Buffalo outs HDW-P550U3 external drive with USB 3.0 and WiFi in Japan

Posted on 19/07/2012 by Edgar Alvarez

Buffalo's HDD repertoire is already pretty well stacked, but there's nothing wrong with the company giving you extensive storage options. The newest one to join the external drive pile is the HDW-P550U3, boasting a decent 500GB capacity, the latest-gen of USB tech (or 3.0, if you prefer), WiFi (B,G,N) for some cordless doc-transferring action and a hefty 2,860mAh battery that promises to give you around five hours of usage. Sadly, unlike its HD-PATU3 cousin, there's no Thunderbolt incision in this guy, but this is likely to still keep folks interested in the former. That's not to take anything away from the HDW-P550U3, though, which is expected to be available in Japan next month with a 23,205 yen price tag, or about $295 in US cash.

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Buffalo outs HDW-P550U3 external drive with USB 3.0 and WiFi in Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed

Posted on 25/06/2012 by Jon Fingas

If you've just picked up a MacBook Pro with Retina display or a 2012-era MacBook Air, you may be jonesing for a matching external hard drive to take advantage of that much-awaited USB 3.0 support. G-Technology has you covered -- and how. Updated versions of the laptop-oriented G-Drive Mini, Mobile and Slim (you're looking at the Mobile up top) all roll in the higher peak speeds and progressively trade raw speed as well as 1TB capacities for sleekness, while the twin-drive, 1.5TB G-RAID Mini will tax that 5Gbps bandwidth without becoming too ungainly. Not taking your external storage on the road? The single-disk G-Drive now climbs to 4TB in addition to jumping on the USB 3.0 bandwagon, and the dual-drive G-RAID will serve up as much as 8TB at the newly brisk speeds. All but the G-Drive Slim support FireWire to ease those jitters over transitioning from old to new, although they won't all arrive at the same time. Most of the G-Drive and G-RAID gear will be showing up in August at prices between $110 and $810, but the two Mini-labelled drives could be a bit late to the party with a less defined summer target. You can get the full scoop after the break.

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SATA-IO unveils USM Slim external storage jack for ultrabooks, tablets and ‘other portable devices’

Posted on 05/06/2012 by Terrence O'Brien

So, how do you best improve upon the USM standard and boldly take it to new frontiers? Well, as with most tech, simply shrinking it down never seems to hurt. The new USM Slim standard has just been announced by the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) as part of the SATA 3.2 Revision. It takes the ability to plug in powered, external storage with on-board SATA and slims down the port from 14.5mm to 9mm. By trimming the jack by of a third of its bulk the SATA-IO have prepped the standard for the next generation of products, including ultra-thin ultrabooks, svelte tablets and "other portable devices." What might those other devices be? Well, we can't help but hope for a smartphone that boots to Ubuntu when docked (or Ubuntu TV) and can connect to a sizable external hard drive... ah, pipe dreams. Check out the PR after the break.

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Toshiba Canvio 3.0 external drives bump up to 1.5TB, give Mac users some love

Posted on 16/05/2012 by Jon Fingas

Toshiba's Canvio external drives have just gotten a hefty boost, most of all for data swappers that play both the Mac and PC sides of the computing fence. Both the regular Canvio 3.0 and the Canvio Basics 3.0 have made the jump from 1TB to 1.5TB of capacity to hold that much more in the way of backups and videos. If you spring for the top-end 1.5TB Canvio 3.0, though, you'll also get a new NTFS driver for the Mac that lets you take the USB 3.0 disk between a Mac and a Windows PC without having to either load a special reader app or wipe the drive clean. Living in that technology utopia will cost you $200 when it's ready in early June, but the Mac- or Windows-only among us can pay as little as $120 to get a 500GB Canvio while still getting backup software and one of six glossy colors. More frugal travelers can pay $10 less at the capacity for one of the software-free Basics drives.

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EZSAVE Lockdock Provides Easy Encryption for Storage Devices: Mass Encrypt

Posted on 19/04/2012 by Lambert Varias

Many modern external hard drives nowadays already include 256-bit AES encryption, but what if you still have spare hard drives and only want the encryption? You can try encrypting them with the EZSAVE Lockdock. It’s a USB 3.0 dock that lets you encrypt and set passwords for up to 50 different hard drives.

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The EZSAVE supports both 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives, even solid state drives. You can set and enter the password via its touch control panel or, for added flair, via voice. As with other 256-bit AES encrypted drives, your HDDs and SSDs won’t be read even if they’re unmounted from the EZSAVE and connected to other devices. If you forget your password, you can still access the data as long as you remember the master key that the EZSAVE generated when you connected the drive for the first time.

Make sure no one’s around you when you order the EZSAVE from Brando for $109 (USD). Then erase your browser’s history. Delete your browser. Reformat your computer. Throw it away. Hide your kids. Hide your drives. This post will not self-destruct.

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LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series now available for $200

Posted on 05/04/2012 by Billy Steele

Back at CES, we first got word of the LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series that would put two hard drives of the eSATA sort to good use. The company announced today that the storage peripheral is available now via its online store with a $199 price tag. If you recall, the device will allow you to daisy chain up to 12 drives (six hubs) to a Thunderbolt-enabled Mac while still showcasing 3Gbps eSATA speeds. If you're wanting a closer look or you're ready to commit, visit the source link below.

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LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series now available for $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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