Verbatim Showcases Storage at IFA 2010

Verbatim Europe announced that it will showcase its latest storage innovations at this year’s IFA, being held September 3-8, 2010 in Berlin. According to the statement, this includes 100GB triple layer BXDL Blu-ray media, USB 3.0 SuperSpeed portable hard drives for Mac users, new MediaShare centralized home network hard drive storage, the Clip-it USB Drive …

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LucidPort Ships 2nd Gen USB 3.0 to SATA Bridge

LucidPort Technology announced its USB302, a second generation USB 3.0 to SATA 3Gb/s bridge designed for external USB storage devices. According to the statement, the LucidPort USB302 is physically smaller and consumes less power than any other chip of its kind. Its support for USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP) allows it to run 20 to …

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Addonics Announces USB 3.0 to eSATA Adapter

Addonics Technologies announced an eSATA converter that provides a way to connect eSATA storage devices to USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 ports. According to the statement, the $33.95 Addonics USB 3.0 to eSATAp adapter (ADU3ESA) is compatible with external hard drives, SSD, optical disc drives with eSATA interface as well as SATA port multiplier storage. …

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Seagate Launches Three Terabyte External Hard Drive

Seagate announced a three Terabyte (TB) external desktop hard disk drive. According to the statement, available immediately, the 3.5″ FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external hard drive ($249.99) features 3TB capacity for both Mac and PC, includes continuous backup with software file encryption and its USB 2.0 interface can be upgraded to USB 3.0 or FireWire 800 …

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LucidPort Adds Blu-ray to USB 3.0 Bridge Controller

LucidPort Technology announced that it has released new firmware that adds Blu-ray Disc (BD) capability to its USB 3.0 to SATA bridge controller (USB300). According to the statement, in addition to connecting hard disks and solid state drives to USB 3.0, the USB300 can now link Blu-ray or other SATA optical disc drives to a …

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Buffalo Launches 12x External Blu-ray Writer

Buffalo Technology announced its new MediaStation 12x External USB 3.0 Blu-ray Writer. According to the statement, this new MediaStation drive offers 12x Blu-ray write speeds making it suitable for users who want optimal playback and writing performance of Blu-ray discs, DVDs, or CDs on their PCs or notebooks or for those who want to archive …

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USB-IF Certifies 50 SuperSpeed USB Products

The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) announced that 50 products have passed SuperSpeed USB compliance and certification testing. Certified products include motherboards, notebooks, external storage devices, storage controllers, PCI Express and ExpressCard add-in cards, hard disk drives and device-enabling silicon.

Verbatim Showcases Products at CeBIT 2010

Verbatim Europe announced that it will unveil its portfolio of products for 2010 at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, from the 2nd to the 6th of March. According to the statement, in the Planet Reseller area at booth D26, external hard drives with the new USB 3.0 standard will be on display, together with innovations such …

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Active Media Products Rolls Out USB 3.0 External SSDs

Active Media Products announced that it has launched its new Aviator-2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external 2.5-inch SSDs, which offer a 400% performance gain compared to USB 2.0 external HDDs. According to the statement, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 supports transfer speeds up to 4.8Gbits/sec — ten times faster than USB 2.0. Aviator-2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external SSDs …

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