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Western Digital My Passport for Mac Review (1TB)

Western Digital completely redesigned and increased the capacity on both their My Passport for Mac and My Passport Studio portable hard drives. Besides the new look, the latest models increase the capacities offered, upping the previous cap at 500GB to 750GB and 1TB. In this review we take a look at the more affordable 1TB My Passport

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

HP Storage Systems to Use Hitachi Ultrastar SSD400S Series SSDs

Hitachi’s Global Storage Technologies has announced that its Ultrastar SSD400S series SSDs will begin shipping in a number of HP storage systems aimed at the enterprise and cloud datacenter. The 3.5-inch Fibre Channel SLC SSDs are rated at 390MB/s for reads and 240MB/s for writes when using a 4GB/s FC interface.

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.2 Solves SATA III Problems

Many 2011 MacBook Pro users have been struggling with using the latest high-speed SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs since the hardware update many months ago. The issues largely affected the 17″ model, but owners of the 15″ and 13″ MacBook Pros also complained of “beachballing,” poor performance and even failure to recognize SATA 6Gb/s SSDs. Apple

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

Iomega StorCenter px12-350r Released

Iomega took the wraps off its latest top-of-the-line rackmount Network Storage Array today. The px12-350r is a 2U unit running under the direction of an Intel Core2 Duo processor with 4GB of memory. It ships in either an 8 or 12TB capacity, but can be expanded to a maximum of 36TB using 3TB 7200 RPM

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

Seagate GoFlex Satellite Review (STBF500101)

The new portable wireless storage category is growing rapidly, with companies trying to anticipate consumer demand to craft the perfect solution. Seagate is differentiating their GoFlex Satellite from the competition in a number of ways. The Satellite combines 500GB of storage with a five hour battery and apps for both Apple iOS devices and the

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

WD Nomad Rugged External Drive Case Review

There are times when a standard plastic shell is plenty good enough to protect a portable hard drive; taking the subway to work, moving from your office to the conference room…that sort of thing. There are other times when your data needs a little more protection – that’s where the Western Digital Nomad rugged external

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

Kingston Wi-Drive Review

When considering the purchase of the latest smartphone, tablet or other portable gadget, the onboard storage has become the most obvious differentiating factor between various models. The iPad 2 for instance comes with 16GB on storage in the base model. For $100 more you can have 32GB and another $100 gets you up to the

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

HighPoint Releases New USB 3.0 Card Supporting 2GB/s

Are you looking for a relatively inexpensive way to upgrade your slightly outdated Windows or Linux PC so you can use the latest generation of USB peripherals? HighPoint Technologies is hoping you are because they’ve begun shipping a 4-port USB 3.0 adapter they’re calling the RocketU 1144A. With a list price of $89.00, the PCIe

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

Iomega SSD Flash External Drive Review – 128GB (35142)

In mid-October Iomega announced their first line of external drives that leverage both USB 3.0 and an SSD. The SSD Flash family features a 1.8" SSD and comes in three capacities, 64GB (35141), 128GB and 256GB (35143). Outside, Iomega has used a metal enclosure that not only looks great, but also offers drop protection of 10 feet for