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Pioneer to launch a new 6x BDXL burner in Japan next week

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/2/2012 - 10:55] - 1 - Storage

Announced at around 25,000 Yen, Pioneer latest BDR-S07 Burner comes not only with PURE READ3+ but also BDXL Support with the possibility for you to burn up to 128GB of data at 6x while regular BD-R and R DL at 12x.

Pioneer to launch a new 6x BDXL burner in Japan next week

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[REVIEW] Synology DiskStation DS712+, DX510 and security special

By Ike LEUS - [8/1/2012 - 09:38] - 0 - Review Networking Storage

Synology recently launced a new model in their business class network attached storage division, namely the 2-bay DS712+. Over the last week we took the time to play around a bit with this particular model and let you know how it handl[...]

[REVIEW] Synology DiskStation DS712+, DX510 and security special

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Pioneer introduces a new 6X BDXL burner in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [13/12/2011 - 10:57] - 4 - Storage

Behold the BDR-207JBK, the latest BDXL Burner from Pioneer. Announced for early January in Japan at around 18,000 Yen, the BDR-207JBK is not only capable to burn your good old BD Dual layer at 12x but also BD-R XL QL (Quad Layer) at 6x[...]

Pioneer introduces a new 6X BDXL burner in Japan

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Hitachi GST introduces its first 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 SATA HDD

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [12/12/2011 - 10:05] - 2 - Storage

This morning the Japanese/Korean manufacturer Hitachi GST announced its latest Deskstar HDD with the 5K4000 Series offering nonetheless than 4TB of disk space! Featuring the Deskstar 7K3000 CoolSpin technology, the 5K4000 comes with a [...]

Hitachi GST introduces its first 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 SATA HDD

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Samsung Starts Volume Production of PM830 Series mSATA SSD

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [6/12/2011 - 09:51] - 1 - Storage

Samsung Electronics announced today the mass production of PM830 Series mSATA SSD. PM830 m SATA(Mini-Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) SSD (Solid State Drive) designed for high-performance ultra-slim notebook PCs is based on 20 Na[...]

Samsung Starts Volume Production of PM830 Series mSATA SSD

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Samsung new 256 and 512GB SSD 830 Drives are freaking fast!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/10/2011 - 03:52] - 6 - Storage

Samsung announced this morning in Korea its new SSD 830 Series with capacities ranging up to 512GB. This news SATA 3 drives offers in either their 256 or 512GB version a 520MB/s sequential reading speed and a 400MB/s sequential writing[...]

Samsung new 256 and 512GB SSD 830 Drives are freaking fast!

Via Samsung Korea

[REVIEW] Synology DiskStation DS411, bang for bucks home NAS.

By Ike LEUS - [2/10/2011 - 12:15] - 4 - Review Storage

For most companies, a network attached storage medium is an essential part of getting things shared across multiple users on multiple forms of devices. NAS units are just an essential part of any company’s storage needs. A NAS units ho[...]

[REVIEW] Synology DiskStation DS411, bang for bucks home NAS.

Hitach demos G-Technology drives

By Tiago Santos - [12/9/2011 - 08:27] - 0 - Storage

Hitachi is demoing both the new 4TB 3.5-inch drives and G-Raid solution. The G-Raid thunderbolt solution being shown by Hitachi is geared up 2 4TB drives on a Raid 0 configuration, access is then by the thurnderbolt port which is capab[...]

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Toshiba announces the FlashAir WiFI SD Card, the Eye-Fi’s killer

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/9/2011 - 04:12] - 1 - Storage

Until today the cheapest solution for you to send wirelessly photo from your camera to your PC was to use an Eye-Fi card with a compatible camera. However this may all change soon enough thanks to Toshiba and their latest Wonder the Fl[...]

Toshiba announces the FlashAir WiFI SD Card, the Eye-Fi’s killer

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Fujitsu Cloud Service

By Tiago Santos - [1/9/2011 - 12:28] - 0 - Internet Storage

Fujitsu has announced the the “Convergence Service Platform” (CSPF), this new system is capable of analysing and integrate large amounts of data from various sensors and inputs in real time. Fujitsu is expecting that the ne[...]

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Samsung intros the Next-Gen SATA 3.0 SSD with the a new 512GB model

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/8/2011 - 12:11] - 0 - Storage

Samsung unveiled this morning a new 512GB SSD with the MZ-7PC5120 Series that comes now in SATA III (6.0 Gbps) flavor! This new MLC or Multi-Level Cell NAND based SSD comes with a 500MB/s maximum reading speed and 350MB/s writing speed[...]

Samsung intros the Next-Gen SATA 3.0 SSD with the a new 512GB model

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Hitachi announces SAS MLC SSD : Ultrastar SSD400M

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/8/2011 - 09:47] - 0 - Storage

Hitachi announced yesterday their new SAS MLC SSD with the Ultrastar SSD400M Series available in both 200 and 400GB. These SAS 6Gbps SSD comes with a 495MB/sec maximum reading speed, as well as a 385MB/sec reading speed. These Ultrasta[...]

Hitachi announces SAS MLC SSD : Ultrastar SSD400M

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QNAP announces a new Firmware upgrade with LION support for its NAS

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [9/8/2011 - 11:27] - 0 - Networking Storage

QNAP announced yesterday the availability of its latest v3.5 firmware for its Turbo NAS series… Among the noteworthy upgrade we have Mac OS X Lion, Antivirus, Windows Live Messenger Notifications and enhanced MyCloudNAS Service. New &a[...]

QNAP announces a new Firmware upgrade with LION support for its NAS

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Century introduces the CWRS25/35, its first HDD/SSD slot-in rack

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/8/2011 - 01:26] - 0 - Storage

Here you are another nice little rack from Century, the CWR25/35. Made to be installed on your HTPC or Desktop Tower, the CWRS25/35 comes with a unique design that let you install two Drives with one 3.5” HDD and a 2.5” SSD or HDD in y[...]

Century introduces the CWRS25/35, its first HDD/SSD slot-in rack

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Gigabyte introduces the A2 Tiny a 160GB “Lighter” like HDD

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [6/8/2011 - 10:04] - 4 - Storage

Gigabyte announced in Taiwan its latest tiny external HDD with the A2 Tiny. Fingerprint-Proof, Shockproof, this 1.8” 160GB external HDD comes with a unique “Lighter” like design in just 80g for 78x59x13mm.

Gigabyte introduces the A2 Tiny a 160GB “Lighter” like HDD

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SDK Starts Shipments of 2.5-Inch 500 GB per palter HD Medias

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/8/2011 - 12:22] - 0 - Storage

SDK or Showa Denko, announced two days ago a new type of 2.5” HDD using the sixth-generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology allowing the company to announce 500GB per platter HDDs and offer to manufacturer the capaci[...]

SDK Starts Shipments of 2.5-Inch 500 GB per palter HD Medias

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TDK launches SATA II SSD SDG3B series!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/8/2011 - 08:27] - 0 - Storage

Unfortunately not as fast or roomy as Smart Modular latest SAS SSDs, TDK’s SATA II SSDs still offer some pretty serious specs for a more reasonable price. The SDG3B drives are industrial SSDs that use the TDK GBDriver RS3 series of SSD[...]

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Smart Modular introduces the world fastest 1.6TB 2.5” SAS SSD

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/8/2011 - 02:23] - 1 - Storage

A little out of topic since Smart Modular is not a Japanese company, but I could not resist this and sharing it with you. Smart Modular announced yesterday its latest MCL or Multi-Level Cell High Capacity SAS 2.5” SSD that reach read/w[...]

Smart Modular introduces the world fastest 1.6TB 2.5” SAS SSD

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Toshiba introduces a new 1TB 2.5” HDD

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/8/2011 - 03:22] - 0 - Storage

Toshiba just released a new 2.5” 9.5mm SATA HDD with the MQ01ABD100 series that is now available in a 1TB version. This 5,400rpm HDD comes with a 24dB noise level in operation and 19dB in idle. Available also in 250, 320, 500 and 750GB[...]

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Century Japan introduces a new HDD Stage Rack with USB 3.0 Support

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/8/2011 - 01:54] - 0 - Storage

Century introduced to the world several years ago the first HDD Stage Rack where you could easily connect any SATA HDD to a PC via USB at first thanks to a dedicated dock. Since then the company had offered many variation of its Stage [...]

Century Japan introduces a new HDD Stage Rack with USB 3.0 Support

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[Review] PhotoFast i-FlashDrive

By Ike LEUS - [28/7/2011 - 08:22] - 1 - Review Storage

We received last week one of the first production models of PhotoFast’s iPhone/iPad data sharing drive. PhotoFast is a Taiwanese enterprise with a well-established name and still one of the pioneers in the research and development of u[...]

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Sarotech introduces the iStor i3 a new USB 3.0 HDD Enclosure

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [25/7/2011 - 03:52] - 0 - Storage

Available in 1, 2 and 3TB the iStor i3 is Sarotech latest HDD enclosures that feature both a new Fan-less cooling system and USB 3.0. There is no confirmation of the price of these new iStor i3, but Sarotech announced that this new ext[...]