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Building on the success of the award-winning Roku streaming players, Roku today unveiled a new solution to make a better Smart TV. The new Roku Streaming Stick is a wireless device about the size of a standard USB flash drive that will plug into a TV to instantly transform it into a Smart TV. The Roku Streaming Stick will feature built-in WiFi, processor, memory and software to deliver Roku’s growing collection of streaming entertainment. With these new Smart TVs, consumers will enjoy a fully integrated high-definition streaming experience.
“Insignia is proud to be among the first manufacturers to pair the Roku Streaming Stick with a TV,” said Scott Jacobi, director of Exclusive Brands at Best Buy. “The Roku Streaming Stick provides an elegant and easy over-the-top streaming solution for customers who want the full experience of a Smart TV without adding an external set box, HDMI cable and power adapter to their TV. Insignia looks forward to rolling out our first MHL-enabled TVs compatible with the Roku Streaming Stick in 2012 at Best Buy.”
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Today LaCie released an update to NAS OS 2 for its line of network-attached storage (NAS) devices. It features enhanced backup options and easy remote access capabilities for LaCie Network 2 products. These new features make it easy for professionals to back up safely and share information, even on the go.
NAS-TO-NAS Backup
Support for NAS-to-NAS backup lets the LaCie NAS back up another compatible NAS. The LaCie NAS can even be backed up by another NAS, whether it's on the same network or via the Internet. This feature is especially helpful to create an offsite backup for data protection against theft, fires, floods and other natural disasters. Advanced options let the user encrypt or compress data as well as perform incremental backups to save space.
LaCie MyNAS Easy Remote Access
With LaCie MyNAS the user can now easily access their NAS remotely, a process that takes only 30 seconds to set up. Just create a unique name for the network storage in the NAS dashboard, then access the device on the road with a simple, easy-to-remember web address: mynas.lacie.com/name. This means employees, partners or clients can securely access projects using a web browser or the free LaCie MyNAS iPhone®/iPad® app.
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Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced that it has added two new hard drives to its portfolio of high quality solutions – the 1TB Travelstar 5K1000 and the 4TB Deskstar 7K4000. Both hard drives will ship in its line of G-Technology branded solutions, which are exclusively designed for the Apple® Mac® and content creation community.
Perfect for on-the-go Mac users, the G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile and G-DRIVE mobile USB are stylish and thin portable drives designed for your Apple MacBook®, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air®. With Mac plug and play simplicity, and storage capacities up to 1TB using Hitachi 5,400 RPM drives, you’ll find that the G-DRIVE mobile solutions are perfect for storing your most important documents, MP3s, digital video and photo files. Wrapped up in their sleek enclosure is the new, rugged Hitachi Travelstar 5K1000 hard drive. The Travelstar 5K1000 is the first 1TB 2.5-inch drive with a 6Gb/s SATA interface and delivers the highest 5,400 RPM performance in both PCMark® Vantage and PCMark7 testing
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ViXS Systems Inc., a leading provider of smart network multimedia processors, today announced that Lite-On IT (Lite-On), a global leader in digital storage solutions is utilizing the XCode® 4210 System on Chip (SoC) for its latest Streaming Media Gateway product, μ-Play. At the heart of the Lite-On μ-Play is the XCode 4210 which performs as a single SoC gateway IC and executes all the software stacks required to allow it to manage and distribute all media content.
By taking advantage of the powerful multi-format hardware HD transcoder integrated in the XCode 4210 SoC, μ-Play can seamlessly stream any video / music to any connected smartphone / tablet anywhere. In addition, μ-Play can handle multiple streaming without compromising the service quality; for example, it can stream a movie to a tablet remotely through a wireless wi-fi connection while other family members stream additional media content to a smartphone at home. With XCode 4210’s patented adaptive transcoding technology, all media files are also optimized based on the immediate bit-rate of network providing smooth viewing experience to the consumer even over a wireless network.
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RAIDON is releasing the new generation of SAS storage solutions, GR2880 and GR4880. These models can to be easily deployed while offering a stable performance and scheduled backup to the SMB.
GR2880 and GR4880 offers the remarkable SAS storage solutions, embed dual SAS host interface to the fastest data throughput for an extraordinary performance, also provides up to RAID 6 the highest RAID level protection to data from work station and data server for a secured operating environment.
Both models also provide snapshot function which only offered from high standard storage devices. This function will backup stored data in records from designation time, to prevent data encounters inevitable problems through capability of restoring primitive correct data from files of saved records.
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Transcend Information, Inc., a worldwide leader in storage and multimedia products, today announced the launch of its new Copy Protection SD/microSD Memory Cards. By recording data in a CDROM style partition, Copy Protection SD/microSD cards ensure the safety of valuable intellectual property against unauthorized copy, modification, and deletion.
Exclusive ideas, creations, and artistic work are priceless assets, and essential to future business success. Including such materials in marketing campaigns requires an effective data management strategy to not only allow users to view the given content but also avoid possible duplication. As a result, Copy Protection SD/microSD memory cards guarantee protection of important media by storing audio and video files in a read-only partition, in a manner similar to a CD.
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Inherited from its original fashion essence, the combination of exquisite metallic casing, silk-shine exterior, and perfect circular arc brings out its unique modernistic look, Silicon Power hereby launches 3 brand new colors of LuxMini 720 - Peach, Deep Blue and Bronze to represent consumers' individualities through the language of design.
LuxMini 720 is easy to carry and can be used as a decorative accessory suited to the consumers' own lifestyle such as attaching it to a key chain or a necklace It is available in storage capacities from 4 GB to 32 GB to meet different user demands. LuxMini 720 allows instant plug and play and is also compliant with the RoHS requirement conforming with the trend of environmental awareness.
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QNAP Systems, Inc. today announced new V3.6 beta NAS management software for its Turbo NAS series, providing highly anticipated features such as VPN Server, LDAP Server, and Proxy Server, cloud music and photo sharing with a web browser, enhanced backup features, and more. Firmware V3.6 beta also includes new version of MyCloudNAS 1.2, QPKG center and more compatible IP camera.
Firmware V3.6 beta provides several new business-class features. The VPN Server offers the businesses with a cost-saving way to create a secure and private network. The LDAP Server simplifies mass account management and saves business' IT hardware expenditure. The Proxy Server provided with the "Squid" QPKG provides the IT administrator a great solution to manage network loading yet maintain network security. "Firmware V3.6 beta proves the Turbo NAS firmware is business-ready," commented Jason Hsu, product manager of QNAP. Bandwidth control for Real Time Remote Replication (RTRR) and rsync backup is also included in firmware V3.6 beta.
"Backup enhancements take an important role in this release, too," added Hsu. The new NetBak Replicator 4 added email notifications. A new third-party cloud storage backup service Symform® is now available that provides up to 200 GB of free cloud space.
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RunCore is proud to announce that it will be attending one of the most massive tradeshow CES 2012. The 45th International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will open its doors on the 10-13 January in Las Vegas, USA. The Consumer Electronic Show is one of the largest trade shows in the world, and is now considered as one of the biggest and most influential platform with products from computers to cars, vacuums to 3D big-screen TVs.
With the support and attention from its overseas agents and distributors as well as media partners, RunCore is now geared up for CES 2012. This time RunCore has prepared innovative SSDs solutions to be displayed at the booth (37015), products including Xapear, Falcon series and Pro V 7mm 2.5” SSD, along with production representations.
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PNY Technologies, Inc. today announced the new Brick Attaché USB Flash drive. This drive sports a unique, playful and fun building block design of children's toys, steering away from the traditional serious designs associated with USB flash drives.
PNY's new Brick Attaché drive is made of strong non-slip polymer material with a dotted embossed texture. The dark blue body has a wedge-shaped notch at the end far from the white cap, while the cap has a similar shaped protrusion, which fits snugly in this notch. This prevents the cap from getting lost. Additionally, if you have more than one such drives, you can connect them one after another forming a train or any such imaginary object according to your creativity.
