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  Samsung has announced SuperSpeed USB 3.0 equipped external drives in its STORY Station portfolio. The new 3.5-inch STORY Station is the fastest STORY Station from Samsung and claims to be 10 times faster than the drives with USB 2.0 interface. The drive with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 transfers content at a speed of 5Gbps, which [...]

  Taiwan’s A-DATA has announced a new portable USB HDD for the Indian market. The 2.5-inch NH01 is now available in India and boasts the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectivity. The USB 3.0 equipped NH01 is about three times faster than a USB 2.0 drive and has a read/write speed of up to 88/81 MB/s, which [...]

  Just like Samsung did to its S2 Portable HDD, Seagate has also entered into a partnership with Paramount Pictures to pre-load movies on their 2.5-inch FreeAgent Go HDD. A purchase and a quick register to the redemption page, enables users to unlock Star Trek (2009) movie without any additional cost. There are other 20 [...]

  Samsung has announced a new edition of its 2.5-inch S2 Portable hard drive. The Korean giant has collaborated with KBS Media to pre-load Full House, a TV show from South Korea. In addition to the show, the drive will also feature interviews from the director and the cast. It will sell in July in [...]

  It’s always good to see products being launched in India soon after they get their official unveiling in the international market. Couple of weeks back Western Digital announced a portable HDD optimized for audio and video storage/playback and now it’s available for the Indian consumers. The My Passport AV HDD comes in 320GB capacity [...]

  LG has announced a classy designed XD6 USB HDD to lure the fairer sex. The 2.5-inch XD6 Jewelry HDD was made in collaboration with Nelly Rodi and the drive features a cubic pattern on a clean aluminum body and comes with a leather pouch. As for its technical prowess, the drive come in capacities [...]

  Western Digital has added another Mac friendly hard drive to its portfolio. The My Passport SE comes in capacities of 750GB and 1TB and is pre-formatted in HFS+ to support Macs out-of-the-box. The drives are USB 2.0 powered and WD says they draw power from the computer instead of the external power supply. Additionally, [...]

  Western Digital has introduced a new USB HDD that is claimed to be a perfect solution for users who want to store and view video content from their portable drives. The 320GB My Passport AV is optimized in such a way that it stays at normal temperatures in a hot environment, operates quietly, consumes [...]

  If you’re looking for a high capacity and very pocketable storage solution, Kingston has released a mammoth 256GB flash drive. The DataTraveler 310 USB flash drive takes the helm of previous year’s DataTraveler 300 and gains some speed as well as bundles Password Traveler software. The software allows a user to keep their data [...]

  If you’re sleuthing your friend’s PC for some porn or keeping a tab on your child’s pornographic activities, this Porn Detection Stick from Paraben can come to your rescue. Plug the Stick in the USB port and it will automatically scan for explicit pictures and show it to you. PDS touts itself as a [...]

  WD has introduced its My Passport Studio Portable hard drives in India. The drive appeals to Mac users because of its integrated FireWire 800 port, pre-formatted with HFS+, TimeMachine support, 256-bit hardware based encryption and automatic as well as continuous backup with WD’s bundled SmartWare software. Additionally, the drives also have an USB 2.0 [...]

  Most flash drive manufacturers are now moving to USB 3.0 drives due to its superfast transfers but Corsair is pushing the USB 2.0 interface, literally to whole new level. The Flash Voyager GTR series are equipped with quad-channel architecture that helps to achieve read speed to up to 34MB/s whereas it clocks a write [...]

  Taiwanese storage and memory maker A-DATA has unveiled its latest external USB HDD. The pocketable CH94 does its work like just another USB 2.0 HDD but its uniqueness comes from the design, which is created to resemble like that of a diary and comes with self-adhesive letter stickers to customize the ergonomically designed enclosure. [...]

  Western Digital has introduced a new My Book external desktop storage solution for the Indian market. The My Book 3.0 comes in capacities of 1TB and 2TB (expected later this month) and supports the newer, faster SuperSpeed USB 3.0. In fact, it is one of the first devices to be certified to work flawlessly [...]

  Flurry of USB 3.0 products are expected in 2010 and joining the expanding list of the new speedy USB interface is A-DATA’s N002 Combo Flash Drive. Scheduled to hit the market in January, N002 supports USB 3.0 and SATA II for non-USB 3.0 supported PCs. A-DATA claims the N002 can deliver sequential read/write speeds [...]