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Walgreens customers now have a convenient, affordable way to recover deleted or corrupted digital photos thought to be gone forever. The new Media Recovery Service now available at more than 7,500 Walgreens Photo Centers nationwide offers customers professional retrieval of lost images and other files from memory cards or USB drives.
With more consumers than ever storing and sharing photos digitally, treasured memories can be left vulnerable to mishaps such as a defective or damaged camera, accidental deletion, memory card or USB drive corruption, accidental formatting or file transfer errors. Though these situations can render images inaccessible, in many cases files are actually still retrievable from fixed memory space on the storage media.
“Sooner or later every digital camera user has the misfortune of losing a photo, and I know from experience this can be heartbreaking,” said Mona Kelly, Walgreens general merchandise manager of photo and front-end services. “As a trusted go-to provider of convenient, high-quality photo services in thousands of communities, we’re pleased to offer a solution that can help customers get back their cherished photos and along with them their peace of mind.”
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Sans Digital is introducing the world's first single bay SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and eSATA enclosure with removable tray modules: the MobileSTOR MS1UTP. The MS1UTP is based on the same concepts as the award winning MobileSTOR MS1UT and MS1CT models, which implement two high performance connectivity interfaces: the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and the eSATA. The MS1UTP is a single bay storage system with high performance and versatile interfaces to accommodate your storage expansion needs.
MobileSTOR MS1UTP is a unique external 3.5" SATA hard drive enclosure equipped with a removable hard drive tray, along with USB 3.0 and eSATA dual interfaces. The new USB 3.0 specification provides up to 5Gb/s of data bandwidth, which is 10x faster than the transferring speed of USB 2.0. High performance hard drives can now utilize this increased bandwidth to provide maximum data transfer performance. USB 3.0 is fast, versatile, and allows backward compatibility with USB 2.0 ports when the USB 3.0 port is unavailable.
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EDGE Tech Corp has launched a full line of USB 3.0 (aka SuperSpeed) products, including DiskGO® portable and external USB 3.0 hard drives and USB 3.0 laptop and desktop upgrade cards. EDGE is a leading U.S.-based supplier of DRAM and flash memory upgrades, portable computing products, storage devices, and other experience-enhancing technology solutions.
Available in portable (for travel) and external (for home) sizes, DiskGO SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Hard Drives sport the fastest USB connection on the market. With speeds of up to 5Gb/s, USB 3.0 is 10 times faster than USB 2.0 (480Mb/s). DiskGO USB 3.0 hard drives can back up HD movies, photo collections, and entire music libraries in seconds when connected to a USB 3.0 port (also backward compatible with USB 2.0 computers). The portable model, which is compact and requires only a USB cable for power, is available in capacities up to 750GB. The external model is available in capacities up to 2TB. Dmailer Backup, software that allows automatic local and online data backups, comes free.
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IEEE, the world’s leading professional association for the advancement of technology, today announced the ratification of the IEEE 1901™ Broadband over Power Line (BPL) standard. Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, this globally recognized BPL standard will be a key enabling technology for a wide range of applications including smart energy, transportation and Local Area Networks (LANs) in both the home and the enterprise.
Networking products that fully comply with IEEE 1901 will deliver data rates in excess of 500 Mbps in LAN applications. In first-mile/last-mile applications, IEEE 1901-compliant devices will achieve ranges of up to 1500 m. The technology specified by IEEE 1901 uses sophisticated modulation techniques to transmit data over standard AC power lines of any voltage at transmission frequencies of less than 100 MHz.
“More than 94 corporations, trade associations and universities contributed to the standard’s evolution through the IEEE 1901 Working Group,” said Jean-Philippe Faure, Chair, IEEE 1901 Working Group, “to create the world’s most innovative, mature and unified BPL standard.”
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Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Link_A_Media Devices Corporation (LAMD) today announced that they plan to extend their successful strategic HDD (hard disk drive) system-on-chips (SoCs) partnership into the next generation SoCs for both the HDD and solid state drive (SSD) storage markets. Since the start of the partnership in 2005, LAMD has developed and shipped HDD controller SoCs through the former NEC Electronics' advanced manufacturing processes.
“We are delighted to extend our partnership with Renesas Electronics to deliver SoC solutions to the HDD and SSD markets. Since the merger between NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology in April, 2010, the new company, Renesas Electronics, is the 3rd largest semiconductor company in the world (based on CY2009 revenues) and can provide LAMD unprecedented access to leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing processes and one of the broadest portfolios of intellectual property functions (IP) in the industry.” said Dr. Hemant Thapar, Chief Executive Officer, Link_A_Media Devices Corporation.
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USRobotics, a Platinum Equity company and leading provider of Internet access and networking products, today introduced the new USRobotics USB 3.0 Product Family, which offers a “blazing fast” bandwidth connection of up to five Gbps for speeds up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0. The new family includes a 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub (USR8400), along with a 2-Port ExpressCard Adapter (USR8401), and 2-Port PCI Express Card Adapter (USR8402). All of the new products are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices, designed to work with any USB peripheral and easy to install.
“Our products center around improving connectivity speed and therefore productivity for our customers,” said Bruce Swail, CEO for USRobotics. “An entirely new line for USRobotics, the USB 3.0 Product Family was produced to stay current with modern demand for connectivity bandwidth. USB 3.0 promises a major leap forward in transfer speeds and capability while maintaining backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 devices.”
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TRENDnet, a best-in-class wired and wireless networking hardware brand, today announces the availability of the 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub, model TU3-H4, which provides four 5Gbps USB 3.0 ports to connect flash drives, storage enclosures, cameras, and other USB 3.0 devices to your computer.
With no drivers required, simply plug into any free USB 3.0 port on your PC or Mac, and experience the time savings when transferring data at 5Gbps -- 10 times faster than USB 2.0 speeds. An included power adapter ensures proper operability of power hungry USB-powered devices. The included USB 3.0 Type A cable is backward compatible with common USB 2.0 ports. Currently, most computers have built in USB 2.0 ports. Users can add 5Gbps USB 3.0 ports to their computer with TRENDnet's 2-Port USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter, model TU3-H2EC, or 2-Port USB 3.0 PCI Express Adapter, model TU3-H2PIE.
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Sonic Solutions today announced that it has completed the acquisition of DivX, Inc., based in San Diego, California. The addition of DivX® brings widely deployed digital media technologies, an embedded CE footprint of over 300 million devices, a strong consumer brand, and a global market presence to Sonic's expanding position as the leading supplier of services and technologies for the distribution of premium video content over the Internet.
"The acquisition of DivX accelerates our vision to make accessing entertainment over the Internet directly from home and mobile devices as pervasive as physical disc consumption is today," said David Habiger, President and CEO of the combined company. "With DivX, we instantly add hundreds of millions of consumer electronics devices to our footprint; make it faster and more efficient for device manufacturers, retailers, and Studios to launch digital services; and increase our global reach, particularly in the European market."
As the world's foremost developer and supplier of professional DVD and Blu-ray authoring systems, Sonic has worked with Hollywood for more than a decade to bring movies to consumers. Sonic's Roxio® division leads the industry for consumer media creation and management applications with hundreds of millions of units shipped. Sonic's RoxioNow™ division develops and licenses a universal "over-the-top" video platform for retailers, Hollywood Studios, consumer electronics manufacturers, and PC OEMs to offer movies and TV shows over the internet. Major retailers - Best Buy, Blockbuster, Sears/Kmart, Cineplex Entertainment, HP, Dell and many others - today license RoxioNow to power online video stores, while CE companies - Fujitsu, Funai Electric, LG, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung, Sony, and others - embed the RoxioNow platform in over 350 product models.
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The Wireless USB Promoter Group today announced the completion of the Wireless USB 1.1 specification, the technical map for product developers to bring the next generation of Wireless USB products to the market.
Wireless USB 1.1 delivers key performance enhancements to Wireless USB technology, as well as added UWB upper band support for frequencies of 6 GHz and above, and offers backward compatibility with Wireless USB products currently in use by consumers. Wireless USB is evolving with optimized power efficiency and ease of use. Lower idle power requirements and improved battery life enhance Wireless USB power efficiency, and the new association model offers support for Near Field Communication (NFC) and proximity-based association, making Wireless USB even easier to install and use.
“The Wireless USB 1.1 specification is the next step in Wireless USB technology,” said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF president and chairman. “Consumers want a fast, easy-to-use solution to wirelessly transfer content from PCs to devices. Wireless USB 1.1 is the solution supporting robust, high-speed wireless connectivity among devices.”
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World leading USB flash drive manufacturer, Silicon Power announces today their Super Speed USB 3.0 PCIE Card. Silicon Power’s USB 3.0 PCIE Card is user and price friendly so users need not spend big bucks to experience USB 3.0 speeds.
The USB 3.0 PCIE card comes with two USB 3.0 ports providing up to 5Gb/ sec maximum transfer rate (theoretical value). When compared to USB 2.0’s 480Mbps, it has 10 times the bandwidth. The PCIE Card is easy to install and users can instantly enjoy the USB 3.0 read/ write speeds from their USB 3.0 devices.
USB 3.0 Port can supply 900mA current (400mA more than USB 2.0) to the connecting external device. The extra current offers greater stability and performance. The USB 3.0 port is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0 so users can continue to use their USB 2.0 devices.
Silicon Power’s USB 3.0 PCIE card can be installed on most motherboards on the market, therefore, for users who hasn’t planned to change their motherboards; Silicon Power’s USB 3.0 PCIE is an economical solution.
