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Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the release of the SSDNow V Series solid-state drive (SSD) upgrade bundles. Targeted specifically for mass-market consumers and small and medium businesses, the Kingston(R) SSDNow V Series upgrade bundles, available in 128GB and 64GB capacities, are the first products in a series of low-cost, value-driven SSD solutions to increase performance on existing desktops and notebooks.
"The SSDNow V Series upgrade bundles are a terrific solution -- given the current economy -- for cost-conscious consumers who want an instant performance increase on an existing computer at a very reasonable price point," said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. "We are trying to garner mass-market adoption of SSDs by bundling together all of the software, hardware and step-by-step instructions in a couple of low-cost options aimed squarely at everyday users. The V Series upgrade bundles are a perfect complement to our existing line of SSDNow products that target enterprise customers and prosumers."
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Iomega, an EMC company and a global leader in data protection, today announced the worldwide availability of the new Iomega® eGo™ Portable Hard Drive for Mac users, featuring multiple interface connections, a stylish new aluminum design, superior ruggedness and a robust combination of software, all backed with a three-year limited warranty. Available in three different colors and up to 500GB in capacity, the new Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive for Mac users provides the dependability and versatility to meet today's on-the-go data storage needs.
"Featuring both flavors of FireWire and USB 2.0 connectivity, the new Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive is ideal for Mac fans that want to take their files anywhere with the assurance of compatibility no matter which interface is needed," said Jonathan Huberman, president of Iomega and the Consumer and Small Business Products Division of EMC. "Just like the new USB 2.0 eGo models we announced two weeks ago, the new triple interface eGo Drives deliver dependability and style with a compact, sleek new aluminum enclosure in eye-catching colors, as well as a collection of backup software to protect your data."
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Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, the world’s best known PC gamer, and Fusion-io join up at the Fatal1ty E3 booth to launch the ioXtreme, a solid state storage device for high-performance PCs and workstations using 64 bit operating systems. The ioXtreme eliminates application latency, delivering the kind of storage performance once limited to the world’s fastest supercomputers.
Drawing from Fusion-io’s industry-leading solid-state technologies, the ioXtreme is a PCI Express card that sits on the system bus filling the performance gap between RAM and disk drives. It adds 80 GB of non-volatile capacity, exponentially accelerating input and output, including file access, and improving application performance dramatically.
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Pioneer announced today that its new slim, portable DVD writer, the DVR-XD08, is now available across Europe. This USB bus powered drive is capable of 8x DVD±R, 6x DVD±R DL, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 5x DVD-RAM writing speeds and a maximum DVD read speed of 8x. The DVR-XD08 also features a highly efficient Optical Pick-Up (OPU) unit, multi-effect Liquid Crystal Tilt Compensator and performance adjusting firmware as well as a software bundle from CyberLink.
Our new slim, portable DVD and CD writer, the DVR-XD08 is now available across Europe. Big on performance, it features a a sleek, high-gloss black casing and writes at speeds of up to 8X on DVD-R/+R and 6X on Dual/Double Layer (DL) DVDs and 24X to CD.
And with DL media offering 8.5GB storage capacity and technologies to reduce power consumption, the easily-connected (through USB 2.0) portable writer is ideal for users of laptops and compact netbook PCs that typically don’t include optical drives.
The DVR-XD08 supports “bus-powered” reading and writing and operates efficiently to extend the battery life of notebooks when not connected to a mains supply. It also includes a range of proprietary Pioneer technologies to reduce noise, cut vibration and ensure robust operation which advance performance over comparable products.
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Following their success of dual interface 2.5” SATAII SSD M10, Silicon Power unleashes the ultra fast 2.5” SATAII E10 SSD. Utilizing in-house developed technology to dramatically increase E10’s transfer rate up to 230MB/sec read and up to 150MB/sec write. With 0.2ms latency, it translates into a smoother system response, faster boot time and prompt program executions. It is the prefect performance boost for desktop or laptop computers. Silicon Power’s E10 not only have the performance but also the look to match! Unlike other SSDs labeled with a simple sticker, E10’s casing has chequered holographic patterns that depend on light reflections and exhibit different textures. With its ultra light weight, it hardly adds on or does not add on additional weight at all.
Silicon Power’s 2.5” series SSD are all of standard dimensions. They can be easily installed on desktop, laptop or any other systems that utilizes 2.5” hard drives. Using high grade controllers and quality flash modules, SSDs consumes minimum power, noiseless when in operation, shock and vibration proof. With no mechanical or moving parts, SSDs failure rates are dramatically reduced. In addition, coupled with Error Correcting Code (ECC) and Wear Leveling technology, they can effectively extend lifespan and ensure exceptional stability. Silicon Power SSDs is the only and perfect solution when it comes to upgrading traditional hard drives.
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SanDisk Corporation today announced the SanDisk Netbook SDHC™ removable flash memory card, offering consumers an easy and affordable way to significantly increase their netbooks’ storage capacity. Consumers simply insert the SanDisk Netbook SDHC card into a netbook’s card slot to add capacity instantly. This news expands upon the previously announced next-generation SanDisk® pSSD™ product family, which serve as drop-in replacements for hard disk drives (HDDs) in netbooks.
The SanDisk Netbook SDHC card gives consumers the ability to increase the netbook’s storage capacity by 8 or 16 gigabytes(GB), effectively doubling the storage space offered in most solid-state drive (SSD) powered netbook models. The card resides within the netbook, which decreases the risk of it being damaged while the netbook is moved.
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SanDisk Corporation today announced that it has begun shipping its next-generation flash memory-based solid state drives (SSD) for netbooks, offering high-performance components at a competitive price. SanDisk® pSSD™ P2 and S2 employ a new technology called nCache™, which improves netbook performance. The drives will be demonstrated at the SanDisk booth at Computex, Taipei, June 2-6, 2009: Booth # N709 Nangang Hall, 4th floor.
Netbooks are small, low-cost computers that offer consumers a highly portable means of surfing the Internet, accessing email as well as enjoying their favorite music and videos on the go. Market researchers, IDC, project consumer purchases of netbooks to rise from 11.5 million sold in 2008 to 50 million in 2013.
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Lite-On (www.liteonit.com), a global leader of optical storage solutions, announces the iHOS104, a new low-cost 4X Internal BD-ROM drive that comes standard with CyberLink’s TrueTheater™ HD software.
Providing users the latest in high-quality movie playback, CyberLink’s TrueTheater™ HD technology turns standard content into HD-quality images. At a cost significantly under $100, the iHOS104 is an affordable and convenient way for consumers to enhance their movie viewing.
“We’re dedicated to staying on the cutting-edge of technology while offering the latest advances to consumers at an affordable price,” said Christine Hsing, Marketing Manager at PLDS. “Having Cyberlink’s TrueTheater™ HD technology included in the new iHOS104 will make it easy for consumers to upgrade their system and enjoy high-definition content playback within their budgets.”
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Promise Technology® Inc., a leading supplier of cutting edge RAID storage solutions for enterprise, SMB, SOHO and consumer customers has announced the SmartStor™ DS4600 High Performance Quad Interface 4 Drive RAID 5 Direct Attached Storage for Mac and Windows computers. The SmartStor™ DS4600 is Promise's first foray into Direct Attached Storage (DAS) for Consumer, SOHO and Small Business segments.
The SmartStor™ DS4600 features 4 interfaces which includes USB 2.0 (1x), eSATA 3G (1x), Firewire 400 (1x) and Firewire 800 (2x). Consumers and end-users will find a USB cable, eSATA cable, eSATA bracket, Firewire 400 cable and Firewire 800 cable in the "box" therefore there is no need to spend additional money on accessories. Consumers and end-users have the option to use RAID 5, RAID 0 or RAID 1 providing the ultimate in flexibility. When using four 2TB SATA 3G Hard Drives consumers and end-users can build a volume with a massive 5.7TB of usable space under RAID 5 or 7.2TB under RAID 0 (drives not included).
