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Kingston Technology Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the launch of the world’s first 256GB USB flash drive, the Kingston Technology DataTraveler® 300. The Kingston DataTraveler 300, allows users to carry around a whole digital world, from thousands of image files to a whole database of documents. Users will also benefit from quick transfer rates and the option to password protects their data.
The Kingston DataTraveler 300 is ideal for netbook users who want to extend the limited capacity of their machines. It can also be used by business consumers who work with large databases, or even designers who need to transfer large graphic files from one place to another.
“The DataTraveler 300 will enable users to carry huge volumes of data with them everywhere they go – up to 365 CDs for example. That’s one album for every day of the year, and it demonstrates how far flash technology has developed,” said Kirsty Miller, Product Marketing Manager – Consumer, Kingston Technology Europe. “Business users and consumers can also safeguard their data by initializing the Password Traveler software which will allow them to password protect their data in a privacy zone without the need of administrator rights.”
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Power Quotient International Co., Ltd. (PQI) announces a new SSD, S528. A 2.5” SATAII SSD with high transfer rate, stability, low power consumption and quiet operation. A special feature of this product is its utilization of 64MB DRAM Cache where it will first hand sort incoming data, distribute it evenly amongst flash blocks and in turn reduce unnecessary flash read / write actions. This will significantly reduce wear and extend flash module lifespan.
Through SATA ll interface, S528’s maximum read speed reaches 236MB/sec and maximum write speed reaches 160MB/sec. It is best suited for both small and large file transfers. PQI’s S528 is available in 32GB~256GB capacities and comes with a 2-year warranty.
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Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer memory, power supplies and flash memory products, including solid-state drives, today announced the Extreme Series X32, X64 and X128 high-performance SSDs, in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB densities respectively.
Built using the renowned Indilinx Barefoot controller and Samsung MLC NAND flash memory, the Extreme Series has been designed to offer the highest performance currently available on the market, with read speeds of up to 240MB/s and write speeds of up to 170MB/s.
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Plextor LLC (www.plextor.com), a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment, announces the PX-880SA internal SATA and PX-880U external drives. With writing speeds up to 24X and a newly-designed chassis, the drives are the fastest-writing in the Plextor lineup and also include a new noise-reduction design.
Both drives feature innovative technologies to reduce noise and improve reliability. At the 24X speed, air flow can cause bothersome acoustic noise. A unique pattern is now included on the drive chassis of both drives to regulate this air flow, reducing the amount of noise created, so users can experience excellent performance in a quiet environment.
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Oyen Digital, LLC., a leading provider of portable hard drives, today announced the release of the newly designed Dash™ series of USB flash drives. Backed by a life-time warranty, the Dash™ series is equipped with the Alcor AU6986 chipset, offering an ultra-fast 32MB/sec read speed. The series also features an attractive and compact housing, measuring only 2.5-inches x .68-inches x .19-inches, making it one of the smallest flash drives on the market.
"We're excited about this new product, which gives customers a huge amount of storage at their fingertips. With the fast read speed, the drive is ideal for music and video," states Steve Oyen, Owner of Oyen Digital.
Oyen Digital's Dash™ is fully compatible with Windows XP, 2000 and Vista as well as Mac OS 9.2 (and above) and Linux 2.6 (and above). All drives include NovaStor NovaBackup 10 (Windows) or Prosoft Data Backup 3 (Mac OS X).
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CyberLink Corp., innovative solutions provider for the connected media lifestyle, announced today that its industry leading movie playback software, PowerDVD 9 has passed the Windows 7 certification process and received the official "Compatible with Windows 7" logo from Microsoft Corp.
With the “Compatible with Windows 7” logo consumers can rest assured knowing that CyberLink products have passed Microsoft-endorsed standards for compatibility and reliability on Windows 7-based PCs. The certified PowerDVD software enables outstanding Blu-ray and DVD movie playback quality with multichannel audio for the best movie experience on the efficient and robust operating system.
"CyberLink PowerDVD 9 is designed to take full advantage of the exciting new capabilities and performance enhancements in Windows 7," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "We are proud to receive the Windows 7 logo certification and excited about the unlimited possibilities our next generation multimedia solutions can offer on this impressive platform."
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Imation Corp. today announced that it has entered into a confidential settlement agreement ending all legal disputes with Philips Electronics N.V., U.S. Philips Corporation and North American Philips Corporation (collectively “Philips”). The companies had been previously involved in a complex series of disputes in multiple jurisdictions regarding cross-licensing and patent infringement related to recordable optical media. The settlement provides resolution of all claims and counterclaims filed by the parties without any finding or admission of liability or wrongdoing by any party.
As a term of the settlement, Imation will pay Philips $53 million over a period of three years. Other terms of the settlement were not disclosed. As a result of the settlement, Imation expects to record a charge, based on the present value of these payments, of approximately $49 million or $0.81 per share in the second quarter of 2009. The pre-tax cash impact for 2009 will be approximately $16.5 million, occurring during the second half of this year.
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Nero, creators of liquid media technology, today expanded their relationship with Acer Group, one of the world’s largest PC manufacturers. By the end of 2009, Acer Group will bundle Nero 9 Essentials, an OEM version of the Nero 9 integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite, on all desktop systems sold globally, including the Acer, Gateway, Packard Bell and eMachines brands.
“Consumers need to be able to take their new system out of the box and complete tasks like burning music or videos with ease, and share their favorite digital content with friends and family,” said Jackson Lin, vice president of Global Strategic Alliance, IT Products Global Operations at Acer Group. “Nero 9 Essentials gives them a quick and easy way to jump right into enjoying the power and functionality of their new computer.”
Currently, all Packard Bell branded desktop and notebook computers are bundled with the award-winning burning solution. By including Nero 9 Essentials on all desktop systems in the Acer Group family, consumers will be able to easily burn CDs and DVDs and access the easy-to-use Nero StartSmart 9 Essential interface for navigating through the product’s features. The Nero Toolkit provides the industry standard for testing and benchmarking optical recording drives. With LabelFlash, consumers can easily personalize CDs and DVDs with custom inscriptions of text or photos.
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Acronova Technology, Inc. unveils QQcatcher, the office-automation software can instantly incorporate with third-party software to burn files from hard disk to multiple discs, on schedule or when new files come in to a folder, via Nimbie NB11 automated publisher.
Today, IT professionals run favorite software to regularly backup or archive files from hard disk to CD/DVD and Blu-ray discs for security, management and storage purpose. Yet, because most off-the-shelf software does not support disc autoloader, burning more than one disc requires frequent access to disc drive and manually loading and unloading discs. What a boring task for intelligent professionals and users!
Nimbie NB11 is a versatile 100-disc autoloader that is affordable to office and home users. Connected to personal computer via USB cable, it can rip music CDs, burn discs and grab images. QQcatcher is the new force to NB11’s software suite designated for the automation in monitoring a local and network-mapped folder and burning files to multiple discs on schedule or when new files are present, day and night, 7 days a week and all year round.
