Infinitec has opened its website to pre-orders for the world's first Infinite USB Memory Drive (IUM). The product that was first seen at CES in January 2010 has since been highly anticipated by electronics and media enthusiasts. Although the company has been hit by some industry delays, customers can now finally place their pre-orders by going to the company's website. Infinitec is giving customers who pre-order free delivery worldwide and promises to start shipping units on August 31st 2010.

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Ahmad Zahran, Chief Executive Officer at Infinitec, enthusiastically explained, "We've been waiting for this day for a long time and preparing very hard for it. We're extremely excited to finally be offering such a revolutionary product to the market and we hope that customers will get a sense on how much hard work has been put into it, especially into making something this complex and innovative as simple and easy to use as an MP3 player."

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Sans Digital is introducing a new generation of TowerRAID Plus series. Based on the previous award-winning TowerRAID port multiplier solutions, the new Plus generation comes standard with many new enterprise features; and is equipped with a newly designed dual eSATA 6G PCIe 2.0 x1 RAID controller card utilizing a more powerful RAID engine, increasing the performance fivefold in comparison to the previous product line. The new TowerRAID Plus series includes TR4M(-B)P, TR5M(-B)P and TR8M(-B)P, 4-bay, 5-bay and 8-bay storage arrays, providing ideal RAID storage solutions for various applications.

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Similar to the previous TowerRAID series, the new TowerRAID Plus series is extremely versatile and could be used to fulfill different types of storage requirements. From personal use to company data backup or video editing stations, the TowerRAID Plus series provides a simple solution to expand data storage capacity for its users. Utilizing Port Multiplier technology, the TowerRAID Plus series allows multiple hard drive expansion using only one or two eSATA cables. The bundled (RR622) PCIe 2.0 x1 RAID controller is powered by a newly designed powerful RAID processor, providing performance in excess of 200MB/s*, offering fast and affordable storage expansion solutions. Enterprise features such as online RAID level migration, online RAID expansion, RAID roaming, user-friendly web GUI based management and e-mail notification also come standard with the bundled 6Gbps RAID controller card.

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aleratec shredder plus ds18.jpgAleratec Inc. announced today the launch of its new DVD/CD Shredder Plus DS18, an easy-to-use media shredder for reliably protecting the private information of organizations and individuals.

Identity theft and fraud are our nation’s fastest growing crimes. Last year ID theft cases increased by 12% amounting to 11.1 million in the United States alone, while the total annual fraud amount increased by 12.5% to $54 billion according to Javelin Strategy and Research. With the DVD/CD Shredder Plus DS18, you have a proactive solution. Protecting yourself and your business is practically effortless with this cutting-edge desk side crosscut shredder which makes slicing up Blu-ray discs, DVDs, CDs and credit cards simple and easy. Not only will this cross shredder handle your optical discs and credit cards, it is an 18-sheet paper shredder as well.

Complete with a proven safety auto-start, auto-stop and reverse mechanism, this shredder is fast, safe and user-friendly. It includes three different slots for different types of material: one for Blu-ray discs, DVDs and CDs, another for credit cards, and a third for up to 18 sheets of paper. All materials will be shredded into 4 by 32 millimeter cross-cut pieces which are collected in a convenient, 28 liter basket.

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Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced the availability of its new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) host controller (part number µPD720200A), featuring 85 percent reduced power consumption compared to the company's existing host controller (part number µPD720200) when peripheral devices, such as mice, are not connected to the ports.

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Supporting fast data transfer rates of up to 5 gigabits per second (Gbps), the µPD720200A device achieves low power consumption of 50 milliwatts (mW) with no peripheral connection to the ports, reduced by 85 percent from the company's existing USB 3.0 host controller. The new host controller also has the same footprint as the previous host controller, which makes it possible for system designers to accommodate their designs on the same board used for the previous device, the µPD720200. These advancements enable system designers to develop notebook PCs that boast longer battery life, yet maintain high data transfer rates.

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Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Full Tower Case @ ThinkComputers.org
Asus ARES Dual Radeon HD 5870 4GB @ HotHardware.com
Cooler Master V6GT CPU Cooler @ Benchmark Reviews
GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD7 (AMD 890FX+SB850) Motherboard @ TweakTown
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA Hard Drive @ Redaktion ocinside.de
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NETGEAR WNDR3700 Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router @ Madshrimps
OCZ Technology 50GB Vertex 2 Solid State Drive @ Bigbruin.com
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB Portable Hard Drive @ OCIA.net
SoundGraph FingerVU 706 Auxiliary Touch Screen @ Madshrimps
Thecus N2200 NAS @ Madshrimps

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AIC MiniBOD-T082 8-Bay 2.5-inch JBOD Enclosure @ TweakTown
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With transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps, USB 3.0 marks a new standard in high-speed connectivity. Today, storage innovator Thecus® Technology is pleased to announce a new product in its ever-expanding lineup of products for the digital lifestyle – the CU30N. Sporting two USB 3.0 ports and full backward compatibility with USB 2.0 and 1.1 standards, the CU30N is the easy way to bring your computer system into the age of USB 3.0.

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The CU30N is a full height PCIe add on card that is compatible with PCI Express x1, x4, x8 and x16 slots. Installation is extremely easy and no external power source is required to get it up and running. Once installed, the CU30N gives your system two USB 3.0 ports that are ready to connect with all sorts of USB 3.0 devices.

On the hardware front, the CU30N utilizes the NEC μPD720200 Processor - the world's first USB host controller compliant with USB 3.0 and xHCI specifications. With the NEC μPD720200, the CU30N supports four modes of transfer, including Low-speed (1.5Mbps), full-speed (12Mbps), high-speed (480 Mbps), and super-speed (5Gpbs).

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Addonics Technologies today announced an eSATA converter that provides a unique and easy way to connect any eSATA storage device to any USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 port.

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The Addonics USB 3.0 to eSATA adapter is compatible with external hard drives, SSD, optical drives with eSATA interface, and SATA port multiplier storage. It is an ideal accessory for notebooks, desktops, servers or any computer system.

Its compatibility with port multiplier means that any eSATA RAID storage, including Addonics RAID Tower / Rack with eSATA connection, can be instantly turned into a USB 3.0 external RAID storage system.

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HighPoint Technologies, announces shipment of the RocketRAID 2722. The RocketRAID 2722 delivers the next generation of SAS 6Gb/s performance with 8 channels of external point-to-point direct connectivity. The newest member broadens the HighPoint SAS 6Gb/s RAID product portfolio which now includes all generations of SATA (6Gb/s, 3Gb/s & 1.5Gb/s) and SAS 6Gb/s storage interface.

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HighPoint RocketRAID 2722 is first 8 channel external member of the SAS/SATA 6Gb/s RAID host adapter family series. There two SFF-8088 connectors to support up to 8 external SAS/SATA devices. A PCI-Express 2.0 x8 bus interface is backward compatible to PCI-Express 1.0. HighPoint hardware assisted RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD offers a balance of storage performance with protection.

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TRENDnet announced today the availability of its 2-Port USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter, model TU3-H2EC, and 2-Port USB 3.0 PCI Express Adapter, model TU3-H2PIE. The adapters add two super speed 5Gbps USB 3.0 ports to a laptop or desktop computer. Transfer content from USB 3.0 storage enclosures, flash drives, and camcorders at 5Gbps speeds-10 times faster than USB 2.0.

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TRENDnet's 2-Port USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter, model TU3-H2EC, plugs into any available ExpressCard port on a Window's based laptop computer to provide two USB 3.0 ports. A power adapter provides full power to all connected USB 3.0 devices. Backward compatibility allows users to connect USB 2.0 devices to the USB 3.0 ports.

The 2-Port USB 3.0 PCI Express Adapter, model TU3-H2PIE, connects to an available PCI Express port on a Window's based tower computer. A 4-pin power port connects to an internal power supply in order to provide full power to all connected USB 3.0 devices. Backward compatibility allows users to connect USB 2.0 devices to the USB 3.0 ports.

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