WD today introduced its new one terabyte (TB) and 750 gigabyte (GB) capacity My Passport™ SE for Mac® portable USB drives. Available at WD's online store, the new My Passport SE for Mac portable drives are formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple Time Machine® software.

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Perfect for saving, storing and backing up Mac computers, these ultra-portable 1 TB and 750 GB My Passport SE drives are easy to carry because they are USB-powered and do not need an external power adapter. Equipped with 256-bit hardware encryption with password protection for an extra level of security, this small drive with mega-capacity give users peace-of-mind knowing that their data is protected from unauthorized access or theft.

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Packard Bell, one of the leading technology brands in Europe, refreshes its multimedia storage line-up with the introduction of the new Packard Bell Studio ST.

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If you are looking for an external drive to carry your personal music, videos and photos and play them back on a TV set, the new multimedia storage Packard Bell Studio ST is the perfect partner. With its distinctive angular shape, its black glossy finish, its compact and stylish design, it perfectly fits any home interior: a real and practical asset to the living room.

Extremely easy-to-use, it comes with a new remote control and has a USB port for sharing or playing files stored on other USB mass storage devices - such as USB keys and hard drives. The new Packard Bell Studio ST plays all versions of the most common videos, pictures and audio files and is capable of Dolby® Digital decoding. Its intuitive graphical user interface, developed in most European languages, also allows easy browsing of multimedia content.

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wd my passport av.jpgWD today introduced its new My Passport™ AV portable media drives. Designed specifically for video storage and playback, the new My Passport AV portable media drives deliver a plug-and-play experience for digital media enthusiasts. Available now at select retailers and WD's online store, the My Passport AV portable media drive is offered with 320 GB of capacity.

A large and increasing number of game consoles, camcorders, TVs, DVRs, Blu-ray players and media players, including the WD TV® Media Player family, allow consumers to connect a USB drive and play the multimedia content from the drive on an HD TV. The My Passport AV portable media drive is designed to meet the requirements of this demanding video streaming environment. It delivers the formatting and low-power consumption that assures out-of-the-box compatibility with many leading CE (consumer electronics) devices.

WD worked to ensure that the My Passport AV portable media drives operate seamlessly with the Direct Copy feature offered in Sony's new Handycam® video recorders. Direct Copy lets Handycam users offload and archive HD video directly to a My Passport AV portable media drive without a computer, creating room to shoot more HD videos when their Handycam hard drive becomes full.

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Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of storage and wireless networking today announces the availability of the MiniStation Lite a lightweight, portable USB hard drive in high-gloss gold.

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The explosion of online media and digital data means that many more people take film and music, digital images and other files with them when they are on the move.  The MiniStation Lite is a low cost, external hard drive ideal for storing, backing-up and transporting digital data, giving people access to their important files from wherever they are.

With a sleek compact form factor, the MiniStation Lite in Gold is available with 500GB of storage capacity. The MiniStation Lite is also available in black, red, white, blue or pink, with capacities of 250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 640GB. 

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Other World Computing (OWC), a leading zero emissions Mac and PC technology company, announced today its OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini is the first 2.5″ 1TB “Quad Interface” bus powered portable storage solution on the market and available for immediate ordering with 10 models priced from $119.99. Featuring a “Quad Interface” of FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, and eSATA interface connectivity for data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s, the fanless Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini delivers high performance storage/backup to Mac or PC users in a portable, brushed aluminum, no AC adapter required Plug and Play footprint.

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“We’re very pleased to have our renowned Mercury storage line achieve another industry first,” said Larry O’Connor, CEO, Other World Computing. “With the highest capacity and most interfaces in a portable design, our ‘mini’ delivers massive, professional grade data storage/backup to the modern mobile computing society.”

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