Drive manufacturer WD has introduced My Passport Pro, the first portable, Thunderbolt-powered dual-drive. The peripheral is available in 2TB and 4TB capacities, and sports a Thunderbolt cable built into the case itself, which also powers the drive. A user-selectable RAID function lets users choose data striping (RAID 0) for high performance or mirroring (RAID 1) […]
Connected Data, the creator of the Drobo line of smart storage solutions, today announced the release of the latest four-bay Drobo. The third-generation Drobo is less expensive than the previous model, up three times faster, and includes new features such as USB 3.0 (but drops Firewire support), significantly faster rebuild times and enhanced support for […]
Genius has announced that its Zabius gaming headset is headed for North America. The headset was first announced last summer, at Computex 2013 in Taiwan, but it’s taken until now for the peripheral to make its way to the United States. This universal headset is compatible with PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PS3 and has […]
Mac and PC upgrade and storage technology company Other World Computing has upgraded its OWC Mercury Pro External Blu-ray Optical Drive to achieve professional grade 16X BD-R write speeds, adding 128GB BDXL compatibility, and high-speed USB 3.0 connectivity. The upgrade offers expanded support for up to 100GB of data on triple layer BDXL-R/BDXL RE discs […]
LaCie announced on Tuesday the shipment of what they claim and what in our time at CES earlier this year the world’s fastest portable external storage solution, the new Little Big Disk featuring Thunderbolt 2 technology. The device is packed with two 500 GB PCIe Gen 2 SSDs, achieving read speeds up to 1,375 MB/s. […]
The power-oriented desktop Xeon processor family is beginning to see some of the improvements implemented in the “Haswell” series of fourth-generation Intel Core processors. A new Xeon E3-1284L has been spotted, introducing Intel’s Iris Pro 5200 graphical chipset into the processor. The new processor was spotted by AnandTech. It is a ball-grid array processor like […]
Logitech launched on Tuesday the latest entry to its “Harmony” intelligent remote control lineup, the Harmony Smart Keyboard. This new product includes a keyboard with a built-in touchpad, and the Harmony Hub, which turns signals from the keyboard or a smartphone (via the Harmony App for iOS, Android) into commands entertainment devices will understand. Ideal […]
Toshiba has announced a new flash drive: the TransMemory Pro USB 3.0. This USB drive is built to be a high-speed and compatible USB drive. The drive features write speeds of up to 205 MB/s, and can read at a respectable 222 MB/s. Toshiba has also packed the drive with encryption capabilities. “Featuring the best […]
Apple has posted a new download for owners of the 2013 Mac Pro, SMC Firmware Update 2.0. The patch lets a computer enter Power Nap without turning on the fan for “most” Power Nap activities, according to Apple. It also solves a problem with low-speed USB devices not being detected at boot. The release is […]
HighPoint’s Thunderbolt 2 Hardware RAID Adapter released Storage hardware producer HighPoint has released its Thunderbolt 2 Hardware RAID adapter, the RocketStor 6328. A compact hardware RAID and storage connectivity solution for Thunderbolt 2 platforms, RocketStor 6328 is palm-sized, and encased in aluminium. The adapter’s RAID-on-Chip controller supports RAID 0,1,5,6,10,50 and JBOD configurations, ideal for 4K […]