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The Tech Report: News —
... labs review Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Overclock3D reviews MSI X58 Pro TweakTown reviews Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi bit-tech reviews Intel DG45FX mini-ITX motherboard Benchmark Reviews on ACard ANS-9010 DDR2 SATA RAM-drive Big Bruin reviews 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green PCShopTalk reviews 1TB Western Digital RE3 Legit Reviews on 500GB WD Scorpio Blue notebook hard drive Everything USB reviews 500GB Seagate FreeAgent Go portable hard drive MVKTech reviews 64GB Patriot Xporter Magnum I4U ...
Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB (silver) portable hard drive
DarkVision Hardware Articles and Review from around the web —
... Hard drives and external drive enclosures can be sourced cheaply through a wide variety of retailers. The FreeAgent Go portable hard drive is a new-comer to Seagate's drive family of portable storage solutions and in an age where gigabytes of storage are needed in common households for data, photo and movie archival. Can a new case design, hard drive management software and a brand name renowned for great warranty service and reliability grab your attention? Read on. Link: EverythingUSB
Thursday Evening Roundup
TweakTown News RSS Feed —
... - Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB (Silver) Portable Hard Drive @ EverythingUSB - ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U External DVD-RW USB 2.0 Slim Drive @ ...
Thursday Evening Roundup
TweakTown News RSS Feed —
... Cooling - NZXT Sentry LX fan controller @ Pureoverclock - Zerotherm Nirvana NV120 Premium tower cooler @ Ocaholic - Thermolab Baram CPU Cooler w/Noctua Fan @ BCCHardware - Fan Roundup 2009 @ RWlabs Storage - Western Digital RE3 1TB Hard Drives @ PCShopTalk - In Win Na External HDD Enclosure @ OverclockersClub - ACARD ANS-9010 DDR2 SATA RAM-Drive @ Benchmark Reviews - Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB (Silver) Portable Hard Drive @ EverythingUSB - ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U External DVD-RW USB 2.0 Slim Drive @ LegitReviews - WD ...
Tech Roundup - March 27, 2009
Techgage News —
... Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB Portable Hard Drive - EverythingUSB
Western Digital RE3 1TB Hard Drives - PCShopTalk ...
Friday Sampler
PureOverclock.com —
... -Antec Nine Hundred Two @ LanOC -Coolermaster Storm Sniper @ Hightech Hardware -GlacialTech UFO V51 CPU Cooler @ ModReactor -Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 Core i7 Specific CPU Cooler @ TweakTown Systems, Storage, and Networking: -Patriot Xporter Magnum 64GB USB Flash Disk @ MVKTech -In Win Na External HDD Enclosure @ OCC -ACARD ANS-9010 DDR2 SATA RAM-Drive @ Benchmark Reviews -Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB (Silver) Portable Hard Drive @ Everything USB -ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U External DVD-RW USB 2.0 Slim Drive @ Legit Reviews ...
Best of March 2009 - Everything USB
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
Reviews Samsung YP-P3 Haptic Touchscreen PMP Lenovo ThinkPad 128-bit AES Secure Drive (320GB) Griffin Simplifi iPhone USB Dock w/ Media Card Reader Seagate FreeAgent Go Portable Hard Drive (500GB)USB Gadgets USB Biofeedback Monitor RoBe:Do Robotics - Hobby Roboticists can Now Get a Leg Up Thanko USB e-Cigarette ECG USB LED WatchPMP / Multimedia Gadgets Apple iPod shuffle 3G Samsung YP-Q2 50-hour Battery Life PMP Sony ...
Seagate Replica USB Drive - Time Machine-wannabe for PC
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... No matter how great a backup solution is, hardly anyone will use it (regularly) unless it's extremely easy to use even if it can his or her life. Nearly every external drive whether it is a portable or ...
3-in-1 USB Dock Brings Back what Netbooks Left Out
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... . Roughly the same size as a netbook, this USB dock would make a perfect traveling companion for any road warrior. It appears to come with an DVD/CD burner stock and an internal SATA connector for you to add your own 2.5" SATA HDD or SSD. You also get 2 extra USB ports for adding any other devices your heart desires. If your greedy heart is desiring any really power hungry devices you better make sure you attach the included AC adapter otherwise things might get a bit dicey. They've also included a ...
NEC Announces World's First USB 3.0 Host Controller!
DriverHeaven.net —
... with NEC being the first to announce the first USB 3.0 host controller, which is about one of the few silicon products that will guarantee instant success in this economy. NEC Electronics expects external hard drives, ...
LaCie Core7 - Recession-proof USB Hub
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... and portable hard drives that require quick and easy access. A tethered mini-USB cable which replaced one of the ports can recharge compatible MP3 players and cellphones, but it can also connect to USB gadgets with a mini-B interface. Perhaps what's most important here is the pricing. At 19.99 MSRP, the Core7 hub will appeal to a lot more people than the ...
LaCie LaCinema Classic Bridge - Sub-$100 USB Media Extender
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... essentially promotes as an affordable way by LaCie to add media playback capability to your existing storage devices. If you decide not to install your own internal SATA drive, the unit's front USB port can already start streaming content from a USB hard drive or ...
New FreeAgent Go Hints 2.5" 640GB Imminent Release
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
The FreeAgent series (i.e. XTreme, Go, Desk, Theater) has long been Seagate's cash cow. So when the manufacturer rolls out new, bigger drive, the FreeAgent will be the first to get it. Seagate's own website provides a teaser on what appears to be the largest FreeAgent Go ever, equipping with a 640GB 2.5" drive. Before this, 500GB is the max. capacity offered by anyone in the laptop-friendly HDD form factor. So, this product page sheds light on what is to come. As a consumer storage line-up, the FreeAgent Go comes in ...
Samsung S2 - First Native USB Hard Drive?
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... Samsung S2 mobile hard drive series is unique in its own right. The S2 is different from other portable drives in that it relies on on-board USB technology to reduce the length of the chassis, making it very compact (smaller than a typical passport, according to Samsung). We have to assume the engineers have taken out the SATA native interface and replaced it with USB. So this doesn't look like you can gut the S2's shell to remove the drive for other applications. ...
Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 Drive Let you 'Try & Decide'
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... that made its debut at the beginning of 2008 is a full disk encryption external drive. When the product series was handed over to Seagate, it receives massive software overhual, but shares the same chassis with FreeAgent Go, measuring just 5" x 3" x 0.5". The BlackArmor PS 110 USB 2.0 drive is now in black, lending a more professional image than its colorful sibling. ...
USB Flash Drives Become The Next VCR Tapes?
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... When all jacks are occupied, different family members can choose where to record the content into. Scheduled recordings from EPG can go into three separate USB storage, whether it be an external hard drive or a ...
LucidPort USB 3.0 to SATA Bridge Breaks New Record
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... external drive. Also unique is the support for USB Attached SCSI (UAS) driver in addition to traditional USB Mass Storage (MSC) driver compatibility. UAS is an overhaul of the current storage standard that will leverage SuperSpeed USB rate while providing some performance improvements for legacy USB 2.0 MSC devices. ...
Western Digital 2.5" Drive Reaches Terabyte Milestone
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... . While offering twice the size competitors offer, one caveat is that the 1TB as well as its 750GB sibling spins a 5200-rpm, a bit slower than what is usually expected. It's uncertain how this may affect performance, but you can't beat the convenience of carrying around a tetrabyte data in a single USB-powerd enclosure. The drive is also bundled with sync+encryption software. The My Passport Essential SE 750GB and 1TB will join the rest of the family with a MSRP of $199.99 and $299.99. ...
Corsair Flash Voyager GT 128GB Flash Drive Review
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
Corsair's newest product, the Flash Voyager GT 128GB brings large capacity and a bulky design at nearly four times the cost of a 500GB external USB hard drive. After today's review, I'm hoping to have more answers than questions and give you a sneak peak into Corsair's fastest flash drive to-date and hopefully also find one or two readers that have enough pocket change to shell out on a 128GB storage solution. Permanent Link
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WD My Passport USB Drive Gets Native USB Interface Also
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... offers capacities in 750GB and 1TB with 250GB, 320GB, 500GB, and 640GB in the Essential series. It's pity that Western Digital only gives us 2 years of warranty for the My Passport while the competitors are stepping up with 5 years of warranty. ...
Seagate DockStar Transforms FreeAgent Go into a Cloud Server
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
Wondering how you can share your FreeAgent Go with everyone else on your LAN? Seagate has the answer, and it's called the DockStar cradle. Slide a FreeAgent Go into the cradle's slot, and DockStar's Gigabit Ethernet will magically make drive's content available for network access. The DockStar conveniently provides three additional ports for those who have other brands of external USB drives. The underlying technology behind DockStar is same as Pogoplug. Unlike the PogoPlug, however, the Seagate needs a AC adapter so it isn't as ...
Dane-Elec So-SuperSpeed USB Drives Hit Retail in Dec.
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... to know Dane-Elec will start shipping their So SuperSpeed USB hard drives on December 11th alongside with add-on cards for desktops and notebooks. Their line-up includes the aptly-named SoMobile (500GB, 640GB 2.5"), SoReady (from 500GB all the way up to 2TB 3.5") and SoPremium which houses Intel 2.5" M-25 solid state drive. Dane-Elec's Jon Christeson said users should expect somewhere between 80 and 90MB/s for the SoMobile. That's approximately 3 times faster than the latest USB 2.0 drive. As for the prohibitively expensive SoPremium ($799 for 160GB), users are ...
Official Tool from MS Enables USB Install for Windows 7
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... . Be prepared, if you've never tried to put a few gigabytes of files onto an average flash drive in one sitting, you're probably in for a bit of a wait. A USB hard drive is probably a better bet but not as cool. The program may also be called Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT). ...
