external hard drives
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Western Digital’s My Book Studio Goes Full Metal
Once formed from plastic, Western Digital’s My Book Studio line of hard drives are now made of brushed aluminium. The Firewire/USB-equipped drives come in 1TB, 2TB and 3TB sizes for $US150, $US200 and $US250, respectively. [Western Digital]
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Hitachi G-Connect: A Wireless Hard Drive And Router For Your iPhone And iPad
Like the Seagate GoFlex Satellite hard drive before it, Hitachi’s G-Connect can act as expandable wireless storage for your mobile device. It can store 500 gigs and even has an Ethernet port to turn itself into a router.
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Self-Erasing Toshiba Drive Foils Thieves And Forgetful Owners
I applaud the logic behind Toshiba’s self-erasing drives, which uses encryption to recognise which machine it’s in. If taken out and used in another PC, the encryption keys destroy the data, and voila, no one can see all those photos and video you’ve meticulously stored away.
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WD My Book Studio Edition II Goes To A Whopping 6TB Now
Western Digital’s My Book Studio Edition II was already at the top of the leaderboard, with four interfaces (FireWire 800/400, eSATA, USB 2.0) and 4TB of storage. But now that the external hard drive comes in 6TB – for a relatively reasonably $US550 – and adds Apple Time Machine compatibility – it’s a pro-level Mac…