Toshiba to soon offer 256GB Solid State Drive
Japanese personal computer maker Toshiba has announced that they would soon start offering a 256GB solid state drive.
This drive would be targeted at UMPCs and laptops.
Toshiba aims to display these new disks at the CEATEC show in Tokyo beginning Sept. 30.
The company said that the drive would fit [...]
SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash 32GB showcased
SanDisk has showcased their latest CompactFlash card which would come in capacities of 32GB.
The company said that this is the first card of its kind to have this much storage capacity.
SanDisk would target this card at professional digital photographers and videographers.
The storage capacity of this card is double that of [...]
Samsung: Blu-Ray won’t last more than 5 years
Andy Griffiths, director of consumer electronics at Samsung UK has said in a statement that he does not believe that the Blu-Ray format would survive for very long.
He said: “I think it [Blu-ray Format] has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn’t give it 10.”
He added that the current [...]
Western Digital launches My Book Mirror Edition
Western Digital has announced the launch of their latest storage system. This dual-drive storage system is designed for small-businesses.
The company is now offering My Book Mirror Edition which comes with two disks for double the protection.
WD said that the product features RAID which provides data redundancy similar to corporate [...]
Memorex launches Ultra TravelDrive line of USB hard drives in India
Memorex has announced the launch of their Ultra TravelDrive line of USB hard drives in India.
These drives are available in capacities up to 160 GB.
The company said that these drives are quite rugged and features a rubberized grip area.
User can change these face [...]
TDK SimpleSave DVDs announced
Imation has announced the launch of TDK SimpleSave DVDs. These are part of their TDK Life on Record media brand.
The company said that these DVDs provide an all-in-one back-up solution for photos, music and data.
Jean-Paul Eekhout, global brand director for TDK Life on Record brand, Imation said in a statement on this [...]
Market sources claim Toshiba to give up on HD DVD format
Looks like Sony is going to win the next generation storage format war. Toshiba is said to be close to announcing that they are giving up on their developed HD DVD format.
If this is true, it would be a major victory for Sony which is [...]
Toshiba to start manufacturing solid state hard drives for notebooks
Japanese consumer electronics maker Toshiba has announced that they are now planning to start manufacturing solid state hard drives from next year.
These hard drives use NAND flash memory instead of the rotating magnetic storage discs.
Toshiba said that the initial models would be available in capacities [...]
Seagate launches Momentus 5400 PSD 2.5-inch hard drives
Storage industry giant Seagate has announced their first notebook hard drives which comes loaded with large cache of NAND flash memory.
This new range is the Momentus 5400 PSD 2.5-inch hard drives which comes loaded with 256 MB of Flash memory.
These are to be made available in capacities [...]
Sharp to launch Blu-Ray recorders with 1 TB storage space
Japanese consumer electronics maker Sharp has announced their plans to launch a Blu-ray high-definition DVD recorder which would ship with 1TB storage space.
This would be the maximum amount of storage capacity being shipped with a video recorder.
The company claimed that this recorder would be capable of [...]
