Toshiba announces 512GB SSD, other smaller SSDs
We’d heard Toshiba was working on 512GB SSDs back in April, and the company’s delivering right before CES. The industry-first half-gig drive is the highlight of Tosh’s new line of 43nm MLC drives, which plus includes 64GB, 128GB and 256GB units in both 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch style factors — just…
LaCie intros 5big Network drive array to RAID junkies the world over
The LaCie product roof has been raised to 7.5TB with the new 5big Network — an Active Directory and gigabit Ethernet-friendly array of storage drives that supports several RAID configurations for up to five hot-swappable tough drives. You can try it on in four different sizes — 2.5TB for $899….
Raon Digital prepping SSD-based Everun Note UMPCs
We’re glad to see that Raon Digital isn’t just ditching its Everun Note entirely after having to recall the thing, and better still, we’re stoked to take in that it’ll soon be doling out speedier iterations with built-in SSDs. UMPC Portal has it that two new Everun Notes will be landing shortl…
Intel’s X25-M 80GB SSD ships that week for $595
whether you’ll notice, HP isn’t using just any SSD drive to hit 24 hours of insanity with the EliteBook 6930p — it’s all about that Intel 80GB SSD, which has new optimizations to boost speed and apparently energy usage by current flash drives. Well, Intel plus picked nowadays to get all officia…
Samsung courts Sandisk, promises mercy
Samsung is reportedly looking into the acquisition of SanDisk Corp. A union of two Flash memory giants certain to get the attention Toshiba (SanDisk’s partner-in-NAND) and that of anti-trusters from Korea to Intel. To makes things even more interesting, Seagate was additionally courting SanDisk …
Sony reveals MS PRO-HG Duo HX, pushes the limit on flash card naming schemes
Hey Sony, since you’re so in love with tacking on random letters and such to your flash memory line, how’s about we toss three capital consonants in your direction capped off with a lovely question mark? In a move that is depressingly not at all surprising, Sony has introduced the Memory Stick P…
Dogs and cats living together: Sony and PNY set to re-release Ghostbusters on a flash drive
It’s not clear what format or resolution it’s going to be in, but Sony and PNY have just announced that they’re teaming up to release one of the best movies ever, 1984’s Ghostbusters, on a flash drive. That’s the first full-length studio film to go out that way, but knowing Sony, we’re expecting…
Samsung’s SpinPoint N2 drive gets a glossy black case
Samsung was pretty boastful about its high-capacity SpinPoint N2 1.8-inch drives when they launched back in June of 2007, and now the company’s decided to show them off a bit — check out that hot new credit-card-sized external model in glossy black with a flip-out USB connector. Specs are the s…
LG’s N4B1 NAS auto-archives your junk to Blu-ray
When we’re thinking NAS, we’re thinking Terabytes of network attached storage. Fortunately, while LG’s N4B1 might be the world’s first NAS with integrated Blu-ray recorder, it plus supports up to 4TB of disk… with room to grow thanks to 3x USB and 1x e-SATA jacks. LG soon after puts that 50GB …
Art Lebedev’s Folderix flash drives are obvious, awesome
Lebedev’s design crew never seems to be short on surprisingly obvious and yet entirely fresh takes on every day objects, and the new Folderix flash drives are taking that ethic to entirely new and conveniently functional heights. The 4GB drives come in a myriad of colors, are available nowadays …
