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Active Media Products, manufacturer of SSDs and innovative USB drives, today announced the Aviator 312 line of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external SSDs.
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 supports transfer speeds up to 4.8Gbits/sec -- ten times faster than USB 2.0. A312 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external SSDs take advantage of USB 3.0's massive bandwidth, delivering unprecedented transfer speeds in an extremely compact mobile flash storage device. Measuring less than 3 inches long and only 0.2 inches thin, the A312 is smaller than a credit card and is designed to fit in a pocket. A312 SSDs can save a 25GB full-length HD movie in about two minutes. What used to take an hour to save will take only seconds with the A312 thanks to its scorching write speeds of up to 160MB/s and read speeds up to 240MB/s.
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has completed the transfer to its control of Fujitsu Limited's hard disk drive (HDD) business and that it will introduce a new operating structure for the HDD business.
On April 30, 2009, Toshiba and Fujitsu announced the conclusion of a definitive agreement on the transfer of Fujitsu's hard disk drive (HDD) business to Toshiba. The companies have now carried out all necessary procedures and today completed the transfer. Toshiba will promote maximization of synergy with Fujitsu's enterprise HDD business and technology, and expand its HDD business.
Under the new business structure, Toshiba will reinforce its already strong market position as a leading vendor of small form factor HDDs, expand its enterprise HDD business and technology, and develop SSD products for servers and enterprise storage systems by integrating its NAND flash memory technology with Fujitsu's enterprise HDD technology. Moreover, Toshiba will promote a winning performance in a severe business environment by expanding its product line-up and enhancing its ability to deliver competitive, high quality products. Toshiba's ultimate objective is to be an industry leader offering total storage solutions and services that meet a broad range of customer needs.
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Other World Computing (OWC), a leading PC and Mac technology company, announced today its newest OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro(tm) model is the first FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0 bus powered 2.5" portable drive offering 1TB of storage capacity on the market.
The high-performance, pocket-sized portable storage solution for Mac or PC users features FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and/or USB 2.0 connectivity for data transfer speeds up to 100MB/s and is bus powered so it can be used without an AC adapter. With 1TB of storage capacity, the Mercury On-The-Go Pro now offers 100% more data storage capacity than the highest capacity offered in the Mercury On-The-Go Pro line at the start of September.
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While TDK's 100GB and 200GB Blu-ray Discs never made it past the prototype stage, this hasn't stopped the company from pushing the technology to new limits. According to the Japanese website, Tech-On!, TDK has now developed a 320GB optical disc. These discs contain 10 layers, with each layer capable of storing 32GB. TDK plans to exhibit this new technology at CEATEC 2009.
The new optical disc has a larger capacity than the Blu-ray disc, which has a capacity of 25 Gbytes per layer. And it is possible to write and read data on and from the disc by using a blue-violet semiconductor laser with an oscillation wavelength of 405nm and an objective lens with a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.85, which are currently used for the Blu-ray disc...
...The structure of the new disc is as follows. A cover layer and a hard coat layer, which protects the surface from scratches and dirt, are formed on recording layers (the innermost L0 layer to the outermost L9 layer). A Si-Cu alloy layer, which is inorganic, is used for the L0 layer.
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Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today announces its new BDR-205 Blu-ray Disc® Computer Writer, the industry’s first and fastest model to feature up to 12x write speed for single and dual-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD) media. Ideal for authoring providers and system builders, the Pioneer® BD/DVD/CD Writer provides accurate, rapid performance for demanding professional applications.
“The BDR-205 drive represents our ongoing efforts to combine Pioneer’s engineering expertise with advanced technologies, and our next generation Blu-ray Disc writer is a great example of our no-compromise approach to optical disc product development,” said Steve Cohn, director of optical disc sales for Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. “We are bringing to market the fastest Blu-ray Disc writer to date, and it is just one of the many ’firsts’ that have come to define Pioneer’s 30-year heritage in optical disc innovation and leadership.”
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Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of storage and wireless networking, today announces the first to market SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external hard disk drive, recently showcased at the USB 3.0 Intel Developer Forum 9 (IDF) in San Francisco on 22nd September, 2009.
Tim Scale, EMEA Product Marketing Director, Buffalo Technology, said: “The new DriveStation™ HD-HXU3 combines both USB 3.0 performance, and the latest hard disk technology, tied in with Japanese based Buffalo’s renowned high quality design to create a massive jump in performance, copying Gigabyte files in just seconds. Truly amazing and ground breaking technology, another first from Buffalo Technology”.
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Team Group launched the whole new C092 pen drive, targeting sporty and young consumers. It is the first thumb drive featuring a sports theme, boasting shock and dust proof functions. And the sliding design shows the careful consideration for the needs of the consumers.
C092 is a perfect integration of steel and rubber. The steel casing houses the COB to secure the USB interface and the anti-retraction design makes C092 even tougher and more endurable. C092 weights only 8.8g with large capacities from 2GB to 16GB, multiple color choices in red, green, blue, and grey, and with a sleek design.
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A-DATA announced today that it is has begun to ship the industry’s first waterproof and shock resistant portable hard disk drive. Designed specifically for students, road warriors and sports enthusiasts, the SH93 incorporates a rubber-plastic mix and special cushion materials.
This super strong hard disk drive can be submerged in water to a depth of 1m for 30 minutes and meets the U.S. military's MIL-STD-810F drop test standard. The MIL-STD-810 test addresses a broad range of environmental conditions to generate confidence in the overall durability of a system design. With the USB cable cord tucking into the slit that goes around the side of the HDD, the SH93 is beautifully designed with a finish paint in racing car yellow. It is easy for users to conveniently carry around massive documents without the fear of damaging files stored in the HDD in the incident of accidental drop or water spills.
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Nero, creators of liquid media technology, today unveiled Nero MobileSync for smartphones, the first iteration of its universal, hardware-agnostic platform of fully customizable PC applications for mobile handset, Netbook, gaming console and Ultra-Mobile PC manufacturers. While current industry offerings are tied to a specific handset manufacturer, Nero MobileSync for smartphones is designed to allow the management, sharing and creation of content between the desktop, the mobile handset, and the Web regardless of mobile device.
Nero MobileSync for smartphones will help both mobile handset manufacturers and network carriers differentiate their user experience, increase their revenues via sales and advertising channels to the desktop, and better maximize the PC as the hub of the connected digital home – all without having to make costly investments in desktop application development.
