Umazone UMA-ISO drive enclosure takes the sting out of mounting disk images

Hey, man — aren’t you sick of all the pain and expense of mounting disc images from the desktop? OK, we weren’t either — until we saw this: Umazone’s UMA-ISO is a drive enclosure (supply your own 2.5-inch HDD) that features a small display and jog wheel for scrolling through CD / DVD image files. [...]

ASUS ships Windows Home Server-packin’ TS mini NAS drive

The Windows Home Server train has all but stopped this year, but with CES just around the bend (and Microsoft’s software engineers free from the burden of readying Windows 7 for launch), it looks as if the steam is picking up once more. Hot on the heels of its first 3D laptop, ASUS has introduced [...]

Transcend introduces 1.5TB StoreJet 35T external hard drive

It ain’t flashy, but so long as you don’t ever plan on having more than 1.5TB of junk to store on an external hard drive, Transcend’s latest should do the trick. The StoreJet 35T promises average write speeds of 42MB/s, and the one-touch backup feature enables your mind to be at ease with the simplest [...]

OCZ’s Colossus desktop SSD line ships next week

OCZ Technology has been trumpeting its Colossus SSD desktop solution since June, but due to some strange issues with the housing that have been troubling engineers for the past few months, the company has been forced to quietly push back the expected release date. At any rate, the company has informed us that the drives [...]

Addonics Mini NAS: when RAID is too much to ask for

If you’re in the market for a single bay network drive, your options have certainly been piling up lately — and now the kids at Addonics are premiering their aptly named Mini NAS. Billed as “the world’s smallest,” this guy is roughly the same size (and roughly as attractive) as a small hub, and it [...]

‘Wink’ USB flash drive: perfect for hockey moms, lipstick-laden pigs

Active Media Products isn’t one to shy away from mildly ludicrous USB flash drive designs, but it may want to snag a lawyer on retainer for this one. Granted, there’s at least a sliver of a chance that Sarah Palin was actually notified that her image would be used to market AMP’s new “Wink” USB [...]

Fusion-io ioXtreme PCI Express SSD reviewed: wicked fast, bloody expensive

Okay, so maybe you didn’t need a full-on review to tell you that Fusion-io’s ioXtreme PCI Express SSD was staggeringly pricey, but at $11 per gigabyte ($895 for 80GB), you may want to turn a blind eye right now if you’re short on disposable income. If you’ve managed to continue on, then you owe it [...]

Hitachi introduces 2TB SimpleDrive for digital pack rats

Hitachi GST has been pushing 2TB hard drives for quite some time, but for whatever reason, the outfit’s long-standing SimpleDrive line has been held back from enjoying the spoils. Until today, obviously. The outfit has just introduced a 2TB edition of its external SimpleDrive, and it also announced that all of its 3.5-inch retail drives [...]

Cranberry DiamonDisc: the $35 DVD that’ll last longer than your ghost

We’ve seen outfit after outfit trumpet their long-lasting optical storage wares before, but Cranberry seems different. Rather than promising that whatever miracle they’ve just unearthed will be available “in the very near future,” this company is selling its wonder product right now. The so-called DiamonDisc — which is reportedly constructed from “diamond-hard stone” — is [...]

ioSafe Solo hard drive places a 2TB bet on all kinds of disasters

It’s Friday the 13th, and ioSafe couldn’t have chosen a better time to update their Solo fireproof and waterproof hard drive line with a 2TB model. Sure, it’ll cost you $399 for a USB 2.0 connection instead of eSATA, FireWire 800 or USB 3.0, but you’ll never know when your yacht sinks or burns down, [...]