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HDCA-U External HDD Line from I-O Data Gets 3 TB Member

I-O Data chose not to go portable this once, offering a new, high-capacity addition to a collection of desktop hard drives, otherwise known as USB-connected external units. The I-O Data HDCA-U series of external hard disk drive units has been around for some time, but this only means that its list of members peri...

5 October 2011
03:27 GMT

Verbatim Uses SuperSpeed in Store 'n' Save HDDs

Verbatim has again made good on its reputation as purveyor of various storage solutions, having unveiled, in Europe, a series of hard disk drives primarily aimed at backup tasks. The external storage market is one that is always growing, what with so many companies from around the world throwing in their contribu...

30 September 2011
10:28 GMT

Buffalo Completes External HDDs of 1 TB, 2 TB and 3 TB

The external storage solutions market is growing at about the same rate as all other parts of the IT market, as shown by companies like Buffalo, whose product collection will soon expand. Buffalo has, so far, unveiled more than just a few external and/or portable storage drives, in addition to other things, like ...

15 September 2011
08:05 GMT

Seagate Launches Massive 4TB GoFlex HDD

Samsung may have spoken of a project that would yield a 4TB hard disk drive, but it looks like Seagate was the one to finish first, as revealed in its new press release.Solid state drives may have gained in base capacity over the past six months, but hard disk units have been constantly expanding their own, maintain...

7 September 2011
02:41 GMT

Planex Releases Two New USB 3.0 HDDs

Apparently eager to reel in some more customers that have a taste for fast data transfers, Planex revealed its newest USB 3.0-enabled hard disk drive that, alas, are only available in Japan.The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface has, understandably, gathered a following very quickly, what with its performance being ten ti...

23 August 2011
04:04 GMT

Two External HDDs from Buffalo Announced

Buffalo has once again made good on its status as purveyor of consumer storage solutions, having created a new pair of large-capacity, not at all lightweight HDDs, featuring the same glossy black frame as those that came before them.Buffalo may not specialize overmuch in the development of very compact storage devic...

10 August 2011
07:49 GMT

Logitec Delivers New External USB 3.0 HDD

Logitec definitely hasn't been limiting itself to just one small area of the IT consumer base, as evident from its line of storage devices, among other things, with a new, external solution now out.While, at one point, the storage industry was more or less defined by the hard drive and the disk (floppy and comp...

24 May 2011
08:30 GMT

Toshiba Delivers a New Batch of External HDDs

There are already a fair number of external and/or portable hard disk drives on the market, but it looks like Toshiba went with the “always room for more” motto and produced a new series of them. There seem to be a large number of new storage units coming out lately, both of the HDD and SSD variety, s...

23 May 2011
08:39 GMT

New External Hard Disk Drive Gets 3TB Storage from I-O Data

External hard disk drives may not be as fast as SATA models meant to stay in cases' trays, but they do have all other capabilities and their own assets that make them convenient backup solutions, among other things.The past couple of years definitely saw external storage solutions going through a phase of popul...

28 April 2011
03:39 GMT

I-O Data Targets Consumers with HDCA-UT External HDD

Like so many other companies on the IT market, I-O Data does not limit itself to just one segment of the industry, this once having delivered a pair of storage devices that are really just updated versions of those unleashed last year.I-O Data's name does a very good job of relaying just what sort of hardware p...

30 March 2011
07:58 GMT

Buffalo Adds an External DVD Writer to Its Lineup

Buffalo is one of the few companies that didn't suddenly go inert over the past week, and it seems that its collection of products has just increased, this time by welcoming a new addition to the optical disk drive line.Buffalo has long been a supplier of storage solutions of various kinds, as was proven quite ...

4 February 2011
06:38 GMT

ASUS Dashes Forth with Lamborghini External Hard Drive

ASUS may have its fair share of 'regular' products, even external storage devices, but that doesn't mean it won't try to stand out through uncanny designs, like the one that defines its newest external hard drives.Like so many other companies, ASUS has had a more or less full week, especially aft...

2 February 2011
10:02 GMT

Buffalo Contributes to the Storage Market With Encrypted External HDD

Quite a few external and/or portable storage devices already exist, so Buffalo figured it would distance itself form the so-called generic models by delivering an external, high-capacity solution with security features.Buffalo is not the only company to cater to the needs of the external storage market recently.Giga...

27 January 2011
06:29 GMT

I-O Data Expands Storage Offer with External HDD for Multimedia

I-O Data is turning out to be one of those IT companies that like to launch products one after another instead of taking it slow, as proven by how yet another one of its storage devices has been detailed.Even though it already launched quite a few storage units over the past few days, among other things, I-O Data de...

21 January 2011
03:46 GMT

I-O Data Expands Colorful Portable Line with New DVD Burner

It seems that I-O Data has not yet finished its string of new product releases, as the announcements made over the past few days have now been followed by the launch of a new DVD writer. DVD writers may not be overly easy to customize, at least as far as regular, internal ones, with the 5.25-inch from factor, are co...

20 January 2011
06:13 GMT

Buffalo Also Preps External HDD, Uses USB 3.0

I-O Data may have grabbed attention on the portable storage front, but Buffalo has been no less active on the external, high-speed HDD market, having created a new beast capable of storing 3TB.Buffalo has definitely been living up to its position as supplier of high-capacity external storage solutions.The company ha...

19 January 2011
05:01 GMT

Transcend Intros New StoreJet USB 3.0 External HDD

Transcend may have just updated its solid state drive lineup, but it seems to be advancing its HDD collection at the same time, or at least increasing it, by adding new drives, this once an addition to the StoreJet series.By upgrading its solid state drives with new controller chips, Transcend made sure it was ready...

17 January 2011
08:53 GMT

External Disk Storage Market Scores Fourth Highest Revenues in Q3, IDC Finds

Since press releases regarding financial aspects of various markets are coming out one after another, IDC figured it would pull its own weight by revealing what the situation was on the external disk storage systems market. The total factory revenues posted were a bit under $5.2 billion, a figure which correspond...

4 December 2010
05:08 GMT

I-O Data Also Brings Out A New External Blu-ray Writer

It seems that the display business is not the only outlet that I-O Data has been using to channel its creativity lately, the company having also brought forth a certain external optical drive.As end-users know, most common optical drives usually come in the 5.25-inch form factor and end up in desktop cases.With all ...

17 November 2010
05:30 GMT

New USB 3.0 HDDs from Buffalo Have Up to 2TB

Buffalo has been releasing external and internal storage solutions of multiple kinds, and it seems like it is ready to expand its offer, its newest product being an external hard disk drive series with support for the newest USB standard.Now that native chipset support for USB 3.0 is becoming less and less of a far-...

17 November 2010
04:56 GMT

Lite-On DVD Writer Has a Customizable Front Cover

Lite-On seems to want to play on end-users apparent need for variety and customizability now that it has completed tis newest external optical disk drive, one going by the name of eNAU608.The new disk drive that the company came up with is a slim, external DVD burner that communicates with host PCs via the USB 2.0 c...

5 November 2010
04:40 GMT

External USB 2.0 DVD Writer from I-O Data Inbound

For those end-users that own systems, mobile or otherwise, that lack a DVD writer, I-O Data will soon begin to sell one such device, namely an external drive unit known as DVR-UN24GE.While Buffalo is busy getting its act ready on the BDXL market, I-O Data decided to take things a bit slower.Granted, said format has ...

4 November 2010
08:58 GMT

New RaidSonic HDD/SSD Enclosures Work at SuperSpeed

The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard has scored yet another success, in the form of a pair of drive enclosures that RaidSonic has prepared for the myriad of 2.5-inch storage units that exist in the world. As more advanced storage solutions get launched, end-users keep buying hard disks and solid state drives that are fas...

19 October 2010
07:56 GMT

Western Digital External HDDs Get 3TB and USB 3.0

Since it was only a matter of time before Seagate's external 3TB HDD offer was matched, Western Digital came out and showed off the My Book Essential series that not only have capacities of 3TB, but complement it by means of the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard.The series of external storage devices that were update...

5 October 2010
09:23 GMT

Cirago Joins the USB 3.0 Movement, Reveals the CST6000

Even without native chipset support, the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed standard has grown in popularity enough for a new device compatible with it, and Cirago has just made its own contribution in the form of the CST6000.For those interested in a reminder, the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard is the latest iteration of the Universa...

29 September 2010
08:19 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

Toshiba's Canvio 3.0 Works at SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Rates

Apparently thinking it was about time it joined in on the fun, Toshiba came forth and revealed that it has developed the Canvio 3.0, a line of external hard disk drives that are designed with the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connection. As end-users probably know by now, the SuperSpeed iteration of the Universal Serial Bus in...

28 September 2010
09:33 GMT

Toshiba STOR.E TV+ Streams 2TB of Music and Videos to HDTVs

There are many types of storage devices on the market, most of them being aimed at PCs, but there are still a fair number of external solutions intended for multimedia, and the STOR.E TV+ developed by Toshiba is the company's latest HD-ready multimedia drive capable of streaming content to HDTVs.The STOR.E TV+ ...

4 September 2010
04:55 GMT

Iomega Shifts All External HDDs to USB 3.0, Prices Stay the Same

With USB 3.0 surging in popularity, storage solutions developers have unveiled an increasing number of external units compatible with it, and Iomega seems bent on making a fairly radical move and shift all of its existing external HDD lines to this new interface standard, while keeping prices at the same levels and ...

24 August 2010
09:39 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 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

A-Data Readies Nobility NH30 USB 3.0 External HDD

The age of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 dominance must truly be approaching, considering how often companies choose to reveal external storage solutions compatible with this standard. Obviously, the bandwidth of 5Gbps is more than fit to become an object of desire. Knowing this, A-Data Technology has once again taken the micr...

1 July 2010
06:50 GMT

Seagate Shatters Storage Market with 3TB External HDD

Seagate is already known as one of, if not the biggest suppliers of hard disk drives worldwide. Mostly, the company managed to secure leadership either by unleashing droves of new devices one after another, or by inventing some new sort of electronic, such as the Momentus XT HDD/SSD hybrid drive. Some time prior to t...

29 June 2010
08:51 GMT

Lamborghini USB 3.0 Portable HDD from Team Group Drives By

Though the packaging usually does a good enough job of saying what the product within can or cannot do, external storage units sometimes need more than just a good box to sell well. This is because, in addition to performance, they need to be stylish enough to grab the attention of prospective purchasers. As such, Te...

27 May 2010
05:44 GMT

Imation's External HDDs Strong in Both Mind and Physique

Consumers and most other end-users can make do with regular and mildly encrypted storage solutions as long as they are careful enough. For applications where security is a prime concern, however, such as large organizations and government agencies, there is always the need for a more advanced storage means. Imation s...

4 May 2010
03:09 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

CMS Launches 1TB ABSplus 2.5-Inch External HDD

A few years ago, the mere idea of external hard disk drives didn't really incite many followers, mostly because there were very few interfaces capable of communicating with such a device and all of them were too slow for practical use. This all changed with the invention of the USB 1.1 interface and, later, with...

12 April 2010
11:06 GMT

LaCie Launches External Hard Drives for Enterprise Use

LaCie has decided to expand its storage product line and has introduced the newest Enterprise Class range of external hard drives. These new storage solutions are meant to fit the needs of creative professionals and those interested in keeping their data confidential. The drives employ government-grade 128-bit AES ha...

27 January 2010
11:07 GMT

I-O Data Readies High-Capacity External Hard Drives

I-O data is preparing to once again jump on the external-storage bandwagon with its upcoming high-capacity hard disk drives. The company is gearing up to launch the HDJ-U series of external storage units. All models are designed with a stylish, black casing and can sit either vertically or horizontally, depending on ...

27 January 2010
08:08 GMT

G-Technology Spawns G-DRIVEs

G-Technology by Hitachi is taking part, as an official Leadership Sponsor, in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31, 2010, in Park City, Utah. Taking advantage of this opportunity, G-Tech has announced a new family of external hard drives aimed at complementing MAC systems. The company has presented two new ...

23 January 2010
05:03 GMT

AMD's ATI XGP Gives Notebooks Upgradeable Graphics

While notebook PCs are generally strong enough to match some of the high-end desktop systems, they have little to no performance upgradeability. Desktop users can enhance their systems with new components in order to play new games, which gives such systems a generally longer life cycle. Notebooks, on the other hand,...

12 January 2010
04:45 GMT

Samsung's External HDDs Give Style to Eco-Friendliness

Introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show, the 2.5-inch G2 Portable and the 3.5-inch G3 Station are Samsung's newest lineup of external hard drives that target the young-adult market and are designed under the company's eco-friendly green concept. These products are free of halogens, use low amounts of po...

11 January 2010
04:08 GMT

New External Hard Drives from LG Are Chic

LG has once again released a couple of external hard drives meant to please both end-users and their machines. In a purely technical and aesthetic way, of course. The new storage modules will impress South Korean consumers both through their stylish design and their storage capability, which surpasses most other stor...

29 December 2009
10:59 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

QuickerTek Powers Your MacBook On The Go

QuickerTek has announced the MacBook Battery and Charger Lite for owners of an Apple MacBook. Customers will gain up to five hours of additional battery power, according to the company, whose offerings include all kinds of battery chargers for MacBooks, iPhone and iPod touch. “It's [sic.] small size is d...

8 July 2009
08:56 GMT

Fujitsu Offers 500GB of External Storage Space

Fujitsu, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of storage solutions, has recently announced its newest travel-ready HandyDrive additions, offering the world's highest capacity 2.5-inch external hard disk drive, with up to 500GB of storage space. The new product has been designed to offer a sleek and ultrapo...

15 July 2008
05:12 GMT

Lite-On IT Working on USB External DVD Burners

One of the biggest product releases that was displayed at this year's Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan, was undoubtedly ASUS' Eee PC. Even more, a number of other important manufacturers like MSI, Acer or Gigabyte have released their own version of an Eee PC-like portable computer. And these products have se...

9 June 2008
09:51 GMT

New 320GB HDD for Macbooks Features eSATA-Enabled Enclosure

MacBook owners looking to increase their storage space will be glad to hear that MCE Technologies has just introduced its 320GB MobileStor Performance hard disk drive upgrade for both MacBook and MacBook Pro. At $349, the 320GB HDD operates at 5400RPM, featuring a maximum sustained transfer rate of above 75MB/sec. Bu...

30 January 2008
07:01 GMT

Iomega to Showcase New Models of eGo Portable Hard Drives

Iomega has announced the availability of two new members in their portable eGo hard drive line. The new hard-disks will feature higher storage capacities, as well as a new FireWire connector. They will be showcased during the Macworld Conference & Expo starting today.The newest Iomega drives come in capacities of 160...

15 January 2008
06:34 GMT

Western Digital Seems to Hate Multimedia

People usually buy external hard drives to complete their inefficient storage space. By inefficient, we usually mean 60 or 80 GB as most of the actual notebooks still carry. Well, talking about inefficiency, an 80 GB hard disk drive can easily carry the whole Library of Congress in textfiles. Not quite inefficient ri...

8 December 2007
06:22 GMT


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