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Fujitsu Intros 300GB External Drive
Fujitsu introduced a 2.5-inch external hard disk drive, which has a very creative name: “The Fujitsu External Hard Disk Drive.” The 300GB/4200RPM costs $229 and a 120GB/5400RPM version costs $129.
Seagate D.A.V.E. Wireless External Storage for Mobile Devices
Seagate showed off D.A.V.E. (Digital Audio Video Experience) at CES 2008. The wireless hard drive can add 60GB of storage to a mobile phone, notebook or TV. should see products based on this platform by the end of this year.
Seagate Intros Maxtor BlackArmor, First External Drive with Full Disk Encryption
Seagate introduced the Maxtor BlackArmor external hard drive, which is the world’s first external drive with full disk encryption. Seagate claims it can take up to 30 years to crack the encryption, depending on the strength of your password.
Fireproof, Waterproof Hard Drive from Sentry and Maxtor
Simple backing up your data isn’t enough if your home catches fire or is flooded. Sentry teamed up with Maxtor to develop a hard drive that’s fireproof and waterproof. Sentry’s also selling a safe that has a USB cable that runs through the door so you can connect your USB drives and keep them connected to your PC.
Hitatchi Announces 500GB ‘Notebook’ Drives
Hitachi announced the world’s highest capacity 2.5-inch mobile hard drive. The Travelstar 5K500 boasts 500GB of capacity but it won’t fit in mainstream notebooks.Rather than increasing data density, Hitachi is stacking two 250GB platters into the drive. The drive is 12.5mm thick, rather than the standard 9mm for notebooks.
128GB SSD for Laptops from Toshiba
Toshiba plans on ramping up production on 128GB solid state drives for notebooks starting next year. The new drives will be available in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch form factors.
256GB 3.5-inch Super Talent Solid State Drive
Super Talent announced two 256GB solid state drives, unfortunately they’re too big to cram in a notebook, but these larger capacities are a good thing and should trickle down to notebooks.
WD Passport Portable Drive 320GB Announced
Western Digital doubled the capacity of its Passport portable drive to 320GB. The USB-powered external 2.5-inch drive is available in several colors and priced at $199.
Fujitsu Intros 320GB Laptop Drive, Biggest to Date
Fujitsu announced a 320GB laptop drive, the highest capacity 2.5-inch drive on the market. The new drive spins at 5400 RPM and should satisfy most multimedia gluttons, with enough capacity to store about 80,000 songs or 140 hours of DVD-quality video.
Transcend 16GB SDHC Card
Transcend is getting ready to roll out a 16GB Class 6 SDHC memory card. The card can store more than 8,000 7-megapixel photos.It will have minimum transfer speeds of 6MB/s, for quick transfer of your digital photos or video to your notebook.