach. But all you have to do is to plug it in, connect it to your router and install its software and you'll see that it ...

7 February 2008
08:21 GMT


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